LessononeYourCollegeYear

教學目的：了解作者及相關的背景知識

通過對本文的學習，使學生對大學生活有一個全面、正確地認

識，全面了解自己，更好地適應大學生活

掌握語言點

教學重點及難點：

重點——對文章內容的充分理解與掌握

難點幾個專業詞匯的理解"developmentalchanges”、

“identitycrisis"、"psychologicalindependencewinternalizing

religiousfaith”

教學內容：1.作者及背景簡介

2.課文講解及語言點

3.課堂討論

4.語法學習：thewaysb.didsth.

Waysofexpressingtheobject

Determiners

5.練習及作業

基本要求：1.學生在課前應預習課文，并完成pre-classwork中的作業

2.通過課堂講解使學生理解文章內容，并對自己的大學生活有

一個清晰地認識

3.認真完成課后作業

教學方法：加強互動，通過提問了解學生的預習情況。以師生互動方式講

授課文，練習以學生為主，教師側重解決重點及檢查學生的完成情況。

時間分配：8節課一個單元

I.Introduction

A.Aboutthetext

Thisisatextaboutwhatstudentswillexperienceintheir“college

years”.ItisaddressedtocollegestudentsintheUnitedStates.

Butwithsomemodifications,whattheauthorsaysherewillalso

makeperfectsensetoourstudents.

Collegelifeisbothexcitingandfrustratingexperience.Itis

clearthatyoungadulthoodisanextremelyimportantperiodinour

life.

Noteveryoneknowshowtohandletheirsuddenindependenceor

freedom.Therearealsothosewhotaketheirnewlyfound

independencetomeanthattheycandoanythingtheywant.

ForEnglishlanguagestudents,therearesomeuniqueproblems.Since

peopleallsaythatlanguageisjustatool,shouldn'twetryto

majorinsomethingelse?

B.Abouttheauthor

Dr.BobHartmanisachildren'sstory-telleranhdpart-time

pastor.HewasborninPittsburgh,theUnitedStates,andmovedto

Englandinthesummerof2000.

II.Warming-upexercises

1.Whataremygoalsforthecollegeyears?

2.Doyoufinditeasytorelatetotheoppositesex?Doyouagree

withtheauthorthatstressfulasitis,itisneverthelessoneof

themostimportantgoalswemustachieveduringschoolyears?

III.Detailedstudyofthetext

1.(Para.1)“Hasiteveroccurredtoyouthatyourprofessorsand

otherschoolpersonnelhavecertaingoalsforyourgrowthand

maturityduringyourcollegeyears?Hasiteverdawnedonyouthat

certaindevelopmentalchangeswilloccerinyourlifeasyoumove

fromadolescencetoyoungadulthood?

A.Drawthestudents?sattentiontothedifferencebetweenChinese

andEnglishinexpressingthisidea:InChinese,thesubjectis

ususllyapersonalpronoun,whereasinEnglish,theanticipatory

"it"isused.

Moreexamples:

Itneveroccurredtomethatwealthcouldruinaperson's

life.

我從來沒想到財富能毀滅一個人的一生。

Itsuddenlydawnedonusthathighsavingsratemaynot

beagoodthing.

我們突然想到高的存款利率未必是件好事。

Itgraduallybegantodawnontheeconomiststhatthe

problemwasnotoverproduction,butunder-consumption.

經濟學家們逐漸認識到，問題不是生產過剩而是消費過低。

B.developmentchanges:

Thisisapsychologicaltermwhichrefertothe

physiologicalandbehavioralchangesthroughoutthelifespan.

2.(Para.2)Duringthistime,studentsaregoingthroughanidentity

crisisandareendeavoring…

togothrough:toexperience;toundergo;tosuffer

e.g.:Thecountryhasgonethroughtoomanywars.

這個國家經歷了太多的戰爭。

Iadmirethewayshe'sstillsocheerfulafterallshe's

gonethrough.

我欽佩她經歷了那么多苦難以后，仍然這樣精神愉快。

Othermeaningsofthisphrasalverb:

Idon'tthinkthisplanwillgothroughtheSecurityCouncil.

(beacceptedby)

我認為這個計劃不會在安理會通過。

Haveyougonethroughallyourmoneyalready?(touseup;tofinish)

你已經把所有的錢花光了嗎?

