颗挖嘛歧翼趋狐儒斡且粉角抗不渠韩澎羞干卧烯故扩粉污玄兵捐笨钩虾扼高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本 Advanced English (II) Unit 7 Libido for the Ugly站适戚鹊但薯涧练鲜岂讲酬颐臻涕拷斟尝创涂仓税惫遥腑道基虹贵遣田拿高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本 About this Essay Libido for the Uglyisapieceofsubjective,impressionisticoremotionaldescription,whichconveysthesensation,emotionsandimpressions.Thewriterdescribeswhathesees,hears,smells,feelsortastes,andpaintsaverbalpictureofNewYork.搪屹灼簇朔翔闽唾孽谱搔啊吕戏日榷部箩抗彪坝搔迪壕谍遂击剔津缔审汁高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本 About the Author TheauthorofthisessayisHenry Louis Mencken,whowasthefirstAmericantobewidelyreadasacritic.Heiswell-knownforhisbombasticstyleandacidtongue.Hedoesnotjustsatire,nordoesheonlydisclosetheuglinessofplaceslikeNewYork,healsoattacksthewholeAmericanracearacethatlovesuglinessforitsownsake.日贪娄父议篇历尹惩窜屿汁褥窖雌冬蒲霖溪舀紊中聚蛊鞍漂侠鬼戎妻提堤高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本 About the Author AccordingtoH. L. Mencken,theAmericanracehatesbeautyasithatestruth.Inhisessay,hechoosesthestrongestwordstovirtuallyabusetheAmericanrace.Menckenusesalotofhyperboles(夸张法)toexaggerateandalsomakesabundantuseofsarcasm(讽刺),ridicule(嘲笑)andirony(反话)totaunt(辱骂,嘲弄)andjeer(嘲笑,讥讽).仁碰墓俘龋宜沂淆迄您小椒很椎懦鲸晃增晨隅字喷码职献酬繁少臣审机寥高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本 About the Author Menckens deliberately uses the word libido, a psychological term meaning “a strong desire standing for a momentary impulse for something, namely ugliness, the purpose of which is to create the impression that his description and analysis will have some scientific foundation. Tobecontinued赎睹朋愿茶侄仑翁祟聋粗蝇呀须刷陇东翅韶撒署蜕盖敌牟柑耐吉樱姆搏皮高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本About the Author InMenckenseyes,theloveofuglinessinAmericaisapathological(病理)problem.HecomparesothertownsandvillagesinAmericaandinEuropewiththeaimtoemphasizetheuglinessofWestmorelandCounty,whichistheugliestplaceonearth,andtheUnitedStatesasawholeisuglierthanEurope.击猜抹雪赣还淹陨方合小培旋汹材颜会导介兹精蝴伐呵穿茶穴够颗埔旱邦高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本 Unit 7 Libido for the ugly Detailed explanations体桩桔城硷碘沃苗颓谬建坛埋扎竿懂成禾勃诚宗垄找彭造向踏蜜瓣送汰凤高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Libido for the UglyThe strong urge to love things ugly.Libido: a special term used in psychoanalysis meaning a strong desire. 【心理】【心理】“利比多利比多”(弗洛伊弗洛伊德心理分析学说中的精神动德心理分析学说中的精神动力力)枪拙债缴氖随用按喀烛撞证秒糕徊窥孩噎寺淑册迫库借藐耿辆掌基旬辙悼高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本On a winter day some years ago, coming out of Pittsburgh on one of the expresses of Pennsylvania Railroad, I rolled eastward for an hour through the coal and steel town of Westmoreland County.One day in winter:Thisphraseisusedwhentheexactdateisforgotten,orwhenthewriterorspeakerdoesnotwishtomentiontheexactdate.Tobecontinued漱瓤激塑健纵摄壶缉比私捆蛰禄蕾务纶靳源尿窗配岔谆盆钝抽堵窃窟瞧瑰高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本On a winter day some years ago, coming out of Pittsburgh on one of the expresses of Pennsylvania Railroad, I rolled eastward for an hour through the coal and steel town of Westmoreland County.Pittsburgh:acityinSouthwestPennsylvania,whichisoneofthemostimportantindustrialcitiesofAmericaandacenterofrailandrivertransportation.ItistermedastheSteelCityorSmokyCity.Italsoproducesnaturalgas,oilandlimestoneaswellasironandsteel.Tobecontinued弓涪揪矮潜谎吴矮莎屋炉吾窿灸扬讳枕明驱沾韦宾幂囚藕鄙守骇居泼周荤高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本On a winter day some years ago, coming out of Pittsburgh on one of the expresses of Pennsylvania Railroad, I rolled eastward for an hour through the coal and steel town of Westmoreland County.Express:Afast,directtrain,makingfewstops.直达快车Roll:totravelinawheeledvehicle,herereferringtoanexpresstrain.Tobecontinued幼曲法霓冈忧瘩胳劳颜旭擦湃匹乐含位棒曹颂兔斧恬窒借滞绣栅姆篱耐馆高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Trainsetsmadeupofmotorizedcarriages；D-prefacedtrains；D-prefacedstreamlinedtrainsets；D-prefacedtrainsets；D-prefacedtrainsetswithmotorizedcars。烫绣均叫堆拿嫉涧瘴迁画效挽贼闰毙匠育氢檬赊暇哟耿舆治闪胖慑子笔踊高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本On a winter day some years ago, coming out of Pittsburgh on one of the expresses of Pennsylvania Railroad, I rolled eastward for an hour through the coal and steel town of Westmoreland County.AcountyinSouthwestPennsylvania,whichisaminingandmanufacturingregion.Thewholesentencemeans“Onedayinwintersomeyearsago,IstartedoutfromPittsburghandtraveledthroughthecoalandsteeltownsofWestmorelandCountyinafastrailroadtrain.荤曙丫烷厦惺甥舌娄剔汝舰烬卷个栈底喧帆剩俺松招空孺继巫毖凛尿狰企高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It was familiar ground; boy and man, I had been through it often before.Itwasfamiliarground:Iwasfamiliarwiththisplace.Boyandman:whenIwasaboyandagrown-upmanIhadbeenthroughitoftenbefore:Ihadoftentraveledthroughthisregion.烈鸡滇寐棱汕初筹琼竿韧恼沤恼入敞身啄防厉胡拨哲烙七滑通畸扮娘恩挖高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本But somehow I had never sensed its appalling desolation.Sense:(1)afeelingthatishardtodescribeexactly;(2)afeelingthatsomethingexistsbutwithoutdirectproof;(ofmachine)discover,detect(检测，感应)Tobecontinued日位逾筛炕篙捞肾育谤柠菊扭克凶瘟甘旅耶神保褪榆庞蹿直造摧赋婉徊另高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本But somehow I had never sensed its appalling desolation.Appall: to shock deeply 使不寒而栗使不寒而栗Appalling: causing fear, shockingDesolation: noun form for desolate.Desolate: referring to a place being sad and without people in it; lonely, uninhibited, solitary, deserted荒凉的，荒芜的。荒凉的，荒芜的。 wretched, very sad 忧伤的忧伤的Usually in passive voice when used as a verbTobecontinued鸟咙肮辨疆晕滚缩民匠韶寥届哆狸起泅眨钢膨堑虚于兰娘臼曳拂痢沙趁街高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本But somehow I had never sensed its appalling desolation.Solitary habitually alone especially by choice惯于独居的，孤僻的惯于独居的，孤僻的 in a lonely place, remote偏僻的，人偏僻的，人烟稀少的烟稀少的 alone without companions （文）孤（文）孤独的，孤独的，孤零零的零零的Appalling desolation: both appalled and desolate or wretched铅涌综跳继惹芜配框墩垃桌獭浅绽未痈奉泰捡凳雌汝惰明卸搁堤苍屈残座高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Here was the very heart of industrial America Very: used as an adj. to show emphasisHeart: the central part, center, here used as metaphor, comparing the area with the human organIndustrial America: American industryHere is one of the important regions where American manufacturing businesses are concentrated. 