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UNIT 8A Romance That War Cannot Silence -Ron Charles,Prepare Yourself,SentimentalityNarratorMeasured styleSectionIrony,书评残疾女主人公出版商听觉情节,1. There s not a single false gesture in Frances Itanis “Deafening.”Despite its subjects-war, romance , disability -its a story of careful, measured emotion, bleached of all sentimentality . The publisher has positioned the novel as a debut in America ,but Canadians have been reading Itani for decades, and every page of this story betrays the hands of a mature writer.,Paragraph1:Gesture: n. 1. 姿势，手势 2. something that you say or do, often something small, to show how you feel about someone or something. 示意或表明态度的（常友好的）动作或姿势 a gesture of sympathy 同情的态度 gesture of friendship / goodwill grand gesture, sth you do to make people notice you,Disability: （plu.):disabilities n.无力；无能；残疾；不利条件the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness;【synonym】Incapacity 无能力learning disability无学习能力disability payments残废救济金She learned to triumph over herdisability.她学会了战胜她自身的不足。他的无能导致了这件事失败。Hisdisabilitycaused this thing to fail.,Measured: adj. 1 (of language) carefully considered 仔细斟酌的，慎重的 measured words 斟酌过的词语 2 if you do something in a measured way, you do it in a careful and controlled way, not in an excited or sudden way; slow and with a regular rhythm 缓慢而有节奏的 with measured steps 以整齐的步子 She spoke in soft, measured tones 她说话的语气轻柔而平稳,Bleach: 英blit 美blit （pt.）:bleached（pp.）:bleached（pp.）:bleaching（third person singular）:bleachesn. an agent that makes things white or colorless 漂白剂；漂白vi, vt. (cause sth to) become white or pale (by chemical action or sunlight)变白；漂白calcium bleach = bleaching powder 漂白粉,Id like to buy a strong householdbleach.我想买强力家用漂白剂。Hair bleached by the sun 由于日晒而发白的毛发Bleach cotton, linen 漂白棉花、亚麻布These products dontbleachthe hair. 这些产品不会使头发变白。,Sentimental: adj.1. of or concerning the emotions, rather than the reason 情感的，情绪的 do sth for sentimental reasons 由于感情的原因而做某事 have a sentimental attachment to ones birth-place 对出生地有眷恋之情 2. (of things / people) expressing or arousing tender emotions, such as pity, romantic love or nostalgia sentimental music 令人感伤的音乐 a sentimental love story,She is too sentimental about her cat未免太牵肠挂肚 Sentimentality. n. the sickly sentimentality of a romantic novel 一部浪漫小说中无病呻吟的柔懦情调 Sentimentalize. vi, vt. Dont sentimentalize when you talk about animals. 不必忧形于色 Sentimentalist. n. 情感柔懦的人,position as: 作为 . 的地位,Position: vt. 1. place (sth) in (a certain) position 将（某物）放在（某一）位置上：She positioned herself near the warm fire. 2. find or mark the position of (sth); locate 找出或标出的位置，定位 They were able to position the yacht by means of radar. 他们能够用雷达测定快艇的位置,Debut:,英debju 美debju （pt.）:debuted（pp.）:debuted（pp.）:debuting（third person singular）:debutsn.首次露面；初次登场the presentation of a debutante in societyv.初次登场；首次推出present for the first time to the public;,动词+make ones debut in society初次在社交场合露面screen debut初上银幕(n.)Hisdebutmarks him out for future success.他的首次亮相预示了将来的成功。(v.)一种新产品将在下周面世。A new product willdebutnext week.,Betray:,英btre 美btre （n.）: betrayal（pt.）:betrayed（pp.）:betrayed（pp.）:betraying（third person singular）:betraysvt.背叛；出卖deliver to an enemy by treachery;；泄露；显露reveal unintentionally;,+名词,betray ones country卖国betray a feeling流露出感情betray ones friends出卖朋友betray sbs hiding-place告发某人的匿藏地betray ones ignorance暴露自己的无知betray intension暴露某人的意图betray oneself暴露真相,(v.),betray by (v.+prep.)