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1、Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs of a civilized society.
开头就很平铺的说出了文章要说的内容,而且不觉得做作。。对比俺写文章。。绞尽脑汁想出来的句子,和后面又连不上。。蛮突兀的,而且,punctuality 可以用在阐述character方面的例子。
2、Without it, nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion; everything would be in a state of chaos.
这几天研究NEC, 发现其实他们蛮喜欢用这种双重否定的。。或者说 是用本身就带否定意味的词来表达,什么not donot。。出现得不多。而且,是我们chinese喜欢用的排比句式。。。同时,这个句子MS是个虚拟。。。
3、Only in a sparsely-populated rural community is it possible to disregard it.
这三句话是连一起的,所以说这篇文章推荐背诵。三个句子,都是看起来很小儿科的句子,单词句式都会,但是觉得很自然地,第一句陈诉观点,第二句虚拟假设相 反情况,到第三句又很自然地用倒装来说也有少量情况出现。。。反思俺写文章,都是心血来潮在前面一堆类似句式中突然冒一个其他的句式,多变的目的是达到 了,但是一点都不灵活。。。— —|
4、He is therefore forgiven, if late for a dinner party.
if引导的条件状语后置,其实这更多的符合欧美人的表达习惯,后面看到的很多句子,都和我们一般写出来的不一样。我们一般写 if...,he...,或者When..., he....
5、But people are often reproached for unpunctuality(又是一个直接表示否定意义的词) when their only fault is cutting things fine.
推荐背的是 cutting things fine 这个词组——卡得太紧
句子意思是:但人们则常常仅仅由于将时间安排得太紧而引起不准时受到指责。
如果让我们来写这个句子的话:
But people are often blamed just because they have arranged their agandas too heavy to be punctuality.— —|
6、The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual.
感觉很利索的过渡,直接把话题转移到另外一个方面,说提前太早到达其实和不按时是一样让人恼火的。。
as much a trial to others as。。觉得这个句子蛮经典的。。很明白地说出了早到也是对人的一种折磨。。。
7、Although being early may mean wasting a little time, this will be less than if you miss the train and have to wait an hour or more for the next one; and avoid the frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is drawing out of the station and being unable(又是。。) to get on it.
个人蛮喜欢用的一种让步的句子.但是又不是单纯的表示让步,其实是2个并列的句子,同时做了另外一种情况的比较,觉得就说服力雄厚起来。
同时几个单词觉得蛮好:drawing out of the station 一般都会说 about to leave, take off,...
very,这个词用在这里感觉就是正好掐在那一个让人觉得很闷郁的关键点
avoid the frustration 动词的名词形式,记得论坛上有篇蛮经典的帖子就是说 名词化趋势,把表达句子中心意思的词尽量用名词表达
be unable to ..比couldn't, failed to, not successful。。这些用滥的会不会要好一点,而且 这个更多的就是强调事情有没有做成功
8、An even harder situation is to be on the platform in good time for a train and still to see it go off without you.
without..是使用频率很高的词,而且这个是介词短语做补语。这个句子是跟着上面的句子更进一步推进,加强后果的严重性。。
9、She entered the station twenty minutes before the train was due, since her patents had imressen upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to maike two journeys to meet her.
since引导的从句再嵌套一个宾语从句,之下还有一个限定性的定语从句,结构蛮复杂,但是句子意思表达却相当清晰。。
10、She felt in her handbag fot the piece of paper...
表达,使用的单词 feel。。一般我们写做习惯:She searched in her bag for the piece of paper..
11、The girl, tear streaming down her face, begged to be allowed to slip into the guard's van.
那个 tear streaming down her face 觉得这个状语用得蛮好的。。。
第59课
1、 People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so.
再一次的 without。。其实读过去 发现NCE里面很多这样的 with, without 带表示状态结构
tend to。另外表达喜欢做什么意思的词
2、 Those who never have to change house become indiscriminate collectors of what can only be described a clutter.
蛮欣赏指代词 those 的用法的
of + what引导名词从句
3、 As they grow old, people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons, lack of physical and mental energy, both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away, and sentiment.
再一个比较普遍的用法,就是像波浪线这种小的词组的,
比如说爬山,气喘嘘嘘的。。quite out of breath
4、 …and so they gradually acquire a value beyond their true worth.
gradually:逐渐的意味,有随时间流逝的沧桑感。。。— —|
beyond their true worth:超越了本身的价值
如果自己翻译怎么写?they become more precious than they used to be?
5、 Some things are collected deliberately in the home in an attempt to avoid waste.
in an attempt to: 表示目的
6、 Collecting, by occupying spare time so constructively, makes a person contented, with no time for boredom.
还是by 状语的插入位置,也许这样更加符合他们的表达习惯吧。。
第58课
1、 Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home.
通过这样一种比较级来强调tired。。。
2、 In the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest…
一般我们写,只想着做什么什么,just thinking, concentrate on..
3、 She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet following her regular practice she had shut then before going out.
Yet的用法,印象中老师一直强调yet的用法,也是属于英语中活用比较多的词
4、 It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence.
5、 Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement.
第一反应:这个impulse 更加形象的说出了是当时立刻的反应,带有冲动不理智的色彩。。
选词的准确也许更多的是理解相近词各自不同的感情变化吧。。
第57课
1、 He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman’s care; but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me.
看到这里的时候会发现,几乎在这里的每篇文章里面都会出现without , 以及本身带有否定意味的词而使句子变成双重否定。
lack for。。记得高中做改错题这个是出现得最多的。。一般错写成lack of。。注意注意
2、 His roots and mine had become too firmly embedded in the new land.
这个句子的引申:比如说 某些观念已经深入地建立在人们心中。。
Several ideas have become too firmly embedded in people’s mind.
3、 I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps, which I found most helpful on the cross country journey, but which I did not think I should need on the last stage.
这个句子的转折蛮有意思的:在登陆的同日我租了一辆汽车并购了一本详尽的地图册,我觉得它对越野旅行很有帮助,不过在旅行最后阶段我认为它未必有用。
Comprehensive:感觉上也是外国人用得比较多的词 eg: comprehensive education 综合教育
On the last stage: 另外一种表达“最后”
还有划线的。。这个看起来蛮小儿科的,就是I don’t think。。否定前提。 但是在母语环境的影响下,在不知不觉的情况下,还是会说出 I think it does not…
4、 It was not that I actually remembered anything at all.
