Love is never lost(大学英语课文)

1、Love is never lost,第五组： 聂培瑞 王琪 张晓霞 李牧蓉 尤阳 郭书坤,If our love is only our will to posses,it is not love.They say its better to have loved and lost,than never to have loved at all.That thought wouldnt be very comforting to Mike Sanders. He had just been dumped by his girlfriend. Of couse, she didnt put i

2、t quite that way. She said ,“I do care about （关心；在意）you, Mike ,and hope we can still be friends.” “Great ！” Mike thought. “still be friends. you, me and your new boyfriend will go to the movies together”.,Mike and Angie had been going together（恋爱） since they were freshmen（一年级学生）. But over the summer

3、, she had met someone else. Now as he entered his senior year, Mike was alone. For three years they shared the same friends and favorite hangouts（常去的地方）. The thought of returning to those surroundings without Angie made him feel empty.,Football practice usually helped him take his mind off his troub

4、les. Coaches have a way of running you until you are so tried, you cant think anthing else. But lately（近来，最近）, mikes heart just wasnt in it. One day it caught up with him. He dropped passes(传球) he wouldnt normally miss and let himself get tackled（抢球） by guys who had never been able to touch him befo

5、re.,Mike knew better than to have the coach yell at him again, so he tried practice instead. As he was running off the field, he was told to report to the coachs office. “Girl, family or school. which one is bothering you, son?” asked his coach. “ girl,” Mike responded. “How did you guess?” “Sanders

6、, Ive been coaching football since before you were born and every time Ive seen an all-star play like a J.V. rookie（二队新选手）, its been because of one of those three things.”,Mike nodded. “Sorry, sir. It wont happen again.”His coach patted（轻拍） him on the shoulder. “This is a big year for you, mike. The

7、res no reason why you shouldnt get a full ride（全额奖学金） to the school of your choice. Just remember to focus on（集中注意力） whats really important. The other thing will take care of themselves.” Mike knew his coach was right. He should just let Angie move on with her life. But he still felt hurt, even betr

8、ayed（背叛，对.不忠的）. “It just makes me so mad, Coach.I trusted her .I opened myself up to her. I gave her all I had, but what did it get me?”,His coach pulled out some paper and a pen from his desk drawer（抽屉）. “Thats a really good question. What did it get you?” He handed Mike the pen and paper and said,

9、 “I want you to think about the time you spent with this girl, and list as many experiences, good and bad, as you can remember. Then I want you to write down the things that you learned from each other. Ill be back in an hour.” With that ,the coach left Mike by himself.,Mike slumped（因无力，倒下，靠） into h

10、is chair as memories of Angie flooded his head. He recalled（回想） when he had first worked up（激起，鼓起） the nerve（勇气） to ask her out, and how happy he had been when she said yes. Had it not been for Angies encouragement(鼓励), Mike wouldnt have tried out for（为.角逐） the football team. Then he though of the f

11、ights that they had. Though he couldnt remember all the reasons for fighting, he remembered the sense of achievement（成就） he got from working though（解决） their problems. He had learned to communicate and compromise（妥协）. He remembered making up(和好) after the fights, too. That was always the best part.,

12、Mike remembered all the times she made him feel strong and needed and special. He filled the paper with their history: holidays, trips with each other,with family, school dances and quiet picnics together. Line by line, he wrote of the experiences they shared, and he realized how she had helped shap

13、e his life. He would have become a different person without her. When the coach returned, mike was gone. He had left a note on the desk that simply read,“Coach,thanks for the lesson. I guess what they say about having loved and lost is true. See you at the practice.,possess vt. 持有；拥有 possession 拥有；财

14、产；,词组 possess oneself 自制，镇静 possess someone of something 使某人拥有某物 possess of 拥有；占有,Some animals possess the characteristic of man. 有些动物具有人类的特征,例子,dump v. 与（某人）结束恋爱关系；乱扔,例子,And you basically dump it into here. 你基本上是把它倾倒到这儿。,German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil. 德国法律禁止在德国国土上

