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Unit

5How

to

Celebrate

HolidaysWriting

Three

Thank-You

LettersText

AWarming-up

DiscussionBackground

informationContent

ysisLanguage

points

study

&exercisesWords

in

associationTranslation

Practicea

film

that

features

a

new

French

actress她有个

就是,

看完书后就把书收好.(put

away)She

has

a

habit

of

putting

away

her

books

after

reading

them.经历了这次事件之后,

他开始对他周围的人好了.(get

to

sth./ ng

sth)Having

gone

through

the

accident,

he

got

to

treating

people

around

him

kindly.他们去加州寻找金子.(in

quest

of)They

went

to

Cal

a

s

old.他静静地坐在那里,思考着那个问题.(turn

over)He

sat

quietly,

turnin我该如何报答你对er

the

problem.好呢?(repay)�

2008奥运会的准备工作正在进行中.(under

way)�

Preparations

for

the

2008

Olympic

Games

are

now

well

under

way.�

由法国新女星主演的

(

feature)�������������How

can

I

ever

repay

you

for

your

kindness?他甚至连他最好的朋友都没邀请.He

doesn’t

so

much

as

invite

his

best

friends.Translation

Practice你有没有一些对你要申请的工作有用的具体技能?(specific)Do

you

have

any

specific

skills

that

will

be

of

use

to

you

in

the

job

you

areapplying

for?代表当事人说话.(on

one’s

behalf/

on

behalf

of

sb.)The

lawyer

spoke

on

behalf

of

his

client.我父亲使我明白了努力工作的价值.(impress

sth.

upon/on

sb.)My

father

impressed

on

me

the

value

of

hard

work.沉重的工作负担并没有降低他对户外运动的热情.(diminish)The

heavy

workload

does

not

diminish

his

enthusiasm

for

outdoor

sports.完全沉浸在电脑

中,

没有

周围发生的事情.

be

immersed

inJohn

was

so

immersed

in

playing

the

computer

games

that

he

was

unaware

ofthings

happening

around

him.Translation

Exercise对他给予了热烈的欢迎.(accord...to)We

accorded

awarm e

to

him.应该言行一致.(accord

with)What

we

sayshouldaccord

with

whatwe

do.接二连三的

已经引起了所有人的关注.(successive)The

successive

terrorism

attacks

have

arousedthe

attention

fromall

humanity.认真思考真挚的文字由衷的感激电子很少了解give

serious

thought

togenuine

statementsheartfelt

appreciationelectronic

mediahave

little

awareness

of按常规in

theroutine个人经历alexperience最重要的事topmost

priority围聚在…周围一把把发生迅猛的变化摇椅实现世界和平靠当…为生使有着相似的需求简单的对…至关重要向…表达充满爱意的谢意cluster

abouta

fistfulofundergo

swift

changesa

rockingchairachieve

world

peacemake

a

living

asgive

sb.

an

insight

intowith

similar

needssimple

common

sensebe

paramount

forex ress

one’slovingratefulness

to…at

sea

(L.

2,

introduction)·

(1)

:

on

the

sea

specifically

:

on

a

seavoyage (2)

:

LOST,

BEWILDEREDhold(L.3)缩写hld.The

lower

interior

part

of

a

ship

or

an

airplanein

which

cargo

is

stored.货舱，底舱：船或飞机里舱下半部用来载货的地方see

(L.8)

(not

in

the

continuous

tenses

不用於进行时态)

(a)be

the

time

when

(an

event)happens;witness

为（某事）发生之时;目睹:This

year

sees

the

tercentenary

of

Handel' .

今年是尔诞辰三百

.(b)

be

the

scene

or

setting

of(s

为（某事）的现场或背景:This

stadium

has

seen

many

thrilling

football

matches.

在这个体育场里举行过很多 的足球赛.I

realized,

swallowing

h rd,

that

half

of

them

hadsincedied----so

they

wereforeverbeyond

anypossibleexpression

of

gratitude

from

me.

(L.33-34)Swallowing

hard:

if

you

swallow,

you

make

a

movement

in

yourthroat

as

if

you

are

swallowing

sth.,

often

because

you

arenervous

or

frightened.

Here

the

author

tried

to

control

hissad

emotions

by

ngit.…

I

tried

composing

genuine

statements

of

heartfeltappreciation and

gratitude

to

my

dad,

Simon

A.

Haley,

aprofessor

at

the

old

AgriculturalMechanical

Normal

Collegein

Pine

Bluff,

Arkansas

…

(L.

