第一页.精彩选段
第二页.词汇采集
第三页.活学活用
The moon was above, ①lustrous and serene; vehicles and ②pedestrians were few; sparrows twittered sleepily in the eaves—③for a little while the scene might have been a country churchyard. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends and ④immaculate thoughts and collars.
明月悬在中天,光辉、静穆;车辆与行人都很稀少;檐下的冻雀睡梦中啁啾了几声——这境界一时之间使人想起乡村教堂边上的墓地。风琴师奏出的赞美诗使铁栏杆前的苏比入定了,因为当他在生活中有母爱、玫瑰、雄心、朋友以及洁白无瑕的思想与衣领时,赞美诗对他来说是很熟悉的。
The conjunction of Soapy's receptive state of mind and the influences about the old church wrought a sudden and wonderful change in his soul. He viewed with swift horror the pit into which he had ⑤tumbled, the ⑥degraded days, unworthy desires, dead hopes, wrecked faculties and base motives that ⑦made up his existence.
苏比这时敏感的心情和老教堂的潜移默化会合在一起,使他灵魂里突然起了奇妙的变化。他猛然对他所落入的泥坑感到憎厌。那堕落的时光,低俗的欲望,心灰意懒,才能衰退,动机不良——这一切现在都构成了他的生活内容。
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第一页.精彩选段
第二页.词汇采集
第三页.活学活用
1.lustrous adj. 有光泽的;光辉的
The lustrous diamond is incredible expensive.
这个闪亮的钻石是难以置信的贵。
Are the cultured pearls as lustrous as the natural ones?
人工养殖的珍珠和天然的一样具有光泽吗?
2.pedestrians n. 行人(pedestrian的复数)
Work in progress! Walking pedestrians should be cautious.
工程进行中!步行的行人请小心。
As a driver, you must watch out the pedestrians crossing the street.
作为司机,你一定要注意过往的行人。
3.for a little while 不久,一会儿
He doped off for a little while.
他昏昏沉沉地睡了一会儿。
Won't you excuse me for a little while?
请允许我离开一会儿好吗?
4.immaculate adj. 完美的;洁净的;无瑕疵的
This place really is immaculate.
这地方真是完美。
No matter how many guests were present, the great house was always immaculate.
不管有多少客人,房子里总是打扫的干干净净。
5.tumble vt. 使摔倒;使滚翻;弄乱
He tumbled pens, pencils, books, magazines, tapes and cups into a box.
他把钢笔、铅笔、书、杂志、磁带和杯子都扔进了一个盒子里。
The accident tumbled us all out of the truck.
车祸把我们全都从卡车上摔了下来。
6.degradedadj. 退化的;堕落的;被降级的
Degraded ecosystems are not only bad for biodiversity; they are bad for human economies.
况且生态系瓦解不只危害生物多样性,人类经济也同样受害。
7.make up 弥补;组成;化妆;整理
The committee is made up of six women.
委员会由六位妇女组成。
This made up 15%of their total income.
这是他们总收入的百分之十五。
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第一页.精彩选段
第二页.词汇采集
第三页.活学活用
And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends and immaculate thoughts and collars.
风琴师奏出的赞美诗使铁栏杆前的苏比入定了,因为当他在生活中有母爱、玫瑰、雄心、朋友以及洁白无瑕的思想与衣领时,赞美诗对他来说是很熟悉的。
一、作为副词,when有以下的用法:
1. 作为疑问副词,引导特殊疑问句,意为“什么时候;何时”。
When will they come back?
他们什么时候回来?
2. 作连接副词,引导名词性从句或不定式,意为“什么时候”。从句使用陈述句语序,时态根据实际情况而定。
I'd like to know when they will come. ( when 引导宾语从句)
我想知道他们什么时候来。
When she'll be back depends much on the weather. ( when 引导主语从句)
她何时回来在很大程度上取决于天气。
Have you decided when to go sightseeing? ( when 引导不定式结构)
你们已经决定什么时候去郊游了吗?
3. 作疑问代词,常和介词 since, till, up to 等连用,意为“什么时候”。
Since when have they had the house?
他们从什么时候起有这幢房子的?
Till when is the library open?
图书馆开放到几点呢?
4. 作关系副词,引导限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句。
The days are gone forever when the Chinese people were looked down upon.
中国人民被人轻视的日子一去不复返了。
The main school holidays are from mid-December till early February, when the days are long and warm.
学校的主要假期是从 12 月中旬到 2 月初,这段时间里白天长而且很温暖。
二、作为从属连词,引导状语从句,表示多种语法意义:
1. 表示时间,意为“当……时;在……的时候”。
When you see him, please say hello to him.
见到他时,代我问他好。
When I was in Japan, I bought some beautiful pearls.
我在日本时,买了一些漂亮的珍珠。
When I reached the station, the train had left.
当我到达火车站时,火车已经开走了。
2. 表示前面的叙述所没有提到过的信息。它总是对所描述的事件予以引人注目的强调,意为“这时;突然”:
I was thinking of this when I heard my name called.
我正想着这件事时,突然听到有人叫我的名字。
We were about to start when it began to rain.
我们刚要出发就开始下雨了。
We had hardly fallen asleep when the bell rang.
我们刚刚入睡,铃声就响了起来。