新概念英语第四册51-03

接下来课文...and because he dislikes the scepticism and materialism of radical teachers. ...

teacher=advocator 说教者

接下来课文...His genuine passions are for literature and the philosophy of science and he would gladly spend all his time in studying them. ...

genuine passions: 一种热切的激情

接下来课文...But the plight of the world compels his unwilling attention, and when he sees that human stupidity and greed are about to plunge Europe into chaos and destroy the most glorious civilization which the world has known, ...

plight n.:困境

compet=win

be about to do: do sth very soon

接下来课文...he feels that it is high time for men of good sense and good will to intervene and to take politics out of the hands of the plutocrats of the Right and the woolly-minded idealists of the Left. Since he and his kind are the only representatives of decency combined with intelligence, they must step down into the arena and save the masses for themselves. [课文结束]

high time =good time 早就该

intervene: 干涉

woolly-minded :糊涂脑袋的

Eutopia :乌托邦

mob: 乌合之众

step down: 走下

arena: 舞台

irony: 反话 讽刺