Genius and the Craftsman 英语泛读课文理解.doc

Text 1Genius and the CraftsmanI. Information Related to the Text1. Robert FrostRobert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco and died on January 29, 1963 in Boston. Frost was an American poet and poet-in- residence at a number of colleges and universities. He was best known for his use of colloquial language, familiar rhythms, and symbols taken from common life to express the quiet values of New England life.His major works include the books of poems A Boys Will (1913), North of Boston (1914), Mountain Interval (1916) New Hampshire (1923), Steeple Bush (1947), In the Clearing (1962), just mention a few. He also wrote verse Plays, such as A Masque of Reason (1945), and A Masque of Mercy (1947), etc.2. sputnika Russian word, man-made satellite launched by the former Soviet Union.II. Language Notes1. So it is with the reader who comes upon an outstanding story: spellbound, he takes it to his heart, no question asked.(当读者读到一部杰出的小说时，他也会这样如痴如狂，欲将小说字字句句刻骨铭心，绝不会提出任何问题。)so it is with: the same is true withe.g. San Fransisco is a big city, so it is with Shanghai.2. there is more to a storys life than the body of words which carries it into the world.(除那将小说带到世上的文字主体之外还有更多的因素才能构成小说的生命。)the body of words: the words that a story is composed of3. it does not begin with writing, but with conception in the dark of the mind.(小说并不始于写作，而始于在隐密的内心深处的构思。)The secret construction of a story in the innermost part of ones mind, rather than the writing of it, is the very beginning of the whole creating process of a story. The pronoun it refers to a storys life.in the dark: in secrecy.e.g. The transaction is made in the dark.4. genius is not the exclusive property of the master craftsman(天赋并非艺术家独有的特性）property: a characteristic trait or peculiarity.e.g. Cheerfulness is a property of her personality.5. Mastery is genius afoot.(高超的技艺是天赋的显现。）afoot: in operation.e.g. There is a project afoot to improve the roads.6. While genius is a natural part of our mental equipment, like perception, memory, and imagination, craftsmanship is not.（天赋正如理解力、记忆力和想象力一样是我们的精神禀赋中天然的一部分，而技艺却不是。）equipment: the qualities or traits that make up the mental and emotional resources of an individuale.g. You have the necessary equipment for leadership.7. If the stories that rise within us are to emerge and flourish, each must be provided with a strong, handsome body of words, and only sound craftsmanship can provide this.(如果要使在我们内心深处浮现的故事跃然纸上，并光彩照人，那么，每个故事都须有感染力极强的优雅文笔。只有功底深厚的技艺才能使我们做到这一点。)sound craftsmanship： highly trained skills.e.g. The work of art is a full representation of its creators genius and sound craftsmanship.8. it may depend on the individual, as so much does in writing.(这可能取决于个人，而写作中很多事都取决于个人。）The age one begins writing may depend on the individual, and much in writing depends on the individual. The pronoun it refers to the age at which people are said to begin writing.9. airy tracery of beauty given form（这种飘渺的美就交织成了典雅的形式）airy: ethereal.e.g. airy phantoms of the mindtracery: ornamental work of interlaced and branching lines, especially the lacy openwork in a Gothic window.10. Thus variously laden, we move through life.(我们就这样背负着各种记忆渡过一生。)laden: oppressed, burdenede.g. laden with grief11. now and then an experience, often slight, prizes the memory and seizes upon one of those live, expectant impressions of long age(时而,一个小小的体验撬开了记忆之门，抓住了这些虽已年代久远，却依然栩栩如生，呼之欲出的印象。)prize: opene.g. Only with a long iron bar did we prize the top off the box.12. letting it cool in between times(在将其搁置一旁冷一段时间)doing nothing about the story during the interval between two rewriting times in order to cultivate some new ideas about the story or wait for some ideas to rise.13. No matter how far short of the mark you fall, it is never failure(不论你的工作成果如何不如人意, . 这绝不是失败。)fall short of: fail to reach an aime.g. I scheduled to work hard for two years to earn an MA degree, but my plan fell short of the mark.14. Things which slip past the eye in rereading leap at you and demand attention.(在反复阅读的过程中掠过眼前的事物向你跳跃着以求引起注意。)slip: to pass gradually, easily, or imperceptiblye.g. It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by.15. Such expert knowledge of this one story gives you control(对这部小说的彻底理解给你以控制力.)expert: having or demonstrating great skill, dexterity, or knowledge as the result of experience or traininge.g. He had received expert academic advice.Text 2Reading: Basic PrinciplesI. Language Notes1. As a thinking process, reading goes beyond the decoding of symbols to integrating and applying the meaning of these symbols.(作为思维的过程，阅读不仅是对符号的解码而且要使符号的意义间产生联系并应用这些符号的意义。)beyond: more extensive and extreme thane.g. The authority of inspectors goes beyond ordinary police powers.2. As they open their minds to the art and ideas of an especially skilful writer, they probe, question, grasp, pull back, reconsider, and probe again.(他们对技艺高明的作家的艺术和观点敞开思想，探究问题，提出疑问，掌握精髓，然后重新审视问题，重新思考，并重新探究。)open ones mind to: be receptive toe.g. Hen opened his mind to the ways of the rest of the world.pull back: withdraw from an undertakinge.g. The party pulled back from its only positive position.3. Rapid reading, or “speed reading”, as some people call it, has become almost a fetish.(所谓快速阅读，或称“速读”，几乎已成为人们热衷于追求的技能。)fetish: a course of action to which one has an excessive and irrational commitmente.g. a fetish for luxury goods4. Of course any such label is tenuous; it is relative to many contexts and open to many interpretations.(当然这些说法都含糊不清。它们都是相对许多条件而言，并可能有多种解释。)tenuous: having little substance; flimsye.g. a tenuous argument.5. Noting a show