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补充课件Week 7

   

PKU大英四级27\28\32班

      

I. 字根100

44    ann-, enn- year, 年。源自拉丁文 annus （年）

a)       annual A 一年一次的，每年的  N 一年生植物，年报

b)       annals （PL）年鉴；历史记载

c)       annuity 年金，养老金

d)       biannual  一年两次的

e)       centennial （cent—100）A 百年一次的，百年纪念的   N百年纪念  centenary

f)       perennial （per—through）一年到头的，四季不断的，永久的  N 多年生植物

g)       Anno Domino ( A.D.) （拉丁语—in the year of our lord）耶稣纪元后，公元

h)       Millennium （mill-1000）一千年

i)       anniversary （ vert-转----转了一年） 周年，周年纪念

 

45    mit-,miss：（send， 送）源于拉丁文动词mittere，missus（过去被动分词）英语通常使用mit字根构成动词，其名词形式通常为-mission。间或使用mess-。

a)   missile （被发送之物）N 导弹，发射物

b)   mission  （被派送的）N 任务；使命

c)    message   （送出的东西）通信，信息

d)    admit   （ad-to，（允许） 送过来）V 承认，允许  admission N

e)     commit （com-with， send with sth，将某物送给…）委托；干（坏事），犯（罪）

f)     commission 委托，授权 

g)    committee  （被委任之人，-ee表被~的人）委员会

h)    emit   （e-ex， out， 送出）放射，吐露，散发  emissary （送出的人）使者，间谍

i)      intermit （送到中间）中断；断断续续    intermit one's efforts 暂停努力

j)      intermittent 间歇性的，断续的   intermission 间断，暂停

k)    omit （o-ob-against， away，送走）省略，遗漏，疏忽 omissible 可省去的

l)      permit （per—to the end,送到最后的地方（审查））N许可证，通行证 V 允许，许可

m)  remit   （re-back，（把送出之物如，税收） 送回来）V免除，赦免；汇出，汇款

n)    remitter 汇款人  remittee--？

o)    demit （de-away，送走）辞职

p)    submit  （sub-under，送到下面）使人服从，降服；提交   submissive 顺从的

q)    transmit  （trans-across，送过去了）传送，传达

r)     manumit  （manu-hand，把手送出）解放，释放

s)     dismiss  （send away，送走）开除，解散

 

46    cur- 源自于拉丁文currere, cursus (run,跑)。英语常使用cur-，curse-,course

作字根。

a)         current (-ent 拉丁文现在分词： running 正跑着的) 当前的，流通的/ 水流，趋势

b)        incur   (使…跑进来)  遭遇，招致 ~ danger 招致危险 ~ a heavy loss 蒙受损失

c)        occur   (oc-ob—towards,跑过来)发生，出现

d)        concur （con-with，together， 跑在一起）同时发生，同意（agree）

e)         concurrent 同时发生的

f)         recur  （re-run）重现，再来 leap year recurs every 4 years. 闰年每四年一次。

g)        excursion （running out ）N远足， 旅行 （excurse V）

h)        cursive (跑着)草书 regular script 楷书

i)          discursive （四散跑去）散漫的；东拉西扯的

j)          precursor （跑在前面的）？

 

47   st-，–sist. 词根-sist 源自于拉丁文 stare， statum （ stand， 站立）英文常使用 sta， sist， stist， st 等表示此义。

A.

static  （一直站着的） A， 静止的，静态的

stationary  A 固定的， 不变的

state N 状态， 国家 V 说， 陈述

stately  （笔直站着的） A 威严的， 堂皇的

statue  （立着的东西） N 雕像， 铸像

stature  （站着时的高度） N 身材，身高

stage （供人站的地方） N 舞台， 时期  V 表演，上演

statist （ 描述[国家等]所属状态的人）N 统计学家   statistics 统计学

stable （马所站立之处） N 马厩  A 坚固的，稳定的

  stabilize  V 使稳定      stability   N 稳定， 持久性

B.

