内容正文:
附:《阅读久久为功》
一、背主题名句,写大气文章
1.(教材名句)One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. —Frank Smith
一门语言能带你进入人生旅途,两门语言则为你开启人生旅途中的所有大门。
——弗兰克·史密斯
2.A different language is a different vision of life. —Federico Fellini
每种不同的语言都是一种不同的生活视角。 ——费德里科·费里尼
3.Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. —Flora Lewis
学习另一种语言不仅是学会用另一种文字去表达一个意思,还是学会用另一种思维方式去思考事情。 ——弗洛拉·刘易斯
4.Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people from and where they are going. —Rita Mae Brown
语言就是一个文化的指路标。它告诉你人从哪里来,他们又要去哪里。 ——丽塔·麦·布朗
5.With the world becoming a global village, English is getting more and more important. So mastering English means we can see the world through a new window.
随着世界变成地球村,英语越来越重要,因此,掌握英语意味着我们可以通过一个新窗口看世界。
二、课文不厌百遍读,书中自有“黄金屋”
课文1 THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM:CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT(汉字书写体系:连接过去与现在)
China is widely known for its ancient civilisation times, despite the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons but one of the main factors has been the Chinese writing system.
[课文对译]
尽管历史跌宕起伏,中国因其古代文明一直延续至今而闻名于世。其存续的原因颇多,但主要因素之一是汉字的书写体系。
[难句破解]
①句:which引导定语从句,修饰its ancient civilisation, which在从句中作主语。
②句:why引导定语从句,修饰reasons。
At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It dates back several thousand years to the use of longgu — animal bones and shells people. Some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today's hanzi.
[课文对译]
汉字在最初是一种基于图形的语言。它可以追溯到数千年前使用龙骨的时期——古代中国人在这些骨头和壳上面刻画简单的符号。这些符号在今天的汉字中仍可看到。
[难句破解] ③句:“介词on+which”引导定语从句,修饰animal bones and shells。
system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms, This, however, changed under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE).
[课文对译]
到商朝(约公元前1600年-前1046年)时,这些符号已经演变成一套成熟的书写体系。在随后的年代里,这一体系发展成不同的形式,这是由于当时中国人居住地域的分隔,从而导致不同方言和汉字变体的产生。然而,这在秦朝(公元前221年-前207年)秦始皇统治时期发生了变化。
[难句破解]
④句:“by+过去的时间”作时间状语时,句子用过去完成时态。
⑤句:a