新概念英语第三册 Lesson57 Back in the old country 课堂笔记

Lesson 57 Back in the old country 重返故里 1、I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map. I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien to me. 我停下车，让汽车发动机冷却一下，同时查看一下地图。我本想离目的地已经不远，但周围一切对我仍很陌生。 · cool (adj.) 凉爽的 (v.) 冷却 · let sb. do sth. 让某人做某事 · study the map 查地图 = consult the map · objective (n.) 目标（formal） = goal = aim = target eg. 珠穆朗玛峰是登山者的目标。 Everest is the climbers’/mountaineers’ objective. military objective 军事目标 business objective 商业目标 political objective 政治目标 set the objective 设立目标 achieve the objective 实现目标 · alien (1)(adj.)外国的 = foreign eg. an alien land 异国 an alien culture 异国文化 (2)(adj.)陌生的 = strange · be alien to sb. 对某人来说很陌生 = be strange to sb. (3)(n.) 外国人，外星人 2、I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that was eighteen years ago. When my mother had died after a tragic accident, he did not quickly recover from the shock and loneliness. Everything around him was full of her presence, continually reopening the wound. 我5岁那年，父亲就带我出了国，那是18年前的事了。当时我母亲在一次事故中惨死，父亲未能很快从悲痛与孤独中恢复过来。他身边的一切都是母亲的影子不断勾起他的伤感。 · tragic (adj.) 悲惨的 —— tragedy (n.) 悲剧 反：comic (adj.) 喜剧的 —— comedy (n.) 喜剧 · recover from… 从…中恢复 · loneliness (n.) 孤独，寂寞 lonely (adj.) 孤独的（修饰人），偏僻的（修饰地点） alone (adj./adv.) 单独的，独个的（修饰人） · presence (n.) 在场，出席 present (adj.) 在场的，出席的 · reopen (v.) 重新开放，恢复 3、So he decided to emigrate. In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve. 于是他决定移居他国。在这个新的国家里，父亲专心致志地为我们俩开创一种新的生活，慢慢地不伤心了。 · emigrate (v.) 移民，迁出 emigrant (n.) 移民 eg. 他从澳大利亚移民到中国。 He emigrated Australia to China. · be/become absorbed in… 聚精会神于… = be very interested in… · absorb (v.) 吸收 eg. absorb water / heat / nutrition 吸收水/热量/营养 · so…that… 如此…以致于…（结果状语从句） so that 为的是，目的是，以便（目的状语从句） so that 因此（结果状语从句） = therefore = so · cease （v.） 停止 · cease to do sth. 停止做某事 = cease doing sth. = stop doing sth. · grieve (v.) 感到极其悲伤，悲痛欲绝 4、He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman's care; but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me. He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay. His roots and mine had become too firmly embedded in the new land. 父亲没有再娶，因此，我在没有母亲的环境里长大成人。但我却什么都不缺，他既当父亲又当母亲。他总想将来回国看看，但却不愿长期住下去，因为他与我一样已经把根深深地扎在异国的土地上。 · bring up 抚养长大，抚育 = raise (v.) · mean meant meant · mean to do sth. 打算做某事 = plan to do sth. = intend to do sth. = be going to do sth. = will be doing · embed (v.) 深深固定，嵌入 · be/become embedded in 被嵌入 eg. 一块玻璃扎进手里了。 A piece of glass was embedded in my hand. 这个想法在他头脑里根深蒂固。 This idea was embedded in his mind. 5、But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother's grave. He became mortally ill a few months before we had planned to go and, when he knew that he was dying, he made me promise to go on my own. 但是，他想看一看家乡父老乡亲，为我的母亲扫墓。就在他计划回国的前几个月，他突然身患绝症。他知道自己已奄奄一息，于是他要我答应一定单独回故乡一趟。 · folk (n.) 人们，老百姓 · grave (n.) 坟墓 · mortally (adv.) 致命地 mortal (adj.) 致命的 eg. a mortal wound/injury 一处致命伤 a mortal blow 致命的打击 · on one’s own 独自地 = alone · of one’s own 属于某人自己的 6、I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps, which I found most helpful on the cross-country journey, but which I did not think I should need on the last stage. 我下飞机后租了一辆车，并买了一本详尽的地图册。在乡间行车途中，我觉得它非常有用，但快到家了，我倒觉得它没什么用了。 · hire (v.) 