第一篇：当代英语小说阅读提纲
当代英语小说阅读 提纲
Chapter 1 “My mind was racing.”大脑（思维）快速运转
“Jacobi nosed our car up in front of the Lorenzo.”
nose v.（车辆、船只等）缓慢前行
grungy 肮脏的，难闻的，蹩脚的，低劣的
forbidding（外表）可怕的，令人生畏的，不友好的
“(Somewhere)is so forbidding even the sun won’t cross the street.”
curb n.路缘围栏 license plate 车牌
“Jacobi peeled off a ten in exchange for a slip of paper.”
peel off 从一摞（某物）最上面抽出一张
a slip of paper 一张纸片 junkie 吸毒者；上瘾的人；废品旧货商 rookie 新手
(green hand)“’Yes , ma’am,’
he said , logging me in.”
log sb.In 记下来，登记 twelve-by-twelve-foot 十二乘十二平方英尺 fuse n.保险丝
v.（使）熔合；（使）合并 wraith [C] 阴魂，幽灵
flick 弹去，拂去；拍动，抖动；“啪”地打开（或关闭）vial 小瓶，小药水瓶 mattress 床垫；褥垫 stain 染污，沾污；染色
-ette 小的kitchenette 小厨房
cigarette 小雪茄（香烟）rank and file 普通成员
paraphernalia [U] 个人随身物品，装备；烦琐的手续
“The air in the bathroom was thick , almost soupy.” 形容雾浓，空气潮湿 extension cord 延长线路 socket（电源）插座 clogged 堵塞的
toilet bowl 抽水马桶
guts n.魄力，勇气；决心；内脏，肠
v.（尤指从内部）彻底毁坏（尤指烧毁）；洗劫一空
clench your fists/teeth 握紧拳头/咬紧牙齿
“My guts clenched as I caught the dead boy in my beam.”
catch 发现 skinny 瘦削的，皮包骨的
blond 金发碧眼的男子
blonde 金发女人
bulge v.鼓起；塞满，充满
n.膨胀；鼓起（肿胀）部位；骤增 foam n.泡沫
v.起泡沫 nostril 鼻孔
old-fashioned 老式的
glint 闪烁，闪光；眼睛发亮（显露出不友好的眼神）Let’s propose a toast to…
为„„干杯！debit card 借记卡
“He’s toast , all right.”
all right 加强语气，确实 commanding 指挥的，统帅的；威严的 homicide 谋杀，杀人，凶杀案
detail（军队中的）任务；特遣队（员）
Homicide detail 凶杀案调查特遣队，重案组 “I wasn’t supposed to do hands-on detective work anymore.”
hands-on 亲手参与的
“But at times like this.”
times 时候
“I just couldn’t stay away.”
can’t stay away 不能袖手旁观 electrocute 使触电受伤（身亡）
“Was he a random victim of violence or was it personal?”
personal 有个人针对性的
“In my mind’s eye , ….”
in sb.’s mind’s eye 在某人的想象中 flail 胡乱挥动；用棍子打
-icide 杀
pesticide 杀虫剂
suicide 自杀
homicide 凶杀 north by west 北偏西
standing water 静水，定水，积水 creep 匍匐而行；蔓生；（不知不觉地）渐渐产生或出现
“knowing full/perfectly/only too well …”
非常清楚地知道
full adv.whine 哀诉；悲鸣；吱吱响 nasal 鼻子的；有鼻音的 squeal 发出长而尖锐的声音
hinge
n.门枢；铰链
v.hinge on/upon 取决于 Where on earth have you been ? on earth 强调
Chapter 2 grisly 恐怖的，可怕的；令人极其厌恶的 CSU Channel Service Unit 信道服务单元
forensic 法庭的；法医的forensic equipment 验尸器具 yank 猛拉，使劲拉
“Thank you , Jesus.”
Jesus = Gee “as light flooded the god-awful place.”
flood 倾斜在„„上 rifle n.来复枪
v.迅速翻遍；洗劫（某地）
scrap n.小块，碎屑；废品
v.放弃，抛弃；报废 ID identity 身份
medical examiner 验尸官
nasty 不友善的，恶毒的；难闻/看/吃的；糟糕的 “more of a sister to me.”
更像是我的姐姐
“I swallowed hard , forcing down the gorge that kept rising in my throat.”
make sb.’s gorge rise 令人作呕；令人非常愤怒
reach in 伸手进去
reach out 伸出手；帮助
The church needs to find new ways to reach out to the young people.stricken受灾的；患病的；受苦的；受困扰的
crouch 蹲下，蹲伏
squat 蹲，蹲坐
prone 俯卧的，面向下的 pulmonary edema 肺水肿 orifice 孔，洞，腔
trace 仔细寻找；追溯，追查 bruising 瘀青，伤痕
“He was tuned up.”
他被修理了一顿
tune up 调（好）音 vertical 垂直的horizontal 水平的parallel 平行的 gash（大而深的）切口，伤口 cheekbone 颧骨，颊骨
“It’s going to match the push-down lever on the toaster.”
lever 控制杆 clock 记时，测速；揍某人
chuck（胡乱或随便地）扔，抛；甩掉某人 rim（圆形物的）外缘，边缘，边 “No rigor.”
身体没有僵硬 tender 嫩的；软的；温柔的；（身体某处）一触即痛的 lividity 皮肉伤
blanch（因害怕或震惊而）变得（脸色）苍白；使变白 visible 可见的，明显的
matted 缠结在一起的，乱成一团的 runaway 离家出走的人（尤指小孩）；（车辆或动物）失控的；逃跑的 John Doe 某甲，某男；诉讼程序中对不知姓名的当事人假设的称呼 gnaw
咬，啃
gnaw at sb.使烦恼，使惊恐
“Jacobi stuck his head through the doorway again.”