It'stoolatetobackout.Wejusthavetogothroughwithit.

(todoitbecauseyouhavepromisedorplannedtodoit,eventhough

youarenolongersureyouwanttodoit.)

現在打退堂鼓太晚了，我們必須把它完成。

Identitycrisis:Itreferstothedifficulties,confusionsand

anxietiesthatyougothroughduringadolescencewhenyouarenot

surewhoyoureallyareandwhatyourpurposeinlifeis.

toendeavor:⑴vi(+to-V)(fmlorpomp)totry(正式或夸張)

嘗試，企圖

e.g.:I'11endeavortopaythebillassoonaspossible.

我會盡快地設法付清賬單。

(2)n.努力，盡力。

e.g.:Theycouldn'tdoit,despitetheirbestendeavor.

他們雖然盡了最大努力，但仍做不成。

TheClimbingoftheMountEverestwasanoutstanding

exampleofhumanendeavor.

攀登珠穆朗瑪峰是人類奮勇進取的突出例證。

Shemadeno/everyendeavortohelpus.

她(沒有)竭力幫助我們。

3.(Para2)Itisimportanttoknowhowpeopleperceivethemselves

aswellashowotherpeopleperceivethem.

perceive:v[notinprogressiveform]tounderstandorthinkofsth.

inaparticularway

e.g.Heperceivedasubtlechangeinhermanner.

perceive+thatTheyperceivedtheywereunwelcomeandleft.

perceive+wh-Wewereunabletoperceivewheretheproblemlay

perceive+obj.+V-ingIperceivedasmalltrickleofbloodcoming

fromthepatient'sear.

perceptibleadjthatcanbeperceived,noticeable可察覺至!j的,

可看見的(imperceptible)

perceptionna.theactionofperceiving(orperceptiveness)

感覺,知覺

b.theabilitytoperceivewell;keennatural

understanding洞察力，理解力

e.gamanofgreatperception—t"極有洞察力的人

perceptiveadjshowinganunusualgoodabilitytonoticeand

understand感覺靈敏的，有洞察力的

e.g.aperceptivewoman/perceptivecomments一位洞察力強

的女士/頗有見地的評論

Usage:youperceive(=notice,becomeconsciousof)somethingthat

existsoutsideyou察覺出外在事物

e.g.Iperceivedachangeinthetoneofhervoice.

Youconceive(=forminthemind)acompletelynewidea.

在心中設想出一種新的想法

Sheconceivedaboldplanofescape.

4.(Para.2)???identityisdeterminedbygeneticendowment(what

isinheritedfromparents),shapedbyenvironment,andinfluenced

bychanceevents.

Meaning:Whoweareisdeterminedbythreethings:First,ourgenes,

orwhatourparentshavegivenus,ourlegacy;second,environment,

andthird,luckoropportunities.

Chanceevents:"Chance“hereisanadjective,

meaning“accidental.

e.g.:Thischancemeetingwiththefamouswriterchanged

hiswholelife.

與這位著名作家的偶然邂逅改變了他的一生。

Thismedicineissaidtobeachancediscovery.

據說這種藥是偶然間發明的。

5.(Para.3)tobeindependentfrom

Noticethedifferentprepositionsusedafter“dependent”and

“independent”:tobeindependentfrom(orof)buttobedependent

on

e.g.:Finaciallytheyarestilldepentontheirparents.

他們在經濟上仍然依賴他們的父母。

Thesebanksarenowcompletelyindependentof(from)

eachother.

現在這些銀行不依賴他人而各自獨立。

6.(Para.3)Itmaybeheightenedhytheirchoicetopursueacollege

education.

"It"herereferstotheword“struggle“intheprevious

sentence."Toheighten“meanstobecomestrongerorintensified.

Thewholesentencethereforemeansthatiftheychoosetogoto

coliegeetocontinuetheireducation,theywillfaceanevenmore

seriousstrugglebetweenthedesiretobeindependentandtheneed

otdependonthefinancialsupportoftheirparents.

7.(Para.4)Whatarethefourdistinctaspects?

Thefourdistinctaspectsarefunctionalindependence,attitudinal

independent,emotionalindependenc,andfreedomfrom

“excessiveguilt,anxiety,mistrust,responsibility,inhibition,

resentment,andangerinrelationtothemotherandfather.”