租用，雇用（短期） employ (v.) 雇用（长期） rent (v.) 租借（长期） · comprehensive (adj.) 包罗万象的，全面的，综合的 eg. comprehensive description 全面的描述 comprehensive training 综合训练 comprehensive research/study 全面的研究 comprehensive survey 全面的调查问卷 comprehensive insurance 综合保险 7、It was not that I actually remembered anything at all. But my father had described over and over again what we should see at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town, so that I was positive I should recognize it as familiar territory. Well, I had been wrong, for I was now lost. 这倒并非是我背熟了地图，而是父亲曾详细给我讲了，在过了离故乡最近的那个小镇后，在每一个路标处可见到些什么。因此，我相信这段路对我来说会是很熟悉的。唉，实际我错了，我现在迷路了。 · It was not that… 强调句 · over and over again 一而再，再而三 · milestone （n.） 里程碑 · positive (adj.) 积极的 · be positive that/about 确信，有把握 = be sure that / about eg. 你确信你已经锁门了吗？ Are you absolutely positve you have locked the door? · territory (n.) 领土，领域 · be lost 迷路 = get lost = lose one’s way 8、I looked at the map and then at the milometer. I had come ten miles since leaving the town, and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley, with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance. 我看了看地图，又查了一下里程表。从小镇出来，我走了10英里。照父亲的说法，我面前应是一个山谷，有农场与村舍，还可远远望见老家村子里的教堂的尖顶。 · milometer (n.) 里程表 · at this point 此时此刻 = at this moment 9、I could see no valley, no farms, no cottages and no church spire -- only a lake. I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere. So I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map. I landed up at the same corner. 可现在我却看不出山谷，看不见农舍，也看见教学尖顶，看见只是一片湖泊。我想一定是什么地方拐错了弯儿。于是我驾车返回小镇，重新按路线行驶。结果又来到刚才那个拐弯处。 · must have taken 当时一定是（情态动词对过去表推测） · trace (n.) 足迹，踪迹，痕迹 (v.) 追踪，跟踪 eg. 这个罪犯被追踪了。 This criminal was traced. 电话公司不能追踪到这个电话。 The phone company was unable to trace the call. 没人能追踪到这个谣言的源头。 No one can trace the source of the rumor. 她对水的恐惧可以追溯到她童年的事故。 Her fear of water can be traced back to a childhood accident. 追溯到，源于 · landed up 到达，处于 10、The curious thing was that the lake was not marked on the map. I felt as if I had stumbled into a nightmare country, as you sometimes do in dreams. 奇怪的是那个湖没有在地图上标出。我感到自己就像平时作梦那样迷迷糊糊地闯进了恶梦境地。 · mark (n.) 记号 (v.) 作记号 · as if 仿佛，就好像 （虚拟语气） = as though · 虚拟语气 （在原来时态基础上 + 一般过去时态） 对现在 —— did 对过去 —— had done 对将来 —— would do eg. 他看起来似乎很高兴。 He looks as if he were happy now. 他看来就好像昨天来了似的。 He looks as if he had come yesterday. 他看起来就好像明天要离开似的。 He looks as if he would leave tomorrow. · stumble (v.) 蹒跚 11、And, as in a nightmare, there was nobody in sight to help me. Fortunately for me, as I was wondering what to do next, there appeared on the horizon a man on horseback, riding in my direction. I waited till he came near, then I asked him the way to our old village. He said that there was now no village. 就像在恶梦里一样，见不到一个人可以帮助我。不过，我是幸运的，正当我走投无路之时，从天边出现一个骑马的人向我骑来。等他走近了，问他去老家的路。他说那村子已经没有了。 · horizon （n.） 地平线 12、I thought he must have misunderstood me, so I repeated its name. This time he pointed to the lake. The village no longer existed because it had been submerged, and all the valley too. The lake was not a natural one, but a man-made reservoir. 我想他一定误解了我的意思，于是又说一遍村庄的名字。这次他用手指了一下那个湖。村庄已不复存在，因为已经为水所淹，山谷也被水淹没了。这不是一个天然湖泊，是一座人工修建的水库。 · submerge (v.) 淹没，沉没 反：emerge (v.) 出现，浮现 12 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$