伸出头去 informant 线人，告密者
“…
plate number was taken off a Mercedes.”
take off 摘抄
Mercedes 梅赛德斯（奔驰）
a surge of（情感的）涌起 grin 露着牙笑，咧着嘴笑 bastard 杂种，坏蛋
“I was going to put him away before …”
把他送进监狱
Chapter 3 sift 筛（面粉，白糖等）；细查，严密检查
detritus（某物被打碎或使用后留下的）碎屑；大量信息
“I woke up every morning feeling pissed off …”
pissed off 恼火的；失望的；不快的piss off v.滚开
“because this ugly case was going nowhere.”
ugly case 棘手的案子
get nowhere 没有进展
get somewhere 有眉目，有进展 tropical color 暖色调
sanctuary 庇护所，避难所；禁猎区
hamper v.阻碍，妨碍，牵制
n.带盖的大篮子 bureaucratic 官僚的，官僚主义的 BS bull shit 胡说
“we’d broken cases wide open”
使案子有很大突破，豁然开朗
“in this very spot.”
the exact/very/same spot（某事发生的）准确地点 pitch（带柄和嘴的）壶，罐，扎；（棒球）投手 margaritas
玛格丽塔鸡尾酒 transfusion 输血 IV ivdrip 静脉滴注
gulp 倒吸气；
gulp down 快速吞下
gulp in 大口吸（气）brew 酿造（啤酒）；冲，泡，沏
snag v.钩破，刮破；撕破；抓住
n.小问题，小障碍；（尖的）突出物；钩破的地方 “and paged through until I found the story.”
story 新闻 Metro section 都市版面 street people 无家可归的人
optical 用于观察的；视力的，视觉的；光学的optical fiber 光纤维 DNA Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid 脱氧核糖核酸
vacuum n.真空；空虚（感）
v.用真空吸尘器打扫；吸尘 rant 怒气冲冲地大声叫嚷（或抱怨）
ponytail 马尾辫
pony 小马，马驹；矮种马
“On the other hand , with all the potential snitches crawling through … ”
with 虽然
snitch（向家长或老师）告密；偷，扒窃（不太值钱的小东西）
“Jill would give me hell for whining.”
give sb.hell 狠狠地责骂某人，臭骂 enough is enough 适可而止
crack（使）破裂；重撞，重击；垮掉，屈服；发疯；嗓音变粗（或变沙哑）clink（玻璃或金属制品）发出丁当声 attorney 律师
ADA Assistant District Attorney
(美国)助理地方检察官
“You’re looking chirpy.” 用进行时表示不同于一般情况 chirpy 快活的，活泼的 “I said to Cindy , who jumped in with her news.”
jump in 突然插话，打断某人（的话）
hockey 曲棍球
ice hockey 冰球
“Claire and I started pumping her for details while … ”
pump sb.for sth.向某人盘问，套问事情
glassware 玻璃制品（尤指用于饮食的玻璃器皿）
“We’ve got a bead on that Mercedes ”
get a bead on 瞄准 bolt v.奔，窜；逃跑；狼吞虎咽
n.螺栓；弩箭，矢
Chapter 4 cruise 乘船巡游；（汽车）以平稳速度行驶；开车兜风 all things considered 总体上说
“I had to turn myself in.”
turn oneself in 坦白 thermos 热水瓶，保温瓶 spike v.刺穿
n.尖状物；曲线上的陡升线 crumble 把„„弄碎；（决心，勇气等）减弱，崩溃 vacant（座位、房屋等）空的，未被占用的；（工作或职位）空缺的 SRO single room occupancy（纽约住宅用语）单间居住 plywood 胶合板
jaywalker 闯红灯的人；乱穿马路者 teeter 站立不稳；蹒跚行走；踉跄
bum n.无业游民
v.乞讨；索取
adj.蹩脚的
“I hope to hell no one boosts that thing.”
to hell 强调
boost 偷窃 call in 打电话回总部 punch 用拳猛击；（用金属工具等）在（某物）上打孔 gong 锣；奖章；纪念章
“and it spit quarters”
quarter 住址 check out 核实；检查
NCIC National Crime Information Center 国家刑事犯罪信息中心 oatmeal 燕麦片；燕麦片粥
stakeout（警察的）监视（或布控）（地区）hulk 身躯庞大的人；庞然大物 armadillo 犰狳
honk v.（汽车）按（鸣）喇叭；（雁）叫
n.汽车鸣笛声；雁叫声 derelict n.无家可归的人
adj.（建筑物或空地）破旧的，弃置的 “Time to rock and roll.”
rock and roll 摇滚乐 maroon 栗色，褐紫红色
dispatch v.派遣，发送
n.公文，电文；报道，电讯 “Request units in the area.”
呼叫支援 pull over（使）（车辆）停靠在路边
“the driver of the Mercedes floored it.”
floor it 踩足油门，全速行驶
Chapter 5 hem（衣服的）褶边；（裙子的）裙摆；（裤子的）裤脚 PA system public-address system 扩音装置
“as the Camry backed carefully into a parking space , hemming us in.”sb.in 把某人包围起来 grille（门窗）护栏；（汽车散热器的）护栅 strobe light 频闪闪光灯
siren（警车、消防车等的）汽笛；警报器 intersection 十字路口；（线的）交点 vicinity 附近；邻近；周围地区 adrenalin 肾上腺素
“We were going to land this baby.”
land（经过一番努力后）得到 “as we crossed Mission against the light.”
against the light 闯红灯 gun 使加速；猛踩油门
hem
commuter 通勤者；每天走很长的路上下班者 veer 突然改变方向；（观点、看法等）突然改变
“who was riding shotgun.” ride shotgun 副驾驶 turf n.草皮；（自己划定的）地盘
v.用草皮覆盖（某块地）“speeding uphill at full throttle.”
at full throttle 全速地 throttle 掐（某人的）脖子；使窒息（而死）airborne 在空中的，在飞行中的 blare 刺耳地大声鸣响 curve n.曲线，弧线；（河流、道路等的）弯曲处
v.弄弯，（使）弯曲 incline v.倾向于（某个信念、观点或意见）
n.倾斜；斜坡；斜度 pedestrian n.步行者，行人
adj.平淡无奇的；乏味的 clog v.阻塞，塞住
n.木屐 defer 延期，推迟；听从 squad 大名单；（部队的）班，小队；特别行动小组 wobble（使）摇晃，抖动；摇晃不稳地走
rear n.后面；背部
v.养育；饲养
adj.后部的 carom 撞击反弹；（台球中的）双球连击
cant v.（使）倾斜
n.假话；行话；黑话；斜面，斜坡 gutter n.（道路边的）排水沟；（屋檐上的）雨水槽
v.（烛光）摇曳不定 hood（大衣上的）风帽；汽车引擎罩 radiator 暖气装置；（汽车等的）散热器，冷却器 hose 软管，水龙带；连裤袜
“as the radiator hose gave up the ghost.”
give up the ghost 死；机器报废 stink v.散发臭气
n.恶臭
anti-反对；相反物
antifreeze 防冻剂 permeate 渗透，渗入；弥漫（于）；充满（信念、感情等）deflate（使）放气；（使）漏气；使（某人）泄气；揭穿
“the kids started bawling their hearts out.”
