Lesson 35-36 What did you forget?

一 Words

1 nevertheless 然而，不过 breathtaking激动人心的，惊险的,惊人的

eg. He nevertheless completed the film with breathtaking speed.但他还是以惊人的速度拍完了这部电影

2 folk 人们，亲人n，民间的adj eg. Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animal avoid.老乡会告诉你有些地方动物是不会去的。

3 no longer不再 eg. I no longer have any objection to your going to see her.我不会再因为你去见她而不高兴

4 zip 拉链n，快速移动，用拉链拉上v eg. She zipped her jeans.她拉上了牛仔裤的拉链

5 unzip 拉开..拉链，解压 urinate 撒尿v

6 hectic 忙乱的，发烧的 eg. Despite his hectic work schedule,

Benny has rarely suffered poor health.尽管工作繁忙，本尼却少有身体不好的时候。

7 rush off匆忙走掉 eg. I’m sorry to have to rush off like this.我就这样匆忙走掉了，很抱歉。

8 gracious 和蔼的，仁慈的，富裕的 eg.He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat.他还没有学会怎样豁达大度地面对失败。

eg. All this gracious living isn’t for me;I prefer the simple life.这优裕的生活不适合我，我宁愿过简朴的生活

9 bewilder 使困惑 eg. Those shifting attitudes bewilder me.那些犹豫不定的态度令我为难。

10 set up 建立，安排 outweigh胜过

11 to say the least至少可以说 eg. It was rather thoughtless of him,to say the least.至少可以说, 他太粗心了。

12 a string of 一串，一系列n eg. He built the company through a string of well-timed acquistions.通过一系列时机恰到好处的并购，他建立了这家公司

13 construct 修建，构想v 观念，建造物n eg. He eventually constucted a business empire which ran to Thailand and Singapore.他最终构筑起了一个延伸至泰国和新加坡的商业帝国。

14 narrative 叙述v，故事n eg. Sloan began his narrative with the day of murder.斯隆以发生谋杀案的那天作为故事的开端。