assist （ as= ad=to ， stand to sb or sth，站在一旁）V 出席，帮助

   assistance  N 援助，帮助      assistant  N 助手  A 帮助的

insist  （ in= in， on，站在…之上不动，保持立场不动）V 坚持， 强调

     insistent A 坚持的， 强求的      insistence N 坚持

exist （ ex = out， 站出来） V 发生， 活着，存在

   existent  A 现存的，目前的           existence  存在， 生存

resist （ re= back， against， 站在对立面）V抵抗，忍住  N 绝缘涂料

    resistant  A 抵抗的，有抵抗力     resistance N 抵抗， 地下组织

irresistible  A 无法抵抗的， 无法抗拒的

persist （ per- through， 一直站着，始终屹立） V 坚持，固执

      persistent A 固执的，坚持的

      persistence N 坚持， 固执

subsist （ sub =under， 站在（神）下面）V 生存，过日子

subsistence N生活，生计

desist  （ de 加强词义， 站着不动） 停止

prostitute （pro=before 前面的， 为（卖身）而站在众人之前） V 卖身 N 娼妓

prostitution  N 卖淫， 滥用

constitute  组成，建立

 

48. trans—across, beyond 超过，越过，过去

a.       transatlantic横跨大西洋的；大西洋彼岸的

b.       transport （port （拉）-运送，运送过去）运输

c.       transparent （pare—apear；穿过可以出现即看见）透明的

d.       transcend (scend—climb, 如ascend向上爬， descend 下降)（爬过了）超过，超越

e.       transit （it-go） 通过，经过

f.        transform （form形式， 如reform 改革）（转变形式）变形；改造；

g.       transpire（泄露，发生）， transgress， transfer， transfuse， transcribe

 

49． pre-, fore-, ante- 前面的

a.       a. m. (ante- meridiem, before mid-day) 午前的，上午的

b.       ante-bellum ( bellum-(拉)-war, 如 belligerent 交战的，bellicose好战的)战前的

c.       antecede （cede--?       ） ?

d.       antechamber –anteroom  前厅，接待室

e.       anterior  前面的，在前面的  posterior 后面的，较晚的

f.        forearm  前臂

g.       foredoom (doom-注定)预先注定

h.       foregoing  前述的，前面的

i.         foreknowledge预知，先见之明

j.         foreman （站在前面的男人）工头，领班

k.       foresight 远见， 深谋远虑

l.         foresee 预见

m.     forefinger 食指（也称index finger）(thumb 拇指， middle finger， ring finger, small finger)

n.       forerunner (跑在前面的人) 先驱，传令官

o.       forewords 前言

p.       precaution （事先的小心）预防，警惕

q.       predict （dict --？      ）？

r.        prehistoric 史前的

s.       preposterous (（一会儿前，一会儿后）颠倒的，反常的， 荒谬的，可笑的

 

50. post-, after- 后面的

a.       p. m. ( post-meridiem –after mid-day) 午后

b.       postdoctoral 博士后的

c.       postgraduate （本科毕业后） 研究生

d.       post-bellum (after war) 战后的

e.       posthumous ( humus-(拉)earth, ground, 如 exhume？   ) （入土后的）---

f.        postnatal (nat—出生) 产后的，出生后的

g.       postpone  （pone—pose—put）？

h.       p. s. ( postscript 后写) 附笔， 后记

i.         afterwords 编后记

j.         aftershock 余震

k.       afterglow 晚霞， 夕照

l.         afterlife（宗）来生；晚年

m.     aftertaste  回味，余韵

 

51. vice-  (稍有变化 vis-) “副的”

a.       vice-president 副总统

b.       vice-minister 副部长；次长

c.       vice-consul   副领事

d.       vice-chairman  副主席；副议长

e.       vice-regent  副执政；副摄政

f.        vice-chancellor 副大法官；大学副校长

g.       viscount   (count 伯爵)   子

h.    副产品？

 

II.              Song of This Week.

Your Song

        By Elton John

 

It’s a little bit ①_______, this feeling inside

I’m not one of those, who can easily ②_____

I don’t have much money, but boy if I did

I’d buy a big house where we both could live

 

If I was a ③______, but then again no

Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show

I know it’s not much, but it’s the best I can do

My ④_______ is my song and this one’s for you

 

And you can tell everybody, this is your song

It may be quite ⑤______ but now that it’s done

I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind

That I put down in ⑥______

How wonderful life is while you’re in the world

I sat on the ⑦ ______ and kicked off the moss

Well a few of the verses, well they’ve got me quite ⑧_____

But the sun’s been quite kind while I wrote this song

It’s for people like you, that keep it 3)turned on

 

So excuse me ⑨______, but these things I do

You see I’ve forgotten, if they’re green or they’re blue

Anyway the thing is, what I really ⑩______

Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen

 

III.Selected Compositions on The Little Prince

 

Love As a Child Does

27班光华管理学院 曾昭仪

 

“If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are abloom with flowers.”

