Day8《仲夏夜之梦》表达精析（外教美音）-Part3

1. At this moment, Oberon appeared in front of them,accusing Titania of lavishing her love on an ass. 

Ø to say that you believe someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad

控告；指责

ü The professor stands accused of (= has been accused of ) stealing his student’s ideas and publishing them.那位教授被指控剽窃学生的观点拿去发表。

Ø accuse sb of (doing) sth

ü He was accused of murder.

ü 他被控谋杀。

ü Smith accused her of lying.

ü 史密斯指责她说谎。

Ø Lavish: to give someone or something a lot of love, praise, money etc慷慨地给予

ü lavish sth on/upon sb

ü He lavished attention on her.

ü 他对她关怀备至。

ü lavish sb with sth

ü Hug your children and lavish them with love.

ü 拥抱你的孩子，多多关爱他们。

2. Now, Oberon and Titania came to reconciliation. 

Ø a situation in which two people, countries etc become friendly with each other again after quarreling〔两个人或国家等的〕和解；修好

Ø the process of finding a way that two beliefs, facts etc that are opposed to each other can both be true or successful〔两个对立的信念或事实等的〕相互适应；和谐；一致

[+ between/with]

The meeting achieved a reconciliation between the groups.

会议使各团体达成了和解。

3. To make amends for his mistake, he brought them to the same spot and removed the charm off the eyes of Lysander.

Ø make amends (to sb/for sth)

to do something to show you are sorry for hurting or upsetting someone, especially something that makes it better for them

（向某人/对某事）作补偿[补救]

ü He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior.

ü 他抓住机会补救他的行为。

[SYN]: remedy, make up for, compensate

4. Helena and Hermia, the two fair ladies, no longer held grudges against each other.

Ø Grudge: a feeling of dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past怀恨，怨恨

Ø Hold/have/bear a grudge/ grudges against对...怀恨在心

ü I’m not harbouring some secret grudges against you.

ü 我没有对你暗地里怀恨在心。

ü It could be the work of someone with a grudge against the company.

ü 这事可能是某些对公司怀有怨愤的人干的。

Drill:

1. It is not good to lavish too much love _____ kids.

A. for

B. at

C. on

D. with

解析：

Lavish sb with sth，lavish sth on sb,所以选C。

2. Her assistant was _______ theft and fraud by the police.

A. accused of

B. blamed on

C. claimed as

解析：

Blame的用法是blame sb for sth/ blame sth on sb，被动语态的时候主语应该是sth；claim是宣称，人不能被宣称为盗窃和诈骗，而是盗窃犯和诈骗犯，所以选A。