【單詞】

algebra： ['?ld??br?] n. 代數(shù)學(xué)

geometry： [d??'ɑm?tri] n. 幾何學(xué)

nigh：adv. 幾乎；在附近地

nitwit：a silly person

tuition：teaching, especially in small groups〔尤指對(duì)小組的〕教學(xué)熟菲，講課

smallish：fairly small

nook：角落，隱蔽處

nosey： another spelling of nosy旦万； always wanting to find out things that do not concern you, especially other people’s private affairs

peer：to look very carefully at something, especially because you are having difficulty seeing it〔尤指因看起來費(fèi)勁而〕盯著看结借，凝視

raffle ticket：獎(jiǎng)券

resolute：/'rez?lu?t,ˋr?z??lut/ adj. doing something in a very determined way because you have very strong beliefs, aims etc

briskly ：輕快地腻脏，活潑地

rapturous： ['r?pt??r?s] expressing great happiness or admiration – used especially in news reports? rapturous reception/welcome熱烈歡迎

ratty：informal becoming annoyed quickly or easily玄括；ratty about sth; ratty at sth

juggle：1.[I,T] to keep three or more objects moving through the air by throwing and catching them very quickly冯丙；2. [I,T] to try to fit two or more jobs, activities etc into your life, especially with difficulty

daft：silly; be daft about sth = to be extremely interested in something

fanny：屁股

intrigue： /?n'tri?ɡ,?nˋtrig/ v.[T] if something intrigues you, it interests you a lot because it seems strange or mysterious

blue-stocking：女學(xué)者肉瓦；才女

smug：showing too much satisfaction with your own cleverness or success – used to show disapproval 自滿的遭京，自鳴得意的，沾沾自喜的〔含貶義〕

suet： ['su?t] 〔動(dòng)物腰部的〕板油泞莉，硬脂肪油〔在英國(guó)用于烹調(diào)〕

cast：[T] literary to make light or a shadow appear somewhere投射〔光或影〕

simpering：傻笑

sloppy：expressing feelings of love too strongly and in a silly way 癡情得可笑的哪雕，肉麻的

lightning：閃電

bosomy： /?b?z?mi,ˋb u z?m?/ adj.胸部豐滿的，乳房發(fā)達(dá)的

craggy：1.a mountain that is craggy is very steep and covered in rough rocks鲫趁； 2. having a face with many deep lines on it

mansion： ['m?n??n] a very large house

butler：the main male servant of a house

maid：女仆

delinquent： /d?'l??kw?nt,d?ˋl??kw?nt/ adj. 違法的人〔尤指青少年〕斯嚎；不良青少年

drop-out：輟學(xué)，輟學(xué)學(xué)生

despise：to dislike and have a low opinion of someone or something鄙視，看不起堡僻，藐視

【短語(yǔ)】

seek out：If you seek out someone or something or seek them out, you keep looking for them until you find them.? seek-sought-sought

stuck up：傲慢的糠惫，自大的

seek permission：seek one's permission, seek permission of sbb，seek permission from sb獲得允許

appeal to：對(duì)…有吸引力

be given to do：沉溺于

walk up：沿...走 walk up the path

butting in：插嘴钉疫；打擾

hold with：to support; approve of 支持; 贊成

bury (oneself) in：埋頭于(研究硼讽、讀書等) bury ['b?ri]

spend up：用盡；花光? She spends her life up in her room buried in some silly book.

finish up：以...結(jié)束

slave away：埋頭苦干 To clamber up the pecking order, some people slave away nights and weekends at the office.

in the flesh：本人牲阁，親自

burst in：闖入固阁，闖進(jìn)來

【其他表達(dá)】

there is no point in：....是沒有意義的There is no point in beating yourself up because something didn’t go the way you planned. There is no point in you sitting in class doing nothing.

I have a word with you. 我有話對(duì)你說

【補(bǔ)充說明】

bluestocking： ['blu?st?k??] n.女學(xué)者，女學(xué)究城菊，女才子备燃，賣弄學(xué)問的女性

18世紀(jì)中葉，倫敦的一些上游階層的知識(shí)女性逐漸不滿足于日常聚會(huì)時(shí)的玩牌聊天等空洞消遣凌唬，模仿法國(guó)的沙龍并齐，開創(chuàng)了一種以文學(xué)討論為焦點(diǎn)的社交聚會(huì)。1750年法瑟，倫敦貴婦伊麗莎白·蒙塔古夫人（Elizabeth Montagu）在自家府邸設(shè)立了第一個(gè)文藝沙龍冀膝。該聚會(huì)一反當(dāng)時(shí)的社會(huì)風(fēng)氣，既不玩牌霎挟，也不閑聊窝剖，而是開展各種讀書、文學(xué)討論活動(dòng)酥夭，并經(jīng)常邀請(qǐng)一些文學(xué)家赐纱、學(xué)者參與。并且熬北，該沙龍還有一點(diǎn)與當(dāng)時(shí)上流社會(huì)聚會(huì)不同疙描，對(duì)服裝沒有嚴(yán)格要求，其成員經(jīng)常穿著日常休閑衣服而非禮服前來聚會(huì)讶隐。

有一回起胰，蒙塔古夫人邀請(qǐng)一名當(dāng)時(shí)還不太出名的園藝師兼翻譯家本杰明·斯蒂林弗林特（Benjamin Stillingfleet）參加沙龍。本杰明家境貧寒巫延，買不起出席上流聚會(huì)所需禮服和黑色長(zhǎng)襪效五，因此婉言拒絕。但蒙塔古夫人告訴本杰明炉峰，他可以穿著日常衣服和普通藍(lán)色長(zhǎng)襪出席畏妖。因此，本杰明便穿著日常衣服和藍(lán)色長(zhǎng)襪出席沙龍疼阔，并成為了沙龍的辰浣伲客半夷。

倫敦的這種文藝沙龍反映了當(dāng)時(shí)女性群體和普通人對(duì)文學(xué)活動(dòng)的熱情參與。但當(dāng)時(shí)的歐洲人和中國(guó)人一樣迅细，相信“女子無才便是德”巫橄，各種學(xué)術(shù)機(jī)構(gòu)和教育機(jī)構(gòu)并不對(duì)女性和普通民眾開放。當(dāng)時(shí)的一些保守人士茵典，認(rèn)為一幫女人和穿藍(lán)色長(zhǎng)襪的平民高談闊論高雅的文學(xué)是對(duì)文學(xué)的褻瀆嗦随，因此對(duì)沙龍冷言冷語(yǔ)，大加諷刺敬尺。他們給穿藍(lán)色長(zhǎng)襪出席聚會(huì)的本杰明起了個(gè)綽號(hào)“藍(lán)色長(zhǎng)襪”（bluestocking）枚尼，將這種沙龍稱為“藍(lán)襪社”（bluestocking club）。后來砂吞，bluestocking從本杰明的綽號(hào)擴(kuò)展稱為對(duì)參加藍(lán)襪社的知識(shí)女性的蔑稱署恍，諷刺她們附庸風(fēng)雅、賣弄學(xué)問蜻直。英國(guó)偉大的浪漫主義使人拜倫就在其名著《唐·璜》中盯质，對(duì)bluestocking大肆調(diào)侃，主人公唐·璜的母親伊內(nèi)就被他塑造成了一位bluestocking的典型。當(dāng)然，在歷史上瓜饥，并非所有學(xué)者都對(duì)bluestocking抱有歧視寻馏，有不少人都對(duì)bluestocking對(duì)于推動(dòng)女性文學(xué)運(yùn)動(dòng)的作用給予了很高評(píng)價(jià)深寥。