自考高英上课件Lesson_6_A_good_chance.pptVIP

6. Noncommitally 不置可否地 adv. 不明确地；不表态地indescribably?,?fuzzily He?pursed?his?lips?noncommittally.? 他咬了咬嘴唇，不置可否。 Why,?yes,?George,?he?said,?noncommittally.?“啊，有的，乔治，”他含糊地说。 The Task for a Translator 8 “Do you really think he will give up the position?” he (scoffed, scold). Scoff: to laugh at a person or idea, and talk about them in a way that shows you think they are stupid; make fun of Scold: to angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have done Lesson 6 A Good Chance (by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn) (Elizabeth Cook-Lynn) (born 1930 in Fort Thompson, South Dakota) is an editor, essayist, poet, novelist, and academic, whose trenchant[tren(t)?(?)nt]? (尖锐的，鲜明的） views on Native American politics, particularly tribal sovereignty[s?vr?nt?]? （部落主权）, have caused controversy. 印第安人在美国倍受歧视，多数仍生活在政府为他们划定的、边远贫瘠的居留地内。六七十年代，在轰轰烈烈的黑人民权运动的影响下，印第安人也掀起了反对种族歧视、争取合法权益的斗争。 1968年美国印第安人争取民权的战斗组织“美国印第安人运动”正式成立，要求经济独立，复兴传统文化，保护合法权利，特别是印第安人部落的地区自制和恢复他们认为被非法剥夺的土地。当时印第安人为抗议政府违反协议，占领了阿尔卡特拉斯岛Alcatraz Island （1969~1971），并于1972年向华盛顿进军，占领了印第安人事务局的办公大楼。各地印第安人的民权运动如火如荼。 故事的主人公、年轻的印第安人喜鹊Magpie的思想也产生了很大变化，他从向往到大学学习、进入主流社会，发展到积极参加民权运动、抗议政府对印第安人的歧视。喜鹊思想的变化和他被无故枪杀，不能不引起我们对美国所标榜的“人权”、“自由”、“平等”的深思。 Words and expressions abridged [?‘br?d?d] Adj. 删节的 节略的 Abridge v.删减 删节 缩短（stay…） Abridgment n.节略本 删节本 2.agitate[?d??te?t] : vt. to make sb feel angry, anxious or nervous 使焦虑不安，困扰 This remark seems to agitate her guest. vi. ~ for/against sth : to argue strongly for sth you want, especially for changes in a law, in social condition. etc. （尤指为法律和社会状况的改变而）激烈争论、鼓动、煽动 This political group has been agitating for social reforms. Adj. agitated : 焦虑不安的，激动的 n. agitation 焦虑不安 3. embitter[?mb?t?] : make bitter and angry 使......怨恨. Being scolded without good reasons embittered him. 让人无端责骂,他感到一腔怨气。 4. V. Hesitate N. hesitation Adj. hesitant Adv; hesitantly Hesitate in doing sth/ to do sth As their name indicates, kingsnakes eat other snakes — they do not hesit