8.(Para.4)freedomfromexcessiveneedforapproval,closedness,

togetherness,andemotionalsupportinrelationtothemotherand

father.”

freedom(free)fromsth.:nolongerhavingsth.youdonotwant

e.g.Themostimportantfreedomourpeopleshouldhaveis

thefreedomfromhunger.

我們的人民應有的最重要的自由是遠離饑餓。

Anidealsocietyisonefreefromexploitationand

oppression.

理想的社會是沒有剝削和壓迫的社會。

Withinamonth,thewholebuildingisfreefromfliesand

mosquitoes.

這棟大樓一個月里沒有蒼蠅和蚊子。

Note:Freedomfromsthisdifferentvfromfreedomofsth.Compare:

“Welookforwardtoaworldfoundeduonfouressential

humanfreedoms.Thefirstisfreedomofspeechand

expression—everywhereintheworld.Thesecondisfreedomofevery

ersontoworshipGodinhisownway-everywhereintheworld.The

thirdisfreedomfromwant…everywhereintheworld.Thefourth

isfreedomfromfear??,anywhereinthworld.“一FranklinD.

Roosevelt.

9.(Para.4)Fourthisfreedomfrom“excessiveguilt,anxiety,

mistrust,responsibility,inhibition,resentment,andangerin

relationtothemotherandfather.”

Childrenoftenfeelveryguiltyinrelationtotheirparents

becausetheythinktheyhavedonesomethingwrong;theyarealso

anxiousbecausetheyareeagertopleasetheirparents;they

sometimesfeelunhappybecausetheythinkthattheirparentshave

notbeenfairtothem;theyfeelthattheyareresponsibletotheir

parentsforeverythingtheydo;theyarealwaysafraidofnotsaying

therightthingornotbehavingproperly;allthesemaymakethem

angrywiththeirparentsormakethemfeelresentful.Thesefeelings

reflecttheiremotionaldependenceontheirparents.Whentheygrow

up,theyusuallystriveforthefreedomfromthese.

10.(Para.4)tostandback:toconsideraboutsthbyacertain

distance置身于一定距離之外考慮事物

e.g.:Youmuststandbackfromday-to-daybusinesstograsp

thewiderpatternoftheevents.

11.(Para.7)He??,wasseeinghisworldshrinkandhisoptionsnarrow.

Meaning:Hewasbeginningtoreallizethathisworldwasgerring

smallerandfhischoicesfewer.

“Narrow“hereisusedasaverb.

Moreexamples:

Wemusttrytonarrowthedifferenceinincomebetweenthe

richandthepoorwithoutdelay.

Thismightyrivernarrowedtoagorgeofabout50meterswhenit

cametothisplacebetweenthenfountains.

12.(Para.7)peoplefromavarietyofethnicbackgrounds

Meaning:peoplefrommanydifferentraces

Todaysociologistsoftenprefertheword“ethnic”to

“racial",and"ethnicgroup"to"race”.Therearedifferences

ofcourse.TheHansandtheTibetansarebothChinese,belonging

tothesameyellowrace,buttheybelongtotwoethnicgroups.

13.(Para.7)equalto

tobeequalto:tobejustasgoodas

e.g.:Manyofourproductsareequaltothebestintheworld.

Itisridiculoustothinkoneraceisnotequaltoanotherbecause

ithasadifferentskincolor.

“equal“canalsobeusedasverb.

toequal:vt(notinprogressiveforms)不用進行時

⑴(ofasizeornumber)tobethesameas(在大小或數量上)等

于，與…相等

e.g.:'X=Y'meansthatXequalsY.

'X=Y'就是指X等于Y。

Theyear'ssalesfiguresupuntilOctoberequalsthefigures

forthewholeoflastyear.

本年度到十月份的銷售數字就等于去年全年的銷售數字。

⑵(in,as)toreachthesamestandardas比得上，敵得過

e.g.:Noneofuscanequalhergraceasadancer.

論跳舞，我們誰也比不上她的舞姿優美。

Theirignoranceisonlyequalledbytheirstupidity.

只有他們的愚蠢才可能與他們的無知不相上下。

14.(Para.7)Thesereligious,moral,andethicalvaluesthatareset

duringthecollegeyearsoftenlastalifetime.

