華聯(lián)學院大學英語精讀課件08 A Friend in Need

1、Unit 8 A Friend in Need Somerset MaughamAbout the author:William Somerset Maugham(25 January 1874 16 December 1965) was a British playwright, novelist andshort storywriter. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.After losing both his p

2、arents by the age of 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a doctor. The first run of his first novel,Liza of Lambeth(1897), sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave u

3、p medicine to write full-time.During the First World War, he served with theRed Crossand in the ambulance corps. During and after the war, he traveled in India and Southeast Asia; all of these experiences were reflected in later short stories and novels. 毛姆，英國小說家、戲劇家。生于律師家庭。父母早死，由伯父接回英國撫養(yǎng)。原來學醫(yī)，后轉而致力

4、寫作。他的作品常以冷靜、客觀乃至挑剔的態(tài)度審視人生，基調超然，帶諷刺和憐憫意味，在國內外擁有大量讀者。著名的有戲劇圈子，長篇小說人生的枷鎖、月亮和六便士，短篇小說集葉的震顫、卡蘇里那樹、阿金等。 Pre-reading question: You should have learnt the saying “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. But do you know the meaning of “a friend in need”? Someone who remains true and faithful to a friend despit

5、e the friends difficulty, failure or plight.New words & expressions:Part C exhilarating remittance chap tin-god creek trifle rub mild &wild Part D on one occasion something of catch sight of have an instinct about drive at on account of in accordance with take aback for a /the moment turn to & turn

6、upRead the text and finish the blanks on P 116, and answer the following questions: Whats the narrators major impression on Edward Hyde Burton? Did he change it later ? Who do u think is the friend in need?Kindliness, being mild gentle benignIn fact, he not only ignored Lennys plight, but took advan

7、tage of it without any sympathy.Language points:shrug. v. if youshrug, you raise your shoulders to show that you are not interested in something or that you do not know or care about something. I suppose so, said Anna with a shrug. “我想是吧，”安娜聳了聳肩說道。 Westernobserversmayshrug,sayingtheyveseenitallbefor

8、e. 西方觀察家可能會聳聳肩說，他們已經見怪不怪了。startling: sth that isstartlingis so different, unexpected, or remarkable that people react to it with surprise. Sometimes the results may be rather startling. 有時結果可能會令人非常吃驚。 He was startlingly handsome. 他帥氣逼人。 Then, startlingly, the back door was jerked open by Binton. 然后，

9、令人吃驚的是，后門被賓頓猛地拉開了。startle vt. 使震驚，使大吃一驚；使驚跳 vi.驚嚇；受驚；驚跳The telephone startled him. 電話鈴聲嚇了他一跳。對不起，我不是故意想嚇你一跳的。 Sorry, I didnt mean to startle you. beat the grass and startle/ frighten away the snake- act rashly and alert the enemyin accordance with: according to/ in line with 與一致，依照；稟承；因 LiusaysChina

10、willstrengthencooperationontheSomaliapirateproblem,inaccordancewithinternationallawandU.N.SecurityCouncilresolutions. 劉說，中國將根據(jù)國際法和聯(lián)合國安理會的決議，在索馬里海盜問題上加強合作我們會按你們要求的方式支付。 Iwillpayinaccordancewithyourterms.strike v. 1) If an idea or thoughtstrikesyou, it suddenly comes into your mind.A thought struck he

11、r. Was she jealous of her mother, then? 她猛地冒出一個念頭：那么難道她在嫉妒母親嗎？At this point, it suddenly struck me that I was wasting my time. 在這一刻，我突然意識到自己是在浪費時間。2) If somethingstrikesyouasbeing a particular thing, it gives you the impression of being that thing.He struck me as a very serious but friendly person.

12、他讓我感覺他是一個十分嚴肅但友好的人。我感覺你好像總是一副氣沖沖的樣子。 Youve always struck me as being an angry man. Please guess the meaning of “strike”:Staff at the hospital went on strike in protest at the incidents.Wilde fell and struck his head on the stone floor. 懷爾德摔倒了，頭撞在石頭地上。 A powerful earthquake struck the Italian island

13、of Sicily early this morning. 今日凌晨意大利西西里島發(fā)生強地震。The clock struck nine.He hoped to strike it rich by investing in ginseng. 他希望通過投資人參發(fā)大財。something of 有幾分；略微something like 幾分像；大約(about) Hisvetowassomethingofasurprise. 他的否決一定程度上是令人驚訝的。Mr.smithwasalreadysomethingofahero. 史密斯先生之前已經有了些許英雄的作為。他的收入在35000英鎊上下.

