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Chinese

modesty

vs.

American

straightforwardness(para.

8—12)At

a

party

when

complimented

for

cookingskillsWhentalking

about

their

childrenHearing

theword

“no”Conclusion

(para.

13)Life es

much

easier

onceyou

have

studiedup

on

culturaldifferences.1.

Why

is

it

that

when

you

study

a

foreign

language,

younever

learn

the

little

phrases

that

let

you

slip

into

aculture

without

all

your

foreignness

exposed?

(Line

1)整個句子其實就是：Whyisit?只是it是形式主語，真正的主語是從句that

when

you

study…withoutallyourforeignnessexposed。主語從句中又含有兩個從句，一個是時間狀語從句when

you

study

aforeign

language，一個是定語從句that

let

youslip

into

a

culture…,修飾先行詞the

little

phrases.在外語學(xué)習(xí)中，有一些簡單的詞語，一旦掌握，就能讓你不知不覺地融入另一種文化，而絲毫不會你是一個外國人。但你為什么總學(xué)不會呢？1.

Why

is

it

that

when

you

study

a

foreign

language,

younever

learn

the

little

phrases

that

let

you

slip

into

aculture

without

all

your

foreignness

exposed?

(Line

1)2.

Every

Chinese-language

textbook

starts

out

with

thestandard

phrase

f

reeting

people;

but

as

anAmerican,

I

constantly

found

myself

tongue-tied

whenit

came

to

seeing

guests

off

at

thedoor.（Line

2）whenit

comes

to+名詞/動名詞/代詞等表示“當(dāng)談到······

的時候”談到英語，我簡直一竅不通。Certainly

when

it

comes

to

gathering

andhandlinglarge

database,

technology

is

no

longer

a

problem.當(dāng)然，說到大型數(shù)據(jù)庫的收集與處理，技術(shù)已不再是問題。When

it

comes

to

English,

I

amcompley

at

sea.每本漢語都是從問候語開始的。但是作為人，每當(dāng)要我送客出門時，我總是舌頭打結(jié)。2.

Every

Chinese-language

textbook

starts

out

with

thestandard

phrase

f

reeting

people;

but

as

anAmerican,

I

constantly

found

myself

tongue-tied

whenit

came

to

seeing

guests

off

at

thedoor.（Line

2）3.

Then

finally,

listening

to

others,

I

began

to

pick

up

thephrases

that

eased

relations

and

sent

people

off

with

afeeling

of

mission

not

only plished

but

surpassed.（Line

9）listening

to

others

是分詞短語，作伴隨狀語。and連接兩個并列句，sent

是過去時態(tài)，和began并列，都是主語I

發(fā)出的動作。過去分詞

plished和surpassed都是mission的補語，補充說明mission。with

a

feeling

of

+名詞+形容詞/分詞感到······ 被······通過了四級考試，我感到大學(xué)生活沒有虛度。Being

praised

by

my

boss,

I

was

seated

in

my

officewith

a

feeling

ofworkrecognized.因為受到 的表揚，我坐在辦公室里有一種工作被認(rèn)可的感覺。Having

passed

the

Band

Four

Examination,

Ilived

in

the

college

with

a

feeling

of

time

notwasted.后來，聽得多了，我開始學(xué)會了說一些話，使送客的氣氛輕松了許多。我感到我不僅完成了任務(wù)，而且完成得很出色。3.

Then

finally,

listening

to

others,

I

began

to

pick

up

thephrases

that

eased

relations

and

sent

people

off

with

afeeling

of

mission

not

only plished

butsurpassed.（Line

9）4.

The

same

rules

hold

true

with

regard

to

children.(Line

44)；對······有效，至于······，對······不hold

true

for/to

適用于······with/in

regard

to

關(guān)于······(without

regard

to

無視加考慮)你的工作觀念已不再適用，如果你想找個工作，你就必須改變思想。Your

learning

strategy

is

wonderful,

but

it

doesnotnecessarily

hold

true

for

other

students,

foreverystudent

has

his

own

specific

condition.你的學(xué)習(xí)方法很好，但是并不一定適合其他同學(xué)，因為每個同學(xué)都有各自不同的情況。Your

concept

about

work

no

longer

holds

true;

ifyou

want

to

find

a

job,

you

have

to

change

youridea.就你認(rèn)為智商與成功密切相關(guān)的觀點， 舉另外一個例子。and

Pakistan

agree

to

establish

hotlinetoreduce

riskswith

regard

to

nuclear

issues.印巴兩國同意開通，保持聯(lián)系，來共同探討如何降低有關(guān)核事件的。I

want

to

give

you

another

example

with

regard

toyour

point

that

IQ

isclosely

related

tosuccess.同樣的規(guī)則在對待小孩上也適用。4.

