大學(xué)英語第二版綜合教程3UNIT5

WRITINGTHREETHANK-YOULETTERS

WRITINGTHREETHANK-YOULETTERS

Itwas1943,duringWorldWarII,andIwasayoungU.S.coastguardsman.Myship,theUSSMurzim,hadbeenunderwayforseveraldays.Mostofherholdscontainedthousandsofcartonsof

cannedordriedfoods.Theotherholdswere

loaded

withfive-hundred-poundbombspackeddelicatelyinpaddedracks.OurdestinationwasabigbaseontheislandofTulagiintheSouthPacific.IwasoneoftheMurzim’sseveralcooksand,quitethesameasforfolk

ashore,thisThanksgivingmorninghadseenusbusilypreparingatraditionaldinnerfeaturingroastturkey.AlexHaleyunderwayV.航行中，工作中，進(jìn)行中這艘船已經(jīng)航行了好多天了。Theshiphadbeenunderwayforseveraldays.Adj.

進(jìn)行中的；已開始的經(jīng)濟(jì)增長過程正在進(jìn)行

Theprocessofeconomicgrowthisunderway.

loadn.負(fù)荷；負(fù)擔(dān)；裝載；工作量他們把設(shè)備全裝進(jìn)背包里面。Theyloadalltheirequipmentintobackpacks.vt.使擔(dān)負(fù)；裝填；把…裝入或裝上；裝滿，堆積帶上你的朋友,裝滿滿腔熱情.Loadupongunsand,Bringyourefriends.vi.加載；裝載；裝貨Wemustloadingallthegoods.復(fù)數(shù)：loads

第三人稱單數(shù)：loads

過去式：loaded

過去分詞：loaded

現(xiàn)在分詞：loadingBombn.炸彈(復(fù)數(shù)bombs)；徹底的失敗v.轟炸，投彈于,失敗，不及格；快速前進(jìn)發(fā)生了一系列的汽車爆炸事件。Therehasbeenaseriesofcarbombing.WRITINGTHREETHANK-YOULETTERS

Itwas1943,duringWorldWarII,andIwasayoungU.S.coastguardsman.Myship,theUSSMurzim,hadbeenunderwayforseveraldays.Mostofherholdscontainedthousandsofcartonsof

cannedordriedfoods.

Theotherholdswere

loaded

withfive-hundred-poundbombspackeddelicatelyinpaddedracks.OurdestinationwasabigbaseontheislandofTulagiintheSouthPacific.IwasoneoftheMurzim’sseveralcooksand,quitethesameasfor

folk

ashore,thisThanksgivingmorninghadseenusbusilypreparingatraditionaldinnerfeaturingroastturkey.AlexHaleyfolkn.民族；人們；〈口〉家屬，親戚；民間音樂老年人oldfolksadj.民間的；普通平民的；流傳民間的；普通百姓的這首歌是以一首古老的民間的曲調(diào)為基礎(chǔ)而寫成的.Thissongisbasedonanoldfolktune.ashoreadv.上岸；上陸；在岸上；在陸上你在岸上的第一個晚上是在哪里過的？Where'dyouspendyourfirstnightashore?traditionaladj.傳統(tǒng)的；口傳的；慣例的；因襲的比較級：moretraditional

最高級：mosttraditionaltraditionn.傳統(tǒng)；慣例；[宗]經(jīng)外傳說；[法]移交，引渡traditionallyadv.傳統(tǒng)上，傳說上

IdecidedfirsttogooutontheMurzim’safterdeckforabreathofopenair.Imademywayoutthere,breathingingreat,deepdraughtswhilewalkingslowlyabout,stillwearingmywhitecook’shat.

Well,asanycookknows,it’salotofhardworktocookandserveabigmeal,andcleanupandputeverythingaway.Butfinally,aroundsundown,wefinishedatlast.DR_Text21.Putaway

收起來；放好；儲存；打消

2.

Sundown

日落時分;Sunrise

日出

Idecidedfirsttogooutonthe

Murzim’safterdeckforabreathofopenair.Imademywayoutthere,breathingingreat,deepdraughtswhilewalkingslowlyabout,stillwearingmywhitecook’shat.

