全新版大学英语综合教程3Unit5-Passage-A-词汇和短语.pdf

全新版大学英语综合教程3Unit5-Passage-A-词汇和短语

Unit5

PassageA

#DetailedReading

##1.DifficultSentences

1.Istaredatthewordsinthedistressedwayyoumightstare

atpartyguestswhosefacesyou’veseensomewherebeforebut

whosenameshaveescapedyourmind.(Para.9,L.1)

我看着这些词,一筹莫展。这就像参加晚会时,盯着那些似曾相识

的脸孔,可怎么也想不起名字一样。

2..Helookedconfused,areminderthatclever’snotclever

ifitdoesn’tcommunicate.

Helookedconfused,andhispuzzledlookremindedmethat

myanswerwasnotcleveratallbecauseitcouldn’tbe

understood.

他一脸的迷惑，这是在提醒我，如果不能使对方明白，这词儿就

不能算用得聪明。

3.Justnotrightnow,nowwhenitmattered,nowwhenthe

fateofacurious,intelligent

immigranthungontheanswersheassumedwouldfallfrom

anativespeaker’stongueasnaturallyasleavesfromanOctober

tree.

Icouldn’tsaytheanswerrightnow,becausethisanswer

wassoimportantthatthefateofthis

curiousandintelligentPakistanidriverkindofreliedonit.I

couldn’ttelltheanswerprecisely,thoughhesupposeditwould

besonaturalformetogivehimananswerasanativespeaker,

asnaturalasleavesfallingfromanOctobertree.

这我可以回答，但不是在此时。因为此时这一回答至关重要，一

个好奇聪明的外国移民以为他所期待的答案会从一个本国人的口中自

然而然地脱口而出，就好像十月的树叶会自然地落下来一样。因此我

退却了。

4.…soenthralledbythechancetoindulgemycuriosity

aboutwordswithanothercurious

soul,thatIdidn’tfullygraspthepotentialforlinguistic

fraudcommittedinthisman’scab.

…(I’dbeen)soabsorbedinthechancetosatisfytheman’s

curiositywithmy(poor)knowledgeofEnglishthatIdidn’tfully

realizehowmisleadingandconfusingmyandothernative

speakers’interpretationsmightbe.

…(我一直）陶醉于能有机会与一个充满好奇心的人一起来满足自

己对语言词语的好奇心，却未能充分意识到在这辆出租车上可能犯下

的语言欺诈错误。

5.Andthathefiguresoutthat,n