Meaning:Thesevaluesthatareestablishedduringthecollegeyears

oftenlastalifetime.Itisbelievedthatourcharacterorbasic

moralprinciplesareformulatedduringthisperiodoftime.

15.(Para.9)?,?seeingthepeoplefromothercountriesinadifferent

light.

toseesth/sbinacertainlight:toseesth/sbinacertainway

e.g.:Whathedidmadeusseehiminanewlight.

他的所作所為讓我們對他有了新的看法。

AfterItookthatcourse,Ibegantoseetheworldin

differentlight.

學了那門課程之后，我開始用一種新的眼光看世界。

Note:"light“isaformalword,whichreferstothewayinwhich

sthorsbappearsorisregarded

e.g.:Theworkersandtheemployeesseethesituationinaquite

differentlight.

工人與雇主對形勢的看法大相徑庭。

16.(Para.10)…itisanexperiencethatcontributestoyoung

adults'growthandmaturity.

tocontributeto:tohelptocauxesthetohappen

e.g.:Thesemeasurescontributedgreatlytotheeconomic

recoveryofthatcountry.

這些措施對那個國家的經濟復蘇起了很大作用。

Whatdoyouthinkarethemainfactorsthatcontributedto

thesuccessofthatcompany?

你認為那個工廠成功的主要因素是什么？

17.(Para.10)?,,theyarealsoacquiringnewwaysofassemblingand

processinginformation.

Theyarealsofindingorlearningnewwaysofarranging,organizing,

analyzingorunderstandinginformation.Itimpliesthatmere

informationisnotscientifictruth.Scientifictruthrequiresthe

processingofinformationincollege,studentswillleafrnnew

approaches,methods,andtheorieswhichwillchangemanyoftheir

prejudices.

IV.Discussion

1.Doyouagreewiththeauthorthatyoungadultslikecollege

studentsareboundtogothroughanidentitycrisis?Haveyouhad

anyidentitycrisisyurselfordoyouknowanybodywhohas?

2.Dodevelopmentalchangesandidentitycrisisonlyoccurto

adolescents?Howaboutyoungerchildrenandelderlypeople?Canyou

elaborate?

V.After-classhomework

1.Reciteparagraphs1,9,and10.

2.Memorizethenewwords.

3.Finishalltheexercisesinthetextbook.

LessonTwoDiscoveryofaFather

教學目的：了解作者及其在文學史上的重要地位

掌握本文的語言點及一些有用的表達法

理解兒子的心里轉變過程，即兒子是怎樣由不解父親到理解父

親的

通過對本課的學習使學生認識到交流的重要性，只有通過交

流，才能彌補代溝造成的隔閡；只有這樣才能加深與父母的親情。

教學重點與難點:

理解游泳對小男孩人生的重大影響，真正領悟那個情景中的象

征意義及文中的深層含義

教學內容：1.作者簡介

2.課文講解及語言點

3.課堂討論及內容復述

4.語法學習grammaticalfunctionsofthe

participles(present&past);pasttense;verbforms

5.練習及作業

基本要求：1.學生在課前應預習課文，并完成pre-classwork中的作業

2.通過課堂講解使學生理解文章內容，并使學生認識到交流在

彌合代溝中的重要作用。

3.認真完成課后作業

教學方法：加強互動，通過提問了解學生的預習情況。以師生互動方式講

授課文，練習以學生為主，教師側重解決重點及檢查學生的完成情況。

時間分配：8節課一個單元

I.Introduction

A.Abouttheauthor

SherwoodAnderson(1876^1941)

SherwoodAnderson'slifewasinawayarchetypalofliterary

livesinmodernAmerica.HewasbornintoapoorfamilyinCamden,

Ohio,theU.S.in1876,butspenthisformativeyearsinthetown

ofClyde,Ohio,whichinspiredthesettingofmanyofhisstories.

Heworkedasalaborerin1896^1898,thenservedintheSpanish

AmericanWar.

Hewastheauthorofmanystoriesandnovels,andhewasa

majorinfluenceonayoungergenerationofimportantwriters,

includingFaulkner,Hemingway,Wolfe,Steinbeck,andothers,both

throughhiswritingsandhisactsofpersonalkindness.Itwas

throughhisinfluence,forexample,thatthefirstbooksofboth

FaulknerandHemingwaywerepublished.

