自考英语（二）60讲 Return of the Chain Gang

本讲为2006年下半年新的教学内容，请对照语法、教材、练习册听录音！       Text B   Return of the Chain Gang       重点词语   deny  v./ n.  否定，否认；拒绝接受，拒绝给与   Neil denies breaking the window, but Im sure he did.   gap  n.  裂口，裂缝   The gap between rich and poor is still widening.   Generation gap       spokesman  n.  发言人；代言人   a government spokesperson       racial  a.  种族的   A lot of racial prejudice still exists. civil  a.  国民的，民用的；国内的，民间的   This type of planes is mainly used for military rather than civil use.    union  n.  工会，协会；结合，联合 Many workers are threatening to withdraw from the union.       liberty  n.  自由，自由权；冒昧，失礼；[常]特许权，特权   For most citizens, liberty means the right to choose their own religion, politics or place of work. punishment  n.  处罚，罚，刑罚；折磨，损害   Many people think that the death penalty is too severe a punishment for any crime.       argument  n.  争论，辩论；论据，理由   The children had an argument about/over what game to play.   to watch over  看守，照管，监视   The princes bodyguard1 was by the pool, watching over them as they played.       in unison2  完全一致地   Try to sing in unison if you can.   to call up  打电话；使想起，使忆起   Why dont you call up Simon and ask him to the party?       The picture called up the old man’s memory of the war.       难句分析       1.       Watched over by guards with guns, they raised their legs in unison and __ (make) their way to the edge of the highway, Interstate 65.   Six out of every ten prisoners in chains are black, (which is why the chain gangs call up images of slavery in centuries __ (go) by), when black people were brought from Africa in leg irons and made to work in plantations3 __ (own) by white men.

1 bodyguard   

n.护卫，保镖

参考例句：

• She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
• The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。

2 unison   

n.步调一致，行动一致

参考例句：

• The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.这些国家的政府一致行动对付恐怖主义。
• My feelings are in unison with yours.我的感情与你的感情是一致的。

3 plantations   

n.种植园，大农场( plantation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Soon great plantations, supported by slave labor, made some families very wealthy. 不久之后出现了依靠奴隶劳动的大庄园，使一些家庭成了富豪。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• Winterborne's contract was completed, and the plantations were deserted. 维恩特波恩的合同完成后，那片林地变得荒废了。 来自辞典例句