孩子们开始嚎啕大哭起来
Chapter 6 audible（声音）听得见的
furious 狂怒的，暴怒的；猛烈的，激烈的
cascade n.（尤指大瀑布的分支的）小瀑布；瀑布状物
v.大量倾斜 “she hadn’t quite puledl off.”
pull off成功做（困难的事）；（汽车等）驶离道路 wail 大声哭叫；（尤指因悲伤或痛楚而）恸哭；呼啸，哀鸣 lanky 过分瘦长的；（臂、腿）过分细长的 dribble 流口水；（液体）慢慢滴淌；运球 sarcasm 讽刺，挖苦，嘲笑
smear n.污斑，油渍；污蔑
v.抹脏；诽谤
“Then he threw up on the console.”
throw up 呕吐，呕出 console v.安慰，安抚
n.（机器、电子设备等的）控制台；仪表盘 mutter 咕哝，嘀咕；悄声说；小声质疑；私下抱怨 render 提供（帮助）；致使；提出
“as our instincts to render aid took over.”
take over 占上风 holster（系在腰带上的）手枪皮套
“We holstered our weapons.”
把手枪放进腰带上的手枪皮套里 wrench v.猛拧，猛拉；挣脱（某人）；扭伤（关节）
n.扳手 ignition（汽车引擎的）点火装置；起火，燃烧；点火
“if the kids were afraid of him for good reason.”
为了某个合理充分的理由 “a split second before she shot me.”
a split second 一瞬间
Chapter 7 slam dunk 扣篮
flinch（因疼痛或害怕而）退缩；畏缩 thigh 大腿；股
“Even as I struggled to understand , …”
even as …
正当„„时 buckle 用扣子扣紧；（使）弯曲；腿软
“and saw his face registered shock.”
register 表露，露出 rage 愤怒；狂暴；情绪激动
“I felt for my 9mm Glock.”
feel for 摸索着寻找 fumble 摸索；漏接，漏球；笨拙地做（某事）etch 蚀刻；鲜明地描述；铭记
“Her face was etched with fear as she leveled her.22 … ”
level 瞄准 “and squeezed
off three rounds.”
round 一发子弹 notorious 声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的
pistol n.手枪；信号枪
v.用手枪射击 crumble 粉碎；摧毁，破坏
limp
adj.柔软的；无力的v.一拐一拐地（费力）前行
Chapter 8 “Then sounds kicked in.”
声音渐渐回来
“to the best of my ability.”
尽我所有的力量 dispatcher 发送者；（车辆、程序等的）调度员 cuff n.袖口；手铐
v.给„„带上手铐 frisk 蹦跳，欢跃；搜（某人的）身
“We’d been inexcusably stupid , …”
inexcusably 不可原谅地
Chapter 9 nondescript 难以区别的；没有独特之处的
“even though he was out of place here.”
out of place 格格不入 “He zoomed in and pressed the shutter.”
zoom in（摄像机，照相机等）拉近wholesome 健全的；有益健康的 cereal 谷物；谷类食品
chitchat v.聊天，闲谈
n.闲谈 nook 角落；隐蔽处
“At 8:06 on the dot , …”
8:06整
knapsack（士兵或徒步旅行者用的）背包 auburn 红褐色的；赭色的
SUV Sports Utility Vehicle 多功能车 FM frequency modulation 调频
“the Watcher took his blue notebook and a fine-tip pen … ”calligraphy 书法；笔迹
cinch 给„„系紧带子；确保
starched 浆硬的；硬挺的；拘泥刻板的 precision n.精确；精度
adj.精确的
“He liked his surgical precision.”
surgical precision 极其准确
Chapter 10 jolt v.（使）颠簸；（使）震惊
n.颠簸；摇晃；震惊；严重挫折 loom 逼近；可怕地出现；降临 hazy 朦胧的；模糊的；有薄雾的 blurt 脱口而出；突然说出
“The fog was lifting.”
lift 消散 ICU intensive care unit 加护病房 fatigue 疲劳，劳累；劳累的工作 canary 金丝雀；淡黄色
DC District of Columbia 哥伦比亚特区
“Honey , the way I hear it , …”
据我所听说的 pager 寻呼机，呼机
Chapter 11 linoleum 油地毡；油毯
tunnel n.隧道；坑道
v.挖；挖掘隧道；穿透 torso 躯干；残缺不全的东西 puncture 刺穿；戳穿；削弱 kidney 肾脏
unrelenting 不屈不挠的；不松懈的；无情的 slit v.撕裂；切开
n.裂口；投币口 wince 畏缩；退避；皱眉
“I was taking it all in.”
全盘同意
fine-tip 尖头的 striped 有条纹的，有斑纹的
straw 稻草；吸管；一文不值的东西
“There was a flash of movement in the doorway.”
a flash of 一阵 wheeze v.喘息；气喘吁吁
n.喘息声
“On my mother’s head.”
用脑袋担保，千真万确 testify 作证；证明，证实
snort（轻蔑或愤怒地）发出哼声；发出鼻音
“She was obsessed with homicides.”
