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1、Digging3 “Try not to look down on those other children,” Mom said. “Its not their fault that theyve been brainwashed into believing silly myths.”译文译文Digging4 We celebrated Christmas, but usually about a week after December 25, when you could find perfectly good bows and wrapping paper that people ha

2、d thrown away and Christmas trees discarded on the roadside that still had most of their needles and even some silver tinsel hanging on them. Mom and Dad would give us a bag of marbles or a doll or a slingshot that had been marked way down in an after-Christmas sale.译文译文Digging5 Dad lost his job at

3、the gypsum mine after getting in an argument with the foreman, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad took each of us kids out into the desert night one by one. I had a blanket wrapped around me, and when it was my turn, I offered to share it with Dad, but h

4、e said no thanks. The cold never bothered him. I was five that year and I sat next to Dad and we looked up at the sky.译文译文DiggingDad loved to talk about the stars. He explained to us how they rotated through the night sky as the earth turned. He taught us to identify the constellations and how to na

5、vigate by the North Star. Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. Rich city folks, hed say, lived in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldnt even see the stars. Wed have to be out of our minds

6、 to want to trade places with any of them.译文译文Digging6 “Pick out your favorite star,” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeps. He said it was my Christmas present. “You cant give me a star!” I said. “No one owns the stars.” “Thats right,” Dad said. “No one else owns them. You just

7、have to claim it before anyone else does, like that dago fellow Columbus claimed America for Queen Isabella. Claiming a star as your own has every bit as much logic to it.”译文译文Digging7 I thought about it and realized Dad was right. He was always figuring out things like that. 8 I could have any star

8、 I wanted, Dad said, except Betelgeuse and Rigel, because Lori and Brian had already laid claim to them.译文译文Digging9 I looked up to the stars and tried to figure out which was the best one. You could see hundreds, maybe thousands or even millions, twinkling in the clear desert sky. The longer you lo

9、oked and the more your eyes adjusted to the dark, the more stars youd see, layer after layer of them gradually becoming visible. There was one in particular, in the west above the mountains but low in the sky, that shone more brightly than all the rest.译文译文Digging10 “I want that one,” I said.11 Dad

10、grinned. “Thats Venus,” he said. Venus was only a planet, he went on, and pretty dinky compared to real stars. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much closer than the stars. Poor old Venus didnt even make her own light, Dad said. She shone only from reflected light. He explained to me th

11、at planets glowed because reflected light was constant, and stars twinkled because their light pulsed.译文译文Digging12 “I like it anyway,” I said. I had admired Venus even before that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, glowing on the western horizon, and if you got up early, you could st

12、ill see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.译文译文Digging13 “What the hell,” Dad said. “Its Christmas. You can have a planet if you want.”14 And he gave me Venus.Digging15 That evening over Christmas dinner, we all discussed outer space. Dad explained light years and black holes and

13、 quasars and told us about the special qualities of Betelgeuse, Rigel, and Venus. Betelgeuse was a red star in the shoulder of the constellation Orion. It was one of the largest stars you could see in the sky, hundreds of times bigger than the sun. It had burned brightly for millions of years and wo

14、uld soon become a supernova and burn out. I got upset that Lori had chosen a clunker of a star, but Dad explained that “soon” meant hundreds of thousands of years when you were talking about stars.译文译文Digging16 Rigel was a blue star, smaller than Betelgeuse, Dad said, but even brighter. It was also

15、in Orion it was his left foot, which seemed appropriate, because Brian was an extra-fast runner.译文译文Digging17 Venus didnt have any moons or satellites or even a magnetic field, but it did have an atmosphere sort of similar to earths, except it was super-hot about five hundred degrees or more. “So,”

16、Dad said, “when the sun starts to burn out and earth turns cold, everyone here might want to move to Venus to get warm. And theyll have to get permission from your descendants first.”译文译文Digging18 We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch

17、of cheap plastic toys. “Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “youll still have your stars.”译文译文fancy 释义释义a. expensive, popular, and fashionable 昂贵的；流行的；时髦的例句例句We stayed in this really fancy hotel in the mountains. 我们住在山里这家十分豪华的旅馆里。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句The