38-40)normal:normal

school

n.（名词）A

school

that

trainsteachers,chiefly

for

the

elementarygrades.师范学校·

法语école

normale的翻译[如此称呼是因为第一所这样命名的学校目的是作为一个模范]·师范大学：Beijing

Normal

Universitygrammar

school

(L.

42)a

British

school,

especially

in

the

past,

for

children

aged

11-18

who

aregood

at

studying.In

America,

especially

in

the

past,

it

is

a

school

for

children

aged

5-12or

5-14.accord L.

71

to ive

someone

or

somethinspecial

attention

or

a

particulartype

of

treatmentYou

will

not

beaccordedanyspecial

e

m n

.accord

sth

to

sth/sb

Every

school

accords

high

priorityto

the

qualityofteaching.pound(L.

73)

pound

along,down,up,etc

move

inthe

direction

specified

with

heavy

rapid

steps

以沉重而快速的步伐朝某方向移动The

horses

came

poundingalong

the

track.马都在沿着跑道奔驰.Don't

pound

up

thestairs!

上楼梯脚步轻点吧!Scan

para.

1

&

2 and

answer:Where

did

thewriter

spend

that

thanksgiving?Where

was

he

going?How

comehe

was

so

busy

that

day?My

ship,

the

USS

Murzim

(“军市一”号)

,

had

been

under

way

for

several

days. L.

2under

way::

in

motion

or

operation,

having

started

andmaking

progresscelebrationarenThe

nationwidemedical

reform

is

now

under

way.Preparations

for

the

100thnow

well

underway.2008奥运会的准备工作正在进行中.Preparations

for

the

2008

Olunder

way.eI

was

one

of

the

Murizm’s

several

cooks

and,

quite

the

same

as

for

folk

ashore,

this

Thanksgiving

morning

had

seen

us

busily

preparing

atraditional

dinner

featuring

roast

turkey.

(L.7-9)Paraphrase:

I

was

one

of

the

Murizm’s

cooks

at

that

time.

On

themorning

of

Thanksgiving

Day,

we,

just

like

people

ashore,

were

busywith

preparing

a

traditional

dinner

that

features

roast

turkey.feature:1

v

Tn ive

a

rominent art

to

sb/sth

给（

[某事物]）以显着地位;由（

[某物]）主演·

a

film

that

features

a

new

French

actress

由法国新女星主演的

.2

[Ipr]~

in

sth

have

an

important

or

prominent

part

in

sth

在某事物中起重要作用或扮演主要角色:·

Does

a

new ob

feature

in our

future lans?新的工作在你的未来计画中十分重要吗?featureless

adj

without

distinct

features;

uninteresting

无特色的;无趣味的.Well,

as

any

cook

knows, 's

a

lot

of

hard

work

to

cook

and

serve

a

big

meal,

andclean

up

and

puteverything

away.

(L.

10-11)ut

awaremove

sth.to

a

place

where

it

is

usuallystored把…放好,收好The

kids

are

asked

to

put

all

the

toys

away

before

they

leave.You

wash

the

dishes

and

I’ll

put

them

away

in

the

cupboard.她有个

就是,

看完书后就把书收好.She

has

a

habit

of

putting

away

her

books

after

reading

them.2)save

(money)

for

later

use

储蓄,存钱The

old

couple

has

put

away

a

considerable

sum

of

money

for

theirfuture

life.Translation·

I

made

my

wayout

there,

breathing

ingreat,deepdraughts

while

walking

slowly

about,

still

wearing

my

white

cook’s

hat.

(L.14-15)我信步走去,一边深深呼吸着空气,一边慢慢地踱着步,头上还戴着那顶白色的厨师帽.I

got

to

thinking

about

Thanksgiving,

of

h

Pil

rim

In

i

n

wild

turkeys,

pumpkins,

corn

on

the

cob,

and

the

rest.(L.16-17)get

to

sth./ ng

sth.:

beginto

give

serious

thought

to,beginto

(deal

with)Recently

’ got

to

wondering

hy

am

art-time

job.I’ll

get

to

the

accountsas

soon

as

Ican.经历了这次事件之后,他开始对他周围的人好了.Having

gonethroughthe

accident,

hegot

to

treatingpeoplearound

him

kindly.and

the

rest:

andsoonThe

patient

canhaveapples,

apple

juice,

apple

sauce,and

the

other.The

citizens

are

interested

in

the

overnment’s

olicieson

such

importantissues

as

health,

education,

tax,

andthe

rest.Yet

my

mindseemed

to

be

in

quest

of

somethingelse

--

somewaythat

Icould ally

apply

tothe

close

of

Thanks

ivin .