14、 He earns something like (=about) 35000. 他有點象他哥哥。 He is something like his brother. 她有幾分藝術家的味道。 She is something of an artist.exhilarating: if u describe an experience or feeling asexhilarating, you mean that it makes you feel very happy and excited.Thetempoofthecity of N.Y.itselfisexhilarating. 而紐約

15、這個城市的節(jié)奏也是令人興奮的。 Theamusementparks(Chime-long Paradise) exhilaratingrollercoasterrideattractsmanyyoungvisitors. 這家游樂場刺激的云霄飛車之旅吸引許多的年輕游客.我們剛得到一些令人振奮的消息。 Wehavejustgotsomeexhilaratingnews. romance:After a whirlwind romance the couple announced their engagement in July.在閃電式的戀愛后，兩人在7月宣布訂婚。He still finds

16、time for romance by cooking candlelit dinners for his girlfriend.他仍然會找時間為女友準備燭光晚餐，制造浪漫。Since taking up writing romance in 1967 she has brought out over fifty books.自1967年開始寫愛情小說起，她已經出了50多本書了。The Romance of the Three Kingdoms remittance: a sum of money that u send to sb.Myfrienddidntreceivemyremittan

17、ce. 我的朋友沒有收到我的匯款。We will forward the goods onremittanceof $1000. 我們收到一千英鎊的匯款之后立即裝貨寄出。 oddly ad.奇怪地；奇妙地；額外地，零碎地 There were, oddly, few other Britons living in this northern part. 說來也怪，很少有其他英國人住在這一北部地區(qū)。 Oddlyenough,earlyonhewantedtomakefacebooksmascotahedgehog. 說來奇怪，早期他曾想用刺猬作為facebook的吉祥物。have an inst

18、inct for有的本能,天生就會 Some animals adjust themselves to their environment by instinct.有些動物會本能地適應環(huán)境。 He seems so honest and genuine and my every instinct says hes not.他看起來這么老實誠懇，但我的全部直覺告訴我他一點都不。他總能知道幾點了，仿佛是出于本能。 He always knew what time it was, as if by instinct. 還記得我講過的情緒是本能嗎？ RememberIsaidthatemotionis

19、aninstinct?with a good grace 情愿地; 欣然地 Hedidthetestwithagoodgrace. 他欣然的做了那個測試。Helentmethebookwithagoodgrace. 他很痛快地把書借給了我。Listentowhateverhesayswithagoodgrace. 不管他說什么都要高高興興地聽。他欣然的接受了這項工作。 Heacceptedthejobwithagoodgrace.credit:If ure allowedcredit, ure allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks

20、 or months after receiving them. You can ask a dealer for a discount whether you pay cash or buy on credit. 無論是付現(xiàn)還是賒購，都可以要求經銷商打折。When a sum of moneyis credited toan account, the bank adds that sum of money to the total in the account. She noticed that only $80,000 had been credited to her account. 她

21、注意到自己的賬戶里只存進了80，000美元。on account of 由于；基于 Atfirsthehesitatedonaccountoftheexpense. 他起初是因開支的問題在猶豫。 你開會遲到是因為你太懶了，但是我遲到了是因為交通堵塞。 Yourelatetothemeetingbecauseyourelazy.Imlateonaccountofheavytraffic.on no account: under no circumstances On no accountshould we cut down the outturn.我們絕不可以降低產量。 take . into

22、account考慮 . 的因素 They had totake the baby into accountwhen they wanted to go out. 每當要外出時,他們總得考慮如何將嬰孩安頓好。我們會參考他們的反饋意見以進一步改善服務。 We willtake the feedback into accountin improving the service.turn up:He didntturnupuntil half an hour later. 半小時后他才出現(xiàn)。He caught a packet from me when he didturnup. 他一露面就被我狠狠訓

23、了一頓。My childrenturnuptheir noses at fresh vegetables. 我的孩子對新鮮蔬菜根本看不上。Turn the heat up high. 把暖氣開大。dissipate vt. becomes less or becomes less strong; waste sth. in a foolish wayThe tension in the room had dissipated. 房間里的緊張氣氛消失了。He wound down the windows to dissipate the heat. 他搖下窗子來散熱。她已經揮霍掉了她從父親那繼承

24、的遺產。 She had dissipated her inheritance from her father. 1. We are extremely sorry that all the flights today are delayed on account of the dense fog.2. The chairperson of the conference did not declare the meeting open until all the delegates turned up.3. The newly arrived professor gave us a lectu

25、re on psychology with such a strong southern accent that we hardly knew what hes driving at.4. As the day of the ball was drawing near, Ann felt all the more worried, for she had no fancy jewels to wear for the occasion.5. Though hes been strictly trained as a modern dancer, hes widely known more as

26、 poet than a dancer. 6. The old woman was all to pieces when news came that her young son was killed in a fierce battle.7. Tom believed that he had an aptitude for painting. He really considered himself something of an artist when he was whitewashing the fence.8. You can exercise your imagination, b

27、ut these exercises must be done in accordance with the requirements set down in the instructions.9. As he was not prepared at all for any bad news concerning his health, he was quite taken aback when the doctor told him that he must be hospitalized for surgery with no delay.10. What strikes us most about our new coach is his high sense of responsibility, keen sense of observation, and unaffected sense of humor.Translation B:Last week I came across Mrs. Riley, John Rileys mother. I was rather taken aback when she told me th