1100 words-week1自学笔记
广东独立学院-自荐信标题
1st Week
1st Day
New Words
voracious indiscriminate
Reading
Wisely
The youngster, who reads
voraciously, though indiscriminately, does not
necessarily gain in wisdom over the
teenager
who is more selective in his reading choices. A
young man who has read the life story of every
eminent athlete of the twentieth century, or a
coed who has steeped herself in every social-
protest novel she
can get her hands on, may
very well be learning all there is to know in a
very limited area. But books are
replete with
so many wonders that it is often discouraging to
see bright young people limit their own
experiences.
Sample Sentences
On
the basis of the above paragraph, try to use your
new words in the following sentences. Occasionally
it
may be necessary to change the ending of a
word; e.g., indiscriminately to indiscriminate.
1. The football game was replete with
excitement and great plays.
2. The eminent
author received the Nobel Prize for literature.
3. My cousin is so steeped in schoolwork that
his friends call him a bookworm.
4. After
skiing, I find that I have a voracious appetite.
5. Modern warfare often results in the
indiscriminate killing of combatants and innocent
civilians alike.
Definitions
Now that you
have seen and used the new words in sentences, and
have the definitions
tongue,
words with
their meanings.
6. voracious ____ a. of high
reputation, outstanding
7. indiscriminate ____
b. completely filled or supplied with
8.
eminent ____ c. choosing at random without careful
selection
9. steeped ____ d. desiring or
consuming great quantities
10. replete ____ e.
soaked, drenched, saturated
Today's Idiom
to eat humble pieto admit your error and
apologize
After his candidate had lost the
election, the boastful campaign manager had to eat
humble pie.
eminent steeped replete
2nd Day
New Words
abound
['metrən]
Solving the Servant Problem
The worlds of science-fiction abound with
wonders. Yet modern technology progresses so
rapidly that what
may be today's wild dream
may be next year's kitchen appliance. A British
scientist has prognosticated that
within ten
years every suburban matron will have her own
robot servant. One task this domesticated
automaton will not have to contend with will
be scouring the oven because even today the newest
ranges can
be grime to easily disposed of
ashes.
Scour ['skaʊɚ] vi. 冲刷；擦；腹泻vt.
擦亮，洗涤；冲洗，清除
n. 擦，冲刷；洗涤剂；（畜类等的）腹泻
n.
尘垢；污点；煤尘 vt. 使污秽；使…弄脏
technology
prognosticate automaton matron
Grime
[ɡraɪm]
Sample Sentences
Now that you've
seen the words used in context, and hopefully have
an idea of their meanings, try to use
them in
the following sentences. Remember that a word-
ending may have to be changed.
1. The mayor
refused to __________ as to his margin of victory
in the election.
2. The time is approaching
when human workers may be replaced by __________.
3. A clever salesman will always ask a
__________ if her mother is at home.
4. The
western plains used to __________ with bison
before those animals were slaughtered by settlers.
5. Man may be freed from backbreaking labor by
the products of scientific __________.
Definitions
Test yourself now by matching
the new words with the definitions. If you are not
sure of yourself, cover the top
half of this
page
before you begin.
6. abound ____
a. an older married woman
7. technology ____
b. branch of knowledge dealing with engineering,
applied science, etc.
8. prognosticate ____
c. a robot; a mechanical
9. automaton
10.
matron
____ d. to exist in great
numbers
____ e. to predict or foretell a
future event
Today's Idiom
a pig in a poke
an item you purchase without having seen; a
disappointment
The mail order bicycle that my
nephew bought turned out to be a pig in a poke,
and he is now trying to get his
money back.
3rd Day
New Words
paradox realm
annals compound tinge
compound
['kɑmpaʊnd] vt. 合成；混合；和解妥协；搀合 vi. 和解；妥协
n.
[化学] 化合物；混合物；复合词 adj. 复合的；混合的
It's a Man's
World
How paradoxical that the world's
greatest chefs have all been men! Cooking would
clearly seem to be a field
that lies
exclusively within women's realm, yet the annals
of cookery are replete* with masculine names:
Brillat Savarin, Ritz, Diat, Larousse. To
compound the puzzle, there has rarely been a tinge
of rumor or
scandal casting doubts on the
masculinity of these heroes of cuisine.
Sample Sentences
Try your hand now at
using your new words by writing them in their
correct form (change endings if necessary)
in
these sentences:
1. His gloom was now
__________ by the failing mark on his geometry
test.
2. The __________ of sports are replete*
with the names of great black athletes.
3. One
of the great __________ of American life is that
though minority groups have suffered injustices,
nowhere in the world have so many varied
groups lived together so harmoniously.
4. A
__________ of garlic is all that's necessary in
most recipes.
5. The cruel king would not
allow the prince to enter his __________,
restricting him to the forest, which
abounded*
with wild animals.
Definitions
If you
are having trouble in picking the right
definitions, it may be best notto do them in the
order given, but to
do the ones you are surest
of first.
6. paradox ____ a. a trace,
smattering, or slight degree
7. realm ____
b. a statement that at first seems to be absurd or
self-contradictory
but which may in fact turn
out to be true
____ c. to increase or add to
____ d. historical records
____ e. special
field of something or someone; kingdom
8.
annals
9. compound (v.)
10. tinge (n.)
Today's Idiom
a flash in the pan
promising at the start but then disappointing
The rookie hit many home runs in spring
training, but once the season began he proved to
be a flash in the
pan.
4th Day
New Words
badger implore drudgery
interminable perceive
Drudgery
['drʌdʒəri]
[ɪn'tɝmɪnəbl]
n.
苦工，苦差事 [ 复数 drudgeries ]
adj. 冗长的；无止尽的
Interminable
How Not to Get Your Way
It is difficult to change someone's opinion by
badgering him. The child who begs his mother to
backwhen she implores him for some assistance
with the household drudgery, may very well plead
interminably for some special privilege when
he wants something for himself. How paradoxical*
that neither is
able to perceive that no one
likes being nagged.
Privilege ['prɪvlɪdʒ]
n. 特权；优待；基本权利 vt. 给与…特权；特免
Nagged [næɡd]
Sample Sentences
Getting the hang of
it? Now go on to use the five new words in the
following sentences remember, past
tenses may
be required.
1. She does her homework on
Fridays to save herself from the __________ of
having to do it during the
weekend.
2. The
teacher continually __________ the pupil for the
missing assignments.
3. The eminent scientist
__________ difficulties in putting the invention
into practice.
4. The sick child's mother
__________ the doctor to come immediately.
5.
I listened to the boring lecture for what seemed
an __________ fifty minutes.
Definitions
Pick the letter of the definition that matches
your new word and write it in the answer space.
6. badger (v.) ____ a. unpleasant, dull, or
hard work
7. implore ____ b. unending
8.
drudgery ____ c. to plead urgently for aid or
mercy
9. interminable ____ d. to understand,
know, become aware of
10. perceive ____ e. to
pester, nag, annoy persistently
Today's
Idiom
to pour oil on troubled waters to make
peace, to calm someone down
When I tried to
pour oil on troubled waters, both the angry
husband and his wife stopped their quarrel and
began to attack me.