(L.

18-19)in

quest

of

(L.18):

seekingtHe

has

traveled

halfway

n

i

e

f

htruth

about

his

son’s

death.Mary

told

me

that

she

was

leaving

New

York

Cof

a

tranquil

life.in uest

of

The

FiveLoveDick

went

to

the

school

librarLanguages.他们去加州寻找金子.·

They

went

to

California

in

quest

of

gold.It

must

have

taken

me

a

half

hour

to

sense

that

maybe

some

key

to

an

answer

could

result

from

reversing

the

word"Thanksgiving"

--

at

least

that

suggesteda

verbaldirection,"Giving

thanks.”

(L.

19-22)reverse L.21

:

v.

turn

around

to

the

opposite

direction;exchange

the

position

of

n.

背面,

; n.

failureThey

have

made

it

clear

that

they

will

not

reverse

thedecision

to

increaseprices.Why

don’tyou

reverse

the

orderso

that

I

play and

sheplays

second?The

breakthrough

in

biotechnology

may

enablemedicalscience

to

reverse

the

aging

process.The

financial

reverses

won’t

discourage

him.Yet

my

mind

continued

turning

the

idea

over.(L.25)turn

over:

think

about,considerEven

whenshe

didn’t

say

anything

you

could

seeher

turningthings

over

in

her

mind.他静静地坐在那里,思考着那个问题.He

sat

uietl ,

turnin over

the

roblem.移交(控制权/所

等)The

old

lad turnedthe

sho over

to

hergranddaughter

when

she

retired.After

a

while,

like

a

dawn's

brightening,

a

further

answer

did

come

--

that

therewere

people

tothank

eo le

whohaddone

somuch

for

me

thatIcould

neverpossibly

repay

them.

(L.

26-28)re

a L.28

:

a

back

rewardShe

repaid

me

themoney.Peter’s

previousworkwith

us

has

played

animportant

rolein

oursuccess,

andwe

will

repayhim

for

his

efforts

someday.The

graduate

failed

to

repay

the

loan

andthefinance

com

an decided

totake

le alaction.我该如何报答你对

好呢?Howcan

I

everre

a ou

for our

kindness?Not

one

time

had

I

ever

bot

re

ss

yso

much

as

a

simple,

sincere

“Thank

you”.

(L.30)Paraphrase:I

had

neverexpressed

my

thanks

to

them,

even

a

simple,sincere

“thank

you.”so

much

as:

evenHe

doesn’t

so

much

as

invite

his

best

friends.他甚至连他最好的朋友都没邀请.Mike

left

all

of

a

sudden,

withoutso

much

as

a

simple“bye-bye”.Sincere:

not

pretending,

honestAn readers

who

feel

anno

ed lease

acce t

m

sincereapologies.I’d

like

to

express

my

sincere

thanks

and

love

to

my

familyfor

all

their

help

and

support.I

realized,

swallowing

h rd,

that

half

of

them

hadsincedied----so

they

wereforeverbeyond

anypossibleexpression

of

gratitude

from

me.

(L.33-34)Swallowing

hard:

if

you

swallow,

you

make

a

movement

in

yourthroat

as

if

you

are

swallowing

sth.,

often

because

you

arenervous

or

frightened.

Here

the

author

tried

to

control

hissad

emotions

by

ngit.Paraphrase:I

feel

terribly

sorry

since

about

half

of

them

had

died,

sothat

they

could

never

receive

any

expression

ofappreciation

from

me.gratitude:感激(…to

sb./for

sth.)being

thankful,thankfulnessI

shouldlike

to

express

my

gratitude

to

all

membersof

thelaboratorypast

and

present

for

their

contribution

to

thebreakthrough.What

she

felt

for

David

was

not

love

but

gratitude.It

is

my

great

pleasure

to

be

here

this

morning

to

expressmy

sincere

gratitude

to

you,

my

fellow

members,

forelecting

me

as

your

.她对

的帮忙表示感激.She

expressed

her

gratitude

for

our

help.sincere

~/

show

~/

feel

~/

deep

~…

I

tried

composing

genuine

statements

of

heartfeltappreciation and

gratitudeto

my

dad,

Simon

A.

Haley,

aprofessor

at

the

old

AgriculturalMechanical

Normal

Collegein

Pine

Bluff,

Arkansas

…

(L.

38-40)Statement:

sth.

that

is

said

or

written,

esp.

formally

andofficiallyThe

trade

union

issued

a

statement

opposing

racialdiscrimination.In

his

newly-published

book,

Williams

made

a

number

ofstatements

about

modern

life.normal:

normal

school

n.（名词）A

school

that

trainsteachers,

chiefly

for

the

elementary

r des.