Well,asanycookknows,it’salotofhardworktocookandserveabigmeal,andcleanupandputeverythingaway.Butfinally,aroundsundown,wefinishedatlast.DR_Text2Draughtn.通風(fēng)；氣流；（船的）吃水深度；一飲，一口之量他喝了一大口啤酒。Hetookadraughtofbeer.vt.draft的變體；起草；征兵；選派adj.汲出的；拖拉的DR_Text3

IgottothinkingaboutThanksgiving,ofthePilgrims,Indians,wildturkeys,pumpkins,cornonthecob,andtherest.Yetmymindseemedtobeinquestofsomethingelse—somewaythatIcouldpersonallyapplytothecloseof

Thanksgiving.

Itmusthavetakenmeahalfhourtosensethatmaybesomekeytoananswercouldresultfromreversingtheword“Thanksgiving”—atleastthatsuggestedaverbaldirection,“Givingthanks.”RecentlyI’vegottowonderingwhyIamdoingthepart-timejob.gettosth/doingsth:begintogiveseriousattentiontoordealwithI’llgettotheaccountsassoonasIcan.

Givingthanks—asinpraying,thankingGod,Ithought.Yes,ofcourse.Certainly.Yetmymindcontinuedturningtheideaover.Afterawhile,likeadawn’sbrightening,afurtheranswerdidcome—thattherewerepeopletothank,peoplewhohaddonesomuchformethatIcouldneverpossiblyrepaythem.TheembarrassingtruthwasI’dalwaysjustacceptedwhatthey’ddone,takenallofitforgranted.NotonetimehadIeverbotheredtoexpresstoanyofthemsomuchasasimple,sincere“Thankyou”.DR_Text4turnover移交；（使）翻轉(zhuǎn)；變換（電視頻道）；仔細(xì)考慮即便她什么都沒說，你也能看出她心里在盤算著。

Evenwhenshedidn'tsayanythingyoucouldseeherturningthingsoverinhermind.Embarrassvt.&vi.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安；（使）困難對所發(fā)生的事情一無所知，這讓他很難堪。Itembarrassedhimthathehadnoideaofwhatwasgoingon.take……forgranted認(rèn)為…理所當(dāng)然，想當(dāng)然；輕信你不要想當(dāng)然每個人的想法都和你一樣。

You

should

not

take

for

granted

that

everyone

has

the

same

thoughts

as

you

do.

Atleastsevenpeoplehadbeenparticularlyandlastinglyhelpfultome.Irealized,swallowinghard,thatabouthalfofthemhadsincedied—sotheywereforeverbeyondanypossibleexpressionofgratitudefromme.ThemoreIthoughtaboutit,themoreashamedIbecame.ThenIpicturedthethreewhowerestillaliveand,withinminutes,Iwasdowninmycabin.DR_Text5gratituden.

恩義；謝意；感激，感謝；感激的樣子；感恩圖報(bào)之意asenseofgratitude...感恩我們已擁有的東西。

Find

gratitude

for

what

we

already

have.同近義詞：thankfulness

appreciation

gratefulness

Sittingatatablewithwritingpaperandmemoriesofthingseachhaddone,Itriedcomposinggenuinestatementsofheartfeltappreciationandgratitudetomydad,SimonA.Haley,aprofessorattheoldAgriculturalMechanicalNormalCollegeinPineBluff,Arkansas;tomygrandma,CynthiaPalmer,backinourlittlehometownofHenning,Tennessee;andtotheRev.LonualNelson,mygrammarschoolprincipal,retiredandlivinginRipley,sixmilesnorthofHenning.DR_Text6statementsn.

