人文英语阅读教程4单元：CD语言点.doc

Unit 4 Classics AppreciationSection C Three Days to SeeNotes and information related to the text1. Anne Sullivan Macy (Para. 4)Anne Sullivan Macy: special educator (April 14，1866October 20，1936). She began teaching Helen Keller after regaining her eyesight from a series of operations and graduating as class valedictorian in 1886 from the Perkins Institute for the Blind.2. I should call to me all my dear friends and look long into their faces,imprinting upon my mind the outward evidences of the beauty that is withinthem. (Para. 5)Meaning： I should call all my dear friends to my place and look into their faces for a long time, learning by heart and putting the outward beauty they have deep into my memory.3. I should let my eyes rest, too, on the face of a baby, so that I could catch a vision of the eager, innocent beauty which precedes the individuals consciousness of the conflicts which life develops. (Para. 5) precede: v. come, exist, or occur before in time, place or sequence E.G. The tourists were preceded by their guide.此句意为：我也会把我的目光投向婴儿的脸，以便去_感受一下好奇、渴望、天真无邪 的美这种美早在人们意识到生活中的冲突之前就诞生了。This day I should devote to a hasty glimpse of the world, past and present. (Para. 10)devote: v. give or apply (ones time, attention, or self) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or personE. G. He has devoted his whole life to benefiting mankind.此句意为：今天我要快速浏览这个世界的过去与现在。Often I have visited the New York Museum of Natural History to touch with my hands many of the objects there exhibited, but I have longed to see with my eyes the condensed history of the earth and its inhabitants displayed there. (Para. 10)the New York Museum of Natural History: the largest natural history museum in the world. It displays more than 30 million specimens from all branches of natural history along with a wealth of anthropological artifacts.My next stop would be the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for just as the Museum of Natural History reveals the material aspects of the world, so does the Metropolitan show the diamond of the human spirit. (Para. 11)the Metropolitan Museum of Art: often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums. 7. for those who have eyes which really see, the dawn of each day must be a perpetually new revelation of beauty. (Para. 13) revelation: n. something revealed, especially a dramatic disclosure of something not previously known or realized. E.G. The revelation of his scandalous past led to his resignation.此句意为:对于双眼正常的人而言，每一天黎明展示的都将是崭新的美。8. From Fifth Avenue I make a tour of the city to Park Avenue, to the slums, to factories, to parks where children play. (Para. 17)Fifth Avenue: is a street in Manhattan, New York City, which runs from north to south. Fifth Avenue is mainly a business section of large department stores and smaller shops full of luxuries and fashionable trade marks. Many landmarks and famous buildings are situated along Fifth Avenue, such as the Empire State Building, the New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, and St. Patricks Cathedral, etc. Remember “Fifth Avenue” is a proper noun, so when referring to this avenue, we do not say “the Fifth Avenue”.9. I take a stay-at-home trip abroad by visiting the foreign quarters. (Para. 17) Meaning： I make a domestic trip, which seems like traveling abroad, by visiting the foreign quarters in New York.10.To these latter I do not shut my eyes, for they, too, are part of life. To close the eye on them is to close the heart and mind. (Para. 17)Note: The word “latter” means “being the second of two persons or things mentioned”. It refers to “some are miserable” in the previous sentence.此句意为：对于悲伤我并不回避，因为它们也是生活的一部分。对于这一切如果视 而不见，则意味着情感麻木、心灵迟钝。11.Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facts of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you through the several means of contact which Nature provides. (Para. 19)此句意为:请充分利用各种感官，用大自然提供的一些接触方式去充分享用这个世 界所展现的快乐与美丽吧！ Section D President George W.Bushs Inaugural Address Notes and information related to the text1. The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born. (Para. 5)Note： Here all the three “that” clauses are used to modify “an unfolding American promise”.此句意为：这些理想中最伟大的是正在慢慢实现的美国的承诺，这就是:每个人都 有自身的价值，每个人都有成功的机会，每个人天生都会有所为。2. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more not less, American. (Para. 9)Meaning: And every immigrant, by accepting these ideals eagerly, makes our country bear more characteristics of America, but not less.3.Today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nations promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. (Para. 10) affirm: v. declare solemnly and formallyE. G. I affirm that what he said is true.live out: act out; practice; do or experienceE.G. I should like to live out my days in peace and comfort.Winning the money allowed her to live out a lot of the things she，d only dreamed of doing before.此句意为：今天,我们在这里重申一个新的信念：即通过发扬谦恭、勇气、同情心和个性的精神来实现我们国家的理想。4.It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism,. (Para. 12)Note： Here “cynicism” means “not trusting or respecting the goodness of other people and their actions, but believing that people are interested only in themselves”. Cynicism was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes (安提西尼).5.Our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. (Para. 14)Note: Here “defending common dangers defined our common good” is introduced by the relative adverb “when” to modify “times of depression and war”.define: v. state the precise meaning of此句意为:在大萧条和战争时期,我们的国民表现英勇无比,在克服我们共同的困 难时体现了我们共同的优秀品质. 6. sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. (Para. 16) spare: v, save or relieve from experiencing or doing something此句意为：在力所能及的范围内拯救我们的孩子。E.G. She spared herself the trouble of going to the office.7.In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nations promise. (Para. 17)Note： Here “unworthy” means “not suiting or befitting”. And “promise” has a meaning of “indication of future excellence or success”.E.G. The acquaintances she had already formed were unworthy of her. (Jane Austen)她已认识的那些熟人都配不上她。（简奥斯汀） 此句意为：当我们静心思考,我们就会明了根深蒂固的贫穷根本配不上我国的未来。8. And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls. (Para. 19)substitute: n. one that takes the place of