新概念英语四册课堂笔记 Lesson60 On Moral Courage

Notes on the text 课文注释
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truth and justice: truth 真理,这里译为永于直言； justice 富有正义感,
Tentatively it can be suggested that this is : tentatively :roughly ,generally 大致说来 ；it 指
后面的从句；this 指compassion

     It is recognition …that:强调句 ,正是意识到 ；part :role 作用；accuse of 指责/指控 ；
     in being 在这方面；
4. This is nonsense but with it some organs of the popular Press played upon.. : but with it :运用
     前面的论点；organs: institution 机构组织；popular press :很受欢迎的\大众的媒体；play
     upon: 玩弄,利用(make use of /take advantage of )；so..that ..；candidates for Parliament 国
     会候选人；MP-member of parliament 国会议员；PHD(博士生)；act:法案(英),=bill(美)；
5. That illogical qualification shows how flimsy is the argument that..:illogical 不合逻辑的；
     how flimsy is the argument 倒装句；that 引导同位语
6. work on 构思, 构想；taking one’s life 杀别人；whether or not；violent thief 暴徒=murderer
     with robbery; instant emotion；
7. The only arguable plea for capital punishment…: arguable 可 争 论 的 , 可 辩 论 的 ；
     prospect :hope；but since ；used to :过去常常；claim 理由；mass destruction: 极大杀伤
     力； the right of society to retribution in this world with the prospect of life in another 等于:
     with the prospect of life in another, a society has a right to give one the retribution.因为拥有
     给你来生的幸福,所以社会能给你报应, with 这里做原因状语；
8. nevertheless=however；claim 理由,观点；none the less ；该句:这个观点是可以得到支持
     的如果这种同情能够激励那些要废除死刑的人,那么这种同情就不是对那些死刑犯感情
     的同情,而是对毁掉生命奇迹的一种同情； 如改为:it is a claim that can be sustained if
     compassion animates those who urge the abolition of the death penalty and it is not a
     sentimental compassion for the mental agony inflicted upon a condemned man but a dread of
     destroying the miracle of life. 即句子结构为: it is …sustained if death penalty and it is 这
     是一个能够支持的论点,如果这种同情能够激发那些不支持死刑犯拥护的人士,面这种同
     情不是对人们精神折磨的同情,而是对对毁掉生命奇迹的一种同情.
9. offences against the law 犯罪；today 时间状语；severity :serious ; penal code 刑法；civil
     民法；
10. 当一个人杀死他的受害者或者只抢了少部分的钱财这对他的命运而言没有大的区别,当
     我们这位爵士成功的减轻了过度严厉的刑法时,也不见得那种谋杀案有任何的增多.Sir
     爵士(做先生的时,不可加姓或名)；意为: if u just take away this penalty ,there is no great
     harm to society ；lightening 减轻；excessive 过度的,过分的； more ..than : the same as ..no
     与…都不多(两个没多大区别)
11. on earth 人世间； in the world to come 来世；
12. nor 表示和前面一定有联系,并用倒装；gaoler 监狱看守 gaoler-gaol 监狱；galo bird；
     long-drawn:long time；condemned(该死的,受人谴责的) cell；cell(single room)-prison；inflict
     upon 给谁带来；inflict sth.(ordeal) on sb. ;
13. mumbo-jumbo 繁文缛节；it:death penalty；两个繁文缛节:pen-wiper/ the reading
14. self-satisfied 自我满足的；modernity 时髦,现代性；
15. administration 监护；administer ；sleeping draught(pill)安眠药；administration sth to
someone 让某人吃什么药；from which 由于；which 指 draught; alternative=replacement;替换；
if capital punishment ..be retained.虚拟语气；