第一次參加晨讀，早晨時(shí)間不允許，全程只能事后聽回放。老實(shí)講對(duì)這種幾十年前的英文書不是很感興趣，而且感覺生詞太多，超出我的能力范圍，但是認(rèn)真聽過回放后發(fā)現(xiàn)依然可以在自己的能力范圍內(nèi)學(xué)到很多，所以這次我的目標(biāo)也是把晨讀中Eric提到的內(nèi)容學(xué)明白就好。非常感謝Eric!
以下是筆記流水賬，很多地方還需要再查字典做功課。
1. get on in years: （字典上沒有查到）年紀(jì)漸老
When you are getting on in years, you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass like lazy cattle moving across the landscape.
at times: sometimes
2. call-over： 點(diǎn)名
3. Greenwich time: 格林尼治時(shí)間
4. high-pitched: 聲音尖銳的
5. wound up the clock 注意wound的讀音
6. Rarely did he read more than a page of it before sleep came swiftly and peacefully, more like a mystic intensifying of perception than any changeful entrance into another world.
倒裝句， 這個(gè)句型經(jīng)常用哦
7. recollection 美[?r?k??l?k??n] 注意讀音? n. 回憶，追憶; 往事; 回憶錄; [宗] 冥想;
8. ..., you are going to die a really natural death
He died young.
He died a hero.
He died a nobody.
9. put in for 申請(qǐng)
10. Brookfield was playing Barnhurst. A is playing B A和B比賽
11. I-er-gather that discipline was not always your strong point at Melbury?
gather: think, suppose
strong point: 強(qiáng)項(xiàng) strong suit, forte
12. Take up a firm attitude from the beginning
take up a challenge
13. ordeal
14. legitimate 注意發(fā)音
15. implacable 無休止的
生活大爆炸? relentless, implacable badgering
16. ...; the scowl he assumed to : put on
17. ..., you have a hundred lines. 罰寫
18. hats off to sb, pat on the back
19. Nice to meet you. 首次見面
Nice meeting you. 離別時(shí)說的話
20. walnut cake 核桃蛋糕
21.? keep watch 固定用法
22. spoonful, mouthful 是名詞
23. And Chips also would be making his comments- to Mrs. Wickett when she ....
進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)的使用使得行文更有畫面感
24. Will you be wanting anything else, sir? 進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)、過去時(shí)態(tài)語氣委婉
I wonder...
I am wondering...
I was wondering...
25. He was not, despite his long years of assiduous teaching,...
當(dāng)并不想表達(dá)強(qiáng)烈的轉(zhuǎn)折的意味時(shí)，however, despite這類表轉(zhuǎn)折的詞可以放在句中或句尾。
26. So there he lived, at Mrs. Wickett's, with his.... 在...家
27. legible script 字跡清晰的
28. He had new masters to tea, as well as new boys.
as well as 和and不一樣，強(qiáng)調(diào)的是前面的部分，and是并列平行關(guān)系
29. Quite a character
quite a read
口語中常用，表贊美、驚奇等等這種情形
30. which was being taken up by women? : 被喜歡
31. relish: enjoy
32. ..., filled him with horror.
33.? it was a hard job getting him down
i'm having a hard time hearing you. 我聽不到你說話
34. ..., and as she considered herself responsible for Chip's accident,...
35. ..., she used to bicycle along the side of the lake... bicycle這里是動(dòng)詞
36. ... and wonder which one it was that hat performed so signal a service. 冠詞后置
或者so, too, that 后面跟名詞形容詞時(shí)，冠詞后置，參見Eric的微信推文
37. It would be all right, of course, her coming to Brookfield;
動(dòng)名詞，比較正式?？梢該Q成she,但口語化了
Your taking part in Phonomicy English is a good thing
38. What do you see in her? 你看中她哪里了？
I do love you for saying simple things like that.
39. ineligibility 注意發(fā)音，兩種都可以
40. gem-clear 玉石一樣的清楚
crate-clear
another memory gem-clear
41. self-depreciating 自黑
depreciate 貶值
ambitious 注意重音
42. thoroughly 注意發(fā)音
43. mock test ?？?/p>
mock interview 模擬面試
44. For his marriage was triumphant success. Katherine conquered Brookfield as she had conquered Chips; She was immensely popular with boys and masters alike. alike的用法
注意triumphant 的重音
45.? cello 美[?t?elo?]
46. trio 三重奏，三人組
duo 二人組
47. And so it stood,... 不及物動(dòng)詞
stand這里是remain的意思
You filled a comfortable niche in my mind.
48. scampering 蹦蹦跳跳的
49. ..., her creamy arm (was) sweeping over the brown sheen of the instrument
獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)
50. blunder 嚴(yán)重錯(cuò)誤 howler滑稽可笑的錯(cuò)誤
51. advice 不可數(shù)名詞
52. 注意after all的讀音 all
53.? try doing 和 try to do的區(qū)別
54. leniency 心慈手軟
But she had not always pleaded for leniency. On rather rare occasions she urged severity where Chips was inclined to be forgiving." I don't like his type, Chips. He's too cocksure for himself. If he's looking for trouble I should certainly let him have it."
plead 懇求
act the cute
55. treasure, better, pride 都可以當(dāng)動(dòng)詞使用
56.? "Please, sir, may I have the afternoon off? " 下午請(qǐng)見
"Can I miss Chapel, too, sir?" 不去教堂
57. “You can go to blazes for all I care.”
fire
58. he kicked open the door. kicked the door open
he cut open the watermelon.
He tore them open.
59. ..., but each contained nothing but a blank sheet of paper. nothing but 用來強(qiáng)調(diào)
His English is nothing but phynominion.
60. ..., but the Head persuaded him otherwise.
otherwise 的用法要查，讓我們的表述更簡(jiǎn)潔。
Some people believe..., others think otherwise.
61. Just as marriage had added something, so did bereavement.
Just as..., so...
Just as the body needs regular exercise, so too an engine needs to be run at regular intervals.
Just, too都可以省略
62. overhear 無意聽見
Hi, guys, I overheard your conversation, you talking about ....
63. not half bad = pretty good 還不錯(cuò)
“Not half bad for an old chap like him.”
64. Too old at fifty- why, fellows like that are too young at fifty.
why 在這里是個(gè)語氣詞
未完待續(xù)。。。
