1、Unit 6 Nature in words 1.Today,he is most famous for his play An Inspector Calls.如今,他最出 名的是他的戏剧探长来电 。(p.62) 2.The little plum tree outside,with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk,stood in full sunlight.窗外 的梅子树被雪淡淡覆盖了它的枝丫,在阳光下美妙的展示着它的枝干。 (p.63) 3.I look
2、ed out of my study window,over the garden,the field,to the low hills beyond,and the ground went on and on,the sky was thick grey,and all the trees so many black and threatening shapes.我从书房往窗外望去,视 线越过花园和草坪,越过低矮的山丘,大地延展,天空暗沉,所有的树木 变成黑暗恐怖的轮廓。(p.62) 4.the roofs are thick and the trees all bending. 屋顶很厚,
3、树都弯着(p.63) 5.the author wants to convey his love for snow.作者想表达他对雪 的爱。(p.64) 6.the author expresses his longing for the innocent happiness of childhood. 作者表达了对童年纯真幸福的渴望。(p.64) 7.I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children,whom I found all looking through the window at the magic out
4、side and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.今天早 上,我几乎和孩子们一样兴奋,我发现他们都透过窗户看着外面的魔法, 兴奋地交谈着,就像圣诞节突然来临一样。(p.62) 【句式拓展】 as+adj./adv.的原级+as possible 尽可能 as+adj./adv.的原级+one can 尽可能 as.as possible是as.as it is (was)possible的省略形式。 it 指主句内容。 当从句的谓语动词是 be 的某种形式时,谓语动词 be 与主语
5、it 一同省 略。 8. It was as if our kindly countryside,close to the very heart of England,had been turned into a cruel grassland. 似乎我们平静的郊外,这个离英国中心极近的地方,变成了没有树木的 大草原。(p.63) 9. May is a fresh and blooming month.五月是一个明媚清新、 繁花 似锦的月份(p.66) 10. It comes when we remember nothing but clear skies,green fields,and
6、 sweet-smelling flowerswhen the memory of snow,and ice,and bleak winds,has faded from our minds as completely as they have disappeared from the earth. 她来的时候,我们只记得明朗的天空,绿绿的田野,还有芳香四逸的 花朵记忆中的冰雪、寒风都已完全消失,仿佛她们在地球上了无 踪迹啊(p.66) 11. the wheat,piled in graceful sheaves,or waving in every gentle wind that swe
7、eps above it. 已收割的麦子束捆成摞,整整齐齐,未收割的随着阵阵微风曲腰扭 肢(p.66) 12. The reason why they are doing this is that they think these words are irrelevant to children,so instead theyve replaced them with terms like. 他们之所以这样做,是因为他们认为这些词与儿童无关,所以他们用诸 如的术语来代替它们。(p.67) 该句型的变化形式有:The reason for.is that./The reason(why).is
8、to do. 13. Now banned in many countries,it is still used in some for malaria control.现在在许多国家已经禁止,但在一些国家仍用它控制疟疾。 (p.68) 14. The few birds seen anywhere were moribund;they trembled violently and could not fly. 随处能见到的几只鸟都奄奄一息。它们猛烈地颤抖,却飞不起来。 (p.68) 15. Carson urged people to make themselves aware of the
9、 facts and do something about the situation.卡森敦促人们让自己了解事实,并对这种 情况采取行动。(p.68) 16. The book also gives dozens of other examples of eradication programmes that did nothing to reduce the problems they were originally designed to solve.这本书还给出了几十个其他的根除项目的例子,这些 项目并没有采取任何措施来减少他们最初设计用来解决的问题。 (p.69) 【提醒】 (1)d
10、ozen 表示确切数目时除能与 a 和基数词连用外,还能与 some,many,several 等数目不很具体的词连用。其中 dozen 不加 s,其后 也不用 of; (2)如果 dozen 后有 these,those,them,us 等词,表示“范围中的某某”时,中 间加 of 连接; (3)dozens of 表示不确定的数目,意为“许多,数十”等。 17.Silent Spring was therefore regarded as a milestone in the launch of the green movement in the Western world. 因此, 寂静的春天 被认为是西方世界绿色运动发起的里程碑。 (p.69) 18.These were attempts to damage Carson s reputation and stop her work from influencing public policy.这些都是企图损害卡森的声誉,阻止她 的作品影响公共政策。(p.69) 19.Many people spoke of them,puzzled and disturbed.许多人说起他们, 既困惑又不安。(p.68)
