Unit 3 Section Ⅴ Writing
【学习目标】
1.通过阅读熟悉英语正反观点类议论文的文体特征,并掌握其写作方法及策略。(语言能力,学习能力)
2.能够借助已知的关键信息,适当补充辅助信息,写好正反观点类议论文。(语言能力)
【合作探究】
写作探究
正反观点类议论文
本单元写作属于正反观点类议论文。
有关该类写作的文章大多数是议论文,有时是夹叙夹议类文章。写好该类作文要注意以下要点:
1.观点鲜明:文章一定要有一个明确的中心论点;
2.层次分明:一个中心论点通常有几个分论点支持,层次要分明,过渡要自然;
3.最后一段一般要总结全文,得出一个符合逻辑的结论,突出中心思想;
4.通常用一般现在时;
5.语言简洁有力,一般不用口语。
探究点1 教材范例提炼
Ⅰ.常用词汇
1.attach great importance to高度重视
2.play a vital part in在……中起重要作用
3.make outstanding contributions to对……做出杰出贡献
4.serve the society服务社会
5.from my point of view依我之见
6.a wise choice一个明智的选择
7.support the opinion支持这个观点
8.oppose the opinion反对这个观点
9.the following three reasons以下三个原因
10.become more and more popular变得越来越受欢迎
Ⅱ.话题句式
第一部分:引入辩论话题。
1.Recently our class had a discussion whose topic was whether it was necessary for high school students to do voluntary work.
最近我们班进行了一次讨论,主题是中学生是否有必要做义工。
2.Opinions were divided on the topic.
在这个话题上意见有分歧。
第二部分:列举正方和反方的观点并说明理由。
1.However,every coin has two sides.
然而,任何事物都有两面性。
2.Some students support the opinion.Other students oppose the opinion.
一些学生支持这个观点。其他学生反对这个观点。
3.73% of the students supported the view for the reason that volunteering to help others made a contribution to building a harmonious society.
73%的学生支持这一观点,因为自愿帮助他人对构建和谐社会做出了贡献。
4.However,27% of the students were against the idea.
然而,27%的学生反对这个观点。
5.They argued that for one thing,teenagers were too young to take up some work.
他们认为,一方面,青少年太年轻,不能从事某些工作。
6.For another,students' time was limited with so much homework to do.
另一方面,学生的时间是有限的,因为有这么多的作业要做。
第三部分:表明自己的观点。
1.From my point of view,it's beneficial for us to do voluntary work,because we can not only gain valuable experience but also have a better understanding of society.
在我看来,做志愿者工作对我们是有益的,因为我们不但可以获得宝贵的经验,而且可以更好地了解社会。
2.As far as I'm concerned/Personally,I'm in favor of the first/second view.
就我个人而言,我赞成第一/第二种观点。
探究点2 写作应用体验
写作典例
如今,越来越多的学生带手机上学,这已经引起了人们的广泛关注。请你根据下表所提供的信息,写一篇80词左右的短文,反映这一现象并发表自己的观点。
好处 1.便于和父母、朋友联系 2.增加乐趣,丰富学生的生活
坏处 1.分散注意力,不能集中精力学习 2.花费高
你的观点 ……
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分步推进
Step 1 审题谋篇
正反观点类议论文的写作技巧和方法:
正反观点类议论文可运用一般的结构进行表达,最常见的讲理式结构就是按照议论的主题,摆出正方与反方两种观点,即按“开头(引论)—正文(包括正反观点)—结论”的“三段式”来对文章的正反主题加以论证。
Step 2 要点翻译
1.翻译词汇
(1)支持
(2)和父母、朋友保持联系
(3)集中精力学习
(4)很有帮助
答案 (1)in favor of/support/approve of (2)keep in touch with one's parents and friends (3)concentrate on study (4)of great help
2.翻译句子
(1)对学生而言,联系父母和朋友会更容易。
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(2)手机会让学生的生活更加丰富多彩,因为他们压力太大。
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(3)他们相信使用手机会让学生很难集中精力在学习上。
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答案
(1)It is easier for students to keep in touch with their parents and friends.
(2)Mobile phones will make their life more colorful, because students are under too much pressure.
(3)They believe using mobile phones will make it hard for students to concentrate on study.
