新编大学英语4期末复习重点词(2)

tempted to leave her chair to get the slipper from Blitzen. 4.9

布利茨恩在外祖母刚好够不到的地方蹦来跳去，一直逗得外祖母忍不住站起来去拿那只拖鞋。

The audience knows in advance what will be said, because it is classic humor, and any audience values it even more because of its familiarity.

7.15

由于这是一个经典笑话，观众都知道要说什么，而且因为大家对这个笑话很熟悉而更加珍爱它。

This clarification, of course, does nothing to correct the first statement and the double meaning of the joke becomes even more laughable. 12.16

当然，这个解释并没有纠正她的第一句话，反而使这个笑话的双重含义变得更加好笑。

After-class reading passage

appeal 2.1/ recognizable 2.4/ plot 2.4/ start with 3.1/ end with 3.3/ clue

3.4/ reveal 3.6/ formula 3.6 instinct 3.7/ curiosity 3.7/ assemble 4.9/ rigid

5.1/ commit 5.8/ suspect 5.9/ dated 6.3/ predictable 6.4/ shatter 6.4/ penalty 7.2/ identify 7.4/ convict 8.3/ miscarriage 8.4/ contemporary 9.2/ psychologically 9.5/ complex 9.5/ unsettle 9.12/ affection 10.1/cozy 10.2/ detective drama 10.5/ under arrest 10.6/ take on 11.3/ obsession 12.1/ fictional 12.4/ exert its fatal attraction 13.3

The formula appeals to the strongest of human instincts-curiosity-and its