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Mapping Embarkation Navigation Destination Activereading2 UnderstandingtheimportanceofactingnowLearningtounderstandwriter sstyleLearningtoconveymessagesthroughrepetition Reflecting Page11 Talkingaboutregrets Discovering Page8Ex 1 Predictions Page8Ex 2 Backgroundinformation Discovering Workinpairs Findoutthestatementwhichdescribesyoubestandillustrateitwithexamples 1 Itakeeachdayasitcomes todealwiththingsastheyhappen andnottomakeplansortoworryaboutthefuture 有一天过一天 顺其自然 2 ItrytoputoffuntiltomorrowwhatIhavetodotoday 3 Idon thaveanyregrets 4 Ihaveaplanfortherestofmylife 5 I mscaredofwhat sgoingtohappeninthefuture 6 Iprefertowaitfortherighttimetodosomething 7 Itrytofitasmuchaspossibleintomylife 8 Idon texpecttoberememberedwhenIdie 9 Ibelieveeverythingthathappenstomeisgood Reflecting More Workinpairs Lookatthecommentsandsaywhattheyhaveincommon Theyalllookatthepastwithachoicethatwasnottakeninordertoexpressregret Theyallexpresstheideaofnotdoingsth thenbutwishingithadbeendonenow Reflecting Makesimilarreflectionsaboutyourselfusingcouldhave wouldhaveandshouldhave Talkingaboutregrets Lookatthepictureandtalkaboutthehero sbiggestregretinhislife More click Talkingaboutregrets Workinpairsandtalkaboutyourbiggestregretinlife Backgroundinformation ThepassageistakenfromEverythingThatHappenstoMeIsGood abookofthoughts experiencesandinsightsfromthelifeofGeoffThompson Thewriterworkedinmanydifferentjobs includingnineyearsasa bouncer 保镖 inanightclubinLondon Hethentrainedfull timeinkarate 空手道 judoandothermartialartsandbecamewell knownasamartialartsinstructor Backgroundinformation Helivedouthisdreamtobecomeawriter authoringover30booksonself defenceandself improvementandhasrecentlybeenmakingfilmsandwritingforthescreen Askedwhathehadlearntfromhisyearsinmartialarts hesaid ThemainthingI velearnedisthatwhereverthereisdiscomfortthereisgrowth butwhatpeopledoistolookforgrowthinareasofcomfort andthere snogrowthincomfort Solookforareasofgrowththatareuncomfortablebutallowyoutogrow andlearntobecomecomfortableinthoseareas Textorganisation Textexploration Textevaluation Ex 10 Vocabularyrelatedtodeath Conveyingmessagethroughrepetition Ex 8 Idiomaticandcolloquialexpressions Ex 7 Detailedreading Usingmetaphors Ex 9 TextOrganisation Stopwaitingfortherighttime Paras 4 7 Dowhatyouwanttodo Paras 8 15 Wearealldying Lifeisshort Actnow Text WeAreAllDying 1Ihavesomegoodnewsandsomebadnewsforyou asthejokegoes Thebadnews andI mverysorrytobethebearer isthatwearealldying It strue I vecheckeditout Infact I vedouble andtriple checkedit I vehad itsubstantiatedand well there snoeasywaytosayit wearedying bearer someonewhobringsyouinformation substantiate provethetruthofsth thatsb hassaid It ssomethingthatIalwayskindofknew butneverreallychosetothinkabouttoomuch Butthefactis withinthenext70or80years dependingonhowoldyouareandhowlongyoulast weareallgoingtobeeithercoffindwellersortrampledashintherosegardenofsomelocalcemetery Wemaynotevenlastthatlong Afterall weneverquiteknowwhenthehooded