（思想、觀點(diǎn)、文章主題等的）表現(xiàn)；聲明(statement的名詞復(fù)數(shù))；結(jié)算單；（文字）陳述；現(xiàn)在，大多數(shù)銀行都要確?？蛻糸喿x了風(fēng)險聲明。Most

banks

now

make

sure

customers

read

risk

statements.同近義詞：announce；state；declare；statement；declarationStatevt.規(guī)定；陳述，聲明

Thetextsofmylettersbegansomethinglike,“Here,thisThanksgivingatsea,Ifindmythoughtsuponhowmuchyouhavedoneforme,butIhaveneverstoppedandsaidtoyouhowmuchIfeeltheneedtothankyou—”AndbrieflyIrecalledforeachofthemspecificactsperformedonmybehalf.DR_Text7onsb.'sbehalf/onthebehalfofsb.adv.代表某人，為了某人一切為了孩子已經(jīng)成為一項(xiàng)全職工作。Working

on

their

children's

behalf

becomes

a

full-time

job.

Forinstance,somethinguppermostaboutmyfatherwashowhehadimpressed

uponmefromboyhoodtolovebooksandreading.Infact,thisgraduatedintoafamilyhabitofafter-dinnerquizzesatthetableaboutbooksreadmostDR_Text8recentlyandnewwordslearned.Myloveofbooksneverdiminishedandlaterledmetowardwritingbooksmyself.SomanytimesIhavefeltasadnesswhenexposedtomodernchildrensoimmersedintheelectronicmediathattheyhavelittleornoawarenessofthemarvelousworldtobediscoveredinbooks.Instancen.例子，實(shí)例；情況；要求，建議；[法]訴訟手續(xù)vt.舉……為例這是一個蝴蝶效應(yīng)的實(shí)例。

Call

it

an

instance

of

the

butterfly

effect.短語：atfirstinstanceattheinstanceoninthefirst(或second等)instanceDiminishvt.（使）減少，縮??；減弱…的權(quán)勢；[樂]減半音vi.變小或減少；逐漸變細(xì)我們必須盡力把損失減小到最低限度。

We

must

diminish

the

loss

to

the

minimum.同近義詞：reducebeimmersedinv.陷于；陷入他沉浸在足球的歡樂中。

Hewas

immersed

in

the

joy

of

football.同近義詞：bebathedin沉浸于

IremindedtheReverendNelsonhoweachmorninghewouldopenourlittlecountrytown’sgrammarschoolwithaprayeroverhisassembledstudents.ItoldhimthatwhateverpositivethingsIhaddonesincehadbeeninfluencedatleastinpartbyhismorningschoolprayers.DR_Text9Assemblevt.&vi.集合，收集vt.裝配，組合要求我們在大廳集合。We

were

requested

to

assemble

in

the

lobby.DR_Text10

Inthelettertomygrandmother,Iremindedherofadozenwayssheusedtoteachmehowtotellthetruth,toshare,

andtobeforgivingandconsiderateofothers.Ithankedherfortheyearsofeatinghergoodcooking,theequalofwhichIhadnotfoundsince.Finally,Ithankedhersimplyforhavingsprinkledmylifewithstardust.Sprinklevt.灑，撒；把液體或顆粒灑在…上；散置；撒布，使散布vi.灑，撒；落下n.灑的動作；小雨；少量最后，為增強(qiáng)西紅柿的口感，在其中撒一些糖。Finally,

to

enhance

the

flavor

of

tomatoes,

sprinkle

a

little

sugar

on

them.

BeforeIslept,mythreeletterswentintoourship’sofficemailsack.TheygotmailedwhenwereachedTulagiIsland.Weunloadedcargo,reloadedwithsomethingelse,thenagainweputtoseaintheroutinefamiliartous,andasthedaysbecameweeks,mylittlepersonalexperiencereceded.Sometimes,whenwewereatsea,amailshipwouldrendezvousandbringusmailfromhome,which,ofcourse,we

accordedtopmostpriority.DR_Text11Recedevi.后退；減弱Vt.歸還隨著時間的流逝，我對他的永遠(yuǎn)死去而感到悲傷和憤懣的情緒被減弱了。Attimemovedon,mygriefandangerathisuntimelydeathbegantorecede.Recede-receded-receded,receding

