The First Day.pptVIP

The First Day by George and Helen Papashvily Vocabulary 1.disgrace 英[disgreis] 美[disgres] n.耻辱，丢脸的人或事，失宠 vt.使...失宠，给...丢脸，使...蒙受羞辱 短语 disgrace age 耻辱年龄，荣辱观时代 visual disgrace 视觉耻辱 disgrace oneself 侮辱名声 in disgrace 很不讨人喜欢的 Sentence 1.我玷污了家族的名声 I have disgraced my familys name 2.Your alliance will be a disgrace;your name will never even be mentioned by any of us. 你们的结合是一种耻辱，甚至我们连你们的名字都不肯提起 Vocabulary 2.discharge 英 [dist?ɑ?d?] 美[dist?ard?] vt.解雇，卸下，放出 vi.排放，卸货，流出 n.排放，卸货，解雇 短语 to discharge a debt 还债 to discharge oneself of ones duty 尽义务，履行职责 discharging place 卸货处 Sentence 1.老板因为她的缺勤而把她解雇了 The boss discharged her because of her absence 2.In crowed places ,the police should not discharge their weapons. 在拥挤的地方警察不应该发射武器 Vocabulary dissolve 英[dizolv] 美[dizalv] vt.使溶解，使分解，使液化 vi.溶解，解散，消失 n.叠化画面，画面的溶暗 短语 dissolve time 溶解时间 dissolve in 溶入，溶化，在解散 dissolve oxygen 溶解氧 Sentence 1.水能分解成氢气和氧气 （氢气hydrogen 氧气oxygen） Water can be dissolved into hydrogen and oxygen 2.Dissolve the chocolate in the top of the boiler 在蒸锅的上层溶化巧克力 Phrase 1.back and forth 反复的 2.all in all 总之，总的来说 3.apply onself to 致力于 4.thumb through 浏览，翻看 Translation 1.His idea was that in the days when a person starves with one,by the other he may eat. 他认为，如果一个人靠一门手艺不能挣到饭吃的话，他也许能靠另一门手艺吃上饭。 2.总之，我也许命里注定不该在餐馆打工。 All in all,a restaurant isnt my fate 3.well,now,I have lived one whole day in America and - just like they say -America is a country where anything at all can happen 是的，现在，我生活了一整天的美国，正如他们说的， 美国是一个任何事都会发生的国家。 Theme The theme of this story is anything at all can happen.It took place in the late 19th century and early 20th century.At that time,many people went to the United States to realize their American dream.They came from all over the world and spoke different languages.In a time of fast development and mass immigration,there were kind and helpful people like Zurabeg and the restaurantowner,but there wew also mean and dishonest