18、y sent me to a fancy private school. 他们将我送到一家昂贵的私立学校。 翻译翻译真题真题It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. (Jun. 1998, CET-4, Reading Comprehension) 释义释义1n. C a room or building where things are made using tools an

19、d machines 车间；工场；作坊WordsWordsworkshop例句例句He set up a workshop for his carving. 他建起了一个雕刻工作间。 翻译翻译例句例句The workshop employs 25 full-time workers. 工场雇佣了25位全职工人。 翻译翻译释义释义2n. C an occasion when a group of people meet to learn about a particular subject, especially by taking part in discussions or activiti

20、es 研讨会；专题讨论会例句例句Many people are interested in the workshop. 许多人都对这次研讨会表示了极大的兴趣。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句In the one-day workshop, she taught us the importance of breathing exercises. 在为期一天的研讨班上，她向我们讲述了呼吸练习的重要性。翻译翻译workshopbow 释义释义1n. C a knot that you tie in something such as a piece of string so that ther

21、e are two circular parts and two loose ends 蝴蝶结例句例句Ella wore a big bow in her hair. 埃拉头上扎着一只大蝴蝶结。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句翻译翻译She tied the ribbon into a neat bow. 她用丝带打了一个很整洁的蝴蝶结。 释义释义2vi. to bend your body forwards from the waist, especially to show respect for someone （尤指表示尊敬）鞠躬，躬身，弯腰例句例句翻译翻译WordsWords例

22、句例句The pianist stood up and bowed to the audience. 翻译翻译钢琴手站起来向观众鞠躬。 Maria bowed down before the statue. 玛丽亚在塑像前躬身致敬。 bow 释义释义vt. to get rid of something that you no longer want or need 丢弃例句例句Cut the olives into small slices and discard the pits. 将橄榄切成小片，将核扔掉。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句Read the manufacturers

23、 guidelines before discarding the box. 在丢掉盒子前看一下制造商的说明。翻译翻译discard 真题真题Library application forms which are not picked up within 2 months will be discarded and you will have to reapply. (Jun. 1995, CET-4, Listening Comprehension) 释义释义v. to move in a circle around a fixed central point, or to move som

24、ething in this way （使）旋转；（使）转动例句例句The moon rotates around the earth. 月球绕着地球旋转。翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句Take each foot in both your hands and rotate it to loosen and relax the ankle. 双手抓住自己的双脚，转动一下，放松脚踝。翻译翻译rotate navigate 释义释义v. to choose a path so that a ship, plane, or car can go in a particular directio

25、n, especially by using maps or instruments 引路；（尤指利用地图或仪器为船、飞机或汽车）导航，领航例句例句Early explorers used to navigate by the stars. 早期的探险家往往靠星辰确定方向。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句By law a harbour pilot must be on board to navigate the ship into port. 根据法律，港口领航员必须上船将船只领进港口。 翻译翻译释义释义n. C something special that you do or buy

26、 for yourself or someone else 款待；特意做的事例句例句We took the kids to the zoo for a special treat. 我们带着孩子去了动物园 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句Many women think of facials as a treat. 翻译翻译不少女人把美容看成是一种享受。 真题真题W: I hear there is a good Japanese restaurant nearby Would you like to go there for lunch?M: Yes, but its my treat

27、this time. (Jun. 1995, CET-4, Listening Comprehension) treat 释义释义1vi. if lights or stars twinkle, they become brighter then weaker in a way that is not steady or continuous （灯或星星）闪烁，闪耀例句例句At night, lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys. 夜晚，山谷对面遥远的村庄灯光闪闪。 翻译翻译WordsWordstwinkle 例句例句On

28、a starry night, lots of stars twinkle in the sky. 星夜的天空上有许多眨着眼的星星。 翻译翻译释义释义2vi. if someones eyes twinkle, they seem to shine because the person is happy （眼睛因高兴而）发亮，发光例句例句翻译翻译WordsWordsHis eyes twinkled with amusement. 他高兴地眨着眼。例子例子翻译翻译Her eyes twinkled at the good news. 听到好消息，她的眼里闪烁着喜悦的光芒。 twinkle 释义

