UNIT 1 SCIENCE FICTION 教材助读-【状元桥·优质课堂】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第四册（人教版2024）

UNIT SCIENCE FICTION 教材助读1 难词注解 教材原文」 课文翻译 <1>satisfaction n.[U, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 包你满意 C]满意；满足，令人满 (Adapted) (改编版) 意的事 拉里·贝尔蒙特 Larry Belmont worked for a <2>guarantee u.&n.[C] 在一家机器人制造公 保证：担保 company that made robots.Recently it 司工作。该公司最近 under guarantee在保 had begun experimenting with a 开始试验家用机器人。 修期内 household robot.It was going to be tested outs 这个测试将由拉里的 〈3>adapt vt.改编，改写 by Larry's wife,Claire. 妻子克莱尔来进行。 〈4)experiment with… Claire didn't want the robot in her house, 克莱尔并不想家 用…做实验，试用… 里有个机器人，尤其 (5>test out检验；测试 especially Das her husband would be away on a 是在她丈夫要出差三 〈6>on a business trip出差 business trip for three weeks,but Larry 周的时候，但是拉里 〈7)persuade ut.使相信： persuaded"her that the robot wouldn't harm her 劝她说机器人不会伤 使信服 or allow her to be harmed.It would be a bonus. 害她，也不会让她受 <8>bonus/'bounas/n.[C] 到伤害。它还会是个 意外收获：奖金：红利 However,when she first saw the robot,she felt 意外收获。然而，第 (9>feel alarmed感到害怕 alarmed His name was Tony.He seemed more 一次看到机器人时， alarm v.使惊恐；使担心 like a human than a machine.He was tall and 克莱尔还是感到惊 alarming adj.令人担忧 handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice, 慌。这个机器人名叫 的：令人恐慌的 托尼。他看起来更像 〈10>more like更像是： although his facial expression never changed. 更接近 ①此处是as引导的时间状语从句，as在此意为 一个人，而不是一台 more like A than B更 “当…的时候”。 机器。托尼高大英 像A而不像B 俊，头发顺滑，嗓音低 On the second morning,Tony brought her 1l)help dressing属于 沉，不过他的面部表 “help(in)doing sth" breakfast and then asked her 2 whether she 情始终不变。 的用法，help是名词， needed help dressing.She felt embarrassed 第二天早晨，托尼 作动词needed的宾语。 and quickly told him to go.Now she was being 给克莱尔端来了早餐， 12>embarrassed ad.尴 looked after by a robot that looked so human, 还问她是否需要帮忙 尬的，窘迫的 and it was disturbing. 穿衣打扮。克莱尔感到 embarrass vt.使窘迫； 非常尴尬，立刻让托尼 使尴尬 ②此处的whether引导宾语从句。 走开。现在，她正由一 embarrassing adj.令人 One day,Claire mentioned that she didn't 个看起来这么像人类 尴尬的 think she was clever.Tony said that she must feel 的机器人照料着，这很 〈l3)disturbing adj.令 very unhappy③to say that,.④Claire thought it 令人不安。 人不安的；引起烦恼的 disturb vt.打扰；使不 was ridiculous that she was being offered 有一天，克莱尔 说她觉得自己并不聪 安；弄乱 sympathy by a robot,but she gradually admired his 明。托尼说她肯定是 disturbed adj.心神不 wisdom s)and integrity and began to trust 感到很不开心才会这 安的：烦恼的 him.He always treated her with dignity s.She 么说。克莱尔认为她 <14>ridiculous/rr'dikjalas told him how she was unhappy that her home 被机器人同情是荒谬 adj,愚蠢的；荒谬的； 的，但她逐渐欣赏他 荒唐的 wasn't elegant enough for Larry,who wanted 的智慧和正直，并且 〈15>sympathy n.