lesson1-thinking as a hobby讲解学习
(完整版)翻译：Thinking_as_a_Hobby
Unit1思考作为一种嗜好还是个孩子的时候我就得出了思考分为三种等级的结论。
后来思考成了嗜好，我进而得出了一个更加离奇的结论，那就是：我自己根本不会思考。
那个时候我一定是个很让大人头疼的小孩。
当然我已经忘记自己当初在他们眼里是什么样子了,但却记得他们一开始在我眼中就是如何不可理喻的。
第一个把思考这个问题带到我面前的是我文法学校的校长，当然这样的方式，这样的结果是他始料不及的。
他的办公室里有一些小雕像，就在他书桌后面一个高高的橱柜上面。
其中一位女士除了一条浴巾外一丝不挂。
她好像被永远地冻结在对浴巾再往下滑的恐惧中了。
而不幸的是她没有手臂，所以无法把浴巾拉上来。
在她的身边蜷伏着一头美洲豹，好像随时都会往下跳到档案橱柜最上层的抽屉上去，我懵懵懂懂地把那个抽屉上标着的"A-AH"理解成为猎物临死前绝望的哀鸣/惨叫。
在豹子的另一边端坐着一个健硕的裸体男子，他手肘支在膝头，手握拳托着腮帮子，全然一副痛苦不堪的样子。
过了一些时候，我对这些雕像有了一些了解,才知道把它们放在正对着犯错的孩子的位置是因为对校长来说这些雕像象征着整个生命。
那位裸体的女士是米洛斯的维纳丝。
她象征着爱。
她不是在为浴巾担心，而是忙着显示美丽。
美洲豹象征着自然，它在那里显得很自然而已。
那位健硕的裸体男子并不痛苦，他是洛丁的思索者，一个纯粹思索的象征。
要买到表达生活在你心中的意义的小石膏像是很容易的事情。
我想我得解释一下，我是校长办公室的常客，为我最近做过或者没做的事情。
用现在的话来说我是不堪教化的。
其实应该说，我是顽劣不羁，头脑迷糊的。
大人们从来不讲道理。
每次在校长桌前接受处罚，那些雕像在他上方白晃晃地耀眼时，我就会垂下头，在身后紧扣双手，两只鞋不停地蹭来蹭去。
校长透过亮晶晶的眼镜片眼神暗淡地看着我，：“我们该拿你怎么办呢？”哦，他们要拿我怎么办呢？我盯着旧地毯更狠命地蹂躏我的鞋。
“抬起头来，孩子！你就不能抬起头来吗？”然后我就会抬起头来看橱柜，看着裸体女士被冻结在恐惧中，健硕的男子无限忧郁地凝视着猎豹的后腿。
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Venus
Leopard
Rodin’s Thinker
naked with nothing but a bath towel; no arms; in an unfortunate position
crouching; naked
naked, muscular, who sat, looking down; his chin on his fist and elbow on his knee
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Lesson 1—Thinking as a Hobby
Metonymy （转喻）
It will lecture on disinterested purity while its neck is being remorselessly twisted toward a skirt. (Para. 23)
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I. Text Analysis
The summary of the characteristics of the three grades of thinking
frozen in panic, worrying about the towel
ready to spring down at the top drawer from the cupboard
utterly miserable; contemplate the hindquarters of the leopard in endless gloom
翻译ThinkingasaHobby
Unit1思考作为一种嗜好还是个孩子的时候我就得出了思考分为三种等级的结论。
后来思考成了嗜好，我进而得出了一个更加离奇的结论，那就是：我自己根本不会思考。
那个时候我一定是个很让大人头疼的小孩。
当然我已经忘记自己当初在他们眼里是什么样子了,但却记得他们一开始在我眼中就是如何不可理喻的。
第一个把思考这个问题带到我面前的是我文法学校的校长，当然这样的方式，这样的结果是他始料不及的。
他的办公室里有一些小雕像，就在他书桌后面一个高高的橱柜上面。
其中一位女士除了一条浴巾外一丝不挂。
她好像被永远地冻结在对浴巾再往下滑的恐惧中了。
而不幸的是她没有手臂，所以无法把浴巾拉上来。
在她的身边蜷伏着一头美洲豹，好像随时都会往下跳到档案橱柜最上层的抽屉上去，我懵懵懂懂地把那个抽屉上标着的"A-AH"理解成为猎物临死前绝望的哀鸣/惨叫。
在豹子的另一边端坐着一个健硕的裸体男子，他手肘支在膝头，手握拳托着腮帮子，全然一副痛苦不堪的样子。
