读书笔记：E.B.怀特 - 《夏洛的网》03

2013-11-04 16:45:34来源：沪江英语

　　今天和小编一同来赏析E.B.怀特 - 《夏洛的网》,希望对大家有帮助。

　　Chapter 10. An Explosion

　　【段落赏析】

　　It was arranged so that you could swing without being pushed. You climbed a ladder to the hayloft. Then, holding the rope, you stood at the edge and looked down, and were scared and dizzy. Then you straddled the knot, so that it acted as a seat. Then you got up all your nerve, took a deep breath, and jumped. For a second you seemed to be falling to the barn floor far below, but then suddenly the rope would begin to cathch you, and you would sail through the barn door going a mile a minute, with the wind whistling in your eyes and ears and hair. Then you would zoom upward into the sky, and look up at the clouds, and the rope would twist and you would twist and ture with the rope. Then you would drop down, down, down out of the sky and come sailing back into the barn almost into the hayloft, then sail out again (not quite so far this time), then in again (not quite so high), then out again, then in again, then out, then in; and then you’d jump off and fall down and let somebody else try it.

　　№.1 - "That's a mercy,"replied Wilbur, and he lay down in the shade of his fence and went fast asleep. The spider, however, stayed wide awake, gazing affectionately at hime and making plans for his future.

　　【译文】“那不过了走运罢了，”韦伯趴在围栏下，很快就睡着了。可蜘蛛还很清醒，温柔地凝视着沉睡中的小猪，给他的将来做着打算。

　　【单词笔记】mercy

　　【英英释义】

　　1. if someone shows mercy, they choose to forgive or to be kind to someone who they have the power to hurt or punish

　　2. unable to do anything to protect yourself from someone or something:

　　3. a journey taken to bring help to people

　　4. to let someone be dealt with by another person, who may treat them very badly or strictly - used humorously

　　5. to ask someone to help you or forgive you when you are in a very bad situation

　　6. used to say that it is lucky that a worse situation was avoided

　　【例】

　　1. He showed no mercy to his enemies.

　　2. After the boat's motor failed, they were at the mercy of the weather.

　　3. It's a mercy the accident happened so near the hospital.

　　【单词词组】

　　1. at the mercy of somebody/something

　　这个词组通常表示听任什么的摆布，无能为力。这里我们要注意到，很多抽象性名词都有这种用法：at /in + the + n. + of

　　如： at the expense of / in the mood of 等

　　这些单词通常本身表示一个抽象的含义，没办法表示一个具体的状态，因此变作介词词组，加上限定的成分，充当句子中的具体状语。

　　2. mercy flight/mission 救援航班/救援团

　　还在执着于rescue team的同学们可以换着用了。

　　3. The barge of mercy ferries all the miserable people to the world of bliss.—salvation through charity to others.

　　慈航普渡。/我佛慈悲，以心度化众人。

　　№.2 - "Come on, frog!" cried Avery. He scooped up his frog.

　　【译文】“快来，青蛙!”Avery叫着，抱起了他的青蛙。

　　【词组笔记】scoop up

　　【英英释义】

　　1. to pick something up or remove it using a scoop or a spoon, or your curved hand

　　2. to be the first newspaper to print an important news report:

　　3. to win a prize or award

　　【例】

　　1. She bent down and scooped up the little dog.

　　2. Time and again we have scooped our rivals.

　　3. Britain scooped the top prize in the over 50s category.

　　【举一反三】英语中常见的名词动词化使用现象，在表示工具中的名词中特别常见，例如：

　　scoop up 用铲子铲起;hoe 锄地;needle 做针线;bat 用拍子拍打

　　№.3 - "Good night!" screamed Avery. "Good night! What a stink!"

　　【译文】“晚安!”Avery欢叫道。“晚安!臭死了!”

　　【单词笔记】stink

　　【英英释义】

　　1. to have a strong and very unpleasant smell

　　2. used to say that something is bad, unfair, dishonest etc

　　【例】

　　1. The toilets stank to high heaven.

　　2. Don't eat there - the food stinks!

　　【举一反三】

　　每次想到不好的事，很多同学都第一反应就是complain。这个词固然没有错，但是用得太多，是不是也让人略微感到厌烦了呢?Complain about the word "complain"? 其实英语中也有很多，其他的词，虽然并不是抱怨的意思，但是本身带有的厌恶的情感色彩或许比complain更有张力哦。Stink就是这样一个词，原意是发出恶臭的气味。延伸开来，不就是让人反感讨厌的意思了么。

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