1. The facilities and skills of the teachers were probably well above average for the United States at that time. —— The facilities and skills of the teachers were perhaps much better than those in most schools in………學(xué)校的設(shè)施、教師的水平在當(dāng)時(shí)的美國(guó)要遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于平均水平。
well：adv. quite，rather
The work is well done. 這件工作干得很好。
It's well past midnight，I think it's more time you went home.早過(guò)了午夜，我想你該回家了。
above/below average高于或低于一般標(biāo)準(zhǔn)或水平
2. ………h(huán)ow much I don't yet know. ——how much I don't know up till now.我至今依然不了解的東西太多。
yet：at this point in time
3.Sometimes I think how grateful I would be today if I had learned more back then about what really matters.——I would be grateful today if I had learned more at high school about things that are really important.
有時(shí)候，我想那時(shí)要是能多學(xué)點(diǎn)真正重要的東西，那么今天我會(huì)多么地心存感激。
I would be ………if I had learned 虛擬語(yǔ)氣，主句表示現(xiàn)在，從句表示過(guò)去
I would not be so sleepy if I had slept well last night.
back then：back in my high school days
what really matters：what is important matter is used as a verb——
eg：Does it matter much whether he will not pass the exams？ 他能否通過(guò)考試是否很重要？
4.in some respects……；the only thing I ever heard in school about Napoleon was that the U.S made the Louisiana Purchase from him.
In some respects在某些方面；in respect of就某方面
Louisiana Purchase路易斯安那購(gòu)置
5.On a planet where some 95% of the inhabitants are not Americans，the only history that was thought worth teaching was American history.——The population of the US accounts for only about 5% of that of the world. But in my high school days taught American history only because it was thought that the history of other countries was not important for Americans to learn.
在一個(gè)約95%的居民不是美國(guó)人的星球上，學(xué)校*認(rèn)為只有美國(guó)歷史才值得講授。（此處作者也是委婉批評(píng)了美國(guó)教育部門(mén)的狹隘與偏見(jiàn)。）some：about；approximately
worth teaching——be worth doing值得做
6.Perhaps all the deficiencies have since been rectified.——Perhaps schools have overcome all the shortcomings and improved greatly since I left school.
或許自那以后，該教而沒(méi)有教的缺陷已經(jīng)得到了糾正。
Deficiencies：不足，缺乏，缺少
This disease is caused by Vitamin D deficiency.
Since：從那以后（與完成時(shí)態(tài)連用）
He left home in 1980 and has not been heard of since.他于1980年離家，此后便音信全無(wú)。
7. ……often more a matter of attitude and perception than the simple memorization of facts………——Students should not merely be taught facts to memorize，but they should also be taught to cultivate their ability to judge what is happening around them and take the right attitude towards this.
（該教的）與其說(shuō)是簡(jiǎn)單的對(duì)事實(shí)的記憶問(wèn)題，還不如說(shuō)是態(tài)度問(wèn)題。
more……more 與其說(shuō)——不如說(shuō)
For me，music is more a way of life than an interest.
對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，音樂(lè)與其說(shuō)是一種愛(ài)好，還不如說(shuō)是一種生活方式。
matter，n. （討論、考慮的）問(wèn)題
a matter of principle原則問(wèn)題
a matter of time時(shí)間問(wèn)題
a matter of opinion看法問(wèn)題
a matter of life and death生死攸關(guān)問(wèn)題
8.That's one of the few things that we do better than the other species on our planet. In most things man's fellow creatures on earth are better，but in learning man does better.
這是人類(lèi)在這個(gè)星球上比其他物種做得好些的為數(shù)有限的幾件事中的一件。
此處含有作者對(duì)人類(lèi)所作所為的批評(píng)，意思是：人有種種惡習(xí)，優(yōu)點(diǎn)不多，但喜歡學(xué)習(xí)卻是一大優(yōu)點(diǎn)。
9. Every student should regularly experience the “Aha！”when something you never understood，or something you never knew was a mystery，becomes clear.——Students should be constantly learning new things so that they can experience the joy of learning and of discovering things they didn't know or understand before.
