自考英语二(00015)Unit-9-Text-A-300-Hurdles课文

Unit9

FacingLife’sChallenges

面对生活的挑战AFamousQuote

Theonlythingwehavetofearisfearitself.

--FranklinDelanoRoosevelt

我们唯一要恐惧的就是恐惧本身。

--富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福FranklinDelanoRoosevelt(1882-1945),

the32ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates(1933-1945).HeledthenationoutoftheGreatDepression(大萧条)andlaterintoWorldWarǁ.Beforehedied,heclearedthewayforpeace,includingestablishment(建立)oftheUnitedNations(联合国).Hispresidency(任期,总统职位)iswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestin

UShistory.

TalkingaboutHealthGeorge:Doctor,whatisthebestwaytostayhealthy?Doctor:Havingagooddietisprobablythemostimportantthing.George:Itisveryconfusingtoknowwhattoeat.Doctor:Youneedplentyoffruitsandvegetables,smallamountsofprotein,andwholegrains.George:AretherecertainthingsthatIshouldavoid?Doctor:Youshouldn'tconsumetoomuchsugar.Also,watchyourintakeoffattyfood.George:Afterwatchingmydiet,whatelseshouldldo?Doctor:Youneedtostopsmoking,andmakesurethatyouget30minutesofexerciseeveryday.George:CanIhaveaglassofwinenowandthen?Doctor:Aslongasyoudon'toverdoit,aglassofwineadayshouldbeOK.

对话范例参考译文请朗读下面的对话，注意说话人谈论健康问题的方式。乔治：医生，什么才是保持身体健康的最佳方式呢？医生：均衡的饮食也许是最重要的了。乔治：真搞不懂应该吃什么了。医生：你需要摄入大量的水果和蔬菜，少量的蛋白质，还有全麦食品。乔治：有没有什么我不能吃的食物？医生：不要食用太多的糖。还有，注意少摄入一些脂肪含量高的食物。乔治：注意饮食，然后还需要注意什么？医生：要戒烟，保证每天运动半小时。乔治：我可不可以偶尔喝杯酒？医生：只要不过量，每天喝一杯是可以的。GuidedPractice指导实践要求：与同伴讨论保持身体健康的方式，运用你自己的信息，也可以运用以下的提示。什么才是保持身体健康的最佳方式呢？Whatisthebestwaytostayhealthy?Havingagooddiet...Youneedplentyof..,smallamountsof...,and...Youshouldn'tconsumetoomuch...WhatelseshouldIdo?Youneedto...什么才是保持身体健康的最佳方式呢？饮食均衡……需要摄入大量的……，少量的……，还有……不要食用过量的……我还需要做什么？你需要……TextA

300Hurdles300米跨栏hurdlen.hurdles[pl.]跨栏赛;栏架,跨栏;难关,障碍TheweatherwillbethebiggesthurdlesoIhavetobeready.天气将会是最大的障碍,所以我必须要作好准备。Instartinganewcompany,manyhurdlesmustbe

crossed.刚开办一个公司时,必须克服许多障碍。Pre-readingQuestions读前问题1.Haveyoueverdonehurdles?Whatdoyouthinkofit?你参加过跨栏比赛吗？对此有什么看法？2.Whatkindsofdifficultiesandchallengeshaveyouevermetinyourlife?你在生活中遇到过什么样的困难和挑战？

CheckingYourComprehension(P284)1.Whatistheauthor'sopinionontheresultof

a

race?A)Itreallymatterswhetheryouaregoingtowinornot.B)Itisreallygoingtobetheendoftheworldifyouloseit.C)Weshouldnotworrytoomuchabouttheresultofit.D)Weshouldnotfeelupsetandforgetaboutit.2.Attimes,wethinktoomuchaboutbeingthesameasotherpeople,insteadof_____A)thinkingaboutlivinginthemomentB)thinkingabouttakingactionsC)worryingaboutbeinguniqueD)worryingaboutwinningornot

