自考英語(yǔ)二(00015)Unit-9-Text-A-300-Hurdles課文

Unit9

FacingLife’sChallenges

面對(duì)生活的挑戰(zhàn)AFamousQuote

Theonlythingwehavetofearisfearitself.

--FranklinDelanoRoosevelt

我們唯一要恐懼的就是恐懼本身。

--富蘭克林·德拉諾·羅斯福FranklinDelanoRoosevelt(1882-1945),

the32ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates(1933-1945).HeledthenationoutoftheGreatDepression(大蕭條)andlaterintoWorldWar∥.Beforehedied,heclearedthewayforpeace,includingestablishment(建立)oftheUnitedNations(聯(lián)合國(guó)).Hispresidency(任期,總統(tǒng)職位)iswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestin

UShistory.

TalkingaboutHealthGeorge:Doctor,whatisthebestwaytostayhealthy?Doctor:Havingagooddietisprobablythemostimportantthing.George:Itisveryconfusingtoknowwhattoeat.Doctor:Youneedplentyoffruitsandvegetables,smallamountsofprotein,andwholegrains.George:AretherecertainthingsthatIshouldavoid?Doctor:Youshouldn'tconsumetoomuchsugar.Also,watchyourintakeoffattyfood.George:Afterwatchingmydiet,whatelseshouldldo?Doctor:Youneedtostopsmoking,andmakesurethatyouget30minutesofexerciseeveryday.George:CanIhaveaglassofwinenowandthen?Doctor:Aslongasyoudon'toverdoit,aglassofwineadayshouldbeOK.

對(duì)話范例參考譯文請(qǐng)朗讀下面的對(duì)話，注意說(shuō)話人談?wù)摻】祮?wèn)題的方式。喬治：醫(yī)生，什么才是保持身體健康的最佳方式呢？醫(yī)生：均衡的飲食也許是最重要的了。喬治：真搞不懂應(yīng)該吃什么了。醫(yī)生：你需要攝入大量的水果和蔬菜，少量的蛋白質(zhì)，還有全麥?zhǔn)称贰讨危河袥](méi)有什么我不能吃的食物？醫(yī)生：不要食用太多的糖。還有，注意少攝入一些脂肪含量高的食物。喬治：注意飲食，然后還需要注意什么？醫(yī)生：要戒煙，保證每天運(yùn)動(dòng)半小時(shí)。喬治：我可不可以偶爾喝杯酒？醫(yī)生：只要不過(guò)量，每天喝一杯是可以的。GuidedPractice指導(dǎo)實(shí)踐要求：與同伴討論保持身體健康的方式，運(yùn)用你自己的信息，也可以運(yùn)用以下的提示。什么才是保持身體健康的最佳方式呢？Whatisthebestwaytostayhealthy?Havingagooddiet...Youneedplentyof..,smallamountsof...,and...Youshouldn'tconsumetoomuch...WhatelseshouldIdo?Youneedto...什么才是保持身體健康的最佳方式呢？飲食均衡……需要攝入大量的……，少量的……，還有……不要食用過(guò)量的……我還需要做什么？你需要……TextA

300Hurdles300米跨欄hurdlen.hurdles[pl.]跨欄賽;欄架,跨欄;難關(guān),障礙TheweatherwillbethebiggesthurdlesoIhavetobeready.天氣將會(huì)是最大的障礙,所以我必須要作好準(zhǔn)備。Instartinganewcompany,manyhurdlesmustbe

crossed.剛開(kāi)辦一個(gè)公司時(shí),必須克服許多障礙。Pre-readingQuestions讀前問(wèn)題1.Haveyoueverdonehurdles?Whatdoyouthinkofit?你參加過(guò)跨欄比賽嗎？對(duì)此有什么看法？2.Whatkindsofdifficultiesandchallengeshaveyouevermetinyourlife?你在生活中遇到過(guò)什么樣的困難和挑戰(zhàn)？

CheckingYourComprehension(P284)1.Whatistheauthor'sopinionontheresultof

a

race?A)Itreallymatterswhetheryouaregoingtowinornot.B)Itisreallygoingtobetheendoftheworldifyouloseit.C)Weshouldnotworrytoomuchabouttheresultofit.D)Weshouldnotfeelupsetandforgetaboutit.2.Attimes,wethinktoomuchaboutbeingthesameasotherpeople,insteadof_____A)thinkingaboutlivinginthemomentB)thinkingabouttakingactionsC)worryingaboutbeinguniqueD)worryingaboutwinningornot

3.Gettingoverthefirsthurdleindicatesthatinanegativesituation,youshould_____A)

seethepositiveaspectsofthesituationB)

takeiteasyindealingwiththesituationC)struggletogetoverthesituationD)getoverthesituationwithease4.In

eventougherstationinlifepeopleare

likely____A)tobecomestrongerB)tocomplaintoomuchC)tothinkofgivingupD)toaskforhelp5.Whatmessagedoestheauthorintendtoconveytothereaders?A)Lifewillnotbesodifficultifwedealwiththeobstaclesbitbybit.B)Lifewillnotbesodifficultifwecanseesomethingpositiveinit.C)Youwillbecomestrongerafteryouhavegotovertheobstacles.D)Youwillbeclosertoyourgoalafteryouhavegotovereachobstacle.Paragraph1

Lifemaygiveyouanegative,butdon'tdespair--itmayjustdevelopintoabeautifulpictureoneday.Thisyear,IrealizedmytheorythatIhaveonlife.Lifeislikea300mhurdlerace.SinceIrunthe300mhurdles,Iwouldknowwhattheraceislike.

