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关于精读的具体目标： 词与词组在具体语境中的用法。 熟悉一些基本句型以及基本长难句的结构。 体会作者的行文思路：句与句之间的逻辑关系，段与段之间的逻辑关系，文章整体的篇章结构。 第三点的思考尤其是容易被同学们所忽略，而这一点能真正体现阅读实力。如果愿意去翻译全文也不错，但绝对不是文章翻译过来就完成了精读。 1998 Text 1 Few creations of big technology capture the imagination like giant dams. Perhaps it is humankind’s long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating.But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. Several giant dam projects threaten to do more harm than good. 词汇： Capture:make sb interested.使感兴趣 sb’s attention/imagination/interest：to make sb interested in sth 引起（注意、想象、兴趣）:They use puppets to capture the imagination of younger audiences.他们用木偶来启发小观众的想象力。 IDM at the mercy of sb/sth:not able to stop sb/sth harming you because they have power to control over you任...处置；对...无能为力；任由...摆布：I’m not going to put myself at the mercy of bank.我不想任由银行摆布。We were at the mercy of the weather.我们受制于天气。 Bidding：what sb asks or orders you to do请求；吩咐；命令: to do sb’s bidding=to obey sb服从某人 Perhaps it is humankind’s long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating. 解析：这是一个强调句（去掉it is和that后仍是一个完整的句子），强调主语humankind’s long suffering ，谓语make，宾语the idea，宾补so fascinating。注意make接复合宾语和双宾语的区别。at the mercy of flood and drought介词短语作后置定语，修饰主语；of forcing the waters to do our bidding 介短作定语。 翻译：也许正是因为人类长期遭受洪水和干旱的制约，才使得人们对治理河水、供我驱策的想法如此痴迷。 段落结构：文章转折型开篇，文章主题句在Bu引导的这个句子。文章第一句话表明人们痴迷于建大坝。第二句话是交代第一句的原因。第三句话转折，表明作者认为痴迷与建坝是盲目的。第四句进一步表明了作者对盲目建坝的负态度。 The lesson from dams is that big is not always beautiful. It doesn’t help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves. Egypt’s leadership in the Arab world was cemented by the Aswan High Dam. Turkey’s bid for First World status includes the giant Ataturk Dam. 词汇： Lesson:(to sb)an experience,especially an unpleasant one,that sb can learn from so that it does