15、倒弃危险废弃物。,have a way of running 有一种运行方式,have a way of doing sth. 某事经常会,take sth. off 移去；拿掉,take off 1. (飞机等)起飞 2.匆匆离去；急忙离开 3.（观念、产品等）突然大受欢迎 take sb off /take off sb 1.模仿，学某人的样子 2.中止，取消 take sth off / take off sth 1.脱下（衣服）；摘掉 2.休假；休息 3.取消；停演 4.截去,caught up with sb 开始对.产生影响,短语 caught up with 给迷住 you ca

16、ught up with me 你总能再让我坠入情网 I caught up with him 我跟上了他 She ran and caught up with him. 她追赶上了他。,tackle v. (足球等比赛中的)抢（球），截（球）,短语 tackled player 被扑搂的对员 quickly tackled 迅速了解,例子,He shot the ball before he was tackled. 他在遭阻截铲断前起脚射门。,knew better than,例子,He knew better than to hope for that. 没有比他更清楚这一点的了,I k

17、new better than to trust you. 我早知道不能相信你,yell vi. 大叫，叫喊 n. 喊声，叫声 vt. 喊叫着说,词组 yell at对.吼叫 yell out呼喊；大声地叫出,She likes to yell at me: “No, Daddy! 她喜欢朝着我喊：“不，爸爸，不！”,例子,bother vt. 烦扰，打扰；使不安；使恼怒 vi. 操心，麻烦；烦恼 n. 麻烦；烦恼,短语 bother sb 打扰某人 ; 打扰 ; 烦扰或打扰某人 bother one with 以来打扰某人；拿来麻烦某人 cant be bothered 不想出力，不愿找麻烦

18、,例子,Dont bother about me. 别为我担忧。,Ive been coaching football since.,现在完成进行时,用法 现在完成进行时(Present perfect continuous) 主语+have/has+been+动词-ing(延续性动词) （一）表示从过去某时开始一直持续到现在的动作，并且还将持续下去。 I have been learning English three years ago.三年以来我一直在学英语。（动作还将继续下去） （二）表示在说话时刻之前到现在正在进行的动作。 We have been waiting for you f

19、or half an hour.我们已经等你半个钟头了(人还没到，如同在电话里说的，还会继续等) （三）有些现在完成进行时的句子等同于现在完成时的句子。 （四）大多数现在完成进行时的句子不等同于现在完成时的句子。 （五）表示状态的动词不能用于现在完成进行时。 这类不能用于现在完成进行时的动词还有：love爱，like喜欢，hate讨厌，think想等等。 （六）一些现在完成时的句子也与现在完成进行时的句子含义相同。延续性动词在现在完成时与现在完成进行时时态中使用，句意相同。 (七）表示现在以前一直在进行的动作强调动作的未完成性,Theres no reason why you shouldnt

20、 get a full ride to the school of your choice,通过你的选择，你没有理由得不到学校的全额 奖学金,The other thing will take care of themselves.”,其他的事情你就不用管了,betray vt. 背叛；出卖；泄露（秘密）；露出迹象,短语 betray oneself 原形毕露 ; 无意中露出本性 ; 暴露本来面目 ; 暴露自己,例子,She betrayed her friends. 她背叛了朋友。,Then I began to betray her. 后来，我开始背叛她了。,slump vi. 下降，衰落

21、；倒下；大幅度下降 vt. 使降低；使衰落；使倒下 n. 衰退；暴跌；消沉,短语 big slump 大衰退 ; 大衰(暴跌) economic slump经济衰退,例子,suddenly slump down to the floor 突然倒在地板上,recall vt. 召回；回想起，记起；取消 n. 召回；回忆；撤消,短语 beyond recall 回想不起来的,召唤不回来的, 不能挽回的,不能取消的 recall to mind 回想起，回忆起，记得,例子,I dont recall what he said at the meeting. 我想不起来他在会上说了些什么。,work up 鼓动，激起，唤起；使激动,I worked myself up to accept the challenge. 我鼓起勇气接受挑战。,例子,同近义词 逐步建立；逐步发展；激发；整理 arrange / wak