南开中学 段胜利

    2.猜熟词生义

    例一 Dear all,

    Please read Professor Hume`s email about his next lecture on Rosa Parks.

    Susan Miller

    Secretary

    Dear Susan,

    Please forward this message to students of my history class.

    What does the underlined word “forward” mean?

    A. Explain. B. Send.

    C. Take. D. Read.

    答案B。forward做副词，表示“向前方”、“前进”，这是同学们非常熟悉的。但在这里forward显然是用做动词，这是从构词法“转化词”的角度考查同学们词的知识扩展能力。forward在这里指信件的“转递”。

    例二One of the best-known sayings must be “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” The promises of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the teams of the early retirers and risers must be particularly pleasing to many people in our modern society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health.

    The underlined word “retirers” in the paragraph here refers to _________.

    A.people who give up their work

    B.people who have a lot of free time

    C.people who go to bed

    D.people who live in quiet places

    答案C。我们所熟知的retire一词当“退休”讲，因此retirer似乎应当是A选项“people who give up their work”；但在本文的语境中riser对应early to rise，因此retirer要对应early to bed，取选项C的意义，这是熟词的生义。 1 [2] [3]