英语小达人 249 Glossary
英语课
词汇表
Honolulu--it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.
火奴鲁鲁——那儿什么都有。孩子们可以在那儿玩儿沙子，妻子可以在那儿晒太阳，那儿还有鲨鱼，是为丈母娘准备的。
Husband-- a man who buys his football tickets four months in advance and waits until December 24 to do his Christmas shopping.
丈夫——提前4个月买球票可是要等到12月24日才去买圣诞礼物的那个人。
Archaeologist--the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
考古学家——女人能找到的最好的丈夫，因为她越老，他对她越感兴趣。
Bachelor--the only man who has never told his wife a lie.
单身汉——惟一没对妻子说过谎话的男人。
Bride--a woman with a fine prospect 2 of happiness behind her.
新娘——有着美好幸福前景的女人。
Marriage--a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man.
结婚——把戒指套在女人的手指上和男人的手脚上的仪式。
Wife--the perfect acquisition 3 for any gentleman feeling himself to have excessive 4 control over is personal affairs.
妻子——男人最好的伴侣，让他们感觉私事被过多地干涉。
重点讲解：
1. in advance
提前；事先；
eg. The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance.
会谈的主题已提前一周宣布。
eg. To make sure that he was at home, I called him up in advance.
为了确定他在家，我事先打电话给他。
eg. British Summer Time is one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time.
英国的夏季时间比标准时间快一小时。
2. the more... the more...
句型，常表示越……就越……；
eg. The harder he worked, the more he got.
他工作越努力，得到的就越多。
eg. The longer the war lasts, the more the people there will suffer.
战争持续得越久,那里的人们受难就越多。
eg. The more, the better.
多多益善。
n.注释词表；术语汇编
- The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
- For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
n.取得，学到，养成（习惯），获得的东西
- The children progressed in the acquisition of basic skills.孩子们在掌握基本技术方面取得了进步。
- He devotes his time to the acquisition of knowledge.他把时间都花在求知上。