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《阅读·久久为功》小分册
一、背主题名句,写大气文章
1.A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘,差之千里。
2.To deny a mistake is to repeat it. 否认错误就是重犯错误。
3.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。
4.He who makes no mistakes will do nothing. 不犯错误的人将一事无成。
5.Take advantage of others' strengths and make up for your weaknesses. 取人之长,补己之短。
二、课文不厌百遍读,书中自有“黄金屋”
课文1 Neither Pine nor Apple in Pineapple(菠萝≠松树+苹果)
Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English? I hadn't, until one There isn't. This made me realize that there's no egg in eggplant either. nor apple in pineapple. This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.
[课文对译] 你有没有问过自己,为什么人们常常觉得学英语很困难?我以前从未想过这个问题,直到有一天,我5岁的儿子问我hamburger(汉堡包)里面有没有ham(火腿)。答案是没有。这让我意识到,eggplant(茄子)里面也没有egg(鸡蛋),而pineapple(菠萝)里既没有pine(松树),也没有apple(苹果)。这让我陷入思考:对于学习者而言,英语到底可以有多疯狂呢?
[难句破解] ①句含“not ...until ...”引导的时间状语从句,从句中又含有whether引导的宾语从句。注意:I hadn't是I hadn't asked myself的省略形式。
②句中,否定词neither位于句首,句子用部分倒装。
For example, in our free time we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a photo. And when we are traveling we say that we are in the car or the taxi, but on the train or bus! While we're doing all this traveling, we can get seasick at don't get homesick when we get back home. And speaking of home, why aren't homework and housework the same thing?
[课文对译] 例如,闲暇时我们可以雕一座雕像(sculpt a sculpture)、画一幅画(paint a painting),但只能拍一张照片(take a photo)。旅行时,我们坐汽车或出租车时是说坐在里面(in),坐火车或公共汽车时却要说坐在上面(on)!同样,我们会在海上晕船(seasick at sea)、在飞机里晕机(airsick in the air)、在车里晕车(carsick in a car),但回到家里我们却不会“晕家”(homesick,实际意义为“思乡的”)。说到家,为什么homework(家庭作业)和housework(家务)(这两个英语单词看起来很像意思却)不是一回事呢?
[难句破解] ③句为并列连词but连接的并列复合句。前一分句中,while引导时间状语从句;后一分句中,when引导时间状语从句。
If “hard” is the opposite of “soft”, why are “hardly” and “softly” not an opposing pair? If harmless actions are the opposite of harmful actions, why are shameless and shameful behaviors the same?
When we look out of the window and see rain or snow, we can say “it's raining” or “it's sno