29、释义n. C ( of) an amount or sheet of a substance that covers a surface or lies between two things or two other substances 层；叠层例句例句翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句翻译翻译Everything was covered with a fine layer of dust. 每件东西都覆盖着一层薄薄的尘土。 Arrange all the vegetables except the potatoes in layers. 除土豆外把所有蔬菜分层放置。 layer As t

30、he tree grows it adds a layer to its trunk taking up chemical elements from the air. (Jun. 2002, CET-4, Listening Comprehension) 真题真题visible 释义释义1a. (clearly / highly / barely etc ) able to be seen 看得见的；可见的例句例句翻译翻译WordsWordsThe house is visible from the road. 从公路上可以看到那幢房子。 例句例句翻译翻译Trim off all visib

31、le fat before cooking. 烹调之前把所有看得见的肥肉都剔掉。 Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. (Jun. 1997, CET-4, Reading Comprehension) 真题真题释义释义2a. clear, obvious, or noticeable 清晰的；明显的；引人注目的例句例句翻译翻译WordsWordsThere is a visible change in attitudes

32、 to working women. 人们在对待劳动妇女的态度上有了明显的变化。 例句例句翻译翻译He was making a visible effort to control himself. 看得出他在努力控制自己的情绪。 visible 释义释义1a. (AmE) very small in size, amount, or importance 小的；少量的；无关紧要的例子例子翻译翻译WordsWordsa really dinky pay raise少得可怜的加薪 例句例句翻译翻译 I cant believe they charge 10 for this dinky sala

33、d! 难以相信这么小的一盘色拉，他们竟收10美元！ dinky 释义释义2a. (BrE) very small and with an attractive shape or appearance 小巧的；精致的例句例句翻译翻译WordsWords多漂亮的小房子! What a dinky little cottage! 例句例句翻译翻译他有一个小巧的照相机。 He has a dinky camera. dinky magnetic 释义释义1a. capable of attracting iron objects 有磁性的；有磁力的例句例句翻译翻译WordsWordsA compass

34、 needle points to the magnetic north pole. 例句例句翻译翻译 很多铁矿磁性很多。 Many iron minerals are only slightly magnetic. 指南针的一端指向磁北极。 释义释义2例句例句翻译翻译WordsWords福斯塔夫是一个真实、幽默、有魅力的人物。 Falstaff has a real, humorous and magnetic personality. the magnetic effect of the prosperous German economy on would-be immigrants例子例

35、子翻译翻译繁荣的德国经济对未来移民的吸引力a. able to attract and interest people very strongly 有吸引力的；有魅力的magnetic permission 释义释义n. U the right to do something that is given to you by someone in authority 许可；允许例句例句翻译翻译WordsWords他请求准许离开房间。 He asked permission to leave the room.They cannot leave the country without permis

36、sion.例句例句翻译翻译他们不能擅自离开该国家。bunch 释义释义1n. (AmE) (infml) a large number or amount 许多；大量例句例句翻译翻译WordsWords那条街上有很多家不错的小餐馆。 There are a whole bunch of good little restaurants on that street. 例句例句翻译翻译医生问了我一连串问题。 The doctor asked me a bunch of questions. 释义释义2n. a group of things that are fastened, held, or

37、growing together 一束；一串George took out a bunch of keys and went to work on the complicated lock. 乔治掏出一串钥匙，上前去鼓捣那把结构复杂的锁。PhrasesPhrases例句例句翻译翻译He had left a huge bunch of flowers in her hotel room他在她宾馆房间里留下了一大束花。例句例句翻译翻译bunch 释义释义例句例句翻译翻译 千万不要小看地位不如你的人。 look down on sb / sth to think that you are bett

38、er or more important than someone else, or think that something is not good enough for you 轻视；看不起PhrasesPhrasesNever look down on people less superior than you. 例句例句翻译翻译我们不应该轻视体力劳动。 We should not look down on manual labor. Gypsies sometimes have a hard time in the countries where they travel, becaus

39、e they are different, people may be afraid of them, look down on them, or think that they are criminals. (Jan. 2000, CET-4, Listening Comprehension) 真题真题释义释义to reduce the price of something 降低的价格PhrasesPhrases例句例句翻译翻译Retailers will have to mark down prices sharply to bring in sales.零售商将不得不为了提高销量而大幅降