Thanks to the little prince, or rather, Saint Exupery, we can get such a brilliant and beautiful annotation of love. And it always feels good to hear such warm and sooth words in this bustling world nowadays.

When every newly-born child is kissed by God, he is vouchsafed a gift for loving. The one he loves can be anyone and anything, from his parents and the little blond girl living next door, to the grey-and-black-striped kitty and the flowers fully blooming in the sun. He is always, always willing to devote his time and care to them, regarding it as natural as sun rising in the east and setting in the west.

In some way, nothing can be as fortunate as loving someone or something with a devoted heart without considering whether it is worthwhile. But the tragedy is that most people grow up before realizing it. And what makes this tragedy even more tragic is that grown-ups gradually learn to pursue those so-called “matters of consequences,” mistaking the pursuing for love. See, the one they love is the one they should love.

From the perspective of the grown-ups, the rose doesn’t deserve the love from the little prince. He shouldn’t love her. What on earth can an ordinary rose bring to you, when you can buy a bunch easily with ten dollars or so, not to mention how capricious and picky a miss she is? And so it is with the fox. Will the color of the wheat fields really do any good to him, when there is no denying that the little prince will never return?

And what a miserable scene that is! Those grown-ups have already forgotten the providence given by God. They neglect that love shouldn’t be a matter of calculating what you will gain from it. It’s all about devoting your heart. Then what will you gain finally? Aren’t these good enough — you can tell the sound of someone’s footsteps from all the others; you may stare stars alone and perhaps titter, for they recall you someone’s eyes; you know it deeply in heart that there’s someone who is unique to you, and to whom you are unique, too.

Because of someone’s existence, the whole world of yours is transformed into a better place. And you will never regret having wasted so much time and care for the one you love, for lovers never calculate. They give each other everything, and then the only thing they need to do is to enjoy the happiness that, in their eyes, nothing can compare to.

Aren’t these, all of these, good enough?

So please tear down the label with the word “grown-up” on. Take a look at a naïve, or in other words, uneducated child, and see how he loves the grey-and-black-striped kitty or the flowers fully blooming in the sun. All you need to do is to love as a child does.

 

 

Life Is a Counterbalance between the Reality and the Dreams

-- The Little Prince in My Eyes

28 班 国际关系学院 陈静怡

 

Many people go into raptures at the mere mention of The Little Prince. They cannot help thinking of the naive world of children with glorious dreams and sighing time flies. Tears fell off from not only the author's eyes but the readers' as well when the little prince was dying. They said his death stood for the end of a naive era and purity was bound to perish.

I won't go that far. In my eyes, it seems that every adult is a child with a belly of sorrow. I cannot fully identify with the little prince's choice. Death is a dramatic, one-time crisis while living is a day-by-day, year-by-year confrontation with powerful external and internal forces, a bittersweet coming to terms with one's own love and one's life. One who cannot shield himself from the cruel reality is a failure. I want to point out that the little prince takes a vain pride in his so-called naive world and is left vulnerable to melancholy with continuously losing what he cherishes. His failure is due to his inability to adapt himself to the reality rather than juvenescence. He is too stubborn.

No one can deny the real world. We are brought up where we live and develop or even are imposed a set of ideas based on the local customs and cultures, and eventually feature the original with our own sign. To some extent, it is us who set up such a high performance world system which occasionally renders us frustrated. Also, it is our group to blame if there must be someone in charge of all the sorrow. So please, be a little bit more rational!

Still, keeping sensitive in the real world makes sense. The fox is quoted as saying “Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." Without such a heart, it is too easy to lose direction in the boundless universe which lacks too many limits already. Only continuing along this path, can you see the silver lining when deep in desperation.

We are not that fortunate to have an asteroid to escape for as the little prince. So why not try to enjoy our real world? It is not as bad as what the little prince imagined. What is concerned with in this story is not but how to deal with the reality and dreams. I think there should and could be a fabulous counterbalance between the two, that is, our attitude towards life. Guts, wisdom, goodness and tolerance are in need equally. Just tolerate and enjoy your life, then you can keep the fox even after losing your rose. Cherish the present instead of the past—that is what I learn from the little prince's sad story. What about you?