[U同f情 to improve his social position 2 with a bigger 开始信任他。托尼对 feel sympathy for对… salary.She wasn't like Gladys Claffern,one of 她总是彬彬有礼。她 感到同情 the richest and most powerful women around. 告诉他，她很不高兴， out of sympathy出于同情 ③动词不定式短语to say that作原因状语。 因为她的家对拉里来 <16>wisdom n.[U]智 ④此处it作形式主语，真正主语是that引导的名 说不够雅致，他想通 慧；明智 过涨工资来提高自己 (17>integrity 词性从句。 integroti/ 的社会地位。她不像 n.[U]诚实正直：完整： ⑤how引导宾语从句；that引导原因状语从句，常 格拉迪丝·克拉芬， 完好 跟在情感类形容词后：wo引导非限制性定语从 后者是当地最有钱有 〈18>dignity/dignoti 句，修饰Larry. 势的女性之一。 n.[U]庄重：庄严：尊严 As a favour 22),Tony promised to help 作为一项恩惠， with dignity有尊严地 托尼答应帮助克莱 Claire make herself more beautiful and her home 19)elegant adj.漂亮 尔，把她变得更漂亮， 雅致的：优美的：高雅的 more elegant.So Claire borrowed some library 也把她的家变得更雅 <20>social position 社 books for him to read,or rather 2),scan.She 致。于是，克莱尔从 会地位 looked at his fingers with wonder 25 as they 图书馆借来了一些书 <21)salary/'saelari/n.[C, turned each page.How absurd 2,she thought. 让托尼阅读，更确切地 U]薪水：薪金 He was just a machine. 说是让他扫视。她惊 big salary高薪 奇地看着托尼的手指 〈22>favour n.[C]帮 Tony gave Claire a new hairstyle and 翻动书页，心想这太荒 助；恩惠 improved her makeup 22.6 As he was not 唐了。他只不过是一 do sb a favour帮某人的忙 allowed to accompany 2 her to the shops,he 台机器罢了。 〈23>or rather更准确地 wrote out a list of things that he would need for 托尼给克莱尔做 说，更确切地说 his work on the house.Claire went downtown and 了一个新发型，还改 〈24>scan vt.浏览：翻阅 bought these things.She had an appointment 善了她的妆容。但 to (25)with wonder惊奇地 是，由于托尼被禁止 <26>absurd/ab'sa:d paint her nails 3,then she went into an 陪同克莱尔去商店， ad5.荒谬的；荒唐的 expensive clothes shop.The saleswoman there 所以他开具了一张装 <27>mkpn.U化妆品 was rude to her,so she rang Tony and told him 修房子所需材料的清 [区别]make up化妆： she was being treated badly.He spoke to the 单。克莱尔去市中心 构成；编造；弥补 woman,D who immediately changed her attitude. 购买了这些东西。她 (28>accompany ut.陪伴 按预约去美甲后，走 <29>appointment Claire thanked Tony,8telling him that he was a 进了一家高档时装 /a'pointmant:n.C,U] “dear”.As she turned around s2,9 there stood 店。女店员对她很粗 预约：约会：委任 Gladys Claffern.How awful to be discovered 鲁，于是她打电话给托 have an appointment约会 by her,Claire thought.By the look on her face, 2 30>nail/nel/n.[C]指 Claire knew that Gladys thought they were in a 尼，告诉他说自己受到 甲：趾甲：钉子.（用 relationship.After all 35,she knew Claire's 了不礼貌的对待。托尼 钉子)钉牢：固定 husband's name was Larry,not Tony.Although 同店员交谈之后，店员 31>saleswoman/seilzwumon/ it was completely innocent3,Claire felt guilty. 立刻改变了态度。克莱 n.[C女售货员：女推销员 ⑥as引导原因状语从句：that引导定语从句，修 尔向托尼道谢，称托尼 salesman seilzmon/n.[C] 饰things。 为“亲爱的”。当她转过 售货员：推销员 ⑦who引导非限制性定语从句，修饰the woman。 身时，格拉迪丝·克拉 (32>turn around转身 〈33)awful ad.