过了一些时候，我对这些雕像有了一些了解,才知道把它们放在正对着犯错的孩子的位置是因为对校长来说这些雕像象征着整个生命。
那位裸体的女士是米洛斯的维纳丝。
她象征着爱。
她不是在为浴巾担心，而是忙着显示美丽。
美洲豹象征着自然，它在那里显得很自然而已。
那位健硕的裸体男子并不痛苦，他是洛丁的思索者，一个纯粹思索的象征。
要买到表达生活在你心中的意义的小石膏像是很容易的事情。
我想我得解释一下，我是校长办公室的常客，为我最近做过或者没做的事情。
用现在的话来说我是不堪教化的。
其实应该说，我是顽劣不羁，头脑迷糊的。
大人们从来不讲道理。
每次在校长桌前接受处罚，那些雕像在他上方白晃晃地耀眼时，我就会垂下头，在身后紧扣双手，两只鞋不停地蹭来蹭去。
(完整版)精读4第一课thinkingasahobby课后答案
Thinking as a hobbyPreview31.那只是个口误，却让他丢了政府部门的工作。
2.当听到那所大学没有授予她儿子博士学位时，她的情绪一下低落了。
3.照片上我们看到她赛后自豪而满足地挥舞着国旗的样子。
4.电影遭禁演，因为他们声称其中含有令他们反感的反对他们种族的内容。
5.他和他的内阁成员讨论的时候，当然不会谈这些小事。
6.我的小小建议就写在这一小纸片上，请你见到她时给她。
7.有些人坚决反对，但大多数特洛伊人都决定要把那木马弄进城里。
他们永远没有想到这个怪物里面藏着敌人。
8.我觉得教师进课堂时应该穿得朴素些，你的这件衣服颜色稍显艳丽了。
（a trifle too loud trifle这里表示程度，“有一点，稍微”的意思；loud 除了声音大以外，还有“刺眼、招摇”的意思）Vocabulary11.bang the door 7. sink one’s head2.cheer His Majesty 8. symbolize the nation3.contemplate the statue 9. warm one’s hands4.devise a new method 10. ruin one’s health5.gain a reputation 11. play an important role6.inspire the people 12. settle the issue1.永恒的真理11. 狂热的（使人兴奋冲动的）爱国热情2.文件柜12. 无情的入侵者3.无稽之谈13. 首相4.违规行为14. 思维过程5.常客15. 国际联盟6.新鲜空气16. 一篇条理清楚的文章7.格调很高的独白（一个人唱高调）17. 一位口译好手8.一种固定的观点18. 一种不可阻挡的趋势/潮流9.言语障碍19. 烂苹果10.可怕的风21. was utterly disgusting2. was given to frequent shopping sprees3. saw the folly fell into the other fault cut down4. faint reel/walked unsteadily in anguish/miserably5. justify countered by saying If anything ruin6. vanish of itself combat put in its place7. stand by him/ support him/ back him up showed his open contempt and mockery to8. viewed symbolized in eternal panic lest9. dismiss lightly it might be Nazism all over again10. too much for few and far between few and far between31.I know I could rely on my brother to stand by me whatever happened.2.Normally/As a rule, the younger generation tends to be more interested in the present ratherthan the past unlike the older generation, but both generations will stand to lose if they do not respect the other’s needs.3.The Chinese written language has been a major factor for integrating the whole nation.4.In traditional Chinese art and literature, the bamboo and the pine tree always symbolize moralintegrity and uprightness.5.Queen Elizabeth I ruled England for 45 years, and