课件现代大学英语精读1课本内容及翻译.docVIP

Lesson? One ??? ?Half a Day Naguib? Mahfou?s 1.?????? I walked? alongs?ide my father?, clutch?ing his right hand. All my clothe?s were new: the black shoes, the green school? unifor?m, and the red cap. They did not make me happy, howeve?r, as this was the day I was to be thrown? into school? for the first time. 2.?????? My mother? stood at the window? watchi?ng our progre?ss, and I turned? toward?s her from time to time, hoping? she would help. We walked? along a street? lined with garden?s, and fields? plante?d with crops: pears, and date palms. 3.?????? Why school? ? I asked my father?. What have I done ? 4.?????? Im not punish?ing you, he said, laughi?ng. School?s not a punish?ment. Its a place that makes useful? men out of boys. Don t you want to be useful? like your brothe?rs? 5.?????? I was not convin?ced. I did not believ?e there was really? any good to be had in tearin?g me away from my home and throwi?ng me into the huge, high-walled? buildi?ng. 6.?????? When we arrive?d at the gate we could see the courty?ard, vast and full of boys and girls. Go in by yourse?lf, said my father?, and join them. Put a smile on your face and be a good exampl?e to others?. 7.?????? I hesita?ted and clung to his hand, but he gently? pushed? me from him. Be a man, he said. Today you truly begin life. You will find me waitin?g for you when its time to leave. 8.?????? I took a few steps. Then the faces of the boys and girls came into view. I did not know a single? one of them, and none of them knew me. I felt I was a strang?er who had lost his way. But then some boys began to glance? at me in curios?ity, and one of them came over and asked, Who brough?t you? 9.?????? My father?, I whispe?red. 10.??? My father?s dead, he said simply?. 11.??? I did not know what to say. The gate was now closed?. Some of the childr?en burst into tears. The bell rang. A lady came along, follow?ed by a group of men. The men began sortin?g us into ranks. We were formed? into an intric