高英L6 Mark Twain Language Study Para 15-22.pptVIP

He pretended to praise the U. S. military for the massacre of 600 Philippine Moros in the bowl of a volcanic crater . E-C：对于美国军队在一个火山口上屠杀六百名菲律宾摩洛人的行为，他（没有直接进行抨击，而是）假装为之高唱赞歌。 [m?s?k?] the savage and excessive killing of many people crater：a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano火山口 Note 15, P122 In The Mysterious Stranger, he insisted that man drop his religious illusions and depend upon himself, not Providence, to make a better world. E-C: 在《神秘的陌生人》中，他认为，人类要创造一个更加美好的世界就应该抛弃宗教幻想，依靠自己而不是上帝的力量。 （should） (in order/so as) God; a force which is believed by some people to control what happens in our lives and to protect us; Divine Providence神的旨意 Note 16, P122 The last of his own illusions seemed to have crumbled near the end. Dictating his autobiography late in life, he commented /with a crushing sense of despair/ on mens final release from earthly struggles: ... they vanish from a world where they were of no consequence; where they achieved nothing; where they were a mistake and a failure and a foolishness; where they have left no sign that they had existed – a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever.” Para. 22 The last of his own illusions seemed to have crumbled near the end. E-C: 他自己的最后一个幻想到后来似乎也破灭了。 E-E: It seemed that the last of his own illusions had been broken late in his life. break or fall apart into fragments/pieces; fall into decay or ruin Dictating his autobiography late in life, he commented with a crushing sense of despair on mens final release from earthly struggles: E-C: 在晚年口述自传的时候，他以极端绝望的心情谈到人从尘世苦难中的最终解脱： overwhelming release from ：escape from: freedom from; getting away from; emancipation from earthly struggles: struggles for life on the earth final release from earthly struggles(修辞）euphemism委婉 : death dictate: say out loud for the purpose of recording/writing by others口述 ... they vanish from ⑴ a world where they were of no consequence; where they