40、价。例句例句翻译翻译Clothes are the best bargain, with many items marked down.买衣服是最划算的，许多衣服都降价了。mark down 释义释义例句例句翻译翻译那人为啥对我说那些奇怪的话？不用理他，他疯了。 Why did that man say those weird thing to me? Forget it, hes out his mind. (infml) to be or become crazy or confused 发狂；发疯；犯傻PhrasesPhrases例句例句翻译翻译He must be out of his

41、 mind to think he can sail round the world alone. 他一定是疯了才会认为自己能一个人作环球航行。be / go out of ones mind释义释义例句例句翻译翻译我可以永久保留它呢还是要我还给你? for keeps Can I have it for keeps or do you want it back? (infml) forever or for always 永远地；持久地PhrasesPhrases例句例句翻译翻译Just remember, in theory the marriage contract is for kee

42、ps. 请记住，从理论上来说婚姻契约是永久性的。 释义释义例句例句翻译翻译这个抄本和原书完全一样。 The copy is every bit as good as the original. just as 和一样PhrasesPhrases例句例句翻译翻译He can see every bit as clearly without the glasses. 他不戴眼镜一样能看得很清楚。every bit as 释义释义例句例句翻译翻译没关系，我明天去也可以。 What the hell, I may as well go tomorrow instead. (spoken) used f

43、or showing that something does not matter 没关系；管它呢PhrasesPhrases例句例句翻译翻译What the hell! We only live once and life goes on. 管他呢！我们只活一次，而生活还得继续。what the hell 释义释义例句例句翻译翻译他有点儿傻。 sort of He was sort of a fool. (mainly spoken) similar, but not exactly the same近似；有那么点儿像PhrasesPhrases例句例句翻译翻译They sort of bu

44、mped into each other. 他们多多少少撞到一块儿了。 我从来不相信有圣诞老人。我们家的孩子没人相信，因为爸爸妈妈不让我们相信。他们买不起昂贵的礼物，也不想让我们觉得我们比不上别的孩子在圣诞节早上，他们从圣诞树下找到各种各样的新奇玩具，据说是圣诞老人留下的。所以他们告诉我们其他的孩子怎样被父母骗了，说那些大人们所说的由戴着有铃铛的帽子的小精灵在他们的北极工厂所做的玩具其实标签上都写着“日本制造”。TranslationTranslation原文原文玻璃城堡玻璃城堡 “尽量不要看不起其他小孩，”妈妈跟我们说，“他们被洗脑了，以致相信那些愚蠢的童话，这并不是他们的错。”Transl

45、ationTranslation原文原文我们也庆祝圣诞节，但通常比12月25日晚大约一周。那时候可以找到人们丢弃的非常好的蝴蝶结、包装纸及松针几乎完好就被人们扔在路旁的圣诞树，有些树上甚至还挂着一些银色的闪光金属箔。爸爸和妈妈会给我们一包彩色玻璃弹子或一个洋娃娃或弹弓，那是在圣诞节后商品大减价时买来的。TranslationTranslation原文原文在与工头吵了一架后爸爸丢了石膏矿的工作，所以在那年的圣诞节，我们一贫如洗。圣诞前夕，爸爸把我们轮流带到荒野的夜幕中。我当时裹着一床毯子，在轮到我的时候，我要把毯子分给爸爸一些，但爸爸说不用，他从不怕冷。那年我五岁，我挨着爸爸坐下，我们一起抬头看

46、天空。TranslationTranslation原文原文爸爸很喜欢谈论星星。他告诉我们随着地球的自转星星怎么旋转、穿行于夜空。他教我们怎么辨别星座，怎么通过北极星找路。他喜欢强调一点：那些闪亮的星星是对像我们这样住在荒野里的人的特别款待。他说，那些有钱的城里人虽然住在漂亮的公寓里，他们却看不到星星，因为空气被严重污染了。如果我们想与他们中的任何一个交换住所，那我们肯定是疯了。TranslationTranslation原文原文 那天晚上爸爸对我说：“挑一颗你最喜欢的星星吧。”他说我可以一直拥有那颗星星，那是给我的圣诞礼物。我说：“你不能给我星星，没有人拥有这些星星。”爸爸说：“对，其他任何人

