綜合英語教程2Unit5

1、Unit 5Is My Team Ploughing化學(xué)化工、商學(xué)院Background InformationAlfred Edward Housman: usually known as A. E. Alfred Edward Housman: usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle o

2、f best known to the general public for his cycle of poemspoemsA Shropshire LadA Shropshire Lad. .Find out the correct sequence Is my team ploughing, That I was used to drive And hear the harness jingle When I was man alive? Ay, the horses trample, The harness jingles now; No change though you lie un

3、der The land you used to plough.我的馬隊是否在犁耕 猶如我以往驅(qū)使它們 馬具的鈴兒是否依舊 像我活著時叮當(dāng)響？是，馬兒的腳步未停息 馬具的鈴兒正在叮當(dāng)響 雖然你已與世長辭不起 曾耕耘的土地依然如故 Is football playing Along the river shore, With lads to chase the leather, Now I stand up no more? Ay, the ball is flying, The lads play heart and soul; The goal stands up, the keeper S

4、tands up to keep the goal.你們是否還在踢球 沿著河邊其樂融融哥們追搶爭奪皮球 而我卻已無法參與是，皮球仍在凌空飛舞哥們?nèi)耐度朐谧分?球門依舊佇立在那兒 守門員力保龍門不失 Is my girl happy, That I thought hard to leave, And has she tired of weeping As she lies down at eve? Ay, she lies down lightly, She lies not down to weep: Your girl is well contented. Be still, my la

5、d, and sleep.我那難以割舍的女友她的日子過得開心嗎是否已不再傷心流淚在夜里已能安然入睡？是，她已能夠釋然躺下 不再黯然神傷淚流滿面 你女友如今幸福和滿足 伙計，你也放心安睡吧 Is my friend hearty, Now I am thin and pine, And has he found to sleep in A better bed than mine? Yes, lad, I lie easy, I lie as lads would choose; I cheer a dead mans sweetheart, Never ask me whose. 我好友他是否

6、精神飽滿 我現(xiàn)在是憔悴骨瘦如柴 他是否已找到舒適床鋪遠(yuǎn)勝于我躺的方寸之地？是伙計我睡得很舒服 任何人都會如此選擇 我在振奮一位死者的愛人 別問我是誰的愛人。英國農(nóng)民堅持五輩用馬耕地英國農(nóng)民堅持五輩用馬耕地Reading I am sitting at an airport watching people in the final moments before their loved ones arrive or depart.They are pacing,nervous,looking at one another,touching and not touching.The emotion

7、is charged. A woman,speaking Spanish,is running in circles trying to gather family members together for a good-bye.Her voice is high-pitched.When the final moment comes before boarding,she wraps her arms around her son,giving him a powerful embrace that should protect him until he returns. A grandmo

8、ther and grandson stand at the rail where I am waiting;the people who are supposed to pick them up are late.Two ladies,next to them but unrelated,look up and down the corridor as if scanning an open sea.A mother holds a baby as she kisses her husband.Tears dampen her cheeks.The moment is charged. At

9、 Gate 13,the arrivals are just coming in.“I see her .There she is.”Just as poignant,the arrivals fold into the mix of people as if they have been the missing ingredient.There are tears and smiles,pure delight ringing in the laughter of seeing someone who has been gone.I sit,glancing at my book,waiti

10、ng for my turn to leave,alone because the ones I love have a different schedule from mine,and the one I am going to see,a daughter,is at the other end of my journey.I think of other departures and arrivals.I recall seeing my daughter,the daughter I am now going to visit,coming down that narrow corri

11、dor with her backpack slung on one shoulder,her overstuffed carry-on cradled in her arms, her headphones making her oblivious to the stream of people flowing along with her.She was in her first year at university coming home for a holiday in November-the first time since August.I wrapped myself arou

12、nd her as if she had been los to me.Today my flight is two hours late.The book I am reading is not as interesting as the people leaving and coming,coming and leaving.A litter boy about five is meeting his grandfather for the first time.He looks up and up at the face of a man who is not that tall,exc

13、ept to a child.Joy shines down and up,and I am wondering how one would capture this moment in words or on film.When my flight is finally called,I gather my books and carry-on.Since there is no one to see me off,I do not look back to see where I have come off.Instead,I think of my husband at work won

14、dering if I have left yet,and my daughter at the other end wondering the same thing.As I head toward the plane,I find myself remembering yet another arrival and departure.When I was a newlywed,my 91-year-old grandfather died.We had been very close,and one evening,returning from his funeral,I arrived

15、 at the airport crying,My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms.Because of my tears,everyone was looking at us,but I didnt care.Somehow the emotion I felt seemed not at all out of place for the airport. Life needs to be this important all the time.I wish all the peopl

16、e who went on a journey could come back to find someone waiting for them.I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.I think of my grandfather and realize that if dying is like this,a passage,then I am unafraid.Read moreThe Important Things For years the children whimpered and tugged.“

17、Tell us,tell us.” You promised to tell the children some other time,later,when they were old enough. Now the children stand eye to eye with you and show you their teeth.“Tell us.” “Tell you what?”you ask. “Tell us The important Things.” You tell your children there are seven continents and five ocea

18、ns. You tell your children the little you know about sex.Your children tell you there are better words for what you choose to call-The Married Embrace. You tell your children to be true to themselves.They say they are true to themselves.You tell them theyre lying,you always know when theyre lying.Th

19、ey tell you youre crazy.You tell them to mind their manners.They think you mean it as a joke;they laugh. There are tears in your eyes.You tell the children the dawn will follow the dark,the tide will come in,the grass will be renewed,every dog will have its day.You tell them the story of The Little

20、Soldier whose right arm,which he sacrificed while fighting for a noble cause,grew back again.You say that if there were no Evil we wouldnt have the satisfaction of choosing the Good.And if there were no pain,you say,wed never know our greatest joy,relief from pain.You offer to bake a cake for the ch

21、ildren,a fudge cake with chocolate frosting,their favorite.“Tell us,”say the children.You say to your children,“I am going to die.”“When?”“someday.”“Oh.”You tell your children that they,too,are going to die.They already knew it.You cant think of anything else to tell the children.You say youre sorry

22、.You are sorry.But the children have had enough of your excuses.“A promise is a promise,”say the children.Theyll give you one more chance to tell them of your own accord.If you dont,theyll have to resort to torture.Cultural InformationPublic house are an important part of British culture .People go

23、there not only for drinks,but also for socialization.In many ways,the pubs are the most popular places for people to gather to change information,meet friends,talk about topics of common interest,play games or just kill time.It is said that pubs are one of the domestic tranquilizers ever invented-“Therevolution starts at closing time!”is the popular cry.A typical British pub interior is characterized by three objects:a bar,a traditional fireplace,and a slot machine.Customers usually go to a pub nearby and dont change for many years.Some