接着上句的宾语从句。文章里面作为穿插出现的短句子,以调整长短句的搭配和结构。
5、 Fortunately for me, as I was wondering what to do next, there appeared on the horizon a man on horse back, riding in my diction.
As 的用法,老师曾经强调过,属于比较灵活的词语,像引导定语从句,也可以引导原因状语从句,语气的强弱问题。。只是没太弄明白,所以多背一点有关的来提高对这个词的感觉吧。。。——|
There appeared 这个是一个很简单的倒装句,因为前面的文字说作者感觉自己像掉进了一个梦魇,周围冷清没有一个人出现,所以这个倒装句更好地突出了 appeared 表达看见活物的心情,和强调了Fortunate for me
第56课
1、 Without it we could not make a living.
还是without,以及双重否定的一个虚拟结构。同时 make 这个词是很经典的。
这句话很适用TWE作文的写作里面,作为自己支持观点的引语。
Eg: creativity v.s knowledge
Without creativity we could not make a living in such a fast-developing society.
2、 We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
利用类比来说。
Eg: We know instinctively, just as beekeeper with their bees, that a good eating habit is necessary for one to keep fit.
3、 This is a rare occurrence as our climate seldom goes to extremes.
带as 的句子。。这里是引导原因的连词
同时 this is a rare occurrence 这个表达,比普遍的 this seldom happens。。要好
4、 Next came a horse, swimming bravely, but we were afraid that the strength of the current would prevent its landing anywhere before it became exhausted.
这段话的层次很清晰。又是一个倒装开始,用一个进行时的状语。
第55课 From the Earth: Greetings
1、 Radio telescopes have one big advantage over conventional telescopes in that they can operate in all weather conditions and can pick up signals coming from very distant stars.
这个 over 这个词。。以及 in that 表示原因的用法。
2、 The radio telescope at Iodrell Bank in England was for many years the largest in the world.
状语的位置,习惯了把for+时间段的放在句子前后,偶尔看一下这样的表达会觉得不适应
3、 A new telescope, over twice the size, was recently built at Sugar Grove in West Virginia.
划线的用法。
4、 Astronomers no longer regard as fanciful the idea that they may one day pick up signal which have been sent by intelligent beings on other worlds.
regard as fanciful the idea that….这个句子,刚开始看没太懂结构。
其实正常的应该是 regard the idea that they… as fanciful. 为了平衡句子结构所以把as fanciful这个给提前了。蛮地道的表达。。至少是蛮不中式英语的表达
在旧托福里,这样的语法结构也考过。
5、 Highly advanced civilizations may have existed on other planets long before intelligent forms of life evolved on the earth.
Highly这个词。。。觉得很多赞美的感情都包括在里面了。。
最震撼的是看俺爸爸帮我改邮件, 最后一句 我本来写的是
I’m waiting for your replay.。。。。。 蛮土的
Your reply will be highly appreciated.。。。以后俺发邮件最后一句都是这个了。。。
还有advanced,一个用法比较多的词,属于要掌握好的词吧。
6、 Aware of the fact that it would be impossible to wait thousands or millions of years to receive an answer from a distant planet, scientists engaged in Project Ozma ate concentrating their attention on stars which are relatively close.
过渡句,连接2段间逻辑关系的句子。可以用做进一步详细的阐述,也可以做转折。
engage in 参与
7、 A single picture would tell us more than thousands of words.
这个简单句可以用于很多写作的论述中间。 比如说电脑的作用:
A simple operation on the computer would save us more than thousands of minutes.
8、 In an age when anything seems to be possible, it would be narrow-minded in the extreme to ridicule these attempts to find out if there is life in other parts of the universe.
很好的结尾总结句子。还是那个 creativity v.s knowledge
In an age when anything seems to be full of innovation, it would be narrow-minded in the extreme to regard knowledge gained as superior than creativity.
今日总结:
1、其实好多词光背了发现自己写作用的词汇还是没有提高,而从课文中抽出句子来,一方面是对语感的提高,而且也了解了这个词的适用场合,或者说,在你想到一个表达的时候,反应出来的不是单词,而是一个句子
2、插入语,以及一些小的结构是在老外们表达的时候很喜欢用的。也避免了满篇的which, who什么的定语从句,而且使句子结构比较灵活。而这些小成分放的位置,有时候是很形象地突出他所要表达的意思。
第54课 Instinct or Cleverness
1、 We have been brought up to fear insects.
我们自幼就在对昆虫的惧怕中长大。
2、 We regard them as unnecessary creatures that do more harm than good.
我们把昆虫当作害多益少的无用东西。
3、 We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths.
我们在日常生活中,不但憎恶如蜘蛛、黄蜂之类令人讨厌的昆虫,而且憎恶并无大害的飞蛾等。
4、 Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch.
即使知道勤奋的蚂蚁生活具有高度组织性的社会里,当看到大群蚂蚁在我们精心准备的午间野餐上爬行时,我们也无法抑制对它们的反感。
5、 We enjoy staring at them, entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our presence.
我们喜欢入迷地看它们做事,它们不知道(但愿如此)我们就在它们身边。
6、 Who has not stood in awe ate the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle?
当看到蜘蛛扑向一只苍蝇时,一队蚂蚁抬着一只巨大的死甲虫凯旋归时,谁能不感到敬畏呢?
第53课 In the Public Interest
推荐背诵课文。
1、 As long ago as 1809, the Swedish Parliament introduced a scheme to safeguard the interest of the individual.
Introduce: 引进 bring in 的另外一种的表达
Individual: 到处都在强调的用法。
2、 The Ombudsman is not subject to political pressure.
司法特派员不受任何政治压力的制约。
3、 If a citizen’s complaint is justified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf.
On one’s behalf: 代表某人的利益
如果公民的意见正确,司法特派员便为他伸张正义。
4、 There was nothing in the record to show that the foreigner’s complaint was justified and the Chief of Police stoutly denied the accusation.