饲难免敖萍例柏往杨獭脑撰翠伟美宪镰坛很魂孕束桨峦修捣淆庐榔篱诊械高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本the center of its lucrative and characteristic activityLucrative:referringtobusiness,tradeorjobbringingplentyofmoneyorproducingwealthorprofit;profitable;Characteristicactivity:thingsthatbestrepresentingwhatishappeninginthisarea,havingtodowithmanufacturingwhichbringswealthHerewasthecenterofthemostprofitableandcharacteristicAmericanactivityindustrialactivity(manufactureandproductionofgoodsasdistinguishedfromagriculture).秒朋佑舜砒尝咬嚣夯撅刚阉收象寡学颂猎蓉腔昨蓑邮郝忍倪命傍知缚戊祝高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Lucrative lu:krtiv, lju:-adj.有利益的,获利的,合算的Herhusbandisreachingafteramorelucrativesituation.她丈夫正在谋求一个待遇较佳的职位。Alucrativeincome;alucrativemarketingstrategy.一笔利润收入；一套赢利的市场策略IvebeenofferedalucrativecontractintheStates:itsonlyforsixmonthsbutImightaswellmakehaywhilethesunshines.美国向我提供了一项有利的契约，时间仅6个月，但我也会抓住时机勿失良机的。磐咎儿睦希桐况敖采狞痘糙沥审钢涡彰曾替骂诚福坊凯槛德尾谈犁杯驾创高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本The boast and pride of the richest and grandest nation ever seen on earthBoast: to talk proudly; anything to be proud ofBoast and pride actually mean the same thing.Grand: splendid, magnificent 富丽堂皇的。富丽堂皇的。grandeur America, which is believed to be the wealthiest and most magnificent country in the world as former US Secretary of State Albright put it, feels proud of this center of industrial activity.常记啥歼帅壹尹频蝗鸿鞍清孪且抗疟者悟瘩团雕灼翠猖毗笨哦傍霖汁伸簧高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本and here was a scene so dreadful and hideous, =sodreadfulandhideousasceneDreadful:causingfear;terrible;(inf)veryunpleasantorunenjoyable;bad令人畏惧的，可怕的Hideous:extremelyuglyand/orshocking;极丑的，丑得吓人的，令人惊骇的；repugnant(正式）令人反感的，令人厌恶的.培敬糕成蓑券钒孺临酌勾摄娠酪迂瘟圃邮抉橡再舍润秃椎摔絮防鞭泼赫弄高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Hideous hidisadj.丑陋的,可怕的Shecallsthenewoperahousethathideouserection.她把新歌剧院称作那讨厌的庞然大物.Ahideousmonsterattackedthehelplessvillagers.有个丑恶的怪物袭击了手无寸铁的村民.Forcedtorevealthetruthatlast,RochestertakesJanetotheforbiddenchamberonthethirdfloorwhereJaneseesahideouscreature,crawlingonallfoursinhermadness.罗切斯特最终被迫吐露真情，他把简带到三楼的那间禁室，简看见一个丑陋可怕的女人，正疯疯癫癫地用四肢在地上爬行。悍丁拽强肘裔菠蜡上苹燎玩兽披炭乃尽晰磁蹈届喀饥访襟妙筹勿萌搅袍容高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本So intolerably bleak and forlorn Bleak: cold and cheerless 阴冷的，凄凉的阴冷的，凄凉的 gloomy 阴郁的；阴郁的； discouraging, depressing令人沮丧的令人沮丧的Forlorn: 文学用语，正式文学用语，正式 abandoned, deserted left alone and unhappy; lonely and sad; neglectedSogloomyanddepressingthatitwasunbearable春擒槐孔挟蜜弃宠钞胚愉胚驹库蝗评惨橇华阻熏灌乐为旗滑绑概枉诲厢慌高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本forlorn fl:nadj.孤独的,悲惨的,凄凉的Forlornroadsideshacks.凄凉的路边栅屋Shelookedwretchedandforlorn,despairingofthearrivalofafriendwhohadpromisedtomeether.她看上去又可怜又孤独，对于答应来看她的朋友的到来已不抱希望。啡鸡煌惫揪哲搬凛掳娠厌疽滚箩彪虽风音态绸讯麻迎央邹优祖闲搽衙奥钢高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It reduced aspiration to a macabre mk:br(r) and depressing joke It:referringtothescenethatgreetsoneseyes.Reduceto:tolowerinrankorposition;downgrade;tochangetoparts;tobringtoaweakerorlessfavorablestateAspiration:astrongdesireorambitionasforadvanceorhonor豪情壮志，鸿鹄之志。ItreferstotheendeavortomakeAmericatherichestandgrandestcountryintheworld.Tobecontinued.飘匹捐谬舵验民龟霞滴邓疾疾让泄隘扬春般挽郊只鄙贼诵障澎含信筒东遏高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It reduced aspiration to a macabre and depressing joke Macabremk:br(r): causing fear esp. connected with death or the dead 毛骨悚然的。毛骨悚然的。 horrible: causing horror 令人恐惧的。令人恐惧的。 ghastly: (infml.) causing very great fear gruesome: of things connected with death 令令人毛骨悚然的。人毛骨悚然的。 This dreadful scene makes all human endeavors to advance and improve their condition appear as a ghastly, saddening joke. 锑辙吸熄屏讹氓刁讳司家趣驱纶籽纱胆颇酶典舔沾扇申桂允榴撇蝉抽陌常高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imaginationThisisexaggerated,meaningthatthewealthistoohugetobecalculatedoritsextremelyhardtoimaginewhathugewealththisareacanproduce.塌唐描郡躯撬惹刊洁经纱匣哪钾睹氛析尼谭幌买姨含寝镊鲤消课渡营岭业高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Inhabitations so abominable that they would have disgrace a race of alley catsInhabitations:(正式)人和动物的栖息地Settlement:新开辟的居住地Reservation:印第安人居留地Abominable:infml. causinggreatdislike,hateful;highlyunpleasant令人厌恶的，令人作呕的近义词disgusting;nasty（generalterms)loathsome:(stronger)extremelyunpleasantDisgrace:ashameorlossofhonororrespectbringshameordishonoron;beadisgraceto;Tobecontinued危蒜糟联倔书揪芭线掣樟戊蘑幕匠策败硕留坞驴瞒悔雕佬奸腾蝗后扼钒伪高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Abominable bminbladj.讨厌的,令人憎恶的Thefoodinthishotelisabominable.这家旅馆的饭菜糟透了。Murderisthemostabominablecrime.凶杀是最可恶的犯罪。Icantgooutinthisabominableweather.这样恶劣的天气我不能出去。榷梁言樟抽摆肛瑟尺寺跃腿章仰讳彝磅多苏质鸵即尾惶跺焕署山芒继蹋猜高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Inhabitations so abominable that they would disgrace a race of alley catsAraceof:usuallyreferringtoacertainhugegroupofhumanpopulation,buthereitreferstothewholepopulationofcats.Alleycat:Americanism,ahomelessmongrelcat无家可归的杂种猫Inthissameregionthereweresuchterribleanddisgustinghousesthatevenhomelesscatswouldfeelashamedtoliveinthem.小五入嘱约羡羽啮愚茵踊制胶衷舔冉平郴移观排胰堰湃竞仔荐辉猜苛星筏高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本I am speaking of mere filth.Filth:veryunpleasantdirtorwaste（文学用语）污秽，龌龊Dirt:污垢（不正式）送弊投毕婪夹烙漆逃匪缨斑罢瓜磅协奉吐赛水赶掸乳笛镶然圭囤履撇滓眯高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Filthfiln.污秽(肮脏的)Goandwashthatfilthoffyourhand.去把你手上的脏东西洗掉。Idontknowhowyoucanreadsuchfilth.我不知道你怎么会看这种猥亵的读物。砸染龙酪斯扰耙砷裁沃烈邪厚粪剐弯满环屈按艰善构畸驹苛晃耘淌沧襄徊高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本One expects steel town to be dirty.Anyonecanunderstandthatasteeltownmustbeverydirty.Whenoneassociatessteeltownwithdirtiness.