Lesson 15 ppt[精].ppt

Lesson 15 Is America falling apart? Sep. 30,2012 Para1 I am back in Bracciano, a castellated(城堡式) town about 13 miles north of Rome, after a year in New Jersey. 我在新泽西州呆了一年之后，回到了布拉奇阿诺，这是一座位于罗马以北约13英里的城堡式的小城。 P 268 note 2 at the drop of a hat: at any time 随时；不论何时 He was quarrelsome and ready to fight at the drop of a hat. 他很好斗，随时都跃跃欲试。 If you need a babysitter quickly, call Mary, because she can come at the drop of a hat. 你若急需保姆可叫玛丽，因为她随叫随到。 I find the Italian Government still unstable, gasoline more expensive than anywhere in the world, butchers and bank clerks and tobacconists(烟店老板) ready to go on strike at the drop of a hat(随时的), 我发现意大利政府仍不稳定，汽油比世界任何地方都贵，卖肉的、银行职员和烟店老板随时都准备罢工，  shrink (v.): 1) become less, smaller 收缩；萎缩 Woolen clothes often shrink when they are washed. 毛料衣服洗后会缩水。 2) move back, withdraw 退缩；畏缩 The dog shrank from the whip. 那条狗退缩以避开鞭子。 He shrank from admitting his guilt. 他畏畏缩缩不敢认罪。 neo-fascists at their dirty work, the hammer and sickle painted on the rumps of public statues, a thousand-lira note (officially worth about $1.63) shrunk to the slightness of a dollar bill. 新法西斯分子在干着卑鄙肮脏的勾当，公共场所雕像臀部画着锤子和镰刀，1000里拉（按官价折合1.63美元左右）的钞票贬值到只值一美元。  Neo- neoclassic  Para2 Nevertheless(然而), its delightful to be back. People are underpaid but they go through an act of liking their work, the open markets are luscious with esculent color , the community is important than the state, the human condition is humorously accepted. 然而回到这里仍然令我高兴。人们得到的工资很低，但仍做出喜欢他们的工作的样子，露天市场里是香甜味美的可口食品，社区比国家重要，人们怀着幽默感接受了这种人生状况。  The northern wind blows viciously today, and theres no central heating to turn on, but it will be pleasant when the wind drops. 今天刮着猛烈的干冷的北风，而且也没有中央暖气可供采暖，但风停了就会舒服了。  look forward to: to expect with hope or pleasure 盼望；渴望 We are all looking forward to seeing you again soon. 我们都盼望不久能与你重逢。 Im looking forward to some warmer weather after this bitter winter. 我盼着严冬过后的好天气。 … next Wednesdays return of an old Western is something to look forwa