最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit4-Part1

 

[00:09.40]UNIT4

[00:12.68]The Man and His Castle (Ⅱ)

[00:15.86]This influential¹ media giant 

[00:19.47]was not without his faults. 

[00:22.64]His prejudices were common knowledge. 

[00:25.81]His career was blemished²

[00:28.00] by his offensive remarks about Spaniards,

[00:30.63] Japanese, Filipinos, and Russians. 

[00:33.69]He printed lies, forged documents, 

[00:38.28]falsified stories of violence, 

[00:41.57]wrote provocative³ editorials, and 

[00:45.07]published sensational⁴ cartoons and 

[00:47.37]photographs to support his opinions.

[00:50.76]William hated minorities. 

[00:54.70]He took advantage of every opportunity 

[00:57.10]to heighten racial tensions. 

[00:59.84]His real motive⁵ for his hatred 

[01:02.14]of Mexicans may have been 

[01:04.22]the loss of 800 000 acres 

[01:06.62]of prime timberland to 

[01:08.48]the Mexican outlaw⁶, Pancho Villa⁷.

[01:11.54] His papers described them 

[01:14.50]as marijuanasmoking, jobstealing, 

[01:17.56]lazy, wicked, and violent degenerates⁸.

[01:22.38] Some suggest he saw

[01:24.57] the Mexicans as a threat to his empire.

[01:27.95]During this period, William met 

[01:31.57]and fell in love with 

[01:33.53]a young actress, Marion Davies.

[01:35.28] Millicent, his wife and 

[01:38.90]the mother of his five sons, 

[01:40.86]including a set of twins,

[01:43.27] refused to dissolve the marriage,

[01:46.01] which obliged William to 

[01:47.65]“live in sin” with the woman 

[01:50.16]whom the tour guides refer to as

[01:52.24] his “friend” or “companion”.

1 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

2 blemished   

v.有损…的完美，玷污( blemish的过去式 )

参考例句：

• His reputation was blemished by that article. 他的名声被那篇文章玷污了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The scandal has blemished her shining reputation. 这件丑闻损害了她辉煌的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

4 sensational   

adj.使人感动的，非常好的，轰动的，耸人听闻的

参考例句：

• Papers of this kind are full of sensational news reports.这类报纸满是耸人听闻的新闻报道。
• Their performance was sensational.他们的演出妙极了。

5 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

6 outlaw   

n.歹徒，亡命之徒；vt.宣布…为不合法

参考例句：

• The outlaw hid out in the hills for several months.逃犯在山里隐藏了几个月。
• The outlaw has been caught.歹徒已被抓住了。

7 villa   

n.别墅，城郊小屋

参考例句：

• We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
• We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

8 degenerates   

衰退，堕落，退化( degenerate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由常常变质为无法无天。
• Her health degenerates rapidly. 她的健康状况迅速恶化。