成人英语三级考试阅读理解学词汇(7)

2015-01-07 17:07:00来源：网络

　　make up的多种含义，It is/was said句型

　　According to the Bible(圣经), the Lord God created the first man, Adam. Then he took a rib(肋骨) from Adam's body and out of it created the first woman, Eve. It was said that Adam was created on a Friday and it was on Friday that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit(禁果), and on a Friday they died. Friday was also the common(通常的) day in England for executing(处死) criminals(罪犯), for which it was sometimes known as Hanging(绞刑) Day.

　　From the Old Norse myth people got the idea that 13 people sitting at a table to have a dinner was unlucky. And this superstition(迷信) was confirmed(被证实) by the last supper of Christ and his disciples(门徒). Bible tells us that Christ sat down with his 12 disciples, which made up the number 13, at the last supper when Judas(犹大), one of the 12 disciples, sold his master(师傅) for thirty pieces of silver(银币). Christ was killed by nailing(钉) on the cross the following day on a Friday.

　　「读书笔记」

　　据圣经上讲，上帝创造了第一个男人——亚当。然后，上帝从亚当身上取下一根肋骨又造了一个女人-夏娃。据说，亚当是在星期五被造出来的，他和夏娃吃禁果也在星期五，他俩死的日子也是星期五。英国从前常常在星期五处死罪犯、因此星期五有时也叫“绞刑日”。

　　从挪威神话中，人们产生一种想法：13个人坐在一起聚餐是不吉利的。这种迷信被耶稣和其12个门徒的最后的晚餐加以证实。圣经上说，在最后的晚餐上，耶稣和他的12个门徒坐在一起，正好是13人。他的门徒之——犹大，为了三十个银币而出卖了自己的老师。第二天，耶稣便被钉死在十字架上，这天碰巧是星期五。

　　短语make up有以下三个用法。

　　(1)表示“补足”，如：

　　We need $50 to make up the sum required.

　　我们需要五十美元以补足所需要的数目。

　　(2)表示“编造”，如：

　　The whole story is made up.

　　整个故事完全是虚构出来的。

　　(3)表示“组成”，如：

　　The medical team was made up of twelve doctors.