基础英语轻松学【63】索菲亚·罗兰小传_小升初语法

基础英语轻松学【63】索菲亚·罗兰小传

　　dire：可怕的、悲惨的，常常用来指灾难、悲苦等，比如a dire calamity可怕的灾难；dire warnings可怖的预兆；dire news噩耗。与它的同义词比较，terrible在程度上没有dire强烈，而dreadful和horrible更强调恐怖的、讨厌的事情，比如：

　　a dreadful movie

　　极糟糕的影片

　　The food at the hotel was horrible.

　　旅馆里的食物糟透了。

　　索菲亚的妈妈虽然是个失意的演员，（Her mother, a frustrated actress）但当明星的渴望依然不断影响着小索菲亚。（instilled starring aspirations in the skinny little Sofia）

　　instill：原意是滴注，这里是逐渐灌输的意思，常与in和into连用。例如

　　A good teacher can instill the desire to learn in young people.

　　好的教师能将求知欲逐渐灌输给青年人。

　　Sofia在一次选美会上认识了她的制作人和后来的丈夫Carlo Ponti.（Sofia met producer and future husband Carlo Ponti while competing in a beauty contest）Ponti比她大24岁，（24 years her senior）在他和分居的墨西哥妻子离婚后，（following his Mexican divorce from his estranged wife）Loren和Ponti在1957年结了婚。（Loren and Ponti were married in 1957）不幸的是（Unfortunately）意大利的法律不允许离婚，（the Italian law did not recognize the divorce）因此他们被判定为重婚。（charged them with bigamy）