因而暴露 reveal by /betray sth by sth/v-ing他的行为泄露了他的意图。 He betrayed his intension by his behavior.Betray the hands of a mature writer. 显露了一位成熟作家的技艺用作及物动词 (vt.)Hebetrayedhis country.他背叛了他的国家。,2.The heroine, Grania ONeill, was robbed of her hearing at the age of 5 in the early 20th century Itani narrates her life in a voice filled with the rhythm of the deaf girls thoughts and sensibilities , a technique that submerges us in Grania s silent but vivid world ,a place divided into things that move and things that dont move.,Paragraph2:,Rob sb of sth: 抢劫She wasrobbed ofwhat little money she had.她仅有的一点儿钱都被抢了。这帮强盗拦路埋伏抢劫旅客。 The gang of robbers waylaid and robbed travelers. （waylay: vt 拦路抢劫）,Narrate：vt tell (a story); give a written or spoken account of 讲（故事），描写或叙述 narrate ones adventures 叙述奇遇 The story is narrated by its hero. Narration. N. Narrator. Narrative. Cn. 叙事，故事 an interesting narrative about the war. The novel contains more narrative than dialogue. 叙述比对话多 adj. 叙述的，叙事体的 narrative poem / literature,Sensibility: 1. (usu pl) ability to receive and appreciate delicate impressions; sensitivity 识别力；敏感性；灵敏度 The sensibility of a poet. 诗人的鉴赏力 a man of subtle and refined sensibility 感情细腻的男子 2. sensibilities. (易生气或易受刺激的)感情 wound /offend readers sensibilities. 伤害、挫伤读者的感情 the rhythm of sbs thoughts and sensibilities,Submerge:,英sbmd 美sbmrd 名词:submergence（pt.）:submerged（pp.）:submerged（pp.）:submerging（third person singular）:submergesvt.使浸没；潜入水中；覆盖sink below the surface; go under or as if under watervi.浸没cover completely or make imperceptible;,+名词submerge clothes泡衣服submerge talent淹没才华+（adv.）submerge absolutely完全地淹没submerge gradually慢慢地淹没submerge quickly迅速淹没+介词submerge by被淹没submerge in淹没在里,用作不及物动词Submarines cansubmergevery quickly. 潜水艇能快速地潜入水中。用作及物动词The floodsubmergedthe town. 洪水淹没了这个城镇。,3. Her parents are too burdened by guilt and too involved in difficulty in hopes for a miracle to work with their daughter s obvious intelligence, but her grandmother remains determined to teach Grania to read. The process involves studying simple pictures and words , feeling her grandmothers throat ,and attending to the slight fluttering Of otherslips. Everywhere , there are traps and tricks, puns and homonyms , silent ks and gs, and, worst of all, mustaches that hide Speakers words.,Paragraph3:,Be involved in difficulty in hopes for:We all hope for an improvement in the weather.我们都希望天气好转。抱乐观的希望，作最坏的准备Hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. 。,Attend to:,注意； 专心于； 照料pay attention to; take seriously;Could youattend to(ie deal with) this matter immediately?你能不能立刻处理这件事?专心工作，不要说话。 Attend toyour work and stop talking.,Flutter: 1. vi & vt. 拍（翅）2. vi & vt. move (sth) (about) in a quick irregular way 迅速而无规则地乱动；飘动 a flag fluttering from the mast-head 在旗杆上飘扬着的旗帜 She fluttered her eyelashes at me 她朝我眨眼睛。 n. 迅速而无规则的运动 the flutter of wings,Pun 双关 a play on words for a witty or humorous effect, which involves an amusing use of expressions with a double meaning or the same sound but different meanings. Seven days without water make one weak (week).Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man. (death) grave还指严肃It is better to live rich than to die rich (to live rich指过充实的生活，to die rich指死时很富有，同样地词rich意思不同)Is life worth living? It depends on the liver. (Here the play is upon the homonyms liver, meaning one who lives and liver, an important organ in human body.),Homonyms: 同音异义词；同形同音异义词Synonym: 同义词Antonym: 反义词Hyponym: 下位词Hypernym：上位词Anonym 假名ACRONYM (首字母缩略词) HETERONYM (同形异音异义词),Worst of all:,最糟糕的是Bill played badly, James played worse, and I playedworst of all!