材料中没有任何文字记载证明外国人所说的情况符合事实,警察局长矢口否认这一指控。
第52课 Mud is Mud
推荐背诵课文。
1、 Mud is mud.
实事求是。
我们校训就是这个。但是在校训下面写的是:Extract truth from the facts.
。。。不知道是不是中式英语。但是明显那个比这个好。
2、 Despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of green, an observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with what looks like a thick, grayish substance.
尽管那只瓶子呈淡绿色,但细心的客人很快就会发现瓶里装的是一种看上去黏稠,颜色发灰的东西。
Observant: 细心。下次说人心细或者观察仔细不要光说careful,considerable,watch carefully..了
3、 This brief experiment would dispel any further doubts you might entertain.
Entertain:To hold the attention of with something amusing or diverting。使有兴趣的用法。
这一简单的试验会消除你可能存有的一切疑虑
4、 How Harry came into the possession of this outlandish stuff makes an interesting story which he is fond of relating.
哈里如何得到这种稀奇古怪的东西的,这里有个有趣的故事,而且他挺爱把它讲给别人听。
5、 He expected the girl to look at him in blank astonishment.
他原想女售货员会惊奇地望着他,不知所措
blank 和 sheer 这个词一样,蛮形象的。。
6、 Harry decided that this little game he had invented might prove to be expensive.
他认识到自己发明的小小恶作剧是要付出很大的代价的。
有点因小失大的意思。
比如说,觉得“采纳这样的方法是得不偿失的。”
The suggestion to be carried out might prove to be expensive.
第51课 Automation
推荐背诵课文。。
1、 One of the greatest advances in modern technology has been the invention of computers.
现代技术最大进展之一是电子计算机的发明,
2、 Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work in all branches of learning.
注意一下be capable of的用法 以及表达方式。
电子计算机能在科学界各专业中从事及其复杂的工作。
3、 In the future, automation may enable human beings to enjoy far more leisure than they do today.
将来,自动化可能使人类享有比目前更多的闲暇。
far+比较级 的用法
4、 The coming of automation is bound to have important social consequences.
自动化的实现必将产生重大的社会影响。
5、 They can never, as it were, lead independent lives, or ‘role the world’ by making decisions of their own.
红色部分是虚拟语气。
所以说,计算机决不能独立工作,或由其本身作出决定来“统治世界”。
6、 This will enable people who do not share a common language to talk to each other without any difficulty or to read foreign publications.
使说不同语言的人们能毫无困难地进行交谈或阅读外文书报杂志。
7、 It is impossible to assess the importance of a machine of this sort, for many international misunderstandings are caused simply through our failure to understand each other.
这类机器的重要性是无法评估的,因为许多国际间的误会均由彼此语言不通所致。
8、 Computers are the most efficient servants man has ever had and there is no limit to the way they can be used to improve our life.
句子分析:Computers are the most efficient servants (that/who) man has ever had and there is no limit to the way (that) they can be used to improved to our life.
红字,表达前途无量的意思。可以说一个事物的发展前景广阔什么的。
第50课 New Year Resolutions
推荐背诵课文。
1. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of ‘do’s’ and ‘don’ts’.
至少在大多数人的心里会编排出一份“应做什么”和“不应做什么”的令人生畏的单子。
2. The same old favorites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity.
相同的决心以单调的规律年复一年地出现。
EG:计算机可以帮助完成那些单调重复的机械劳动。
Computers are helpful in dealing with those tasks recurring time after time out with monotonous regularity.
3. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment.
以往的经验告诉我们有些事是办不到的
4. If we remain inveterate smokers, it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that results from failure.
如果我们烟瘾大,戒不掉,那是因为屡戒屡败,失去信心。
So that :这里的that 并不是so…that的词组 that是作为frustration的定语从句的先行词出现的。
5. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to every body so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways.
可以表达重蹈覆辙的意思。
所以当我们重蹈覆辙的时候,更加显得愚蠢不堪。
6. …I applied myself assiduously to the desk.
这个词觉得蛮出彩的。
我坚持履行了我的计划。
7. It was this that betrayed me.
而就是这一点暴露了我的秘密。
这个简单句在两个长句子中间出现,调整了句子的协调性,而且避免了重复罗嗦。
暴露秘密这个表达。。一般想到的是exposed吧。。
8. However, my enthusiasm waned.
然而,我的热情逐渐消退了。
第49课 The Ideal Servant
1. If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favorite topic of conversation: domestic servants.
如果她活到今天,她将不能就她热衷的话题“佣人”发表意见了。
air her views: 发表见解
2. She was sentimentally attached to this house, for even though it was far too big for her needs.
尽管不需要如此庞大的房产,她依然对此房屋的情感笃厚。
3. During that time she so gained my aunt’s confidence, that she was put in charge of the domestic staff.
期间,姨妈对她非常宠信,因而委以主管家内仆役之重任。
4. Aunt Harriet could not find word to praise Bessie’s industry and efficiency.
Harriet姨妈难以用适当的语言来赞扬Bessie的勤奋和工作效率
5. In addition to all her other qualifications,…
出去她所具有的全部优点外,还。。
6. Not only was the meal well below the usual standard,…
不仅菜肴明显较平时为差。。。
well:在这里是一个副词来修饰below
7. Though this occasioned great mirth among the guests,..
虽然逗乐了在座的客人。。
8. The guests, had of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.
然而,客人在Bessie为他们开门之际就已察觉这一点,在这场灾难最终降临前,他们一直竭力忍住不笑。
第48课 The Silent Village
1. In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of palces which are inaccessible to tourists.
在这个旅游频繁的世界上,仍有成千上万个不容旅游者涉足其间。
2. But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own countrymen can be hostile to travelers.
但是,那些不但与外国旅游者隔绝,而且与本国同胞隔绝的人们有可能对游客抱有极不友好的态度。
3. This was more than we could bear,…
这让我们无法忍受。。。
4. We expected the path to an abruptly, but we found that it traced its way through the trees.
我们原以为小路会到此突然终止。没想到它到树林中继续向前延伸。
trace its way: 类似的有wind its way
5. In it there was a boat man fast asleep.
fast asleep: 类似的有sound asleep
倒装句式。
一船夫酣睡其中。
6. Even under a clear blue sky, the village looked forbidding, as all the houses were built of grey mud bricks.
因此,即使在晴朗的蓝天底下,村庄看上去也会令人感到难以亲近。
7. I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm.
我注意到妻子十分惊恐
第47课 Through the Earth’s Crust
1. Satellites orbiting round the earth have provided scientists with a vast amount of information about conditions in outer space.
