新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)課文翻譯及學(xué)習(xí)筆記Lesson37

新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)課文翻譯及學(xué)習(xí)筆記：Lesson37【課文】Wehavelearnttoexpectthattrainswillbepunctual.Afteryearsofconditioning,mostofushavedevelopedanunshakablefaithinrailwaytimetables.Shipsmaybedelayedbystorms;airflightsmaybecancelledbecauseofbadweather;buttrainsmustbeontime.Onlyanexceptionallyheavysnowfallmighttemporarilydislocaterailwayservices.Itisalltooeasytoblametherailwayauthoritieswhensomethingdoesgowrong.Thetruthisthatwhenmistakesoccur,theyaremorelikelytobeoursthantheirs.Afterconsultingmyrailwaytimetable,InotedwithsatisfactionthattherewasanexpresstraintoWesthaven.Itwentdirectfrommylocalstationandthejourneylastedamerehourandseventeenminutes.WhenIboardedthetrain,Icouldnothelpnoticingthatagreatmanylocalpeoplegotonaswell.Atthetime,thisdidnotstrikemeasodd.Ireflectedthattheremustbeagreatmanypeoplebesidesmyselfwhowishedtotakeadvantageofthisexcellentservice.NeitherwasIsurprisedwhenthetrainstoppedatWidley,atinystationafewmilesalongtheline.Evenamightyexpresstraincanbeheldupbysignals.Butwhenthetraindawdledatstationafterstation,Ibegantowonder.Itsuddenlydawnedonmethatthisexpresswasnotroaringdownthelineatninetymilesanhour,butbarelychuggingalongatthirty.Onehourandseventeenminutespassedandwehadnotevencoveredhalfthedistance.IaskedapassengerifthiswastheWesthavenExpress,buthehadnotevenheardofit.Ideterminedtolodgeacomplaintassoonaswearrived.Twohourslater,IwastalkingangrilytothestationmasteratWesthaven.Whenhedeniedthetrain'sexistence,Iborrowedhiscopyofthetimetable.TherewasanoteoftriumphinmyvoicewhenItoldhimthatitwasthereinblackandwhite.Glancingatitbriefly,hetoldmetolookagain.Atinyasteriskconductedmetoafootnoteatthebottomofthepage.Itsaid：'Thisservicehasbeensuspended.'【課文翻譯】我們已經(jīng)習(xí)慣于相信火車(chē)總是準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)的。經(jīng)過(guò)多年的適合，絕大部分人對(duì)火車(chē)時(shí)刻表產(chǎn)生了一種不可動(dòng)搖的信念。輪船船期可能因風(fēng)暴而推延，飛機(jī)航班可能因惡劣天氣而取消，唯有火車(chē)必然是準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)的。只有非同尋常的大雪才可能暫時(shí)打亂鐵路運(yùn)行。所以，一旦鐵路上真出了問(wèn)題，人們便不加思索地責(zé)備鐵路*。事實(shí)上，過(guò)失很可能是我們自己，而不是鐵路*的。我查看了列車(chē)時(shí)刻表，滿(mǎn)意地了解到有一趟去威斯特海溫的快車(chē)。這是趟直達(dá)車(chē)，旅途總共才需1小時(shí)17分鐘。上車(chē)后，我不禁注意到很多當(dāng)?shù)厝艘采狭塑?chē)。一開(kāi)始，我并不感到奇怪，我想除我之外，想利用快車(chē)之便的也一定大有人在?；疖?chē)開(kāi)出幾英里即在一個(gè)小站威德里停了下來(lái)。對(duì)此，我不覺(jué)得奇怪，因?yàn)榧幢闶翘貏e快車(chē)也可能被信號(hào)攔住。但是，當(dāng)火車(chē)一站接著一站往前蠕動(dòng)時(shí)，我便產(chǎn)生了疑心。我突然感到這趟快車(chē)并沒(méi)以時(shí)速90英里的速度吼叫前進(jìn)，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，時(shí)速僅30英里。1小時(shí)17分過(guò)去了，走了還不到一半路程。我問(wèn)一位乘客，這是不是開(kāi)往威斯特海溫的那趟快車(chē)，他說(shuō)從未聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)有這么一趟快車(chē)。我決定到目的地就給鐵路部門(mén)提意見(jiàn)。兩小時(shí)后，我氣呼呼地同威斯特海溫站站長(zhǎng)說(shuō)起此事。他說(shuō)根本沒(méi)有這趟車(chē)。于是我借他本人的列車(chē)時(shí)刻表，我?guī)е环N勝利者的調(diào)子告訴他那趟車(chē)白紙黑字。明明白白印在時(shí)刻表上。他迅速地掃視了一眼，讓我再看一遍。一個(gè)小小的星形符號(hào)把我的目光引到了那頁(yè)底部一個(gè)說(shuō)明上。上面寫(xiě)著：“此趟列車(chē)暫停運(yùn)行。〞【詞匯】expressn.