每個(gè)學(xué)生都應(yīng)該經(jīng)常體驗(yàn)一下說(shuō)出“啊，原來(lái)是這么一回事！”時(shí)的感受——也就是你以往不懂的事情，一下子變得豁然開(kāi)朗時(shí)的感受。
Aha：Ah，I see！/Now I understand！
10. The Greek philosopher Socrates said this was one of the greatest of human joys，and it is.
of the greatest of human joys：“the+ 形容詞級(jí)+名詞”的用法：
the most beautiful of the places最美的地方
the greatest of scientists最偉大的科學(xué)家
the best of my friends我最要好的朋友
and it is：learning is still one of the greatest of human joys today
well：adv. quite，rather
The work is well done. 這件工作干得很好。
It's well past midnight，I think it's more time you went home.早過(guò)了午夜，我想你該回家了。
above/below average高于或低于一般標(biāo)準(zhǔn)或水平
2. ………h(huán)ow much I don't yet know. ——how much I don't know up till now.我至今依然不了解的東西太多。
yet：at this point in time
3.Sometimes I think how grateful I would be today if I had learned more back then about what really matters.——I would be grateful today if I had learned more at high school about things that are really important.
有時(shí)候，我想那時(shí)要是能多學(xué)點(diǎn)真正重要的東西，那么今天我會(huì)多么地心存感激。
I would be ………if I had learned 虛擬語(yǔ)氣，主句表示現(xiàn)在，從句表示過(guò)去
I would not be so sleepy if I had slept well last night.
back then：back in my high school days
what really matters：what is important matter is used as a verb——
eg：Does it matter much whether he will not pass the exams？ 他能否通過(guò)考試是否很重要？
4.in some respects……；the only thing I ever heard in school about Napoleon was that the U.S made the Louisiana Purchase from him.
In some respects在某些方面；in respect of就某方面
Louisiana Purchase路易斯安那購(gòu)置
5.On a planet where some 95% of the inhabitants are not Americans，the only history that was thought worth teaching was American history.——The population of the US accounts for only about 5% of that of the world. But in my high school days taught American history only because it was thought that the history of other countries was not important for Americans to learn.
在一個(gè)約95%的居民不是美國(guó)人的星球上，學(xué)校*認(rèn)為只有美國(guó)歷史才值得講授。（此處作者也是委婉批評(píng)了美國(guó)教育部門(mén)的狹隘與偏見(jiàn)。）some：about；approximately
worth teaching——be worth doing值得做
6.Perhaps all the deficiencies have since been rectified.——Perhaps schools have overcome all the shortcomings and improved greatly since I left school.
或許自那以后，該教而沒(méi)有教的缺陷已經(jīng)得到了糾正。
Deficiencies：不足，缺乏，缺少
This disease is caused by Vitamin D deficiency.
Since：從那以后（與完成時(shí)態(tài)連用）
He left home in 1980 and has not been heard of since.他于1980年離家，此后便音信全無(wú)。
7. ……often more a matter of attitude and perception than the simple memorization of facts………——Students should not merely be taught facts to memorize，but they should also be taught to cultivate their ability to judge what is happening around them and take the right attitude towards this.
（該教的）與其說(shuō)是簡(jiǎn)單的對(duì)事實(shí)的記憶問(wèn)題，還不如說(shuō)是態(tài)度問(wèn)題。
more……more 與其說(shuō)——不如說(shuō)
For me，music is more a way of life than an interest.
對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，音樂(lè)與其說(shuō)是一種愛(ài)好，還不如說(shuō)是一種生活方式。
matter，n. （討論、考慮的）問(wèn)題
a matter of principle原則問(wèn)題
a matter of time時(shí)間問(wèn)題
a matter of opinion看法問(wèn)題
a matter of life and death生死攸關(guān)問(wèn)題
8.That's one of the few things that we do better than the other species on our planet. In most things man's fellow creatures on earth are better，but in learning man does better.
這是人類(lèi)在這個(gè)星球上比其他物種做得好些的為數(shù)有限的幾件事中的一件。
此處含有作者對(duì)人類(lèi)所作所為的批評(píng)，意思是：人有種種惡習(xí)，優(yōu)點(diǎn)不多，但喜歡學(xué)習(xí)卻是一大優(yōu)點(diǎn)。
9. Every student should regularly experience the “Aha！”when something you never understood，or something you never knew was a mystery，becomes clear.——Students should be constantly learning new things so that they can experience the joy of learning and of discovering things they didn't know or understand before.
每個(gè)學(xué)生都應(yīng)該經(jīng)常體驗(yàn)一下說(shuō)出“啊，原來(lái)是這么一回事！”時(shí)的感受——也就是你以往不懂的事情，一下子變得豁然開(kāi)朗時(shí)的感受。
Aha：Ah，I see！/Now I understand！
10. The Greek philosopher Socrates said this was one of the greatest of human joys，and it is.
of the greatest of human joys：“the+ 形容詞級(jí)+名詞”的用法：
the most beautiful of the places最美的地方
the greatest of scientists最偉大的科學(xué)家
the best of my friends我最要好的朋友
and it is：learning is still one of the greatest of human joys today