环绕地球运行的卫星,为科学家提供了浩如烟海的外层空间的资料,相比之下,对地球内部的结构则知之甚微。
2. Until recently, scientists have been unable to devise a drill which would be capable of cutting through hard rock at great depths.
直至今日,科学家尚未能设计出一种能钻透极深处坚硬岩石之钻探机。
3. Keeping the platform in position at sea will give rise to further problems.
固定此平台于海上不动将会遇到新问题。
4. Scientists have been amazed to find that it can cut through the hardest rock with great ease.
科学家发现的方法听起来意想不到的简单。
第46课 Do it Yourself
1. So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingly less dependent on specialized labour.
increasingly+比较级。
现在我们自己动手做事的热情很高,结果对于专业工人的依赖越来越少了。
2. Armed with the right tools and materials, newly-weds gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes.
只要配备适当的工具及材料,新婚夫妇便乐于从事新房布置。
3. The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes husbands live under the delusion that they can do anything even when they have been repeatedly proved wrong.
自己动手的例子中最糟糕的是,有时甚至是男人尽管接连失败却还误以为自己什么都行,此乃自尊心所使。
4. I had traced the cause of the trouble.
trace: 追溯源头
我找到了毛病所在。
第45课 The Power of the Press
1. In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the Press are right condemned.
在民主国家里,任何限制新闻自由的企图都理所当然地受到公正的谴责。
2. The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight, dramatically illustrates the power of the press.
下面这户穷人一夜之间出名发财的故事戏剧性地说明了新闻报道威力。
3. As the parents had five children, life was perpetual struggle against poverty.
家里已有5个孩子,全家人的生活就是在贫困线上做无穷无尽地挣扎。
4. The rise to fame was swift.
这一家迅速出了名。
5. Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but from baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products.
不但素昧平生的人寄来了大量的礼物,而且婴儿食品、婴儿肥皂制造厂商为了替自己产品做广告也寄来了大量的礼物。
6. ..their parents were paying the price for fame.
他们的父母却为这名声付出了代价,
类似意义的有at the cost of:以。。为代价
7. It would never again be possible for them to lead normal lives.
他们再也无法过正常的生活。
虚拟语气
8. ….that almost every one of the inhabitants was affected to a greater or less degree.
以致几乎全镇居民均在不同程度上受到影响。
注意是比较级的表达。
第44课 Speed and Comfort
推荐背诵课文。特别有些可以运用与比较交通运输工具的文章中。
1. People traveling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea, or air.
人们做长途旅行时,往往不得不决定究竟取道陆路、海洋还是航空。
注意这里虚拟语气的用法。
2. Hardly anyone can positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours.
很少有人能够真正喜欢坐几个小时以上的火车。
3. It is almost impossible to take your mind off the journey.
想摆脱开旅途的困扰是很难的
4. Reading is only a partial solution, for the monotonous rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon lulls you to sleep.
看书只能解决部分问题。
5. During the day, sleep comes in snatches.
白天是忽睡忽醒
6. Inevitable you arrive at your destination almost exhausted.
一旦抵达目的地,你总是疲惫不堪。
7. …but more often than not, the greater part of the journey is spent on narrow, bumpy roads which are crowded with traffic.
然而通常大部分旅程都是消磨在狭窄、刊刻不平和挤满车辆的道路上。
注意一下,这个隐藏的比较级。
8. …no form of transport could be worse.
最糟糕的情况莫过于此了。
这个比较级表示最高级的意义。
9. Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their holidays for the pleasure of traveling on a ship.
没有多少人会为享受坐船旅行的乐趣而牺牲假期的时间。
10. Aeroplanes have the reputation of being dangerous and even hardened travelers are intimidated by them.
飞机以危险而著称,连老资格的旅行者也怕飞机。
11. But nothing can match them for speed and comfort.
但就速度与舒适而言,飞机是无与伦比的。
12. …there is plenty to keep you occupied.
你仍然不会感到无聊。
13. An aeroplane offers you an unusual and breathtaking view of the world.
你可以观察世界上非同寻常的奇妙的美景。
第43课 Funny Insured
1、 Needless to say, the bigger the risk an insurance company takes, the higher the premium you will have to pay.
不用说,保险公司承担风险越大,你付的保险费也就越高。
2、 Modern dances proved to be more than the dish could bear, for of their own.
盘子承受不了在它上面跳现代舞的负担。
第42课 Modern Cavemen
1. Cave exploration, or potholing, as it has come to be known, is a relatively new sport.
洞穴勘查——或洞穴勘探——是一项比较新的体育活动。
划线是修饰前面的or potholing的。
2. For him, caves have the same peculiar fascination which high mountains have for the climber.
对洞穴探险者来说,洞穴有一种特殊的魅力,就像高山对登山者有特殊魅力一样。
划线处类比说明。
3. The cave might never have been discovered had not the entrance been spotted by the distinguished French potholer, Berger.
若不是法国著名洞穴探险家伯杰由于偶然的机会发现了这个洞口的话,这个洞也许不会为人所知。
划线部分的语法:省略if的条件句,表达虚拟语气。正常语序
If the entrance had not been spotted by the distinguished French phtholer, Berger, the cave might never have been discovered.
4. They had to edge their way along this, sometimes wading across shallow streams, or swimming across deep pools.
他们不得不侧着身子往前走,有时过浅溪,有时游过深潭。
第41课 Illusions of Pastoral Peace
推荐背诵课文。很多可以应用于农村与城市生活的比较举例中。
1. City born and city bred, I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window, or something you occasionally visit during the week-end.
