研究生精读教程（第三版）PPT上册Unit 9 This Was My Mother教材课程.ppt

《研究生英语精读教程》(第三版·上); Unit Nine;This Was My Mother;invalid△ n. a person made weak by illness病人，病弱者 destine※ v. settle or determine the future of注定，命定;But the invalid who, forgetful of* self, takes a strenuous* and indestructible* interest in everything and everybody, as she did, and to whom a dull moment is an unknown thing, is a formidable* adversary* for disease.;[ 3 ] She could find something to excuse and as a rule to love in the toughest of human beings or animals -even if she had to invent it. Once we beguiled* her into saying a soft word for the devil himself. ;We started abusing him, one conspirator* after another adding his bitter word, until she walked right into the trap. She admitted that the indictment* was sound, but had he been treated fairly?;[ 4 ] She never used large words, yet when her pity or indignation* was stirred she was the most eloquent person I have ever heard. We had a little slave boy whom we had hired from someone there in Hannibal①. He had been taken from his family in Maryland, brought halfway across the continent, and sold.;All day long he was singing, whistling, yelling*, laughing. The noise was maddening*, and one day I lost my temper*, went raging to my mother and said Sandy had been singing for an hour straight, and I couldn‘t stand it. Wouldn’t she please shut him up*? The tears came into her eyes and she said:;[ 5 ] Poor thing, when he sings it shows me that he is not remembering, and that comforts me; but when he is still I am afraid he is thinking. He will never see his mother again; if he can sing, I must be thankful for it. If you were older you would understand, and that friendless childs noise would make you glad.;[ 6 ] All dumb animals had a friend in her. Hunted and disreputable* cats recognized her at a glance as their refuge and champion. We once had 19 cats at one time. They were a vast burden, but they were out of luck*, and that was enough.;She generally had a cat in her lap when she sat down, but she