新概念英语第四册56-03

enough？ Ok,that suffices me .

Power 大国 nuclear power 核大国 superpower 超级强权

concive vt. 构思， 以为， 持有 vi.怀孕，考虑，设想 conceive of sth.

must have been 表示猜测，推测。

phase: period, estate 时期

is finished = is over

lack:short of 缺乏

practice 实践 experience 经验

Notes on the text 课文注释

1． Make a very poor show, 出丑。

2． I stand alone, 仅我一人。

3． The last creature to compete with man, 其中的 last 有“极不可能”的意思。

The Holy Office knew this full well when it caused heretics to be burned in days gone by. The

Holy Office 是指罗马天主教的宗教法庭；full well 中的 full 是副词，有 very 的意思；gone

by 作 days 的定语，整个词组的意思是“过去的日子”。

Must have been 表示猜测，推测！ in the man’a days , phase :perisd ,estate

I I am sure that…

Without …I would make ….虚拟语气

Make a very poor show 出洋相

make a fool of oneself 做傻事，出丑

make an exhibition of oneself 当众出丑

The ownership of a cave 一个洞穴的所有权

In this view ,I don’t stand alone;

Stand alone 独立，孤立；

I am alone in this point ; 没人赞同我。

Stick in the back 放冷枪

Competition between ourselves 人类内部的竞争；

person against person 人与人之间的竞争；

Community against community 群体与群体之间的竞争

In man's early days, competition with other creatures must

have been critical. But this phase of our development is now

finished. Indeed, we lack practice and experience nowadays in

dealing with primitive conditions. I am sure that, without modern weapons, I would make a very

poor show of disputing the ownership of a cave with a bear, and in this I do not think that I stand

alone. The last creature to compete with man was the mosquito. But even the mosquito has been

subdued by attention to drainage and by chemical sprays.

Competition between ourselves, person against person, community against community, still

persists, however; and it is as fierce as it ever was.