scythe carrying bringer of the last breathmightcome a calling Itcouldbesoonerthanwe dlike Ihavewatcheddeathfromthesidelines quiterecentlyinfact andnothingunderlinestheuncertaintyandabsolutefrailtyofhumanityliketheuntimelyexitofafriend underline showthatsth Isimportant突显frailty lackofstrength脆弱humanity peopleingeneral人 人类 Text 2Scary 3NowthatIhavedepressedyou here sthegoodnews Knowingthatweareallbuddingcrypt kickerstakesawayalltheuncertaintyoflife Wealreadyknowhowthestoryends Theprologueandepiloguearealreadytypedin Allthat sleftisthemiddlebitandthat sdowntous Wegettochoosethemeatofthestory scary frighteningbudding beginningtodevelopcrypt 用作墓室的教堂地下室 Text 4So allthoseplansthatyouhaveonthebackburner youknow thegreatthingsyou regoingtodowithyourlife whenthetimeisright Well thetimeisneverquiteright Ifind Itneedstobebroughtforwardanddonenow thisminute pronto inahurry asquickasyourlittlelegswillcarryyou Thenovelthatyouwanttowrite thetriptotheGrandCanyonyou vealwaysplannedtotake yourmind s eyedream job theWestEndplayyouwanttodirect youhavetodothemnow We redying see It sofficial bringforward arrangeforsth totakeplaceatanearlierdateortimethanhadbeenplannedpronto promptly quickly Text 5Soputtingyourdreamsonthebackburneruntilthecircumstancesarerightmeansthatthey llprobablyneverberealized Ouronlyregretsinlifearethethingswedon tdo Weoweittoourselvestogooutanddothemnowbeforeit stoolate Tomorrow It sallalie thereisn tatomorrow There sonlyapromissorynotethatweareoftennotinapositiontocash Itdoesn tevenexist Whenyouwakeupinthemorningit llbetodayagainandallthesameruleswillapply oweittoyourselftodosomething deservetodosth youwanttodo应该 值得 Text Tomorrowisjustanotherversionofnow anemptyfieldthatwillremainsounlesswestartplantingsomeseeds Yourtime whichistickingawayaswespeak atabout60secondsaminutechronologically abitfasterifyoudon tinvestyourtimewisely willbegoneandyou llhavenothingtoshowforitbutregretandarear viewmirrorfullof couldhaves shouldhaves and wouldhaves version 说法chronologically 按时间顺序地 顺时针地you llhavenothingtoshowforit 没有取得任何成就证明它的存在 Text 6Haveyouevernoticedwhenyougotoabuffetrestauranthowtheygiveyouabowlthesizeofasaucerandthensay Haveasmuchsaladasyoulikebutyoucanonlygouponce Lifeislikethatsmallsaladbowl Likethehungrypeoplewaitingfortheirmaincourse wecancramasmuchintothattinybowlaswecancarry Ilovewatchingpeopleingeniously 巧妙地 stackthecucumberaroundthesideofthebowl likethey refillingaskip 废料桶 andthencrammingitsohighthattheyhavetohireaforklifttruck 叉车 铲车 togetitbacktothetable They renotgreedy Theyjustknowthattheyonlyhaveoneshotatit Text Fillyourbowl Wecomethiswaybutoncesolet smakethebestoftheshortstay Liketheonce ayearholidaytoFloridaorSpain Fitasmuchintotheshorttimethereasyoucan Makesurethatyougobackhomeknackeredbecauseyougotsomuchdone 我们在这个世界上只走一遭 既然来了就好好利用这短暂的一生 knackered extremelytired8Ifyoudon twanttobeapostmanthendon tbeapostman Giveitupandbeapainter awriter atobogganist 滑雪运动员 whatever Justdon tbesomethingthatyoupatentlydonotwanttobe patently veryclearly明显地 