师范学校法语école

normale的翻译[如此称呼是因为第一所这样命名的学校目的是作为一个模范]·师范大学：Beijing

Normal

Universityspecific

(L.47):

particular,

relating

to

one

thing

and

not

othersThe

new

system

made

it

easier

for

employers

to

recruit

workers

basedon

specific

needs.Do

you

have

any

specific

skills

that

will

be

of

use

to

you

in

the

job

youare

applying

for?specific

description

/purpose

/details

/facts你有没有一些对你要申请的工作有用的具体技能?Do

you

have

any

specific

skills

hat

i

u u

n

jare

applying

for?on

one’s

behalf/

on

behalf

of

sb.

L.47 :

for

sb.;

in

theinterests

of

sb.;

as

the

representative

of

sb.On

behalf

of

my

parents,

I

would

like

to

express

my

gratitude

to

you

foryour

help.He

delivered

a

speech

on

behalf

of

all

the

graduates

on

Graduation

Day.·代表当事人说话.·

The

lawyer

spoke

on

behalf

of

his

client.Im

ress L.49

:重

,给予强烈影响;使…印象深刻fix

in

sb’s

mind;

make

the

importance

of

(sth.)

very

clear

to

sb.impress

upon/on

sb.

thatimpress

sth.

upon/on

sb.I

have

always

tried

to

impress

upon

my

students

that

if

they

work

hardthey

will

succeed

in

life.The

teacher

tried

to

impress

on

his

students

the

necessity

of

beinghonest.我父亲使我明白了努力工作的价值.My

father

impressed

on

me

the

value

of

hard

work.2)

Cause

(sb.)

to

feel

admiration

or

respectMost

students

liked

to

talk

a

lot

because

they

thought

it

would

impressthe

professors.Wanting

to

impress

his

girl

friend,

Dustin

bought

an

expensive

suit

fortheir

date.Mr.

Smith

often

impresses

his

students

with

humor

in

his

speeches.erformance.·

I

was

dee

l

im ressed

b /with

hisimpressive

动人的,使人印象深刻的impression

n.印象diminish

(L.51):

make

or e

smaller

orlessvt.

&

vi.Time

will

not

diminish

our

friendship.Her

patience

with

the

children

diminished

as

the

hourswent

by.沉重的工作负担并没有降低他对户外运动的热情.The

heavy

workload

does

not

diminish

his

enthusiasm

foroutdoor

sports.expose:leave

uncovered;make

accessibleBe

exposed

to

于;与…接触This

plant

can’t

be

exposed

to

strong

sunshine.Immigrant

children

exposed

to

American

pop

culture

often

rebel

whentheir

children

try

to

impose

their

own

conservative

values

on

them.It

is

feared

that

eo le

livin near

the ower

station

ma have

beenexposed

to

radiation.immerse:

cover

comple y

in

a

liquid;absorb

deeply

使沉浸(在水中);专心于·完全沉浸在电脑

中,

没有

周围发生的事情.John

was

so

immersed

in

playing

the

computer

games

that

he

wasunaware

of

things

happening

around

him.He

is

immersed

in

the

virtual

world

so

much

so

that

he

was

comple

yoblivious

to

the

real

world.I

held

my

breath

and

comple y

immersed

myself

in

the

water,

tryingto

stay

under

for

as

long

as

possible.marvelous:

causing

wonder,

excellentI

havegot

somemarvelous

news

for

you

—

you’regoing

to

be

promoted.It’s

marvelous

that

we

can

at

last

buy

ourownhouse.Assemble

(L.57)bring

or

call

together

into

a

group

集合,Delegates

were

assembling

in

Geneva

for

the

conference.The

membersof

the

tour

groupassembled

at

the

airportfor

departure.fit

together

the

parts

or

pieces

of

组装It

took

me

less

than

an

hour

to

assemble

the

bookcase.It’s

one

of

those

bedsthat

you

have

to

assemble

yourself.Get

and

put

together

sth.

such

as

proof

or

information

inan anized

wayWe

will

let

you

have

the

report

as

soon

as

we

haveassembled

all

the

data.The

lawyer

is

assembling

evidence

concentrating

amurder

case.considerate:

thoughtful

of

the

rights

and

feelings

of

others;marked

by

carefulthoughtbe

considerate

ofFriendly

and

considerate,

he

invariably

supeople

around

him

before

taking

decisions.Management

should

be

considerate

of

the

we

-bein

ndinterests

of

employees.·

…

the

equal

of

which

I

had

not

found

since:since

then

I

hadn’t

found

any

cooking

asgood

as

hers.articles

of

sth.

on sth.