比尔演奏得很差，詹姆斯演奏得更差，我演奏得最差！,Paragraph4:,Stoop：vi & vt. 俯（身），弯（腰） n. 门廊 Laundry: 1. cn. 洗衣店；（家庭、旅馆等的）洗衣房 2. un. 洗熨好的或需洗熨的衣物 Theres not much laundry this week 本星期的洗熨衣物不多 Did you do the laundry today launder: vt. 洗熨（衣物等、赃款）,5.Showing Grania pull herself into the world of language so deliberately, Itani reinvests words with a power most of us have forgotten. But she controls that power with quiet,remarkable effect.,Pull into: 让车等驶入；拉进，拉入；被说服去参与某事Against my better judgment, I waspulled intohelping with the school concert again.尽管我有更好的己见，但还是被说服再一次为学校的音乐会帮忙。Passenger stand and stretch as the trainpull intothe station.火车进站时旅客们站起来伸了伸懒腰。,pull away (v.+adv.),(尤指车辆)开始移动 start to movepull awayThe taxi had pulled away before I could signal to the driver.在我向司机举手示意之前,出租车已经开走了。,pull away from(v.+adv.+prep.),越来越领先于(某人或某物) get further ahead of sb/sthpull away from sthShe was an extremely intelligent child, and soon pulled away from the rest of the class.她是个极聪明的孩子,不久就大大超过了班上其他的同学。,pull down (v.+adv.),毁坏,拆毁(某物,尤指建筑物) destroy or demolish sthThey pulled down my old house and built five new ones. 他们拆除了我的旧房子,建起了五幢新房子。,pull in (v.+adv.),(火车)进站; (船)靠岸 (of a train) be at a station; (of a ship)to be by a shorepull inThe express from Beijing pulled in on time.从北京开来的那列快车准时进站了。pull sth inHe pulls in a lot of overtime pay each month.他每月挣得不少加班费。,pull off (v.+adv.),脱去 remove clothing, cap, shoe, etc.He pulled off his coat and joined us in the work. 他脱去上衣,便和我们一道干了起来。胜利完成,执行(某事,尤指困难的或不同寻常的任务) complete or perform sth successfullyYou pulled off a good bargain there. 这一下你做了一笔赚钱生意。,pull over (v.+adv.),靠向路边 drive to the side of the road,pull up (v.+adv.),(使)停下(住) make sb/sth stoppull upThe driver pulled up at the gate of our school.司机把车停在我们校门口了。pull sb/sth upIf you drive too fast, the police will pull you up.如果你开得太快,警察就要把你拦住。责备 scold or reprimand sbpull sb upJim talked rudely to Mother and Father pulled him up.吉姆粗鲁地对母亲说话,父亲责备了他。,Deliberate：adj. 1. done on purpose；intentional. A deliberate insult, lie 2. unhurried, careful. 不慌不忙的，小心翼翼的，审慎的，从容不迫的 She has a slow, deliberate way of talking 她谈话的方式缓慢而审慎。Reinvest = re + invest (赋予以某种性质) The crimes invested the place with an air of mystery and gloom. 罪案使该地笼罩上一种阴森诡秘的气氛,6 .After a brief period in a public classroom being alternately ignored or pitied, Grania is sent away to a progressive school for the deaf ,where she cries for two weeks and then resolves never to cry again. The training is difficult, but Granias grandmother provided a good foundation. “ Her hands, to her surprise,and jerkily at first ,begin to send ideas out,Itani writes. “Her face and body punctuate ;her eyes receive. She is falling into ,she is entering a new world. She is joining the larger conversation of hands .”,Paragraph6:,Alternate: （adv.）:alternately名词:alternatenesspasttense:alternated（pp.）:alternated（pp.）:alternating（third person singular）:alternatesv.交替；轮流go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditionsadj.间隔的；轮流的；交替的n.代替者；供替代的选择,alternate at doing household chores轮流做家务alternate between high spirits and low spirits情绪忽高忽低alternate between joy and grief时喜时悲alternate from one extreme to another从一个极端走向另一个极端,alternate between (v.+prep.),交替 follow by turns between sthalternate between sth and sthHe alternated between hope and despair.他时而充满希望,时而绝望。alternate sth with sthHe alternates joy with grief.