新概念英语第四册28-02

There is no man in the world so vicious that he does not deserve any abuse.

世界上总有些坏家伙怎么骂他都不过分.

He is rotten to the core,so I hate him to death.

I love him to death. I'm hungry to death./I'm angry to death.

接下来课文:...a vision which passes before it is fully glimpsed, and in passing leaves an indefinable longing and regret.

vision: 幻觉

in passing: 在流逝的过程中

fair lady

接下来课文**:...But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars, and existence an empty laugh braying across the mysteries; ...

a bad joke :一个拙劣的玩笑 misfortune/happiness/laughter

immortality

life (is not )a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars,

vulgar flare : 平庸的一闪

stars :宇宙间

cool :冷 冷漠

flare : short in passing

vulgar : fruitless

existence :life this world/life/existence

empty laugh :空洞的笑

braying