-
2014
年
自
考
英
语
(
二
)
资
料
(-unit-2)
Unit 2
Mistakes to Success
I. New
words and expressions
New words
1. spill
v.
（使）洒出，泼出，溢出
2.
respond v.
作出反应；响应
respond
to
…
response
3. interview v.
（媒体）采访，访问
4.
creative adj.
创作的
5. occur v.
发生；出现
It occurred to me
that
…
6. remove
v.
拿开；去掉
7.
refrigerator n.
冰箱
8. grip n.
紧握；紧抓
9. slippery adj.
滑的；滑得抓不住（或站不稳、难以行走）
10. content n.
所容纳之物；所含之物
11.
veritable adj.
十足的；名副其实的；不折不扣的
12. yell v.
叫喊；大喊；吼叫
13.
lecture n.
（冗长的）教训，训斥，谴责
14. mess n.
肮脏；杂乱；不整洁
15.
rarely adv.
罕有；很少；不常
rare animals /
stamps
Rarely is he late
for class.
16. puddle n.
水洼；小水坑
17.
eventually
最后；终于
18. restore v.
使复原；使复位；使复职
19.
sponge n.
海绵块
20.
effectively adv.
有效地
effective
ineffective
注意区分：
effective / efficient
21. tiny adj.
极小的；微小的
22.
discover v.
了解到；认识到；查明
discovery
23.
grasp v.
抓紧；抓牢
24. lip n.
（容器或凹陷地方的
)
边，边沿
25.
renowned adj.
有名的；闻名的；受尊敬的
26. remark v.
谈论；评论
27.
opportunity n.
机会；时机
28. scientific adj.
科学（上）的；关于科学的
science
scientist
例如：
The medical science is making great
progress in the treatment of cancer.
You
should
provide
scientific
evidence
instead
of
subjective
evidence
to
prove
this
theory holds water.
Several world-renowned
scientists will be invited to attend the forum.
29. valuable adj.
很有用的；很重要的；宝贵的
Phrases and Expressions
1.
in this manner
用这种方式
2. set
…
apart from
区别；使与众不同
II. Text
Learning
Spilt Milk
①
Have you heard of the
story about split milk?
(1)Well, we all
know there is no use
crying over split
milk.
But this story is different. I
would hope all parents would respond
in
this manner.
②
I recently
heard a story about a famous research
scientist
（研究科学家，高级研究员）
who had made several very important
medical breakthroughs.
(2)He was
interviewed
by a newspaper reporter who
asked him why he was so much more creative than
the
average person; what set him so far
apart from others?
③
He responded that, in his
opinion, it all came from an experience with his
mother
that occurred when he was about
two years old.
(3)He had been trying to
riove a bottle
of
milk
from
the
refrigerator
when
he
lost
his
grip
on
the
slippery
bottle
and
it
fell,
spilling its contents all over the
kitchen floor - a veritable sea of
milk!
④
When
his
mother
came
into
the
kitchen,
instead
of
yelling
at
him,
giving
him
a
lecture, or punishing him,
she said,
(4)Robert, what a great and
wonderful mess you
have
made!
I have rarely seen such a huge
puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already
been done. Would you like to get down
and play in the milk for a few minutes before
we clean it up?
⑤
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother
said
，
you make a
mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up
and restore everything to
its proper
order. So, how would you like to do that? We could
use a sponge, a towel, or a
mop.
Which
do
you
prefer?
he
chose
the
sponge
and
together
they
cleaned
up
the
spilt milk.
⑥
His
mother then said,
toeffectively carry a
big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out
in the back yard
and
fill
the
bottle
with
water
and
see
if
you
can
discover
a
way
to
carry
it
without
dropping
it.
(5)The little boy learned that if he
grasped the bottle at the top near the
lip with both hands, he could carry it
without dropping it.
What a wonderful
lesson!
（承
上总结句）
⑦
(6)The renowned scientist
riarked that it was at that moment that he knew he
didn't
need
to
be
afraid
to
make
mistakes.
(7)Instead,
he
learned
that
mistakes
were
justopportunities
for
learning
something
new,
which
is,
after
all,
what
scientificexperiments are all
about.
Even if the experiment
learn somethingvaluable from it.