The

same

rules

hold

true

with

regard

to

children.(Line

44)“Diving

Queen”

Gao

Min

retired

gracefully

in1992asthe

world’s

greatest

female

springboard

diver.“跳水女皇” 在1992年作為世界上最優(yōu)秀的女子跳板跳水運動員體面地退役。In

December

2004,

former

Chinese

Foreign

Ministryspokeswoman

Zhang

Qiyue

was

gracefully

transferred

to

serve

as

theChinese

ambassador

inBelgium.2004年12月，前中國 部女發(fā)言人

被體面地調(diào)任中國駐比利時大使。1.gracefully

(title)adv.

behaving

in

a

polite

and

pleasant

way得體的是一位舞姿非常優(yōu)美的舞者。Li

is

such

a

gracefuldancer.名詞形式：gracen.quality

of

being

pleasing,attractive,

orbeautiful,esp.in

structure

or

movement優(yōu)美；優(yōu)雅（尤指在結(jié)構(gòu)或動作上）形容詞形式：graceful詞義辨析：graceful

與graciousgraciousadj.

(of s

and

their

behavior)pleasant;kind;

agreeable（指人及其行為）親切的，和善的，和藹的It

was

gracious

of

youtocome.蒙您光臨，不勝榮幸。Thehost ed

the

guestsinhis

program

in

agraciousmanner.態(tài)度熱情地將客人們請進他的

。我來晚了，所以不得不從教室的后面進去。I

came

late,

so

I

had

to

slip

into

the

classroom

atthe

back.我沒有票，你怎么能讓我進體育場呀？How

can

you

slip

me

into

thestadium

without

a

ticket?2.

slip

into

(Line

2,

Para.

1)to

(cause

to)

enter

(a

place)

silently

or

secretly（使）······

偷偷地或悄悄地進入。那個賊悄悄溜走沒 看到。The

thief

slipped

away/out/pastwithout

being

seen.歲月在不知不覺中過去The

years

slipped

by.slip

(Line

2,

Para.1)v.go

or

move

quickly

or

quietly

滑3.expose

(Line2,Para.1)vt.

1)

uncover;

leave

uncovered

or

unprotected；使 ；使接觸那些工人在干活的時候不得不使自己 在陽光之下。Those

workers

had

to

expose

their

body

to

the

sunlightwhile

working.As

we

know,

Canadian

MarkRowswell

(Da

Shan)

isa

foreigner

who

has

been

exposed

to

Chinese

for

manyyears.如

所知，

山是一位接觸中文多年的外國人。那個 商（ad-agent）說謊的行為被

了。That

ad-agent

has

beenexposed

as

aliar.報紙 了這個政客是個

。The

politician

was

exposed

as

a

crook

by

thenewsp

r.2)

disclose,make

known

揭發(fā)；揭穿His

brother

Johnisa

man

with

an

abruptmanner.他的弟弟 是一個舉止粗魯?shù)娜?。adj.

2)

sudden;unexpected

突然的，意外的那條通往小鎮(zhèn)的道路有很多急轉(zhuǎn)彎。The

road

to

the

small

town

was

full

of

abruptturns.the

gamblers

in

the

room.（的突然闖入）men’s

abruptbreak-in

greatly

frightenedallThe4.abrupt

(Line5,Para.1)adj.

1)

seeming

rude

and

unfriendly

唐突的；魯莽的Give

the

Chinese

version

of

the

followingphrases.abruptdepartureabruptattackabruptstopabruptendingabruptchange副詞形式：abruptly名詞形式：abruptness突然的離去突襲驟停突如其來的終止突變The

Lenovo

Group

ofChina

plished

the

purchase

ofIBM’s al

computer

(PC)division

in2005.在2005年，中國的聯(lián)想 成功實現(xiàn)了對IBM個人電腦業(yè)務(wù)的收購。Resolution

andperseveranceenable

him

toplish

his

dreamtoa

Formula

One

racer

.e_堅強和毅力使他實現(xiàn)了成為F-1車手的夢想。5.plish

(Line

10,

Para.

2)v.succeed

in ng

something

完成名詞形式：plishmentn.something

successful

or

impressive

that

isachieved

after

a

lot

ofeffort

and

hard

work

成就For

a

prose

writer,

that’s

rather

an

plishment.對于一個散文作家來說，那是一個相當(dāng)了不起的成就。achieve,

plish

和attain這三個詞都指達(dá)到某種目的或完成任務(wù)。achieve和attain強調(diào)通過努力而達(dá)到目的，取得成功或?qū)崿F(xiàn)愿望。achieve在表示“取得······

