1、Lesson 23 Lesson 23 One mans meat is another One mans meat is another mans poisonmans poisonHI-POP poison n.毒藥毒藥 One mans meat is another mans poison. (What is good for one man may be very bad for another.） 各有所愛 take poison 服毒Eg. He committed suicide by taking poison. give poison to sb./sth.使某人或某物中毒

2、 hate sb. like poison 恨透某人了 name ones poison (口語）說出自己喜歡喝的酒Eg. -Name your poison，please =whats your poison？你們要喝什么酒？ poisonous adj. 有毒的 be poisonous to ones ideas對某人的思想有害 highly / slightly poisonous 劇毒的；毒性小的 poison vt.毒害，使中毒毒害，使中毒 -He was poisoned by pesticide.(殺蟲劑，農藥） drug n. 毒品 take drug (=use drug)

3、 吸毒 take a drug 吃藥 drug rehabilitation(修復；康復） center 戒毒所illogical adj.illogical adj.不合邏輯的，無章法的logical adj.logical adj.符合邏輯的符合邏輯的logical relation邏輯關系 logical reasoning邏輯推理Some of his arguments are illogical.It seems illogical to change the timetable so often. il- il-作為前綴表作為前綴表“不，非不，非”legal合法的-illegal

4、 非法的licit 合法的-illicit 不正當的literate受過教育的，有文化的-illiterate 文盲的legible 清晰的，易辨認的-illegible 難辨認的 ink-fish 烏賊 octagon 八角形October (it was the 8th month according to Roman calendar)octogenarian 八旬老人 delicacy n.美味，佳肴，精美的食物美味，佳肴，精美的食物；精致；優雅；精致；優雅； local delicacy 風味小吃，當地特色菜肴 -He considered chicken to be a great

5、 delicacy. delicate adj.美味的，可口的（=delicious）；精美的；纖細的；微妙的 delicate perfume淡雅的香水;delicate skin 嬌嫩的皮膚; delicate structure 精巧的結構; delicate sense of smell 靈敏的嗅覺 repulsive adj.令人反感的，令人生厭的令人反感的，令人生厭的 I find octopus repulsive. The sight of him is repulsive to me. 一見到他就讓我討厭。 My stomach would turn at the idea

6、of frying potatoes. disgusting adj. 令人反感的， 令人生厭的 disgusting personal habitsstomach n.胃胃stomach cancer / stomach troubleHe had an upset stomach。肚子痛You should take this medicine on an empty stomach.空腹服用空腹服用Avoid drinking on an empty stomach.have a strong stomach for sb. / sth. 容忍，忍耐I dont have a stron

7、g stomach for the snobs(勢力小人）turn ones stomach 讓人覺得反胃讓人覺得反胃The sight of the slaughtered cow turned my stomach.have no stomach for a fight / quarrel 沒心思打架、吵沒心思打架、吵架架 【聯想聯想】appetite n. 食欲；嗜好食欲；嗜好She is suffering ffrom lack of appetite.Mary has no appetite for hard work.have a bad appetite 沒有食欲improve

8、the appetite 增進食欲lose ones appetite 食欲減退have an appetite for knowledge 求知欲turn v.感到感到惡惡心，反胃（心，反胃（轉動轉動，使旋使旋轉轉，翻，翻過來過來）Her stomach turned at the sight of blood. The sight of greasy food made my stomach turn / turned my stomach. fry v.油炸油炸; 油煎油煎 frying pan煎鍋fried egg 煎雞蛋 fried chicken 炸雞fry up 加熱加熱 -Fr

9、y up the food ,please. boil v. 煮；boil an egg; instant-boiled mutton 涮羊肉 stew v. 燉； stewing steak 燜牛排; stewed chicken 燉雞 steam v. 蒸；steamed-bread 饅頭 bake v. 烤， 烘焙 bleach v.（放熱水中）焯一下 roast v.烤（肉）； n. 烤肉adj. 燒烤過的 barbecue n. 燒烤；烤肉 fat n.(動物、植物）油，脂肪動物、植物）油，脂肪 fatty food 富含脂肪的食物 fatty acid 脂肪酸； fatty liv

10、er 脂肪肝 put on weight/fatlose weight/fat 增肥增肥-減肥減肥 low fat 低脂 血脂 blood fat chew the fat 閑談，聊天閑談，聊天 fat meat 肥肉；fat lands 肥沃的土地 fat cat【俚】有錢人abuse n.v. 辱罵，責罵；辜負；辱罵，責罵；辜負；濫用職權濫用職權abuse of power abuse ones position / authority / privilege / trust / confidence 辜負信任；過于自信辜負信任；過于自信/自負自負She is always abusing

11、 and offending people. He burst into a storm of abuse at her.他對她破口大罵。他對她破口大罵。 snail n.蝸牛蝸牛v.緩慢移動緩慢移動 at a snails pace 磨磨蹭蹭，慢吞吞磨磨蹭蹭，慢吞吞-I cant bear him, he does everything at a snails pace. snails mail : letters sent by post 普通郵件 （E-mail)-The car is snailing on the street.【聯想】sneak v. to go secretly

12、and quietly 躡手躡腳地走They managed to sneak past the guard on the gate. sneak a look / glance at 偷瞟了一眼 luxury n.奢侈品，珍品奢侈品，珍品adj.奢侈的奢侈的 The diamond ring is a luxury to me. The increasing sale of luxury goods is an index of the countrys prosperity. 侈奢品銷售的增長是該國繁榮的標志。 luxury goods； luxury tax 侈奢品稅luxury car

13、 豪車 luxury liner luxurious adj.奢侈的，豪華的(=extravagant) goods/tax/cat/hotel/liner associate vt 把把和和聯系起來；聯系起來；vi. 和和來往，共事；來往，共事； n.同事，伙伴（同事，伙伴（=colleague） associate A with B (be associated with)（=connect with=link with） Can you associate snails with delicious food？ Chinese will associate red with merry

14、while Americans link it with danger. adj.副的副的 associate professor副教授associate director 副導演，副主任 despise vt.鄙視鄙視Eg. Strategically we should despise all our enemies, but tactically we should take them all seriously.在戰略上我們要藐視一切敵人，戰術上我們要重視一切敵人?！韭撓肼撓搿縧ook down upon蔑視，瞧不起蔑視，瞧不起 -Dont look down upon anyone.