Text 9Andnowisthetime nottomorrow Thereisnotimelikethepresent Ifyoucan thavewhatyouwantthisverysecondtheleastyoucandoisstartthejourneynow thisminute whiletheinspirationishigh Weallhavethesameamountofminutes weallgetthesame24hoursasBransonandGates It sjustwhatwedowithourtime howweinvestit thatdetermineswhereourlivesmaylead Text 10SowhatI mthinkingis andthisisnotmolecularscience ifwearedyingandourallottedtimeisfinite whythehellaren twedoingallthethingswewanttodoNOW What sallthisback burnerstuff Andwhyareweallwaitingfortherighttimewhenwealreadyknowthattherighttimeisn tgoingtoshow Therighttimeisthechequethat spermanentlyinthepost itneverarrives It sthegirlwhokeepsusstandingatthecorneroftheCo oplookinglikeaspanner Noamountofclockwatchingwillchangetheinevitable She sstoodusup 失约使人失望 stuff thingsCo op 合作商店spanner 桥梁的 交叉支撑 Text 11Wewait therighttimeneverarrives 12SoIsaystopwaitingandmeetprovidence 天意 halfway Startfillingyourlifewiththerichesonoffersothatwhenthereaper 死神 arrives you llhaveachievedsomuch crammedyourtimesofullthathe llfallasleepwaitingforyourlifetoflashbeforeyoureyes startfillingyourlifewiththerichesonoffer 开始给你的生活增添所有你能得到的财富 Text 13Actnoworyourtimewillelapseandyou llendupasasepia colouredrelativethatnoonecanputanametoinadustyphotoalbum 14Bettertoleaveabiographyasthickasawhaleomelettethananepitaph 15 JoeSmith hmmm Hedidn tdomuch didhe omelette 煎蛋卷 Text Difficultsentence1 Ihavewatcheddeathfromthesidelines nothingunderlinestheuncertaintyandabsolutefrailtyofhumanityliketheuntimelyexitofafriend Para 1 Lifeisfragileanduncertain Youneverknowwhenyouwilldie 其实我最近就曾经从局外人的角度观察过死亡 没有什么比朋友的早逝更能表明人生的无常和生命的脆弱了 Trans More Doesthewriterwatchdeathbyexperiencinghimselforbywatchingthedeathofothers 2 Whatdoesthewriterthinkofthedeathofhisfriend Watchingthedeathofothers watchsth fromthesidelines meanswatchsth thatishappeningbutarenotinvolvedinitorcannotinfluenceit click click Difficultsentence2 We redying see It sofficial Para 4 Whatdoesitreferto WhatdoesIt sofficialmean 知道吗 我们都在走向死亡 这是已经定了的 Trans More it referstotheinformationthatwe redying It sofficial means theinformationhasbeenannouncedpublicly click thereisn tatomorrow There sonlyapromissorynotethatweareoftennotinapositiontocash Para5 Line5 7 Meaning Tomorrowislikeanotewhichhaspromisedapaymentofmoneybutbywhichwecan tactuallygetthecash itneverreallycomesunlessweactnow 无法兑现的期票 Back apromissorynote Difficultsentence3 There sonlyapromissorynotethatweareoftennotinapositiontocash Para 5 Whydoesthewritercomparethefuturetoapromissorynote 只有一张我们常常无法兑现的期票 Trans More Apromissorynoteisadocumentgivingdetailsofyourpromisetopaysomeoneaparticularamountofmoneybyaparticulardate Thewritermeansthattomorrow orthefuture islikeapromissorynoteforwhichyounevergetthecash thefuturenevercomesunlessyouactnowandusetimewisely asiftomorrowistoday click Difficultsentence4 SowhatI mthinkingis andthisisnotmolecularscience Para 10 Whydoesthewriterpointoutthatthisisnotmolecularscience 因此 我正在琢磨的是 这可不是分子科学 Trans More Itmeansthisisnotspecializedknowledge It