新概念英语第四册29-02

commute vi.: 乘车上下班 n.commuter 通勤者 commuter time/rush hour 上下班时间

There is a New York of commuters devoured by locusts in the day and spit out at night.

It's commuter time,I will go.要下班了，我要走了。

instantaneously adv.: 即刻地

instant noodles 方便面，快餐面

in no time 快，很快

I will come in no time.我马上回来。

sermonn : 布道

preach a sermon by a priest 牧师布道

profoundly adv.: 深刻地

profound theory : 深奥的理论

bid for Olympics : 申奥

profound sleep :死睡 sleep like a log 睡得像猪 eat like a pig

His efforts culminate in failure. 他的努力付诸东流。

His excessive drinking culminates in his moral degeneration/decay.

他的过度饮酒导致他道德败坏

mend one's morals 改过自新

Notes on the text 课文注释

This is about civilization and industry.That is the association between industry and civilization.

课文讲解：Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decays. There is a widespread estimony that this ominous fact is due to inherent biological defects in the crowded life of cities. ...

is born：产生

A man is born,he culminates/grow up,and he decays/dies.

ominous : 不吉祥的

due to(贬义多用） ：because of

Due to my carelessness/drinking/overspeeding

biological defects ：生物的缺陷

backward ：落后的

superstitious: 迷信的