the nation prospered under her rule.6.Democracy means that the majority rules. But that’s not all. Respect for minority’s right todisagree is also an integral part of democracy. The two rules are of equal importance.7. a nation cannot be strong unless it is well-integrated politically, economically, culturally aswell as geographically.8.The party was boring, so he slipped out of the room and went home. But the road was somuddy after the rain that he slipped and fell into a ditch.9.Her health was such that she would not dare to be exposed to the sun even in winter lest shegot sunstroke.10.I was drowning my sorrow one night in a small restaurant when he came over to me andslipped a roll of money in my hand.。
精读4 第一课 thinking as a hobby
Thinking as a Hobby 思考作为一种嗜好还就是个孩子得时候我就得出了思考分三种等级得结论。
后来思考成了嗜好，我进而得出了一个更加离奇得结论，那就就是：我自己根本不会思考。
那个时候我一定就是个很让大人头疼得小孩。
当然我已经忘记自己当初在她们眼里就是什么样子了,但却记得她们一开始在我眼中就就是如何不可理喻得。
第一个把思考这个问题带到我面前得就是我文法学校得校长，当然这样得方式，这样得结果就是她始料不及得。
她得办公室里有一些小雕像，就在她书桌后面一个高高得橱柜上面。
其中一位女士除了一条浴巾外一丝不挂。
她好象被永远地冻结在对浴巾再往下滑得恐惧中了。
而不幸得就是她没有手臂，所以无法把浴巾拉上来。
在她得身边蜷伏着一头美洲豹，好象随时都会往下跳到档案橱柜最上层得抽屉上去，我懵懵懂懂地把那个抽屉上标着得"A-AH"理解成为猎物临死前绝望得哀鸣/惨叫。
在豹子得另一边端坐着一个健硕得裸体男子，她手肘支在膝头，手握拳托着腮帮子，全然一副痛苦不堪得样子。
过了一些时候，我对这些雕像有了一些了解,才知道把它们放在正对着犯错得孩子得位置就是因为对校长来说这些雕像象征着整个生命。
那位裸体得女士就是米洛斯得维纳丝。
她象征着爱。
她不就是在为浴巾担心，而就是忙着显示美丽。
美洲豹象征着自然，它在那里显得很自然而已。
那位健硕得裸体男子并不痛苦，她就是洛丁得思索者，一个纯粹思索得象征。
要买到表达生活在您心中得意义得小石膏像就是很容易得事情。
我想我得解释一下，我就是校长办公室得常客，为我最近做过或者没做得事情。
用现在得话来说我就是不堪教化得。
其实应该说，我就是顽劣不羁，头脑迷糊得。
大人们从来不讲道理。
每次在校长桌前接受处罚，那些雕像在她上方白晃晃地耀眼时，我就会垂下头，在身后紧扣双手，两只鞋不停地蹭来蹭去。
校长透过亮晶晶得眼镜片眼神暗淡地瞧着我，：“我们该拿您怎么办呢？”哦，她们要拿我怎么办呢？我盯着旧地毯更狠命地蹂躏我得鞋。
课件Unit 1 thinking as a hobby
Synonyms
consider ponder meditate deliberate brood over
Examples: She stood contemplating her figure in the mirror. The young surgeon contemplated the difficult operation of kidney transplant. She is contemplating a trip to Europe, but she hasn’t planned it yet.
acquaintanceship n. acquaint v. (…with…) to come to know personally; to make familiar; to inform;
Examples: She has become merely a nodding acquaintance. Few of my acquaintances like kiwi. The guide has some acquaintance with Italian. He has a wide acquaintanceship among all sorts of people.
