AndThenThereAndThenThereWereDay09核心筆記一、疑難句子理1.原句：Lombardpurseduphismouthintoawhistle.Hesaid:"Itwillcomeontoblowbeforetheday'sout."Bloresaid:"Squally-eh?"疑難點：pursedup&Itwillcomeontoblowbeforetheday'sout.怎么理解？理解：purseup縮攏噘嘴皺起Comeon開始：There'sastormcomingon.We'dbettergetsqually/?skw??l?ADJInsquallyweathertherearesuddenstrongwindswhichoftencausebrief,violentstorms.有狂風的;刮颮的ThecompetitorshadtocontendwithsquallyweatherBlore說：“起風-2.原句：EmilyBrentsaidquietly."Callit,ifyouprefer,anActofGod."Everyonelookedshocked.Mr.Bloresaid"That'scarryingthingsabitfar,Miss疑難點：ActofGod&That'scarryingthingsabitfar…理解：actofGod【法律】(如地震、風暴、洪水等)天災，不可抗力(對由此帶來actofGod【法律】補不可抗力【免責條款】：ThistornadodamagetoanIllinoishomecouldbean"actofGod"forinsurancepurposesinan"actofGod"forinsurancepurposesintheUnitedStates,iftheinsurancepolicydidnotspecificallyaccountfortornadoes.InlegalusagethroughouttheEnglish–speakingworld,anactofGodisanaturaldisasteroutsidehumancontrol,suchasanearthquakeortsunami,forwhichnopersoncanbeheldresponsible.AnactofGodmayamounttoanexceptiontoliabilityincontracts(asundertheHague–VisbyRules)oritmaybean"insuredperil"ininsurancepolicy.Bycontrast,otherextraordinaryman-madeorpoliticaleventsdeemedforce不可抗力可以是自然原因釀成的，也可以是人為的、社會因素引起的。前者如大家一片驚詫，Blore先生不安地說：“這有點兒太過了，Brent小姐。”3.原句：Noticehowherhusbandhungoverherasshewascominground.Notallhusbandlysolicitude!Notonyourlife!Hewaslikeacatonhotbricks.Scaredoutofhislifeastowhatshemightsay.疑難點：hungover&Scaredoutofhislifeastowhatshemightsay.理解：hungover繼續下去；被遺留下來理解：hungover繼續下去；被遺留下來:Thebattlestillhungoversomeeroundonyourlife[口語][常用于否定句acatonhotbricks熱鍋上的螞蟻（諺語，形容坐立不安參考譯文：注意到當羅杰斯太太醒來的時候，她的丈夫一點也不關心。一點兒.他客人向他問候時，他沒有什么情緒波動，只說了一句：“Thank4.原句：Bloresaid"Well,whynot?Weallheardthataccusationlastnight.Maybesheermoonshine-justplainlunacy!Ontheotherhand,itmaynot.Allowforthemomentthatit'strue.Rogersandhismissuspolishedoffthatoldlady.Well,wheredoesthatgetyou?They'vebeenfeelingquitesafeandhappyaboutit-"疑難點：sheermoonshine…lunacy…polishedoffthatold理解：sheer：[onlybeforenoun]completeandnotmixedwithanythingelse完全moonshine：(informal)sillytalklunacybehaviourthatisstupidorcrazypolishsb∽'off(informal,especiallyNAmE)tokillsb補充：polishsth∽'off(informal):tofinishsth,especiallyfood,quickly?Hepolishedofftheremainsoftheapplepie.他把剩下的蘋果派趕快吃完。5.原句："And5.原句："Andthere'sthepositionforyou!They'vedoneamurderandgotawayit.Butifthewholething'sgoingtoberakedup,what'sgoingtohappen?Tentoone,thewomanwillgivetheshowaway.Shehasn'tgotthenervetostandupandbrazenitout.She'salivingdangertoherhusband,that'swhatsheis.He'sallright.He'llliewithastraightfacetillkingdomcomes-buthecan'tbesureofher!Andifshegoestopieces,hisneck'sindanger!Soheslipssomethingintoacupofteaandmakessurethathermouthisshutpermanently.疑難點：rakedup…tentoone…givetheshowaway…gotthenerve…brazenitout…astraightface…tillkingdomcome理解：rakesthup(informal,disapproving)tomentionsthunpleasantthathappenedinthepastandthatotherpeoplewouldliketoforget重翻舊賬tentooneveryprobable十之八九；非常可能givetheshowaway=givethegameaway,totellasecret,especiallybyaccident;toshowsththatshouldbekepthidden不慎泄露；露餡；露馬腳nervethecouragetodosthdifficultordangerous勇氣；氣魄【SYNgutsbrazenitout:tobehaveasifyouarenotashamedorembarrassedaboutstheventhoughyoushouldbe厚著臉皮:?Nowthateveryoneknewthetruth,theonlythingtodowastobrazenitout.astraightface:ifyoukeepastraightface,youdonotlaughorsmile,althoughyoufindsthfunny繃著的臉；忍著不笑的臉--?seealsostraight-faced(adj.)tillkingdomcome(old-fashioned)forever題外話：英倫老牌樂隊Coldplay有首歌就叫做’Tillkingdomcome,ImagineDragonsDemonsItismykingdomcome有興趣可以聽聽，但參考翻譯：那么就請大家想想吧！