词汇提炼:
1. samurai: 日本武士
2. capture: 俘虏,捕获
3. defeat: 击败,战胜
4. ritual: 仪式
5. suicide: 自杀,自取灭亡
6. seppuku: 切腹自杀
8. situation: 形势,状况
9. figure: 领会,认为
10. shame: 羞愧
11. screwup: 弄糟事情的人
12. quit: 辞职
13. belong: 属于
14. truly: 真心地
15. deserve: 应得,应受
重点单词精讲:
Capture
Exp. to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner or in an enclosed space 俘虏
Eg. Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers.
联军部队捕获了300多敌军。
Eg. The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos.
动物在网里被捕获后然后被拿到当地动物园去买。
Defeat
Exp. to win against sb in a war, competition, sports game, etc. 战胜(某人); 击败
Eg. The enemy was defeated in a decisive battle.
敌人在一场决定性的战斗中被击败。
Eg. He has been soundly defeated at chess.
他在国际象棋比赛中一败涂地。
Suicide
Exp. killing oneself intentionally 自杀
Eg. He committed suicide.
他自杀了。
Eg. There are four cases of suicide this month at my university.
这个月我的大学里发生了四起自杀案件。
Figure
Exp. think (sth) 想(某事物)
Eg. I figured that you wouldn't come.
我料想你不会来。
Eg. It's what I figured.
我是这样认为的。
Shame
Exp. painful feeling caused by wrong, dishonourable, improper or ridiculous behaviour (by oneself, one's family, etc) 羞耻; 羞愧; 惭愧
Eg. she felt shame at having told a lie.
说谎后来感到羞愧。
Eg. Mary hang one's head in shame.
Mary惭愧得低下了头.
Eg. To my shame I never thanked him for his kindness.
我感到惭愧的是对他的好意我从未表示过感谢。
Deserve
Exp. be sth or have done sth for which one should receive (a reward, special treatment, etc); be entitled to; merit 应受(奖赏﹑ 特殊待遇等); 应得; 值得
Eg. The article deserves careful study.
这篇文章值得仔细研究。
Eg. She deserves a reward for her efforts.
她积极努力, 应得到奖赏。
Eg. He richly deserved all that happened to him.
他得到这一切确是受之无愧。
Eg. They deserve to be sent to prison.
他们应该入狱。