Examples: She was in anguish over her missing child. anguished cries
bulge
v. to curve outward; to swell up; to stick out n. a. a protruding part; an outward curve or swelling
be (become, get) acquainted with I am already acquainted with the facts.
基础英语4 Lesson 1 Thinking as a Hobbyppt课件
Lesson 1 Thinking as a
Hobby
By William Golding
Warm-up
In a dish of red, yellow, and green M&M's candy, all but four are red, all but four are yellow, and all but four are green. How many M&M's are in the dish all together?
Contemporary College English Intensive reading
By Mandy
The arrangement and assignment of new semester
• Lessons (7) • Reading vocabulary and text • Vocabulary, writing and recitation • Presentation
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Part 3 (Paras. 30—35) about:The author’s understanding of the “grade-one thinking” and his desire for it
busying being beautiful
busy being natural
not miserable, an image of pure thought
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frozen in panic, worrying about the towel
ready to spring down at the top drawer from the cupboard
utterly miserable; contemplate the hindquarters of the leopard in endless gloom
Venus
Leopard
Rodin’s Thinker
naked with nothing but a bath towel; no arms; in an unfortunate position
crouching; naked
naked, muscular, who sat, looking down; his chin on his fist and elbow on his knee
thinking as a hobby总结概括
thinking as a hobby总结概括
《思考作为一种业余爱好》是一篇关于思考的文章。
思考是指人们通过自我反省、逻辑推理和思维训练来探索和理解问题的过程。
本文将从思考的重要性、不同类型的思考以及思考对个人和社会的影响等方面进行拓展。
首先，思考作为一种业余爱好对个人的重要性不言而喻。
通过思考，个人可以培养批判性思维、创造性思维和解决问题的能力。
思考有助于拓展人们的思维边界，开阔视野，从而提高个人的认知能力和智力水平。
同时，思考也是人们自我探索和提高自我意识的重要途径。
其次，思考可以分为不同类型，包括理论思考、实践思考和道德思考等。
理论思考是指通过逻辑推理和知识积累来分析问题，寻求解决方案。
实践思考是指通过实际操作和实验来验证理论，并从实践中获得新的思考。
道德思考是指人们对道德价值观和伦理原则进行思考，从而指导个人的行为和决策。
最后，思考作为一种业余爱好对社会也具有重要影响。
社会需要有思考者来解决各种复杂的问题和挑战。
思考者可以提出创新的理论和方法，为社会发展和进步做出贡献。
同时，思考者也可以帮助他人思考，促进知识的传播和共享，推动社会的智力发展。
总之，《思考作为一种业余爱好》强调了思考的重要性，以及思考对个人和社会的积极影响。
通过思考，个人可以培养自己的能力和智力，而社会也可以从思考
者的贡献中获得智慧和进步。
因此，我们应该将思考作为一种业余爱好，并积极参与其中。
lesson1-thinking as a hobby讲解学习
delinquent adj.&n. (p3) : (person, especially the young) doing wrong; failing to perform a duty
juvenile delinquent delinquent children the problem of juvenile
2 After graduating from Fu Dan University with the bachelor degree, he went abroad to seek further study.
be in a position to do sth.:to be able to do sth. because you have the ability, power or money
confront sb.with sth.(vt.) (p24):to oppose sb.or bring sb.to sth.
I confronted him with my suspicions, and he admitted everything.(对质)
The customers are confronted with a bewildering amount of choice.
Grade-two thinking had nothing constructive to offer. It destroys without the power to create. Therefore the satisfaction it brings the thinker is limited and does not last.
基础英语4 Lesson 1 Thinking as a Hobby(ppt课件)
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What makes up the termgrade?
• Attendance (30%) Performance on (40%) Text Reading Quiz Volunteering answers After-class (30%) Writing (20’) Recitation(10’)
a Hobby
(Page 12, Question 2)
1. Why do you think the author wrote this essay? To describe his troubled childhood? To….学习交流课件9来自Text analysis
Please describe the following pictures in detail and depict their symbolic meaning in your own words.
