lesson 32 网上摘下的笔记，很混乱，留作参考

2008-10-29 22:27:23 来自: 发福的唐吉珂徳(小金丝胡同6号……)

■ New words and expressions 生词短语

Galileo 意大利物理及天文学家 Italian
He is the founder of modern physics. Sun Center/ Earth Center
Roman Catholic

heretic 异教徒
governing body
All roads lead to Rome.

controversy n. 争论，争议=argument/quarrel/debate/clash
I had words with my wife.吵架
They two are controversial.因观点不同而争论
universiade debating 大学生辩论会
controversial
beyond controversy 毫无疑问=beyond question

dust n. 纠纷，骚动
to raise dust
Dust are you from, back to dust you will go.
rib 肋骨/steak 排骨
He always licks the dust.卑躬屈膝
eat dust 忍辱负重，卧薪尝胆
The emperor of Yue ate dust for several years. Finally he turned against and also he successed.
raise a dust/ kick up a dust 引起争论
His rude remarks raise a dust.

clash n. 冲突
mental conflict
confrontation
If you go to America, you will find very surprising and shocking clash between western and oriental cultures.中西文化的强烈冲突

the Inquisition n. （罗马天主教的）宗教法庭
thirty days grace/confess
perspective n. 观点，看法=view/stand/stance/proposition
My view/stand/stance/proposition is that...我的观点是…

prejudice n. 偏见
《傲慢与偏见》(Pride and Prejudice)全书第一句是：It is a truth well-known to the world that an
unmarried man in possession of a big fortune must be in want of a wife.有钱的单身汉总想娶位
太太，这已成为一条举世公认的真理。
arranged marriage 包办婚姻
be prejudiced against
He has a prejudice against me.他对我有偏见。
be discriminate against Blacks are discriminated against.黑人受歧视。
racial discrimination 种族歧视
The mom plays favorites with her eldest son.母亲对大儿子偏心。

above all 首先
He is honest. He is kind. Above all he is very diligent.（强调“勤奋”）

despise vt. 蔑视 dislike/belittle/contempt/despise/loathe
I despise snakes.

Aristotle 古希腊哲学家physics/rhetoric/poetry/psychology
mind of the school

Ptolemy 古希腊哲学家

Leaning Tower of Pisa 比萨斜塔

inclined plane 斜面

horizontal plane 水平面

generalize vt. 归纳generalization/summarize/induce

free fall 自由落体

undercurrent n. 潜流
a hidden tendency behind the general opinion

sympathy n. 同情
I have sympathy for him.
be sympathetic withfellow feeling

justly ad. 确实地，无疑地 no doubt

immortal a. 不朽的
Humans are mortal.
mortal sins 人世间的罪
He dealt me a mortal blow.他给了我致命一击。
He is mortally ill.病重
the immortals 长生不老的人

intimate a. 详尽的=detailed intimate report
exhaustive/minute/blow-by-blow

familiarity n. 熟悉familiar
I am familiar with it.It is familiar to me.
Familiarity breeds contempt.Distance lets enchantment to do well.

culpable a. 应受谴责的=condemnable

culprit 罪犯allege vt. 断言

spiral a. 螺旋状的nebula n. 星云

dust and mistscratch n. 擦痕

scratch a match 划火柴scratch a meal 扒两口饭
scratch backscratch catpinch

Jupiter n. 木星
罗马神话(Roman mythology)的主神是 Jupiter
希腊神话(Greek mythology)的主神是 Zeus

spy-glass n. 小望远镜
telescopecontrivance n. 器械

instrument/appliancedistort vt. 歪曲=falsify/misrepresent/warp
distort the fact 歪曲事实

reborn n. 再生=rebirth


■ Notes on the text 课文注释

long since 早已
He has long since died. the scientific dust since then has settled for a long time

in its proper/wrong perspectivesomething like/proper
He is something like musician.something like its proper perspective 基本正确地来看待
in its proper sense/perspectivein

contrast 相反controversial


blind worship 盲目崇拜

put 提出

draw one's conclusion 作出结论 powerful influence of religion

there: in the sky weights 重物

generalize... into 把…总结成

law/theory law: natural theory: mental
law of nature 自然法则

a closer study 更仔细地研究

support 修饰 study

sense: understanding consciousness: understanding profoundly: deeply
modified: changed

1 of the period
2 new consciousness of the philosophical undercurrents

old: late live on 活跃在