UNIT2? ? TEXTB
一、單詞分析
1.particularly
US [p?r't?kj?l?rli]
UK [p?(r)'t?kj?l?(r)li]
adv.特別；尤其
It's particularly worrying that over half a million unemployed people have been out of? work for at least a year.
特別令人擔(dān)憂的是超過50萬失業(yè)人口已失去工作至少一年。
2.rid
US [r?d]
UK [r?d]
v.掃除
be rid of sb/sth,擺脫
get rid of sb/sth,擺脫；丟棄；扔掉
We're the people who are looking for and trying to get rid of any barriers to education, " she said.
她說，“我們就是這樣的人，尋找并試圖擺脫任何妨礙教育的障礙?！?/p>
3.furthermore
US ['f?re?r.m?r]
UK ['f??(r)e?(r).m??(r)]
adv.此外；而且；再者
Furthermore, some goals that on the surface may appear to be admirable and worthy may actually be for personal gain only.
總而言之，有些目標(biāo)表面看來是很高尚的也是值得追求的，但實際上可能僅僅關(guān)涉?zhèn)€人利益。
4.intelligent
US [?n'tel?d??nt]
UK [?n'tel?d?(?)nt]
adj.有才智的；悟性強的；聰明的；有智力的
There would have been a fitness in her being pretty and graceful , intelligent and distinguished.
嫵媚、文雅、聰慧、高貴，這些原來是她應(yīng)有的品質(zhì)。
5.steadily
UK ['sted?l?]
adv.穩(wěn)定地；堅定地；堅固地；不斷地
It had been a leaden dawn, and the rain now steadily poured down.
那是一個鉛灰色的黎明，現(xiàn)在又開始連綿不斷地下起了大雨。
6.solemnly
UK ['s?l?mli]
adv.鄭重；一本正經(jīng)地；沉著臉；冉冉
As he relates this to me he scratches his head solemnly with his withered arm.
納南塔蒂對我講述這段往事時神情嚴(yán)肅地用那只枯萎的手搔搔頭。
7.apparently
US [?'per?ntli]
UK [?'p?r?ntli]
adv.顯然；可見；看來
So, apparently one of the survivors of the tomb had been a sorcerer after all.
那么，顯然墓穴的生還者已經(jīng)無論如何都是個法師
8.confusion
US [k?n'fju?(?)n]
UK [k?n'fju??(?)n]
n.困惑；混淆；混同；困窘
Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.
只有兩只野狗在混亂中得到了好處，它們狼吞虎咽地吃光了剩余的蛋糕。
9.semester
US [s?'mest?r]
UK [s?'mest?(r)]
n.學(xué)期（一學(xué)年分兩個學(xué)期）
The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is? going. A very good semester, indeed.
教授開始搖頭，仍然微笑著，因為他意識到了爭論的發(fā)展。非常好的一個學(xué)期，的確是。
10.astonish
US [?'stɑn??]
UK [?'st?n??]
v.使十分驚訝；使大為驚奇；使吃驚
I do not know stationmaster people see this statistic system is met why impressions, but, I think, it is certainly very astonish!
我不知道站長們看到這個統(tǒng)計系統(tǒng)會作何感想，但是，我想，一定是很震動的！
11.glimpse
US [ɡl?mps]
UK [ɡl?mps]
v.瞥見；〔詩〕閃現(xiàn)
n.領(lǐng)悟；概況；見識；一睹
If a half second glimpse of an inappropriate image can be picked up in this way, imagine? the impact of a more fundamental difficulty.
如果一半的不良的圖像是被這樣瞥見的，想象一下更多的基本的沖突將不會發(fā)生。
12.illustration
US [.?l?'stre??(?)n]
UK [.?l?'stre??(?)n]
n.插圖；圖解；示例；圖示
The company's first print advertisement? featured an illustration of a young actress named Hilda Clark, who was also the brand's spokeswoman.
公司的第一張平面廣告是一張叫HildaClark的年輕女演員的插畫，她同時也是品牌的代言人。
13.edition
US [?'d??(?)n]
UK [?'d??(?)n]
n.版次；版本（出版形式）；（報紙、雜志的）一份；一輯
It is possible that the setup program is of too low an edition, please install the latest setup program for the touch screen.
有可能是觸摸屏驅(qū)動程序版本過低，請安裝最新的驅(qū)動程序。
14.skip
US [sk?p]
UK [sk?p]
v.略過；打水漂；漏過；蹦蹦跳跳地走
With just a light skip, it falls, never leaving people the image of decline, though it has never been flamboyant .