被凶杀案缠绕影响 forge 伪造；锻造，铸就；建立 intimacy 亲密；亲昵行为；隐私
harbor n.港口；避难所
v.庇护；怀有，心怀（怨恨等）
“I leaned over and kissed his stubbly cheek for...” stubbly cheek 胡须满面的脸颊
Chapter 12 rip 撕裂；撕掉；扯开
tweet v.（小鸟）啾啾地叫
n.小鸟啁啾声 pollard 截去树梢
“on the hospital green had … ”
green 绿地 sprout v.抽芽，发芽
n.新芽；嫩枝
flamboyant 火焰色的；艳丽的；炫耀的；浮夸的 reconcile 使一致；使和解；调解，调和
“with my creeping feeling that all was not well.”
总有点不对劲 paranoia 偏执狂，妄想狂；多疑，瞎猜疑 elliptical 椭圆的；省略的
strap 用带子绑住；约束；鞭打
“six-year-old Brigid piped up from the backseat.”
pipe up（尤指之前一直很安静而突然）开始说话
jukebox 投币式自动点唱机
CD Compact Disk 光盘，激光唱片
pastel n.彩色粉笔
adj.彩色粉笔的；（色彩）柔和的；淡的 ridgeline 分水线；山脊线
pending v.未决定的；行将发生的prep.在„„期间；在等待„„之际 IAB Internet Architecture Board 互联网架构委员会 recuperate 恢复；复原；挽回损失；弥补；重新获得 chorus 合唱；异口同声地说 lope 大步慢跑；蹦跳着跑 euphoric 欢欣的；极其兴奋的 clump 以沉重的步子走；（使）形成一丛 “and flung open the door.”
猛然开门 threshold 门槛；极限；入口；临界值
perky 得意洋洋的；自信的；神气的；活泼的 clatter n.哗啦声；撞击声
v.喧闹的谈笑
Chapter 13 wag 摇摆，摇动；喋喋不休 cane 藤条；手杖；细长的茎 sugarcane 甘蔗
tubular 管状的；管子做成的 terrace 梯田；阳台；平台
staggering 令人惊愕的；蹒跚的；犹豫的 butt 烟头；笑柄；屁股 stroke 打，击；中风；轻抚
hypnotic adj.催眠的；使人昏昏欲睡的n.催眠药 writ 令状
summon 召唤，传唤；召集；鼓起（勇气），振作（精神）；传唤出庭 legalese 法律术语，法律措辞
sue 控告，对„„提起诉讼；请求，要求
wrongful 不正当的；不讲理的；不合法的；恶劣的
preliminary n.初步措施；预赛；准备
adj.初步的；预备的 “in order to attach my apartment.”
attach 扣押；查封
“and any worldly goods I might attempt to hide … ”
worldly goods 财产 petrified 惊呆的；目瞪口呆的；石化了的 pillory 使„„惹人嘲笑；使„„当众受辱
marshal n.元帅；司仪
v.排列；整理；引领；编列（部队）；集结力量
Chapter 14 froth n.泡沫；空谈，空想
v.起泡沫；吐白沫
“I was in for a really long night.”
be in for 必定会经历；注定要遭受 fetal 胎的；胎儿的
twitch v.抽搐；阵痛；震动；猛拉
n.痉挛；刺痛
“with Tracchio’s new neatly hedged version of … ”
neatly hedged 措辞巧妙的 to wit 即，就是
SFPD San Francisco Police Department scape 眼界，见识；机会，余地；范围
“I’m on my own ? ”
on one’s own 独立 tumble 倒塌；打滚，滚动；（物价等）暴跌；跌跌撞撞地走；匆匆忙忙地做 slumber v.睡眠；休眠
n.睡眠；静止状态
“I ticked off the remains of the day , … ”
tick off 列举；用记号标出 rave v.咆哮；胡言乱语
adj.赞扬的 redwood 红杉；红树木材 panoramic 全景的 bleach v.变白；漂白
n.漂白剂 husky 声音沙哑的；有壳的；强壮的 “I snapped awake.”
突然惊醒 cyclotron 回旋加速器
Chapter 15 Civic Center 市民中心
dispense 分配，分发；执行；免除；舍弃
slick 油滑的；花言巧语的；灵巧的；光滑的；熟练的；华而不实的
“who were giving an interview to the press … ”
接受媒体的采访 cluster n.串，群，簇
v.丛生；聚集（在某人周围）
“I grabbed a quick look at Mason Broyles as we passed.”
grab a quick look at sb.很快地偷偷看（某人）一眼 hooded 戴着风帽的；有罩的 wolfish 残忍的；贪婪的；狼似的
savagery 野性；野蛮人；残暴（行为）
foyer（公共建筑物入口处的）休息厅；门厅；前厅；玄关 dogged 坚持不懈的；顽强的；不屈不挠的 street smart 城市底层生活能力
considerable 相当大的，相当多的；重要的；值得考虑的 loathe 讨厌，厌恶，憎恨
furl 收拢；卷起，折起（旗、伞或帆等）
grandstanding 哗众取宠；炫耀；引人注意的动作；出风头的人
“Don’t let him get to you.”
get to sb.使„„生气，烦恼 “in a wheelchair for life.”
for life 永远 eternity 不朽，永恒；来世，来生
pathetic 可怜的；悲哀的；乏味的；差劲的
“And he’d hired just the guy to do it.”
just the guy 对的人 lapel（西服上的）翻领
provoke 激起，引起；激怒，使„„恼火 DA District Attorney 地方检察官 spectator 观众，旁观者
“I was conscious of the chatter building behind me.”
build 聚集 reassuring 可靠的；安心的；鼓气的 Japanese American 日裔美国人
“We exchanged hellos as she took her place beside Mickey.”
就坐 rumble n.隆隆声；抱怨声
v.发出隆隆声；声音低沉地说 bailiff 法警，执行官
“We stood as Her Honor Rosa Algierri took the bench.”