;s

rinkle L.64

:

scatter

dro s

orscatter

in

smalldropssprinkle

sth.

on/over

sth.Sprinkle

water

on

the

grassCheese

can

be

sprinkled

on

egg

or

vegetable

dishes.sprinkle

sth.

with

sth.sprinkle

the

dish

with

pepper.Sprinkle

the

meat

with

salt

and

place

it

in

the

pan.Unfortuna ,

the

textbook

is

s rinkled

with

errors.Summary

for

part

two

(paras.10-16)Thewriterwrote3thank-youlettersto his

father

,.Rev.

Nelsonhis

grandmother,

andunload:

remove

(the

load

or

cargo)from

a

ship,

car,

etc.;remove

the

loador

cargo

from

(a

shi ,

car,etc.Unload

everythingfrom

the

boat

and

clean

it

thoroughly.My

son

helped

me

unload

the

ro

t ca

.They

were

reported

to

be

unloading

trucks

filled

with

lootedfurniture.accord

(L.70-71):grantThe

headmaster

accorded

me

permission

to

attend

the

seminar.In

Islamic

law

men

and

women

are

not

accorded

the

same

rights.·对他给予了热烈的欢迎.·

We

accorded

a

warm e

to

him.be

in

agreement(使)符合,一致His

behavior

does

not

accord

with

his

principles.His

version

of

the

events

does

not

accord

with

witnesses’

statements.·应该言行一致.·

What

we

say

should

accord

with

what

we

do.accord

with

与…相一致

accord

sth.

to

sb.

赠给…in

accord

with

与…一致,融洽with

one

accord

全体一致地successive

(L.75):

foll

o

erAfter

four

successive

election

defeats,

the

Labor

Partyonce

again

faces

the

painful

task

of

reconstruction.The

Brazilian

men’s

soccer

team

has

won

threesuccessive

games

so

far.接二连三的

已经引起了所有人的关注.The

successive

terrorism

attacks

have

aroused

theattention

from

all

humanity.succession

n.连续,连续不断的事物in

succession接连的a

succession

of

victories

连续的胜利successor

后继者,继承者succeed

继承,继任in

turn:

one

by

onePeter

passed

thediaryto

theclerk

of

thecourt,who

in

turn

passedit

tothe

judge.The

freshmen

calledouttheir

names

inturn.For ears

he

stru led

inturn

as

afarmer

anagent,

and

anaccountant.undergo:

go

through,

experienceNo

one

can

force

you

to

undergo

a

medical

examination.Two

designers

from

the

Shenzhou

III

project

said

that

12astronauts

now

are

undergoing

intensive

training.swift:

rapid,promptBecause

of

the

swift,

enormous

growth

of

the

urban

areasmany

farmers

left

their

villages

in

search

of

work

in

thecities.The

Olympic

mottois

Citius-Altius-Fortius.

These

wordsmeans

“Swifter,

Hi her,

Stron

er.”appreciate:

recognizethe

quality

or

significance

of,valueProfessor

Smith’s

general

comments

may

helpstudents

to

appreciatethe

theories

inthe

textbook.I

like

and

appreciate

your

honesty

and

frankness.You

can’t

fully

appreciate

foreignliterature

throughtranslationworks.One

“mail

call”

brought

me

responses

from

Grandma,Dad,

and

the

Reverend

Nelson

and

my

reading

of

theirletters

left

me

not

only

astonished

but

more

humbled

thanbefore.

(L.77-79)Paraphrase:Then

camethe

time

whenthe

loudspeaker

calledtherewas

mail

forme,

IreceivedthreerepliesfromGrandma, nd

theReverend

Nelson.After

reading

them,

I

felt

surprised,but

morehumbled

thanever.A

glance

at

Grandma’s

familiar

handwriting,brought

back

in

a

flash

memories

ofstanding

alongside

her

white

rocking

chair,watching

her

“settin,

down”

some

letter

torelatives.

(L.92-94)Paraphrase:As

I

saw

Grandma’s

familiar

handwriting,what

instantly

came

to

mind

was

the

timewhen

I

stood

beside

her

white

rocchair

and

watched

her

writing

to

relatives.bring

back

(L.92):cause

to

return

to

the

mind使记起,使回想起The

smell

of

autumn

always

bringsback

memoriesofnew

terms

at

school.The

whole

scene

brou ht

back

the

da s

of

m

childhood.The

lyric

always

brought

back

fond

memorie