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 hatred⁶
[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 outlaw⁷, Pancho Villa⁸.
[01:11.54] His papers described them
[01:14.50]as marijuanasmoking, jobstealing,
[01:17.56]lazy, wicked, and violent degenerates⁹.
[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 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

7 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。

8 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。

9 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。