大学英语——以读促写范例

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(选自《21世纪大学英语》第一册第一单元A篇课文)
二、语块妙用
1. “Trying to study when you ’re overtired isn ’t smart ”, she advises. Even a short break to stretch or get some fresh air can work wonders .”
译：“在你过度疲劳时还试图学习并不明智，”她指出，“短暂的休息，哪怕只是伸展一
下身体，呼吸呼吸新鲜空气，也能带来意想不到的效果。

” 语块欣赏：work wonders
语块释义：很有效，很有帮助，创造奇迹。

语块巧用：兴趣是最好的老师。

平庸句：Interest is the best teacher.
巧变句：Interest can work wonders.
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撒谎是没用的，有时如实相告可能更好。

Trying to lie isn ’t smart. Sometimes to tell what it is can work wonders.
钢铁意志铸造奇迹。

Iron will works wonders.
诚实可以带来长久的友谊。

Honesty works wonders in fostering everlasting friendship.
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我们希望来年的中央台春晚将能再创辉煌。

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只有依靠坚强的意志，勤奋才能发挥其真正的功效。

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2. Knowing how to make the most of one’s abilities counts for much more .
译：知道如何让自己的能力得到充分利用更为重要。

语块欣赏：count for much/ nothing/ little
语块释义：很重要/一点都不重要/无关紧要
语块巧用：如何适应大学生活非常重要。

平庸句： It is very important to know how to adjust to college life.
巧变句：Knowing how to adjust to college life counts for much.
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以下几点决定你的成就。

The following are the facts that count for a promising prospect.
重要的不是交多少朋友 ，而是交什么朋友。

What really counts is not how many friends you make but what kind of
friends you are making.
面试时，交流能力比名校学位更重要。

Communicating ability counts for much more than a degree of a prestigious college in a job interview.
小试身手 重要的是读什么书，而不是读多少书。

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抓住就业机会远比进一步求学机会重要。

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3.Brains are n
’
t the only answer .
译：智商不是唯一的答案。

语块欣赏：not the only +n.
语块释义：并不是…的唯一
语块巧用: 金钱不是婚姻幸福的唯一条件。

平庸句：Money isn’t the only important thing for a happy marriage.
巧变句：
Money is not the only answer to a happy marriage.
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惊人的情商并非取得成功的唯一要素。

Amazing emotional intelligence is not the only recipe for high achievements.
严厉的惩罚并非是根除醉酒驾驶行为的唯一办法。

Severe punishment is not the only solution to drunk driving.
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名和利并非成功的唯一标准。

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限塑令不是唯一的解决办法。

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4. Top students allow no interruptions of their study time.
译：好学生不让自己的学习受到干扰。

语块欣赏：allow (no ) + n.
语块释义：不许，容不得
语块巧用：我们不应该侵犯他人隐私。

平庸句：We should not invade others’ privacy.
巧变句：Individual privacy allows no invasion.
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不给予言论自由allow no voice
允许存在差异allow the existence of differences
粗心大意学不好数学。

Math allows no carelessness.
新政府宣布将严厉打击腐败和其他犯罪行为。

The new government declared that they would allow no place for corruption and other crimes.
我们互不干涉私事，这是彼此关系稳定和谐的基础。

We allow no interference of personal affairs, which is the basis of steady
and harmonious relationship.
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学生可以免费使用学校数据库。

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环境问题非常重要或不容忽视。

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5. Then, when I began to read, I had a sense of the material and I retained a lot more.
译：这样，当我开始阅读时，我对阅读材料先有了一些了解，而且能记住更多的内容。

语块欣赏：have a sense of
语块释义：了解，领悟
语块巧用：我不了解这个人/这件事。

平庸句：I don ’t know him/this thing.
巧变句：I have no sense of him/it.
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事实上，我知道目的何在，我明白要做什么。

Actually, I have a sense of purpose and I know where I am going.
我们应该从小培养孩子的时间观\竞争意识。

Children should be brought up with the sense of punctuality/ competition.
好老师应该了解班里每个学生的优缺点。