我生在城市,长在城市,总认为乡村是透过火车车窗看到的那个样了,或偶尔周末去游玩一下景象。
说是地地道道的哪里人。。XX born XX bred.
划线句子注意用的类比的方式表达自己的观点。
2. He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere, the closeness to nature and the gentle pace of living.
滔滔不绝地大谈友好的农民,洁净的空气,贴近大自然的环境和悠闲的生活节奏。
3. My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings which are interrupted only by an occasional visit to the local cinema-virtually the only form of entertainment.
我的朋友没有提到在电视机前度过的漫长寂寞的冬夜——电视是唯一的娱乐形式。
4. He says nothing about the poor selection of foods in the shops, or about those unfortunate people who have to travel from the country to the city every day to get to work.
他也不说商店货物品种单调,以及那些每天不得不从乡下赶到城里工作的不幸的人们。
Poor selection:少用choices吧。。
以上划线都可以举例说明乡村生活的劣势。
5. They could be saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they rightly belong.
要是他们愿意住在本来属于他们的城市,则可以让他们省去诸多不便与节约大量开支。
虚拟语气。
6. If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country, you will find the city can provide you with the best that life can offer.
如果你愿舍弃乡下生活那一点点乐趣的话,那么你会发出城市可以为你提供生活最美好的东西。
7. They invariably live nearby and are always available for an informal chat or an evening’s entertainment.
你去看朋友根本不用跋涉好几英里,因为他们都住在附近,你随时可以同他们聊天或在晚上一起娱乐。
8. Shopping, too, is always a pleasure.
买东西也是一种乐趣。
Too的位置。
9. There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best.
物品种繁多,从来不必用二等品来凑合。
10. Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city and stagger home loaded with as many of the necessities of life as they can carry.
乡里人进城采购欣喜若狂,每次回家时都买足了外来商品,直到拿不动方才罢休,连走路都摇摇晃晃的。
划线是很形象地说明了满载而归的形象。
11. Nor is the city without its moments of beauty.
城市也并非没有良辰美景。
第40课 Who’s Who
1、 It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else.
谁也弄不清为什么大学生好像比任何人都更喜欢恶作剧。大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧——戏弄人。
可以用来说明一种比较奇怪的现象的开头。
2、 Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away.
果然,警察来了,并礼貌地请工人离开此地
3、 The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
工人说,悉听尊便。警察去打电话叫人。
4、 Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of hoax.
当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话,才恍然大悟,原来他们都成一场骗局的受害者。
倒装句。。助词要提前。。更加强调一种恍然大悟的感觉。
第39课 Nothing to Worry About
1、 Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.
尽管路面布满石头,坑坑洼洼,但布鲁斯却一点儿不慌乱。
2、 It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.
这并不是说布鲁斯总是低估困难,
典型的强调句式。。
3、 What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.
突然大石块不见了,前面是一片平地,唯一的障碍只有一簇簇灌木丛。这使我们长长地松了口气。
第一个划线处。。感叹句式
第二个划线处。。注意平原修饰词。。表示延伸的意义。
4、 But there was worse to come.
但是更糟糕的事情在等着我们
又是比较极的应用。
5、 In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.
我们再次央求布鲁斯小心,他这才把车停了下来。
这里renew pleadings表达一个反复多次请求的意思。。值得学习。。。
6、 Bruce engaged low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zig-zag course.
布鲁斯挂上慢档,把两只前轮分别搁在裂缝的两边,顺着弯弯曲曲的裂缝,以发疯的速度向前开去。
engage这个词使用很普遍
as 这里是引导时间状语从句。。
第38课 The First Calendar
1、 Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times.
未来的历史学家, 将在一种得天独厚的环境中记载我们时代的历史。
2、 Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.
即使看起来微不足道的遗物,也可能揭示人类早期历史的一些有趣的内容。
3、 They have found that it is connected with the passage of days and the phases of the moon.
他们发现代码与昼夜更迭和月亮圆缺有关,
passage 和phases。。用法。。多学习啊。。。
第37课 The Westhaven Express
1、 We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual.
我们已经习惯于相信火车总是准点的。
表示习惯于的。。不要总是 used to … habit什么的了。。
2、 Ships may be delayed by storms; air flights may be cancelled because of bad weather; but trains must be on time.
可以用来举例说明比较各种运输工具的缺陷。
cancel这个词。。看出来是个高频词了吧。。。
3、 The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs.
其实,当真发生差错时, 往往是咎由自取。
4、 When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well.
上车后,我不禁注意到许多当地人也上了车。
5、 There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white.
我带着一种胜利者的调子告诉他那趟车白纸黑字,明明白白印在时刻表上。
第36课 A Chance in a Million
1、 Franz poured scorn on the idea, …
弗朗兹对此不屑一顾
2、 The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot.
医院遭到轰炸,汉斯步行回到了西德。
Make one’s way…on/ by…
第35课 Justice Was Done
1、 We might say that justice has been proved beyond doubt.
当某人被证据确凿地证明无罪的时候,我们也许会说正义得到了伸张。
2、 …, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say “it serves him right”.
店员一定会忍不住说:“他罪有应得。”
3、 The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, at once admitted that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney.
那个看来满脸沮丧、浑身漆黑的家伙从烟囱里一出来,就承认头天夜里他企图到店里行窍,但让烟囱卡住了。
第34课 A Happy Discovery
1、 Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
他必须像一个专心致志进行探索的科学家那样抱有这样的希望,即终有一天,他的努力会取得丰硕的成果。
2、 The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it.
古董商告诉他那只货箱刚到不久,但他嫌麻烦不想把它打开。
红色部分是虚拟语气。。表达相反的意思。。
3、 Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery.
弗兰克几乎无法掩饰自己兴奋的心情,因为他明白自己发现了一件珍品。
这个canceal出现了很多次了。。
第33课 A Day To Remember
1、 It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。
2、 The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。
3、 She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car.
她一惊之下突然把车停了下来
panic 惊慌而且是可数名词。
第32课 A lost ship
1、 Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the sea-chest proved them wrong.
船员们开始认为沉船找着了,但海底沉箱内的物品证明他们弄错了。
第31课 A lovable eccentric
1、 They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.
