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Section Ⅳ Integrating skills & Developing ideas
1.worthwhile adj.重要的,值得做的→worthy adj.值得尊敬的;值得赞赏的→worth adj.值得的
2.enthusiastic adj.热心的,热衷的→enthusiasm n.热情
3.blessing n.幸事,幸运→bless v.祈求上帝祝福
4.appreciative adj.感激的→appreciate v.感激,感谢;欣赏,赏识→appreciation n.感激,感谢;欣赏
5.mere adj.仅仅,只不过→merely adv.仅仅,只不过
6.gentleness n.和蔼,温和→gentle adj.温和的,温柔的,柔和的→gently adv.温柔地;温和地;文静地;和缓地
7.permanent adj.长久的;永久的→permanently adv.永久地
8.literary adj.文学的→literature n.文学,文学作品;文献
9.embarrassed adj.难堪的,尴尬的→embarrassing adj.令人尴尬的→embarrass v.使窘迫,使尴尬→embarrassment n.害羞;窘迫;愧疚;难堪
1.(be) appreciative of 感激……,感谢……
2.now and then 时而;偶尔
3.in particular特别地;尤其是
4.worthy of note 值得注意
5.probe into调查,探究
6.greet the dawn 迎接黎明
7.go about 忙于,处理
8.close in on 逼近,靠近
9.descend on/upon袭击;突然到达
10.apply to 应用于,适用于
11.give one hint to 给……一条建议
12.care about 对……感兴趣,关心;担心
13.interact with 和……交流;和……相互作用
14.knock over 把……打翻;打倒
15.pick up 拿起,拾起;跌倒后爬起;(开车)接,取;(无意中)学会;接收信号
16.end up 结束,终结;到头来
17.be aware of 意识到,知道
18.respond to 回答,回应;对……作出反应
1.句型公式:部分倒装
教材原句:Only when darkness had again descended upon me should I realize how much I had left unseen.
翻译:只有当黑暗再次降临时,我才意识到,我还有那么多没有看到。
2.句型公式:as if从句中的虚拟语气
教材原句:I who am blind can give one hint to those who see:Use your eyes as if tomorrow you should be stricken blind.
翻译:我,一个盲人可以给看得见的人一个忠告:要像明天即将失明一样去使用你的眼睛。
3.句型公式:状语从句的省略
教材原句:After failing to pick up any food with a fork for five minutes,I decided to use my hands.
翻译:用叉子叉食物用时五分钟,以失败告终后,我决定用手。
Three Days to See
I have often thought it would be a blessing ❶if each human being were stricken blind and deaf① for a few days at some time during his early adult life.Darkness would make him more appreciative of② sight;silence would teach him the joys of sound.
Now and then③ I have tested my seeing friends ❷to discover④ what they see.Recently,I asked a friend ❸who had just returned from a long walk in the woods what she had observed.“Nothing in particular⑤,” she replied.
❹How was it possible,I asked myself,to walk for an hour through the w