周英第九课

• [11]Moonlight shows us none of life’s harder edges. Hillsides seem silken and silvery, the oceans still and blue in its light. In moonlight we become less calculating, more drawn to our feelings. • 月色下，我们看不到生活中坚硬的棱角。 山坡在月光下如同笼上了柔和的轻纱， 一片银白；海水在月光下碧蓝而静谧； 我们在月光下也不再像白日那般精于算 计，而是沉醉于自然的情感中。
Lesson 9
Spell of the Rising Moon (para.10-11)
Zhou Ying Group four
[10]The drama took an hour. Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties. To watch it, we must slip into an older, more patient sense of time. To watch the moon move inexorably higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves. Our imaginations become aware of the vast distances of space, the immensity of the earth, and the huge improbability of our own existence. We feel small but privileged.
• slip into ( line 2, para. 10)
• to gradually start being in a particular condition ；to fall v.渐渐习惯于； 溜进；使 滑入；穿上； • Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices. • 有了这样一条指导原则，一些医生可能渐 渐习惯于采取骗人的做法。
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serried[' serɪd ] adj .(line 1, para. 10) standing or arranged closely together in rows 密集的；林立的；重叠罗列 的;拥挤的
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• 1.一排排密集的记者在外面等候。 • The serried ranks of reporters are waiting outside. • 2荆棘之上耸立着密密麻麻的大树。 • Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks.
( line 2, para. 10 ) • whose action or effects cannot be changed or prevented by one’s efforts • 不可阻挡的；无情的；不屈不挠可阻挡的。 • This trend is inexorable.
• Astronomers can calculate when there will be eclipses of the sun and moon. • 天文学家可以算出何时发生日食和月食。
• 他必须计算一下失败的概率。 • He must calculate the probability of failure.
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• calculating adj ( line 2, para. 11 )
thinking carefully about how to get exactly what you want, often without caring about anyone else - used to show disapproval 计 算的；深谋远虑的；审慎的
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• 他被看见溜进了房间。 • He was seen to slip into the room.
• 两个蛙人潜入深海中。 • Two frogmans slip into the deep sea.
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• inexorable adj
[ɪn'eks(ə)rəb(ə)l]
• Urbanization village is a inexorable trend of the economical development. • 农村城市化是社会发展的必然趋势。
• [10]The drama took an hour. Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties. To watch it, we must slip into an older, more patient sense of time. To watch the moon move inexorably higher is to find an unusual stillness within ourselves. Our imaginations become aware of the vast distances of space, the immensity of the earth, and the huge improbability of our own existence. We feel small but privileged.
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2) the quality of being not immediately obvious or noticeable, and therefore difficult to describe 微妙性 It's a thrilling movie even though it lacks s ubtlety. 这部电影虽然不算精巧，但还是扣人心 弦的。
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subtlety ['sʌtlti] n (line 1, para. 10)
1)very small details or differences which are not obvious 精妙之处; 微妙差异 翻译会失去语言上的一些精妙之处。 Some of the subtleties of the language are lost in translation. 我意识到了他情绪上的微妙变化。 I am aware of the subtleties of his mood.
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• 他既冷漠又有心计。 • He is cold and calculating . • 她心地善良，却工于心计。 • She got a good heart but she is calculating.
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• Calculate v. 计算；估计；打算；计划
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• African dance is vigorous, but full of subtlety, requiring great strength and control.
• 非洲舞蹈充满活力，但不乏精妙之处， 需要舞者有很强的力量和控制能力。
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• 这奇特的景观持续了一个小时。月出 是缓慢的，充满神奇。观看月出，我 们得回到过去那种对时间的耐心中去。 观看月亮不可阻挡地升到空中就能让 我们内心安宁，我们的神思能让我们 看到宇宙的广漠和大地的宽阔，能让 我们忘掉自己。我们觉得自身渺小， 却又深感大自然的厚待。
• [11]Moonlight shows us none of life’s harder edges. Hillsides seem silken and silvery, the oceans still and blue in its light. In moonlight we become less calculating, more drawn to our feelings.