精读6 第四课 Nettles 讲解

1 Unit Four Nettles 1 Notes on Guide to Reading 1 prolific 1 1 多产的 prolific writer 多产作家 synonyms fecund fertile fruitful productive 2 prestigious 1 3 esteemed 有名望的 著 名的 Prestigious university 名牌大学 名校 Synonyms celebrated distinguished eminent illustrious noted preeminent prominent renowned 3 dilemma 2 2 进退两难 困境 To be or not to be that is the question Shakespeare Synonyms deep water hot water predicament 4 be confronted with 2 3 face meet with encounter 面对 遭遇 2 5 regardless of 2 3 irrespective of 不论 不管 6 Love that was not usable that knew its place Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle and underground resource Last line but one Para 2 空灵的爱 自知的爱 不危及任何东西 却像涓涓细流 地下源泉 永不枯竭 精神之爱 知其进退 无损无害 如源 头活水 滋润于心 7 retrospection 3 2 回顾 回忆 8 protagonist 3 2 The main performer in a theatrical production lead 主角 9 effortlessly 3 4 Effortless easy Easy as ABC easy as falling off a log easy as one two three easy as pie like taking candy from a baby nothing to it 10 bridge the gap 搭配 3 11 Thus the reader is apt to identify with the protagonist feeling what she feels and worrying what worries her last line but one Para 3 Identify with 12 address several essential problems 4 1 搭配 13 Once again Nettles displays Munro s lasting strength and subtle meanings of life Lasting strength 在 荨麻 中 Munro 再次展示了其深厚 功力 驭繁于简 情节虽然简单 却探 索了复杂的人物感情和微妙的人生况味 2 Text Analysis From paragraph 1 to paragraph 49 A 必备语汇 必备语汇 preparatory words and expressions 4 见 词汇测试表词汇测试表 B 逐段讲解 1 引子 回忆起 1979 年时见到的一个男 人 不交代是谁 留下悬念 suspense 词汇 1 ketchup sandwich 1 2 夹番茄酱的三明治 2 数年之后 重寻故地 已物易人非 去年元夜时 花市灯如昼 月上柳梢头 人约黄昏后 今年元夜时 月与灯依旧 不见去年人 泪湿春衫袖 生查子 去年元夜时 欧阳修 去年今日此门中 人面桃花相映红 人面只今何处去 桃花依旧笑春风 题都城南庄 崔护 3 回忆儿时情景 请人打井 由此开始一 5 场早恋 puppy love 词汇 1 Well line 1 水井 2 Penned line 3 圈养的 Pig sty 猪圈 3 Mug line 7 杯 其他词义 1 I got mugged jumped on my way home 2 The suspect is not among the mug shots 3 Look at her ugly mug 4 Mike McCallum 出场 交代打井人居无 定所的生活 为之后和童年伴侣小 Mike McCallum 的分离埋下伏笔 5 小 Mike McCallum 出场 交代两人都是 8 岁 词汇 1 boarding house 5 1 提供膳宿的 地方 2 at hand 5 2 nearby 附近 手边 6 回忆和小 Mike 两小无猜的情景之一 在 6 Mike 父亲的车里玩耍 给被臭鼬所伤的 狗抹番茄汁治伤 词汇 1 Cab 6 1 出租车 此处 驾驶室 2 Mucky 6 4 dirty 3 Sour cheese boots 6 4 袜子发此臭 奶酪的气味 4 Skunk 6 6 臭鼬 5 Spray 6 6 喷射 句子 1 It looked as if we were washing him in blood last line 好像用血给它洗澡一样 7 回忆农场的树木 句子 1 Each of the trees crabby 7 2 4 译 这里每颗树都神气活现的 比如 榆树 宁静安详 橡树则杀气腾腾 枫树慈祥 可亲 而山楂树则老态龙钟 火气十足 8 回忆一起过河情景 7 词汇 1 Scummy 8 3 长满浮渣的 2 Scum 人渣 scum of the earth scum of the nation 句子 1 The river in August was almost as much a stony road as it was a watercourse 8 1 译 8 月的河是条水道 几乎也是一条石 头路 2 plowing through mats of flat leafed water lilies trapping our legs in their snaky roots 8 3 4 译 吃力地在一团团长着扁平叶子的睡 莲中蹚行 两腿被弯曲的睡莲根缠绕 9 11 讲述小孩们玩打仗游戏 我和 Mike 互生情愫 词汇 1 Harassment 9 4 骚扰 Sex harassment 2 Dress 10 3 包扎 Administer to give someone a medicine or medical treatment 8 Painkillers were administered to the boy 句子 1 There was a keen alarm when the cry came a wire zinging through your whole body a fanatic feeling of devotion 10 4 6 Keen keen interest desire