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• Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. It discusses how culture created by man fails, using as an example a group of British schoolboys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, but with disastrous results.
Can you cry under water?
What are the three "nevers" of your life?
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TEXT ORGANIZATION
P1 -p15 Prelude/ Introduction P16-p24 Grade Three Thinking P25-p29 Grade Two Thinking P30-p35 Grade One Thinking
Pluto was re-classified as a dwarf planet
根据2006年08月24日国际天文学联合会大 会的决议：冥王星被视为是太阳系的“矮 行星”，不再被视为大行星。太阳系中有 七颗卫星比冥王星大（月球、木卫一、木 卫二、木卫三、木卫四、土卫六和海卫 一）。
be in a position to do sth.: to be able to do sth. because you have the ability, power or money
list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Lord of the Flies (1954)
The novel was one of the great novels of the Fifties, yet in no obvious sense was it a Fifties novel; one reviewer would find in Golding ‘a sullen distaste for the contemporary’. The novel was an ironic rewriting of the Victorian boys’ book tradition. The original story was R. M. Ballantyne’s The Coral Island (1858), the story of a highly resourceful group of British boys, led by Ralph Rover, who are shipwrecked on an isolated Pacific island, whose lives are threatened by savages but are rescued by a missionary.
现代大学英语精读4-第二版-unit1-Thinking-as-a-Hobby课件PPT
thinking.
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Comprehension Qs
• Why was he a frequent visitor to the headmaster’s study?
Unit 1
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First, let’s THINK about the title for a while:
Section I (Para. 1 – Para. 15) At the headmaster’s office
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Don’t you ever think at all?
Then you’d better learn – hadn’t you?
• What would he do when he found himself in a penal position before the headmaster’s desk?
• What would he see when he was demanded to look up? • How did he describe the three statuettes?
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“His work is characterized by exploration of 'the darkness of
man's heart', deep spiritual and ethical questions.”
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His Influence
"Twenty-five years ago I accepted the label 'pessimist' thoughtlessly without realising that it was going to be tied to my tail… Critics have dug into my books until they could come up with something that looked hopeless. I can't think why. I don't feel hopeless myself… Under some critical interrogation I named myself a universal pessimist but a cosmic
• Writing & Language
• Appreciate the use of humor, sarcasm, and exaggeration • Analyze the rhetorical devices used: similes, metaphors;
metonymy, parallelism, etc.
Thinking as a Hobby
William Golding
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基础英语4课程教案Unit 1 Thinking as a Hobbyby William GoldingTeaching Objectives1. Master the key words, phrases and some useful sentence patterns in the text.2. Get familiar with rules of word formation，grammatical points and understand the structure ofthe text3. Get to know something about the author and the three grades of thinkingTeaching ProcedurePart I Background Information1. About the author -- Sir William Gerald Golding(September 19, 1911—June 19, 1993)He was an English novelist, poet and winner of Nobel in Literature:“for his novels which, wit h the Perspicuity（睿智）of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the Human condition in the world of today.”His work is characterized by exploration of 'the darkness of man's heart', deep spiritual and ethical questions. Golding's view is pessimistic: human nature is inherently corruptible and wicked.His first novel, Lord of the Flies 《蝇王》(1954), dealt with an unsuccessful struggle against barbarism（野蛮主义）and war, thus showing the ambiguity（不确定性）and fragility （脆弱性）of civilization. It has also been said that it is an allegory(寓言) of World War II.2. Brief Introduction to the TextThe author’s use of the word “hobby” is interesting. By using this word he means that thinking is not just for professional thinkers like philosophers. It is something all educated people should enjoy doing. This special interest is often referred to as “idle curiosity”, and it is considered one of the most precious qualities in young scholars. Students should play with ideas the way they play with balls. Both are important for their healthy development, one mental, and the other physical.The essay can be neatly divided into three parts. The first part tells us how the subject of thinking was