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1、D R _ Text 1,A Friend in Need,For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen. I do not know very much about them. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have small insight or great vanity. For my own part I find t
2、hat the longer I know people the more they puzzle me.,These reflections have occurred to me because I read in this mornings paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died at Kobe. He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years. I knew him very little, but he interested me because once
3、 he gave me a great surprise.,1,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 2,Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, I should never have believed that he was capable of such an action. It was more startling because both in appearance and manner he suggested a very definite type. Here if ever was a man all of a piec
4、e. He was a tiny little fellow,not much more than five feet four in height, and very slender, with white hair, a red face much wrinkled, and blue eyes. I suppose he was about sixty when I knew him. He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and station.,2,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text
5、3,Though his offices were in Kobe, Burton often came down to Yokohama. I happened on one occasion to be spending a few days there, waiting for a ship, and I was introduced to him at the British Club. We played bridge together. He played a good game and a generous one. He did not talk very much, eith
6、er then or later when we were having drinks, but what he said was sensible. He had a quiet, dry humor . He seemed to be popular at the club and afterwards, when he had gone, they described him as one of the best. It happened that we were both staying,3,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 4,staying at the Grand Hotel
7、 and next day he asked me to dine with him. I met his wife, fat, elderly, and smiling, and his two daughters. It was evidently a united and affectionate family. I think the chief thing that struck me about Burton was his kindliness. There was something very pleasing in his mild blue eyes. His voice
8、was gentle; you could not imagine that he could possibly raise it in anger; his smile was benign. Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows. At the same time he liked his game of cards and his,4,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 5,his cocktail, he could tell with point a
9、good and spicy story, and in his youth he had been something of an athlete. He was a rich man and he had made every penny himself. I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so small and frail; he aroused your instincts of protection. You felt that he could not bear to hurt a fly. On
10、e afternoon I was sitting in the lounge of the Grand Hotel when Burton came in and seated himself in the chair next to mine.,5,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 6,What do you say to a little drink? He clapped his hands for a boy and ordered two gin fizzes. As the boy brought them a man passed along the street outs
11、ide and seeing me waved his hand. Do you know Turner? said Burton as I nodded a greeting.,Ive met him at the club. Im told hes a remittance man. Yes, I believe he is. We have a good many here. He plays bridge well.,6,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 7,They generally do. There was a fellow here last year, oddly en
12、ough a namesake of mine, who was the best bridge player I ever met. I suppose you never came across him in London. Lenny Burton he called himself. I believe hed belonged to some very good clubs. No, I dont believe I remember the name. He was quite a remarkable player. He seemed to have an instinct a
13、bout the cards. It was uncanny. I used to play with him a lot. He was in Kobe for some time. Burton sipped his gin fizz.,7,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 8,Its rather a funny story, he said. He wasnt a bad chap. I liked him. He was always well-dressed and smart-looking. He was handsome in a way with curly hair
14、and pink-and-white cheeks. Women thought a lot of him. There was no harm in him, you know, he was only wild. Of course he drank too much. Those sort of fellows always,always do. A bit of money used to come on for him once a quarter and he made a bit more by card-playing. He won a good deal of mine,
15、I know that.,8,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 9,Burton gave a kindly chuckle. I knew from my own experience that he could lose money at bridge with a good grace. He stroked his shaven chin with his thin hand; the veins stood out on it and it was almost transparent. I suppose that is why he came to me when he we
16、nt broke, that and the fact that he was a namesake of mine.,He came to see me in my office one day and asked me for a job. I was rather surprised. He told me that there was no more money coming from home and he wanted to work. I asked him how old he was.,9,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 10,“Thirty-five,” he sai
17、d. “And what have you been doing hitherto?” I asked him. “Well, nothing very much,” he said. I couldnt help laughing. “Im afraid I cant do anything for you just yet,” I said. “Come back and see me in another thirty-five years, and Ill see what I can do.”,10,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 11,He didnt move. He we
18、nt rather pale. He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time. He hadnt been willing to stick to bridge, hed been playing poker, and hed got trimmed. He hadnt a penny. Hed pawned everything he had. He couldnt pay his hotel bill and they wouldnt give hi
19、m any more credit. He was down and out. If he couldnt get something to do hed have to commit suicide. I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces. Hed been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty. The girls wouldnt have thought so much of him if theyd seen him then.,11,
20、PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 12,“Well isnt there anything you can do except play cards?” I asked him. “I can swim,” he said. “Swim!” I could hardly believe my ears; it seemed such an insane answer to give. “I swam for my university.”,I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. Ive known too many men who
21、were little tin gods at their university to be impressed by it.,12,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 13,“I was a pretty good swimmer myself when I was a young man,” I said. Suddenly I had an idea. Pausing in his story, Burton turned to me. Do you know Kobe? he asked. No, I said, I passed through it once, but I onl
22、y spent a night there. Then you dont know the Shioya Club. When I was a young man I swam from there round the beacon and landed at the creek of Tarumi. Its over three miles and its rather difficult on account of the currents round the beacon. Well, I told my young namesake about it and I said to him
23、 that if hed do it Id give him a job.,13,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 14,I could see he was rather taken aback. “You say youre a swimmer,” I said. “Im not in very good condition,” he answered. I didnt say anything. I shrugged my shoulders. He looked at me for a moment and then he nodded. “All right,” he said.
