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Unit Four Nettles
1.
Notes on
Guide to Reading
1)
prolific (1.1)
多产的
prolific writer
多产作家
synonyms:
fecund,
fertile,
fruitful,
productive.
2
)
prestigious
(1.3)
esteemed
有名望的,著
名的
Prestigious university
名牌大学;名校
Synonyms:
celebrated,
distinguished,
eminent,
illustrious,
noted,
preeminent,
prominent, renowned
3
)
dilemma
(
2.2
)进退两难;困境
To
be,
or
not
to
be:
that
is
the
question
(Shakespeare)
Synonyms:
deep
water,
hot
water,
predicament,
4
)
be
confronted
with
(2.3)
face;
meet
with;
encounter
面对;遭遇
1
5
)
regardless of
(2.3) irrespective of
不论;
不
管
6
)
Love
that
was
not
usable,
that
knew
its
place.
Not
risking
a
thing
yet
staying
alive
as a sweet trickle, and underground
resource.
(Last line but one, Para. 2)
p>
空灵的爱,自知的爱;不危及任何东西,
却像涓涓细流,地下源泉,
永不枯竭。
精神之爱,知其进退;
无损无害,如源头
活水,滋润于心。
7
)
retrospection
(
3.2
)
回顾,回忆
8
)
protagonist
(3.2)
The main performer in a
theatrical production; : lead
主角
9
)
effortlessly
(3.4)
Effortless: easy
Easy
as
ABC,
easy
as
falling
off
a
log,
easy
as
one-two-
three,
easy
as
pie,
like
taking
candy from a baby, nothing to it.
10
)
bridge the
gap:
搭配
2
11
)
Thus the
reader is apt to
identify
with
the
protagonist,
feeling
what
she
feels
and
worrying what worries her. (last line
but one,
Para. 3)
Identify with ?
12)
address
several
essential
problems
(4.1)
搭配
13
)
Once
again
“
Nettles
”
displays
Munro
’
s
lasting
strength
…
and
subtle
meanings
of
life.
Lasting strength
?
在
p>
“
荨麻
”
中,
p>
Munro
再次展示了其
深厚功
力
,驭繁于简,情节虽然简单,却探索了
复杂的人物感情和微妙的人生况味。
2
.
Text Analysis
From paragraph 1 to paragraph 49
A
.必备语汇
(
preparatory words and
expressions
)
见
词汇测试表
B.
逐段讲解
3
1
.
引子
:
回忆起
1979
年时见到的一个男人
。
不交代是谁,留下悬念
(suspense)
词汇:
1
)
ketchup
sandwich
(
1.2
)
夹番茄酱的三明治
2.
数年之后,重寻故地,已物易人非。
去年元夜时
,
花市灯如昼。
月上柳梢头
,
人约黄昏后。
今
年元夜时
,
月与灯依旧。
不见去年人
,
泪湿春衫袖。
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生查子
去年元夜时
欧阳修
去年今日此门中
,
人面桃花相映红。
人面只今何处去?
桃花依旧笑春风
题都城南庄
崔护
3<
/p>
.回忆儿时情景,请人打井,由此开始一
场早恋(
puppy love
)
。
词汇:
4
1
)
Well
(line
1)
:水井
2
)
Penned
(
line
3
)
:圈养的
Pig
sty
猪圈
3
)
Mug (line 7) :
杯
其他词义:
(
1
)
I got
mugged/jumped
on my way
home.
(
2
)
The suspect is not among the
mug
shots.
(3)
Look at her ugly
mug
.
4
.
Mike
McCallum
出场。交代打井人居无
定所的生活,为之后和童年伴侣小
Mike
McCallum
的分离埋下伏笔。
5
.小
Mike
McCallum
出场。交代两人都是
8
< br>岁。
词汇
:
1
)
boarding house
(
5.1
)提供膳宿的地
方
2
)
at
hand
(
5.2
)
nearby
附近,手边
6.
回忆和小
Mike
两小无猜的情景之一:在
Mike
父亲的车里玩耍;
给被臭鼬所伤的狗
抹番茄汁治伤。
5
词汇:
1
)
Cab
(6.1)
:出租车;此处:驾驶室
2
)
Mucky (6.4):
dirty
3
)
Sour-cheese boots (6.4):
袜子发此臭奶
酪的气味
4) Skunk (6.6):
臭鼬
5) Spray (6.6):
喷射
句子:
1)
It
looked
as
if
we
were
washing
him
in
blood
. (last
line)
好像用血给它洗澡一样。
7.
回忆农场的树木。
句子
:
1)Each of the trees
?
crabby. (7.2-4)
译:
这里
每颗树都神气活现的。比如,榆树宁
静安详,
橡树则杀气腾腾,
枫树慈祥可亲,
而山楂树则老态龙钟、火气十足。
8
.回忆一起过河情景。
词汇
:
1) Scummy (8.3):
长满浮渣的
2)
Scum
:人渣
scum of the earth
6
scum of the
nation?
句子
:
1) The river in August was
almost as much
a stony road as it was a
watercourse. (8.1)
译:
8
月的河是条水道,几乎也是一条石
头路。
2)
?
plowing
through
mats
of
flat-leafed
water
lilies,
trapping
our
legs
in
their
snaky
roots. (8.3-4)
译:
?吃力地在一团团长着扁平叶子的睡莲
中蹚行,两腿被弯曲的睡莲根缠绕。
9-11
讲述小孩们玩打仗游戏,我和
Mike
互
生情愫。
词汇:
1) Harassment
(
9.4
)
:
骚扰
Sex harassment
2) Dress
(10.3)
:包扎
Administer
:
to
give someone a medicine or
medical
treatment
Painkillers were administered to the
boy.
句子:
1) There
was a
keen alarm
when the
cry came,
7
a
wire
zinging
through
your
whole
body,
a
fanatic
feeling of devotion. (10.4-6)
Keen: keen interest/desire
The
need
for
enlarging
our
vocabulary
is
not
keenly felt yet.
Zing: to
move quickly
Wire:
电线
Business wire
?
Fanatic:
狂热的
译:当他喊我的名字时,我会紧张万分,全
< br>身如触电一般,一种狂热的忠诚感油然而
生。
2) The game disintegrated,
after a long while,
in arguments and
mass resurrection. (11.1-2)
Disintegrate: to break up
散
译:许久之后,大家吵个不休,装
死的也活
了过来,游戏就这样散了。
12-14
水井打好,
Mike
p>
离去
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