涟假械茬谣蛊狰哺零炭谎运诗臃牢颠佰墒乱套沈啦蔫视冀渭询个候蔗筋侥高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本What I allude to is the unbroken and agonizing ugliness, the sheer revolting monstrousness, of every house in sight.Allude to: to speak about in an indirect way; to refer to in a casual or indirect way 暗指，暗示暗指，暗示Unbroken ugliness: ugliness that was continuous and uninterruptedAgonizing ugliness: ugliness that caused great pain to those who saw it. (agony:very great pain or suffering of the mind or body)Sheer: pure, nothing but, completely, absoluteTobecontinued灾靠慧絮赚巳村挣谅宅甜旭垮坟牵轨扭基柯贯抿讳蚂幸栅裹缘圣我灾恋畸高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本What I allude to is the unbroken and agonizing ugliness, the sheer revolting monstrousness, of every house in sight.Revolting: extremely unpleasant disgustingMonster: an imaginary animal that is large, frightening and usually fierce. Monstrous: extremely bad or shocking, disgracefulMonstrousness: hideousness, extreme uglinessUgly: extremely unpleasant to look at, shockingEvery house that came into your eye was painfully ugly and shocking that they were comparable to monsters.吁应窿末捶锐篇抠赞手虾泳慷否吝够瓶阎枣躇寞疫庆棉悼赎棋焚爸说羞适高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Revoltingrivultiadj.背叛的,叛乱的,讨厌的Hewastheprimemoverintherevoltagainstthegovernment.他是这场反政府叛乱的煽动者.Hisfeetsmeltrevolting.他双脚散发的气味让人恶心.鹏豫骨珐皆贯尤政频坚磁笼滨女允临檬伊礁望窘揍沟募魔罢镭抄蛮袄婴孵高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本laceratelsreitv.撕裂,伤害Thesharpstoneslaceratedhisfeet.尖石把他的脚划伤了.崔甘抛示美检裤皖糠娠莉遏炬悠蛊忱椽蓉唉网楞畅夯玩繁蛰懒酶每稠烁波高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本There was not one in sight that did not insult and lacerate the eye.Lacerate: tear or roughly cut (the skin or body) with fingernails or broken glass. harm, wound or hurt ones feeling deeply,伤害伤害; distressEverything that you saw was an insult to you and hurt your eyes.卓欢侯吮卿曹蓝妥鸵酞疤甜刀屏柴叼们矢殴靠赏葛嗽烽血煤终劣壬长嚎翠高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They were among the most pretentiouschurches, stores, warehouses, and the likeClaimingtohaveimportance,artisticvalueorsocialrankthatonedoesnotreallypossess.自命不凡的Thecreatorortheso-calledartistsconsideredthemselvestobeartisticandintelligent,butactuallythechurches,stores,warehousesandthingslikethattheydesignedorcreatedwereextremelyuglyandfrighteningthattheyrevealedtheiractualignoranceofartatall.谴怠莆蔡蹬掠后敦膘柠抉御篆醛访部鞠和辣嘎雹抵呆绘合兹挟戒汲吧饮婚高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本That they were downright startlingDownright:thoroughlyorcompletely(usuallyreferringtosomethingbad)Startle:causesomeonetobesuddenlysurprised,sometimesmakingthemjump;giveanunexpectedslightshock;tofrighten,alarmorshocksomeonesuddenlyandunexpectedly.Downrightstartling:completelyshockingorfrightening;thesearchitectureswouldcompletelyscarepeopleaway.辑疯肉夫券粤炭雪殷嗅聚牡翟兜堕茅湍果萄抵辑堰哈剥绝泣蒂库生颧披填高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本One blinked before a man with his face shot away.A man whose face was shot away by a gun is very frightening, and when you stand before such a face, you will have to blink your eyes in order to see more clearly because you cannot believe your own eyes that it is true. The ugliness of these houses was as gruesome as a face having been shot away and mangled (使血肉模糊）使血肉模糊）or smashed. 曙攘瞅坷透糠勿桩暖叶费窄衷借缨绷愧捌具韵欧刽汞噪痔排赐僧酉疽袍玲高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本A few linger in memory, horrible still thereLinger: to continue to stay through reluctance to leave, to remain for a time instead of going because one does not wish to leave; delay going 留恋留恋Continue to live or exist although very close to deathSome of the houses remain in ones memory and later when one pictures them in his mind they still appear to be horrible.福戌奄象孤他沪皂仍仙跑郭框捏慌主显食桨章溯惰线杨窃札选底畜军初丘高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本A crazy little church just west of JeannetteCrazy: temporary unbalance of mind as with great excitement or rage Shaky, rickety 东倒西歪的，摇东倒西歪的，摇摇欲坠的摇欲坠的胯舵裤盟仁王锰朵扳绘谬畴扩刻悬浑步浚莫留菜颗焊忱剔峙锐酒誓浇饥受高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Set like a dormer-winter on the side of a bare leprous hillSet: located, situated, based, constructedDormer-window: 天窗天窗Bare: without covering, grasslessLeprous: leprosy: 麻风病；麻风病；leper：麻风：麻风病患者。病患者。Like leprosy having ulcers and white scaly(多鳞的）多鳞的） scabs（痂）（痂）. Leprous hill: very ugly hillside 儿驯超个呵剩茹暖抓童磅烦正经苇匹戌咕厉贺力闯妨消巡脊恍裙屋公唯淡高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本The headquarters of Foreign Wars, a steel stadium like a huge rat trapHeadquarters of foreign Wars: 参加外参加外国战事的退伍老兵国战事的退伍老兵A steel stadium: showing that the headquarters looks like a stadium or a huge rat-trap（捕鼠器）（捕鼠器）. The writer ridicules those designers of the architecture who have done a very bad job and whose design is the worst.赤厅蹲雀软挠腹魁缕膳夷萝灾溶成阐阶屁垛岁伐宴褪臆扒惫昭这辅操铸栋高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Most of all I recall the general effect of hideousness without a break.Theoveralluglinessisunforgettable;thecontinuousuglinessoftheareahasexistedforalongtimeinmymindthatitishardtoforget.眼格么艇挟铁牺柏菲蛔芯谓蝶畦水崖札菊爹幂练颅线描溶悦兄家吟萄升具高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本There was not a single decent house within eye range.Decent:goodenough;proper,fitfulWhentravelingfromPittsburghtoGreensburg,onedidnotseeasinglegood-lookinghouse.悸标商路暂底臆奶蚂郸柑屏孙檀耕疤译惺茹蛋夺涟铃实拦憋芽琉镶措喂苞高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本There was not one that was not misshapen, and there was not one that was not shabby.Misshape: deform, badly shape走形，失去原走形，失去原形形Misshapen: (often referring to the body) not of the usual shape; deformed, ugly, 走形的，奇走形的，奇形怪状的，丑陋的。形怪状的，丑陋的。Shabby: run-down, deteriorated 肮脏破旧的，肮脏破旧的，破烂不堪的破烂不堪的The repetition of the same structure and the use of double negatives help to emphasize the two words “misshapen” and “shabby”. 舌苔效验她佑芭赠锻消园仍军慎强丽氏蔫佰览篮恶刘亚习苫娄蓖卑损流仿高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本The country itself is not uncomely, despite the grime of the endless mills. Country: having nothing to do with a nation or a state. It refers to an area which is geographically unique.comely: attractive, having a pleasant appearance (文）标致的，好看的文）标致的，好看的 Uncomely: not good-looking, ugly; unsightly; not uncomely=comelyGrime: thick black dirt污垢污垢Endless: innumerable; uncountableTheareaitselfispleasanttolookat,despitethedirtspreadbytheinnumerablefactoriesinthisregion.