生活也許會(huì)充滿荊棘坎坷，但不要灰心絕望——也許有一天它便會(huì)勾勒出一幅美麗的畫(huà)卷。今年我懂得了生活的真諦--生活就像一個(gè)300米的跨欄比賽。因?yàn)閰⒓?00米跨欄比賽，所以我知道在這個(gè)比賽過(guò)程中應(yīng)該怎么做。negative

n.否定詞;否定;拒絕

adj.壞的;有害的;消極的positiven.優(yōu)勢(shì);優(yōu)點(diǎn)

adj.積極的;肯定的Paragraph2

Thefirstthingtoanyraceisworryingaboutwhetheryouaregoingtowinornot.Thisrelatestoworryingaboutthepettythingsinlife.Doesitreallymatterifyouwin?Isitreallygoingtobetheendoftheworld?Orwillyoubeupsetifyouloseandthenforgetaboutit?Inlifeweworrytoomuchandliveinthemomenttoolittle.

對(duì)于所有的比賽來(lái)說(shuō)，最擔(dān)心的事情莫過(guò)于輸贏。這就好像在擔(dān)心生活中那些無(wú)關(guān)緊要的事情一樣。難道獲勝真的那么重要?難道輸了就意味著世界末日的來(lái)臨?或者你因?yàn)檩斄吮荣惥枉鋈簧駛缓蟛怕?生活中，我們擔(dān)心得太多，而活在當(dāng)下太少。

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Nextistheliningupinourownindividuallanes.Weeachstartatdifferentspots,buttheraceisstillthesamedistanceforeveryone.Thisrelatestoourlivestakingustodifferentplacesandputtingusindifferentsituations,buthopefullywewillendupinthesameplace,butmaybeatdifferenttimes.

接下來(lái)就是在我們自己的跑道上蓄勢(shì)待發(fā)。盡管在不同的地點(diǎn)起跑，但對(duì)我們每個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)比賽的路程是相同的。這就好比生活將我們引領(lǐng)到不同的地方，放置到不同的環(huán)境中，但令人充滿希望的是，盡管在不同的時(shí)間，但我們最終會(huì)在同一個(gè)地方謝幕。individualadj.一個(gè)人的;供一個(gè)人用的Theywaitforthegrouptodeciderather

thanmakingindividualdecisions.他們等待團(tuán)體作決定而不是各自作出決定。individualismn.個(gè)人主義,利已主義Thisrelatestoourlivestakingustodifferentplacesandputtingusindifferentsituations,buthopefullywewillendupinthesameplace,butmaybeatdifferenttimes.(1)relateto

涉及,有關(guān)(2)takingustodifferentplaces和puttingusindifferentsituations的邏輯主語(yǔ)都是ourlives。(3)endupinthesameplace在同一個(gè)地方結(jié)束,即有同樣的結(jié)局

endup(in)doingsth./adj.eg.endupbegging最終以乞討為生

endupasabeggar最終淪為乞丐endupinprison最終入獄Paragraph4

Nowcomesthebeginningoftherace.Wealltrytokeepupwitheveryoneandpace

ourselves

withotherpeople.Thissymbolizesthatattimesineveryone'slivesweworryaboutfittingin

orbeingthesameasotherpeople,insteadofworryingaboutbeingunique.Ifeveryonewerethesame,theworldwouldbeincrediblyboring.

現(xiàn)在比賽開(kāi)始。我們都竭盡全力追趕別人，盡量讓自己跟上他人的步伐。這表明有時(shí)在生活中我們每個(gè)人都會(huì)擔(dān)心要去適應(yīng)他人或者與他人一樣，而不是擔(dān)心成為獨(dú)一無(wú)二的自己。如果人與人沒(méi)有什么區(qū)別的話，這個(gè)世界是多么單調(diào)，令人生厭啊。(1)attimes:sometimes(2)

fitin:合得來(lái),適應(yīng);相處融洽eg.ItriedtofitinbuttheywereallmuchyoungerthanIwas.(3)

insteadof:ratherthansymbolizev.象征;是…的象征;代表eg.Whatdoesthisstrangemarksymbolize?

這個(gè)奇怪的符號(hào)象征什么？symboln.象征;標(biāo)志eg.Thewhitecolourisasymbolofpurity.

