全新版大学英语阅读教材Unit 5.doc

UNIT 5 SUMMARY摘要： The article tells about Carmella searching in the store to find some good yet inexpensive gifts for her kids and husband on the seventh day of the Christmas,December 31th.She finds the Christmas spirit“Hope”.重点： Beyond ones financial grasp：超出某人的经济能力 Outgrow：长得使.不再适用 Screw： 转动 Wrap：缠绕，头巾 Price tags：价签 Glitter：闪耀，光辉，诱惑力 Trail:拖，拉 Shining :光亮的，华丽的 Holy ：神圣的，圣洁的 It was a long, long time since and now he was so young again, laughing like he used to.很长时间他没有像现在这样感觉又年轻了，笑得像以前一样。 Then a new something in them stirred because the kite has changed into a shining white star with icicles around it like an unfinished wreath together with their lives into the first day. 然后一个新的东西在风筝里面的动，因为风筝已经变成了一个闪亮的白星星，冰柱围绕它像一个未完成的花圈，好像是他们一起生活的第一天，难点： Motorboat:摩托艇 Limp：跛行 Aloft：在空中 Charge：充电 Blanket:毛毯 Glitter：闪耀，光辉，诱惑力 Wrap：缠绕，头巾 Price tags：价签摘要： Edward Haynes，as a father，attented his daughters wedding who is adopted. But he thought that sometimes she looked at him questioningly as if she doubted his presence in her life. Finally ，his daughter said“Youre the father of my heart. You always have been.”重点： Approve：满意，赞成 Intrude：闯入，打扰 Partition：隔墙 Slip something into：塞入 Stocky：结实的 Amethyst：紫水晶 Red tape：烦琐的程序 Mutely：无言地 Haunt：缠住 Prompt：引起 Buckle：扣紧 Grip：紧握 Allowance：津贴 Opposition：反对 Orphanage：孤儿院 Fling oneself into：扑进 Weep：哭泣，流泪 Heartsick：悲痛的，苦恼的 Lurch：悸动 Around her throat she wore the gold locket with the amethyst stone that he had given her on her fifth birthday-when he told her she was adopted.挂在她喉咙处的金坠紫晶石是在他告诉她是被收养的第五个生日送给她的。 But the doubts had stayed to haunt him, and once he had hurt her deeply, so that afterward he wonder if she could ever really think of him again as her father.但是疑惑一直困扰着他，并且有一次他深深的伤害了她，所以他想知道她是否一直将自己视为父亲。难点： Auburn：赤褐色的 Usher：引座员 Piggy：储蓄罐 Orphanage：孤儿院 Partition：隔墙 Slip something into：塞入 Stocky：结实的 Amethyst：紫水晶 Allowance：津贴 Heartsick：悲痛的，苦恼的 Lurch：悸动 Glorious：辉煌的 Adopt: 收养 An usher stepped out to tell them they were almost ready to begin the wedding march. 一个服务员出去告诉他们马上就要开始婚礼进行曲了。 Something in his throat choked him , but before he could clear it to answer an usher signaled them. 他感觉有些东西卡在喉咙处，但是之前他还清楚的回答一个服务员的问题。 That second, terrifying incident had occurred when she had asked him for a raise in her allowance,calmly presenting him with a list of her expenses.其次，当她要求增加自己的零花钱的时候，可怕的事情发生了，他镇静的的列出了自己为她的支出。摘要:This is a story about Christmas Eve. Because of some terrible things like the war，the hero thought Christmas would never come. But a miracle occurred the night before Christmas. His sister borned a child. All of a sudden the hero knew they were not alone any more and Christmas came even tovillage that night! 重点： Miracle：奇迹 Anticipation：期望 Dusk：黄昏 Disrupt：使混乱 Devastation：毁坏 Delicate：微妙的，易碎的 Desperate：绝望的 Pregnancy：怀孕 Presence：出席，风度，神灵Reach out：（使）伸出 Swell out：（使） Decorate：装饰 Christmas was the time when relatives and friends visited each other so there were always people traveling and visiting with great joy from all the different tribes. 圣诞节的时候亲友们之间相互拜访，所以人们相互问候的时候会出现来自不同地域的好东西。 Then on Christmas Day we all went back to church to read the scripture and sing carols to remind us of the meaning of the blessed birth of the baby Jesus. 然后圣诞日的时候我们都去教堂读圣经和唱颂歌来表达我们对圣婴的诞生祝福。难点： Drowsy：昏昏欲睡的 Ornament：装饰物 Gala：节日的，快乐的 Scripture：圣经 Carol：颂歌 Parade：炫耀，检阅 Everyone was sad and desperate because of what happened last April when the socalled Army of Liberation attacked our village and took all the young boys and girls away. 每个人都悲痛欲绝，因为去年四月份所谓的解放军袭击了我们的村子并且带走了所有的男孩和女孩。 As I continued to think about