高級英語 My graduation speech 12.13段class project.ppt

1、,paragraphs12 be related to 與有關(guān) have much to do with have nothing to do with 與.沒有關(guān)系 Example: What does it have to do with you? 與你何干? You do not have to worry, since you have nothing to do with this affair. 既然你與這件事沒關(guān)系，你就不必擔(dān)心.,Of course, it is much harder to be an Athenian, for you must learn how to b

2、e one, you must work at being one, whereas we are all, in a way, natural-born Visigoths. whereas conj. formal但是，卻； law鑒于（用于文件開頭） In a way: to some extent In the/sb.s way: 妨礙，擋路 In the way of sth (用于問句或否定句) 關(guān)于，就而言 There isnt much in the way of entertainment in this place.,natural-born a. 天生的 Compound

3、ing words: adj.+ p.p E.g.: French-born 法國籍的；new-born 新生的； deep-laid 處心積慮的 當(dāng)然，做一名雅典人要難得多，因為你必須學(xué)會如何做，你必須要付出努力，而從某種意義上說我們都是天生的西哥特人。,And I must tell you that you do not become an Athenian merely by attending school or accumulating academic degrees. Merely: just, only Academic degree 學(xué)位，學(xué)術(shù)學(xué)位，學(xué)位制度 Academi

4、c adj. 學(xué)術(shù)的 academic standards 學(xué)術(shù)水平 純理論的 an academic discipline 一門理論科目 我還必須告訴你，僅僅通過上學(xué)或者積累幾個學(xué)位是不會變成雅典人的。,My father-in-law was one of the most committed Athenians I have ever known, and he spent his entire adult life working as a dress cutter on Seventh Avenue in New York City. Committed: willing to wo

5、rk very hard at something 堅定的，盡心盡力的 e.g. The party has a core of committed supporters. cutter n. a worker whose job is cutting cloth, glass, stone, etc. （服裝）剪裁師；玻璃切割工；鑿石工,avenue n. a road or way bordered with trees; 林陰道；大街 我的岳父是我所知道的最堅定的雅典人之一，他成年之后一直是紐約第七大街上的一名裁縫。,On the other hand, I know physician

6、s, lawyers, and engineers who are Visigoths of unmistakable persuasion. Unmistakable : adj.不會弄錯的，不會誤解的 He didnt give his name, but the voice was unmistakable. 他沒留下姓名，但是那個聲音是絕不會錯的。,persuasion: n. the act of persuading; the state of being persuaded; 勸說；說服； a group of people holding a particular belief

7、 持有某種信仰的宗派 E.g. We need people with talent, whatever their political persuasions. Paraphrase: who are very obvious Visigoths. 另一方面，我認(rèn)識的一些醫(yī)生、律師和工程師卻是十足的西哥特人。,And I must also tell you, as much in sorrow as in shame, that at some of our great universities, perhaps even this one, there are professors of

8、 whom we may fairly say they are closet Visigoths. as much in sorrow as in shame 既傷心又羞愧,closet a. private; secret 私下的；秘密的 n. a small room or cupboard for clothes, etc.; a small, private room for reading, meditation, etc. 壁櫥；儲藏室；小房間（閱讀、沉思用） 我還必須既傷心又羞愧地告訴你，在我們一些名牌大學(xué)里，也許甚至就在這一所大學(xué)里，有一些教授，我們可以公正地說，是些隱蔽的西

9、哥特人。,And yet, you must not doubt for a moment that a school, after all, is essentially an Athenian idea. Not/never (doubt, believe, think)for one moment (=used to emphasize that you never thought something) Example: She had never for one moment imagined that it could happen to her. 然而，你決不可懷疑，學(xué)校的本質(zhì)畢竟

10、體現(xiàn)了一種雅典人的觀念。,There is a direct link between the cultural achievements of Athens and what the faculty at this university is all about. faculty fklti 官能；能力 Yourfacultiesare your physical and mental abilities. He was drunk and not in control of his faculties. 他喝醉了，渾身都不聽使喚了。 (大學(xué)的）院系 Afacultyis a group o

11、f related departments in some universities the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. 社會政治系,（大學(xué)、學(xué)院或院系的）全體教員 A facultyis all the teaching staff of a university or college, or of one department. eminent Stanford faculty members. 聲名顯赫的斯坦福大學(xué)的教師們 雅典的文化成就和這所大學(xué)的教員所從事的工作之間著一種直接的聯(lián)系。,I have no difficulty i

12、magining that Plato, Aristotle, or Democritus would be quite at home in our class rooms. at home at ease as if in ones own home; familiar 自在；無拘無束；熟悉 不難想象，在我們的教室里，柏拉圖、亞里士多德或者德謨克利特會感到很自在。,Platowas aClassicalGreek philosopher,mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and fo

13、under of theAcademyin Athens, the first institution of higher learning in theWestern world. Plato is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy.,Aristotle (384 BC 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects,

14、including physics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Platos teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. He was the first to create a comprehensive system of Weste

15、rn philosophy.,Democritus (ca.460 ca. 370 BC) was anAncient Greek philosopherborn inAbdera, Thrace,Greece. He was an influentialpre-Socratic philosopherand pupil ofLeucippus, who formulated anatomic theory for the universe. Their speculation on atoms, taken from Leucippus, bears a passing and partia

16、l resemblance to the nineteenth-century understanding of atomic structure that has led some to regard Democritus as more of a scientist than other Greek philosophers.,A Visigoth would merely scrawl obscenities on the wall. scrawl （= scribble）vt. write, draw or mark hastily or carelessly 亂寫；亂畫； E.g.

17、He scrawled his name at the bottom. obscenity n. the state of being obscene; obscene word or act 淫穢，猥褻；猥褻淫穢的話（或行為） Paraphrase: a Visigoth would merely write hastily something offensive. 西哥特人將只會在墻壁上涂寫一些淫穢下流的話.,Paragraph 13,And so, whether you were aware of it or not, the purpose of your having been a

18、t this university was to give you a glimpse of the Athenian way, to interest you in the Athenian way. glimpse n. greatly 有力地；強烈地；大大地 outnumber vt. exceed in number 數(shù)目超過；比多,Paraphrase: I wish for you the highest compliment that in the future it will be reported that there were many more Athenians than Visigoths among your graduating class. 但在結(jié)束我的演講之前，我要告訴你們：我對你們最好的祝愿就是將來