The need for enlarging our vocabulary is not keenly felt yet Zing to move quickly Wire 电线 Business wire Fanatic 狂热的 译 当他喊我的名字时 我会紧张万分 全身如触电一般 一种狂热的忠诚感油然 而生 2 The game disintegrated after a long while in arguments and mass resurrection 11 1 2 Disintegrate to break up 散 译 许久之后 大家吵个不休 装死的也 9 活了过来 游戏就这样散了 12 14 水井打好 水井打好 Mike 离去离去 句子 1 One morning of course the job was all finished the well capped the pump reinstated the fresh water marveled at 12 1 2 Cap vt 加盖子 Marvel at 惊叹 译 不用说 一天早上 工作全部完成 井口上了盖子 水泵重新装好了 清新的 井水引来一片赞叹 2 The laugh had a lonely boom in it as if he were still down the well Last line Para 12 Boom 低沉而有回响的声音 译 他的笑声深沉孤独 带着回音 似乎 他还在井底一般 3 He had other jobs lined up elsewhere 10 13 2 Line up 排队 Line up please Line the kids up 译 其他地方还有很多活等着他 4 Future absence I accepted it was just that I had no idea until Mike disappeared of what absence could be like How my own territory would be altered as if a landslide had gone through it and skimmed off all meaning except loss of Mike 13 5 8 译 我知道会分开的 也认了 但是到 Mike 不见了 才知道那是一种什么样的分 离 生活面目全非 好像一场山崩抹去了 一切 除了失去 Mike 其他都无意义了 15 从细节描述对 Mike 的思念 句子 1 My heart was beating in big thumps like howls happening in my chest 11 Thump 砰砰声 16 18 时间回到 1979 年 Sunny 去接我 句子 1 she looked not matronly but majestically girlish 16 3 4 Matronly 主妇的 译 她看上去不像是结了婚的人 而像是 气质端庄的女孩子 19 讲述与 Sunny 在温哥华相识的过程 句子 1 Our pregnancies had dovetailed so we had managed with one set of maternity clothes 19 1 2 Dovetail to fit together perfectly or to make two plans ideas etc fit together perfectly 译 我们的怀孕期正好前后相接 所以我 们可以共用一套孕妇服 2 In my kitchen or in hers and our forgone ambitions 19 2 6 12 Reel stagger feel dizzy Stoke fuel Rampage outbreak of violent or raging behavior 译 我们大约每周都要在我的厨房或她的 厨房聚会一次 孩子们总是不断打扰我们 有时我们还会因为睡眠不足而头晕目眩 于是就不断地喝咖啡 吸烟来提神 开始 天南海北地聊大天 什么都谈 我们的婚 姻和奋斗 彼此的缺点 既有趣又有些丢既有趣又有些丢 脸的动机脸的动机 以及曾有过的理想抱负 做出丑事的有趣动机 3 During that time of life that is supposed to be a reproductive daze and The Cocktail Party Daze a confusing condition Swamp flood Maternal juices mother s milk and other juices with which a mother feeds a baby Compel to force someone to do something 译 那段时期 要带小孩喂奶水 一般女 人都会有点不知所措的 但我们还是会一 13 起聊西蒙 德 波伏娃和库斯特勒和艾略特的 诗歌 鸡尾酒会 20 25 两人相识之后的变化 都搬离温哥 华 我婚姻出现问题 与丈夫分居 搬到 多伦多 小孩来 住不习惯 还是回父亲 那了 句子 1 And I have moved for the newfangled reason shame 20 3 6 Newfangled novel 新奇的 Be parceled about be divided Deprivation the lack of something that you need in order to be healthy comfortable or happy 译 而我的搬离 原因也许有些离谱 非 常人所能理解 丈夫 房子和结婚之后所有 的一切 孩子除外 由我和丈夫轮流来带 都不要了 只希望过一种不虚伪 不丧失 快乐 不令人羞耻的生活 2 I was happy with all this from the house of marriage 21 5 6 14 译 这一切都令我高兴 觉得自己有了真 正的变化 开始迈上摆脱婚姻禁锢的漫漫 征途 3 But it was too much to expect of my daughters who were ten and twelve years old that they should feel the same way 21 6 8 译 但不能期望我两个女儿 一个十岁 一 个 12 岁 和我的感觉一样 4 I would be frightened not of any hostility but of a kind of nonexistence Last line Para 25 译 我会感到害怕 不是怕不安全 而是 那种自己好像不存在的感觉 26 我心情不好 给 Sunny 电话 受邀去 乡下过周末 27 93 在乡下度假 与 Mike 重逢所发生的 一切 以及我对爱的感悟 修辞 Delicacy or disapproval 29 1 Happy energy 38 1 15 词汇 1 Tr