基础综合英语 邱东林版.docVIP

Unit 1 Our youngest,a word-class charmer,did little to develop his intellectual talents but always got by Until Mrs.Stifer. 我们的小儿子是个世界级的万人迷,学习不怎么动脑筋,但是总是能蒙混过关,直到Mrs.Stifer成为他的老师,这种局面才得以改变. No one seems to stop to think that ----no matter what environment they come from---most kids don’t put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at stake. 似乎没有人停下来想想看,无论还在来自何种环境,他们当中大多数若不是发现情况到了危机关头,才不会把功课当成头等大事呢。 Of average intelligence or above ,they eventually quit school,concluding they were too dumb to finish 这些学生智力水平至少也算中等,但是最终都退学,他们总结说自己太笨,学不下去了. Young people generally don’t have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it 年轻人往往不够成熟,不会像我的成年学生那样重视教育 It is an expression of confidence by both teachers and parents that student have the ability to learn the material presented to them. 这表明老师和家长都对学生有信心,相信他们能够学好发给他们的学习资料. This means no more doing Scott’s assignments for him because he might fail . No more passing Jodi because she’s such a nice kid. 这意味着再也不要因为担心斯科特会不及格而替他做作业,再也不要因为朱迪是个乖孩子而放她过关. Unit 2 I had always dreamed of being proposed to in a Parisian cafe , under dazzling stars , like the one in a Van Gogh knockoff that hangs in my studio apartment .Instead , my boyfriend asked me to marry him while I was Windexing the bathroom mirror. 我一直有这样的梦想,星光灿烂的晚上,在一家巴黎咖啡馆就像梵高所画的“一夜的咖啡馆”我的工作室墙上就有一幅此画的翻本，然而我男朋友却在我用的“稳得新”擦洗卫生间镜子的时候叫我嫁给他。 But the more time and effort I put in，the more the universe tried to thwart me.The Greek band from Los Angeles that I wanted wasn’t available . The stitching I had requested for my cathedral veil was all wrong , My ivory silk gown being quarantined somewhere in Singapore 但是我投入的时间和精力越多,万事就越和我过不去,没有请到我想要的洛杉矶希腊乐队,我到教堂对说戴面纱的针线活也很糟,不是我原来所要的,我订的象牙丝绸衣服也被隔离在新加坡的某个地方. I realized that a Big Day without my mother would be no day at all.Not having my dad,who passed away three years before,to walk me down the aisle was painful,but the thought of not having Mom the was unbearable. 我意识到没有妈妈的大喜