它只輕輕一跳，落了，從不給人以衰弱的印象，盡管，它不曾艷麗
15.stun
US [st?n]
UK [st?n]
n.震驚；暈眩；〈美〉胡桃
v.使昏迷；（尤指）打昏；使震驚（或驚愕、目瞪口呆）
Rogue's seem to be able to stun lock a lot more? for a lot longer and I couldn't tell why, but it was obnoxious.
盜賊可以把人暈更長時間了，我說不出為什么，但我很討厭這樣
二、難句分析
1.In one of my classes were many children who had hadgreat trouble with schoolwork, particularly reading.
【翻譯】在我的一個班級里，有很多孩子在學(xué)習(xí)上遇到了很大的困難，尤其是閱讀。
【分析】In one of引導(dǎo)后面的定語從句
?2.I would like you toread a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them onlyfor pleasure.
【翻譯】今年我想給你探路者很多書，但是我想讓你讀這些書只是為了消遣。
【分析】would like想要做某事
?3.One girl, who had just come tous from a school where she had had a very hard time,and who proved to be one of the most interesting, lively,and itelligent children I have ever known, looked at mesteadily for a long time after I had finished.
【翻譯】有一個女孩剛從學(xué)校來到我們學(xué)校，她在那里度過了一段非常艱苦的時光，后來證明她是我所認(rèn)識的最有趣、最活潑、最聰明的孩子之一。
【分析】句子中運用了最高級，定語從句
?4.Then if you don't like the characters and don't care what happens to them, close the book, put it away, and get another.
【翻譯】然后，如果你不喜歡這些角色，也不在乎他們的角色，就把書合起來，把它收起來，再拿一個。
【分析】what引導(dǎo)定語從句
?5.For a while she read a number of books on this level.
【翻譯】有一段時間，她讀了很多這方面的書。
【分析】“for a while”和“in a while” 同為近義詞，翻譯為：一會兒，一段時間。for指動作持續(xù)了多久，in指一段時間之后。a number of表示“許多”,相當(dāng)于 many,修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù).作主語時,謂語動詞用復(fù)數(shù).number前可用large,small等修飾,以表示程度.
?6.After she had been in the class six weeks or so and we had become good friends, I very tentatively suggested that, since she was a skillful rider and loved horses, she might like to read National Velvet.
【翻譯】在她上了大約六周的課之后，我們成為了好朋友，我很試探性地建議，既然她是一個熟練的騎手，喜歡馬，她可能會喜歡讀《國絲絨》。
【分析】since可引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句,譯作“由于；因為”,相當(dāng)于because.
?7.She tried it, and though she must have found it quite a bit harder than what she had been reading, finished it and liked it very much.
【翻譯】她試了試，雖然她一定覺得它比她剛才讀的要難一些，但她還是讀完了，非常喜歡。
【分析】though可以放在句子中間，前面一般有一個逗號；不能與but連用。quite a bit 修飾不可數(shù)名詞,意思是“只有一點點,很少”
?8.One day, in one of our many free periods, she was reading at her desk.
【翻譯】有一天，在我們許多空閑時間中的一天，她在書桌前看書。
【分析】in one of.是介詞短語,表示在...其中的一個中/里,作狀語.
?9.This is exactly what reading should be, but in school, reading is not always an exciting, joyous adventure.
【翻譯】這正是閱讀應(yīng)該是的，但在學(xué)校里，讀書并不總是令人興奮、快樂的冒險。
【分析】what作關(guān)系代詞時,其含意是“所…的事(物)”。可用來引導(dǎo)主語從句,表語從句,賓語從句或同位語從句。
三、全文總結(jié)
Inschool,readingisnotalwaysanexciting,joyousadventure.Themoststudentsoftenhavegreattroubleinreading,andmightnotbeveryclearaboutwhattheyarereading.What'smore,theteacherswouldlikethemtoreadanupperlevelthatisnotuptotheirstandard.Inthispassage,theteacherwanttotryatallcoststoridherstudents'fairanddislikeofbooks.Sooneday,shetoldthemtoreadanythingwhattheywantedforpleasure,orelsesherequired.Itstunnedthestudentsbecausethatsoundsincredible.Onlyagirldecidedtobelieveher.Thentheybecamegoodfriendssooner.Notonlythegirllearnedtoreadeasily,butalsotheteacherlearnedsomethingfromthegirl:whenwereading,don'tflinchfromdifficultsentences,wecanskipoverthosepartsandgoontothenextgoodpart.
四、思維導(dǎo)圖