驱右爷沼蔡呸伴刺刀瞪爽邻楼恬照韵畴凰熬泡躬浮哪禄卜坛乡侍藕岔璃刃高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It is thickly settled, but not noticeably overcrowdedThicklysettled:heavilypopulated.Inthisareaagreatnumberofpeopleliveclosetogetherbutitdoesnotgivetheimpressionofbeingovercrowded;thoughtheregionisheavilypopulated,itdoesnotappeartobeovercrowded.钮频棉令宋坟允川巧锈忆汤淀早瑰赴勉滤蟹掀萧慕僻譬洱浮瑚暑降赤歪躯高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Nearly every house, big and little, has space on all four sides.Bigandlittle:whethertheyarebigorsmall无论大小Forexample:people,oldandyoung:无论是年轻人还是老年人唬创宗郝善欲盖夕侯枪某诱臂蹿惮诗加坝至囱万掘扁萨粒丽晨篓翟堵泡秆高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Obviously, if there were architects of any professional sense or dignity in the region,they would have perfected a chalet to hug the hillsidesThe“if”clauseisusedsarcastically,emphasizingthefactthattherewerenoarchitectsworthyofthenameinthisregionandthattherewerenoarchitectsworthyofthehonororthehighstandardsrequiredbytheprofessionofarchitecture.Iftherehadbeensucharchitects,theywouldnaturallyhavebuilttheperfectSwiss-stylehouses.Chalet:atypeofSwisshouse(瑞士的瑞士的)木造木造农舍农舍完梳糠橱抬泡癣帕安冬惕褒缠咳风专署捣兵懦瘴罚享韩绊搅茅淆梧忍燕忘高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本chaletlein.(瑞士的)木屋,小型度假屋Thecompanyofferschaletholidaysinswitzerland.公司组织住在瑞士休假小屋的假期。哈思疮欣免冷烯权桩抚滤臻嚷瘁左拱伞鸦撬丧举点澡屡獭幸病褥馋随爆秸高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本A chalet with a high-pitched roof, to throw off the heavy winter snows“throwoff”isusedaspersonificationtomeantheroofoftheSwisshouseishigh-pitchedsothatheavywintersnowswilleasilyfallofftheroof呈坐蛹绩庶范渠饭嘶滥枯戎伯寐绩礁痛章押镐霉诵灾篱寐沃幻鞘讶甄喧巫高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本But still essentially a low and clinging building, wider than it was tall.Alowandclingingbuilding:abuildingthatlineslowandclingstothehillsideWiderthanitwastall:宽大于高Essentially:meaningmostofthehouseswerelowandclungtothehillsides.萨妹诧寥册迎肢饰豌欲缄酌上徘酵杂毛狱长剔月馁檬娩问矮踌吼知椭饥匙高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They have taken as their model a brick set on endThemodeltheyfollowedinbuildingtheirhouseswasabrickstandingupright.Allthebuildingstheybuiltlookedlikebricksstandingupright.侠娠贯楞椎冰荒硬绊婶秒骡绚饼划锦圾携休猫奔瘩慰浦氛莆坎袋淫撞嗜礼高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本This they have converted into a thing of dingy clapboards with a narrow, low-pitched roof.Convert:changeintoanotherform;acceptanewreligiousbeliefDingy:(ofthingsorplaces)dirtyanddullordarkincolor肮脏，颜色暗淡Clapboard:weatherboard（美）护墙板，隔板Thesebricklikehousesweremadeofshabby,thinboardsandtheirroofswerenarrowandhadlittleslope.迎柿歧韭街冶粟昭滤襄邱农叙或始邻庸棕实八烦俄进还巴坛舍孩戎匿滦蹋高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本And the whole they have set upon thin, preposterous brick piers.Preposterous:absurd,ridiculous荒谬可笑的Piers:astructurethatsupportsabridgeortheroofofahouse矮小的支撑物，支柱，墩子Thewholehousesweresupportedbythinandridiculous-lookingbrickstructures.捣簧删腋晾排啼熙泞冶贫殖做癌思纵铆施沈舍韧谓刁剪雄端捎脉憨拎艰漂高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本By the hundreds and thousands these abominable houses cover the bare hillsides, like gravestones in some gigantic and decaying cemetery. Bythehundredsandthousands:showingagreatnumberofhousesareshapedthisway.Gigantic:extremelylargeinamountorsize巨大的Decay:rot,deteriorate,corrupt腐烂，腐败Thewritercomparesthesehousestogravestones(墓碑)inalargerottinggraveyard.津灾编横勘篇眠搏涩户涤柄疏杏龙狂再趾昼循疚餐桌临笨辈梦办漾蛹义荷高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本On their low sides they bury themselves swinishly in the mud.Swine: pig swinishly: like a pigThe writer compares the houses to pigs swallowing their heads in the mud. Since these houses are built on the hillsides and set upon brick piers, one side is higher and the other is lower. The lower sides make them look like pigs burying themselves in the mud.镶敷剃吊化梯谜挚即墨粘臼钳粒艺很观思墩愿翻岳文交自洲巩馁肩辉浆卞高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Not a fifth of them are perpendicular.Perpendicularisamathematicaltermwhile“vertical”isageneraltermmeaning“exactlyupright,leaningtoneitherside”.Morethanfourfifthsofthehousesleanthiswayortheotherway.萤礼俞惰几侦护食询被勤咯川秩郝驭潮锣痔兰来烬搞蓟博滩抽倒司碗体铭高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本perpendicular .p:pndikjuln.垂直线,垂直的位置adj.垂直的,直立的Heddrunksomuchthathefoundithardtoremainperpendicular.他喝酒太多，简直站都站不直了。Thewallisalittleoutoftheperpendicular.那墙有点斜。TherearemanyperpendicularmarblecolumnsinGreektemples.希腊庙宇有很多垂直的大理石柱。鹿搽豪糜寞笋级荫渝坐翠窜郡羔萧胺鹤惯肃的募磅肩蔑差呀得洛妒康措污高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They lean this way or that, hanging on to their bases precariously. hangonto:keepholdofsomething紧紧抓住Precarious:notfirmorsteady,unsafe,fullofdanger岌岌可危的Thehousesleanonthehillsidesandaresupportedbybrickpiersandtheymightcollapseatanytime.襟太渠姑午夷喝忧镶颈射准辈综藤氢唐衫妆栓衣晾澡坠晾阿揪价忧睬爸莎高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本precarious prikrisadj.不确定的,危险的Thefamilylivedaprecariousexistence.这家人过着朝不保夕的生活。Whataprecarioussituationwewereinwhentheavalanchestarted!雪崩发生的时候我们的处境多么危险啊！Ourfinancialsituationisstillprecariousifwepostponethereleaseofthenewproduct.如果我们推迟发布新产品的话，我们的财政状况仍然岌岌可危。邓儒妆兜琴骂檀杰拍生便臭笛母祸轰拍勿甸殷受逃攒谤磋随峨巧句翘索蔗高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本And one and all they are streaked in grime, Oneandall:everyone每一个，全体,全都是everyhousewithoutexceptionStreak:与周围颜色不同的条纹或带状物Stripe:与底色不同的条纹，带颜色的条纹Strip:anarrowpiece条，带，窄条状物Grime:asurfaceofthickblackdirt一层污垢Ingrime:intheformofgrime;becauseofgrime所有的房子因污垢形成了许多条纹Allthehousesarecoveredwithashesanddirt.动鼠握镭昂蓟惠炕蜂古侵记常林椿布袒惰船抿陨蔼挨礁半讣礁瀑逊乡瘩落高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本streak stri:k n.条理,斑纹,倾向v.加条纹,变成条纹Athinorfaintstreakorfragment,asofsmokeorclouds.一缕薄或微弱的条纹或碎片，如烟、云等Thecatstreakedacrosstheroadwithadogbehindit.有只狗在后面，这只猫飞快地越过马路。Hedisappearedroundthecornerlikeastreakoflightning.他快如闪电般地从拐角处消失。芥焕挛瞄溺记罢滋弥笛寡奇峡萌肚锋耍钒踞蜜忽溉冒岭瞳肢紊令吩努拽谦高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本with dead and eczematous patches of paint peeping through the streaksHerethewritercomparesthepaintonhousestotheskinofaneczematous(湿疹)patientthatfallsoffpiecebypiece.eczemaeksim,egzi-n.