24、 “When do you want me to do it?” I looked at my watch. It was just after ten. “The swim shouldnt take you much over an hour and a quarter. Ill drive round to the creek at half past twelve and meet you. Ill take you back to the club to dress and then well have lunch together.”,14,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 1
25、5,“Done,” he said. We shook hands. I wished him good luck and he left me. I had a lot of work to do that morning and I only just managed to get to the creek at Tarumi at half past twelve. But I neednt have hurried; he never turned up. Did he funk it at the last moment? I asked.,No, he didnt funk it.
26、 He started all right. But of course hed ruined his constitution by drink and dissipation. The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage. We didnt get the body for about three days.,15,PPT学习交流,D R _ Text 16,I didnt say anything for a moment or two. I was a trifle shocked. Then I asked
27、 Burton a question. When you made him that offer of a job, did you know hed be drowned? He gave a little mild chuckle and he looked at me with those kind and candid blue eyes of his. He rubbed his chin with his hand. Well, I hadnt got a vacancy in my office at the moment.,16,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ For my
28、own ,For my own part I find that the longer I know people the more they puzzle me.,1. What does “for my own part” mean?,It means “as far as I am concerned”.,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,拿我自己来说,我发现,认识一个人的时间越长,我就越感到困惑。,17,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ Unless I had ,Unless I had heard the story from his
29、 own lips, I should never have believed that he was capable of such an action.,Paraphrase this sentence.,If I hadnt heard the story told by himself, I should never have believed that he could do such a thing. This is a subjunctive mood.,18,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ Here if ever ,1. Paraphrase this sentence.,
30、Here if there ever was a man who is the same as he looks like.,Here if ever was a man all of a piece.,2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.,要说真有表里如一的人的话,那就是此公了。,19,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ He played ,Paraphrase the sentence.,He played well and did it in a graceful way.,He played a good game and a generous
31、 one.,20,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ he could tell ,he could tell with point a good and spicy story, and in his youth he had been something of an athlete.,1. What can we infer from this part?,We know this guy was quite humorous and easy-going. The second sentence implies he looked healthy. Short and small as h
32、e is, he does not look morbid. All his things depict a good and kind elderly man.,2. Translate this part into Chinese.,他能绘声绘色地讲个来劲儿的段子什么的,他年轻时多少还是个运动员呢。,21,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ He stroked his ,1. What can we infer from this sentence?,He was very frail. His appearance suggests no hurt. This description o
33、f his hand is a proof of what has been mentioned in LL.34-36 that he was very frail and could easily arouse others instincts of protection and seemed to be a man who would not bear to hurt a fly.,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,他用瘦小的手摸了摸剃得光光的下巴;手上青筋鼓起,手白得几乎透明。,He stroked his shaven chin wit
34、h his thin hand; the veins stood out on it and it was almost transparent.,22,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_I suppose that,I suppose that is why he came to me when he went broke, that and the fact that he was a namesake of mine.,1. Analyze the structure of this sentence.,I suppose 后接宾语从句;从句中的主语为that; that and the
35、fact 为前一个that 的同位语,用来进行补充说明。也就是说,他来找我的原因有二:一是that (两个that 指代的是相同的事件), 二是the fact that。,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,大概就是因为这个,当他落得一文不名的时候,就来找我了,再说他和我同姓。,23,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ I got some,I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. Ive known too many men who were little tin gods at their
36、 university to be impressed by it.,Translate this sentence into Chinese.,我听出了一点他话里的意思。上大学时自以为了不起的人我见得多了,我才不吃这套呢。,24,PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ But I neednt ,But I neednt have hurried; he never turned up.,What does the sentence imply?,He (Burton) was evil-minded and cold-blooded, having no sympathy at all.,25,
37、PPT学习交流,D R _ S_ Well ,Well, I hadnt got a vacancy in my office at the moment.,What does the sentence imply?,Hed never taken seriously the friends need for help, or actually he had never thought of giving his poor friend a hand.,26,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _definite1,definite: adj. clear; that cant be dou
38、bted,我们要求给一个确切的答复。,We demand a definite answer.,Its definite that hell come.,Collocation:,a definite success,绝对的成功,definite period of time,确切的时间,27,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _definite2,The doctor is quite definite about the patient having developed a lung cancer.,医生非常肯定病人是患了肺癌。,The chairman asked the speak
