(共14张PPT)
Unit 4
The wonder of literature
Reading(2)
Language Points
Para.1
1. Then the man explained that the child heard nothing strange, and that the shell caught a range of sounds too faint for human ears.
译文:随后男子解释说,孩子听到的声音没有什么奇怪的,只不过是贝壳捕捉到了种种对于人的耳朵来说过于微弱的声音而已。
注:that引导宾语从句,做explain后的宾语成分,此时that可以省略;连词and连接第二个宾语从句,此时的that不可省略,两个that引导的宾语从句后的内容皆为完整的陈述句。
Para.1
2. What amazed the child was not a new world, but the unnoticed music of the old.
译文:使孩子惊奇的其实不是一个新世界,而是旧世界那被人忽视的乐音
注:what引导主语从句,做was前面的主语成分,amazed the world缺少主语部分,且为物,用what引导,此句为典型的主语从句缺主语情况。
n. amazement 惊讶
adj. amazing/amazed 令人/感到惊讶的
be amazed at/by sb./sth. 对...感到惊讶
Para.2
3. Let a little song appeal to the ear, or a great book to the heart, and we discover a new world, a world of dreams and magic.
译文:让一首小曲娱悦我们的耳朵,或者让一部巨著触动我们的心灵,这样我们就会发现一个全新的世界,一个充满梦想和魔力的世界。
appeal to v.有吸引力 v.呼吁
appealing adj. 有吸引力的;恳求的,可怜的
appeal to sb. for sth. 因某事而向某人呼吁/恳求
appeal to sb. to do sth. 呼吁某人做某事
e.g., I appealed to him for help in finding a job .
我请他帮助我找工作。
Para.2
译文:总之,我们现在已经到了想要欣赏和理解文学的阶段。第一步是确定它的一些重要特质。
4. In a word, we have now reached a point where we wish to enjoy and understand literature. The first step is to determine some of its significant qualities.
注:where关系副词,引导定语从句。主句为we have now reached a point,从句为we wish to enjoy and understand literature, 主句中的point为先行词,在从句中做地点状语,用wher来引导。
Para.3
5. One who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty that was hidden from his eyes before.
译文:读了这句诗的人便能看到以前隐匿在眼前的美。
be capable of 有能力做某事
capable adj.有能力的
capaability n. 能力
incapable adj.没有能力的
capably adv.
e.g., She 's no less capable than the others .她的能力并不比别人弱。
Para.3
注:主句为Its attraction lies more in,what引导介词in后的宾语从句,同时,than进行连接,than后继续引导what的宾语从句。
6. Its attraction lies more in what it awakens in us than what it says.
译文:文学的魅力更多在于它唤起了我们什么,而不在于它说了什么。
lie in 在于
awaken 唤醒
be awakened by 被...唤醒
e.g., They awakened a tender emotion in me .这些在我心里唤起一脉柔情。
Para.4
7.When Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus asks in the presence of Helen, he opens a door through which our imagination enters a new world, a world of love, beauty and heroism.
注:
through which引导定语从句,主句为he opens a door,从句为our imagination enters a new world, a world of love, beauty and heroism, 先行词为door,表示通过这扇门...
in the presence of 有……在场=in one’s presence
Para.5
8. The third quality of literature, coming out of the other two, is its permanence.
译文:文学的第三个特质是其持久的生命力,它源于前两个特质。
注:comeing out of是非谓语动词,现在分词做后置定语,逻辑主语为The third quality of literature
permanence n.永久(性)
adj. permanent
adv. permanently
e.g., the world is not always the enemy, no permanent friends.世界上既没有永远的敌人,也没有永远的朋友。
Para.5
9. To achieve this, it should contain two elements: universal interest and personal style. Good literature reflects the most basic of human nature—love and hate, joy and sadness, fear and hope.
译文:要实现这一点,它须包含两个要素:广泛的关切和个人的风格。好的文学作品反映了人性最基本的内涵 — 爱与恨、喜与悲、恐惧与希望。它也带有个人风格 — 没有哪个作家能够在描写人类的生活时不反映其个人生活和经历。
reflect v.反映;映出;反射(声、光、热等);显示
n. reflection
adj. reflection
e.g., He thought they had more time to reflect on things.他认为他们有更多时间来仔细考虑问题
Practice
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the word or phrases in the box below.
description contain significant be capable of element reflect in summary appeal to
reflects
appeal to
significant
description
contains
Practice
description contain significant be capable of element reflect in summary appeal to
are capable of
elements
In summary
惊叹 _________________
一系列 _________________
即将发生 _________________
对..有吸引力 _________________
努力,做出努力 _________________
社会环境 _________________
重要特质
使...注意到... _________________
能够做某事 _________________
有...在场 _________________
with wonder
a range of
in store for
appeal to
make an effort to do
social environments.
significant qualities
bring...to one’s attention
be capable of doing
in the presence of
Expressions
Thanks