A good teacher should have a sense of the strengths and weaknesses of every student in his class.
小试身手 我们觉得无能力解决此问题。

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显然这能使我们更好地理解异国文化。

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6. During revision, this is very useful because you can see
immediately why the material is relevant, rather than being worried by a
great mass of information.
译：这在复习时非常有用，因为你马上就能看到为什么这些材料是有关的，而不用为信息量太大而发愁。

语块欣赏：rather than
语块释义：而不是
语块巧用：我喜欢英语，不喜欢数学。

平庸句：I like English, but not math.
巧变句：I like English rather than math.
✍Tips:
①.“不”这个否定词在英语中除了“not”外，还有多种表达方式，例如“他不
聪明”可以有以下几种表达：He is anything but smart/ he is far from cleverness or being clever.
②.rather than…,为英语句子强调结构，是能把上下动作连贯起来的一个表达；
而用汉语思维“do.., but do not…(是，而不是)”来表达英语，则体现不出上下连贯的一组动作。

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政府只是试图干扰网上发布的反对的帖子,而不是把它们屏蔽掉。

The government tries to disrupt opposition postings on Internet, rather than block them.
监管部门说,该法旨在防止食品污染,而不是马后炮。

Regulators said the law is aimed at preventing food contamination rather
than responding to it.
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应该是你而不是我在这封信上签字。

大多数人做好事是为获得愉悦和满足感，而不是为了得到回报。

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7. A drawer keeps essentials together and cuts down on time-wasting
searches.
译：把必需的东西整理到抽屉里不必浪费时间寻找。

语块欣赏：cut down on
语块释义：减少
语块巧用：医生劝他少喝酒.
平庸句：Doctor advices him to drink less.
巧变句：The doctor advices him to cut down on his drinking.
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我们学生要把主要的精力放在学习上，不要老玩游戏。

We students should focus on our studies, cutting down on game playing.
很多市民建议,政府要先节流,后开源。

Many citizens have suggested that the Government should cut down on expenditure before raising revenue （收入）.
小试身手 杰克正努力戒烟。

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严格限制塑料袋的使用也可降低超市的运营成本。

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8. If you ask questions, you know at once whether you have got the point or not.
译：如果你问问题，你立刻就会知道，你是否已经掌握了要点。

语块欣赏： get (miss) the point
语块释义：抓住了(没抓住)中心、要点
语块巧用：你说的对。

平庸句：You are right.
巧变句：You ’ve got to/hit the point.
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如果没听懂的话就让对方再重复一遍。

Ask the speaker to repeat what he says if you don ’t get the point.
责怪他没完成任务是没有抓住问题的关键。

To blame him for the failure of the task is to miss the point.
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现在让我们回到问题的中心。

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开设选修课的意义在于,它为学生提供更多的机会来发展自身兴趣。

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9.Class participation is a matter of showing intellectual curiosity.
译：课堂参与是一种求知欲的体现。

语块欣赏：… a matter of…
语块释义：体现…的问题,关系到…
语块巧用：献血是爱心的体现。

平庸句：To donate blood shows that you have love.
巧变句：Blood donation is a matter of love and devotion.
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关键在于付出a matter of devotion
关系到名声 a matter of reputation
生死攸关的问题 a matter of life and death
有效学习不仅要了解学什么，还要知道怎么学和先学什么。

Effective study is not only a matter of knowing what to learn but how to learn and what to learn first.
领导力就是用你的性格魅力鼓励队员充分发挥他们的潜力完成共同目标。

Leadership is a matter of encouraging your team to make the most of their potential to achieve the common goal with your charisma.
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处理这些问题全凭经验。

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教学的关键在于敬业和投入。

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10.The most gifted students do not necessarily perform best in exams.译：最聪明的学生并不一定就是考试成绩最好的。

语块欣赏：do not necessarily…
语块释义：并不一定…
语块巧用：高分并不代表高能。

平庸句：High marks don’t represent high ability.
巧变句：High marks don’t necessarily reflect one’s real abilities.
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我可以听听你的解释，但并不表示我原谅你。

