资源简介 38 Strange Patent Applications38 奇怪的专利申请I set about working in the current Patent Office after resigning from the court personnel.我开始在现在的专利局工作,这之前我从 fa 院人事部辞职。Competent and dynamic, I never feel passive while diving into我工作起来既称职又有活力,一头扎进the identifications of whether applications are valid and practical according to the new versionof the criteria.根据新版标准对申请的有效性和实用性进行确认的工作中,我从未感觉到消极没劲。With the expectation of distinguishing their own importance, some people leave the beatentrack and file strange products with us now and then,为了突显自己的重要性,时不时就有人不走寻常路,提交一些奇怪的产品给我们申请,for example, lantern that can be attached on your forehead, cubic walnuts,例如,固定在前额的灯笼、立方体的胡桃、refrigerator made of straw and glue, perfume that nobody can bear to smell, and so on.用稻草和胶水制作的冰箱、没人能受得了的香水等。Once, a man made a triangle helicopter out of stainless wires and string.一次,有个人用不锈钢丝和绳子制作了一架三角形的直升飞机。He called us up and merrily claimed it was stable and convenient to use, and never out of order.他致电给我们,高兴地声称其确实牢固,而且方便使用,从不发生故障。I asked him to hang on, but this innocent man just rang off and set out to fly from hiscourtyard.我请他稍等,但这个天真的人挂了电话就开始从院子里起飞了。I dialed his number in the directory trying to ring him back, but never got through.我拨打他在电话簿上的号码试图回电给他,却无法接通。Merciful God blessing, an abrupt freezing rainfall made his powder wet.仁慈的上 di 保佑,一场突然降临的冷雨打湿了他的火药,Luckily, the trouble was without any extension except that he crashed into a greengrocer’smaking all the ripe fruits become messy jam.所幸的是,麻烦没有继续扩大,只是他撞入了一间杂货店,把所有成熟的水果都压成一塌糊涂的果酱。When people seized this crazy man with caution and sobered him by tapping his face,当人们小心地抓住这个失去理智的人,轻拍他的脸使他清醒过来时,he complained about the bad weather instead of associating his failure with his unscientificdesign.他还在抱怨糟糕的坏天气,反而不是把他的失败与他违背科学的设计联系起来。Vocabulary 词汇表(1) set about / set ba t/ 着手,开始 (6) competent / k mp t nt/ 有能力的,胜任(2) current / k r nt/ 当前的,流行的 的(3) patent / pe tnt/ 专利,专利权 (7) dynamic /da n m k/ 充满活力的,动态(4) court /k rt/ 法院,法庭 的(5) personnel / p s nel/ 人员,职员 (8) passive / p s v/ 被动的,消极的23(9) dive into /da v ntu / 深入,专心于 (36) convenient /k n vi ni nt/ 方便的,便利(10) identification /a dent f ke n/ 身份证 的明,鉴别 (37) out of order 故障,失调(11) valid / v l d/ 有效的,合法的 (38) hang on 等一下,稍等(12) practical / pr kt kl/ 实际的,实用的 (39) innocent / n snt/ 无辜的,天真的(13) version / v n/ 版本 (40) ring off 挂断电话(14) criteria /kra t ri / 标准,准则 (41) set out 出发,开始(15) expectation / ekspek te n/ 期望,预期 (42) courtyard / k tjɑ d/ 庭院,院子(16) distinguish /d st ɡw / 区分,辨别 (43) dial / da l/ 拨号(17) beaten track 惯常路线,老路 (44) directory /d rekt ri/ 目录,电话簿(18) file /fa l/ 文件,档案 (45) ring sb. back 回电话给某人(19) product / pr d kt/ 产品,制品 (46) get through 完成,通过,接通电话(20) now and then 时不时地,偶尔 (47) merciful / m s fl/ 仁慈的,宽恕的(21) lantern / l nt n/ 灯笼,提灯 (48) abrupt / br pt/ 突然的,唐突的(22) forehead / f r d/ 前额,额头 (49) freezing / fri z / 极冷的,冻结的(23) cubic / kju b k/ 立方的,立方体的 (50) rainfall / re nf l/ 降雨量,降雨量(24) walnut / w ln t/ 核桃,胡桃 (51) powder / pa d r/ 粉末,火药,粉底(25) refrigerator /r fr d re t r/ 冰箱 (52) extension / k st n n/ 延长,扩展,电话(26) straw /str / 稻草,吸管 分机(27) glue /ɡlu / 胶水,粘合剂 (53) greengrocer / ɡri n ɡr s r/ 蔬菜水果(28) perfume / p fju m/ 香水,芳香 商,菜贩(29) triangle / tra ɡl/ 三角形,三角关系 (54) ripe /ra p/ 成熟的,熟透的(30) helicopter / hel k pt r/ 直升机 (55) jam /d m/ 果酱,拥挤,堵塞(31) stainless / ste nl s/ 不锈的,无瑕的 (56) seize /si z/ 抓住,捉住,夺取(32) wire /wa / 金属线,电线 (57) caution / k n/ 谨慎,小心,警告(33) string /str / 细绳,线,串 (58) tap /t p/ 水龙头,轻拍,轻敲(34) merrily / mer li/ 愉快地,快乐地 (59) associate A with B / s ie t e w bi /(35) stable / ste bl/ 稳定的,牢固的 将 A 和 B 关联起来Morphology 构词法Prefixes & Suffixes 前后缀(1) -ent: current / k r nt/ 当前的,流行的 , competent / k mp t nt/ 有能力的,胜任的 ,convenient /k n vi ni nt/ 方便的,便利的(2) -ic: dynamic /da n m k/ 动态的,有活力的, cubic / kju b k/ 立方的, public / p bl k/ 公共的,公开的(3) -ive: passive / p s v/ 被动的, positive / p z t v/ 积极的,肯定的, expensive / k spens v/ 昂贵的(4) -al: practical / pr kt k l/ 实际的,实用的, formal / f m l/ 正式的,礼节性的, national/ n nl/ 国家的,全国性的(5) -ance: importance / m p t ns/ 重要性,重要, resistance /r z st ns/ 抵抗,抵制, acceptance/ k sept ns/ 接受,认可(6) fore-: forehead / f r d/ 额头, forefather / f fɑ r/ 祖先, forecast / f kɑ st/ 预测,预报(7) -or: refrigerator /r fr d re t r/ 冰箱, operator / p re t r/ 操作员,运营商, supervisor/ su p va z r/ 监督者,主管24(8) tri-: triangle / tra ɡl/ 三角形, tripod / tra p d/ 三脚架, tricycle / tra s kl/ 三轮车(9) -less: stainless / ste nl s/ 不锈的, hopeless / h pl s/ 无望的,绝望的, fearless / f l s/ 无畏的,大胆的(10) -yard: courtyard / k tjɑ d/ 庭院,院子, backyard / b kjɑ d/ 后院, shipyard / pjɑ d/ 船坞,造船厂(11) -ory: directory /d rekt ri/ 目录,名录, laboratory / l b r t ri/ 实验室, territory / ter t ri/领土,领域(12) -ure: failure / fe lj r/ 失败, exposure / k sp / 暴露,曝光, adventure / d vent / 冒险Etymology 词源学Root Word 词根-claim- = shout 呼喊(1) claim /kle m/ claim=shout 发声,声称 claim responsibility for 声称对……负责(2) acclaim / kle m/ ac 加强,claim=shout 大力喊,呐喊,称赞 widely acclaimed 广受赞誉的(3) exclaim / k skle m/ ex=out,claim=shout 大声喊出来,惊叫 exclamation mark 感叹号(4) reclaim /r kle m/ re=back,claim=shout 喊回来,收回 reclaim our land 收回我们的土地(5) proclaim /pr kle m/ pro=forward,claim=shout 到(台)前面去喊,昭告天下,宣言,公告 Emancipation Proclamation 《解放(黑奴)宣言》(6) disclaim /d s kle m/ dis=away,claim=shout,远离发声,不担责,否认(7) disclaimer /d s kle m r/ 免责声明(8) clamor / kl m r/ claim=shout,or=状态,吵闹,喧哗(9) clamorous / kl m r s/ 喧哗的The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln was widely acclaimed.林肯颁布的《解放宣言》受到了广泛赞誉。25 展开更多...... 收起↑ 资源列表 唱40篇短文记3500单词(第4辑)38 Strange Patent Applications.pdf 朗读 38 Strange Patent Applications.mp3 朗读 38 Strange Patent Applications.mp4 演唱 38 Strange Patent Applications.mp3 演唱 38 Strange Patent Applications.mp4