⑧
(8)Wouldn't
it
be
great
if
all
parents
would
respond
the
way
Robert's
mother
responded to him?
本文重点及难点：
1. Well,
we all know there is no use crying over split
milk.
There / It is no use
crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
2. He was
interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him
why he was so much
more creative than
the average person; what set him so far apart from
others?
(1) who asked why
…
from
others
定语从句，修饰先行词
a newspaper
reporter
。
(2) why
he was so much more creative than the average
person
和
what set him so far
apart from others
都是
ask
的直接宾语。
(3)
the average person
普通人
(4) set him so far apart from others
使他特别有别于他人，使他和别人有很大不同。
far
在这里
是副词，加强程度。
注意区分：
so
far
迄今为止，到目前为止。相当于
by now, up
to now, as yet
。
So far he has mastered five foreign
languages.
3. He had been trying to
riove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when
he lost his
grip on the slippery bottle
and it fell, spilling its contents all over the
kitchen floor - a
veritable sea of
milk!
他试图从冰箱里取出一瓶牛奶，却没有抓住光滑的瓶子，瓶子掉了，牛奶洒
得厨房满地都是
--
白花花的一片。<
/p>
4. Robert, what a great and
wonderful mess you have made!
感叹句。
注意
what
和
how
的区别：
What a slower walker he is!
How slowly he is walking!
5.
The little boy learned that if he grasped the
bottle at the top near the lip with both
hands, he could carry it without
dropping it.
(1) graspthe bottle at the
top
v.+sb./sth.+
介词
+the +
身体部位
/
衣服
(2) without
dropping it
作状语。再如：
Tom left without saying good-bye.
He ran out (without) saying a good.
6. The renowned scientist riarked that
it was at that moment that
he knew he didn't
need to be
afraid to make mistakes.
宾语从句是强调结构
it was
…<
/p>
that
…。
注意区分强调结构和
it
作形式主语或普通代词的结构。
例如：<
/p>
It was in this park that
they first met each other.
It was this
park where/in which they first met each other.
It is important that we learn a foreign
language well.
7. Instead, he learned
that mistakes were just opportunities for learning
something new,
which is, after all,
what scientific experiments are all about.
相反，他认识到错误正是学习
新东西的机会，毕竟任何科学实验都是如
此。
8.
Wouldn't it be great if all parents would respond
the way Robert's mother responded
to
him?
该句是个反问句，相当于语气很强烈的肯定句。
(1) the way Robert's mother responded
to him
作状语，相当于
in the way
…。再如：
He learned
money was not everything the hard way.
(2) the way sb. does/did
sth.
某人做某事的方式
I
like the way she dresses herself.
People don't the way he talks.
III.
部分练习讲解
P128 Bridging the Gap
Directions: Fill in the blanks with a
word or a phrase that best completes the passage.
You may choose a suitable
one from the list given.
解题方法：把词分类
动词
名词
形容词
副词
介词
连词
fear
fear
unavoidable
wisely
without
so that
reach
success
under
as long as
reach
between
Lots of people don't dare to make
mistakes. They 1 fearthat they will be ridiculed
or
blamed
by
others.
They
fear
that
they
will
lose
their
money
and
belongings
or
be
2
undera
lot
of
stress.
But
risks
are
3
unavoidableand
they
do
pave
the
way
you
must
tread
（踩，
踏）
upon towards 4
succcess. Have you ever heard of someone who
achieves
success 5withoutmaking any
mistakes before?
So
it
is
only
natural
that
making
mistakes
in
your
effort
to
6
reachyour
dreams
is
considered
a
must,
and
you
shouldn't
worry
about
that
as
you
may
get
a
lot
of
advantages out of your mistakes. By
making mistakes at least you then can distinguish
7 betweenthe correct and the incorrect
portions
of what you did. Anthony
D'Angelo
said:
and Robert
Louis Stevenson even went to the extreme as to
say:
not to succeed, but to continue to
fail in good spirits
（精神抖擞，情绪高昂）
< br>.
You needn't worry about anything 9
as long asyou keep on going by 10 wiselylearning
from your mistakes and trying even
harder.
I. New words and expressions
New words
1. glance n.
瞥一眼；匆匆一看；扫视