文学

**reportage ［rIˋpɔːrtIdʒ］

n. 报道，报道的消息，报告文学（the act or process of reporting news）

【记】来自report（n./v. 报道）

**scenario ［səˋnærioʊ］

n. 剧情梗概（an outline or synopsis of a play）；剧本（screenplay）

【记】scen（=scene场景）+ario→剧情梗概

*epigram ［ˋepIgræm］

n. 讽刺短诗，警句（terse, witty statement）

【记】epi（在…旁边）+gram（写）→旁敲侧击的东西→讽刺短诗

*epistolary ［IˋpIstəleri］

adj. 书信的，书信体的

【例】Epistolary romance in the movies means listening to letters in voice-over, rather than studying live flesh in close-up.

*ballad ［ˋbæləd］

n. 歌谣，民歌（a song or poem that tells a story in short stanzas）

【记】ball（球）+ad→像球一样一代代传下来→歌谣

*analogy ［əˋnælədʒi］

n. 相似（partial resemblance）；类比（the likening of one thing to another）

【记】ana（并列）+log（说话）+y→放在一起说→类比

【反】lacking similarity（缺乏相似性）

**allegory ［ˋæləgɔːri］

n. 寓言（fable）

【记】al（=all）+leg（讲）+ory→讲的全部都是小故事→寓言

*autobiography ［ˌɔːtəbaIˋaːgrəfi］

n. 自传（the story of a person’s life written by that person）

【记】auto（自己）+bio（生命）+graphy（写）→写自己的一生→自传

【派】autobiographical（adj. 自传的；有关自传的）

*eulogy ［ˋjuːlədʒi］

n. 颂词，颂文（high speech or commendation）

【反】denunciation（n. 谴责）；diatribe（n. 恶骂）；defamation（n. 诋毁）

lampoon ［læmˋpuːn］

n. 讽刺文章（a broad satirical piece of writing）vt. 讽刺（to ridicule or satirize）

【记】lamp（灯）+oon→用灯照别人的缺点→讽刺

【反】paean（n. 赞歌）

【派】lampooner（n. 讽刺作家）

backdrop ［ˋbækdraːp］

n. （事件的）背景；背景幕布（printed cloth hung at the back of a theatre）

【记】back（后面）+drop（后面挂下的幕布）→背景幕布

**concordance ［kənˋkɔːrdəns］

n. （作家作品中的重要词语）按字母顺序排列的索引；和谐，一致性

【例】a concordance to Shakespeare

Exercise

填空题

1. The mountains provided a dramatic______for our picnic.

2. There is reasonable______between the two sets of results.

3. His cartoons mercilessly______the politicians of his time.

4. She struggled to______her thoughts.

5. Keep your as______as possible.

6. They are______statistics for a report on traffic accidents.

7. The word has a______as well as a literal meaning.

8. She put forward some______reasons for abandoning the plan.

9. Their language and______competence should be improved.

10. There are______differences from one area of the country to another.

11. “Waste not, want not” is her favorite______.

12.______romance in the movies means listening to letters in voice-over, rather than studying live flesh in close-up.

13. She has been asked to______the novel for radio.

14. The______for the prison camps was “retraining centres”.

15. There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and______.

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Answers

填空题答案

1. The mountains provided a dramatic backdrop for our picnic.

2. There is reasonable concordance between the two sets of results.

3. His cartoons mercilessly lampooned the politicians of his time.

4. She struggled to articulate her thoughts.

5. Keep your as succinct as possible.

6. They are compiling statistics for a report on traffic accidents.

7. The word has a metaphorical as well as a literal meaning.

8. She put forward some cogent reasons for abandoning the plan.

9. Their language and linguistic competence should be improved.

10. There are dialectal differences from one area of the country to another.

11. “Waste not, want not” is her favorite maxim .

12. Epistolary romance in the movies means listening to letters in voice-over, rather than studying

live flesh in close-up.

13. She has been asked to abridge the novel for radio.

14. The euphemism for the prison camps was “retraining centres”.

15. There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter .

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