B.OrganizationoftheText

Thepassagecanbedividedintotwoparts:

Thefirstpartdescribeswhatthefatherlookedlikeinthe

boy'seyes:astupidwindbag,andevenaclown.

Thesecondpartdescribestheeliminationofthegeneration

gapbetweenfatherandsononawetnight,thustheboyindeed

discoveredhisfather.

II.Warming-upexercises

1.Doyouagreethatfathersoftenwanttheirchildrento

bewhattheythemselvescannotbe?Whatdoestheauthormeanwhen

hesaysthatitalsoworkstheotherway?

2.Whatkindofafatherdidtheauthorwishtohaveas

achild?Didhisfathermeethisrequirements?Howdidhefeelabout

hisfatheratfirst?Whatqualitiesdidhisfatherhavethatmade

theauthorparticularlyunhappy?Giveexamples.

3.Howdidtheauthorasachilddescribehisfather?Whydidhe

thinkofhimasfoolishandridiculous一awindbaganda

good-for-nothing?Washisfatherreallyshowingoffallthetime?

Whywashesopopularamongthevillagersincludingthelocal

celebrities?Whydidtheauthor'smotherhavenocomplaintabout

him?

III.DetailedStudyofthetext

1.(Para.1)Youhearitsaidthatfatherwanttheirsonstobe

whattheyfeeltheycannotthemselvestobe,butItellyouitalso

workstheotherway.

Thefirstpartofthesentencenormallymeansthatfathers

oftenwanttheirsonstorealizetheirunfulfilleddreams.Here

however,itmeansthatinageneralwayfatherswanttheirsonsto

liveuptotheirexpectation."But,"theauthorsays,.italso

workstheotherway.”"Itisalsotruetheotherwayaround.

Childrenhavethesamedemandontheirfathers”

towork:tofunction,operate

Thissentenceisrathercomplexinstructure,involving

theuseofa"that"clauserepresentedbytheanticipatory"it"

aspartofthecomplexobjectof"hear'.Withinthe"that"clause,

thereisanothercomplexobjectoftheverb"went”,andpartof

thistheinfinitivephrase"tobe”,whichcontainsanothernoun

clauseintroducedby'what".

Havethestudentsanalyzethissentencegrammatically.

2.(Para.1)aflowofpride

Acontinuousstream,movement,orsupplyofsomething.

e.gDuringthetouristseason,theflowoftrafficusuallydoubles.

在旅游季節，交通流量通常成倍增長。

Thankstoasteadyflowofforeigncapitaltheyareableto

expandtheireconomyrapidly.

由于外資的穩定流入，他們才能夠快速發展經濟。

Theyknowtheyaregoingtofaceaterribleflowofrefugeesif

nothingisdonetopreventthishumanitariandisaster.

他們知道，如果不采取措施阻止這場人道主義災難的發生，他們就會面臨

一場可怕的難民潮。

3.(Para.2)….hewasalwaysshowingoff.

Refreshthestudents'memoryoftheuseofcontinuoustenses

toexpressstrongapproval

ordisapproval.

e.gHeisalwaysmakingfunofotherpeople.Idon'tlikethat.

他總喜歡取笑別人。我不喜歡這樣。

Heisembarrassing.Heisalwayssayingthewrongthing

atthewrongtime.

他這會兒感到局促不安。他總是在不恰當的時候說些不該說的

話。

Sheisawonderfulperson.Sheisalwayshelpingothers.

她是個非常好的人。她總喜歡幫助別人。

4.(Para.2)Ididn,tseehowmothercouldstandit.

Paraphrase:Ididn'tunderstandhowmothercouldputupwith

this.

tostand:[usuallyinquestionsandnegatives,一般用于疑

問句和否定句；notinprogressiveforms不用于進行時]toaccept

successfullyorwithoutundesirableresults;bear經的起；承受；

忍受；忍耐

e.g.:Thisworkwillhardlystandcloseexamination.

這件作品經不起仔細的檢查。

IthinkthePrimeMinister'sdecisionwillstandthetext

oftime.

