Lesson 10 Thoughts in the Wilderness( J.B. Priestley)
In our new society there is a growing dislike of original, creative men. The manipulated do not understand them; the manipulators fear them. The tidy committee men regard them with horror, knowing that no pigeonholes can be found for them. We could do with a few original, creative men in our political life—if only to create some enthusiasm, release some energy--but where are they? We are asked to choose between various shades of the negative. The engine is falling to pieces while the joint owners of the car argue whether the footbrake or the handbrake should be applied. Notice how the cold, colourless men, without ideas and with no other passion but a craving for success, get on in this society, capturing one plum after another and taking the juice and taste out of them. Sometimes you might think the machines we worship make all the chief appointments, promoting the human beings who seem closest to them. Between midnight and dawn, when sleep will not come and all the old wounds begin to ache,I often have a nightmare vision of a future world in which there are billions of people, all numbered and registered, with not a gleam of genius anywhere, not an original mind, a rich personality, on the whole packed globe. The twin ideals of our time, organization and quantity, will have won for ever.
VOCABULARY
1 original = creative 有创见的
original 侧重 thinking, thought 的原创
creative 侧重 hand 动手能力的原创
fertile 指土壤有肥力,思想有创见
imaginative (思想) 有创见性 imaginary (unreal,fiction)--虚构
He is a imaginative person. 他是一个很有创见的人.
resourceful 足智多谋
creative----inventive----innovative 强调动手能力强
original 同样可做抽象词用 I like originals 我喜欢原版东西.
origin 祖先的根,渊源
originality n 创见性
2 manipulator 操纵者
manipulate v. 操纵 manipulate the machine
backstage manipulator 后台操纵者
puppet show 木偶戏 wire-puller=string puller 操纵者
3 pigeonhole 喻适当的位置
Is there any pegeonhole for me? 此处"pigeonhole"意为"vacancy",空缺
My room is a pigeonhole. pigeonhole为"拥挤不堪"
==can't swing a cat in my room.
pigeon 肉鸽 dove 信鸽
4 enthusiasm 热情 (褒义)
enthusiastic a 积极的 enthusiast 积极分子
passion (中性) passion music 受难曲 passionate a. 充满热情的
对....积极 介词均用for Eg: I am enthusiastic/passionate for English
craze 疯狂 frenzy狂热 mania 癖好,对....过度追求
5 shade 细微的差别 ==minor/slight difference
all shades of ideas 各种各样的想法
all shades of people 形形色色的人
6 joint a 共同的 n.关节
joint venture 合资企业
foreigh-funded enterprise 独资企业 owned enterprise 私企
state owned enterprise
joint declaration joint effort
7 footbrack/handbrack brack
I brack hardly
8 colourless 平庸的 colourful 色彩斑斓的 coloured 有颜色的
flesh colour 肉色的 flesh coloured stockings
tone 音调---toneless 枯燥无味 ---monotonous 单调无味
dull lifeless drab
He is characterless 他没个性
9 craving 渴望的 crave for 对...渴求
I crave for money /knowledge/ fame
have craving for sth 对...渴求
(thirst 渴 hungry 饿 lust 欲望 appetite 胃口 yearn 渴望) 都与for搭配 表渴望
She has a big appetite for fashion.
10 capture 夺得 captive 俘虏 arrest有罪被逮捕
capture the prize/attention
He becomes the observed of the observers. 他成为万众瞩目的中心
The news captures the headline of the paper.
The man/boy captures her heart eventually.
11 juice
apple / orange /watermelon juice lemonadge 柠檬汁
juicy 有汁的 your essay is so juicy.
taste 味道 She has an expensive taste for clothes.
a man of a taste 有品味之人 ,风雅之人
a man of a lower taste 低俗之人
tasty 味道鲜美的=delicious tasteful 有品味的,品味高雅的
12 appointment 任命
13 prompt
prompt sb. to be ...(bureau head/section chief局长/科长)
prompt sales 促销 prompter 经纪人,推广人
14 ache 疼痛
My head/stomache/ arm/foot/shoulder aches
hurt I am hurt. heart attack 心脏病
i ache for her=i miss her
15 nightmare恶梦
dream a nightmare sweet dream
nightmarish experience 恶梦般的经历
16 register 登记
I register for the school
household register 户口本 registration office 注册档案处
transcript 成绩单