My agreement to listening to your explanation doesn’t necessarily mean that
I forgive you.
独自旅行肯定要与陌生人打交道。

Traveling alone will necessarily involve communicating with strangers.
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✍到国外读书未必意味着你将获得更高质量的教育。

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英语考试成绩好并不意味着口语成绩就好。

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11. Once the books are open, phone calls go unanswered, TV unwatched and
newspaper unread.
译:书一旦打开，就不再接电话，看电视或看报纸了。

语块欣赏：un+过去分词
语块释义：还没有完成或不去完成这个动作
语块巧用：多年来人们一直不重视这些问题。

平庸句：People have paid no attention to those problems these years.
巧变句：For years, these problems have been left unnoticed / unmentioned.
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流于一般go ordinary
瓦解、四分五裂go segmented、disorganized
被忽视go neglected
变得不自在go uneasy
腐败go corrupted
这么多问题都没有解决，这对夫妻不可能和好如初。

The couple could not make up with each other with so many problems
unsolved.。

✍Tips:
相对汉语而言，系动词是英语特有的。

系动词+过去分词表示一种趋势。

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在找工作的时候，我们不能不考虑经济因素。

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诚实行为往往很难摆脱得了他人的质疑和诋毁。

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三、语块演练一：请用本课语块改写以下段落。

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原段落：
Doing part-time job is very necessary for college students. It is because the society is different from the college life. You are a good student, but you may not be a good worker. We must regard the first part-time job as our first step into the society, and it is really helpful for those who care so much about the scores.
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参考语块:
the change and growth have little in common with have the sense
excellence in college offer no assurance a welcome challenge work wonders
n.+ driven
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四、语块演练二:请根据写作提纲及中文参考思路，恰当运用给定语块进行
写作。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled “Sally, a Smart Runner ”. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:
1. Sally is not the most diligent athlete.
2.
Sally knows how to make good use of time and how to practice well.
✍ 中文参考思路：
萨莉是一个很厉害的跑步运动员，她在2011年全国跑步比赛中获得了第一名。

据说她不是最有天赋的，也不是最勤奋的运动员，那么她是如何做到的呢？她总能充分的利用有限的时间和精力，而正是这一点使得她出类拔萃。

她认为…是不够的，严格按照日程安排来完成训练更为重要。

因此，不像其他运动员几乎把所有的精力都投入到重复的练习中，萨莉很注重训练技巧，每次训练的时候，她不允许有任何干扰…。

正
是如此，她才能真正把注意力精力到训练上。

而且，她能与教练保持经常性交流，从而总能理会训练的要点…。

成功需要勤奋也需要有效的方法。

萨莉正是一个非常贴切的例子。

参考语块：
high-achieving manage to work wonders make the most of
a matter of stick to count for not the whole story rather than n. + go +pp. focus on allow no interruptions
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五、语块活用：真题佳作赏析
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic”Teacher’s Day”(2005.6 四级真题作文).You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
1.向老师致以节日的问候。

2.回忆老师的教诲。

3.如何报答老师。

Dear Mr. Chen,
It is the Te acher’s Day. On this special occasion I’d like to write to you, my high-achieving English teacher, a letter to extend my appreciation and acknowledgment. It is you who have aroused my academic curiosity. For a smart teacher, being willing to teach is important, but knowing how to inspire and motivate students counts for much more. You may never have realized how your charisma, which tended to go unnoticed at the beginning, has dramatically affected my change and growth.
It was your unique way of teaching that had worked wonders on me, once a low-achieving boy who was too shy to join in any class discussion or to ask questions even when I failed to get the point. You, as often happened, approached and explained to me with infinite patience rather than scold or embarrass me. Gradually I became an active student, not only active in class participation but also active in learning and thinking. Finally I ended up with
several A’s when I graduated from high school.
Therefore, I feel so blessed to be one of your students. Your teaching has enriched my mind and broadened my horizon, kindling the light of hope in me. Now being intellectually curious and academically serious, I’m committed to my studies in college in the hope that one day I will also be a teacher like you.
Sincerely,
Li Hua。