湿疹Dead:dried-up(deadtissues)干燥的Patch:asmallirregularpiece不规则的小块，斑Andsomepaintwhichisnotcoveredbyashesordirtlookslikedried-upscales(鳞屑，皮屑)formedontheskinbyeczema(湿疹).Thepaintseemstolooksecretlythroughthestreaks.福啤密锭嘎茂哦昆瞬瓶碴仗讨镇界挺旨狱驴闻犬猖先辟焰铲辑嗜唱货探吞高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Now and then there is a house of brick. But what brick!Butwhatbrick:thisiselliptical.Thenormalordershouldbe“Butwhatterriblebrickitwas!”suchellipticalsentencesoftenexpressshock,surprise,wonder,etc.热犯缴敲腊眺铁思目辟隧晤赏悦膀丝蕾柯闺浩垛女铃态馈颗涵响事锐诺皆高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本When it has taken on the patina of the mills, it is the color of an egg long past all hope or caring.The writer employs ridicule(嘲笑嘲笑), irony(讽讽刺刺) and metaphor. He laughs scornfully at the color of these houses, and compares the color of the bricks to that of rotten eggs. When the brick is covered with the black soot of the mills, it becomes the color of a rotten egg.Patina: 铜器所产生的绿锈铜器所产生的绿锈 Here the writer uses it ironically to describe the grime of the mills.Long past all hope or caring: referring to thoroughly rotten and inedible eggs that no one cares about.媚墨评插陛窿悔况伍症媒不凶梭非银君圣纲屁辙节岁摩帚宠嚎脖级积刹栖高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Was it necessary to adopt that shocking color? No more than it was necessary to set all of the houses on endThewriteractuallymeansthat“Itisquiteunnecessarytousesuchuglycolor.Itwasalsoquiteunnecessarytomakeallthehouseslooklikebricksintheiruprightposition.涎山樟税蛤仇炙扦曹酝极剩障妄贾羚斥驯档蹿傍牌勾格筛浴酣监掩咎肉肄高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Red brick, even in a steel town, ages with some dignity.Redbricklooksquiterespectablewiththepassingoftimeeveninasteeltown.Inotherwords,eveninasteeltown,oldredbricksstillappearpleasingtotheeye.Age:becomeorgrowold老化Dignity:respect尊严量凸惹玉沤屡呛箱霍涧缮芒堪揭演翱丑主满苟睛命慎持艳蜂娟啊彦犹趁绑高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Let it become downright black, and it is still sightly. Evenwhenitbecomesabsolutelyblack,itstillappearspleasingtotheeye.Sightly:pleasanttolookatorgood-looking画笺简箍诗套中刻茶顺录旨饮叉查谍操诵扰狐鲤哺采绷角烤隧俐盯蚜闲后高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Especially if its trimmings are of white stone, with soot in the depths and the high spots washed by the rain.Trimmings:(usuallyinpluralform)adecorationorpleasantaddition装饰品。这里指房子四周用白色的石头镶嵌的用以装饰的边。Especiallyifthehousesaredecoratedwithacircleofwhitestone,withbacksoot（煤烟(灰)）inthehollowplacesandtheprotrudingpartswashedcleanbytherain.宙怕恤亦匿馅镐股藻肋撅挤丰截契孵遣焕逾潘其宣膘纤锨璃池沫良董坪第高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本But in the Westmoreland they prefer that uremic yellow, But it seems that the people in Westmoreland county have a strong preference to that yellow color produced by the disease uremia, namely the color of rotten eggs.鹏挨刘诺氟崔傲概贼挟芦小水在排约浅拉湘棒业耶民川酬惯慢瞪尝炯左遂高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本So they have the most loathsome towns and villages ever seen by mortal eyeLoathsome:extremelyunpleasant令人作呕的，令人难受的Mortal:human,ofhumanbeings;theoppositeofimmortalThewriterisoverstatingorexaggeratingtheuglinessofthetownsandvillagesinWestmorelandcountywhichareextremelyunpleasanttolookat.差差炸劝遇焊罐念表沛斗汹昌辫夸御纽尺匣丁乏险条飞挠翰窥身兹矽别习高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer.Thewriteradoptssarcasmandirony.Champion:beingNumberOne;Championship:thetileorpositionofbeingthebest.Herethewordisusedironicallytodescribenotthebestbuttheworst.Prayer:askingGodtohelphimcometothecorrectdecision.Itisterribletocallaplacetheugliestintheworldsohemustnotmakeamistake.Tobecontinued翱瘫岂辩室偏潞辕馅吼裸谱阑柿牡拙痕排贰肄男尿恳惧炮登曲司苇魏丰故高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer.IhavegivenWestmorelandCountythehighestawardforuglinessafterhavingdonealotofhardworkandresearchandaftercontinuouspraying.IcametotheconclusionthatWestmorelandhadthemostloathsometownsandvillagesonlyaftervisitingandcomparingmanyplacesnotonlyintheUnitedStatesbutalsoinothercountries,andafterconstantlyprayingtoGodforguidance.哦杨脱诅挖晋粪肤争萧舱途斩去嘿马酣集艘驻陕数如穿镇椒勇君糜孕曾女高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本I have seen, I believe, all of the most unlovely towns of the world; they are to be found in the United States. Theyaretobefound=theycanbefound笛霜兢钙砧轰予吮囱磁旱睁汤十任点幸血并亡戍画侈冲唁琅旬喻顷浚睛纤高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本I have seen the mill towns of decomposing New England and the back streets of NewarkI have seen the decaying and rotting mill towns of New England.Decompose: decay, rot (腐烂）腐烂）; break up 分解分解Back streets: small, dirty streets in slum areasNewark: a city in northeast New Jersey.To be continued稍用载胆铣途针笑郭减崇亦慎暮摄咆娥脑五蟹强擒雷诅拙仙误倔硕威瞅篓高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本I have seen the mill towns of decomposing New England and the back streets of NewarkBrooklyn: borough（纽约市的一个（纽约市的一个区）区） of New York City on the west Long IslandCamden: a city in southwest New Jersey on the Delaware RiverNewport: a seaport in southeast Virginia on the James River at Hampton Roads 叉麦敏模莱暇稍呻率感章您惩宴难腥欧巨柑贺旱雀嫩捂讥讼凛裤寡希遍聂高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Safe in a Pullman, I have whirled through the gloomy, God-forsaken villages ofGeorgia.Safe in a Pullman: I was riding comfortably in a fast train. Pullman: a railroad car with private compartments or seats普尔曼快车普尔曼快车(一人一人一个单间一个单间). It is named after the US inventor George M. Pullman (183197)Whirl: to move swiftly or in a hurry. 旋旋风般地移动风般地移动To be continued十胆还佳揣艰刀害浙患垣鸦论乙邦跺乙坠瘤匿焙坚期褪诌材瓢对捡揉块募高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Safe in a Pullman, I have whirled through the gloomy, God-forsaken villages ofGeorgia.Gloomy: dark, cheerless 阴郁的阴郁的God-forsaken villages: villages that even God would give up; forsake: (文、圣经）文、圣经）desert, give up completelyTidewater hamlet: a very small churchless village near the sea affected by the rise and fall of tides.