advanced_learner's_vocabulary_of_american_english

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1、Advancedlearner’sVocabularyofAmericanEnglish1-1:ReadingWiselyTheyoungster,whoreadsvoraciously,thoughindiscriminately,doesnotnecessarilygaininwisdomovertheteenagerwhoismoreselectiveinhisreadingchoices.Ayoungmanwhohasreadthelifestoryofeveryeminentathleteofthetw

2、entiethcentury,oracoedwhohassteepedherselfineverysocial-protestnovelshecangetherhandson,mayverywellbelearningallthereistoknowinaverylimitedarea.Butbooksarerepletewithsomanywondersthatitisoftendiscouragingtoseebrightyoungpeoplelimittheirownexperiences.Idiom:to

3、eathumblepie—toadmityourerrorandapologizeAfterhiscandidatehadlosttheelection,theboastfulcampaignmanagerhadtoeathumblepie.1-2:SolvingtheServantProblemTheworldsofscience-fictionaboundwithwonders.Yetmoderntechnologyprogressessorapidlythatwhatmaybetoday’swilddrea

4、mmaybenextyear’skitchenappliance.ABritishscientisthasprognosticatedthatwithintenyearseverysuburbanmatronwillhaveherownrobotservant.Onetaskthisdomesticatedautomatonwillnothavetocontendwithwillbescouringtheovenbecauseeventodaythenewestrangescanbe“programmed”tor

5、educetheirownbaked-ongrimetoeasilydisposedofashes.Idiom:apiginapoke—anitemyoupurchasewithouthavingseen;adisappointmentThemailorderbicyclethatmynephewboughtturnedtobeapiginapoke,andheisnowtryingtogethismoneyback.1-3:It’saMan’sWorldHowparadoxicalthattheworld’sg

6、reatestchefshaveallbeenmen!Cookingwouldclearlyseemtobeafieldwhichliesexclusivelywithinwomen’srealm,yettheannalsofcookeryarerepletewithmasculinenames:BrillatSavarin,Ritz,Dait,Larouse.Tocompoundthepuzzle,therehasrarelybeenatingeofrumororscandalcastingdoubtsonth

7、emasculinityoftheseheroesofcuisine.Idiom:aflashinthepan—promisingatthestartbutthendisappointingTherookiehitmanyhomerunsinspringtraining,butoncetheseasonbeganheprovedtobeaflashinthepan.1-4:HowNottoGetYourWayItisdifficulttochangesomeone’sopinionbybadgeringhim.T

8、hechildwhobegshismotherto“getoffhisback”whensheimploreshimforsomeassistancewiththehouseholddrudgery,mayverywellpleadinterminablyforsomespecialprivilegewhenhewantssomethingforhimself.Howpa