他们总能赢得别人的喜爱与尊敬,因为他们给平淡单一的日常生活增添了色彩。
2、 Dickie disliked snobs intensely.
迪基痛恨势利小人。
intensely 表达强烈的感情。
3、 One day, he walked into an expensive shop after having been caought in a particularly heavy shower.
一天,他遇上一场瓢泼大雨,淋得透湿。
4、 It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics to not always know what they are talking about.
他花了4年时间策划这出精心设计的闹剧,只是想证明评论家们有时并不解他们所谈论的事情。
第30课 The death of a ghost
1、 They employed a few farm hands, …
他们雇了几个农工,
2、 In time, it became an accepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
随着时间的流逝,考科斯兄弟雇了一个尽心尽责的鬼,他们家的活大部分都让鬼给干了,这件事成了公认的事实。
3、 This was indeed the case.
但事实上确有此人。
4、 Everyone went to the funeral, for the ‘ghost’ was none other than Eric Cox, ….
大家都去参加了葬礼,因为那“鬼”不是别人,正是农场主的兄弟埃里克.考科斯。
5、 As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
他讨厌军旅生活,决定逃离所在部队。
6、 The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bert.
除此之外,只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。
Only并不单单表示单一的概念。。可以和复数同用
第29课 Funny or not
1、 The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics, …
幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
2、 In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal.
尽管民族不同,有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。
3、 No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin’s early films.
比如说,不管你生活在哪里,你看查理.卓别林的早期电影很难不发笑。
Say, 这里的用法。。也可以用来举例,同such as/ for example/ for instance等。。
4、 He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
Dread + V.ing的用法。。
5、 The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Year’s Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
那人听后振作了精神。果然,除夕时他可以一瘸一拐地去参加晚会了。
Sure enough在之前的恶作剧里面也出现过的用法。同样表达果然的意思。。
Along的用法。。感觉上有径直而去。。。
6、 To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him
为了补偿住院这一段不愉快的经历,那人喝得稍许多了一点。
比刚好还多。。。就是稍微喝多了。。
第28课 A pound too dear
1、 A pound too dear
一镑不值。。
可以用…too dear来表示什么事物并不值得如此大花精力,钱财。。
2、 It was difficult not to be tempted.
要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。
说想要可以说 want to/ intend to/desire/ 还有 tempted。。这个从另一个方面说明货品的诱人。。而前面一些可能更加主观的感情因素比较多。
3、 I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
我刚下船,就被一个人截住,他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。
4、 …, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for ￡8.
作为特别优惠,他愿意让我出8英镑成交。
5、 Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
我耸耸肩膀掉头走开了。一会儿,他突然从后追了上来,把笔塞到我手里。
这里标记出来的只是想注意一下每个词组的搭配。
第27课 Nothing to Sell and Nothing to Buy
1、 In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort.
根据这种说法,教师靠卖知识为生,哲学家靠卖智慧为生,牧师靠卖精神安慰为生。
in the light of 表示的意义是 根据。。。
2、 Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us.
虽然物质产品的价值可以用金钱来衡量,但要估算别人为我们为所提供的服务的价值却是极其困难的。
service与perform的搭配使用
3、 He has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the consequences.
4、 By having to sleep in the open, he gets far closer to the world of nature than most of us ever do.
他是是经过考虑后特意选择了他所过的生活,并完全清楚以这种方式生活的后果。
5、 We often speak of tramps with contempt and put them in the same class as beggars, but how many of us can honestly say that we have not felt a little envious of their simple way of life and their freedom from care?
说起流浪汉,我们常常带有轻蔑并把他们与乞丐归为一类。但是,我们中有多少人能够坦率地说我们对流浪汉的简朴生活与无忧无虑的境况不感到有些羡慕呢?
put … in the same class as:归为一类
第26课 Wanted: a Large Biscuit Tin
1、 Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.
尽管我们可以自夸自己的鉴赏力如何敏锐,但我们已经无法独立自主地选购自己所需的东西了。这是因为广告在我们身上施加着一种潜移默化的影响。
可以用于阐述广告的作用时的描写。
pride on: 以。。自豪
Adj + sb. 表示尽管的意思,也有时候用到虚拟语气。。
2、 Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.
广告商在很多年以前就发现,我们大家都喜欢不花钱得到的东西。
3、 The response to this competition was tremendous.
这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
4、 A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
相隔不一会儿,一个男子也带来一个大饼干,那个饼干把汽车的行李箱挤得满满的。
occupy: 占据 相近意思的还有 take up…
第25课 The ‘Cutty Sark’
1、 She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past.
它给人们留下深刻的印象,使人们回忆起历史上的巨型帆船。
2、 The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
唯一可以与之一比高低的是“塞姆皮雷”号帆船。
3、 …, but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead.
但在印度洋上,“卡萨萨克”号驶到了前面。
4、 A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks and it was fitted with great difficulty.
船员用备用的木板在船上赶制了一只应急用的舵,并克服重重困难将舵安装就位。
5、 Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, …
虽然以及快的速度装好了新舵,。。。
红色部分是修饰 fitted 的速度的。。
第24课 A Skeleton in the Cupcoard
1、 We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person of family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.
在小说中,我们经常读到一个表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭,却有着某种多年不为人所知的骇人听闻的秘密。
表面上: seemingly/ apparently/ ostensibly/ professedly
2、 The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.
英语中有一个生动的说法来形容这种情况。
引用的表达。。
3、 The reader’s hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that he heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to every body, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公,那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时,不禁会毛骨悚然。
4、 To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard.
我们在不同程度上艘有一些甚至连最亲密的朋友也不想让他们知道的秘密,但是却极少有人有橱中骷髅。
注意vary词的意思。
5、 I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrified.
我打开柜门,站在柜门前一下惊呆了。
体会一下 petrified 的位置和表达的感情。。。
6、 Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George.
我扔下西服冲下楼去告诉乔治。
划线处的Ving用法,dash比rush表达更加快速和突然,很好地证明了前面的petrified。
第23课 One Man’s Meat is Another Man’s Poison
1、 One Man’s Meat is Another Man’s Poison.
