新概念英语第四册37-01

thrust one’s way through the crowd 挤出人群

elbow one’s way

thrust five yuan into my hand 塞给我五元钱

thrusting ：盛气凌人

expose vt.：暴露

Girls don’t want to expose themselves in the sun.

suntanned ：被太阳晒黑的

be expose to 暴露在

Students should be exposed to more reading。学生应该多读书。

spell vt.：导致，带来 lead to result in

invite incur

Pride spells failure. 骄兵必败

Sloth spells failure. 懒惰生恶果。

Spell n. ：咒语

I’m spellbound. 我被迷住了

Anglo-Saxon n.： 盎 格 鲁 - 撒 克 逊 人

（449-1066）

Roman Empire falls

retreat ：撤退

Celtic ：凯尔特人

Notes on the text 课文讲解*****

课文开始：The Victorians, realizing that the greatest Happiness accorded to man is that provided by a happy marriage, endeavoured to pretend that all their marriages were happy. ...

Victorians: 维多利亚那个时代的人们

endeavour = try 尽力，尝试

make effects

accorded to man = given to man

save face :挽回面子

box fighting :拳击