Take This Fish and Look at It.ppt

Take This Fish and Look at It (9-13) Translation: 9. On my return, I learned that Professor Agassiz had been at the Museum, but had gone, and would not return for several hours. My fellow-students were too busy to be disturbed by continued conversation. Slowly I drew forth that hideous fish, and with a feeling of desperation again looked at it. I might not use a magnifying-glass; instruments of all kinds were interdicted. My two hands, my two eyes, and the fish it seemed a most limited field. I pushed my finger down its throat to feel how sharp the teeth were. I began to count the scales in the different rows, until I was convinced that was nonsense. At last a happy thought struck me — I would draw the fish; and with surprise I began to discover new features in the creature. Just then the Professor returned. 翻 译： ? 我回来后，得知阿加西兹教授回过博物馆，可又走了，要过几个小时才回来。我的那些同学都在忙着，不能一直跟他们谈话打搅他们。我慢吞吞地取出了那条面目可憎的鱼，怀着绝望心情接着看。我不能用放大镜，任何器材都不许用。一双手，两只眼，还有这条鱼：这个观察场地也未免太狭小了。我把一根手指伸进它的喉部，试试它的牙齿有多锋利。我开始数一排排鱼鳞，一直数到自己也觉得荒唐。最后我想出了一个绝妙的主意—— 把鱼画下来。我惊讶地发现这家伙身上还真有不少新特征。就在这时教授回来了。 本段重点： Desperation n.绝望的；不顾一切拼命 例：We?all?have?moments?of?desperation. 我们都有绝望的时候。 Desperation?is?always?the?conclusion?of?a?fool. 绝望是愚者的结论。 magnifying-glass n.放大镜 interdicted v.禁止（行动）( interdict的过去式和过去分词 )；禁用；限制 例：vocal?music?was?not?interdicted. 声乐不在禁止之列。 throat n.咽喉；颈前部；[植物学]管颈 vt.用沙哑的声音或嗓音发音 例：Why?do?I?always?have?a?sore?throat? 为什么我总咽喉痛？ 10. That is right, said he; a pencil is one of the best of eyes. I am glad to notice, too, that you keep your specimen wet, and your bottle corked.“ 对了，”他说，“笔的目光也是最敏锐的。而且，令人高兴的是，我还注意到你的标本没有干，瓶子也是塞住的。” 11.With these encouraging words, he added: Well, what is it like? ?????? 说了这番鼓励话之后，他接着问：“好了，看得怎么样了？” 12. He listened attentively to my brief rehearsal of the structure of parts whose names were still unknown to me: the fringed gill-arches and movable operculum; the pores o