各有所爱
2、 On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat—the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.
另一方面,你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃,但这在北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹任方法。
turn的意思、用法
3、 The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
不无遗憾的是, 我们中的大部分人,生来就只吃某几种食品,而且一辈子都这样。
可以用于描述饮食习惯的文章中。
划线部分在前面的54课出现过。。再标记一下。。加深印象。。
4、 No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了。
比较级表示最意思的句子。
5、 The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.
一开始,他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。后来有一天,一场大雨后,我在花园里漫无目的散步,突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠的蠕动着。
6、 Acting on a sudden impulse, …
心血来潮。。
7、 To our dismay, we saw that there were snails every where: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛:它们从纸袋里逃了出来,爬得满厅都是!
第22课 By Heart
1、 Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end.
有些剧目十分成功,以致连续上演好几年。
2、 One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter.
人们以为,这些演员一定会把台词背得烂熟,绝不会临场结巴的
3、 Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信。但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。
insist的用法:
坚持说,内容是客观事实的,用一般语态
坚持要求,表达想法的 用虚拟语态。。同demand/ require etc
4、 Much to the aristocrat’s amusement, ….
贵族感到非常好笑的是…
http://gequ.chinacity.com/musicdata/L/2005630/112056/4091414.Wma
第21课 Daniel Mendoza
1、 One of the most colorful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza who was borne in 1764.
拳击史上最引人注目的人物之一是Daniel Mendoza,他生于1764年。
2、 The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860 when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.
1860年昆斯伯里侯爵第一次为拳击比赛制定了规则,拳击比赛这才用上了手套。
3、 In his day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity.
在他的全盛时期,Mendoza享有很高的声誉。
In one’s day:某人全盛时期
tremendous:再次出现。。修饰抽象名词
4、 He was adored by rich and poor alike.
无论是富人还是穷人都对他祟拜备至。
5、 It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.
直到1790年他们第3次对垒,门多萨才终于击败汉弗莱斯,成了全英拳击冠军。
It was not until…that:强调句,直到。。。才
6、 He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as ￡100 for a single appearance.
他赚了大笔大笔的钱,一次出场费就多可达100英镑。
single 这里有强调的意思,“仅一次”
enormous, immense, huge, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous, gargantuan, vast
这些形容词都描述超乎寻常大的事物,Enormous 暗指在大小、数量或程度上超乎常规的
Immense 指无限的或无法测量的尺寸或范围
Huge 尤指尺寸或容量的庞大
Gigantic 指象巨人一样的大小尺寸
Colossal 暗指能让人生畏或动摇信仰的巨大
Mammoth 用于指事物笨拙的或笨重的庞大
Tremendous 指大小让人生畏或令人感到可怕
Stupendous 指大小尺寸让人吃惊或超乎描述范围
Gargantuan 尤其强调容量大,如就食物或快乐而言
Vast 指范围、大小、地区或跨度的宽广
第20课 Pioneer Pilots
1、 Over a year passed before the first attempt was made.
然而一年多过去了才有人出来尝试。
Make attempt:作出尝试。
2、 The ‘Antoinette’ floated on the water until was picked up by a ship.
“安特瓦特”号飞机在海上漂浮,后来有船经过,Latham方才获救。
3、 A week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during which he covered twenty-six miles.
一周以前,他曾成功地进行了一次26英里的陆上飞行。
第19课 A very Dear Cat
1、 Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay’s cat.
绑架者很少对动物感兴趣。最近,绑架者却盯上了Eleanor Ramsay太太的猫。
be interested in 和 take interest in
2、 Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years.
Eleanor Ramsay太太是一个非常富有的老妇人,多年来,一直同她养的猫Rastus一起住在一所公寓里。
这里划线的结构,英语中这种小的插入定语成分比较常见,逻辑也比较清晰。
3、 One evening, however, he failed to arrive.
可是,有一天晚上,它出去后再也没回来。
4、 The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of ￡100.
写信人声称拉斯特斯安然无恙,只要拉姆齐太太愿意支付1,000 英镑赎金,可以立即将猫送还。
5、 The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word.
第二天早晨,放钱的盒子不见了。但拉姆齐太太确信绑架者是会履行诺言的。
6、 Considering the amount he paid, he was dear in more ways than one!
想到她所花的那笔钱,她的心疼就具有双重意义了。
第18课 Electric Currents in Modern Art
1、 The idea that modern can only be seen in museums is mistaken.
那种认为现代艺术只能在博物馆里才能看到的观点是错误的。
Mistaken这里是adj,表示“错误的”的意思
2、 Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places.
即使是对艺术不感兴趣的人也不会不注意到在公共场所展示的现代艺术品。
双重否定句。
3、 Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody.
人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、随风飘荡的雕塑品。
4、 Sparks were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and off angrily.
小黑盒子里迸出火花,红色灯泡发怒似地忽明忽暗。
第17课 The Greatest Bridge in the World
1、 Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st,1964, the greatest bridge in the world was named after him.
虽然Verrazano绝对算不上一个伟大的探险家,但他的名字将流芳百世,因为1964年11月21日建成的一座世界上最长的吊桥是以他的名字命名。
2、 The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island.
维拉萨诺大桥由Othmar Ammann设计,连结着Brooklyn与Staten岛
3、 Two great towers support four huge cables.
两座巨塔支撑着4根粗大的钢缆。
4、 These alone took sixteen months to build.
仅这两座塔就花了16个月才建成。
5、 Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet.
塔身高出水面将近700英尺。
6、 Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer’s dream to create ‘an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible’.
尽管此桥很大,但它的结构简单,造型优美,实现了设计者企图创造一个“尽量用细线条勾画出一个庞然大物”的梦想。
划线是做分词后置定语。
第16课 Mary had a Little Lamb
1、 One of Mary’s prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.
玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羔羊。
前面说吃蜗牛的那一课也出现了这个词,表示珍视的意思。
2、 Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
迪米特里为自己的鲁莽而感到不好意思,向阿列科道了歉,说是错怪了他。
第15课 Sixpence Worth of Trouble
1、 Father, of course, a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income.
