新概念英语第四册05-02

cosmic 宇宙

cosmonaut 宇航员 = costronaut astro-/aster 天体

disaster 灾难

cosmic place :大都市 metropolis: 大都市

violent 强烈的 暴力的 nonviolence 非暴力

狂风：violent wind 暴死：violent death

vehement 猛烈的

同义词：turbulent 潮水凶猛的 tumultuous 猛烈 迅猛的

suburb 郊区

urbane: 有礼貌的

short-sighted 目光短浅的 narroe-minded/small-minded

insular 绝缘，封闭的 目光短浅的(省,地域) provincial

conceited 自高自大的

骄傲的 conceit(n.) pride 自豪

big-headed 头发胀的 cocky 自负的

chicken 胆小鬼 sweller 膨胀的 over-confident 自高自大

课文讲解:

people are always talking about ‘ the problem of youth’.

Are talking _ 到目前为止一直讨论

‘the problem of youth ’ 加引号，英文用单引号引用。

-which I take leave to doubt 插入语结构 “我冒昧的说”，表示怀疑

-If there is any,(如果有的话)同样表示怀疑

straight forward 开门见山

it is older people who creat it.—强调句

People are always talking about' the problem of youth '. If there is one—which I take leave to doubt--then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves.