1、英语（二）自学教程 Unit 8The Great Minds TEXT A Life Without LimitsTEXT BAn Unwanted Baby,Steve JobsLife Without Limits生命无疆1.Imagine being born without arms.No arms to wraprp用缠绕 around someone,no hands to experience touch,or to hold another hand with.Or what about being born without legs?Having no ability to
2、 dance,walk,run,or even stand on two feet.Now put both of those scenarios snri 设想 together:no arms and no legs.What would you do?How would that effect your everyday life?想象生下来时就没有手臂。没有手臂去拥抱一个人，没有手去体验触摸，或去握住另一只手。或者想象生下来就没有双腿又会怎样?没有能力去跳舞、行走、跑步甚至双脚站立。现在把这些设想加在一起：没有双臂也没有双腿。你会怎么办?这将会如何影响你每天的生活?1.wrap rp
3、v.用缠绕（或围紧）2.scenario snri n.设想；方案；预测2.Born in 1982 in Melbourne,Australia,without any medical医学医疗的 explanation解释说明 or warning,Nicholas Vujicic came into the world with neither arms nor legs.Having had an uneventful平淡无奇 pregnancy怀孕妊娠and no family history to expect this condition状况情形,imagine the shock
4、 his parents felt when they saw their first born,brand new baby boy,only to find he was what the world would consider 认为考虑细想imperfect有缺陷不完美 and abnormal反常.How would their son live a normal,happy life?What could he ever do or become when living with what the world would see as such a massive disabili
5、ty严重残疾?Little did they know that this beautiful limbless无四肢的baby would one day be someone who would inspire激励鼓舞 and motivate促动激发 people from all walks of life,touching lives all over the world.1982年在澳大利亚的墨尔本，没有任何医学上的解释或预兆，尼古拉斯武伊契奇克来到这个世界，没有双臂也没有双腿。由于怀孕期平静无事而且也没有可以预测到这种状况的家族史，因此可以想象得到他的父母看到他们第一个出生的男婴
6、，却只发现一个被这个世界认为不完美和畸形的人时的那种打击。他们的儿子如何过一个正常、快乐的生活呢?带着这世界视为严重残疾的(身体)生活，他又能做什么或者变成什么样呢?当时他们不知道而且也没有任何一个人知道，这个漂亮的无手足的小男孩有一天会启发激励社会各阶层的人，并且感动全世界的人们。1.Having had an uneventful（平凡的）pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition,imagine the shockhis parents felt when they saw their first born,brand
7、 new baby boy,only to find he was what the world would consider imperfect and abnormal.(1)悬垂分词。建议换成：Having had an uneventful pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition,his parents felt great shock when they saw.Can you imagine the shock?以下是可以接受的悬垂分词形式：Strictly speaking,nobody is allowe
8、d in here.Judging from his accent,he must be from the South.经常这样用的分词(分词词组)有：frankly(broadly,generally,strictly)speaking,judging from/by,talking about,speaking of等。某些句子中作状语的分词的逻辑主语虽然不是句子的主语，但可能是句中的另外某一成分，对这样的句子也可以不认为是悬垂分词。课文中的这个句子属于这种情况。再如：Seeing her health sinking rapidly,alarm clutched the fathers
9、heart.她父亲看到她健康迅速恶化，很是惊慌。切记：该结构应慎用。(2)only to find不定式表示结果。不定式表结果时通常前面需要加only,表示出乎意料的不希望看到的结果。例如：They rushed to the cinema,only to find the tickets left at home.They hurried back home,only to find the door locked.They went to the hospital without any delay,only to be told their beloved grandpa had alr
10、eady passed away.(3)what the world would consider作插入语(4)译文：在经历了一段平静无事的孕期，而且没有任何家族病史预示的情况下，我们可以想象得到当时他的父母看到这个刚出生的小男孩时会是多么地震惊，只知道他就是世人所说的缺陷和不正常。2.Little did they or anyone know that this beautifullimbless baby would one day be someone who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life,touchi
11、ng lives all over the world.(1)否定词放在句首句子倒装，如rarely,seldom,in no case,by no means,little,hardly等。(2)who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life定语从句，先行词是someone。(3)touching lives all over the world 现在分词作状语，修饰inspire and motivate people。(4)译文：当时他们不知道而且也没有任何一个人知道，这个漂亮的无手足的小男孩有一天会启发激励社会各
12、阶层的人，并且感动全世界的人们。3.explanation eksplnen n.解释；说明explain4.uneventful nventfl adj.平淡无奇的；平凡的；缺乏刺激的5.pregnancy prennsi n.怀孕；妊娠；含蓄；丰富pregnant a.意味深长的6.imperfect mpfkt adj.有缺陷的；不完全的；不完美的 perfect7.abnormal bnmladj.不正常的；反常的；变态的；畸形的normal8.massive msv adj.巨大的；非常严重的9.disability dsblti n.（某种）缺陷，障碍able,ability,un
13、able10.limbless lmls adj.无四肢的;无枝叉的11.inspire nspa(r)v.激励；鼓舞inspiration n.灵感；鼓舞人心(的东西),inspiring adj.令人振奋的；激励人的；鼓舞人心的3.As Nick grew up,he learned to deal with his disability and started to be able to do more and more things on his own.He adapted 适应to his situation形势局面情况 and found ways to accomplish完成
14、 tasks that most people could only do by using their limbs躯干手足,such as cleaning teeth,brushing hair,typing on a computer,swimming,playing sports,and much more.As time went by,Nick began to embrace接受 拥抱 his situation and achieve greater things.（承上启下句）In grade seven Nick was elected选举 竞选 captain 首领队长o
15、f his school and worked with the student council（学生会）on various fund-raising events for local charities and disability campaigns战役 运动 又说.伴随着尼克的成长，他学会了如何应对他的残疾并能够开始独自做越来越多的事情。他适应了他的状况，并找到方法完成大多数人只有通过使用他们的四肢才能做到的事情，如刷牙，梳头，敲打电脑，游泳，运动，还有更多。随着时间的流逝，尼克开始坦然接受他的状况并取得更大的成就。在七年级，尼克被选举为学校的队长，与学生理事会合作，致力于当地的慈善事
16、业和残疾人运动的各项筹款事宜。12.adapt v.适应（新情况）adapt oneself to sth.13.accomplish v.完成14.limb n.肢；臂；腿15.campaign 运动（为社会、商业或政治目的而进行的一系列有计划的活动）4.After school Nick went on with further较远的 更近一步的 study and obtained 得到获得a double双人两倍双重 bachelor 学士degree majoring主修专攻 in accounting 会计and financial planning财政规划.By the age
17、of 19,Nick started to fulfill his dream of encouraging others by sharing his story through motivational speaking励志演讲.He found the purpose of his existence,and also the purpose of his circumstance境况境遇 命运.Nick wholeheartedly全心全意 believes that there is a purpose in each of the struggles 挣扎努力奋斗we encoun
18、ter遭遇冲突遇见 in our lives and that our attitude towards those struggles can be the single most effective factor in overcoming them.毕业后，尼克接着进修并获得会计和财务规划的双学士学位。到了19岁，尼克已经开始以通过励志性的演说分享自己故事的方式去实现自己鼓励他人的梦想。他找到了他存在的目的，以及处于他这种状况的目的。尼克始终认为，在我们的一生中遇到的每一个困难都有其目的，并且我们对于这些困难的态度则会成为克服它们的唯一最有效的因素。16.fulfill v.实现；履行f
19、ulfill ones dream/word/requirementfulfilling adj.使人满足的，令人愉快的fulfillment n.履行；满足；成就17.motivational adj.鼓舞的18.circumstance n.命运；客观环境19.wholeheartedly adv.全心全意地5.Now at 27 years old,this limbless young man has accomplished more than most people even twice his age.Nick recently made the massive move fro
20、m Brisbane,Australia to California,USA,where he is the president of an international non-profit organization（非盈利组织）,and also has his own motivational speaking company,Attitude Is Altitude.Since his first motivational speaking engagement（演讲）back when he was 19,Nick has traveled around the world,shari
21、ng his story with millions of people,speaking to a range of different groups such as students,teachers,youth,business men and women,entrepreneurs企业家,and church教堂教会 congregations集会集合 of all sizes.People ask Nick,How can you smile?Then they realize theres got to be something more to life than meets th
22、e eye if a guy without arms and legs is living a fuller life.现在到了27岁的年龄，比起大多数甚至年长他两倍的人，这位无四肢的年轻男子取得了更多的成就。最近，尼克的行动很广泛，从澳大利亚的布里斯班到美国的加利福尼亚，他成为那里的一个国际非营利组织的主席，而他也有自己的励志演讲公司态度决定一切。尼克19岁时，开始他的第一次励志演讲活动，他周游世界，与数百万人分享他的故事，向众多的不同的群体演讲，比如学生、教师、青年、商务男女、企业家以及各种大小的教会团体。人们询问克，“您是怎样一笑置之的呢?”接着他们意识到，如果一个没有四肢的人过得比普
23、通人更充实，那么生活的含义必定超出了我们目光所及的范畴。3.Then they realize theres got to be something more to life than meets the eye if a guy without arms and legs is living a fuller life.(1)There is something to/in sth.有意义，有道理(2)live a full life 生活充实(3)译文：接着他们意识到，如果一个没有四肢的人过得比普通人更充实，那么人生的含义必定超出了我们目光所及的范畴。20.effective adj.产生
24、预期结果的；有效的比较：efficient v.实施；实行ineffective adj.无效的；无能的；效率低的,inefficient adj.无效率的；无能的；不称职的21.altitude n.海拔；海拔高度altitude sickness区分：attitude22.engagement n.约定；约会；预约23.congregation n.（教堂的）会众6.Nick shares with his audiences the importance of vision 想象场景and dreaming big.Using his own experiences in worldwi
25、de outreach 超出胜过as examples,he challenges others to examine考试审问调查 their perspective观点看法眼力 and look beyond their circumstances情况情形命运机会.He shares his view of ceasing to see obstacles 妨碍干扰as problems,but instead begin to see them as opportunities to grow and reach out to others.He stresses the importan
26、ce of how attitude can be the most powerful tool we have at our disposal配置安排处理 and illustrates说明举例 how the choices we make can have a profound深奥 深远 effect on our lives and the lives of those around us.Nick shows through his own life that the major keys in/to fulfilling our biggest dreams are persist
27、ence 坚持固守and choosing to embrace failure as a learning experience,rather than allowing the guilt罪过内疚 and fear of failure to paralyze us.尼克与他的听众分享了眼界和远大梦想的重要性。用他在世界范围内推广自己的经历为例，他激励人们去审视自己的观点并超越自己的局限。他与大家一起分享其观点，即停止把阻碍看作是难题，相反，应该把它们看作是自身成长并接触他人向他人学习的机会。他强调态度是我们可以支配的最强大的工具，阐明了我们作出的选择如何对我们自身乃至周围人的生活产生深远
28、的影响。通过他自己的生活，尼克说明了实现我们的最大梦想的主要因素就是持之以恒，选择将失败作为一次学习经历而拥抱它，而不允许让内疚和失败的恐惧麻痹我们。4.He shares his view of ceasing to see obstacles as problems,but instead begin to see them as opportunities to grow and reach out to others.(1)cease to do sth.停止做某事，不再做某事(2)seeas:look on/upon as,viewas,regardas(3)reach out to
29、 伸手以抓到、触到或拿到某物We must reach out to those in need.我们应该伸出援手，去帮助有困难的人。本句reach out to others意为求助于某人(4)译文：他与大家一起分享停止把阻碍看作是麻烦、困难，相反，应该把它们看作是自身成长并接触他人向他人学习的机会。5.He stresses the importance of our attitude being the most powerful tool we have at our disposal and illustrates how the choices we make can have a
30、 profound effect on our lives and the lives of those around us.(1)at our disposal任某人处理；供某人任意使用disposal是dispose的名词形式，意为支配，处理。联想：al为名词后缀，再如：arrive-arrival,survive-survival,approve-approval,disapprove-disapproval,dismiss-dismissal,deny-denial,refuse-refusal等。(2)have a profound effect on sth.对产生深远的影响(3)
31、译文：他强调态度是我们可以支配的最强大的工具，阐明了我们作出的选择如何对我们自身乃至周围人的生活产生深远的影响。6.Nick shows through his own life that the major keys in fulfilling our biggest dreams are persistence and choosing to embrace failure as a learning experience,rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us.(1)through his own
32、 life作状语，修饰show。show的宾语是由that引导的宾语从句，宾语从句的主干是the major keys are persistence and choosing to ,rather than allowing。(2)embrace failure as a learning experience 欢迎失败，把它看成是学习的体验(3)rather than 相当于instead of 而不是(4)rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us 而不是被失败和恐惧所打倒(5)译文：尼克用他的人生来
33、告诉我们实现远大梦想最关键的就是坚持不懈和选择拥抱失败，把它看作是一次学习的机会，而非容忍失败带来的内疚和恐惧使我们瘫痪、麻痹。24.audience n.观众；听众25.vision n.想象力；眼力；远见卓识26.outreach n.外展服务27.perspective n.态度；观点；思考方法28.cease v.（使）停止，终止，结束29.obstacle n.障碍；阻碍；绊脚石30.illustrate v.（用示例、图画等）说明，解释31.profound adj.巨大的；深切的；深远的32.persistence n.坚持；锲而不舍 persist(in)v.坚持；执意；继续；
34、持续 persistent adj.坚持不懈的33.paralyze v.使瘫痪；使麻痹7.How does Nick Vujicic feel about his disability now?He accepts it,embraces it and oftentimes pokes fun寻开心奚落嘲笑 at his own circumstance as he shows off his many tricks.He meets challenges with his special blend of humor,perseverance and faith,always encour
35、aging those around him to examine their perspective as they develop and define their vision.Using those new definitions he challenges each person he meets to make changes in their lives so that they can begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams.Through his amazing ability to connect with peo
36、ple from all walks of life and his incredible sense of humor he captivates children,teens and adults alike.Nick is a true inspirational and motivational speaker.现在尼克武伊契奇克是怎么感受他的残疾呢?他接受它，拥抱它，时常还会像炫耀他的众多把戏一样对自己的状况自我嘲笑。他用自己特别的，由幽默、毅力和信念组成的混合物来面对挑战，总是鼓励周围的人在发展和定义他们的眼界时审视他们的观点。他使用那些新的定义挑战他所遇到的每一个人，以便他们作出
37、改变都能够开始走向实现他们的最大梦想之路。通过他与各阶层人士沟通的惊人的能力，以及叫人难以置信的幽默感，他令儿童、青少年和成年人都为之着迷。尼克是一个真正的具有启发性和激励性的演讲者。7.Using those new definitions he challenges each person he meets to make changes in their lives so that they can begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams.(1)using those new definitions 分词作状语(2)challe
38、nge sb.to do sth.刺激某人做某事(3)begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams 开始踏上实现人生梦想的征程(4)译文：采用这些新的定义，尼克鼓励每个人勇于面对并改变生活，以便他们开始完成人生梦想的征程。8.Through his amazing ability to connect with people from all walks of life and his incredible sense of humor that captivates children,teens and adults alike,Nick
39、 is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.(1)句子的主干是Nick is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.。through作状语(2)alike:adv.in the same way 同样地例如：treat everybody exactly alike 一视同仁The climate here is always hot,summer and winter alike.his incredible sense of humor that captivates children,tee
40、ns and adults alike 他惊人的幽默感令孩子、青少年和成年人都着迷(3)译文：通过与人们沟通的惊人能力和令人难以置信的幽默，尼克深受孩子、青少年和成年人的喜爱，尼克成了真正的使人倍受鼓舞的演说家。34.oftentimes adv.常常35.trick n.戏法；把戏 tricky36.blend n.（不同事物的）和谐结合，融合37.perseverance n.毅力；韧性；不屈不挠的精神（偶见 perseverence，但很少使用）persevere perseverant（偶见perseverent，但很少使用）38.define v.阐明；明确；界定 definitio
41、n n.definite adj.明确的，确定的39.incredible adj.不能相信的；难以置信的 unbelievable40.captivate v.迷住；使着迷An Unwanted Baby,Steve Jobs一个本不想要的孩子史蒂夫乔布斯1.Steve Jobs is a man who has great courage and dares to take risks.He may not be perfect but he pulled together the most fantastic act by overcoming Microsoft,the movie i
42、ndustry and the music business.Jobs followed his dream and led a revolution 革命变革in the computing world.史蒂夫乔布斯是一个有胆识，敢于冒险的人。他或许不是完美的，但他征服了微软、电影产业和音乐产业，把三者结合在一起，干得非常漂亮。乔布斯追寻着他的梦想，领导了一场计算机世界的革命。1.revolution n.巨变；大变革2 Steve Jobs was born on February 24,1955,in San Francisco,California.His biological 生物学
43、mother 生母was an unwed graduate student named Joanne Simpson and decided to put him up for adoption.过继 接受Joanne had a college education,and she insisted坚持坚决 that the future parents of her boy be just as well educated.Unfortunately事与愿违 不好的是,the candidates,候选人Paul and Clara Jobs,did not meet her expect
44、ations符合她的期望:Clara didnt graduate from college and Paul only attended high school.When she found out that both his future parents had never graduated from college,she refused to sign记号符号签字 the adoption papers.She only relented 减弱缓和a few months later and agreed to have her baby adopted by them,under
45、the firm 坚定坚决condition 条件状态情形that they would send him to college.1955年2月24日，史蒂夫乔布斯出生于加利福尼亚州旧金山。他的亲生母亲是位名叫乔安娜辛普森的未婚研究生，并决定将他送人收养。乔安娜受过大学教育，她坚持自己儿子的未来父母也必须受过良好的教育。不幸的是，候选人，保罗乔布斯和克拉拉乔布斯并不符合她的期望：克拉拉没有从大学毕业，而保罗只读到高中。当她发现这两个未来的父母都没有受过大学教育的时候，她拒绝在收养协议上签字。几个月后她就作出让步，同意他们收养自己的孩子，前提条件是他们会送他去上大学。1.Joanne had a
46、 college education,and she insisted that the future parents of her boy bejust as well educated.当谓语动词是一坚持，二命令，三建议，四要求时，即insist,order,command,advise,suggest,propose,demand,request,require,ask以及desire,recommend,prefer,decide,urge等词时，从句谓语用should+动词原形。We suggest that he be present at the meeting in time.
47、His painful expression suggested that he was ill at ease.2.unwed adj.未婚的3.adoption n.收养；领养4.unfortunately adv.不幸地；遗憾地fortunemisfortune fortunateunfortunate5.relent v.终于答应；不再拒绝3.Steve Jobs went to college but decided to drop out 退学；辍学because it was too expensive.Recalling his time there he said,I did
48、nt have a dorm宿舍 room,so I slept on the floor in friends rooms,I returned coke bottles for the 5 cents deposits 积累储蓄to buy food with,and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple教堂.史蒂夫乔布斯去读了大学，但因为费用太贵还是决定退学。回顾他的那段岁月，他说，“我没有宿舍房间，于是我
49、就睡在朋友们房间的地板上，我为了5美分的返还押金回收可乐瓶以便去购买食品。我还在每个周目的晚上，步行7英里穿过市区去印度教克利须那派教徒那里吃一顿大餐。”6.recall v.记起；回忆起；回想起4 At 20,Steve Jobs and a friend(Steve Wozniak)started a company in a garage汽车库 on April 1,1976.Later that year,they debuted 初次登台社交the Apple I and a local store offered to buy 50 machines.To finance 融资提供
50、资金支持the production,they had to sell their most expensive possessions.财产领地所有 Jobs sold his Volkswagen van while Wozniak sold his Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator.Steve Jobs named their company Apple,in memory of作为对.的纪念 a happy summer he had spent as an orchard 果园worker in Oregon.1976年4月1日，20岁的史蒂