Her Honor 对（女性）法官的尊称
Your Honor 与法官说话的尊称 presiding judge 审判长；首席法官；法庭庭长 plaintiff 原告 defendant n.被告
adj.辩护的
Chapter 16 twang v.拨动，弹奏；带鼻音说
n.“呯”的一声；拨弦声；鼻音 knuckle 指节；关节；肘 autopsy 验尸，尸体解剖
penetrating 尖锐的；有洞察力的；思维敏捷的；渗透的 penetrate 穿透，贯穿 anterior 前面的，先前的 testimony 证据；证词；证言
dusky 暗淡的，微暗的；忧郁的；朦胧的 patch 斑点；碎块；补丁；小块土地 conscience 道德心，良心，良知 sternum 胸骨
pericardial 心包的，围心的 thoracic 胸的；胸廓的 vertebra 椎骨；脊椎
retrieve 重新得到，找回；恢复；检索
“Is this consistent with a nine-millimeter bullet ? ”
相一致，相吻合 perforate 穿孔，穿过，贯穿 the deceased 死者 index finger 食指
cylinder 汽缸；圆筒；圆柱状物 residue 残渣，剩余，滤渣 trajectory 弹道；轨迹，轨线
outrageous 粗暴的；可恶的；骇人的；蛮横的 dismiss 让„„离开；开除，解雇；解散；抛弃
“But the hearing was just beginning.”
hearing 审讯 anticipatory 提早发生的；预期的；期待着的
Chapter 17 petite（女子）娇小的，小个子的
dart n.飞镖；标枪；猛冲
v.突进；投掷；猛冲
to the best of one’s knowledge 据某人所知的全部 CPA Certified Public Accountant 注册会计师
prep n.预习，预备
v.做好准备；使（病人）准备接受手术 extraction 抽出，拔出；取出物
“Broyles said , batting away her comment like a housefly.”
bat away housefly 家蝇
voluminous 多卷的；长篇的；大量的
赶走 plop 把„„沉重地放下
stack v.（使）堆叠，堆积
n.堆；堆叠
“The witness tossed her head as … ”
甩一下头
“but this nurse plainly wanted to duck Broyles’s questions.”
duck 躲避 EtOH ethyl alcohol 酒精
purr 发出喉音；发出（猫的）呜呜声
“We do refer to it as ‘ under the influence ‘ , but … ”
under the influence 受到（尤指醉酒）影响
sledgehammer n.大锤；猛烈的打击
adj.手下不留情的；强力的 drain v.排水，流干；喝光；耗尽
n.排水；下水道 remorse 懊悔，悔恨；同情
“and absolutely sick with remorse.”
be sick with …
极为„„ incredulity 怀疑；不轻信
Chapter 18 jury box 陪审团席
intimate adj.亲密的；私人的；精通的n.知己，至交
v.暗示 swab 医用海绵；纱布；药签
“Mickey brushed off the response … ”
brush off 刷去；丢弃；认为„„不重要 recess 休息；休会
“The reporters bolted for the doors.”
bolt for 快步跑向 schmuck 笨蛋
“I must have blanked it out.”
blank sth.out 把某事忘得一干二净 “and that if I wasn’t flat-out straight … ”
完全清醒 trauma 外伤；心灵创伤；痛苦回忆
“I let out a sigh.”
let out 发出某种声音 ballistic 弹道的；射击的
slug 鼻涕虫；动作缓慢的人；金属小块 revolver 左轮手枪；旋转器 gingerly 小心的，谨慎的 overturn 推翻；倾覆；破坏
span v.跨越；持续
n.跨度；范围 queasy 不安的；反胃的；呕吐的
throb（心脏、脉搏等的）跳动；悸动；抽动；隐隐作痛
第二篇：英语小说读书笔记
there are two opposite gangs named socs and greasers.kids whose backgrounds are very rich are called socials, we name it as socs.the poor kids are called greasers, because their hair are covered with grease and they often wear greasy clothes.there are full of contradiction between them.the main character is ponyboy, he is the youngest greaser, and he hates the socs because he always gets jumped by them.darry and sodapop are his elder brothers, and they both dropped out of school to work in order to raise money for ponyboy ‘s study.through seeing a movie together with a rich but kind girl, cherry, ponyboy realizes that not all socs are bad.johnny is his best friend, he used to be very weak, but after being jumped by 4 socs, he becomes mad and usually brings a switchblade with him, and if there is anyone who wants to play tricks on him, he will kill that one.suddenly, in a week, johnny dies in a fire, bob(his friend)is kill by someone unwillingly, dally(the most violent greaser)kill himself because johnny’s death.ponyboy grows a lot, realize the love of his families and friends, and promises to be a good man, and not fight anymore..this is really a heroic story, and i learnt a lot from it..first of all, i realized that we shouldn’t assess anyone just by knowing about his background.in the book, ponyboy thought that life was unfair-socs always win, greasers always lose.socs could easily go to college, but greasers sometimes must drop out of school to work for their livings.so he hated socs as if from his birth.but he gradually realized that some socs are kind, but some greasers are alike a hood.so we should also know people deeply before judging them, and believe the truth more than our subjective things.secondly, no matter how our backgrounds and families are, we should have kind and brave hearts.in the story, ponyboy saw many greasers crime and fight just because of their identify, he thought that was totally wrong.even his dying friend, johnny told him to stay gold which means to be kind, simple and pure in a serious health condition.on the other hand, ponyboy thought gresers have the same rights as socs, and he never lowered his head in front of socs.there are also something good about love.at the beginning, ponyboy thought that dally, his eldest brother fully concentrated on working and making money, but never cared about him and sodapop, and he was dislike a young man anymore, more like an adult.but once ponyboy was sick very seriously, he saw dally crying for the first time when he was asleep-going-to-waken-up.and when they were having a rumble with a gang of socs, he was always covered with his two elder brothers.from that, he knew his small family would never be short of love, and his brothers loved him much more than he could imagine.in my real life, when my teachers and parents are strict with me, i shouldn’t think that they don’t love me, it is just another, more deep way to love.the writer wrote this book when he was only a teenager as fourteen-going-to-fifteen, in the same age as me.so it is more easy for me to get close to him and understand him.but he truly experienced all i experienced and something i have never imagined.so i should learn something good from him, and keep away from thing bad he had done.this book really taught me a lot, and i will spare no efforts to do the good things it bring to me!
