新编英语教程 6 Unit 1 西工大版.pptVIP

第五段译文 我早已不再为他敏锐的洞察力感到惊讶了，所以我详细地告诉他我的烦恼。带着一丝忧伤的自豪，我试着保持绝对诚实。我没有因为我的失望责怪任何人，除了我自己。我分析了整件事，所有错误的决断，错误的步骤。我讲了约15分钟，这期间老人只是静静地喝着他的麦芽酒。 Paragraph 10 23. common denominator – this is a term used in mathematics, meaning “the common multiple of the denominator of several fractions”公分母. In this context, it means “the characteristic shared by the three persons”, i.e. the phrase if only was used by all three of them. 第十段译文 老人从一个平匾的硬纸板盒中拿出一盒磁带，放到了播放机中。“在这盒磁带里，”他说，“有三段短录音，那是由三个不同的向我寻求帮助的人录制的。当然，他们是匿名的。我想让你听这些录音，看看你是否能从这三段录音中找出那个共同的两字短语。”他笑道：“别露出那么困惑的表情，我有我的原因。” Paragraph 11 24. berate – (formal) scold or criticize angrily because of a fault e.g. Don’t berate anyone just because he has made a mistake. Don’t we all make mistakes from time to time? We have been berated for so many years! But have we been toppled by their criticisms? 多少年来我们挨骂挨得多了，骂倒了吗？ 25. let … go by – miss e.g. Never let a good opportunity go by. 决不要错失良机。 He let a week go by before answering the letter. 他一周以后才回信。 The old man thinks too many people now let good manners go by. 这老人认为太多的人现在抛弃了礼貌修养。 Paraphrase The woman who spoke next had never married because of a sense of obligation to her widowed mother; she recalled bitterly all the marital chances she had let go by. (ll. 39-40) The next speaker on the tape was a woman who had remained single because she thought she was obliged to take care of her mother who was a widow. She still remembered and told others miserably about all the chances of marriage she had missed. 第十一段译文 对我来说，磁带里这些声音的主人具有的共同点就是不开心。第一个说话的男人似乎遭遇了某种生意的损失或是失败，他严厉地斥责了自己没能更加努力，没能更加高瞻远瞩。第二个说话的女人因为对自己守寡母亲的义务感，从未结婚。她苦涩地回忆着她放弃的每一个步入婚姻的机会。第三个声音属于一个母亲，她无止境地责怪自己，因其未成年的儿子惹上了大麻烦被关进警局。 Paragraph 12 26. subtle poison – destructive effect that is difficult to pin down e.g. Computer games are a subtle poison to the university students because they will slowly consume their energy in the academic study. 27. spot - notice, see sth. that is hard to detect e.g. We can