Everytimetheship’sloudspeakerrasped,“Attention!Mailcall!”twohundred-oddshipmatescamepoundingupondeckandclusteredaboutthetwoseamen,standingbythosepreciousbulginggraysacks.Theywerealternatelypullingoutfistfulsoflettersandbarkingsuccessivenamesofsailorswhowere,inturn,shoutingback“Here!Here!”amidthepushing.Poundingup連續(xù)重?fù)?；搗碎我奶奶喜歡把芝麻搗碎了得出特殊的香味。Mygrandmotherlovespoundingupsesameseedsupforspecialflavor.短語：poundingupondeck沖上甲板clustern.群；串；叢；簇然而，在集群環(huán)境中卻有一些問題。However,therearesomeproblemsintheclusterenvironment.Vt.使……集聚Cluster-clustered-clusteringFistfuln.一把（復(fù)數(shù)：fistfuls）那個小孩扔了一把栗子。Thechildseizedfistfulofchestnuts.

One“mailcall”broughtmeresponsesfromGrandma,Dad,andtheReverendNelson—andmyreadingofDR_Text13theirlettersleftmenotonlyastonishedbutmorehumbledthanbefore.

RatherthansayingtheywouldforgivethatIhadn’tpreviouslythankedthem,instead,forPete’ssake,theywerethankingme—forhavingremembered,forhavingconsideredtheyhaddoneanythingsoexceptional.Alwaysthecollegeprofessor,mydadhadcarefullyavoidedanythingheconsideredtoosentimental,soIknewhowmovedhewastowritemethat,afterhavinghelpededucatemanyyoungpeople,henowfeltthathisbestresultsincludedhisownson.DR_Text15SentimentalAdj.感傷的；多愁善感的；感情脆弱的這就是我，一個多愁善感的女人Thisisme,asentimentalwomen.Sentimentn.感情；觀點(diǎn)；情操他的愛是以情感而不是以情欲為其標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的。Hislovehadbeenwomenofsentimentratherthanpassion.

TheReverendNelsonwrotethathisdecadesasa“simple,old-fashionedprincipal”hadendedwithschoolsundergoingsuchswiftchangesthathehadretiredinself-doubt.“IheardmoreofwhatIhaddonewrongthanwhatIdidright,”hesaid,addingthatmyletterhadbroughthimwelcomereassurancethathiscareerhadbeenappreciated.DR_Text16Undergovt.gothrough;experience解放前這位老工人遭受了許多苦難。Theoldworkerunderwentmuchsufferingbeforeliberation.

AglanceatGrandma’sfamiliarhandwritingbroughtbackinaflashmemoriesofstandingalongsideherwhiterockingchair,watchingher“settingdown”somelettertorelatives.Characterbycharacter,Grandmawouldslowlyaccomplishoneword,thenthenext,sothatafinishedpagewouldconsumehours.IweptoverthepagerepresentingmyGrandma’srecenthoursinvestedinexpressingherlovinggratefulnesstome—whomsheusedtodiaper!DR_Text17

Muchlater,retiredfromtheCoastGuardandtryingtomakealivingasawriter,Ineverforgothowthosethree“thankyou”lettersgavemeaninsightintohowmosthumanbeingsgoaboutlonginginsecretformoreoftheirfellowstoexpressappreciationfortheirefforts.Weepv.哭泣她那天整整哭了一夜。Sheweptthenightawaythatday.短語：weepaloud放聲大哭；weepfor因……而哭泣

AglanceatGrandma’sfamiliarhandwritingbroughtbackinaflashmemoriesofstandingalongsideherwhiterockingchair,watchingher“settingdown”somelettertorelatives.Characterbycharacter,Grandmawouldslowlyaccomplishoneword,thenthenext,sothatafinishedpagewouldconsumehours.IweptoverthepagerepresentingmyGrandma’srecenthoursinvestedinexpressingherlovinggratefulnesstome—whomsheusedtodiaper!DR_Text17

Muchlater,retiredfromtheCoastGuardandtryingtomakealivingasawriter,Ineverforgothowthosethree“thankyou”lettersgavemeaninsightintohowmosthumanbeingsgoaboutlonginginsecretformoreoftheirfellowstoexpressappreciationfortheirefforts.goabout

movearound;behaveinsociety;keepbusydoing(sth.);setabout我