糟糕的； ⑧现在分词结构作伴随状语。 芬就站在那里。被她发 ⑨此处使用了全部倒装语序。 现了，这多么难堪啊，克 很坏的：极讨厌的：可怕的 <34>in a relationship ⑩此处是how引导的感叹句的省略，其完整语句 莱尔心想。从她脸上的 恋爱中 是How awful it was to be discovered by her！ 表情判断，克莱尔知道 (35)after all毕竞：终究 When Claire got home,she wept 3.Gladys 格拉迪丝认为自己出 (36>innocent adj..无辜 轨了。毕竟她知道克莱 was everything Claire wished to be.Tony told her 的：无罪的：清白的 尔丈夫的名字是拉里， she was being sensitive and was just as good innocence n.[U]清白： 而不是托尼。尽管完全 as Gladys.He suggested that she invite Gladys 无率；无罪 是清白的，克莱尔还是 and her friends to the house the night before he 〈37)guilty/gti/ad.内 感到内疚。 疚的：有罪的：有过失的 was to leave and Larry was to return.By that 到家后，克莱尔啜 guilt/gt/n.[U]犯罪； time,Tony expected that the house,Bwhich was 泣不止。格拉迪丝是她 过失；内疚 being completely transformed,would be ready. 竭力模仿的对象。托 38)weep vt..&.ui.哭 ①此处属于“be十being十形容词”结构，该结构常 尼对克莱尔说，她这 泣；流泪 用来表达被陈述对象行为反常（暂时的特，点或表 样想有点敏感，其实 〈39)sensitive ad.敏感的 现)以及说话人的惊讶、不满、责备等情绪。 她就像格拉迪丝一样 〈40>transform vt.使改 ②此句中suggested在此意为“建议”，其后的宾 好。托尼还建议在他 变外观（或性质）：使改 语从句要用虚拟语气，即宾语从句的谓语要用 离开，也就是拉里回 变形态 “should十动词原形”，should可以省略。was to 家的前一天晚上，克 transform.into…把… leave和was to return都表示对过去将来时间的 改变成… 菜尔邀请格拉迪丝和 安排，属于be to do结构。 〈41)steadily adv.稳定 她的朋友们到家里 Bwhich引导非限制性定语从句，修饰the house。 地：持续地 来。到那个时候，托 steady/stedi/adj,稳定 Tony worked steadily on the improvements. 尼预计这栋正在彻底 的；持续的 Claire tried to help by working on a light 1suspended 改造的房子将大功 〈42>suspend/s3 spend from the ceiling but she fell off the ladder 告成。 vl.悬：挂；暂停；暂缓 5Even though Tony had been in the next room, 托尼的装修工作 suspend sth from…把 he managed to catch her in time.As he held her, 稳步进展。克莱尔试 某物悬挂在… she felt the warmth of his body.She screamed 图帮忙安装天花板上 (43>ceiling n.[C]天花 pushed him away,and ran to her room. 的吊灯，但从梯子上 板；顶棚 ④过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰a light,light 掉了下来。尽管托尼 〈44)fall off从…掉 与suspend之间为逻辑上的动宾关系。 当时在隔壁房间，但 下来 ⑤此处为even though引导的让步状语从句。 他还是及时接住了她， 3 (45>ladder/'laeda(r)/ The night of the party arrived.The clock 托尼抱着她的时候， n.[C]梯子：阶梯 struck eight.The guests would be arriving 她感受到了他身体的 (46>scream vi.&n.[C soon,so Claire dismissed Tony for the rest of 热度。她尖叫了一 尖叫 the night.At that moment,Tony took her in his 声，一把推开他，然后 (47)strike ut.&vi. arms,bringing his face close to hers.She 跑回了自己的房里。 [熟词生义]敲：鸣：报时 Bheard him declares that he did not want to 聚会之夜到了。 (48>dismiss/dis'mis/ leave her the next day,and that he felt more than 时钟敲响了八点整。 t.让（某人）离开：解散： just the desire s to please s2 her.Then the front 客人们很快就要到 解雇：消除 door bell rang. 了，克莱尔让托尼结 <49>take sb in one's ⑩此处为“主语十would/should十be十doing”构 束了当晚的工作。