3.Gettingoverthefirsthurdleindicatesthatinanegativesituation,youshould_____A)

seethepositiveaspectsofthesituationB)

takeiteasyindealingwiththesituationC)struggletogetoverthesituationD)getoverthesituationwithease4.In

eventougherstationinlifepeopleare

likely____A)tobecomestrongerB)tocomplaintoomuchC)tothinkofgivingupD)toaskforhelp5.Whatmessagedoestheauthorintendtoconveytothereaders?A)Lifewillnotbesodifficultifwedealwiththeobstaclesbitbybit.B)Lifewillnotbesodifficultifwecanseesomethingpositiveinit.C)Youwillbecomestrongerafteryouhavegotovertheobstacles.D)Youwillbeclosertoyourgoalafteryouhavegotovereachobstacle.Paragraph1

Lifemaygiveyouanegative,butdon'tdespair--itmayjustdevelopintoabeautifulpictureoneday.Thisyear,IrealizedmytheorythatIhaveonlife.Lifeislikea300mhurdlerace.SinceIrunthe300mhurdles,Iwouldknowwhattheraceislike.

生活也许会充满荆棘坎坷，但不要灰心绝望——也许有一天它便会勾勒出一幅美丽的画卷。今年我懂得了生活的真谛--生活就像一个300米的跨栏比赛。因为参加300米跨栏比赛，所以我知道在这个比赛过程中应该怎么做。negative

n.否定词;否定;拒绝

adj.坏的;有害的;消极的positiven.优势;优点

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Thefirstthingtoanyraceisworryingaboutwhetheryouaregoingtowinornot.Thisrelatestoworryingaboutthepettythingsinlife.Doesitreallymatterifyouwin?Isitreallygoingtobetheendoftheworld?Orwillyoubeupsetifyouloseandthenforgetaboutit?Inlifeweworrytoomuchandliveinthemomenttoolittle.

对于所有的比赛来说，最担心的事情莫过于输赢。这就好像在担心生活中那些无关紧要的事情一样。难道获胜真的那么重要?难道输了就意味着世界末日的来临?或者你因为输了比赛就黯然神伤然后才慢慢忘记?生活中，我们担心得太多，而活在当下太少。

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Nextistheliningupinourownindividuallanes.Weeachstartatdifferentspots,buttheraceisstillthesamedistanceforeveryone.Thisrelatestoourlivestakingustodifferentplacesandputtingusindifferentsituations,buthopefullywewillendupinthesameplace,butmaybeatdifferenttimes.

接下来就是在我们自己的跑道上蓄势待发。尽管在不同的地点起跑，但对我们每个人来说比赛的路程是相同的。这就好比生活将我们引领到不同的地方，放置到不同的环境中，但令人充满希望的是，尽管在不同的时间，但我们最终会在同一个地方谢幕。individualadj.一个人的;供一个人用的Theywaitforthegrouptodeciderather

thanmakingindividualdecisions.他们等待团体作决定而不是各自作出决定。individualismn.个人主义,利已主义Thisrelatestoourlivestakingustodifferentplacesandputtingusindifferentsituations,buthopefullywewillendupinthesameplace,butmaybeatdifferenttimes.(1)relateto

涉及,有关(2)takingustodifferentplaces和puttingusindifferentsituations的逻辑主语都是ourlives。(3)endupinthesameplace在同一个地方结束,即有同样的结局

endup(in)doingsth./adj.eg.endupbegging最终以乞讨为生

endupasabeggar最终沦为乞丐endupinprison最终入狱Paragraph4

Nowcomesthebeginningoftherace.Wealltrytokeepupwitheveryoneandpace

ourselves

withotherpeople.Thissymbolizesthatattimesineveryone'slivesweworryaboutfittingin

orbeingthesameasotherpeople,insteadofworryingaboutbeingunique.Ifeveryonewerethesame,theworldwouldbeincrediblyboring.

现在比赛开始。我们都竭尽全力追赶别人，尽量让自己跟上他人的步伐。这表明有时在生活中我们每个人都会担心要去适应他人或者与他人一样，而不是担心成为独一无二的自己。如果人与人没有什么区别的话，这个世界是多么单调，令人生厌啊。(1)attimes:sometimes(2)

fitin:合得来,适应;相处融洽eg.ItriedtofitinbuttheywereallmuchyoungerthanIwas.(3)

insteadof:ratherthansymbolizev.象征;是…的象征;代表eg.Whatdoesthisstrangemarksymbolize?

这个奇怪的符号象征什么？symboln.象征;标志eg.Thewhitecolourisasymbolofpurity.