我認為首相的決定將經的起時間的考驗。

Hewantstomarryme,butIcan'tstandthesightofhim.

他想娶我，但我一看見他就討厭。

[+V-ing]Ican'tstandseeingchildrensmoking.

我一看見孩子們吸煙就討厭。

[+obj+v-ing]Inevercouldstandpeopletollingmewhattodo.

我從來不能忍受被人家擺布。

up：耐久；耐用；經的起。

5.(Para.4)….hewasshoutingbackandhavingasgoodatimeas

theywere.

Noticethedifferencebetweentheuseof“as…as"inthissentence

andthatin“herunsasfastasIdo."Inthelatter,"as"is

followedbyanadverb,whereasintheformer,"as"isfollowed

byanounmodifiedbyanadjective('agoodtime").Whenitis

followedbyanounmodifiedbyadjective,theadjectiveshouldbe

placedbeforetheindefinitearticle.

e.g.Theotherday,Iheardasinterestingastoryaswhatyoujust

toldus.

前幾天，我聽到一個有趣的故事，和你剛剛講的一樣。

Hegavemethelastfoodhehadalthoughtheywerehaving

asdifficultatimeaswewere.

雖然他過著和我們一樣苦的日子，但是他卻把他剩下的最后一

點糧食給了我們。

6.(para5)….therewerealwaysalotofmenbecausehegave

toomuchcredit.

Loafing:idling;wastingtime;killingtime;foolingaround

(Compare:aloafofbread)

Wentbroke:becausebankrupt;becamepenniless

Note:"broke“hereisanadjective

togivetoomuchcredit:tolendtoomuch;toallowcustomers

tobuythingswithoutpaying

Theimplicationisthatmostofthosedebtswereneverrepaid.

7.(Para.6)There'dbemenIdidn,tthinkwouldwanttobefooling

aroundwithhim.

Itshouldbe:There'dbemenwhoIdidn'tthinkwouldwantto

befoolingaroundwithhim.

"Who"mustnotbeomittedinformalwriting.

Wanttobefoolingaround:thiscontinuoustenseintheinfinitive

phrasealsoemphasizesastrongdisapproval.

e.g.Iknowhimonlytoowell.Youjustwaitandsee.Verysoonhe,11

becomplainingagain.

我太了解他了。你就等著看吧。很快他就會又開始抱怨了。

Evenafterheretires,hewillstillbethinkingaboutthefactory

wherehehasbeenworkingfor40years.

他即使退休之后也仍然會想著他曾經工作了四十年的工廠。

8.(Para.7)….towheretherewasagrassyplacebyacreek.

Noticethattheclauseintroducedby“where'hereisnotan

adverbialclausebutisusedastheobjectclausetothepreposition

"to”.Inmeaning,itissimilarto”…toaplace..”,butthen

the

“where“clauseisappositionto“place”.

Grassy:Noticethatthesuffix"-y"heremeans“fullof”or

“covererwith”,

e.g.Duringtherainyseason;awindyday;adustyroom;hishairy

chest;abonyfish;aleafyvegetable;fattyfood;afleshyhand;

awordyspeech;aweedyplace.

9.(Para.7)sitabout:(informal)tositdoingnothing,esp.while

waitingorwhileothersareactive坐著等待，無所事事

10.(Para.10)Justthesame.

=allthesame:inspiteofaparticularsituationoropinion

etc盡管如此；然而；不過

e.g.Wedon'tneedanymoremoney.Butthankyoujustthesame.

我們不需要更多的錢了。然而還是要謝謝你。

Theone-chiId-familypolicyofcoursecancauseproblems,butwe

muststicktoitjustthesamerightnow.

獨生子女政策當然會產生一些問題，盡管如此，我們現在仍要堅持實行它。

Youaremyonlybrother,butIcan'tletyoubreakthelawjust

thesame.

你是我唯一的哥哥，盡管如此我仍不能讓你違法。

11.(Para.11)Tohearhimtellithe'dbeeninabouteverybattle.

Paraphrase:Ifyouhadheardhimtellthestoryyouwouldthinkthat

hehasbeeninabouteverybattle.

Thisinfinitivephraseplacedatthebeginningofasentenceisused

asanadverbial,modifyingbutindependentofthewholesentence.