snotrocketscience it ssimpleandstraightforward click Difficultsentence5 Therighttimeisthechequethat spermanentlyinthepost itneverarrives Para 10 Whatdoesthechequeisinthepostmean Whatwillhappenifthechequeispermanentlyinthepost 成熟的时机是一张支票 它永远都在邮寄的路上 永远都不会到来 Trans More Itmeansmoneyhasbeensent it sonit sway Thisisoftensaidasanexcuseforlatepayment soifthecheque spermanentlyinthepost itmeansthemoneynevercomes click Difficultsentence6 It sthegirlwhokeepsusstandingatthecorneroftheCo oplookinglikeaspanner Para 10 Howdoestheboyfeelwhilewaitingforagirlwhoislateandneverarrives 它就是那位让我们在合作社旁边像桥墩那样站着傻等的女孩 Trans More Helooksawkwardandoutofplace click Difficultsentence7 Actnoworyourtimewillelapseandyou llendupasasepia colouredrelativethatnoonecanputanametoinadustyphotoalbum Para 13 Whatdoesyou llendupasasepia colouredrelativemean Whendowesay Ican tputanametosomeone 现在就行动吧 不然你的时间会流逝的 而你最终将成为尘封的相册里的一位谁都叫不上名字的灰头土脸的穷亲戚 Trans More Oldphotoswereprintedinsepia ared browncolour especiallyinthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury Theexpressionmeansthatintheendyouwillbeonlyanoldhalf forgottenphotographinaphotoalbum Ican tputanametosomeone issaidwhenyouhalf recognizeapersonbutyoucan tquiteremembertheirname click Difficultsentence8 Bettertoleaveabiographyasthickasawhaleomelettethananepitaph Para 14 Whatdoesthewriterwanttotellus 还是给人间留下一本像大煎蛋饼那么厚的传记吧 那可比仅仅留下一块碑铭强 Trans Anomeletteisflatroundfoodmadebymixingeggstogetherandcookingthem Theexpression asthickasawhale means extremelythick Thewritermeansitisbettertoleaveaverylargebiographythananepitaph or inotherwords liveafulllifewhichisworthwritingabout click tripleadj involvingthreethingsofthesamekind Translatethesentences 1 我想以后还要把卫兵增加一倍 I lldoubletheguardsfromnowon Iguess 2 十二是四的三倍 Twelveisthetripleoffour 3 他们使利润在十年中增长至四倍 Theyhavequadrupledtheirprofitsintenyears 4 英镑在1974年是现值的五倍 In1974thepoundwasworthfivetimesitspresentvalue rearn thepartofaplacethatisattheback Themainentranceisattherear Inarear viewmirror adrivercanseetrafficbehindhim Motherledtheway withthechildrenbringinguptherear Mostfarmersinthearearearsheep Replacetheunderlinedwords attheback following raise backview Yourtime willbegoneandyou llhavenothingtoshowforitbutregretandarear viewmirrorfullof couldhaves shouldhaves and wouldhaves Para5 Line11totheend Meaning thepastwithlotsofregretsaboutwhattheycouldhave shouldhave orwouldhave donebutdidnotinfactdo rear viewmirror Back cramv toputpeopleorthingsintoaspacethatistoosmall Fillinthesentence 1 Hecrammedasmuchcandy hispocketsastheywouldhold 2 Whyareyoualwaystryingtocramyourownideas mythroat 3 Hewascramminghismouth food Answerthequestion Whatdoyouthinkofattendingacrammerwhereyouaretaughtalotofinformationinashorttime Acrammerisaschoolwherestudentsaretaughtalotofinformationinashorttime down into with elapsev Translatethesentenceindifferentways 时光飞逝 Timeelapsessoquickly Yearselapselikeashuttle Timeflieslikeanarrow Timeisfleeting Timeisslippingaway Timeflees topass bedowntosb Answerthequestion Ifsomethingisdowntoyou isityour