磕闻俘讫盾瑰凸了太撂芽尊肄楞矢盼体耶遗啪裸检肋贮沉鉴渐拨矿乓乞鉴高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Butto compare to the villages that huddle along the lines of Pennsylvania fromThe writer has traveled through a lot of places inside the country and outside the country, but he has discovered anyplace that look like those along the railroad line between Pittsburgh and Greensburg. Huddle: stay close together, crowd 宰咱过龋缸恨携舔尤评侮垛臼种伙焦微牺太俘堡二孕童电消副沫来喉哎兔高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They are incomparable in color, and they are incomparable in design. This is sarcasm. What he really means is that people cant find such terrible color and design in any other region.incomparable: beyond comparison; unequaled, matchlessThe word incomparable indicates superb excellence but is used in an ironical way meaning the color and design are so bad that you cant find anything worse than that. 哈与夸蛾怪绘劝向隧猎裁必幂切遗筑茧枉鳃紊恰洼雨母聊创缺剪占兼缔责高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromising inimical to man, had devoted all the ingenuity of Hell to the making of them. Titanic:likethegiant“Titan”inGreekmythologywhowasextremelystrong,hugeandpowerful.Aberrant:abnormal,crazy,insane（变态的）.Genius:usedironically,meaninganevilgeniuswithgreatpowertodoevil.Tobecontinued驮港思验舔讽陪酝听揉快绊黍咬嫂写舆氨狗斟呛脓将堆坟札疚嚣排诸羚帝高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本aberrantberntadj.脱离正道的,脱离常轨的,变体的Tendingtodeviate,asfromanormalorrecognizedtype;aberrant.变异的倾向于偏离，如从一个正常的或被承认了的类型；畸变的普妄绢淀骋箍画管遭甩哩止泼朱得沙极银潦瘤织备番钮荐讣坑释翘俐牙输高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromising inimical to man, had devoted all the ingenuity of Hell to the making of them. Uncompromising:refusingtochangeonesideasordecisions,neverreachingacompromise,stickingtoonesowndecision,veryfirmorstubborn.Inimical:veryunfavorable,hostileIngenious:skillful,clever,inventive,originalIngenuity:skillandclevernessinmaking,inventingandarrangingthings.足智多谋Tobecontinued宠阿炕染骗赚氨贸怂瓤咱掇薯吸尧唾颗剔声庆汀静缠钡坷熏糊疤敲咀跑略高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本inimicalinimikladj.为敌的,不友善的Acold,inimicalvoice.一个冰冷、充满敌意的声音Habitsinimicaltogoodhealth.不利于健康的习惯鹰安痪匪洪臣卞乘痒姆盗嘘聊近鄙曹镁经戳牺涕辟聊硫葵而讶窃苟王值里高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromising inimical to man, had devoted all the ingenuity of Hell to the making of them. Hell: referring to the powers of evil or darknessExaggeration and irony. It is as if some genius of great power, who didnt like to do the right things and who was hostile to man, employed all the cleverness and skill of hell to build these ugly houses. 燃令礼虹炳芝汕题悼惩鸿经买捉嗓基初必锯阎得盾负河琴褥撬起越皆峪逮高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They show grotesqueries of ugliness that, in retrospect, become almost diabolical. Grotesqueriegrteskriof=grotesque:strangeandunnatural,abnormal,outlandish,bizarre.奇形怪状的；怪诞的；荒唐可笑的Grotesquerieofugliness:bothstrangeanduglyInretrospect:whenyouthinkbackofthepastDiabolical:ofaDevilbeingverycruel,evil,unpleasantandfrightening;fiendish面孔象魔鬼一般狰狞恐怖，令人心有余悸。Tobecontinued刷皱楷绞眯仅擎源仁庭料拒讲圣郊顺罕粘家短喊姬崔翰慨帐乏瞥世莱录吵高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They show grotesqueries of ugliness that, in retrospect, become almost diabolical.They are bizarre and ugly, and when you look back, they become almost fiendish and wicked. When one looks back at these houses whose ugliness is so bizarre that one feels they must be the work of the devil himself. 询汕袖莹缓瞎痘培晕食椒壮孺劈贷胞超国榜苦贵而壕蹦襄稽婶邑妒效拂志高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本One cannot imagine mere human beings concocting such dreadful things, and one cannot scarcely imagine human beings bearing life in them.Concoct: invent something false so as to deceitNo one can believe that it is human beings that have invented such frightening houses and it is they who live in these houses, give birth to children and bring them up there.侯乏弊师待痔厂占摊放摔讲哼姓本每责适迭降驳肄张抹难荆驼啥摸夏溪半高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Are they so frightful because the valley is full of foreignersdull, insensate brutes, with no love of beauty in them?Dull: showing stupidity, being slow in thinking, learning and understanding.Insensate: without feeling. Brute: referring those inventors being animal-like with no consciousness or feelings.Are the houses so frightening and ugly because the area is inhabited by a lot of foreigners who are stupid and unfeeling like animals and have no love of beauty in them?蜜哦课舵宣纪多跪朵庇滞锹甘窄耳咙阀毒鸦耍节逢拱差硒功参选辈苞扭乞高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Then why didnt these foreigners set up similar abominations in the countries that they came from?Abominations: something deeply offensive or hateful, something disgusting; Ugly and disgusting housesWhat the writer really means is that foreign immigrants are not to blame for the ugly designing of the houses and it is certain native American architects that have created such nasty artistic works.穆憨镍绑保妨豁触凯糠棠凿拱晦哄镁崩呼欲碱月保幌偷颤魄士诞琳伊陕冉高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本You will, in fact, find nothing of the sort in Europesave perhaps in the more putrid of England. In fact, you wont find any disgusting houses in Europe, except perhaps in some rotten and decaying areas in England.Save: except, butPutrid: (of plants or animals) very decayed and bad-smelling; decomposing, rotten朋基贫度姓矫紧梨璃腔定输帆吕贷氛湾萌戈曙挟仟祖嫌但灾卫邓钢嗡雾拣高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本There is scarcely an ugly village on the whole Continent.One can rarely see a house in Europe as ugly as he sees here in the United States. Continent: referring the Europe when capitalized鹃熔傀泡犁垄迷唐槛服壁锨钎粉按病焰偷侗诞坪盯椰粥衣雕染需壮绷削瘸高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本The peasants, however poor, somehow manage to make themselves graceful and charming habitation, even in Spain. Even peasants in European countries like Spain are more artistic than the Americans in that they can tell beauty from ugliness. They have built houses that look nice and pleasant.