爸爸妈妈当然经常给孩子零花钱,但是,叔舅婶姨也是孩子们额外收入来源。
人也可以做 supply、source的主语。
2、 With some children, small sums go a long way.
对于有些孩子来说,少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
3、 Very few of the sixpences I have given him have found their way there.
我给了不少50便士的硬币,但没有几个存到储蓄罐里。
4、 Instead, he bought himself sixpence worth of trouble.
昨天,我给了他6便士让存起来,却拿这钱给自己买了6便士的麻烦。
表示价值多少的意思。。也可以表示多少代价的意思。。。
thousands dollars worth of the experiment.
5、 George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.
不过,此事并没使乔治过于伤心,因为糖果店老板娘听说了他遇到的麻烦后,赏给他一大盒巧克力。
be upset by one’s experience
第14课 A Noble Gangster
1、 There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for ‘protection’.
曾经有一个时期,芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取"保护"。
2、 If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.
如果交款不及时,歹徒们就会很快捣毁他的商店,让他破产
3、 As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
早在14世纪,英国人约翰.霍克伍德就有过非凡的发现:"人们情愿拿出大笔的钱,也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手.
这里是 rather…than.. 的搭配而不是would rather
4、 He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.
他很快就使自己出了名,而且渐渐地以Giovanni Acuto这个名字为意大利人所熟悉。
5、 …, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them.
然后提出,如向他们缴纳保护金,他们便主动撤离。
第13课
1、 She intended to dress up as a ghost and she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on.
头天晚上她已把化装服做好,这时她急于想试试。
2、 The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.
那人大叫了一声,惊退了几步。
第12课 Life on a Desert Island
1、 Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
2、 The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
另一种想法恰恰相反
第11课 Not Guilty
1、 The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.
而老练的职业走私犯却使手提箱里藏着500只金表,却也处之泰然。
2、 The officer went through the case with great care.
那位官员十分仔细地把箱子检查了一遍。
3、 Sudden, I saw the Officer’s face light up.
突然,我看到官员脸上露出了得意的神色。
第10课 The Loss of the ‘Titanic’
1、 The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
然而,这艘巨轮首航就下沉,造成大批人员死亡。人们将永远记着这艘巨轮的沉没惨剧。
2、 The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
“泰坦尼克”号的急转弯正好比开了从它旁边漂浮而过的一座浮出水面一百英尺硕大无比的冰墙。
3、 Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
在下面,船长惊恐的地发现“泰坦尼克”号正在急速下沉,16个密封舱已有5个进水。
4、 As there were not enough life-boats for every body, 1500 lives were lost.
由于没有足够的救生艇运载所有乘客,结果,1,500 人丧生。
第9课 A trip to Mars
1、 By now, a rocket will have set off on its 35 million mile trip to Mars and scientists must be waiting anxiously for the results.
现在,一枚火箭可能已经开始了它的三千五百万英里的火星之行,科学家们一定在焦急地等待着结果。
On one’s … trip to..
2、 It will be a long time before any landing on Mars can be attempted.
在登上火星任何尝试之前还会有相当长一段时间。
3、 An interesting suggestion for measuring the atmosphere around Mars has been put forward.
有人已经提出一项测量火星周围大气层的颇为有趣的建议。
第8课 A Famous Monastery
1、 The Great St. Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy.
圣伯纳德大山口连接着瑞士与意大利
前面的吊桥也提到一个join… to..
2、 At 2470 meters, it is the highest mountain pass in Europe.
海拔2,473O米,是欧洲最高的山口。
表示高度
3、 Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot.
尽管修通了隧道,但仍有一些人想冒险徒步跨越圣伯纳德山口。
注意红线的表达。。直接用名词了。。。
4、 As there are so many people about, the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure.
由于到处都是人,狗被关在专门的围栏里。
5、 In winter, however, life at the monastery is quite different.
然而到了冬天,修道院里的生活则是另一番景象。
注意介词的使用。。
第7课 Crazy
1、 Children often have far more sense than their elders.
孩子们往往比他们的长辈更有理智。
Far+比较级的表达。。这个语法可能大家都知道。但是实际写作中用的也不是很多。。。
2、 A lot of people were lying ‘dead’ in the streets.
许多人躺在街上“死了”。
3、 The living helped to carry the dead and wounded to special station.
活着的人帮助把伤亡人员抬到专门的急救站。
The + adj. 表示某一类人
第6课 Smash and Grab
1、 Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。
2、 …, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
但由于他忙着抢钻石首饰,竟连疼痛都顾不上了。
这里出现了3个结构的嵌套:
Too… to…/ busy + V.ing/ help oneself to
第5课 The Facts
1、 Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics.
报刊杂志的编辑常常为了向读者提供成立一些关紧要的事实和统计数字而走向极端。
2、 He sent yet another telegram informing the journalists that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.
于是他又发了一份传真,通知那位记者说,若再不迅速答复,将被解雇。
第4课 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs
1、 Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.
许多人常常情愿放弃较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的殊荣,此乃人之常情。
2、 This can give raise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Elessmere Corporation.
而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象,在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯就是一个例子。
3、 He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money.
不过他觉得,地位升高了,损失点儿钱也值得。
第3课 An unknown Goddess
1、 The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.
这座古城肯定一度很繁荣,因为它曾享有高度的文明
Must have。。表示推测
2、 She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips.
她身高3英尺,双手叉腰。
第2课 Thirteen Equals One
1、 The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged during the war and has been silent ever since.
教堂的钟很大,以前不分昼夜打点报时,但很多年前遭到毁坏,从此便无声无息了。
2、 One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start:
一天夜里,我们的牧师突然被惊醒了
3、 In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
借着电筒光。他看见一个人,马上认出那是本地杂货店主经比尔.威尔金斯。
4、 Whatever are you doing up here Bill?
你究竟在这上面干什么,比尔?
第1课 A Puma at Large
推荐背诵课文
1、 When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, …
伦敦动物园接到报告说,在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时
2、 It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered.
家证实,美洲狮非被逼得走投无路,是决不会伤人的。
Not…unless…
3、 Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
无论它走哪儿,一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物,
4、 …, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and some how managed to escape.
因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的,不知怎么设法逃出来了。 |
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