他們作了案，脫了身。萬一整個事情抖落了二、自由提1.二、自由提1.原句：Rogers'facewasworking.Itscolourwasgreyishgreen.Hishandsshook.itgraduallymovessothatitisinthatstateorcondition.逐漸變成？書友理解：work：OFPARTOFFACEBODY臉/[V(formaltomoveviolently抽動；抽搐；顫動:?Hestaredatmeinhorror,hismouthworking.他恐懼地盯著我,2.原句That'sasmay疑問：這句什么意思書友理解：有可能是3.原句：inmyexperienceofill-doingProvidenceleavestheworkofconvictionandchastisementtousmortalsandtheprocessisoftenfraughtwithdifficulties.Therearenoshortcuts.疑問ill-doing書友理解ill-doing.:theactionofperpetratingevil:theactionofdoingorfurthering整句翻譯：據我對為非作歹的了解天命總是把服罪和懲罰的工作留給我們這4.原句:"It'snotanaccident-that'swhatIsay.It'spartandparcelofthebusiness.It'sallboundup疑問：上句如何理書友理解：疑問：上句如何理書友理解：partandparcelof......整句翻譯：按我說，這不是意外。這是所有事務的重要一環，而且這些事環環5.原句“That'speacerealpeaceTocometotheendnottohavetogoon..Yes,疑問：怎么理書友理解：（1）是安寧，真正的安寧。到了最后，什么紛擾都不再繼續。是的6.原句Theregoesanotheronewho'sbalmy!Looksasthoughit'llendwiththewholelotgoingthatway."疑問：整句怎么理書友理解balmy:barmy的另外一種拼法。adj.(BrE,informal)slightlycrazy整句翻譯：又一位精神不正常了！看著意思好像最后都得這樣啊7.原句："Youknow,itbeatsmewhythatyoungfellowwantedtodohimself疑問：dohimselfin什么意思？整句翻譯：你知道嗎？我直接被驚到了，想不通這樣一個年輕人為什么要自三、生詞、短1.summon［N］demandthepresenceof;callorsendfor;gathertogether;callup傳喚;原句:Whenthegongsoundedforbreakfast原句:Whenthegongsoundedforbreakfastatnineo'clockitfoundeveryoneupawaitingthe2.desultory［ADJ］markedbylackofdefiniteplanorregularityorpurpose;jumpingfromonethingtoanother;散亂的，雜亂無章的原句:GeneralMacarthurandthejudgehadbeenpacingtheterraceoutside,desultorycommentsonthepolitical3.purseup原句Lombardpurseduphismouthintoa4.alternative［ADJ］necessitatingachoicebetweenmutuallyexclusivepossibilities;可供替代的原句:"Gotanyalternativetheory?"原句"I'dwantsomeproof.Motive,tobeginwith.Well-offIshouldsayhe6.single-原句"YoumustexcuseanyershortcomingsthismorningRogershashadtodobesthecanforbreakfastsingle-handed.Mrs.Rogershas-er-notbeenabletocarryonthismorning."7.mutualconsent原句Discussionoftheislandwas,bymutualconsent8.startled原句Therewerestartled原句Therewerestartledandshocked9.precise/［ADJ］sharplyexactoraccurateordelimited;原句Mr.JusticeWargrave,hiseyesnarrowed,saidinhissmallpreciseclearvoice:"H'm-veryremarkable-whatwasthecauseofdeath?"10.offhand［ADV］withlittleornopreparationorforethought;未經準備地，唐突無理地原句:"Impossibletosayoffhand."11.autopsy［N］anexaminationanddissectionofadeadbodytodeterminecauseofdeathorthechangesproducedbydisease驗尸，解剖原句"Theremustbean12.chastisement/［N］verbalpunishment原句:"Mydearlady,inmyexperienceofill-doing,Providenceleavestheworkconvictionandchastisementtousmortals-andtheprocessisoftenfraughtwithdifficulties.Therearenoshortcuts."13.fraught原句:"Mydearlady,inmyexperienceofill-doing,Providenceleavestheworkconvictionandchastisementtousmortals-andtheprocessisoftenfraughtwithdifficulties.Therearenoshortcuts."14.lu