M8u1 词组

1. the antiques of the literary world 文学世界的古董

2. examples of great writing and wisdom 杰出的创作及智慧的典范

3. Their language characteristics are quite different from those of modern works.
它们的语言特色与现代文学作品有相当大的区别。

4. gather dust on shelves 在书架上落满灰尘

5. have nothing to do with 与 …… 无关

6. have a place in the world 在世界上占有一席之地

7. adapt … from … / be adapted from 从…改编

8. an award-winning film based on the novel Emma 根据小说Emma改编的获奖影片

9. come out

10. contemporary life

11. one chapter at a time

12. Some were later performed on stage. 有些后来被搬上了舞台。

13. soap opera

14. His tomb reads, “By his death, one of England’s greatest writers is lost to the world.”

他的墓碑上写着：“他的辞世令世界失去了一位最伟大的英国作家。”

15. be set in

16. in the early 1800s

17. abuse sb. 虐待某人 abuse one’s power and authority 滥用职权

18. would do … rather than do … / prefer to do … rather than do …

19. a twist in the plot 情节上的曲折

20. give sb. a large fortune 赠与某人一大笔财富

21. as a condition for receiving the fortune 作为获得这笔财富的一个条件

22. before long 不久之后

23. be ashamed of his background 对他的身世感到羞愧

24. have rigid ideas of what it means to be civil 对于文明的内涵有着刻板的理解

25. be bent on doing sth.

26. win one’s love / have one’s love

27. a fancy education 一个华而不实的教育

28. a desperate criminal / a criminal on the run 一个铤而走险的罪犯

29. along with 与…一道；除了…还有

30. The film begins (in) the same way as the novel does. 这部电影与小说以同样的形式开始。

31. at an early age 在早年

32. put on an art exhibition 举行画展

33. be desperate to have her love 迫切想得到她的爱 be desperate to do sth./be desterate for sth.

34. treat him in a civil manner 以一种礼貌的方式对待他

35. live up to one’s expectation 不辜负某人的期望 live up to one’s name 名副其实

36. far from 远离； 远没有…

37. free from 免于 … ; 没有

38. experience a childhood without parents

39. flee the circumstances 逃避这种状况

40. fall under the control of a man called Fagin 落到一个名叫Fagin的人的控制下

41. get arrested by the police

42. take sb. to court

43. pity sb.

44. drag him back into the life of crime 把他拽回到罪恶生活中

45. pressure him with the threat of violence 用暴力威胁压迫他 pressure sb into doing … / pressure sb. to do …