必修二module3单词课文及翻译.doc

Module3 Word listbiography n. （由他人撰写的）传记 fantasy n. 幻想；想象 have connection with 与有联系 / 有关联 detective n. 侦探 solve vt. 解决 murderer n. 凶手；谋杀犯 account n. 叙述；描写；报道 run away （秘密地）逃跑 companion n. 同伴；伙伴 raft n. 木排；木筏 pour vi. （雨）倾盆而下 shelter n. 遮蔽物；栖身之地 paddle vi. 用桨划（小船） lie vi. 说谎；撒谎 panick vt. (panicked, panicked)（使）恐慌；（使）惊慌失措 curious adj. 好奇的 tie vt. （用绳、带等）绑；系；拴 rope n. 绳子 beard n. 胡须 fright n. 恐惧；害怕 crawl vi. 爬行；匍匐前进 terrified adj. 非常害怕的；极度恐慌的 trunk n. 树干 play a trick on sb. 捉弄某人，对某人恶作剧 make up 编造（说法、解释等） outline n. 外形；轮廓 disturb vt. 打扰 comedy n. 喜剧 romantic adj. 浪漫的；关于爱情的 fiction n. 虚构或幻想出来的事review n. （影视、音乐）评论 be / feel in the mood (for sth. / to do sth.) 有意（做某事）；有（做某事的）心情set (a play, novel, etc.) in 设置（戏剧、小说等的）背景 resemble vt. 与相似 create vt. 塑造；创作exception n. 例外 warn vt. 警告 shallow adj. 浅的 adolescent n. 青少年 determined adj. 坚决的 make ones fortune 发财 set off 出发；启程 penny n. （硬币）便士；（美）分force vt. 强迫；迫使 pilot n. 领航员 vivid adj. （描述）生动的；逼真的 establish vt. 确立；确定；建立 reputation n. 名誉；名望；声望 Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema and The Steamboat There was a big storm after midnight and the rain poured down. We stayed inside the shelter we had built and let the raft sail down the river. Suddenly, by the light of the lightning, we saw something in the middle of the river. It looked like a house at first, but then we realized it was a steamboat. It had hit a rock and was half in and half out of the water. We were sailing straight towards it. It looks as if itll go under soon, Jim said, after a couple of minutes. Lets go and take a look, I said. I dont want to board a sinking ship, said Jim, but when I suggested that we might find something useful on the boat, he agreed to go. So we paddled over and climbed on to the steamboat, keeping as quiet as mice. To our astonishment, there was a light in one of the cabins. Then we heard someone shout, Oh please boys, dont kill me! I wont tell anybody! A mans angry voice answered, Youre lying. You said that last time. Were going to kill you. When he heard these words, Jim panicked and ran to the raft. But although I was frightened, I also felt very curious, so I put my head round the door. It was quite dark, but I could see a man lying on the floor, tied up with rope. There were two men standing over him. One was short, with a beard. The other was tall and had something in his hand that looked like a gun. Ive had enough of you. Im going to shoot you now, this man said. He was obviously the one who had threatened the man on the floor. And it was a gun he had in his hand. No, dont do that, said the short man. Lets leave him here. The steamboat will sink in a couple of hours and hell go down with it. When he heard that, the frightened man on the floor started crying. He sounds as if hes going to die of fright! I thought. I have to find a way to save him! I crawled along the deck, found Jim, and told him what I had heard. We must find their boat and take it away, then theyll have to stay here, I said. Jim looked terrified. Im not staying here, he said. But I persuaded him to help me, and we found the mens boat tied to the other side of the steamboat. We climbed quietly in and as we paddled away we heard the two men shouting. By then we were a safe distance away. But now I began to feel bad about what we had done. I didnt want all three men to die. The Life of Mark Twain Often the lives of writers resemble the lives fo the characters they create. Mark Twain, who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, was no exception. To start with, the authors name, Mark Twain, is itself an invention, or “pen name”. Twains real name was Samuel Clemens. “Mark Twain”, which means “watermark two”, was a call used by sailors on the Mississippi to warn shipmates that they were coming into shallow water. Like Huck, Mark Twain led an adventurous life. He left school early, and as an adolescent, determined to make his fortune in South America, set off from his home in Hannibal, Missouri, for New Orleans. He wanted to take a boat to the Amazon, where he thought he could get rich quickly. He arrived in New Orleans without a penny in his pocket only to find that there were no boats for South America. Forced to change his plans, he worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat, taking passengers up and down the Mississippi, the great river which flows from the north of the US near the Canadian border, down to the Gulf of Mexico. Later he became a journ