first brought up to the author and how he came to understand the nature of what he calls “grade-three thinking”, which, he discovered, was no thinking at all, but a combination of ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy. Unfortunately, according to the author, most people belong to this category.The second part de als with “grade-two thinking”. People who belong to this category can detect the contradictions of grade-three thinkers’ beliefs. They can see their ignorance, prejudice, hypocrisy and lack of logic, which gives them great delight and satisfies their ego. However, grade-two thinking has nothing constructive to offer. It destroys without the power to create. Therefore the satisfaction it brings the thinker is limited and does not last. The answer to this lies in the third part in which the author discusses the definition of “grade-one thinkers” —people who set out to find the truth and get it.It would be interesting to ask ourselves which of the three categories we belong to, and if, for some reason, we are not yet grade-one thinkers, whether we have any need or wish to move up to the next grade.The author does not say explicitly what coherent system of thought he has finally developed which makes him a grade-one thinker. But he has given us very broad hints. Obviously his thinking is based on high moral standards and is opposed to such things as big business, centralized government, wars, armies, heady patriotism, dishonest politicians, etc. which he regards as mere trifles or pointless actions. We can also infer from his sarcastic description of those historical events and political figures where he stands in religion and politics.Part II. Questions for Discussion1. What is this essay talking about?2. What do the three statuettes symbolize? What effect do the boy’s descriptions have?3. How did the author describe the following figures to demonstrate his analyses of differentgrades of thinking?Headmaster Me, the boy A pious lady Ruth Mr. HoughtonBritish Prime Minister American politicians Me, the authorPart III. Detailed Discussion of the Text1. nothing but(p2): nothing except; only-- His parents care nothing but his scores at school.-- One was a lady wearing nothing but a bath towel.2. lest (p2):for fear that; in order to make sure that sth. will not happen-- He hide behind the curtain lest the professor (should) see him.-- She turned pale when her son came out of the study lest he (should) have heard what she had said.3. farther: v. further-- After graduating from Fu Dan University with the bachelor degree, he went abroad to seekfurther study.4. delinquent adj.&n. (p3) : (person, especially the young) doing wrong; failing to perform a duty-- juvenile delinquent-- delinquent children-- the problem of juvenile delinquency5. if anything(P4) :on the contrary-- Your suggestion did not encourage him. It, if anything, discouraged him.-- He is not known for his generosity. He is, if anything, quite miserly.6. confront sb.with sth.(vt.) (p24): to oppose sb. or bring sb. to sth.-- I confronted him with my suspicions, and he admitted everything.(对质)-- The customers are confronted with a bewildering amount of choice.-- We must confront the future with optimism.（勇敢面对）7. get sth. to thought(p24)--I no longer dismiss lightly a mental process which for nine tenths of the population is the nearest they will ever get to thought.Meaning: I no longer consider the way grade-three thinkers unimportant because they account for nine-tenths of the people and therefore have great power. Now I know that ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy are very powerful enemies.8. confer v. (p25)1) give or grant-- The president of this university will confer bachelor degree on you after you complete your four-year study here.2) consult or discuss-- He conferred with his lawyer on/about the investment project.9. convert v. & n.--They have tried to convert him from atheism to Methodist.-- His convert (n.) to socialism is not easy.10. She claimed that the Bible was literally inspired (Pa.26)A true historical record; a factual accou nt of God’s divine plan and prophecies.This is the belief of fundamentalists.11. flag (vi.)(p26): begin to lose enthusiasm and energy; to decline in interest-- Argument flagged: argument became dull because Ruth did not know how to respond.-- His horse is flagging.