新概念英语85年上外美音版第四册第5课：NoRoomintheArk

Lesson 5 No Room in the Ark诺亚⽅⾈⽆容⾝之地
The gorilla is something of a paradox in the African scene. One thinks one knows him very well. For a hundred years or more he has been killed, captured, and imprisoned, in zoos. His bones have been mounted in natural history museums everywhere, and he has always exerted a strong fascination upon scientists and romantics alike. He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious (though not perhaps strictly scientific) link with our ancestral past.Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas. No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in a wild state, no zoologist, however intrepid, has been able to keep the animal under close and constant observation in the dark jungles in which he lives. Carl Akeley, the American naturalist, led two expeditions in the nineteen-twenties, and now lies buried among the animals he loved so well. But even he was unable to discover how long the gorilla lives, or how or why it dies, nor was he able to define the exact social pattern of the family groups, or indicate the final extent of their intelligence. All this and many other things remain almost as much a mystery as they were when the French explorer Du Chaillu first described the animal to the civilized world a century ago. The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive.
New words and expressions ⽣词短语
the + n.(s) 表⽰⼀类: the gorilla(s)
scene 场景
in the African scene : Africa as the background
gather palace 聚集地
something of a paradox ⾃相⽭盾（⼈对猩猩的观点） contradictory ideas about him
主题句：One thinks one knows him very well.
问题：Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas.
Their ideas vary。

⼈们对他的观点相差很⼤。

For a hundred years or more ⼀百年甚⾄更多（包括⼀百年）
For more than one hundred years ⼀百多年
西⽅，动物⼀般⽤⼈称代替。

本⽂中，gorillas⽤him代替。

另外有：
cat - she, dog - he .
imprisoned 关起来圈养
be mounted in natural history museums 陈列在⾃然历史博物馆
重点句型：
He exert a strong fascination upon(on) Sb. 施加给⼈们强⼤的魅⼒
exert … on … 施加（压⼒）
impose … on … ,例如 impose influence on , impose pressure on
上句可表⽰为 He have a strong fascination for Sb.
或The gorilla is always fascinating to Sb.
alike adv.相同，⼀样 adj.只能做表语。

例如：
The two are alike. 这两⼈真像。

形容词只要以a开头，99.99%都做表语。

不能做定语词。

例如：asleep , awake ,afloat等
He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books.
stereotyped - old time ⽼样⼦ horror films 恐怖⽚
film (英) movie (美) the stereotyped monster 经典模式
省略主语and (he is) an obvious (…) link with our ancestral past
link with … 与…相联系 our ancestral past (n.)
through not perhaps strikly scientific
尽管话说回来，不是严格的科学概念
through 引导的从句主语和主句相同，可以省略。

Eg: I arrived at the meeting , though (I was ) late.
Yet 与however ，表⽰转折，意思完全相同。

但yet ⽤在句⾸，however加标点，可以⽤在⾃由位置。

No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in …
Take picture / photograph 照相
of one 定语后置，satisfactory photograph of one。

主要是为了句⼦的平衡。

One 指gorilla
in a wild state 在野⽣状态下
keep the … under … observation 把某事处于观察之下
keep the city clean 保持城市清洁
close and constant observation 持续不断的观察
Eg: I have to keep the boy under close control.
To control the boy very strikly.
插⼊语：however intrepid = no matter how intrepid ⽆论多么英勇
Eg: No man , however intelligent , is perfect.
No palace, however peaceful and tranquil , is a paradise.
lies buried here among the animals he loved so well
埋葬在他所钟爱的动物中间
形容词做状语：lie awake , lie crouched
lifespan 寿命
how long the gorilla lives
因为猩猩的寿命客观存在，所以live ⽤⼀般现代时。

Organ’s decay 器官衰竭
Nor 引导否定并列句，与unable并列
⽣活⽅式：group living , individual living
智⼒：intelligence - IQ , intelligence qoutient
CIA - the Central Intelligence Agency of America
CID - Criminal investigation Division 重案组，罪犯调查科
All this and many other thing remain (amost as much ) a mystery (as ) they were.
as much as 同the same as
…remain a mystery the same as they were.
He is as much a musician as a writer.= He is both a musician and a writer.
civilized world ⽂明世界
savaged world 野⽣世界
civilized : to get away from wild life
中⽂中的“⽂明单位”不能⽤civilized , 应该⽤model 或pace setting unit
I’m a pace soldiery。

我是排头兵。

The Abominable Snowman who haunts the imagination of climbers in the Himalayas is hardly more elusive.
那萦绕在喜马拉雅⼭爬⼭者脑海中的那种令⼈难以捉摸的雪⼈，看起来也不⼀定⽐我们研究的⼤猩猩更加令⼈费尽⼼思。

（通过侧⾯⽐较，引出结论，⼀种有⽤的写作⽅法）
Abominable Snowman 作⽐较，省略gorilla。