2018自考英语二Unit 4a

Unit 4 The Joy of Work
Unit 4 The Joy of Work
A Famous Quote Labour is often the father of pleasure. ——Francois-Marie Arouet （Voltaire） 勤劳常是快乐之源。 ——弗朗索瓦-马利· 阿鲁 埃（伏尔泰）
dairy 乳品业的，生产乳品的； diary 日记 daily 每天的

So
when I was 12, I got a part-time job on a dairy farm down the road, helping to milk cows. We milked 65 cows at 5 in the morning and again at 2 in the afternoon, seven days a week.

Text A Work is Blessing
Pre-reading
questions 1.Do you often help your parents with the household chores? What do you usually do to help them? 2. Have you had any experience of doing parttime jobs to help support yourself and your family? What did you think about it?
daylight 黎明；dawn 黎明；dusk 黄昏； complain 抱怨；

In
the kitchen one Saturday before daylight, I remember complaining to my father and grandfather about having to go milk those cows. My father said, "Ya know, boy, to work is a blessing."
blessing 好事；household 家庭的；
chore 零星工作（尤指家常杂务）
Text A Work is Blessing
I grew up in Lakeland, LA, one of 12 children. We all lived on my parents' subsistence farm(自 耕自给农场). We grew cotton, sugar cane, corn, hogs, and chickens and had a large garden, but it didn't bring in much cash.
所以我在12岁时在马路旁边的一个奶牛场里找
了一份兼职工作——帮忙挤牛奶。我要在早晨5 点钟为65头奶牛挤奶，下午2点钟还要挤一次， 一周ne Saturday before daylight, I remember complaining to my father and grandfather about having to go milk those cows. My father said, "Ya know, boy, to work is a blessing."

I
looked at those two men who had worked harder than I ever had — my father eking out(=making/earning) a living on that farm and my grandfather farming and working as a carpenter during the Depression. I had a feeling I had been told something really important, but it took many years before it sank in(完全被弄懂).

工作是一种福气 我在路易斯安那州的莱克兰长大，是家里12个孩
子之一。我们所有人都依赖父母的农场勉强维持生 活。我们种棉花、甘蔗、玉米，养猪、养鸡，还有 一个大花园，但农场没办法让我们有多少收入，
So
when I was 12, I got a part-time job on a dairy farm down the road, helping to milk cows. We milked 65 cows at 5 in the morning and again at 2 in the afternoon, seven days a week.
在一个周六的黎明之前，我记得我在厨房里跟
父亲和爷爷抱怨自己一大早还要去给那些奶牛挤 奶，父亲说：“儿子，你要知道，能工作是一种 福气啊。”
I
looked at those two men who had worked harder than I ever had — my father eking out(=making/earning) a living on that farm and my grandfather farming and working as a carpenter during the Depression. I had a feeling I had been told something really important, but it took many years before it sank in(完全被弄懂). eke out a living 竭力维持生计； carpenter 木工；depression 萧条，衰弱 sink in 被完全理解，被充分意识到

subsistence 勉强维持生活； sugar cane 甘蔗；corn 玉米； bring in 赚，收获；

Text A Work is Blessing
I grew up in Lakeland, LA, one of 12 children. We all lived on my parents' subsistence farm(自 耕自给农场). We grew cotton, sugar cane, corn, hogs, and chickens and had a large garden, but it didn't bring in much cash.