Step 3 连句成篇
利用以上几个句子,加上恰当的连接词和过渡句,必要时可以改变句式,使之成为一篇连贯的文章。
参考范文
Today, more and more students go to school with mobile phones.Many people are in favor of it.Firstly, it is easier for students to keep in touch with their parents and friends.Secondly, mobile phones will make their life more colorful, because students are under too much pressure.
However, others don't think so.They believe using mobile phones will make it hard for students to concentrate on their study, and they often spend too much money on phone bill.
In my opinion, I think they can do that.It is really of great help, especially when they meet with danger.Students can take mobile phones to school as long as they use them properly.
【随堂检测】
夯实基础
主题写作
现在,网购正在被越来越多的消费者接受,但是网购引发的问题也引起了人们的高度关注。请根据以下内容,写一篇英语短文,分析网购的利与弊,并简述自己的观点。
1.利:方便快捷,便宜,产品种类多。
2.弊:无法保证质量,容易受骗。
注意:1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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参考范文
With the Internet becoming popular, more and more people prefer going shopping online. In fact, there are both advantages and disadvantages when people are shopping online.
Generally speaking, it is widely believed that there are several advantages as follows. We can buy things on the Internet without leaving our houses. Shopping online can save a lot of time for us. What's more, there are many different kinds of goods for us to choose from, which may be cheaper than those in real shops.
However, shopping online also causes us some problems. Since we can see only pictures of goods on the Internet, we are not sure about their quality. Besides, there are lots of advertisements on the Internet, making customers easily cheated.
In my opinion, we should be careful while enjoying the convenience of shopping online.
视野拓展
1.Once harm is done to the ecosystem, all species will be in danger, including humans.
一旦生态系统遭到破坏,所有物种,包括人类,都将处于危险之中。
2.The decrease in glacier runoff will cut off major water resources in Northwest China, especially in the Tianshan Mountains, as melting water from glaciers provides much of the water used for agriculture and drinking.
冰川径流的减少将切断中国西北部的主要水资源,特别是在天山山脉,因为冰川融化的水提供了大部分用于农业和饮用的水。
3.Anything will become boring if you do it repeatedly. The key is to develop a balanced and varied programme that is fun as well as progressive.
如果你重复做一件事,任何事情都会变得无聊。关键是要制订一个平衡而又丰富多样的计划,它既有趣又具有革新意义。
4.Opening a coffee house can quite readily help companies create extra revenue, given strong demand for coffee among young consumers in China. That's a key reason why many non-beverage enterprises have expanded their business to the beverage sector.
鉴于中国年轻消费者对咖啡的强劲需求,开设咖啡馆可以很容易地帮助公司创造额外收入。这是许多非饮料企业将业务扩展到饮料行业的一个关键原因。
英美文化
美篇导读
《我的人生故事》是海伦·凯勒的自传性作品,被世界称为文学史上无与伦比的杰作。阅读下面的节选,并仔细思考这本书对我们未来的人生有什么样的启示。
美篇呈现
The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
Chapter 1
It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life. I have, as it were, a superstitious①hesitation in lifting the veil that clings about my childhood like a golden mist. The task of writing an autobiography is a difficult one. When I try to classify my earliest impressions, I find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present. The woman paints the child's experiences in her own fantasy. A few impressions stand out vividly from the first years of my life; but “the shadows of the prison-house are on the rest”. Besides, many of the joys and sorrows of childhood have lost their poignancy; and many incidents of vital importance in my early education have been forgotten in the excitement of great discoveries. In order, therefore, not to be tedious② I shall try to present in a series of sketches only the episodes that seem to me to be the most interesting and important.
I was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, a little town of northern Alabama.
I lived, up to the time of the illness that deprived③me of my sight and hearing, in a tiny house consisting of a large square room and a small one, in which the servants slept. It is a custom in the South to build a small house near the homestead as an annex to be used on occasion. Such a house my father built after the Civil War, and when he married my mother they went to live in it. It was completely covered with vines, climbing roses and honeysuckles. From the garden it looked like an arbour. The little porch was hidden from view by a screen of yellow roses and Southern smilax.It was the favourite haunt of humming-birds and bees.
The Keller homestead, where the family lived, was a few steps from our little rose-bower. It was called “Ivy Green” because the house and the surrounding trees and fences were covered with beautiful English ivy. Its old-fashioned garden was the paradise of my childhood.