就 arms把某人抱在怀中 成的过去将来进行时，可表示在过去某一时间之 在那一瞬间，托尼将 (50>declare/drklea(r)/ 后即将进行的动作，或表示在过去将来的某一时 她揽人怀中，慢慢地 间正在发生的动作。 vt.表明；宣称：公布 贴近她的脸庞。她听 <51>desire n.[C.U]&. ⑦此处是现在分词短语，表示伴随动作」 到他说，他第二天不 heard him declare属于“hear sb do'”结构，其中 ol.渴望 想离开她，而且他不 d0是不带t0的动词不定式作宾语补足语，表示 the desire to do sth做 仅仅是想讨她的欢 动作发生的全过程。两个that引导宾语从句，第 某事的渴望 二个that不能省略 心。就在这时，前门 (52>please.取悦… 的门铃响了。 教材助读2 难词注解 教材原文 课文翻译 (1>sit oneself+adv. THE TIME MACHINE (Adapted) 时间机器 prep.使自己坐在… (改编版) (2>leather/ledo(r)/n.[U. DIt was at ten o'clock today that C皮革；[以.]皮衣；皮外套 the first of all Time Machines began its 上午十点，所有 (3>lever/'li:va(r); 时间机器中的第一台 NAmE'1evar/n.[C]操 career.I gave it a last check,and sat myself 启动了其运转之旅 纵杆：杠杆 in the leather2 seat.I pushed the starting lever on 我最后检查了一遍机 starting lever启动杆 the main panel forwards an inch then immediately 器，然后坐在皮椅上 〈4>panel/paenl/n.[C 我把主面板上的启动 控制板：仪表盘：专家咨 backwards6 again.2Looking around,I saw my 杆往前推了一英寸， 询组 〈5)inch/ntj/n.英寸（长 laboratory exactly as before.Had anything 然后又立刻向后拉。 度单位，等于2.54厘米) happened?I thought my mind had tricked me. 环顾四周，我看到实 6>backwards/'baekwadz/ 验室与以前一模一 [NAmE backward] Then I saw the clock.A moment before,it was a 样。发生什么事了 adu.向后；倒着；往回 minute or so past ten;now it was nearly half 吗？我以为我的大脑 〈7>trick v.欺骗n.[C] 诡计：把戏 past three! 欺骗了我。然后我看了 下时钟。片刻之前，大 8>ors0大约 ①此处为强调句，强调时间状语at ten o'clock today。 概是十点零一分，而现 〈9>draw a breath吸 口气 ②此处是现在分词短语作状语，look与主语I之 在已经快三点半了！ 10>grip/grip/ut.&vi. 间是逻辑上的主谓关系。 我吸了一口气， 紧握；抓紧 I drew a breath,gripped the lever and 一把抓住操纵杆，往 1l)hazy/hezi/ad.模 前推了一下。实验室 糊的：朦胧的：困惑的 pushed it forwards.The laboratory went hazy 在我身边变得模糊不 go hazy变得模模糊糊 around me.My niece2 came in to fetchs something, 清。我的侄女进来拿 <12>niece/ni:s/n.[C 侄女：外甥女 maybe her handkerchief,apparently without 东西，也许是拿她的 13>fetch/fctj/t.(去) 手帕，但她显然没看 seeing me.It probably took her a minute,but to 拿来；（去）请来 见我。她大约花了一 14>handkerchief/heekafif/ me she moved like a rocket!I pushed the lever 分钟时间，但在我看 n.[C]手帕：纸巾（复数 further.Night came 3as if a lamp was being 来，她的动作快如火 形式为handkerchiefs turned out and in another moment came the 箭！我把操纵杆再往 或handkerchieves) 〈l5)apparently ad.看 day.Tomorrow night came,then skipped to day, 前推了下。夜幕降临 了，仿佛一盏灯熄灭 来：显然 again and again,faster and faster still s apparent/a'peerant/adj. 了，转眼间，白昼就来 然的；表面上的 ③此处是asif引导的方式状语从句。 临了。第二天夜晚降 〈16>lamp/laemp n.[C] ④此处是介词短语前置引起的全部倒装句。主语 临，接着又跃进到白天。 灯：台灯 17>turn out熄灭；关 是the day,谓语是came,介词短语in another 如此反复，越来越快。 时间旅行带来的 掉；在场；使朝外；结 moment作时间状语。 陌生感和不适感是难 果是 It is hard to explain the strange and 〈18)still用作程度副 以解释的。