自考0795综合英语(二)基础班课程讲义全上册Lesson14.docVIP

? ? Lesson Fourteen：Cipher in the Snow 打印本页 ? 　　I. Outline of the Text　　Part 1：Introduction （Paras. 1-6）　　A boy named Cliff Evans died on his way to school on a snowy morning.　　Part 2：Body （Paras. 7-20）　　The writer thought that bad education was the real killer. 　　☆ The boy seemed to be completely excluded from activities outside the classroom and the teachers' comments made the boy's I.Q. gradually dropped.　　☆ The boy was made to believe he was stupid and he had noting to live for and hope for.　　Part 3：Conclusion （Paras. 21-23）　　As a teacher, the writer made up her mind that what had happened to Cliff Evans would never happen to any other of her students.　　II. Text　　Part 1：Introduction （Paras. 1-6）　　1　It started on a biting cold February morning：事情发生在2月的一个寒冷刺骨的清晨。　　It 指的是incident（事件）；accident（事故）　　I was driving behind the Milford Corners bus as I did most snowy mornings on my way to school：那时我正驾车跟在校车后面，下雪的时候多数情况早晨我都是这样去学校上班。　　It stopped short at a hotel, and I was annoyed, as I had to come to an unexpected stop：车在一家饭店突然停了下来，我感到恼火，因为我不得不急刹车。　　A boy staggered out of the bus, stumbled, and collapsed on the snowbank at the curb. The bus driver and I reached him at the same moment. His thin, hollow face was white even against the snow：一个男孩蹒跚地走下汽车，摔倒在路边的雪地里。我和校车司机同时冲到他身边。在白雪的衬托下，他那消瘦、凹陷的脸更是煞白。　　☆ Drive at sth.：打算　　例：What are you driving at?　　☆ Drive sth. home （to sb.）：使明白　　例：The accident at the factory really drove home （to us） the point that safety regulations must be observed. 　　☆ Drive sb. to do sth 迫使某人做某事　　例：Poverty and hunger drove them to steal.　　2　"He's dead,"the driver whispered."他死了，"司机低声地说。　　3　I glanced quickly at the scared young faces staring down at us from the school bus. "A doctor! Quick!"：我迅速地扫了一眼校车上那些望着我们的受惊吓的年轻脸庞。"快！找医生！"　　4　No use. I tell you he's dead：（请医生）没有用了，他已经死了。 　　The driver looked down at the boy's still body. "He never even said he felt bad,"he muttered，"just tapped me on the shoulder. and said, quietly,'I'm sorr