-- The country’s economy continued to flag.12. for my money: I bet, I believe, in my opinion13. be given the third degree (p28): Be severely questioned or interrogated14. make for sb./sth. (p.29)1) contribute to; tend towards-- Frequent exposure to idiomatic English, such as VOA makes for your study at university.2) head for 走向，向某个方向移动-- It is late. We’d better make for home.3) charge at, rush towards 袭击，攻击，冲向-- The bull suddenly made for the girl in red and everybody was shocked.14. few and far between (p30) 相隔很久才发生的; 彼此相距很远；稀少Black and blue 遍体鳞伤Fair and square 公正，正大光明Hale and hearty 精神充沛, 老当益壮Safe and sound 完好无损的Dead and gone 已死去的Cut-and-dried 已成定局的Meek and mild 温顺的Fair and square 光明正大的15. aspire (p.30) vi. +for/to/after : be filled with high ambition-- Do you aspire after knowledge?-- The more power they have, the more they aspire to it.-- English majors in non-English speaking countries aspire to abandon their native accents and speak pure English.-- What do you aspire for at present?16. go too far/carry sth. too far:(p.33): go beyond the limits of what is considered reasonable-- You have gone too far in saying that you’d rather break with the family.Go far:1) (of person) : be successful; do much-- He is clever and intelligent, and will go far.2) (of money) buy goods, services, etc.-- A hundred does not go so far as it did ten years ago.Language points1. Rodin’s Thinker(Pa.3)This is the most famous piece of art by the French sculptor August Rodin. It is said to be thestatue that most clearly shows the abstract idea of thinking. The thinker is pondering so intensely that his toes are tightly clutching the ground.2. I was not integrated. I was, if anything, disintegrated.integrated: forming a part of a harmonious groupdisintegrated: Here, it is used by the author to mean the direct opposite of “integrated”, and therefore means some kind of a trouble-maker.3. Nature had endowed the rest of the human race with a sixth sense and left me out.a sixth sense: a keen intuitive power. Here, the author means the ability to think.to endow sb with sth: to provide sb with a natural quality or talent-- She is one of those lucky women who are endowed with both a sharp brain and great beauty.-- God has not endowed him with much humor.The whole sentence means: Everybody, except me, is born with the ability to think.4. Or was there more sense in drinking than there appeared to be? But if not, and if drinking were in fact ruinous to health—and Mr. Houghton was ruined, there was no doubt about that—why was he always talking about the clean life and the virtues of fresh air?Pay attention to some variations of the “There + be” pattern such as:There seems to be…; There appeared to be…; There are supposed to be…;the clean life: It normally refers to a life without vices or moral sins.the virtues of fresh air: the advantages of fresh airMr. Houghton obviously did not practice what he preached. He was a hopeless alcoholic, which had ruined his health, and he obviously did not like outdoor life. Yet he kept talking about a clean life and the virtues of fresh air.5. You could hear the wind, trapped in his chest and struggling with all the unnatural impediments.His body would reel with shock and his face go white at the unaccustomed visitation. He would stagger back to his desk and collapse there, useless for the rest of the morning.struggling with all the unnatural impediments: The fresh air had to struggle with difficulty to find its way to his chest because he was unaccustomed to this.His body would reel and his face go white: He would stagger or be thrown off balance, and his face would go white.6. Through him I discovered that thought is often full of unconscious prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy. It will lecture on disinterested purity while its neck is being remorselessly twisted toward a skirt.Through him I discovered that what people call thought is often full of prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy.Note here that the pronoun “it” stands for “thought” in grammar, but actually refers to Mr. Houghton. The word “skirt” stands for girls in general. It is a common figure of speech called metonymy in which an idea is evoked or named by means of a term-- The world is watching closely what the White House will do next. (The White House stands for the American government.)-- Democracy favors the vote rather than the bullet. (V ote stands for elections, and bullet stands for military solution.)-- They have no intention of turning their swords into ploughs. (Sword stand for war and plough for peace.)-- Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. (Mao Zedong)7. It set me watching the crowds cheering His Majesty the King and asking myself what all the fuss was about, without giving me anything positive to put in the place of that heady patriotism. But there were compensation.