我感到我 词，修饰形容词和副词的 unpleasant feeling of time travelling.It felt 好像坐在一辆汽车 比较级，表示“更、愈”。 里，飞驰在蜿蜒的道 like I was being driven fast on a winding 20 〈19)feel like感觉像是… 路上。我的速度越来 (20>winding waindin road.As my pace grew faster,the walls of the 越快，实验室的墙壁 adj.弯曲的；蜿蜒的 laboratory fell away 2,and I was left in the open 随之坍塌，我置身野 wind/waind/(wound,wound) vt.&.i.蜿蜒 air.The sun and moon looked 5as if they were 外。太阳和月亮看起 〈21)pace.pes/n.[U] 来似乎正被抛向天空， 速度；步伐：节奏t.&.元. being thrown across the sky,but soon there was 但是很快就有了昼夜 确定速度：调整节奏 division2>between night and day.Around me I 之分。环顾四周，我 〈22>fall away(逐渐)减 少：消失 saw trees growing like puffs of smoke;they 看到树木似青烟升 起，不断生长，变得枝 <23>division/drvi3n/n.[U] grew,spread,and died in moments 25.I saw 繁叶茂，片刻之后枯 分开；分隔；差异；除（法） huge buildings rise up,then disappear like in a divide/drvaid/ut.&vi. 亡。我看到大楼拔地 分开 dream.The whole surface of the earth was being 而起，继而消逝，犹如 〈24)puff paf/n.[C(烟、 changed,melting and flowing before my eyes.I 梦中。地球的整个表 气等的)一缕：少量： 面都在变化，在我的 喘息 calculated that I was being pushed through time 眼前熔化、流动。我 puffs of smoke袅袅烟雾 at hundreds of years a minute. 估算我一分钟要穿越 〈25>in moments瞬间：片刻 ⑤asif在此处引导表语从句。 数百年的时间。 (26)rise up升起：耸立 〈27)urge3d3fn.[C]强 I had a strong urge to look at the random2 我有一种强烈的 烈的欲望；冲动.催 欲望，想看看眼前那 促：力劝：大力推荐 things 6that were being flashed before my eyes! 些随机闪现的东西！ have an urge to do sth I had thought about the risk of stopping the Time 我已多次考虑过停下 有强烈的欲望做某事 时间机器的风险。只 <28>random/raendom/ Machine many times.DSo long as I travelled at 要我以最高的速度前 adj.随机的：随意的： maximum speed,it didn't matter.But if I 不可思议的 进，就不会有什么问 <29>maximum maeksimam stopped and the same space was being occupied 题。但是，如果我停 adj.最大极限的n.最 by something else,we would be forced together and 下来，同一空间被别 大量：最大限度 [反义]minimum/minimam/ explode like a bomb!Like an impatient fool,I 的东西占据，我们就 会被挤在一起，然后 ad.最低限度的.[C pulled the lever backwards hard.With a sudden 像炸弹一样爆炸！我 最小值：最低限度 (3o)be occupied by… jolt,the Time Machine was flipped on its 就像一个失去耐心的 被…占据 side,and I was thrown through the air. 傻瓜，使劲向后拉了 <31>explode/ik'sploud 下操纵杆。突然一 wi.&,l.爆炸；爆破 I was stunned for a moment,and then 震，时间机器侧翻了， explosion 爆炸，爆 heard the sound of thunder.I was sitting in the 我被抛向了空中。 破：突增 rain in some muds next to the machine."A fine 我一时惊呆了， 〈32>jolt/d3t/n.震动： 然后听到雷声。我坐 摇晃；颠簸 welcome,”I said,“for a man who has travelled 〈33>fip/flpt.&.i.(使) 在雨中的一堆烂泥 快速翻转：（用手指）轻抛 thousands of years to be here！” 上，时间机器躺在一 〈34)stun stAn/t.使昏迷： ⑥that在此处引导定语从句，修饰things。 旁。“对一个穿越了 使震惊 <35>mud/mAd/n.[U] ⑦此处是条件状语从句，so long as相当于as 数千年才来到这里的 人来说，这欢迎真是 泥：泥浆 long as,意为“只要”。 别开生面！”我说道。 muddy ad.泥泞的