内容正文:
The wonder of literature
Language Points
文学的奇妙之处
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A child and a man were walking on the beach when the child found a shell and held it to his ear. Suddenly he heard strange, low, musical sounds.
beach n.沙滩 shell n.贝壳
suddenly adv.突然地 strange adj.奇怪的
musical adj.悦耳的 music n.音乐 musician n.音乐家
孩子和男人在海滩上散步,孩子发现了一枚贝壳,把它放到了耳边。突然,他听到了奇怪、低沉、悦耳的声音。
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These sounds seemed to be from another world and the child listened to them with wonder.
seem v.似乎
wonder n.惊讶,惊叹
wonderful adj.奇妙的,极好的
wonderfully adv.惊奇地,极好地
with+名词 (相当于副词)
with wonder = wonderfully
with care= _____________________
carefully
这声音仿佛来自另一个世界,孩子听后十分惊奇。
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Then the man explained that the child heard nothing strange, and that the shell caught a range of sounds too faint for human ears.
explain v.解释,说明
catch——caught——caught 捕捉
a range of 一系列
a series of
faint adj.模糊的
随后男子解释说,孩子听到的声音没有什么奇怪的,只不过是贝壳捕捉到了种种对于人的耳朵来说过于微弱的声音而已。
宾语从句
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