•It made me watch people shouting in joy and support of the King and wonder what this senseless excitement was all about although I did not have anything good to replace this exciting or intoxicating patriotism. But I had my reward (I did get something out of it.).•to cheer: to shout in praise, approval and support•His Majesty the King: It is used as a title in speaking of a sovereign monarch.•Also: Your Majesty (when speaking to a sovereign monarch); Her majesty the Queen •fuss: too much attention to or uncalled-for excitement over things that are unnecessary and unimportant•to put in the place of: to replace•heady: inclined to go to your head and make your intoxicated (i.e. a heady trend; heady days; heady success)•compensation: pay, reward, sth that compensates for your loss, service or effort8. I slid my arm around her waist and murmured that if we were counting heads, the Buddhists were the boys for my money. She fled. The combination of my arm and those countless Buddhists was too much for her.•If we were counting heads: if we were talking about the number of people who believe in thisthe Buddhists were the boys for my money: I would bet on the Buddhists; I believe the Buddhists are greater in number•too much for her: more than she could accept or bearPart IV GrammarThe summary of the characteristics of the three grades of thinking教学反思:1.该单元书后练习中，“being”的用法较灵活，应给予学生更充分的时间去消化，特别是有些语法基础差的学生在做翻译练习的时候稍显吃力。
现代大学英语精读4 Unit1 Thinking as a hobby_language study
familiar; to inform; Examples:
Mrs. Bosomley has become merely a nodding acquaintance.
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5. contemplate
v. a. to look at attentively and thoughtfully b. to consider carefully and at length; c. to have in mind as an intention or possibility
exalted a. excited; noble; exaggerated
Examples: Complementary colors exalt each other. He was exalted to the position of president. The retiring professor is exalted by his colleagues. an exalted dedication to liberty He has an exalted sense of his importance to the project.
Synonyms
consider ponder meditate deliberate brood over
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P1 -p15 Prelude/ Introduction P16-p24 Grade Three Thinking P25-p29 Grade Two Thinking P30-p35 Grade One Thinking
金星 According to International Astronomical Union in 2006 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, how many planets are in the solar system?
The eight planets now recognized by the IAU are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Lord of the Flies (1954)
The novel was one of the great novels of the Fifties, yet in no obvious sense was it a Fifties novel; one reviewer would find in Golding ‘a sullen distaste for the contemporary’. The novel was an ironic rewriting of the Victorian boys’ book tradieral arts education must include good training in logical and critical thinking.
You should play with ideas the way you play with balls.
Unit One: Thinking as a Hobby
Thinking
Hobby
William Golding (1911-1993), a remarkable British novelist, is never likely to be remembered for his social portraiture, which is not the essence of his work. He was a writer trained in a grand metaphysical Christianity who could address questions of good and evil in a corrupted and Godless age.
Grade-two thinking: People can detect the contradictions of grade-three thinkers’ beliefs. They can see their ignorance, prejudice, hypocrisy and lack of logic, which gives them great delight and satisfies their ego.
Pluto was re-classified as a dwarf planet
lest (p2):for fear that; in order to make sure that sth. will not happen
He hide behind the curtain lest the professor (should) see him.
Grade-two thinking had nothing constructive to offer. It destroys without the power to create. Therefore the satisfaction it brings the thinker is limited and does not last.
nothing but(p2): nothing except;only
His parents care nothing but his scores at school.
One was a lady wearing nothing but a bath towel.
Venus
In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love and beauty. 【罗马神话】 维纳斯：爱情 和形体美的女神 In other cultures, she has a more sinister role particularly in Mayan mythology.
Three grades:
Grade-three thinking: was no thinking at all, but a combination of ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy. Most people belong to this category (according to the author).
The original story was R. M. Ballantyne’s The Coral Island (1858), the story of a highly
resourceful group of British boys, led by Ralph Rover, who are shipwrecked on an isolated Pacific island, whose lives are threatened by savages but are rescued by a missionary.