sweat and effort 辛勤劳动
with = because of 因为,由于
11. As for the unfortunate people…. a new excitement is only an additional satiation.
as for….= about 谈及,关于
additional satiation :多余的满足
12. For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.
discipline:约束
[译]对他们而言,生活有规律才有获得兴趣的可能。
13.But fortune\'s favoured children belong to the second class.
fortune\'s favoured children 天子骄子
14. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays when they come are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.
1) ordinary holidays 正常的假日
2)
grudge = regard with hatred 憎恶
3) enforced 被迫地
4) vocation 天职/vacation 假期
[译]每天都是假日,而且当正常的假日到来时,他们都把它当作对其投入的天职所进行的一 种被迫的打搅。
15. Yet to both classes the need of an alternative outlook,…
an alternative outlook 理解为这两类人的想法可以转换(替换)一下
16. Indeed, it may well be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.
1) it may well be that……或许事情正是这样
2) at intervals 不时,间隔一段时间
3)banish = get rid of 去除
4) means = method ,way
17. Catch hold of, 抓住……;let … go, 放掉……。
18. Lay one’s hands on, 得到……,抓到……。
19. Fortune’s favoured children 中的 Fortune 是指“命运女神”。
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Lesson 59 The Great Escape
大逃亡
Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon equipment, or through hiring it, the total expense can be far less than the cost of hotels. But, contrary to a popular assumption, it is far from being the
only one, or even the greatest. The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his five shillings worth of space at one of Europe\'s myriad permanent sites may find himself bumping a Bentley. More likely, Ford Consul will be hub to hub with Renault or Mercedes, but rarely with bicycles made for two.
That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic, a brighter promise for the hopeful traveler who has sworn to get away from it all. It also provides--and some student sociologist might care to base his thesis upon the phenomenon--an escape of another kind. The modern traveller is often a man who dislikes the Splendide and the Bellavista, not because he cannot afford, or shuns, their meterial comforts, but because he is afraid of them. Affluent he may be, but he is by no means sure what, to tip the doorman or the chambermaid. Master in his own house, he has little idea of when to say boo to a maitre d\'hotel.*
From all such fears camping releases him. Granted, a snobbery of camping itself, based upon equipment and techniques, already exists, but it is of a kind that, if he meets it, he can readily understand and deal with. There is no superior \'they\' in the shape of managements and hotel hierarchies to darken his holiday days.
To such motives, yet another must be added. The contemporary phenomenon of motor-car worship is to be explained not least by the sense of independence and freedom that ownership entails. To this pleasure camping gives an exquisite refinement.
From one\'s own front door to home or foreign hills or sands and back again, everything is to hand. Not only are the means of arriving at the holiday paradise entirely within one\'s own command and keeping, but the means of escape from holiday hell (if the beach proves too crowded, the local weather too inclement) are there, outside--or, as likely, part of--the tent. Idealists have objected to the practice of camping, as to the packaged tour, that the traveller abroad thereby denies himself the opportunity of getting to know the people of the country visited. Insularity and self-containment, it is argued, go hand in hand. The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place. Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively. Camping sites, by contrast, are highly cosmopolitan. Granted, a preponderance of Germans is a characteristic that. seems common to most Mediterranean sites; but as yet there is no overwhelmingly specialized patronage. Notices forbidding the open-air drying of clothes, or the use of water points for car washing, or those inviting \'our camping friends\' to a dance or a boat trip are printed not only in French or Italian or Spanish, but also in English,
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German and Dutch. At meal times the odour of sauerkraut vies with that of garlic. The
Frenchman\'s breakfast coffee competes with the Englishman\'s bacon and eggs.
Whether the remarkable growth of organized camping means the eventual death of the more independent kind is hard to say. Municipalities naturally want to secure the campers\' site fees and other custom. Police are wary of itinerants who cannot be traced to a recognized camp boundary or to four walls. But most probably it will all depend upon campers themselves: how many heath fires they cause, how much litter they leave, in short, whether or not they wholly alienate landowners and those who live in the countryside. Only good scouting is likely to preserve the freedoms so dear to the heart of the eternal Boy Scout.