他时喜时忧。,Progressive: adj. 前进的，进步的，有进展的 不断改善的，不断提高的 a progressive firm, nation 发展中的企业、国家 （主张）进步或改革；先进的 progressive schools, views 先进的学校、进步的观点 a progressive education policy 革新的教育政策 a progressive political party 进步的政党,Resolve:,（adj.）:resolvable（adv.）:resolvedly名词:resolvability（pt.）:resolved（pp.）:resolved（pp.）:resolving（third person singular）:resolves,vt.解决；决定；表决；分解settle conclusively; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation vi.决定；分解n.决心；坚决the trait of being resolute;,resolve firmly下定决心 resolve deliberately从容地解决+介词resolve against决定反对resolve by通过解决resolve into分解成,（n.）,He kept hisresolveto do better.他决心干得更出色。Heresolvedthat nothing should hold him back.他下决心不让任何事情阻挡他。用作及物动词 (vt.) We canresolvethe problem into more elementary items.我们能够把这个问题分解成更基本的细目。,(vi.),Heresolvedon going abroad to study.他决定到海外留学。The mixture willresolveinto three simple substances.这种混合物可分解成三种单纯状之。,Jerky: not moving or talking smoothly. 忽动忽停的，颠簸不稳的，结结巴巴的 The toy robot moved forward with quick jerky steps 玩具机器人一颠一簸地走得很快 his jerky way of speaking: 他讲话时结结巴巴的样子Punctuate: vi & vt（在文字中）加标点,7 .Soon after she graduates, Grania meets Jim Lloyd, a hearing man. I cant remember ever feeling so greedy for more details from novel. Grania and Jim develop an intimacy intensified by their struggle to communicate, and Itani s discipline as a narrator makes their courtship all the more striking. She wanted to talk. The room was dark unless there was a moon ，but she did not need the moon. She closed her eyes and raised the fingers of her left hand to his lips. Though at first he was astonished，he understood and began to speak. His careful words fell into her finger- tips and she whispered back and they conversed like this,side by side. ,Paragraph7:,Intensify: vi You mustintensifyyour sense of responsibility. 你必须加强责任感。We need tointensifyour effort to fight corruption and to prevent and eliminate its root causes.加大治本力度，从源头上预防和治理腐败。Her anger intensified.她更加生气了。,+名词,intensify the cold变得更加寒冷intensify the pain加剧疼痛intensify ones struggle for peace加强争取和平的斗争Intense. Adj.Intensity. NIntensive. Adj.,Discipline: 1. training, esp of the mind and character, aimed at producing self-control, obedience, etc 训练，磨练，锻炼 school 学校的训练2. ordered behavior, esp of schoolchildren, soldiers.3. set rules of conduct 行为准则Tn. train,Converse: 1. vi. (with sb) (about sth); (together): talk. 2. n. the converse = the opposite. He says she is satisfied, but I believe the converse to be true: she is very dissatisfied.,8.Married only two weeks ,Jim is sent to France as a stretcher-bearer, and the novel splits into two very different stories : one remains with Grania,and the other follows Jim into the deep ditches of Europe.Their experience couldnt be more different.Itani constructs a striking juxtaposition between Granias small, silent world and the chaos of battle that her husband endures.,Paragraph 8:,split into: （pt, pp split）vi & vt. (sth/sb) (up) (into sth) 分成(分为；分裂成)The partysplitintopetty factions. 该党分裂成若干小派系。Split the cost of the meal 分摊饭钱,Juxtapose: vt. Place (people or things) side by side or very close together, esp to show a contrast. 将并列或并置 e.g. juxtapose the classical style of architecture with the modern. * juxtaposition: u. the of different ideas, civilization, tradition 不同思想、文化、传统的对比,9.But the author also hears the resonance between these two experiences : Jims survival often depends on his ability to exercise the same attention as Grania to slight movements around him ,and in the roar of shells and gunfire, his men resort to impromptu sign language,Back home ,Grania battles the influenza epidemic that will eventually kill more people than World War I killed .,Paragraph9:,Resonant: adj. 1. (of sound) continuing to echo; resounding. 