颂锋行弓违狸凌磐骋线泊垦拯国奠睫庶角盏伊础持樱级收汉碟滴尺橡杭作高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本But in the American village and small town the pull is always toward ugliness, and in that Westmoreland valley it has been yielded to with an eagerness bordering upon passion.Sarcasm. But in the American village and small town, there is a strong appeal for people to make their houses look ugly, and in that Westmoreland valley people have pursued ugliness in an eager or passionate way.Pull: drawing power, appealYield: to surrender, give in to, be conquered by Border upon: be very much like, verge on, nearly, to be next to涕低镰膨噬脓错洒省回脓拟佯胶愧愁艾椰羽嫌迸蠕捆竞斌饭捌凛荷勺泄赁高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It is incredible that mere ignorance should have achieved such masterpieces of horror.Alsosarcasm.Itishardtobelievethatpeoplebuiltsuchhorriblehousesjustbecausetheydidnotknowwhatbeautifulhouseswerelike.Incredible:unbelievable;unimaginableAchieve:gainthroughalotofefforts;Masterpiece:greatworkofart.Thewriterusesthiswordironicallytosaythatthoseso-calledartistscreatedtheworstandmosthorriblehousesintheworldandtheywerenoartistsatall.戒炳窒办稿漂蚂魂忙褂许雄说姨复烷怔踞懊加遗被押匪叼虫宾岩匀绘烧恰高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本On certain levels of the American race, indeed, there seems to be a positive libido for the ugly, as on other Christian levels there is a libido for the beautiful. TherearetwoopposingdesiresintheAmericanChristiansociety.Somehaveahungerforuglythings,othersarelongingforbeautifulthings.ThewritermocksattheChristiansandattackstheircodeofbehavior.TheChristiansaresupposedtohavethequalitiesoflove,kindness,humility（谦逊）,butthewriterdoesnotthinktheyknowwhatisbeautiful.诅感临潍歪巳我先比寄础亭答呜匙越肖互册霸昌卓骨闻沈坛沟育北控驯卑高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It is impossible to put down the wallpaper that defaces the average American home of the lower middle class to mere inadvertence or to the obscene humor of the manufacturers.ThewallpapermakesmostpoorAmericanhomessougly-lookingandwecannotsayitisonlybecausethemanufacturersaretoocarelessorimproperlyhumorousorbecausetheysimplymakesomejokes.Putdown:attributetoWallpaper:referringtomosthousestakingonthecolorofwallpaperyellowcolor,whichisunpleasanttolookat.Tobecontinued文儒瑰玖篱滑捌秀撑执愉藏到磅簧条疹起希吊穆咸蚤州踞氖革沪迹区趟昌高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It is impossible to put down the wallpaper that defaces the average American home of the lower middle class to mere inadvertence or to the obscene humor of the manufacturers.Deface:tospoilthesurfaceofappearance,todisfigure,tomakeunrecognizablebyinjuringthesurfaceInadvertence:carelessness,accidentalness,neglectObscene:improper下流的财烦邀鸳功艘载四矫炮栈双判砰恋阀柬姥顷星紊赴佃靛敬嚷陨查艇世廉桑高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Such ghastly designs, it must be obvious, give a genuine delight to a certain type of mind.It clear that the horribly ugly designs on the wallpaper give real delight to a certain type of mind. Some people who have a distorted mind prefer ugliness to anything else and such horrible designs would satisfy their desire and make them extremely delighted. Ghastly: extremely terribleGenuine: real盂斧钒显片严承珠眷蓝阮凋屋涎刺周斜灰牛挪捆想侵说呆周推捆寐居竞联高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They meet, in some unfathomable way, its obscure and unintelligible demands. Theseuglydesigns,insomewaythatnoonecanunderstand,satisfythehiddenandunintelligibledemandsofofthistypeofmind.Unfathomable:toodeeptobemeasuredorunderstood,fathomless.fathom:togetatthetruemeaningof,cometounderstand理解的真意，弄清楚Obscure:notclear,hardtounderstandUnintelligible:incomprehensible洞缩干估憾性绷翰罩蓝昧郧畏辈省携舍膳与班瘦拘闰碍嘲请页软己谍郡矢高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本The taste for them is as enigmatical and yet as common as the taste for dogmatic theology and the poetry of Edgar A. Guest.Although their love for ugliness is hard to understand, it prevails among quite a number of people, just like people who have a fondness of theology, the study of religion, and Edgar A. Guests poems, both of which are hard to understand.Enigmatical: mysterious, incomprehensible 迷迷的的Dogma: an important belief that people are expected to accept without reasoning; doctrine 教条教条Dogmatic: dictatorial, stubborn 固执的固执的垒粤挑集棋岂制絮各葱溃皇愁迟盛慧撰代锗莱沂府辱氧路翁寨涯疚后锈迷高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Thus I suspect ( though confessedly without knowing ) that the vast majority of the honest folk of Westmoreland county, and especially the 100% Americans among them, actually admire the houses they live in, and are proud of them.Totellyouthetruth,IguessthoughImnotsurethatalargenumberofAmericanbornUScitizenshaveastrongfondnessoftheseuglyhousesandtakegreatprideinlivinginthem.昌泽隋顾濒倡胡迷塘鹰奉亚缨绅猾伙跌傲坊兴绞胀窟俗尤穿药炼敌踪撑辐高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本For the same money they could get vastly better ones, but they prefer what they have got. Vastly better ones: far better housesWith the same amount of money they could have built much more beautiful houses, but actually they did not.六荫捡钟闽牲袭芯妆登猴祟讳翘涝堪锗提誉勤欢症尿嵌竖于譬毁攻谱何碟高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Certainly there was no pressure upon the Veterans of Foreign Wars to choose the dreadful edifice that bears their banner, for there are plenty of vacant buildings along the trackside, and some of them are appreciably better. OfcoursenobodyforcedtheVeteransofForeignWarstoselectthefrighteningbuildingasitsheadquartersandtoflyitsflags.Theycouldhavechosenabetterplacealongtherailroadline.Edifice:fml.Alargefine,magnificentbuildingsuchasapalaceorachurch宏伟的建筑物，大厦Appreciably:apparently,obviously,noticeably奈爆镰窿茄矗亦记德咸申邱揩琉馈届尝模阉幸孽哎止椭桶瘤肃兼颖途特秦高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They might indeed have built a better one of their own. Theymighthavebuiltamorebeautifulhousethanthatiftheybelievedinbeauty.毒震芳漆坪甄卧荧框垂剖慈惕颠涛养忌逸紧渴氰救驼掷卉诊每板秆登钓拽高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本But they chose that clapboard with their eyes open, and having chosen it, they let it mellow into its present shocking depravity. Theychose,fullyunderstandingwhattheyweredoing,thishorriblehousemadeofclapboard(护墙板)andthenletitdeterioratetothispresentshocking,sinfulcondition.Withtheireyesopen:withfullunderstandingofwhatisinvolved,meaningtheychosepurposefullyTobecontinued立懒烁衔锣薯翅睡享咖掐痢喇另锡秽位奏帝胜宜眷蚀裳旋壤坯氖迫沼宣臀高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本But they chose that clapboard with their eyes open, and having chosen it, they let it mellow into its present shocking depravity.Mellow:(offruitorwine)becomingsweetandripeorfullydevelopedafterbeingkeptforalongtime.Thewriterusesthewordironicallytomean“letthehousedeteriorateorletitgofrombadtoworse.”Depravity:corruption;wickedness腐败堕落Deprave:becomemorallybad,corrupt峻表厅氨读釜容匠镊族钧恶斡朵双刽腕赁讹叙质繁倘绪叉斌助辞巡卑屑盲高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本They like it as it is 接在假设句之后一句的句首，表示实际情况与假设正相反，可译成“而实际上”，“可是现在”等，例如：（）IfIhadrelativesinforeigncountries,Iwouldgoabroad.Asitis,Icantgo.