New words and expressions
生词短语
assumption n. 假定
insularity n. 偏狭
manoeuvre v. 驱车(移动)
cater v. 迎合
myriad adj. 无数的
exclusively adv. 排他地 paradox n. 自相矛盾的事 cosmopolitan adj. 世界的 cynic n. 愤世嫉俗者
preponderance n. 优势
sociologist n. 社会学家
overwhelmingly adv. 以压倒优势地,
shun v. 避开
清一色地
affluent adj. 富有的
patronage n. 恩惠,惠顾
chambermaid n. 女招待员 sauerkraut n. 泡菜
boo n. 呸的一声
vie v. 竞争
maitre d’hotel n. [法语]总管
municipality n. 市政当局 snobbery n. 势利
itinerant n. 巡回者 hierarchy n. 等级制度
heath n. 荒地
entail v. 使成为必要
alienate v. 使疏远 inclement adj. 险恶的
eternal adj. 永久的 package tour 由旅行社安排一切的一揽子旅游
manoeuvre vt. (驱车)移动
部队军事演习,大量的调动部队
myriad a. 无数的用期 ** myriad-即为多
myriad in poem
中其意为一万,如周星弛在大话西游所说的一万,这样诗味很浓。
Countless
Unnumbered
Measurable
Immeasurable
Myriad stars 无数的星星
bicycles made for two 双人自行车
to be hub to hub with
与……紧挨 ** hub 相当于 centre 的意思
I sit hub to hub with him.
Wangfujing is the business hub of Beijing.
Side by side 肩并肩 paradox n..自相矛盾的事
第五课讲过** swear vi.
发誓**
Swear words
诅咒的话,这里当名词讲 (swore sworn)
sworn in 宣誓就职
cynic
n.愤世嫉俗者**
犬儒哲学者。这种人有两种观点:(1)对社会(进步)的仇恨;
(2)逃循中、逃避现实
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cynophobia:恐犬症
gooseflesh all over 起一身鸡皮疙瘩
student sociologist 社会学学生
shun vt.避开** shun publicity 不爱抛头漏面
shun society 不爱社交 他很爱社交:He is sociable. 她很爱社交:She is a social butterfly. affluent a.富有的**
prosperous
well of well to do
小康水平,过得很好。
High-heeled 富裕
Moneyed 有钱的 moneyness 无钱的 chambermaid n.女招待员**合成词 West Chamber 中国古代小说《西厢记》 boo n.呸的一声
maitre d’hotel n. 总管不达意** 法语词即为:master of hotel resume CV-curriculum vitae
granted conj. 即使**
假使,
eg: Granted you are right, you can’t be so rude.假使你对你也不能如此粗鲁。 换用词;given provided
作连接词,不作过去分词。
snobbery n.势利** 1、小看那些不如自己的人;2、巴结比自己高的人
snob 势利小人
snob appeal 崇洋媚外
entail vt. 使成为必要**
包含
eg: Learning English entails patience/perseverance/strong will.学英语需要……
exquisite a.精细的,高雅的**
exquisite meal 美味佳肴 exquisite fashion 高雅时装
exquisite furniture 修饰人比如花花公子 playboy Don Juan Dante hell n.苦境、地狱**
go to hell 见鬼去吧!
I am in the living hell. 在……干活,简直让我受不了了。
Hell cat
指人很厉害。
Heaven
to hand
在手边**
inclement a.险恶的
指天气比较恶劣, inclement heat/cold 酷热/严寒
hitter 苦 harsh
糟糕 severe
天气不太好可用 it’s +上边的词
insularity n.偏狭
来源:insular 海岛——peninsula 半岛 island 岛,由岛无往外逃生的可能性可联想到封闭,偏狭 insulated 隔绝的 insulated body 绝缘体
narrow minded / small minded / short sighted / provincial 没有眼光的
cater vi.迎合** cater to sb. / cater for sth. Gratify tend to please
satisfy exclusively ad.排他地**
exclusive news 独家报道
exclusive right to sale sth 专卖权
exclusive shop 专卖店
inclusive 包含
Cosmopolitan a.全世界的 cosmos 表宇宙
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Cosmopolis 大都市 Cosmonaut 宇航员 universal Preponderance n.优势 predominant **
来源于名词 prevail Overwhelmingly ad.以压倒优势地,清一色地 **注意读音
Overwhelmingly victory 大选中获得绝对性胜利
Landslide 山崩所以译为绝对胜利
Patronage n.恩惠,惠顾 **
Patron 倚伥帮助成名的人。所给的恩赐叫 patronage
同 favor—指具体实在的,而 patronage 不一定很具体,是抽象的
do me a favor
Sauerkraut n.泡菜** sauer 来自于德语, 在英语中为 sour
Vie vi.竞争**
Vie with sb. For sth.
I vie with him for the vacancy. 同义:compete contend
Municipality n.市政当局 Municipal 市政府 city 可作直辖市讲
Be wary of
对……保持警惕** on the look-out
Be wary of unhealthy trend
Be on the look-out for sth
Be on guard against sth.
