研究生英语综合教程下Unit5P.ppt

The Victorian era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom was the period of Queen Victorias reign from 1837 until her death in 1901. It’s considered to be the most popular and prosperous era of Britain. Women of this period were known to pay a lot of attention to their clothes, hairstyle and?etc. Boning in the bodice allowed for a very narrow waist. Reading Focus – Language Point  1. An Alpine Divorce, written in the 1880s and set during the Victorian era, sheds light on the hypocrisy and entrapment of marriage in Victorian society, where divorce was still very much a taboo subject. shed light on: make clear to the mind He wants to shed light on the human nature in his novels. taboo: general agreement not to discuss about More than a question, death is a taboo in Chinese culture and education. 翻译：《阿尔比斯山上的离婚》写于19世纪80年代，以维多利亚时代为背景，将当时社会中充满着虚伪和欺骗的婚姻状况呈现在读者面前，那时候离婚是个禁忌的话题。 sever: cut, break or break off After divorce, she severed her connection with her son. 翻译：在这世界上的某些地方，夫妻性情不合就能成为离婚的正当理由，但是在英格兰，并没有如此微妙的区分，所以除非妻子犯罪或者丈夫犯罪并且为人残暴，否则两者的关系将一只维系下去，直至死神将它们分开。 uncompromising: adj. unwilling to change your opinions or intentions 不妥协的 e.g. At work, George was known as an uncompromising  businessman. be bound to: be very likely to e.g. 1) Don’t lie to her. She ________________ (她肯定会发 现的). 2) _______________________ (肯定会有变化) when  the new system is introduced. 翻译：婚姻充其量不过是一种妥协，而如果恰好两个个性 上互不妥协的人结合了，那就肯定会有麻烦。 Reading Focus – Language Point is bound to find out There are bound to be changes 4. In some parts of the world, incompatibility of temper is considered a just cause for obtaining a divorce, but in England no such subtle distinction is made, and so until the wife became criminal, or the man became both criminal and cruel, these two were linked together by a bond that only death could sever. (Para. 4) compatible, incompatible, incompatibility 1) An _____________ problem prevents the two pieces of  software from being u