Even in the days before my teacher came, I used to feel along the square stiff boxwood hedges, and, guided by the sense of smell would find the first violets and lilies. There, too, after a fit of temper④, I went to find comfort and to hide my hot face in the cool leaves and grass. What joy it was to lose myself in that garden of flowers, to wander happily from spot to spot, until, coming suddenly upon a beautiful vine, I recognized it by its leaves and blossoms, and knew it was the vine which covered the tumble-down summer-house at the farther end of the garden! Here, also, were trailing clematis, drooping jessamine, and some rare sweet flowers called butterfly lilies, because their fragile petals resemble⑤ butterflies' wings. But the roses—they were loveliest of all. Never have I found in the greenhouses of the North such heart-satisfying roses as the climbing roses of my southern home. They used to hang in long festoons from our porch, filling the whole air with their fragrance, untainted by any earthy smell; and in the early morning, washed in the dew, they felt so soft, so pure, I could not help wondering if they did not resemble the asphodels of God's garden.
我的人生故事
海伦·凯勒
第一章
我怀着一种惶恐不安的心情,开始书写自己的人生故事。我的童年犹如笼罩着一层金色的暮霭,在即将揭开它的面纱之际,我不免迟疑而踌躇。写自传是一项困难的任务。当我试图整理最初的人生印象时, 我发现,随着时光的流逝,事实与想象交织在一起,连接着过去与现在。成年的我在自己的幻想中描绘着童年的自己所经历的生活。在我生命的最初几年,有一些印象分外突出,但“其后的日子却被牢笼的阴影所笼罩”。此外,童年的很多欢乐悲伤已经随时光淡去;而在我的早期教育中发生的很多重大事件,也随着更加激动人心的发现而被淡忘。因此,为了避免冗长啰唆,我将仅把我人生中最有趣、最重要的片段呈现在诸位面前。
1880年6月27日,我出生在亚拉巴马州北部一个名叫塔斯坎比亚的小镇。
在疾病夺走我的视力与听力之前,我一直住在一所小房子里,它有一间方形的大屋和一间供仆人居住的小屋。在南部,人们喜欢在房子旁边建一座附属的小屋,以备不时之需。这座房子是我父亲在南北战争结束后建造的,当他和我母亲结婚后,他们就住了进去。藤蔓、爬藤玫瑰和忍冬花覆盖了整栋房子。从花园望去,它看起来就像一座凉亭。小小的门廊被黄玫瑰和南方天冬草掩映着。这里是蜂鸟和蜜蜂的乐园。
凯勒家的宅地距离我们这座小小的玫瑰凉亭只有几步之遥。 它被称作“常春藤绿地”,因为房子和周围的树木、篱笆上爬满了美丽的英国常春藤。它那个老式的花园是我童年时代的乐土。
在我的老师到来之前的那段日子,我喜欢沿着坚硬的方形黄杨树篱摸索前行,让嗅觉引领我找到(春天的)第一株紫罗兰和百合花。在经历了情绪的爆发之后,我也会到那里寻找慰藉,把滚烫的脸颊埋进冰凉的树叶和青草之中。让自己尽情地沉迷在这个鲜花盛开的花园中,愉快地从一个地方逛到另一个地方,有时会突然偶遇一条美丽的藤蔓,这是一件多么快乐的事。根据它的叶子和花朵的形状,我知道它便是荫蔽着花园尽头那座摇摇欲坠的凉亭的藤蔓!这里还有匍匐的铁线莲、低垂的茉莉花和一些罕见的香甜花朵,它们被称作蝴蝶百合,因为娇嫩的花瓣很像蝴蝶的翅膀。但最可爱的还是那些玫瑰,我从未在北方的温室里寻觅到像我的南方老家那样令人沉醉的藤蔓玫瑰。它们像一串串长长的花环,从我们的门廊上垂挂下来,令空气中充满芬芳,不掺杂一丁点世俗的味道。清晨,在露珠的洗濯下,它们是如此柔软,如此纯洁,令我不禁展开遐想,认为上帝花园里的常春花应该也不过如此。
知识积累
①superstitious adj. 迷信的
②tedious adj. 冗长的;单调乏味的
③deprive v. 剥夺;夺去;使丧失
④a fit of temper 一阵脾气
⑤resemble v. 像;与……相似
素养链接
海伦·凯勒(1880~1968)是美国著名的女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。她在十九个月时因突发的疾病猩红热而失去视力和听力。她于1899年6月考入哈佛大学拉德克利夫女子学院。她先后完成了大量著作,其中最著名的有《假如给我三天光明》《我的人生故事》。她致力于帮助残疾人,建立了许多慈善机构,1964年荣获“总统自由勋章”,次年入选美国《时代周刊》评选的“二十世纪美国十大偶像”。