15、 contempt n. 輕視，蔑視treat sb. with contempt 鄙視；傲慢對待in contempt of 輕視，不把放眼里in contempt of court 藐視法庭feel contempt for 看不起， 輕視 scorn vt. vi. n. 輕蔑，嘲笑，不屑輕蔑，嘲笑，不屑 (if you treat someone or sth. with scorn, you show contempt for them. ) Several leading officers have quite openly scorned the peace talk. 幾名高級

16、官員相當公開地蔑視和平談判。 make light of 輕視；對輕視；對不在乎不在乎 The matter was much made light of in the press. 這件事在報上被極力貶低。 distain v. / n. 蔑視，輕視，瞧不起蔑視，輕視，瞧不起with distain 輕蔑地輕蔑地 appeal v.引起興致；吸引；呼吁；求助；訴請；引起興致；吸引；呼吁；求助；訴請；懇求懇求 n. appeal to sb. 吸引某人, 引起某人興趣 Eating snails never appeals to me. appeal to sb. to do / for st

17、h.懇求某人做懇求某人做appeal to arms force 訴諸武力；appeal to public opinion 激起社會輿論；appeal to the law 訴諸法律； appeal to sb. for help 請求某人幫助 appeal for sth. 為.而呼吁、請求appeal for aid 求援；appeal for charity 乞求施舍appeal against 不服而上訴appeal against a judgment 不服判決appeal against an arbitration 不服仲裁上訴The police appealed to th

18、e crowd not to panic.Her novels appeal mostly to women.Jazz hasnt much appeal to me. shower n.陣雨，淋浴陣雨，淋浴-My shoes were caked with(厚厚的黏上 ) mud in a country road after a shower. -陣雨過后走在鄉村小路上，我的鞋子上沾了些泥塊。-She is taking a shower. 洗淋浴 take a shower 沐浴乳 shower gel stroll n.溜達，散步溜達，散步（slow walking for pleas

19、ure in street or in garden) go for a stroll = go for a walk take a stroll = take a walk v.閑逛，漫步閑逛，漫步 -He is strolling along the road. stroller n.散步者，流浪者wander vi.漫步，徘徊，游蕩；溜達漫步，徘徊，游蕩；溜達-eg. He has nothing to do , so he is wandering along the street. impulse n.沖動（沖動（a sudden wish to do sth.) on (an) i

20、mpulse 憑一時沖動憑一時沖動 He rushed out to catch up with that girl on impulse. have an impulse to do sth. 心血來潮要做某心血來潮要做某事事 On impulse, I picked up the phone and rang my sister in Australia. He had a sudden impulse to go on holidays. impulsive adj. 沖動的沖動的impulsive buying 沖動性購買沖動性購買 dozen n.12個，一打個，一打 pack in

21、 dozen 成打包裝 sell by the dozen 論打出售 by weight 以重量計 -We usually buy eggs by the dozen. dozens of 幾十，許多的 a dozen of 一打；half a dozen 半打通常dozen 前與具體數字連用時，dozen不加s，不加of; 如果前面與several、a few等連用時，加不加s都可以，但是需要注意，加s時必須加of; 不加s，of可省略。當dozen后面有the, these, those 等限定詞，或后面是us, them等代詞時，必須加of.lseveral dozen (of) pen

22、cils = several dozens of pencilsltwo dozen eggs; two dozen of these eggs; two dozen of them fancy v.喜愛，喜歡；想像；喜愛，喜歡；想像；n. 喜愛；幻想；想像力喜愛；幻想；想像力Have a fancy for 喜愛；熱衷于fancy doing sth. 設想做; 想不到!fancy oneself (as) 自負，自以為是Fancy meeting you here! Fancy you having done such a thing! adj.花哨的，昂貴的，高級的花哨的，昂貴的，高級的

23、 fancy goods花哨商品fancy dress化妝舞會穿的服裝 fancy dress party化妝舞會fancy fruits特級水果 The dress is too fancy for me. Text：（L1） People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great del

24、icacy.Text：（L3）You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fatthe normally accepted practice in many northern countries. 表語從句 （L7-8） -The sad truth is (that most of us have been brought up

25、to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives). 在句中充當表語，關聯詞有從屬連詞that/ whether, 疑問代詞 who/ what, 疑問副詞 when/ where/ why/ how -The problem is (who we can get to replace her). The problem is whether we can go through all the difficuclties. 注 ：表“是否”只能用whether引導，不用if , as if 也可引導表從，表“好像，宛如”,而且有時要

26、用虛擬。 -All this was twenty years ago, but it seems (as if it were only yesterday). -Thats( not where it belongs.) -Thats (why I want you to work there. -The question is （how he did it）. -His first question was( whether she had arrived yet). Text：（L9） No creature has received more praise and abuse tha

27、n the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. Text：（L11）My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As his flat is in a

28、 large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him. Text：（L13） The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking

29、a stroll on some of my prize plants. Text：（L15） Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. Text：（L16） I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living-room where we talked for a couple of hours. I had forgotten all about the sn