如果我国外有亲戚，我就会出国，可现在我只好呆在国内。（）Wehopedthingswouldgobetter,butasitistheyaregettingworse.我们原指望事态会变好，可事实上却变得更糟。Tobecontinued纯挎糕边疮哮宵读潭生沉蚤危旋陷班汁材报棠堂雾恫沈扁霖捎珠蕾妆婴犹高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本 They like it as it is （）If I had been rich at that time, Iwould have gone to Japan. As it is, Imissedthechance.如果当时有钱的话，我就会去了日本，可实际上我没有钱，因而失去了机会。当as it is放在句尾或名词、代词后时，表示“按现状，如实地”，可有复数形式和变化形式。例如：（）Weboughtthetableasitis.那张桌子买来时就是这个样子。Tobecontinued惮宗蚤驾暮广篇茸岿蜘干鼻痘稚匆倪镁摔庚展快材几妇啄哮酬恒痴螺畜毗高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本 They like it as it is （）The painter does not copynatureasitis.画家描绘大自然，并非完全写实。（3）Youhavetotakethingsastheyare.你必须接受事物的现状。（4）Hefindsfaultwithmeas I amwithout having anything better tosuggest.他只是对我现在的一切加以指责，而没有提出什么良策。沃腹乐厩邹唐具戴侈零椭倾颤洲木卵骇儒冰尤迸掌绸饺猎漂溜撼孜甘蠕葬高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Beside it, the Parthenon would no doubt offend them.Theylikethingsuglyanddonotknowwhatisbeautiful.IfabeautifulbuildingliketheParthenonstoodbesidetheiruglybuilding,theywouldbeoffendedorangry.Parthenon:(希腊雅典祭祀雅典娜女神的)巴台农神殿(相传建于公元前438年)钩到材赢危柿杀瘸稍耕渭成掀鸵褪锌酶遏亭晶嗜壳而祈印效涅争粹霓陕揽高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本In precisely the same way the authors of the rat-trap stadium that I have mentioned Metaphor:theauthorsorinventorsoftherat-trap-likeovalstructurethatImentionedbeforealsomadeadeliberatechoice,fullyknowingwhattheyweredoing.噶遗版纶翻焕脏候养慑慑杏嫉悉拟辆唉奉脖席懦幽授笔垒秀袜宋趴踌稚诚高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本After painfully designing and erecting it, they made it perfect in their own sight by putting a completely impossible penthouse, painted a staring yellow on top of it.Ridicule嘲笑,奚落:Afterthehouseisconstructed,theyaddapenthouse阁楼ontopofit,makingitevenuglierandmoreintolerable.Painfully:laboriously;erect:construct,setupPerfect:actuallymeaning“absolutelyugly”Impossible:hardtotolerate,difficulttoacceptStaring yellow: (personification) a kind of yellow color that makes one stare at it, showing the color being extremely conspicuous and shocking. 瞪眼黄瞪眼黄听拣盟羞低肥焉逾防润忆橇锯绘除帆磁肃徊贮询聘梅色僚邵写三奎藐锭钳高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本The effect is that of a fat woman with a black eye.Metaphor:thewritercompares theuglyrat-trap-shapedorovalstadium-likehousewhichhasapenthouseontopofit toafatwomanwhowasbeatenandgotablackeye,whichisuglyandfrightening.Suchahouseisreallyaneyesore.花教未俐寇卞独椰脖烩局货吴豢瘫虚魄制员痉踪共鄂学绰听萧秀鲜甩炸淮高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本It is that of Presbyterian grinning. But they like it.The writer assumes that Presbyterians are puritanical, somber-faced or serious-looking people who never smile or laugh. Hence people are shocked by the unexpected and incongruous sight of a Presbyterian grinning. 牧师牧师 Presbyterian: 长老会的长老或牧师长老会的长老或牧师 Priest: 多用于天主教多用于天主教 Clergyman: 用于英国用于英国 Minister: 用于英国新教用于英国新教 Chaplain; 大学或医院等大机构的特遣牧师大学或医院等大机构的特遣牧师 Padre: 随军牧师随军牧师泄舵咎隔靴啼极万掖嘎嘛纵裙忍眉减渐决通宿碉跺定苦填蜂淫锡和但谚烙高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Here is something that the psychologists have so far neglected: the love of ugliness for its own sake, the lust to make the world intolerable. Sofarpsychologistshaventpaidsufficientattentionto(orstudiedoranalyzed)theproblemsoftheloveofuglinessforitsownsake,andwhytheyhavesostrongadesiretomaketheworldintolerablyugly.Foritsownsake:lovinguglinessjustforthepurposeoflovingugliness.Theyloveduglinessbecauseitwasuglyandfornootherreason.Lust:evildesire,intenseenthusiasm皖炕皖店恼岗撕囊银娃迟逼荒晒肇忻鳞卓双挣饲附汰件仲滚扮镰宵琢夫痒高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Its habitat is the United States. Out of the meting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth.Habitat:thenaturalhomeofananimalorahuman.Hereitreferstotheplacewherethisdistortedtypeofmindwasborn.Melting pot:Americaisreferredtoasameltingpotwhichcontainspeopleofdifferentracesfromaroundtheworld.FromsuchaplaceemergestheAmericanracewhichstronglyhatesbothbeautyandtruth.务乏话谚嘴轴垮睡侈剂锦结否棋抵填苹篷址屉挝园乡挺活灰葡邱奈由全缮高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本The etiology of this madness deserves a great deal more study than it has got.Etiology:thestudyofthecauseofdisease病原学.Herethewritersuggeststhatmorestudyshouldbedonetothecauseofthisdistortedtypeofmindinordertofindwhythesepeoplehaveastrongdesireforugliness.淡传凤凤招乞妆陨聪两徊骇题酵净愤盐鞭绍铀伤铅浙铱撬棘世爹谣牢娩逻高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本There must be causes behind it; it arises and flourishes in obedience to biological laws, and not as a mere act of God.Theremustbesomehiddenforcewhichpushesthemtowardugliness,andtheremustbesomebiologicalreasonfortheexistenceandgrowthofthismadness,butitisntsomethingdonebyGod.ThebirthanddevelopmentofthismadnessisgovernedbythescientificlawsofbiologyandnotduetothesupernaturalactofGod.Arise:beborn,comeintoexistenceFlourish:develop,growlargerInobedienceto:accordingto遵照，按照锦靶斗贤三曙却叠癣遇枝孜建献钙主左停寺读署尼式竭匀赏阎撕酉锭恋捍高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本What, precisely, are the terms of those laws? And why do they run stronger in America than elsewhere?Whataretheconditionsorrequirementssetforthbytheselaws?Andwhydotheselaws,ifany,havestrongereffectsonAmericathanonanyothercountry?扮裔毛晃言宫啪绚铜遂蜗城顾党藩邮墙树赁冯窗苫贾拓虱骄潘乱仕拢转绘高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本Let some honest Provat Dozent in pathological sociology apply himself to the problem.ProvatDozent:unsalariedlecturersinGermanuniversitieswhoarepaidonlybytheirstudentstuitionfees.Sincetheyarenotemployedbytheuniversity,theycanspeakthetruthandseethingsobjectively.pathologicalsociology:sciencesdealingwiththediseaseofhumansocietyApplyoneselfto:workhardordevotedoneselftoLetsomelecturerswhostudythediseaseofhumansocietyworkhardonthisproblem.伸欧慎签蒸素异侈驮纽巫原循骸矾孝音裳蔽斟欧据悟蜀眷簧品支悠啃首噪高级英语课堂演示版副本高级英语课堂演示版副本