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UNIT 3 CONSERVATION
Section Ⅴ Writing
1.通过阅读熟悉英语正反观点类议论文的文体特征,并掌握其写作方法及策略。(语言能力,学习能力)
2.能够借助已知的关键信息,适当补充辅助信息,写好正反观点类议论文。(语言能力)
本单元写作属于正反观点类议论文。
有关该类写作的文章大多数是议论文,有时是夹叙夹议类文章。写好该类作文要注意以下要点:
1.观点鲜明:文章一定要有一个明确的中心论点;
2.层次分明:一个中心论点通常有几个分论点支持,层次要分明,过渡要自然;
3.最后一段一般要总结全文,得出一个符合逻辑的结论,突出中心思想;
4.通常用一般现在时;
5.语言简洁有力,一般不用口语。
正反观点类议论文
探究点1 教材范例提炼
Ⅰ.常用词汇
1.attach great importance to高度重视
2.play a vital part in在……中起重要作用
3.make outstanding contributions to对……做出杰出贡献
4.serve the society服务社会
5.from my point of view依我之见
6.a wise choice一个明智的选择
7.support the opinion支持这个观点
8.oppose the opinion反对这个观点
9.the following three reasons以下三个原因
10.become more and more popular变得越来越受欢迎
Ⅱ.话题句式
第一部分:引入辩论话题。
1.Recently our class had a discussion whose topic was whether it was necessary for high school students to do voluntary work.
最近我们班进行了一次讨论,主题是中学生是否有必要做义工。
2.Opinions were divided on the topic.
在这个话题上意见有分歧。
第二部分:列举正方和反方的观点并说明理由。
1.However,every coin has two sides.
然而,任何事物都有两面性。
2.Some students support the opinion.Other students oppose the opinion.
一些学生支持这个观点。其他学生反对这个观点。
3.73% of the students supported the view for the reason that volunteering to help others made a contribution to building a harmonious society.
73%的学生支持这一观点,因为自愿帮助他人对构建和谐社会做出了贡献。
4.However,27% of the students were against the idea.
然而,27%的学生反对这个观点。
5.They argued that for one thing,teenagers were too young to take up some work.
他们认为,一方面,青少年太年轻,不能从事某些工作。
6.For another,students' time was limited with so much homework to do.
另一方面,学生的时间是有限的,因为有这么多的作业要做。
第三部分:表明自己的观点。
1.From my point of view,it's beneficial for us to do voluntary work,because we can not only gain valuable experience but also have a better understanding of society.
在我看来,做志愿者工作对我们是有益的,因为我们不但可以获得宝贵的经验,而且可以更好地了解社会。
2.As far as I'm concerned/Personally,I'm in favor of the first/second view.
就我个人而言,我赞成第一/第二种观点。
如今,越来越多的学生带手机上学,这已经引起了人们的广泛关注。请你根据下表所提供的信息,写一篇80词左右的短文,反映这一现象并发表自己的观点。
探究点2 写作应用体验
好处 1.便于和父母、朋友联系
2.增加乐趣,丰富学生的生活
坏处 1.分散注意力,不能集中精力学习
2.花费高
你的观点 ……
Step 1 审题谋篇
正反观点类议论文的写作技巧和方法:
正反观点类议论文可运用一般的结构进行表达,最常见的讲理式结构就是按照议论的主题,摆出正方与反方两种观点,即按“开头(引论)—正文(包括正反观点)—结论”的“三段式”来对文章的正反主题加以论证。
Step 2 要点翻译
1.翻译词汇
(1)支持
(2)和父母、朋友保持联系
(3)集中精力学习
(4)很有帮助
in favor of/support/approve of
keep in touch with one's parents and friends
concentrate on study
of great help
2.翻译句子
(1)对学生而言,联系父母和朋友会更容易。
(2)手机会让学生的生活更加丰富多彩,因为他们压力太大。
(3)他们相信使用手机会让学生很难集中精力在学习上。
It is easier for students to keep in touch with their parents and friends.