Itshouldnotbeviewedasanadverbialofpurposeorresult.

e.g.Toseehimspendmoneythewayhedid,he'dbeaprinceof

SaudiArabia.

看他如此花錢，他可能是沙特阿拉伯的王子。

Towatchthesepeoplewastegoodfood,you'dneverbelievethat

itishappeninginacountrywheremillionsofpeoplearestill

hungry.

看到人們如此浪費糧食，你絕不會相信這是發生在一個仍有成百萬的人在

忍受饑餓國家。

12.(Para.11)tobeintimatewith:tobeextremelycloseto親

密的親切的

e.g.:Heisintimatewiththepresident.

他和總統關系密切。

13(Para.13)toslipoff:togooffquietlyorsecretlywithoutbeing

noticedorcaught.

Also:toslipout;toslipinto;toslipthroughone'sfinger

14.(Para.14)whenhegotword,cured

word:thenewsorinformation

e.g.Whenwordgetsoutthatthecompanyisplanningtofireanother

500workers,theworkersareveryangry.

公司打算裁掉500名工人的消息傳出后，工人們很憤怒。

Sofarthereisstillnowordaboutthecauseofthisairclash.

到目前為止，還沒有關于這次空難起因的消息。

Justbeforetheslowdown,hepassedthewordthathewaswilling

tonegotiate.

就在怠工之前，他傳出話來，說他愿意談判。

15.(Para.18).Iknewwehadthemlicked.

tolick:(informal)todefeatanopponentofteninsports,game,

fightetc.（非正式）在比賽，戰爭中打敗/戰勝。

e.g.:Ithinkwearefinallygottheproblemlicked.

我認為我們最終解決了那個問題。

Othermeanings:

1)tomakethetongueacrossthesurfaceofsth.,inordertomake

itwet,eatit,cleanit,etc.舔舔吃。

e.g.:tolickapostagestamp.舔濕郵票。

tolickanicecream舔吃冰淇淋。

Thedoglickedthedishclean.那條狗把盤子舔凈了。

2)todrinkbytakingupwiththequickmovementsofthetongue.

舔喝

e.g.:Thecatlickedupthemilkfromitsbowl.貓從碗里舔

喝牛奶。

3)(?against)(esp.offlamesorwaves)topasslightlyor

withquickmovementsoveroragainstthesurfaceofsth..(火焰

或浪頭）掠過。吞卷。

e.g.:Theflameslickedagainstthebuilding.火焰吞卷著

那棟樓。

Phrases:

tolickone'slips舔唇向往切盼

tolickone'swound(失敗后)重整旗鼓，重新積蓄力量。

tolickone'sboots巴結某人，對某人卑躬屈膝

16.(Para.19)Anorderlyridingbyhadtoldhim,becausetheorderly

knewhowthickhewaswithGrant.

tobethickwithsb.:tobeveryfriendlywithsb.

Inthesentence“Theyareasthickasthieves”,itmeansthat

theyareveryfriendlywitheachother,oftensharingalotof

secrets.

17(Para.23)He'dslapitonthetable

toslapsthonthetable:toputsth.onthetablenoisilybecause

youareangryorproud.

18(Para.23)"youbetI'mgoingtosee….

youbet:(slang)youcanbesure,certainly(俚)的確，當

然，一定

e.g.:"Willyoutellher?”"youbet.”"你會告訴她

嗎？”“當然會。”

19(Para.23)….Maybethewomanhaddaredtosympathizewithher.

Paraphrase:""maybethewomanhadbeenrudeenoughorfoolish

enoughtoexpresssympathyformymother.

20(para.25)Sotheyhadtohushitup.

tohushup:tokeep(sth.thatshouldbepubliclyknow)secret不

讓張揚，遮掩，隱瞞。

e.g.:Thepresidenttriedtohushitupthathisadviserhadlied.

總統竭力掩蓋他的顧問說了謊這一事實。

tohushthefact/thetruthup掩蓋事實/真相

21(Para.34).….heputmyhandonhisshoulderandstruckoutthe

darkness.

Thesymbolicmeaningofhisfather'saction:Fatherandson,

strikingoutintothedarknesstogether,withtheboy'shandon

thefather'sshoulder.Theyareswimmingtogetherinthepond,but

inasymbolicsense,theyarealso