英语四单元李琴.ppt

Marriage and Love (Ⅰ) 婚姻与爱情 Emma Goldman（爱玛·哥德曼） 化材学院 李琴 01 The popular notion about marriage and love is that they are synonymous, that they spring from the same motives, and cover the same human needs. 有关婚烟与爱情流行的观念认为两者意义相近，它们源自相同的动机，满足相同的人类需求。 注：◆notion：n.概念，观念；意见，见解；奇想；打算 ◆synonymous：adj. 同义的，类义的；同义词的 be synonymous with (与…)关系紧密的;等同(于)…的;互为依存的 ◆spring from: 起源于;发源（于），出身（于），来自（于）;由……引起；源于，从……产生出来 例： Literature and art can only spring from the life of the people. 只有人民的生活才是文学艺术的唯一源泉。 01 Like most popular notions this also rests not on actual facts, but on superstition . 但同大多数流行观念一样，这种观点并非建立在确定的事实之上，而是建立在迷信之上。 注：◆ rest on/upon:搁在[支撑在]…上；依赖于， 寄托于…上， 基于；接触到；达到 例：Our policy should rest on the basis of self-reliance. 我们的方针要放在自力更生的基点上。 ◆ superstition :n. 迷信；迷信行为；古邪教 02 Marriage and love have nothing in common; they are as far apart as the poles; are, in fact, antagonistic to each other. No doubt some marriages have been the result of love. 婚姻与爱情没有任何相同之处，它们之间就如同南北两极一样远离对方；事实上，它们彼此正好相反。毫无疑问，有一些婚姻是爱情的结果。 注：◆ antagonistic：adj. 敌对的，对抗的，敌意的 ◆antagonistic to：敌对的 例：His policy is antagonistic to our interests. 他的政策与我们的利益相抵触。 02 Not, however, because love could assert itself only in marriage; much rather is it because few people can completely outgrow a convention. 但是，这不是因为爱只能在婚姻中表达自己；而更多的是因为没有多少人能完全摆脱世俗的束缚。 注： ◆assert：vt. 声称，断言；维护，坚持；坚持自己的主张；生效 assert sth. to be true 断言某事是真实的 ◆ outgrow：vt. 过度成长；因年龄增加而失去；年长而不再需要； 生物长出 outgrow a bad habit (随着年龄增长而)戒掉一个坏习惯 02 There are today large numbers of men and women to whom marriage is naught bu