Mobile phones will make their life more colorful, because students are under too much pressure.
They believe using mobile phones will make it hard for students to concentrate on study.
Step 3 连句成篇
利用以上几个句子,加上恰当的连接词和过渡句,必要时可以改变句式,使之成为一篇连贯的文章。____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Today, more and more students go to school with mobile phones.Many people are in favor of it.Firstly, it is easier for students to keep in touch with their parents and friends.Secondly, mobile phones will make their life more colorful, because students are under too much pressure.
However, others don't think so.They believe using mobile phones will make it hard for students to concentrate on their study, and they often spend too much money on phone bill.
In my opinion, I think they can do that.It is really of great help, especially when they meet with danger.Students can take mobile phones to school as long as they use them properly.
主题写作
现在,网购正在被越来越多的消费者接受,但是网购引发的问题也引起了人们的高度关注。请根据以下内容,写一篇英语短文,分析网购的利与弊,并简述自己的观点。
1.利:方便快捷,便宜,产品种类多。
2.弊:无法保证质量,容易受骗。
注意:1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
With the Internet becoming popular, more and more people prefer going shopping online. In fact, there are both advantages and disadvantages when people are shopping online.
Generally speaking, it is widely believed that there are several advantages as follows. We can buy things on the Internet without leaving our houses. Shopping online can save a lot of time for us. What's more, there are many different kinds of goods for us to choose from, which may be cheaper than those in real shops.
However, shopping online also causes us some problems. Since we can see only pictures of goods on the Internet, we are not sure about their quality. Besides, there are lots of advertisements on the Internet, making customers easily cheated.
In my opinion, we should be careful while enjoying the convenience of shopping online.
1.Once harm is done to the ecosystem, all species will be in danger, including humans.
一旦生态系统遭到破坏,所有物种,包括人类,都将处于危险之中。
2.The decrease in glacier runoff will cut off major water resources in Northwest China, especially in the Tianshan Mountains, as melting water from glaciers provides much of the water used for agriculture and drinking.
冰川径流的减少将切断中国西北部的主要水资源,特别是在天山山脉,因为冰川融化的水提供了大部分用于农业和饮用的水。
3.Anything will become boring if you do it repeatedly. The key is to develop a balanced and varied programme that is fun as well as progressive.
如果你重复做一件事,任何事情都会变得无聊。关键是要制订一个平衡而又丰富多样的计划,它既有趣又具有革新意义。
4.Opening a coffee house can quite readily help companies create extra revenue, given strong demand for coffee among young consumers in China. That's a key reason why many non-beverage enterprises have expanded their business to the beverage sector.
鉴于中国年轻消费者对咖啡的强劲需求,开设咖啡馆可以很容易地帮助公司创造额外收入。这是许多非饮料企业将业务扩展到饮料行业的一个关键原因。
《我的人生故事》是海伦·凯勒的自传性作品,被世界称为文学史上无与伦比的杰作。阅读下面的节选,并仔细思考这本书对我们未来的人生有什么样的启示。
The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
Chapter 1
It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life. I have, as it were, a superstitious①hesitation in lifting the veil that clings about my childhood like a golden mist. The task of writing an autobiography is a difficult one. When I try to classify my earliest impressions, I find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present. The woman paints the child's experiences in her own fantasy. A few impressions stand out vividly from the first years of my life; but “the shadows of the prison-house are on the rest”. Besides, many of the joys and sorrows of childhood have lost their poignancy; and many incidents of vital importance in my early education have been forgotten in the excitement of great discoveries.
In order, therefore, not to be tedious② I shall try to present in a series of sketches only the episodes that seem to me to be the most interesting and important.
I was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, a little town of northern Alabama.
I lived, up to the time of the illness that deprived③me of my sight and hearing, in a tiny house consisting of a large square room and a small one, in which the servants slept. It is a custom in the South to build a small house near the homestead as an annex to be used on occasion. Such a house my father built after the Civil War, and when he married my mother they went to live in it. It was completely covered with vines, climbing roses and honeysuckles. From the garden it looked like an arbour. The little porch was hidden from view by a screen of yellow roses and Southern smilax.