第三篇：英语小说读后感
the women in white it is a story of greed and evil, innocence and betrayal, confused identities and cruel deceptions.it also contains love.whenmr.hart right and miss fairle were separated,they still missed each other much in their own minds and never give up this loyal love.in the end, the gained a happy ending.it reminded me of the things we once loved.sometimes,we are eager about something,such as hobbies and dreams.we think we can keep it eternally in our mind but if always is impossible.we forget it without thinking when we put our thorough attention on others,such as study or career.at last,we lose too much love we once took possession of.they always are most beautiful things in our life.i do hope we can pay more attention to find and preserve this beauty.in this novel, i especially admire laura’s sister marian.she is kind, calm and clever.walter is a handsome and capable man, marian and laura spent 4 months learning drawing from walter, i’m sure she loved walter, but she was selfless and made all her efforts to help the couple be together.she isn’t a beautiful woman, but she is favored by the readers.william wilkie collins was an english novelist,playwright, and author of short stories.he was very popular during the victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and more than 100 nonfiction essays.collins was a lifelong friend of charles dickens.a the invisible man phenomenon.in the fist place, technology may breed endless greedless.this is well illustrated with griffin, who used technology as a tool to make a fortune,even conduct other evil behavior.in the second place, if a scientist does not have a sense of justice and responsibility, misuse will ensure.this scientist is just a case in point, he planed to begin a reign of terror, using his invisibility to terrorize the nation with kemp as his secret confederate.in a word, this is both thought-provoking and interesting story.the mayor of casterbridge hardy mainly reflects the main character’s tragically fate to illustrate the strong force and blind function of fate.human beings can never escape from the puzzle and grief, which is manipulated by tragically fate.in the novel, hardy’s main characters seem to be victims of a blind fate.hardy’s pessimism is mainly portrayed by character’s fate.the failure of henchard and lucetta can be reflected hardy’s view that human beings are never free enough to exert their own will on the universe.through reading the novel, the thing impressed me most is hardy’s deep sympathies are reserved for those people who are unable to protect themselves against fate.hardy does not see them as helpless victims.indeed, there are frequent expressions of hope for the future.that is the real significance of hardy’s pessimism.jamaica inn s aunt patience is also a victim to the cruelty of her husband.secondly, loyalty and courage.as aunt patience is loyal to her husband, so mary is loyal to her aunt.mary has courage and strength of character which prevents her from running away from jamaica inn.she stays to protect her aunt from joss merlyn, and tells him on their first evening that if he ever hurts patience she will set the law against him.this show of courage saves her from the bully.in a word , i love this story , respect mary’s courage and admire the author’s imagination and wisdom.’
great expectation if we never posses anything, we will not mind we lost something.since we don’t want to be very rich, we will not fell despond because poor.the title o this book is great expectation which make an impression on i have learnt a lot from this novel.i believe the real gentlemen are not those who are rich, they should also be generous and kind.and, money may buy many things, but it can’t buy friendship and happiness.it is not worth gaining the money and social position at the cost of losing the precious things.charles dickens was an english writer and social critic.he created some of the worlds most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the victorian period.during his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars.his novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.his main work including the pickwick papers, oliver twist, david copperfield, great expectation and so on.篇二：英文小说读后感之飘 gone with the wind 飘（又名：傲慢与偏见）简介： gone with the wind is a romantic drama and the novel written by margaret mitchell, which sets the american civil war as the background.the novels protagonist, scarlett ohara is the daughter of a planter, who is rich and standing in georgia usa.father gerald is an irish immigrant.arriving in georgia, gerald is penniless but he wins the ownership of the manor of tarot by gambling.after that, he began the venture in this red land, weaving his american dream.until 43 years old, he is married with the daughter named ellen of a french immigrant in east coast knot.gerald is good-natured, but bad-tempered and the young wife has a good family education and strict moral values.she manages the day-to-day affairs of the estate as a whole on her own, even sets the black slaves to the doctor.because of these, the couples get the respects from the white manor and won the love of the black slaves.their daughter scarlett is grown up in this environment.《飘》所讲述的是一个以美国南北战争为背景的爱情故事。小说的主人公斯卡雷特？奥哈拉是美国佐治亚州一位富足且颇有地位的种植园主的女儿。父亲杰拉尔德是爱尔兰的移民。刚到佐治
