1、Lesson24 ASkeletonintheCupboard橱柜里的骷髅skeletonn.骷髅ASkeletonintheCupboard（Title）不可外扬的家丑Theterriblesecretiscalled“askeletoninthecupboard”.(l.5)惊人的秘密被称作“柜中骷髅”Theskeletonshowed no signof disease or injury.其骨架显示没有任何疾病或是外伤。He knew they would leave him nothing butthe strippedskeletonof
2、 his greatcatch.他知道那些鲨鱼除了大马林鱼的空骨架之外，是什么也不会给他留下的。From here, however, the real work begins--building the 1500 components thatput flesh on thisskeleton.然而，从现在起，真正的工作开始了——构建1500个组件来丰富这个骨架。seeminglyadv.表面上地Why take a chance even aseeminglysmallchance — if you think everyone iswatchi
3、ng and readyto judge you?为什么冒险一试----即使是看似很小的机会----当你认为每个人都在注视并准备评价你吗？When you control your reaction to theseeminglyuncontrollableproblem of life,then infact youdo control the problem's effect on you.对于人生中看似无法控制的难题，当你能够控制自己的应对，那么你就事实上控制了难题对你的影响。respectableadj.受人尊重的Sheisarespecta
4、bleyoungwomanfromagoodfamily.(有良好教养的，体面的)Heiswellrespectedinacademicworld.(=admiredbymanypeople)受到尊敬的Weshouldberespectfulofothercultures.(=feelingorshowingrespect)恭敬的，有礼貌的concealv.隐藏Don'tconcealthe poverty of thought by theeccentric diction.不要用这些怪僻的词藻来掩饰思想的贫乏。I didnotconcealany
5、thingfromhim.我对他什么也不隐瞒。(对某人隐瞒某事)Weoftenreadinnovelshowaseeminglyrespectablepersonorfamilyhassometerriblesecretwhichhasbeenconcealedfromstrangersforyears.(l.1)在小说中，我们经常读到一个表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，却有着某种多年不为人所知的骇人听闻的秘密。vividadj.生动的He sketched the situationin afewvividwords.他用几句生动的语言简述了局势。Ja
6、ck and Mary described their journey invividdetail.杰克和玛丽以生动的细节叙述了他们的旅行。TheEnglishlanguagepossessesavividsayingtodescribethissortofsituation.(l.3)英语中有一个生动的说法来形容这种情况。possess比have更加正式、书面化dramaticadj.扣人心弦的exciting,surprisingDramaticchangeshavetookplaceinpasttenyears.Hewitnessedmanyd