快車(chē);adj.迅速的punctualadj.準(zhǔn)時(shí)的conditionv.使習(xí)慣于unshakableadj.不可動(dòng)搖的faithn.信任cancelv.取消exceptionallyadv.例外地dislocatev.打亂(方案等)blamev.責(zé)怪consultv.請(qǐng)教，查閱directadv.徑直地oddadj.奇怪的，異常的reflectv.細(xì)想advantagen.優(yōu)勢(shì)mightyadj.強(qiáng)大的，有力的dawdlev.慢吞吞的動(dòng)或做chugv.咔嚓咔嚓地響lodgev.提出complaintn.抱怨triumphn.勝利asteriskn.星號(hào)conductv.引向，引導(dǎo)【重點(diǎn)詞匯講解】lcondition】英英：establishaconditionedresponse例句：ForexampleinveryhotrallieslikeCyprusandGreecethedriversandtheteamtrainerwouldgothereoneweekbeforetherallytoconditionthemselvestotheheat.比方像塞浦路斯或者希臘，車(chē)手和車(chē)隊(duì)的教練通常都提前一周就到那里，以使自己的身體適合這種熱的天氣。lunshakable】構(gòu)詞：shake→shakable→unshakable例句：1.ThesevirtuesgivemeanunshakablefaithinAmerica.這些優(yōu)點(diǎn)讓我對(duì)美國(guó)懷著不可動(dòng)搖的信念。2.Attributionscanoftenbehypothesesratherthanunshakablefacts.作品的歸屬通常是一種假定，而非不可動(dòng)搖的事實(shí)。【faith】例句：1.Hehasreaffirmedhisfaithindemocracy.他再次重申了自己的民主信仰。2.Butcourageandreligiousfaithalonearenotenoughtowinbattles.但是單憑勇氣和宗教信仰要打勝仗還是不夠的。lexceptionally】例句：1.Exceptionally,IwenttoschoolonSunday.我例外地利星期日到學(xué)校去。2.Theturkeydinnerwasexceptionallygood,too.火雞大餐也特別棒。ldislocate】英英：putoutofitsusualplace,position,orrelationship例句：1.Ifoneistorule,andtocontinueruling,onemustbeabletodislocatethesenseofreality.你要統(tǒng)治，而且要繼續(xù)統(tǒng)治，你就必須要能夠打亂現(xiàn)實(shí)的意識(shí)。2.Toconfuseintelligenceanddislocatesentimentbygratuitousfictionsisashort-sightedwayofpursuinghappiness.以無(wú)理的夢(mèng)想混淆智力，弄亂正常的情感是一種短視的追求幸福的方法。3.Flightshavebeendislocatedbythefog.大霧將飛機(jī)的班次攪亂了。lconsult】英英：seekinformationfrom例句：1.Consultyourdictionarywhenunsureofyourspelling.對(duì)拼寫(xiě)無(wú)把握時(shí)就要查閱詞典。2.Theshareholdersmayrequesttoconsulttheaccountingbooksofthecompany.股東能夠要求查閱公司會(huì)計(jì)賬簿。3.You'dconsultacalendarofculturaleventsandheadovertothenextIrishmeet-up.你可能會(huì)去查閱相關(guān)文化事件的日歷，而且開(kāi)始接觸你附近的愛(ài)爾蘭人。lodd】例句：1.Shewearsratheroddclothes.她穿相當(dāng)乖僻的衣服。2.Jackisliabletobringhomeanyoddcharacterthathepicksupwithinapub.杰克動(dòng)不動(dòng)就把酒館里理解的各種乖僻的人帶到家里來(lái)。lreflect】英英：thinkdeeply例句：1.It'swisetoreflectonyourmistakesaswellasyourachievements.對(duì)于所犯的過(guò)錯(cuò)與成就都能去深思是聰明的。2.It'sanimportantmatterandI'dliketoreflectonit,incaseIhavesecondthoughts.這件事很重要，我想再深思熟慮一下，免得又改變主意。3.TheirquestionsforcedmetoreflectonwhyImadethechoiceIdid.他們的疑問(wèn)令我不得不深思自己當(dāng)初之所以作出這種選擇的原因。lmighty】例句：1.Onceamightyempireruledtheworld.一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的帝國(guó)曾統(tǒng)治世界。2.Wewillstandmightyforpeaceandfreedom,andmaintainastrongdefenseagainstterroranddestruction.我們將以強(qiáng)大的力量維護(hù)和平與自由，堅(jiān)決制止恐怖和破壞力量。ldawdle】英英：takeone'stime;proceedslowly例句：1.Girlsarealwayslikelytodawdle.這女孩子嘛，就是愛(ài)磨蹭。2.Don'tdawdleawayyourtime.不要混日子。3.Don'tdawdleoveryourclothing.You'resobeautifulalready.不要再在衣著上花費(fèi)時(shí)間了，你已經(jīng)夠漂亮的了。llodge】英英：fileaformalchargeagainst例句：1.Iwanttolodgeastrongcomplaint.我要提出嚴(yán)重投訴。2.Wehavetolodgeaclaimagainstyouforinferiorquality.我們不得不對(duì)你們的劣質(zhì)產(chǎn)品提出索賠。3.Wearenotterrifiedbytheseinterferences,wecaneitherignorethemorlodgeprot