经典语句摘录： 1.after all, tomorrow is another day.--scarlett.毕竟，明天又是另外的一天呢。2.a glamour to it--a perfection, a symmetry like grecian art.--ashley 那时它富有魅力，像古希腊艺术那样是圆满的、完整的和匀称的。（艾希礼关于战前生活的阐述）3.i was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments, and new.what is broken--and i’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as i lived.—rhett 我从来不是那样的人，不能耐心地拾起一些碎片，把它们黏合在一起，然后对自己说这个修补好了的东西跟新的完全一样。一样东西破碎了就是破碎了--我宁愿记住它最好时的模样，而不想把它修补好，然后终生看着那些破碎了的地方。4.land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for.because its the only thing that lasts.土地是世界上唯一值得你去为之工作, 为之战斗, 为之牺牲的东西,因为它是唯一永恒的东西。5.i wish i could be more like you.我要像你一样就好了。7.i think its hard winning a war with words.我认为纸上谈兵没什么作用。8.sir, youre no gentleman.and you miss are no lady.先生,你可真不是个君子,小姐,你也不是什么淑女。9.i never give anything without expecting something in return.i always get paid.我做任何事不过是为了有所回报,我总要得到报酬。10.in spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, i love you.哪怕是世界末日我都会爱着你。11.i love you more than ive ever loved any woman.and ive waited longer for you than ive waited for any woman.我爱你，比我更爱任何女人。我为你等待的时间比我等任何女人都要长。12.if i have to lie, steal, cheat or kill, as god as my witness, ill never be hungry again!即使让我撒谎,去偷,去骗,去杀人,上帝作证,我再也不要挨饿了。13.now i find myself in a world which for me is worse than death.a world in which there is no place for me.现在我发现自己活在一个比死还要痛苦的世界,一个无我容身之处的世界。14.you’re throwing away happiness with both hands.reaching out for something that will never make you happy.你把自己的幸福拱手相让,去追求一些根本不会让你幸福的东西。15.home.ill go home.and ill think of some way to get him back.after all, tomorrow is another day.家,我要回家.我要想办法让他回来.不管怎样,明天又是全新的一天。感想：
gone with the wind, an american romantic novel written by margaret mitchell is a reflection of the civil war.what impresses us most is the spirit of a rebellious georgia woman named scarlett ohara and her travails with friends, family and lovers in the midst of the antebellum south, the american civil war, and the reconstruction period.it also tells the story of love those blossoms between scarlett ohara and rhett butler.this is really a kind of moving story.someone said that the most classic scene in the novel was that when scarlett returned her ruined home, holding the earth in her hand, she promised that no matter to steal or to rob she would篇三：英文小说读后感之飘 汉语：
小说《飘》是美国著名女作家玛格丽特·米歇尔创作的一部具有浪漫主义色彩、反映南北战争题材的小说。主人公斯佳丽身上表现出来的叛逆精神和艰苦创业、自强不息的精神，一直令读者为之倾心。这部经久不息的小说感动了无数的读者。有人说这部电影最经典的场面是思嘉在战争后回到被毁的家园，在园中手握红土发誓，无论去偷去抢都不会让家人挨饿那段，因为那时她的眼神和表情真的特别震撼人。这样说我也不反对，因为这实在是一部太经典的片子，经典的场面太多，各人有各人的偏爱。我倒是情愿选择这个：以后，明天就是新的一天了。什么是爱？什么是恨？爱和恨可以象两条永不相交的平行线，爱和恨也可能只需要一缕阳光就可以消融。珍惜拥有的人是幸福的，因为我们总是并不确切知道我们需要的到底是什么。太多的人只有在失去的时候，才知道去珍惜。泰戈尔有一句诗我特别喜欢：如果错过太阳时你流泪了，那么你也将错过星星了。历尽沧桑，你要学会忽略过去。因为——tomorrow is another day。
英语： gone with the wind, an american romantic novel written by margaret mitchell is a reflection of the civil war.what impresses us most is the spirit of a rebellious georgia woman named scarlett ohara and her travails with friends, family and lovers in the midst of the antebellum south, the american civil war, and the reconstruction period.it also tells the story of love that blossoms between scarlett ohara and rhett butler.this is really a kind of moving story.someone said that the most classic scene in the novel was that when scarlett returned her ruined home, holding the earth in her hand, she promised that no matter to steal or to rob she would never allow her family to starve.however, i would rather to chose this, the most beautiful sentence in the book, tomorrow is another day.what is called love, and what is called hate? love and hate can like two lines which will never 《名人传》读后感
阅读了罗曼·罗兰的《名人传》，深有感触。罗曼·罗兰是20世纪法国著名作家，他的作品是人们强大的精神支柱。《名人传》写的是贝多芬，米开朗基罗和托尔斯泰的故事，他们经历了各种的磨难却没有向命运屈服，在生命的最后一秒仍不屈不挠的抗争着，最终成为了伟人。这也告诉了我们一个道理：艰难和挫折是对命运和人生的最好锤炼！在这三位伟人当中，给我留下最深印象的是贝多芬。他对音乐有火一般的热情，先后创作了许多优秀的作品。他的作品深邃而辉煌壮观，充满了幻想。但灾难还是无情的降临到了他的头上，在1802年，他意识到自己的听力障碍已经无法治愈，并且会很快恶化。那意味着他可能再也不能进行创作了!这是多么大的打击啊！但他却能顽强的和命运抗争，这也许是他后期能写出那么多不朽作品的原因吧。这种对生活对命运永不妥协的精神正是我们应该学习的，这伟大不屈的灵魂让黑暗的世界有了光芒，让生活有了希望。
读了贝多芬的故事，让我联想到了海伦凯勒——一个同样有着坚强毅力的人。她的生活同样是很不幸的，儿时的一场大病，让她变成了一位又盲又聋又哑的小女孩。在她的世界里，没有色彩，没有声音，也无法表达自己的想法。但命运的不公没有让她失去希望，她渴望了解一切，于是她加倍的努力，最终成为十九世纪最有影响力的人物之一。贝多芬和海伦凯勒在生活中遭遇着不同的磨难，但他们却有着同样的精神——永不向命运屈服！这不仅让我敬佩也引发了我深深的思考。作为21世纪的一名中学生，社会的竞争更加的激烈，我们的功课越来越多，学习上的困难也随之增多，面对重重的困难与压力，我们是不是也需要这种精神呢？是！在遇到难题时，在学习成绩下降时，让我们“借着贝多芬的光芒，再一次擦亮我们的眼睛。”用坚定的信念去面对挫折，用顽强的毅力去实现理想 读《假如给我三天光明》有感
父母、老师常常教育我们：一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。自从我读了美国盲聋女作家、教育家海伦．凯勒写的《假如给我三天光明》，我才更明白这句话的含义。
《假如给我三天光明》这本书写了海伦对光明那热切的渴望和对人生的感慨，让读过这本书的人和她一起分享海伦人生中的酸甜苦辣。书字里行间，无不洋溢海伦·凯勒对生活的热爱，她用热情的态度劝戒世人应该珍惜享有的一切。她希望拥有三天的光明去看尽世界的一切景观。海伦·凯勒想看的事物实在是太多太多了，然而这只不过是一个梦。要是人把活着的每一天都当成最后一天该有多好啊，那就更能显示出生命的价值，然而人利用时间和享受时间却是有限的如果每个人都可以充分利用每一天的话，那这将会是一件多么令人高兴的事情啊!三天光明，对于常人来说只是人生中的短暂的一刻。对于双目失明的海伦来说，却是可想而不可及的。三天光明，对于那些碌碌无为的人，无非是在漫无目的地游玩着，他们追求的生活还不如那些乞丐，至少还知道去要饭。而目前青少年学生中也有这么一些人，拥有舒适的生活环境，良好的学习条件。但他们不是去珍惜自己拥有的一切，而是吃不得半点苦，把学习当成一大苦差，无心向学。对于学习，他们总是不屑一顾，不是以积极的态度去勤奋学习，努力拼搏，而是哀叹命运对于自己的不公，责怨上天没有赋予他们聪颖的天资、超人的智慧，让他们能一举成名天下知。现在的社会是靠知识才能生存的社会，没有知识的人是不可能在社会上有一席之地。如果我们可以好好学习，让学问把大脑给 占据的话，就可以为以后的道路铺上一层石头了！海伦·凯勒双木失明，她还能用自己的残疾的身躯写出《假如给我三天光明》这样闻名于世的书。
第四篇：英语小说读后感
英语小说读后感---A Rose for Emily
时间:2010-12-11 15:41来源:浙江师范大学外国语学院08级 作者:任吉丹 点击:1966次
《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” is a short story by American author William Faulkner first published in the April 30, 1930 issue of Forum.This story takes place in Faulkner's fictional cit
A Rose for Emily——Rousing Our Sorrowful Emotion for Emily
--------Response to A Rose for Emily
After finishing reading this thought-provoking novel, several questions occurring to my mind, for example why does she chose to ruin her own life in the almost sealing house, I just feel sad for the poor Emily from my heart because she could have a brilliant and sunny, happy and merry, enviable and enjoyable life with her family members.However, the bilateral influences of both his father’s education and her compensations about the attitude to the world outsides totally destroy her life and the life of some innocent persons.What we could do is just rousing our sorrowful emotion for the unbelievable Emily.Thinking over this tragedy carefully, it is of no difficulty for us to realize on point that our sorrowful emotion is deserved to Emily in origin and that her life is inevitably unfortunate because of her continual fear for the outside world and her persistent opinion of in-house being safe.Her death is not the end of the