高级英语课件Unit 1 Two Words to Avoid, Two to Remember.pptVIP

(5) 有时，虚拟条件句中，主、从句可以省略其中的一个，来表示说话人的一种强烈的感情。 ①省略从句 He would have finished it. 他本该完成了。 You could have passed this exam. 你应该会通过这次考试了。 ②省略主句 If I were at home now. 要是我现在在家里该多好啊。 If only I had got it. 要是我得到它了该多好啊。 31 Another taxi slowed. I opened the door for him. He smiled and waved as it moved away. I never saw him again. A month later, he died of a sudden heart attack, in full stride, so to speak. 32 More than a year has passed since that rainy afternoon in Manhattan. But to this day, whenever I find myself thinking if only, I change it to next time. Then I wait for that almost-perceptible mental click. And when I hear it, I think of the Old Man. 33 A small fragment of immortality, to be sure. But its the kind he would have wanted. in stride: 不影响正常活动地，泰然自若地 e.g. He took the ridiculous accusation in stride. 他从容应对那荒谬的指控。 in full stride: suddenly and quickly/in full speed 大踏步地、马不停蹄地 e.g. In full stride he came out of the room. 他一个箭步出了房间。 so to speak: (used when one is describing something in an unusual way) as one might say; rather (可谓，可以说，简直是) eg: He knows which side his bread is buttered, so to speak! 可以说，他知道怎样才对自己最有利。 immortal: 1. very well known, and therefore likely to be remembered for a long time流芳百世的 2. living or existing forever不朽的 immortality：noun [uncount] the fact of being IMMORTAL or being famous enough to be remembered for a long time eg. Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love. 让死者有那不朽的名，但让生者有那不朽的爱。 [Paraphrase]: Then I wait for that almost-perceptible mental click. Then I wait for the reminder provided by the Old Man that can roughly be felt in the mind. Perceptible：可察觉的；可感知的； [Paraphrase]：A small fragment of immortality, to be sure. That is just a small piece of advice, but it will definitely have everlasting influence upon me. A small fragment of：一块……的碎片，一个……的片段 What does the last sentence mean for the whole text? Its the conclusion of the whole text. It shows that