白色是純潔的象征。symbolicadj.象征性的symbolismn.(尤指文藝中的)象征主義,象征手法-ize常用的動(dòng)詞后綴:modernize(使現(xiàn)代化),globalize(使......全球化),memorize(記住)incredibly

adv.極端地;極其credibleadj.可靠的,可信的credibly

adv.可信地變副詞時(shí)需省略-e的形容詞有simple,true,credible,believable

對(duì)應(yīng)的副詞：simply,truly,(in)credibly,(un)believably

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Nowcomesthefirsthurdle.Thishurdleistheeasiesttogetoverbecauseyouarenotwornoutfromrunning.Weallmakeitoverthishurdlewithease.Thissymbolizesthoseobstaclesinlifethatwestruggletogetover,butwealwaysmanagetodoso.Youcanlookatthathurdleintwoways:"Ican'tmakeitover,l'mtootired"or"Iamonemorehurdleclosertofinishingthisrace".Thisisanexampleoftakinganegativesituationandseeingsomethingpositiveinit.

現(xiàn)在到了第一個(gè)跨欄。由于剛開(kāi)始比賽你還沒(méi)有筋疲力盡，所以這個(gè)跨欄是最容易的。我們很輕松地跨過(guò)了這個(gè)欄桿。這就好像我們奮力去克服生活中的一些障礙，無(wú)論怎樣，我們總能解決它們。你可以用兩種心態(tài)看待這個(gè)跨欄：“我無(wú)法跨過(guò)它，我太累了”或者“我又跨過(guò)了一個(gè)欄桿，我離比賽終點(diǎn)又近了一步”。這是一個(gè)在消極的環(huán)境中看到積極因素的例子。Paragraph6

Thenextpartoftheraceiseveryhurdlebetweenthefirstandlastone.Thesehurdlesgettougherandtougherandyoumayfeelasthoughyoucan'tgoon.Thishappensalotinlifetoo.Theremaybeasituationthatariseswhereyoufeelasthoughyoucan'tmakeitandallyoucanthinkaboutisgivingup.Youmayfalloverthat"hurdle"orstrugglegettingoverit,butsomehowyoufinditinyourselftojumpoveritandmoveonwiththerace.

比賽的下一部分，就是介于第一個(gè)欄和最后一個(gè)欄中間的每一個(gè)欄?？邕^(guò)這些欄難度越來(lái)越大，你似乎感覺(jué)到自己無(wú)法繼續(xù)堅(jiān)持了。當(dāng)然這種事情在生活中也經(jīng)常發(fā)生。譬如，有些時(shí)候你覺(jué)得自己無(wú)法完成某事，你滿腦子想的就是想要放棄。也許你會(huì)被跨欄絆倒，也許你會(huì)很艱難地跨過(guò)它，但無(wú)論怎樣你克服了這些困難，然后繼續(xù)進(jìn)行這場(chǎng)比賽。

arisev.發(fā)生;產(chǎn)生;出現(xiàn)arisefromsth.

產(chǎn)生于,起因于eg.Accidentsoftenarisefromcarelessness.事故常起因于粗心。區(qū)分：arouse/arisearousevt.引起;喚醒eg.arouseone'sanger/sympathyParagraph7

Nextisthatlast100moftherace.Youfeelasthoughyoujustwanttosay,"NoIcan'tdothis."Again,youmustfinditinyourselfthatyoucandoit,andyoumustfinishtheracestrongerthanwhenyouhadstartedit.

接下來(lái)是整個(gè)比賽的最后100米，你也許只想說(shuō)：“不，我無(wú)法跑完最后100米?！钡惚仨氁俑嬲]自己你一定能做到，而且必須在快結(jié)束的時(shí)候比剛開(kāi)始比賽時(shí)跑得更快。1.finditinyourselfthatyou...it是形式賓語(yǔ),真正的賓語(yǔ)是that從句。2....finishtheracestrongerthan...，stronger是主語(yǔ)的補(bǔ)語(yǔ),說(shuō)明主語(yǔ)的狀態(tài)。eg.

Hediedyoung/poor.Hediedabeggar.Paragraph8

Nowlastlyisthelasthurdle.Thishurdleisthetoughestoutofallofthem.Inlifewefindourselvesfallingandfalling,andmaybegettingtoolostinourproblemsthatwefeellikewehavebeenthroughenoughandthere'snohope.Thatlasthurdlesymbolizesthesesituations.It'sonestepclosetotheendoftherace.

現(xiàn)在到了最后一個(gè)欄桿，這個(gè)跨欄是最難跨越的。生活中，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不斷跌倒，為種種問(wèn)題所困擾，感覺(jué)自己歷經(jīng)重重磨難，仍然看不到希望，這最后一個(gè)跨欄象征了這些情況。這是靠近比賽結(jié)束的關(guān)鍵一步。lostadj.不知所措的;一籌莫展的eg.Ifeellostandlonelyinastrangetownalone.在陌生的城鎮(zhèn)里只身一人,我感到不知所措、孤單寂寞。getlost不知所措;一籌莫展;迷路eg.Wealwaysgetl