晨读材料8 11.28

All for one,one for one 中南大学英语俱乐部晨读材料 2012.11.28 Part 1 Open your mouth 1.Listening to him talk about his adventure in China was a real eye-opener. 听他谈在中国的历险令人大开眼界。 2.The quarterback faked the other team out by keeping the ball instead of passing it. 四分卫持球不传，骗过了敌队。 3.His joke fell flat because no one understand it. 他的笑话没人听懂，所以没有收到效果。 4.Don’t worry about mother, I’ll cover for you this time. 别担心妈妈那边，这一次我会为你掩护的。 5.You just bite the bullet and get it over with. 咬紧牙关完成这件事吧。 6.Concentrate on the big picture for now. Don’t worry about the minor details. 先把精神集中在重点上，不要担心次要的细节。 7.This pen just bite the dust. 这支钢笔报销了。 C ommon uses in each sentence : 1. eye-opener 令人大开眼界的事 2. fake someone out 骗过某人 3. fall flat 失败；碰壁；未达到预期效果 4. cover for 掩护 5. bite the bullet 咬紧牙关，忍受痛苦 6.big picture （事情的）主要部分； 7.bite the dust 死亡，报销 Part 2 Remember words 1. On the chilly hillside, he is unwilling to write his will on the ten-shilling bill. 在寒冷的山坡上，他不愿意将遗嘱写在十先令的账单上。 2. The handy left-hander left a handsome handkerchief on the handle of the handbag. 手巧的左撇子把一方漂亮手帕留在手提包的提手上。 3. The thief chief achieved the theft of a handkerchief for mischief. 贼首领完成了偷手帕的恶作剧。 4. I believe my brief words will relieve her grief. 我相信我简短的话会减轻她的悲痛。 5. At the dock I'm shocked to see the pocket rocket made of a block of rock. 在码头看到一块岩石做的小巧火箭，我感到震惊。 6. Standing under the outstanding rock I misunderstood his standard standpoint. 站在突出的岩石下，我误解了他的标准立场。 7. The substantial part of the constitution about the institution of institutes is substituted. 宪法中有关设立协会的实质性部分被替换。 8. Once none of you is here, the man in throne will live alone in the lonely zone. 一旦你们没有人在此,王位上的人就要孤独地生活在这个孤寂的地带。 Part 3Reading Freeway Chase Ends at Newsstand A 24-year-old Los Angeles man was taken to a hospital and then to county jail after leading police on a one-hour freeway chase in a stolen SUV. The chase ended in downtown Los Angeles in front of the Spring Hotel. Most of the chase was uneventful, except for an empty bottle of whiskey that the driver threw at one police vehicle. When the driver got into downtown, things started to happen. He ran over a fire hydrant. The water spewed out of the hydrant, causing a geyser that ruined all the books in several carts that a vendor had put outside to attract customers into his bookstore. The driver hurriedly turned west onto Grand Avenue and managed to bang into three parked cars on one side of that street and two cars on the other side. The driver also tried to run over a police officer, who was standing in the crosswalk ordering him to halt. Turning north, the driver caused a bus to slam on its brakes to avoid a collision. The bus was empty, and the bus driver was uninjured. However, two police cars that were pursuing the SUV from different directions were not so lucky. One of them ran into the front of the bus, and the other into the back. Because the drivers had braked early enough, the damage to their cars was minor. Both officers resumed the chase. They only went two blocks north to find that the SUV had come to a full stop because it had plowed into a newspaper stand. The driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was slumped behind the steering wheel. The proprietor of the newsstand was yelling at the driver and shaking a magazine at him. The police called for the ambulance. They charged the driver with failure to yield to a police officer and driving under the influence. jail [dʒel]拘留所 hydrant [ˈhaɪdrənt] n.给水栓，消防龙头 spew [spju] vt.& vi涌出，射出 geyser [ˈɡaɪzɚ] 间歇泉，喷泉 cart [kɑrt] n.运货马车，手推车 vendor [ˈvɛndɚ] n.卖主 halt [hɔlt] vi.犹豫 slam [slæm] vi.碰撞 resume [rɪˈzum] vt 继续进行 plow [plaʊ] 费力穿过 slump [slʌmp] vi.倒下，跌倒 steer [stɪr] vt.驾驶 proprietor [prəˈpraɪɪtɚ] n.所有人，业主