It was the favourite haunt of humming-birds and bees.
The Keller homestead, where the family lived, was a few steps from our little rose-bower. It was called “Ivy Green” because the house and the surrounding trees and fences were covered with beautiful English ivy. Its old-fashioned garden was the paradise of my childhood.
Even in the days before my teacher came, I used to feel along the square stiff boxwood hedges, and, guided by the sense of smell would find the first violets and lilies. There, too, after a fit of temper④, I went to find comfort and to hide my hot face in the cool leaves and grass.
What joy it was to lose myself in that garden of flowers, to wander happily from spot to spot, until, coming suddenly upon a beautiful vine, I recognized it by its leaves and blossoms, and knew it was the vine which covered the tumble-down summer-house at the farther end of the garden! Here, also, were trailing clematis, drooping jessamine, and some rare sweet flowers called butterfly lilies, because their fragile petals resemble⑤ butterflies' wings. But the roses—they were loveliest of all. Never have I found in the greenhouses of the North such heart-satisfying roses as the climbing roses of my southern home. They used to hang in long festoons from our porch, filling the whole air with their fragrance, untainted by any earthy smell; and in the early morning, washed in the dew, they felt so soft, so pure, I could not help wondering if they did not resemble the asphodels of God's garden.
我的人生故事
海伦·凯勒
第一章
我怀着一种惶恐不安的心情,开始书写自己的人生故事。我的童年犹如笼罩着一层金色的暮霭,在即将揭开它的面纱之际,我不免迟疑而踌躇。写自传是一项困难的任务。当我试图整理最初的人生印象时, 我发现,随着时光的流逝,事实与想象交织在一起,连接着过去与现在。成年的我在自己的幻想中描绘着童年的自己所经历的生活。在我生命的最初几年,有一些印象分外突出,但“其后的日子却被牢笼的阴影所笼罩”。
凯勒家的宅地距离我们这座小小的玫瑰凉亭只有几步之遥。 它被称作“常春藤绿地”,因为房子和周围的树木、篱笆上爬满了美丽的英国常春藤。它那个老式的花园是我童年时代的乐土。
在我的老师到来之前的那段日子,我喜欢沿着坚硬的方形黄杨树篱摸索前行,让嗅觉引领我找到(春天的)第一株紫罗兰和百合花。在经历了情绪的爆发之后,我也会到那里寻找慰藉,把滚烫的脸颊埋进冰凉的树叶和青草之中。让自己尽情地沉迷在这个鲜花盛开的花园中,愉快地从一个地方逛到另一个地方,有时会突然偶遇一条美丽的藤蔓,这是一件多么快乐的事。
根据它的叶子和花朵的形状,我知道它便是荫蔽着花园尽头那座摇摇欲坠的凉亭的藤蔓!这里还有匍匐的铁线莲、低垂的茉莉花和一些罕见的香甜花朵,它们被称作蝴蝶百合,因为娇嫩的花瓣很像蝴蝶的翅膀。但最可爱的还是那些玫瑰,我从未在北方的温室里寻觅到像我的南方老家那样令人沉醉的藤蔓玫瑰。它们像一串串长长的花环,从我们的门廊上垂挂下来,令空气中充满芬芳,不掺杂一丁点世俗的味道。清晨,在露珠的洗濯下,它们是如此柔软,如此纯洁,令我不禁展开遐想,认为上帝花园里的常春花应该也不过如此。
①superstitious adj. 迷信的
②tedious adj. 冗长的;单调乏味的
③deprive v. 剥夺;夺去;使丧失
④a fit of temper 一阵脾气
⑤resemble v. 像;与……相似
海伦·凯勒(1880~1968)是美国著名的女作家、教育家、慈善家、社会活动家。她在十九个月时因突发的疾病猩红热而失去视力和听力。她于1899年6月考入哈佛大学拉德克利夫女子学院。她先后完成了大量著作,其中最著名的有《假如给我三天光明》《我的人生故事》。她致力于帮助残疾人,建立了许多慈善机构,1964年荣获“总统自由勋章”,次年入选美国《时代周刊》评选的“二十世纪美国十大偶像”。