Be on alert
Itinerant n.浪荡着** 来自于 itinerary 旅行线路 tramp
vagrant
gypsy
nomad
Heath n.荒地
Alienate vt.使疏远** alien
Don’t alienate us.不要挑拨离间。
She is a alien.
I alienate my mom.我和母亲疏远了。
Eternal a.永久的** immortal 不朽的 见 37 课解释。 Boy Scout n.童子军 该词来源于英国,请根据以下听讲述。
Boll 战争, Britain and Holand 为争夺 cape of good Hope 的战争
Notes on the text
课文注释
1. It is far from…, 远不是……。
2. Twenty pounds’ worth of space, 价值 20 英镑的空地,其中 worth 是名词。
3. Hub to hub with, 车轴与……车轴相接
4. The Splendide and the Bellavista, 两大酒店的名字。
5. Say boo to a maitre d’hotel, 对酒店的经理表示不满。Say boo to a maitre d’hotel, 是从 not say boo to a goose (非常胆小,不敢得罪)演变而来的。在这个成语中,a goose 常被 人们幽默地换成其他字眼。
6. Granted ,… but …(虽然……但是……)这种句型中的 Granted 总被放在句首,意思是
Yes,相当于一个连接副词的作用。
7. In the shape of , 以……形式出现的。
8. To be hand, 唾手可得。
9. Cater for, 迎合……。
10.be wary of , 提防……。
11.Boy Scout 童子军。
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Motive: 动力 finance:钱 Initial: beginning, first Outlay:expense
Tent, food, alpine jacket 登山服 Assumption: 假想 only one: motive Far from He is far from being honest. Shilling 先令 worth of
Space: parking out
Site: camping site
Bump into limousine 高级车
Yearly: year after year, annual annually
An entertaining paradox for the cynic
一件有趣的自相矛盾的事情
Prospect
Entertaining: enjoyable 第五句:现代露营装备一年比一年讲究,这对那些厌世嫉俗者来说是一件有趣的自相矛盾 的事情。而对于发誓用露营来摆脱烦恼的人来说,却带来了更光明的前景。
第六句首 it 指 equipment
Though he is affluent……
Poor he may be/Poor as he may be……
Tip 小费
Economy Escape
That the equipment of modern camping becomes……
Affluent he may be……
Camping releases him form all such fears.
granted: suppose
snobbery skillful somersault 翻劲斗
managements: 管理层
hierarchies: ranking
darken dampen one’s heart 令人很扫兴 Yet another must be added to such motives. Not least: most
Sense of honor
Sense of responsibility
Sense of humor Sense of master Sense of guilt
Superiority complex
优越感,特殊不同于其他
Inferiority complex
自卑感
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Refinement: enjoyment Foreign: 异乡的 Sands: 沙滩
Means: way Keeping: 保管 Proves: 亲眼验证
Packed like sardines 拥挤的要死
Sesame
Van
第 18 句后采用反证法 object to +名词、动名词 package tour 组团旅行 package plan 一揽子计划
本句中间的 that 作 package tour 的同位语
thereby: in this way, by which hereby 这里证明,兹证明
deny sb. Sth.
Self-containment 自我封闭
Go hand in hand: 结伴而行
正常 19 句写为:It is argued that insularity and self-containment go hand in hand.
Continental: European
Survived the flood
She survived her spouse by ten years. 她比她老伴多活十年。
Survive 同 stand up to
Characteristic to build socialism with Chinese characteristics
Mediterranean 地中海 As yet = however Dutch:荷兰语
Garlic: 大蒜 Remarkable:显著 Custom:风俗习惯 Trace: 跟着、跟踪
……to four walls: 居无定所
can’t be traced to any culprits 找不出他与主犯有什么关系
litter:垃圾 litter bug 乱扔东西让人讨厌
scouting: 童子军的行为:camping
troubled water 一团混水
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Lesson 60 On Moral Courage
论道德勇气
Although truth and justice1 may be the most powerful impulses to show moral courage, there are others. Compassion is one of these. 2Tentatively it can be suggested that this is the main influence upon those who urge the abolition of capital punishment. 3It is recognition of compassion\'s part that leads the upholders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 4This is nonsense but with it some organs of the popular Press played upon the emotions of their readers so successfully that many candidates for Parliament were afraid to support abolition for fear of losing votes and the result was the muddle-headed Homicide Act of 1957 which made murder with robbery a capital crime and allowed the poisoner to escape the gallows. 5That illogical qualification shows how flimsy is the argument that capital punishment is a deterrent to murder. 6The poisoner always works on a calculated plan of action [s:9] [s:9] |