时间:2019-02-19 作者:英语课 分类:English Classics-英文经典


英语课
Chapter 1 (an excerpt)
My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian 1 name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit 2 than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
 
I give Pirrip as my father’s family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister,—Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness 3 of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies regarding what they were like were unreasonably 4 derived 5 from their tombstones. The shape of the letters on my father’s, gave me an odd idea that he was a square, stout 6, dark man, with curly black hair. From the character and turn of the inscription 7, “Also Georgiana Wife of the Above,” I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled 8 and sickly. To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row beside their grave, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine,—who gave up trying to get a living, exceedingly early in that universal struggle,—I am indebted for a belief I religiously entertained that they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence.
 
Ours was the marsh 9 country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable 10 raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain that this bleak 11 place overgrown with nettles 12 was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness 13 beyond the churchyard, intersected with dikes and mounds 14 and gates, with scattered 15 cattle feeding on it, was the marshes 16; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage 17 lair 18 from which the wind was rushing was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.
 
“Hold your noise!” cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. “Keep still, you little devil, or I’ll cut your throat!”
 
A fearful man, all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his leg. A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. A man who had been soaked in water, and smothered 19 in mud, and lamed 20 by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars; who limped, and shivered, and glared, and growled 21; and whose teeth chattered 22 in his head as he seized me by the chin.
 
“Oh! Don’t cut my throat, sir,” I pleaded in terror. “Pray don’t do it, sir.”
 
“Tell us your name!” said the man. “Quick!”
 
“Pip, sir.”
 
WordChecker
explicit (adjective): clear
derive (verb): to originate from
inscription (noun): words written on a monument or inside a book cover
indebted (adjective): grateful
leaden (adjective): dull; lacking in life
savage (adjective): fierce; wild
lame (verb): to cause a living thing to be unable to move well

adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
adj.详述的,明确的;坦率的;显然的
  • She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
  • He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。
n.相像,相似(之处)
  • I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
  • She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。
adv. 不合理地
  • He was also petty, unreasonably querulous, and mean. 他还是个气量狭窄,无事生非,平庸刻薄的人。
  • Food in that restaurant is unreasonably priced. 那家饭店价格不公道。
vi.起源;由来;衍生;导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 );(从…中)得到获得;源于;(从…中)提取
  • Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.强壮的,粗大的,结实的,勇猛的,矮胖的
  • He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
  • The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文
  • The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损,无法辨认了。
  • He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。
adj.雀斑;斑点;晒斑;(使)生雀斑v.雀斑,斑点( freckle的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Her face was freckled all over. 她的脸长满雀斑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Her freckled skin glowed with health again. 她长有雀斑的皮肤又泛出了健康的红光。 来自辞典例句
n.沼泽,湿地
  • There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
  • I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。
adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的
  • This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
  • The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的
  • They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
  • The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
n.荨麻( nettle的名词复数 )
  • I tingle where I sat in the nettles. 我坐过在荨麻上的那个部位觉得刺痛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard. 那蔓草丛生的凄凉地方是教堂公墓。 来自辞典例句
n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
土堆,土丘( mound的名词复数 ); 一大堆
  • We had mounds of tasteless rice. 我们有成堆成堆的淡而无味的米饭。
  • Ah! and there's the cemetery' - cemetery, he must have meant. 'You see the mounds? 啊,这就是同墓,”——我想他要说的一定是公墓,“看到那些土墩了吗?
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
n.沼泽,湿地( marsh的名词复数 )
  • Cows were grazing on the marshes. 牛群在湿地上吃草。
  • We had to cross the marshes. 我们不得不穿过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
  • The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
  • He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
n.野兽的巢穴;躲藏处
  • How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?不入虎穴,焉得虎子?
  • I retired to my lair,and wrote some letters.我回到自己的躲藏处,写了几封信。
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制
  • He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
  • The fire is smothered by ashes. 火被灰闷熄了。
希伯莱语第十二个字母
  • He was lamed in the earthquake when he was a little boy. 他还是小孩子时在地震中就变跛了。
  • The school was lamed by losses of staff. 学校因教职人员流失而开不了课。
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤
  • They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
  • We chattered like two teenagers. 我们聊着天,像两个十多岁的孩子。
学英语单词
acquisition time limit
agricorporation
angelergues
antenna polar diagram
antimicrobial agents
Balsaminaceae
beetle banks
bellows-type meter
Bodhidharma
borehole televiewer log
bruehert
bsl
BSMRA
bungie jumping
butyrellite
Caesalpinia hymenocarpa
Cephalopholis
chaabanes
Chalkers
Chiari-Arnold syndrome
commanding officer
conical marine raingage
control rod servosystem
defaceable
demilitarized zone border
diacetol
dival
economic crisis
electrolytic coloring ac process
emolument
end-of-period value
epoxy solventless baking insulating varnish
even sided manner
explosive pulse
freezings
frequency-selective element
gantry type sand slinger
gay and lesbian press
general war
georgia-pacific
glucosidosucrase
greyleads
history of education
hot-rolling arrangement
idiopathic infantilism
implied bill
input enable control
insufficient irrigation
INTREX
irreversible catalysis
iterative attenuation coefficient (or constant)
Jackson's bronchoesophagoscope
jarn
Landsmal
leading transient
lineolet
locks into
longitudinal and cross beam
lubrication oil sump
Maixner's cirrhosis
Majra
mechanical valve prosthesis
mitch mcconnell
mutterous
North Esk, River
omega-3 fatty acids
on board endorsement
operational standby program
otobiosis
p2p
palmoplantar keratoderma with periodontosis
principal coordinate
psych(o)-
recontaminated
roadbook
sand return
self-disparagement
silkworm disease
singlex circuit
sophisticated technology
spent fuel (assembly ) storage
sphragistic
sportsy
sympathicotrope
table drill
tacking cut
tarboard
the queen of scots
throwing knife
torry
transformation annealing
transient hypertension of pregnancy
unclouds
vagosplancbhnic
vapor compression evaporator
varnish oil
Vironyl
well-knowledged
WGAF
Wilson's syndrome
xylose clearance test
yalsa