lesson5The Libido for the Ugly 短语总结

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Lesson 5The Libido for the Ugly phrase

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可怕的荒凉 appalling desolation 丑陋得这样可怕 so dreadfully hideous 凄凉悲惨得让人无法忍受 intolerably bleak and forlorn 令人毛骨悚然的、令人沮丧 的笑料 a macabre and depressing joke 一群无家可归的流浪猫 a race of alley cats 如此糟糕的人居条件 so abominable human habitations

暗指 allude to 让人作呕的畸形古怪 the revolting monstrousness 面孔被子弹打得开花人 a man with his face shot away 存留在记忆里 linger in memory 老虎窗 dormer window 连绵不断的丑陋 hideousness without a break; the unbroken ugliness 歪歪扭扭、破破烂烂的 misshapen, shabby

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煤尘、烟尘 grime/ soot 人口稠密 thickly settled 高密度排列的建筑楼群 solid blocks

使人悦目sightly

一经工厂排放出来的烟 尘熏染，蒙上一层绿锈take on the patina of the mills 回想起来 in retrospect

职业责任感或荣誉感professional sense or dignity

陡坡屋顶a high-pitched roof

魔鬼王国里的鬼斧神工the ingenuity of the Hell

宽度大于高度wider than it was tall

愚蠢迟钝、麻木不仁dull, insensat

直立的砖块 a brick set on end

疏忽大意inadvertence

晦涩难解的unintelligible

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III Paraphrase1. This dreadful scene makes all human endeavors to advance and improve their lot(命运) appear as a ghastly, saddening joke. 2.The country itself is pleasant to look at, despite the sooty dirt spread by the innumerable mills in this region. 3. The model they followed in building their houses was a brick standing upright. 4. These brick-like houses were made of shabby, thin wooden boards and their roofs were narrow and had little slope.

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5. When the brick is covered with the black soot of the mills it takes on the color of a rotten egg. 6. Red brick, even in a steel town, looks quite respectable with the passing of time. 7. I have given Westmoreland the highest award for ugliness after having done a lot of hard work and research and after continuous praying. 8. They show such fantastic and bizarre ugliness that, in looking back, they become almost fiendish and wicked.

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9. It is hard to believe that people built such horrible houses just because they did not know what beautiful houses were like. 10. People in certain strata of American society seem definitely to hunger after ugly things; while in other less Christian strata, people seem to long for things beautiful. 11. These ugly designs, in some way that people cannot understand, satisfy the hidden and unintelligible demands of this type of mind. 12. The place where this psychological attitude is found is the United States.

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IV. C.1.

Dirt refers to any unclean or soiling

matter, as mud,dust, dung(粪), trash, etc. Filth is applied to that which is disgustingly dirty. Soot is a black substance consisting chiefly of carbon particles formed by the incomplete combustion(燃烧) of burning matter. Grime suggests soot or granular(颗粒的) dirt deposited on or ingrained in a surface.

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2.

Love implies intense fondness or deep devotion and

may apply to various relationships or objects (sexual love, brotherly love, love of nature, etc.) Passion usually implies a strong emotion that has an overpowering or compelling effect (e.g. His passions overcame his reason.). Lust is a desire, esp. as seeking unrestrained gratification, to gratify the senses, esp. sexual desire. Libido is a psychoanalytic term describing psychic energy generally; or specifically a basic form of psychic energy, comprising the positive, loving instincts and manifested variously at different stages of personality development.

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D.

hideous (para.1) revolting (para.2) horrible (para.2) frightful (para.6) ghastly (para.7) dreadful (para.8)

awful repulsive repugnant horrid terrible

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V. Translation1. The cultural diversity of Shanghai Expo is the richest ever seen on earth. 2. The poverty of that region is beyond imagination. 3. Don’t ask him about his father’s death in the car accident; don’t even allude to it. 4. On the vast expanse (一大片)of wilderness/ On the wasteland there is not a single tree in sight.

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5. Despite severe natural catastrophe, people in the stricken areas still believe in love and the future. 6. On the whole your report is well-written, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. 7. I’ve made up my mind not to buy a car as I prefer to ride a bike in the city. 8. Many children’s love of Internet games borders upon craziness.