回响的，回荡的，洪亮的 deep resonant notes, voices 深沉而洪亮的声调、声音 2. (of rooms, etc) tending to prolong sounds, esp by vibrating. 激起回响的，引起共鸣的，产生共振的 a hallResonance: u. 回响，回荡，洪亮，共鸣Resonate: vi. Produce or show resonance.,Resort to: 诉诸于； 求助于； 凭借If negotiations fail we shall have toresort tostrike action.假若谈判失败，我们就采取罢工行动。If other means fail we shallresort toforce.如果其他手段均告失败，我们将诉之武力。,Impromptu: adj, adv. (done) without preparation, rehearsal or thought in advance 事先无准备（的），临时（的），即兴（的） He spoke impromptu.他临时发了言。,Epidemic: n. adj. 流行性的，流行病Endemic: n. adj. 地方性的，地方病Pandemic: n. adj. 全国或全世界流行的（病）,10.Whats particularly remarkable about this novel is that Itanis quiet, measured style,which seems so effective for describing the simple details of domestic life, becomes thoroughly stunning when employed in her descriptions of war. From Jim s initial burst of patriotic enthusiasm, through stages of blinding terror and sickness, he trudges on for years in a world “no one would believe. ” These anecdotes of continuous Chaos, blood, and waste serve as a serious reminder of the nature of battle before technology allowed us to pretend that the process of killing could be precise and objective.,Paragraph 10:,Stunning: adj. a. impressive, splendid; b. surprising or shocking. Stun: vt. 1. daze or shock (sb), esp with sth unexpected. 2. (usu passive) impress （sb）greatly. 3. 将打昏,Trudge: vi. Walk slowly or with difficulty because one is tired, on a long journey, etc. Trudging along through the deep snow 在深雪中慢慢地走 He trudged 20 miles. trudge: n. long tiring walk.,Anecdote: n. short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or event. anecdotal. Adj.Waste: dreary scene 凄凉景象Precise: 1. stated clearly and accurately. 2. exact; particular 精确的，独特的 3. (人、思想等)精细的，一丝不苟的,11. Grania ， consumed like so many women at this time with the tasks of waiting, clings to a few letters that manage to make it back to her,hoping guiltily that Jim, unlike so many others, will survive . Meanwhile, Deafening demonstrates a perfect ear for the tragic mingling of joy and grief at the arrival of a wounded loved one. Grania s brother-in-law,terribly disabled and shocked into silence, is a frightening example of the alternatives to death in Europe.,Paragraph 11,Consume: 1. use (sth) up. resources, time, etc. 2. destroy (sb/sth) by fire, decay, etc. be consumed with envy, hatred, greed, etc. 心中充满了忌妒、仇恨、贪欲等Cling (pt, pp clung) 1. vi. (on) to sb/sth; together. hold on tightly to sb/sth. They clung to each other as they said goodbye. 2. (on) to sth. Be unwilling to abandon sth. Cling to a belief, an opinion, a theory. 3. (to sth). Stick to. A dress that clings to the body.,Demonstrate: 1. vt. sth (to sb). Showing sth clearly by giving proof or evidence. Demonstrate the truth of a statement to sb. 2. vt. Be an example of, show. The election demonstrates democracy in action. 3. sth (to sb) show and explain how sth works. 4. vi. (against / in favor of sth) rally,Mingle: 1. vi. with sth. (together). Combine. 2. vt. A with B/ A and B (together). 3. with sb /sth. associate with. Security men mingled with the crowd.Alternative: adj. (作定语) available in place of sth else; o