2.The wisest man preaches no doctrines; he has no scheme.最大的智者不鼓吹任何学说,没有任何体系。
juggle /5dVQ^l/(n.v.杂耍)发音与沪方言对扑克牌中Jack的发音同,拿扑克牌玩杂耍(juggle),引得大家咯咯(guggle)笑,文中juggle引申为忙忙碌碌。
deadline /5dedlain/(最后期限)←dead+line.
Newsletter /5njU:z7letE/(时事通讯,简报)←news+letter.
cling-film(食品保鲜膜)←cling粘着+film薄膜。
equivalent /i5kwivElEnt/(相等的,等价的;相等物,等价物)即equi+val+ent,equi相等(如:equal相等的),val价值(如:value价值),-ent后缀。In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.礼貌实际上是人为的好性情,它掩盖了它天生的不足,结果给惯于此道者提供了与真正美德几乎相当的代用品。
drop out退隐,逃避现实。
redundancy /ri5dQndEnsi/(冗余)即red+und+ancy,red-(=re-),und词根多,-ancy名词后缀,越来越(re)多→冗余。同根词:abundant(丰富的)←ab加强前缀+und多+ant形容词后缀。redundancy—an air-bag in a politician‘s car多余物-政治家汽车里的保险气袋。
thrift /Wrift/(节俭;繁荣)可记:节俭导致繁荣;thrifty(节俭的;繁荣的)←thrift+y形容词后缀。thrift→thrive(v.繁荣),类似变化的单词有theft(n.偷)→thieve(v.偷)。It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.节俭就是今天为明天的需要作准备。
mythical /5miWikEl/(神话的;虚构的)←myth神话+ical后缀。myth—a religion in which no one any longer believes神话-一种没有人再信仰的宗教。
recognition /7rekE^5niFEn/(n.认出,承认)是recognise(或recognize)的名词形式。Three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.有三条基本真理,如果不承认就不会有实在的自由:我们相信的未必真实,我们喜爱的未必美好,一切问题都无定论。The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control thoughts.道德修养有可能达到的最高境界是认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.所谓名人不过是这样一种人:他终生勤奋努力而致成名,然后戴上墨镜以免被别人认出。
adventurous /Ed5ventFErEs/(喜冒险的;充满危险的)←adventur(e)冒险+ous形容词后缀。A good critic is one who narrates the adventures of his mind among masterpieces.好的批评家是个讲述自己的精神在杰作中历险的人。adventure—the vitaminizing element in histories both in dividual and social冒险-个人历史和社会历史中的维生素。