大家一起來(lái)啃新概念第四冊(cè):第五課青年(下)

字號(hào):

5-8. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
    【譯文】他們無(wú)拘無(wú)束,不枯燥地沉湎于卑鄙的名利和物質(zhì)享受。
    【單詞和短語(yǔ)】
    dreary:枯燥無(wú)味的;單調(diào)的;令人生厭的(dull and making you feel sad or bored),
    例如:
    a dreary meeting 枯燥的會(huì)議
    mean:卑鄙的(cruel and not kind),
    例如:
    a mean motive 卑鄙的動(dòng)機(jī)
    It is mean to spread gossip about others.
    散布有關(guān)他人的流言蜚語(yǔ)是卑鄙的。
    5-9. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.
    【譯文】他們不是社會(huì)上那些急切向上爬的人,也不一味追求物質(zhì)享受。
    【單詞和短語(yǔ)】
    devotion:專心,熱心,專心(the loyalty that you show towards a person, job etc, especially by working hard),
    例如:
    sb.’s devotion of time and money to the project
    某人對(duì)這一項(xiàng)目所花費(fèi)的時(shí)間和金錢
    Two devotions have filled her life.
    她的生活被兩樣他所專注的事情占據(jù)了。
    5-10. All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things.
    【譯文】在我看來(lái),所有這些使他們與生命以及萬(wàn)物的起源聯(lián)系在了一起。
    【講解】all this seems to me to link…中to me乃插入語(yǔ)。link…with…意為“把……同……聯(lián)系起來(lái)”。them指年輕人。
    【單詞和短語(yǔ)】
    origin:起源;來(lái)源;由來(lái),起因(the place or situation in which something begins to exist),
    例如:
    the origin of the universe 宇宙的起源
    a word of Latin origin 源自拉丁語(yǔ)的詞語(yǔ)
    5-11. It's as if they were, in some sense, cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures.
    【譯文】從某種意義上講,他們似乎是超凡脫俗之人,同我們這些見(jiàn)識(shí)短淺的俗物形成鮮明而有趣的對(duì)照。
    【講解】as if they were…suburban creatures是表語(yǔ)從句,were是虛擬語(yǔ)氣結(jié)構(gòu)。in violent and lovely contrast with作定語(yǔ)修飾cosmic beings。suburban creatures作us的同位語(yǔ),注意這里作者用creatures(生物)指人,即“以種代類”,屬提喻(synecdoche)修辭手法。
    【單詞和短語(yǔ)】
    suburban:有郊區(qū)(人)特點(diǎn)的;<貶>平淡乏味的;古板的(boring and typical of people who live in the suburbs),
    例如:
    a suburban lifestyle 郊區(qū)生活方式
    5-12. All that is in my mind when I meet a young person.
    【譯文】每逢遇到年輕人,我就想到這些。
    【講解】all that is in my mind中all that指上文提到的事。a young person中的a表示類別,意即“年輕人”,不是指某個(gè)年輕人。
    5-13. He may be conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary clichés about respect of elders—as if mere age were a reason for respect.
    【譯文】年輕人也許狂妄自負(fù),舉止無(wú)理,傲慢放肆,愚昧無(wú)知,但我決不求助于要尊重長(zhǎng)者云云的陳詞濫調(diào)來(lái)為維護(hù)自己的尊嚴(yán),似乎唯有年長(zhǎng)才是受人尊敬的理由。
    【講解】he乃承a young person而選用。to turn to…for …為……求助于……。for protection作turn的目的狀語(yǔ),位置提前是為了使句子更加緊湊。dreary clichés about respect of elders作to的賓語(yǔ)。about respect of elders作clichés的定語(yǔ)。for elders作respect的定語(yǔ)。句中的破折號(hào)引出被強(qiáng)調(diào)的部分。
    【單詞和短語(yǔ)】
    conceited:自負(fù)的,自高自大的,驕傲自滿的(someone who is conceited thinks they are very clever, skillful, beautiful etc),名詞形式為conceit。
    presumptuous:專橫的,自行其是的,傲慢的,冒昧的,放肆的(doing sth. that you have no right to do and that seems rude),
    例如:
    It would be presumptuous for anybody to offer such a view.
    任何人提出這種觀點(diǎn)都是放肆的。
    fatuous:愚笨的,昏庸的,蠢的(very silly or stupid),名詞形式為fatuity,
    例如:
    fatuous talk 昏話
    Television commercials seem more fatuous than ever.
    電視廣告節(jié)目似乎比以往任何時(shí)候更沒(méi)意思了。
    5-14. I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.
    【譯文】我篤信我們是平等的。如果我認(rèn)為他們錯(cuò)了,我就以平等的身份和他們爭(zhēng)個(gè)明白。
    【單詞和短語(yǔ)】
    equal:同等的人(someone who is as important, intelligent etc as you are, or who has the same rights and opportunities as you do),
    例如:
    Mix with your equals or betters. 與同你相仿或更好的人交往。