a badluck b responsibility Translatethesentences 1 Theprologueandepiloguearealreadytypedin Allthat sleftisthemiddlebitandthat sdowntous 开场白和尾声也都打印出来了 剩下的就是介于两者之间的那些事儿了 2 你有责任找出问题的症结所在 It sdowntoyoutofindoutwhatwentwrong themeatof theinterestingorimportantpartsofsth suchasabook film ornewspaperarticle Answerthequestions What sthemeatofthispassageWe realldying Weshouldmakethebestoftheshortlifetodowhatwewanttodo 2 Whatkindsofstoriesaremeatanddrinktopaparazzi Storiesaboutcelebrities 3 Whatdoesameat and potatoesmanlike Helikessimplethings So allthoseplansthatyouhaveonthebackburner youknow thegreatthingsyou regoingtodowithyourlife whenthetimeisright Para4 Line1 3 thebackburner planswhichyouhavepostponedorkeptwaitingasalowpriority asiftheyaresimmeringgentlybutnotreallycookingonthebackpartofthecooker 我们经常说做事要看轻重缓急 有的时候不得不把正在做的事或计划要做的事先搁置一边 美国人把这叫做 toputonthebackburner burner在这儿的是指做饭的炉子 美国的厨房里 炉台上一般都有四个炉口 前面两个 后面两个 人们往往把能很快煮好的东西放在前面炉子上煮 把一些要慢慢煮的东西放在后面的炉子上 这就是toputonthebackburner这个俗语的来源 putsth onthebackburner todecidenottodealwithsth untillater Translatethesentences Puttingyourdreamsonthebackburneruntilthecircumstancesarerightmeansthatthey llprobablyneverberealized 把自己的梦想搁置起来 等到时机成熟之后才开始实现它 这就意味着梦想可能永远都不会实现 2 在她的新长篇小说脱稿之前 她暂时放下别的所有事情 Shehasputallherotherprojectsonthebackburnerforawhileuntilshefinisheswritinghernewnovel have getashotat toattempttodosth orgetsomething Translatethesentences 1 Theyarenotgreedy Theyjustknowthattheyonlyhaveoneshotatfillingtheirbowlswithsalad 他们不是贪婪 而是明白自己只有一次在碗里装上沙拉的机会 2 他决定加速推进那个研究项目 想尽量提前完成它 Hedecidedtospeeduptheresearchproject andhaveashotatcompletingitaheadofschedule It swhat how that Lookatthesentence More Whereourlivesmayleadisdeterminedbythethingswedowithourtimeandthewayweinvestit whatwedowithourtime howweinvestit whatwedowithourtimeandhowweinvestit determineswhereourlivesmaylead 决定我们一生成败的是我们把时间花在什么事情上 是我们如何来分配时间 It s that RewritethesentencesusingIt swhat how that More Whatsortofjobwearegoingtoendupdoingisusuallydeterminedbyourcharacter It sourcharacterthatusuallydetermineswhatsortofjobwearegoingtoendupdoing Whenwedieisdeterminedbyourgeneticclock andthechangeswemaketoit It sourgeneticclockandthechangeswemaketoitthatdeterminewhenwedie It swhat how that determineswhatotherpeoplethinkofus usuallydetermineswhatsortofjobwearegoingtoendupdoing determinehowwereacttolife sproblems It swhat how that CompletethesentenceswithyourownideasusingIt swhat how that It showwebehavethat It sourcharacterthat Itisoftenourchildhoodexperiencesthat Vocabularyrelatedtodeath ReadP1 3andfindoutwordsorphrasesrelatedtodeath More Vocabularyrelatedtodeath P1 bedyingcoffindwellerstrampledashintherosegardenoflocalcemeterythehooded scythe carrying bringer of the last breaththeuncertaintyandabsolutefrailtyofhumanitytheuntimelyexitP2 scaryP3 buddingcrypt kickersepilogue Theashesofadeadpersonareplacedinacemeterygardenwherepeoplewalkontheburiedashes Anuntimelydeathistoosoonorwhenapersonisyoung Weareallpotentiallysoontobeburied iedead click click click