高级英语 My graduation speech 12.13段class project.ppt

1、,paragraphs12 be related to 与有关 have much to do with have nothing to do with 与.没有关系 Example: What does it have to do with you? 与你何干? You do not have to worry, since you have nothing to do with this affair. 既然你与这件事没关系，你就不必担心.,Of course, it is much harder to be an Athenian, for you must learn how to b

2、e one, you must work at being one, whereas we are all, in a way, natural-born Visigoths. whereas conj. formal但是，却； law鉴于（用于文件开头） In a way: to some extent In the/sb.s way: 妨碍，挡路 In the way of sth (用于问句或否定句) 关于，就而言 There isnt much in the way of entertainment in this place.,natural-born a. 天生的 Compound

3、ing words: adj.+ p.p E.g.: French-born 法国籍的；new-born 新生的； deep-laid 处心积虑的 当然，做一名雅典人要难得多，因为你必须学会如何做，你必须要付出努力，而从某种意义上说我们都是天生的西哥特人。,And I must tell you that you do not become an Athenian merely by attending school or accumulating academic degrees. Merely: just, only Academic degree 学位，学术学位，学位制度 Academi

4、c adj. 学术的 academic standards 学术水平 纯理论的 an academic discipline 一门理论科目 我还必须告诉你，仅仅通过上学或者积累几个学位是不会变成雅典人的。,My father-in-law was one of the most committed Athenians I have ever known, and he spent his entire adult life working as a dress cutter on Seventh Avenue in New York City. Committed: willing to wo

5、rk very hard at something 坚定的，尽心尽力的 e.g. The party has a core of committed supporters. cutter n. a worker whose job is cutting cloth, glass, stone, etc. （服装）剪裁师；玻璃切割工；凿石工,avenue n. a road or way bordered with trees; 林阴道；大街 我的岳父是我所知道的最坚定的雅典人之一，他成年之后一直是纽约第七大街上的一名裁缝。,On the other hand, I know physician

6、s, lawyers, and engineers who are Visigoths of unmistakable persuasion. Unmistakable : adj.不会弄错的，不会误解的 He didnt give his name, but the voice was unmistakable. 他没留下姓名，但是那个声音是绝不会错的。,persuasion: n. the act of persuading; the state of being persuaded; 劝说；说服； a group of people holding a particular belief

7、 持有某种信仰的宗派 E.g. We need people with talent, whatever their political persuasions. Paraphrase: who are very obvious Visigoths. 另一方面，我认识的一些医生、律师和工程师却是十足的西哥特人。,And I must also tell you, as much in sorrow as in shame, that at some of our great universities, perhaps even this one, there are professors of

8、 whom we may fairly say they are closet Visigoths. as much in sorrow as in shame 既伤心又羞愧,closet a. private; secret 私下的；秘密的 n. a small room or cupboard for clothes, etc.; a small, private room for reading, meditation, etc. 壁橱；储藏室；小房间（阅读、沉思用） 我还必须既伤心又羞愧地告诉你，在我们一些名牌大学里，也许甚至就在这一所大学里，有一些教授，我们可以公正地说，是些隐蔽的西

9、哥特人。,And yet, you must not doubt for a moment that a school, after all, is essentially an Athenian idea. Not/never (doubt, believe, think)for one moment (=used to emphasize that you never thought something) Example: She had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her. 然而，你决不可怀疑，学校的本质毕竟

10、体现了一种雅典人的观念。,There is a direct link between the cultural achievements of Athens and what the faculty at this university is all about. faculty fklti 官能；能力 Yourfacultiesare your physical and mental abilities. He was drunk and not in control of his faculties. 他喝醉了，浑身都不听使唤了。 (大学的）院系 Afacultyis a group o

11、f related departments in some universities the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. 社会政治系,（大学、学院或院系的）全体教员 A facultyis all the teaching staff of a university or college, or of one department. eminent Stanford faculty members. 声名显赫的斯坦福大学的教师们 雅典的文化成就和这所大学的教员所从事的工作之间着一种直接的联系。,I have no difficulty i

12、magining that Plato, Aristotle, or Democritus would be quite at home in our class rooms. at home at ease as if in ones own home; familiar 自在；无拘无束；熟悉 不难想象，在我们的教室里，柏拉图、亚里士多德或者德谟克利特会感到很自在。,Platowas aClassicalGreek philosopher,mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and fo

13、under of theAcademyin Athens, the first institution of higher learning in theWestern world. Plato is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy.,Aristotle (384 BC 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects,

14、including physics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Platos teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. He was the first to create a comprehensive system of Weste

15、rn philosophy.,Democritus (ca.460 ca. 370 BC) was anAncient Greek philosopherborn inAbdera, Thrace,Greece. He was an influentialpre-Socratic philosopherand pupil ofLeucippus, who formulated anatomic theory for the universe. Their speculation on atoms, taken from Leucippus, bears a passing and partia

16、l resemblance to the nineteenth-century understanding of atomic structure that has led some to regard Democritus as more of a scientist than other Greek philosophers.,A Visigoth would merely scrawl obscenities on the wall. scrawl （= scribble）vt. write, draw or mark hastily or carelessly 乱写；乱画； E.g.

17、He scrawled his name at the bottom. obscenity n. the state of being obscene; obscene word or act 淫秽，猥亵；猥亵淫秽的话（或行为） Paraphrase: a Visigoth would merely write hastily something offensive. 西哥特人将只会在墙壁上涂写一些淫秽下流的话.,Paragraph 13,And so, whether you were aware of it or not, the purpose of your having been a

18、t this university was to give you a glimpse of the Athenian way, to interest you in the Athenian way. glimpse n. greatly 有力地；强烈地；大大地 outnumber vt. exceed in number 数目超过；比多,Paraphrase: I wish for you the highest compliment that in the future it will be reported that there were many more Athenians than Visigoths among your graduating class. 但在结束我的演讲之前，我要告诉你们：我对你们最好的祝愿就是将来