47、都不拥有这些星星。所以现在你只要在其他人之前声称它是你的，就像拉丁佬哥伦布替伊莎贝拉女王声称美洲是他们的那样。声称一颗星星是你的，其中的道理与那个是完全一样的。” TranslationTranslation原文原文我想了想，发现爸爸是对的。他一直都是这样推理的。爸爸说我可以要我想要的任何星星，除了参宿四和参宿七（猎户座的两颗星星），因为洛丽和布赖恩已经认领了这两颗。TranslationTranslation原文原文我抬头看着星星，想挑出最好的那颗。在清朗的荒野的夜空中，有成百、成千甚至上万颗星星在闪烁。看的时间越久你的眼睛就越适应黑暗，你就可以看到更多的星星。渐渐地它们一层层地呈现在你的眼

48、前。其中有一颗很特别，它在山的西面，但处于低空，显得比其他所有的星星都更亮。TranslationTranslation原文原文“我要那颗，”我说。爸爸笑了。“那是金星，”他说。金星只是一颗行星，他接着讲，与真正的恒星相比她非常小。她看起来更大、更亮是因为她比其他星星离我们近得多。可怜的金星甚至不能自己发光，爸爸说。她发出的光是反射光。他跟我解释说行星稳定发光是因为反射光是持续的，恒星闪烁是因为它们的光是不稳定的。TranslationTranslation原文原文 “不管怎样，我就喜欢它，”我说。在那个圣诞前我就喜欢金星。傍晚时你可以看到它在西边的地平线上亮着。如果你起得早，尽管其他星星这时

49、已经消失了你却还可以看到它。TranslationTranslation原文原文 “没关系，”他说：“这是圣诞节，如果你想要一颗行星那就拿去吧。”然后他把金星给了我。TranslationTranslation原文原文 晚上吃圣诞晚餐时，我们一起讨论了外太空。爸爸解释了什么是光年、黑洞、类星体，并告诉了我们参宿四、参宿七及金星的特征。参宿四是猎户座猎人肩上的一颗红色的星星。它是天空中肉眼能见到的最大的星星，比太阳还大几百倍。它已经炽热地燃烧了几百万年，并很快会变成一颗超新星然后烧毁。我为洛丽挑了这么一颗破星星而难过时，爸爸解释说“很快”指的是我们谈论星星后的几十万年之后。Translation

50、Translation原文原文 参宿七是颗蓝色的星星，比参宿四小，但比它更亮，爸爸说。它也是猎户座的，但是在猎人的左脚上，这看起来很适合布赖恩，因为他跑得超快。TranslationTranslation原文原文 金星没有像月亮那样的卫星或其他卫星，甚至没有磁场，但它有着与地球相似的空气，只是它的空气超热，大约有五百度甚至更高。“所以，”爸爸说，“当太阳开始燃尽时地球将变冷，生活在地球上的每个人都可能会想搬到金星上取暖。这样的话，他们得先经过你的子孙的同意。”TranslationTranslation原文原文 我们嘲笑那些相信圣诞童话的小孩，他们除了一堆廉价的塑料玩具外什么也没得到。“再过些

51、年，他们所得到的垃圾玩具都坏了，被他们抛在脑后，”爸爸说，“你们的星星却还是你们的。”TranslationTranslation原文原文1 They couldnt afford expensive presents, and they didnt want us to think we werent as good as other kids who, on Christmas morning, found all sorts of fancy toys under the tree that were supposedly left by Santa Claus.他们买不起昂贵的礼物，也

52、不想让我们觉得我们比不上别的孩子在圣诞节早上，他们从圣诞树下找到各种各样的新奇玩具，据说是圣诞老人留下的。Language in UseLanguage in Use Translate the sentences into Chinese.Language in UseLanguage in Use2 I had a blanket wrapped around me, and when it was my turn, I offered to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. The cold never bothered him.我当时裹着一床毯子，在轮到我的时候，我要把毯子分给爸爸一些，但爸爸说不用，他从不怕冷。3. Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special t