成績或成就”時，常和某些代詞連用。She

could

achieve

everything

if

she

workshard.如果她努力的話她就會取得成功。plished

nothing.We

tried

to

persuade

them

but想說服他們，但并沒有成功。achieve,

plish

和attainattain

多用作vt，用作vi

時，常與to搭配。注意：如果賓語是power，prosperity，distinction，knowledge，wisdom等詞時，用attain或attainto都可以。但賓語是end，object，aim，ideal，aspiration等詞時只能使用attain，不能用attain

to。plish

指成功地完成預(yù)期目標(biāo)。在表示“取得······

成就”時，也和某些代詞連用。請選擇

achieve, plish

或

attain

的適當(dāng)形式填空。He

will

never

achieve

anything

if

he

doesn’t

work

hard.It

took

them

two

yearsto

plish

that

great

TV

serial.We

musttry

our

bestto

attain

this

standard.If

you

don’t

rely

on

the

experimental

conclusion,

you

willplish

nothing.Jack

finally

attained

to

the

highest

office

in

that

company.Did

yoursister

achieve

all

that

she

expected

to?同胞(compatriot)和 一樣，也過農(nóng)歷新年。Just

like

us,

compatriotsalso

observethe

Lunar

New

Year.Before

the

start

of

the

meeting,

all

the

participantsobserved

three

minutes’

silence_

in

honor

of

thosevictims

in

the

earthquake

andtsunami.在會議開始之前，所有與會者向 和海嘯受害者默哀三分鐘。6.

observe

(Line12,Para.3)v.

1)

obey

(a

law,

rule

or

custom)遵守，奉行Ihavenever

observedherdootherwise.我從未看到她不是這樣做的。（我每次看到她都是這樣做的。）那些局的探員們(FBI

agent)正在監(jiān)視那個可疑的人。edThose

FBI

agents

were

observing

that.注意到天轉(zhuǎn)陰了。We

observed

that

it

had

turnedcloudy.2)

see

and

notice;

watch

carefully

看；觀察她說

的任務(wù)完成得很好。She

observed

(to

us)

that

our

task

was

very

wellfinished.名詞形式：observation形容詞形式：observing3)

say

by

way

of

comment

評論；評述；說They

made

astrongbuilding

ofthenewairport.他們就機場建設(shè)向to

the

mayor

about

the。7.(Line

13,Para.3)n.

a

strong

complaint

that

shows

youdisagreewith,

or

are

angry

about

something

that

youthink

is

wrong

or

unfair；A

large-scale( )wasstrike/rallyanized

outsidethe

White

House.白宮外有人組織了大規(guī)模的。工人們 削減福利。The

workers

ed

(against)

the

reductions

in

theirbenefits.That

ed

against

beingdeprived

oftheright

tomeet

hisrelatives.那個嫌疑犯就他會見親人的權(quán)利被 一事提出

。v.

raise

an

objection,

say

something

(against)； （與against連用）8.

assure

(Line

25,

Para.

5)v.

l

somebody

that

something

will

defini

yhappen

so

that

they

are

lessworried向······

保證我可以向你保證這家商店

器材(fitness

equipment)的質(zhì)量。I

can

assure

you

of

the

quality

ofthe

fitness

equipment

of

this

shop.援救隊(rescue

team)的成員們向那位焦急的母親保證他們會盡全力去尋找她 的兒子。Those

rescue

team

members

assured

the

worriedmother

that

they

would

try

their

best

to

look

for

hermissing

son.形容詞形式:assuredadj.

sure;

confident

確信的；深信的our ernment

could

effectivelyput

theoverheating

economy

undercontrol.你盡可以放心，

的 能夠有效地控制經(jīng)濟過熱增長。名詞形式：assurancen.certainty;

confidence

確信；信心You

may

rest

assured

that9.discourage

(Line30,Para.6)v.

1)

lessen

or

take

away

the

courage

or

confidence

of使······

氣餒；使······沮喪Don’t

let

one

failure

discourage

you;

try

again.別因為一次失敗就氣餒，再試一次。It’s

very

discouraging

that

every

timeI

trytoride

a

motor

bike

Ifall

off.次騎摩托車都會摔跤，真讓人喪氣。2)

vp.

discourage

somebody

from ng

something=put

difficulties

in

his

way;

make

it

seem

notworthwhile;

try

to

persuade

him/her

not

to

t阻礙；使······

認(rèn)為某事不值得做；勸阻雨天使人們不能去看車展(auto

exhibition)。The

wet

weather

discouraged

people

from

going

to

theautoexhibition.人們勸阻他不要放棄工作。He

was

discouraged

from

giving

uphis

pliment

(Line

40,Para.9)v.say

something

nice

to

someone

in

order

topraise

him/her

贊揚將軍對那個士兵在戰(zhàn)場上的勇氣給予贊揚。T

eral

complimented

that

solider

for

hiscourage

onbattlefield.她非常高興人們稱贊她漂亮。She

is

very

pleased

that

peoplecompliment

heronher

beauty.n.

1)

expression

of

admiration,

approval,

etc.,

either

inwords

or

by

action

(e.g.

by

asking

somebodyforhis

advice

or

opinions,or

by

imitating

him)（以言語或行動做出的）恭維的表示；敬意；贊揚（例如向 請教或效法他）例句1可換為：T eral

paid

that

soldier

a

compliment

on

his

courageonbattlefield.2)

(pl.)

greetings

（多用作復(fù)數(shù)）問候；致意；道賀