白色是纯洁的象征。symbolicadj.象征性的symbolismn.(尤指文艺中的)象征主义,象征手法-ize常用的动词后缀:modernize(使现代化),globalize(使......全球化),memorize(记住)incredibly

adv.极端地;极其credibleadj.可靠的,可信的credibly

adv.可信地变副词时需省略-e的形容词有simple,true,credible,believable

对应的副词：simply,truly,(in)credibly,(un)believably

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Nowcomesthefirsthurdle.Thishurdleistheeasiesttogetoverbecauseyouarenotwornoutfromrunning.Weallmakeitoverthishurdlewithease.Thissymbolizesthoseobstaclesinlifethatwestruggletogetover,butwealwaysmanagetodoso.Youcanlookatthathurdleintwoways:"Ican'tmakeitover,l'mtootired"or"Iamonemorehurdleclosertofinishingthisrace".Thisisanexampleoftakinganegativesituationandseeingsomethingpositiveinit.

现在到了第一个跨栏。由于刚开始比赛你还没有筋疲力尽，所以这个跨栏是最容易的。我们很轻松地跨过了这个栏杆。这就好像我们奋力去克服生活中的一些障碍，无论怎样，我们总能解决它们。你可以用两种心态看待这个跨栏：“我无法跨过它，我太累了”或者“我又跨过了一个栏杆，我离比赛终点又近了一步”。这是一个在消极的环境中看到积极因素的例子。Paragraph6

Thenextpartoftheraceiseveryhurdlebetweenthefirstandlastone.Thesehurdlesgettougherandtougherandyoumayfeelasthoughyoucan'tgoon.Thishappensalotinlifetoo.Theremaybeasituationthatariseswhereyoufeelasthoughyoucan'tmakeitandallyoucanthinkaboutisgivingup.Youmayfalloverthat"hurdle"orstrugglegettingoverit,butsomehowyoufinditinyourselftojumpoveritandmoveonwiththerace.

比赛的下一部分，就是介于第一个栏和最后一个栏中间的每一个栏。跨过这些栏难度越来越大，你似乎感觉到自己无法继续坚持了。当然这种事情在生活中也经常发生。譬如，有些时候你觉得自己无法完成某事，你满脑子想的就是想要放弃。也许你会被跨栏绊倒，也许你会很艰难地跨过它，但无论怎样你克服了这些困难，然后继续进行这场比赛。

arisev.发生;产生;出现arisefromsth.

产生于,起因于eg.Accidentsoftenarisefromcarelessness.事故常起因于粗心。区分：arouse/arisearousevt.引起;唤醒eg.arouseone'sanger/sympathyParagraph7

Nextisthatlast100moftherace.Youfeelasthoughyoujustwanttosay,"NoIcan'tdothis."Again,youmustfinditinyourselfthatyoucandoit,andyoumustfinishtheracestrongerthanwhenyouhadstartedit.

接下来是整个比赛的最后100米，你也许只想说：“不，我无法跑完最后100米。”但你必须要再告诫自己你一定能做到，而且必须在快结束的时候比刚开始比赛时跑得更快。1.finditinyourselfthatyou...it是形式宾语,真正的宾语是that从句。2....finishtheracestrongerthan...，stronger是主语的补语,说明主语的状态。eg.

Hediedyoung/poor.Hediedabeggar.Paragraph8

Nowlastlyisthelasthurdle.Thishurdleisthetoughestoutofallofthem.Inlifewefindourselvesfallingandfalling,andmaybegettingtoolostinourproblemsthatwefeellikewehavebeenthroughenoughandthere'snohope.Thatlasthurdlesymbolizesthesesituations.It'sonestepclosetotheendoftherace.

现在到了最后一个栏杆，这个跨栏是最难跨越的。生活中，我们发现自己不断跌倒，为种种问题所困扰，感觉自己历经重重磨难，仍然看不到希望，这最后一个跨栏象征了这些情况。这是靠近比赛结束的关键一步。lostadj.不知所措的;一筹莫展的eg.Ifeellostandlonelyinastrangetownalone.在陌生的城镇里只身一人,我感到不知所措、孤单寂寞。getlost不知所措;一筹莫展;迷路eg.Wealwaysgetl