内容正文:
(39>retire vi.&l.退
and a fund for new doctors.And even as she lay
为她没有自己的孩
休:退职;退出
dying,her final thoughts were for others."I'm
子,她把积蓄留给了
〈40〉saving.节省物:
所幼儿园和为新医
ready to go,”she said..“Don't try to rescue me
生设立的基金。甚至
节省:节约:[pl.]储蓄
any more.Don't waste the medicine any more.
在她弥留之际,她最
金:存款
②having delivered…是现在分词的完成式,表示
后惦念的仍是他人:
动作先于谓语动词的动作发生。
“我准备走了,”她说。
“不要再试图救我了,
不要再浪费医药了。”
教材助读4
难词注解
教材原文
课文翻译
(1>once
upon a time
THE STONE IN THE ROAD
路上的石头
从前
Once upon a time there was a king who often
从前有一个国
〈2>disguise v.装扮;假
thought,"Nothing good can come to a nation Dwhose
王,他常想:“一个国
家的人民只会抱怨,
扮:掩盖n.伪装;化装
people only complain and expect others to solve
指望别人来解决他们
用具
their problems."One day,he had an idea.
的问题,这样的国家是
〈3)maple n.枫树;槭树
①whose people only complain…是定语从句,修
不会有好结果的。”一
〈4>cart n.手推车;运货
饰a nation。
天,他有了一个主意。
马车
Early one morning,the king disguised?
一天清晨,国王
〈5>crash into撞上
himself and went to a local village.He placed a
乔装打扮去了当地的
(6>spill ut.&vi.(spilt/
large stone in the middle of the main street and
一个村庄。他在大街
spilled,spilt/spilled
hid gold coins under the stone.Then he hid
中间放了一块大石
头,并把一些金币藏
(使)洒出:(使)溢出
behind a huge maple tree and watched.
在石头下面。然后他
〈7)pick oneself up(跌
The first person down the street was a
躲在一棵巨大的枫树
倒后)站起来
milkman with his cart.He crashed into the
后面看着。
〈8>trip over被
stone,②spilling the milk everywhere.“What
沿街走来的第一
绊倒
fool put this stone here?"he shouted.He picked
个人是一个推着手推
〈9)limp vi.跛行:一瘸
himself up and angrily went away.
车的送奶工。他撞在
一拐地走
②spilling the milk everywhere是现在分词短语
石头上,牛奶洒得到
<10>tear n.眼泪;泪水
作结果状语。
处都是。“哪个傻瓜
in tears流着泪;含着泪
After a while,a group of women came
把这块石头放在这
里?”他喊道。他站起
〈11>neither…nor…既
along,3 each balancing a pot of water on her
来,生气地走开了。
不…也不…
head.One woman tripped over the stone and
过了一会儿,来
〈l2)make an attempt
her water pot went crashing to the ground.She
了一群妇女,每人头
to do sth尝试做某事
picked herself up and limped away in tearso.
上顶着一壶水。一位
8
<13>despair n.绝望
Neither she nor her friends thought about
妇女被石头绊倒了,
i.绝望;感到无望
m