Conveyingmessagesthroughrepetition More Thesamemessage lifeisshort actnow isrepeatedoverandoveragain indifferentways sometimesdirectly LifeisshortisrepeatedbyWemaynotevenlastthatlong 1 Itcouldbesoonerthanwe dlike Lifeisshort 2 gooutanddothemnowbeforeit stoolate Actnow 3 Itneedstobebroughtforwardanddonenow Actnow More Findthesentencesinthepassageanddecidewhatpartofthemessage lifeisshort actnow theygive Conveyingmessagesthroughrepetition P4 Thenovel thetrip yourmind s eyedream job theWestEndplay youhavetodothemnow P5 Tomorrowisjustanotherversionofnow anemptyfieldthatwillremainsounlesswestartplantingsomeseeds P7 Fillyourbowl Wecomethiswaybutoncesolet smakethebestoftheshortstay P7 Fitasmuchintotheshorttimeasyoucan More Findmoreexpressionsandsentenceswhichconveythemessage lifeisshort actnow Conveyingmessagesthroughrepetition P9 Andnowisthetime nottomorrow Thereisnotimelikethepresent P10 ifwearedyingandourallottedtimeisfinite whythehellaren twedoingallthethingswewanttodoNOW P12 SoIsaystopwaitingandmeetprovidencehalfway Startfillingyourlifewithyourlifewiththerichesonoffer P13 Actnoworyourtimewillelapseandyou llendupasasepia colouredrelative Conveyingmessagesthroughrepetition Findmoreexpressionsandsentenceswhichconveythemessage lifeisshort actnow Usingmetaphors More Thepassagehasanumberofkeymetaphors coverhisface cuttingpeopledownlikecorn bringsourlastbreath Image thehooded scythe carrying bringer of the last breath Theimageofthereaper Usingmetaphors Wealreadyknowhowthestoryends Wegettochoosethemeatofthestory So allthoseplansthatyouhaveonthebackburner thereisn tatomorrow There sonlyapromissorynotethatweareoftennotinapositiontocash you llhavenothingtoshowforitbutregretandarear viewmirrorfullof couldhaves Fillyourbowl Therighttimeisthechequethat spermanentlyinthepost itneverarrives It sthegirlwhokeepsusstandingatthecorneroftheCo oplookinglikeaspanner Decidewhattheunderlinedimagesreferto click click click click click click 1 Wealreadyknowhowthestoryends Theprologueandepiloguearealreadytypedin Allthat sleftisthemiddlebitandthat sdowntous Wegettochoosethemeatofthestory Para3 Line3totheend themainbodyofthestory themainpartofourlife Back 2 So allthoseplansthatyouhaveonthebackburner youknow thegreatthingsyou regoingtodowithyourlife whenthetimeisright Para4 Line1 3 thebackburner planswhichyouhavepostponedorkeptwaitingasalowpriority asiftheyaresimmeringgentlybutnotreallycookingonthebackpartofthecooker Back 我们经常说做事要看轻重缓急 有的时候不得不把正在做的事或计划要做的事先搁置一边 美国人把这叫做 toputonthebackburner burner在这儿的是指做饭的炉子 美国的厨房里 炉台上一般都有四个炉口 前面两个 后面两个 人们往往把能很快煮好的东西放在前面炉子上煮 把一些要慢慢煮的东西放在后面的炉子上 这就是toputonthebackburner这个俗语的来源 3 thereisn tatomorrow There sonlyapromissorynotethatweareoftennotinapositiontocash Para5 Line5 7 Meaning Tomorrowislikeanotewhichhaspromisedapaymentofmoneybutbywhichwecan tactuallygetthecash itneverreallycomesunlessweactnow Back apromissorynote 4 Yourtime willbegoneandyou llhavenothingtoshowforitbutregretandarear viewmirrorfullof couldhaves shouldhaves and wouldhaves Para5 Line11totheend Meaning thepastwithl