event, not the end of reader’s thinking.At the end of the story, the narrator mentions the body of Homer Barron in Emily’s house, which gives explanation to all puzzled scenes arranged above, such as Emily buying the poison, she keeping in the house, her servant being mute and so on.All of things could be linked together as the beads are threaded in one line.We should feel sorrow for the poor Emily when she struggles in the formal education in mental lonely.She has an aspiration for the common and normal life, not the life locked in the terrible house with the friend of loneliness, not the life discarded in the horrible house with the friend of tediousness, not the life littered in the abandon house with the friend of discrimination.She was just a soldier in her in visible war of two contradictory minds, one being out for the dreamy life and the other being in for the safe forever.The appearance of Homer Barron brings the expectation of the new, exciting, hopeful life to Emily.She did enjoy the life with Barron for a certain time as a result of her belief that her brilliant future depends on the Barron.These lead to the tragedy gradually.In my opinion, Emily is really innocent and how stupidly she gambles her future!If she wasn’t addicted in her lover with some rational sense, she will also come out from in-side to out-side and go on enjoy the beautiful life.Unluckily, she chooses
another road of her life when Barron plans to leave away.We should rouse sorrow for the poor Emily when she chooses the wrong way to deal with difficulty with the originally in-side mind that is the winner of the mental war of In-side and Out-side.She turns back to the in-side minds that her father nurtures and even develops this in-side minds because of her irritation and disappointment of the out-side minds.In her eye of the little and innocent girl, the in-side mind is much better than the cheating out-side mind and the in-side mind is , in final, the most safe way to live, at least, there being no cheats in the only-one-existing world.She wants to take Barron in out-side into in-side, thus only by killing her lover can she bring him into the isolated world separated from the normal world.She keeps her secret keeping no trace of other any person, and making her servant mute.Her mind of safe-in –side makes her crazy and leads the abnormal life.What happens to Emily is just rousing our sorrowful emotion for her, the poor woman
第五篇：英语小说读书笔记
英语小说读书笔记
there are two opposite gangs named socs and greasers.kids whose backgrounds are very rich are called socials, we name it as socs.the poor kids are called greasers, because their hair are covered with grease and they often wear greasy clothes.there are full of
contradiction between them.the main character is ponyboy, he is the youngest greaser, and he hates the socs because he always gets jumped by them.darry and sodapop are his elder brothers, and they both
dropped out of school to work in order to raise money for ponyboy ‘s study.through seeing a movie together with a rich but kind girl, cherry, ponyboy realizes that not all socs are bad.johnny is his best friend, he used to be very weak, but after being jumped by 4 socs, he becomes mad and usually brings a switchblade with him, and if there is anyone who wants to play tricks on him, he will kill that one.suddenly, in a week, johnny dies in a fire, bob(his friend)is kill by someone unwillingly, dally(the most violent greaser)kill himself because johnny’s death.ponyboy grows a lot, realize the love of his families and friends, and promises to be a good man, and not fight anymore..this is really a heroic story, and i learnt a lot from it..first of all, i realized that we shouldn’t assess anyone just by knowing about his background.in the book, ponyboy thought that life was unfair-socs always win, greasers always lose.socs could easily go to college, but greasers sometimes must drop out of school to work for their livings.so he hated socs as if from his birth.but he gradually realized that some socs are kind, but some greasers are alike a hood.so we should also know people deeply before judging them, and believe the truth more than our subjective things.secondly, no matter how our backgrounds and families are, we should have kind and brave hearts.in the story, ponyboy saw many greasers crime and fight just because of their identify, he thought that was totally wrong.even his dying friend, johnny told him to
stay gold which means to be kind, simple and pure in a serious health condition.on the other hand, ponyboy thought gresers have the same rights as socs, and he never lowered his head in front of socs.there are also something good about love.at the beginning,ponyboy thought that dally, his eldest brother fully concentrated on working and making money, but never cared about him and sodapop, and he was dislike a young man anymore, more like an adult.but once ponyboy was sick very seriously, he saw dally crying for the first time when he was asleep-going-to-waken-up.and when they were having a rumble with a gang of socs, he was always covered with his two elder brothers.from that, he knew his small family would never be short of love, and his brothers loved him much more than he could imagine.in my real life, when my teachers and parents are strict with me, i shouldn’t think that they don’t love me, it is just another, more deep way to love.the writer wrote this book when he was only a teenager as
fourteen-going-to-fifteen, in the same age as me.so it is more easy for me to get close to him and understand him.but he truly
experienced all i experienced and something i have never imagined.so i should learn something good from him, and keep away from thing bad he had done.this book really taught me a lot, and i will spare no efforts to do the good things it bring to me!
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