新概念英语四册课堂笔记 Lesson55 Patterns of Culture

uniquely独特的 = only
worthy of值得
commonplace a.后省略名词level
We have a way of thinking. = as we view/see it
As a matter of fact作为一个事实而言（ = in fact）
Traditional custom,taken the world over, is a mass of detailed behaviour more astonishing than what any one person can ever evolve in individual actions, no matter how aberrant.非常难句型
主语：Traditional custom 谓语：is a mass
mass大量 = collection
is a mass = is a whole/total
taken被动语态，"采样"，"取样"
take the world over = throughout the world
detailed细致的 astonishing = surprising evolve进化（develop）
the predominant role一个主导作用
experience实践
in belief信仰，思维活动
it may manifest体现
variety多样性
第二段第一句话点出主题
pristine eye原始的眼光 = pure纯洁的
edite编辑
definite一定形式的，有限的
set集合
custom习俗
institution惯例
ways of thinking思维方式
probing = research, studies研究
stereotype陈规，定式
very强调
very修饰名词表示强调
have reference to和……有关 = be connected with
John Dewey(1859-…)"哲学思想"：learning by doing
in all seriousness = seriously
the part = the role
在某一方面，用介词in
as…as比较 第一个as后面，风俗对人的影响——人对风俗的影响
 第二个as后面，母语总体的词汇比例——被吸收到家庭语言中的儿语
over against对比，与……比较
orders = different levels不同层面，不同阶层
have had虚拟
autonomously auto自动 autonomous自治的
figure省略用法=figure of speech
no more than正好，恰好 = just
observation观察，证明
life history 生平
first and foremost = above all最重要，首先
accommodation适应
pattern行为模式
standard规范，标准
hand down = pass on流传下来
省略谓语
group种族 = race
born into出生于
globe = earth
no——整体否定
cultural transmission文化传递
it is more incumbent upon us to understand…插入语
until直到
as to +名词 = about 关于
complicating = difficult复杂
unintelligible难以理解的
not until直到……才
until直到……为止
profitable有利可图的 = beneficial
preliminary基本，基础 = basic
have been的用法：后面的动作，一定是要和前面构成一个完成，后面的完成才能引发前面
的动作
violently opposed强烈的反对
require虚拟
weighting称重
item选择的课题，项目
one of the items or another=on or another of the items
in all the less controversial fields…在不太令人争论的一些领域
nebulae星云
all that we know of…
that we know做all的后置定语
of 做all的后置定语
social insects群居生活的昆虫
let us say = so to speak
major social sciences主要的社会学
substitute替换，替代
that of 作同位语
anthropology人类学
as long as = if 只要，如果
degree of sophistication = understanding理解
set over against与……对比
these institutions这些习俗
指前面belief,superstition
Our among the rest 独立主格句

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