39、er to be more definite in his statements.,主席让发言的人把话说得更明确些。,definite 表示某事界限分明,以至于就其意义或范围不会产生任何疑问、误解。例如:,definite containing or tasting like spice,People from Sichuan province like to eat spicy food.,在一些地方报纸上你可以读到有关电影明星的下流故事。,You can often read spicy stories about film stars in the local newspapers.,3
40、2,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _instinct,相信你的直觉,你认为对的就去做。,Trust your instincts and do what you think is right.,instinct: n. a tendency that one is born with to behave in a certain way without reasoning or training,Some animals hunt by instinct.,33,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _clap,The teacher clapped her hands to attr
41、act the classs attention.,clap: v. strike (the inner surface of ones hands) together,The audience clapped enthusiastically as the singer stepped on to the stage.,34,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _sip,sip: v. drink (sth.), taking a very small amount each time,She sipped politely at her drink.,他把玻璃杯内饮料呷干。,He sip
42、ped the glass dry.,Pattern:,sip (at/from) sth.,35,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _in a way,in a way: to a certain extent but not entirely,The work is well done in a way.,I agree with you in a way, but there are still some areas on which I cant see eye to eye with you.,36,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _stroke,stroke: vt. p
43、ass the hand gently over (a surface), usu. several times,At the sight of her husband getting off the train, the woman walked forward and embraced him and gently stroked his white hair.,I reached out and stroked the babys cheek tenderly.,37,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _shave,shave: vt. cut or scrape thin slic
44、es from the surface of; vi. cut hair off ones face, etc. with a razor,In the Qing dynasty men shaved the front of the head and wore the hair at the back tied in a queue or pigtail.,He washed and shaved, then hurried out of the house.,38,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _transparent,transparent: adj. allowing ligh
45、t to pass through so that objects behind can be seen clearly,Her silk dress was almost transparent.,The cup is made of transparent colored plastic.,39,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _go broke,go broke: have no money; go bankrupt,He invested all his money in stocks; unfortunately he made one wrong choice after a
46、nother and finally went broke.,许多跨国公司在经济危机期间都破产了,更不用说小企业了。,Many multinational companies went broke during the financial crisis, not to speak of small businesses.,40,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _stick to,stick to: refuse to abandon or change (sth.),The mother asked her son just to tell the cops what he saw an
47、d stick to his story.,The old man stuck to jogging every morning although he was eighty years old.,Collocation:,stick to ones word,遵守诺言,stick to the point,紧扣要点,41,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _commit,commit: vt. do (sth. illegal or wrong),The man was suspected of committing murder.,42,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _driv
48、e at,drive at: be trying to say,The teacher didnt mention the word “cheating” but I knew what he was driving at.,我不知道你到底什么意思。,I have no idea what youre driving at.,NB:,用ing形式表示非正式,43,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _current1,current: 1. n. continuous flow of water or air in a particular direction,Swimming agains
49、t the current is energy-consuming.,Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west.,2. adj. of the present time; happening now,The current situation in this area is quite different from that in the 1990s.,他不喜欢现在的工作,正打算辞职。,He doesnt like the current job, a
50、nd is planning to quit it.,44,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _current2,Collocation:,current fashions,时装,current events,时事,current prices,现价,45,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _be taken aback,be taken aback: be shocked or surprised,He was taken aback when a woman answered the phone.,当我发现电脑不见了时我大吃一惊。,I was taken aback when I
51、found my computer was gone.,46,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _in good condition,in bad/good condition: in bad/good health,The car is in very good condition.,In spite of the surgery he is still in bad condition.,47,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _turn up,turn up: arrive; make ones appearance,He didnt turn up until the end
52、of the examination.,她干什么都迟到。,She turns up late for everything.,48,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _funk,funk: vt. (infml) avoid because of fear,He was given a chance of taking part in the speech contest, but he funked it.,He promised to climb the mountain with us, but he funked it at the last moment.,Collocation:,funk water,怕水,funk riding a horse,怕骑马,49,PPT学习交流,D R _ word _constitution,constitution: n. condition of a pers
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