新概念英语四册课堂笔记 Lesson57 Of Men and Galaxies

Notes on the text 课文注释
1． Make a very poor show, 出丑。
2． I stand alone, 仅我一人。
3． The last creature to compete with man, 其中的 last 有“极不可能”的意思。
The Holy Office knew this full well when it caused heretics to be burned in days gone by. The
Holy Office 是指罗马天主教的宗教法庭；full well 中的 full 是副词，有 very 的意思；gone
by 作 days 的定语，整个词组的意思是“过去的日子”。
Must have been 表示猜测，推测！ in the man’a days , phase :perisd ,estate
I am sure that…

Withour …I would make ….虚拟语气
Make a very poor show 出洋相 make a fool of oneself 做傻事，出丑 make an exhibition of
oneself 当中出丑
The ownership of a cave 一个洞穴的所有权 In this view ,I don’t stand alone;
Stand alone 独立，孤立； I am alone in this point ; Stick in the back 放冷枪
Competition between ourselves 人类内部的竞争； person against person 人与人之间的竞争；
Community against community 群体与群体之间的竞争
The survival of the fittest 适者生存\
A fixed amount of food 固定量的食物， determined 作 food 的后置定语
The physical environment 客观环境 Evolution ; development 进化 Mental outlook 世界观
Similar latitude 相近的纬度 west coasts 西海岸；Similar climates 相似的气候
California: highly advanced 高度发展 Morocco : highly backward;
Not …..but …….转折；different thought in inhabitants: livers,residents
The most important factor in our environment is the state of our own minds.我们的自然环境中
最重要的因素是我们的心态；
It is well known that …. Where 引导的从句都可以用 if 来引导，如
Where there is a will ,there is a way , If there is a will….
The most destructive effects 最具有破坏性的影响 westlization
in this days gone by;in the past days ; in days to come;the insider can’t see the game .当局者迷
looking on 观望 the outer sees most of the game .旁观者清
I would like to …………假设语气Imagine the effect on ………
One 指 society Effect of making it aware of the possibility of nuclear bomb ; it 代表 society.
Turn upside down 完全颠倒
I have often tried to conceive of what those pages might contain but of course do do because I
am a prisoner of the present-day world ,just as all of you are .符合“”因为我们身处这个社会，
就受社会的制约的思想
Be conditioned to (by) 被约束 outside :beyond 超越 original 创新的
Important Kownledge
     。。。。when you are inside a community you are conditioned by the conventions of the
community to such a degree that it is very difficult to cou=nceive of anything really destructive .
It is only someone looking on from ourside that can inject the dangerous thoughts…
2…… and then only I we are very original ,
建议阅读：新概念英语Lesson 56 新概念英语Lesson 54
关于林语堂：The enjoyment of culture
Good taste in knowledge 知识方面的品味
The development of good taste in kownledge 知识品位的培养
Well-read 博学的
Parrot 鹦鹉学舌者， a great man who have the hate and who have the love .
Erudition 博学，学识 Discernment 洞察力，辨别力。 Scholar 学者，scholarship 奖学金
Given :specific 特定的
Bulldozev。蒙骗，威胁 adult life 成年时期。Patriotic
Bogus 假的
Paunch肠胃。Ambition 志向,aggressiveness，挑战性。 Sense of duty ,责任感。 Stinginess
小气。Nonsense 废话 Awe 敬畏，over awed 别吓住