大学英语一课程讲义第四单元Unit4

Part I Get Started

Section A Discussion

1. How did you feel about your parents when you were a child? Did your attitude towards them change when you grew into a teenager? Explain the change, if any.

2. What is the greatest difficulty you have encountered in the process of growing up?

3. “Only adolescents will like adolescents.” What do you think this statement means? Why do you think people say this? Do you agree?

Section B Quotes

⊙You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

⊙When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

⊙The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

Part II Read and Explore

Section A: Fill in the blanks with relevant information from the text about changes in the writer’s attitude towards his father.

1)When he was a child, the writer .

2)When he was a teenager, the writer

3)After the car accident, the writer ___

Section B Key Words and Expressions for Text A （主要为中英互译练习）

Para.1 settle in/into sth.get used to (new surroundings, a new job, etc.) 习惯于（新环境、新工作等）

e.g. It didn’t take her long to settle into a new routine.

英译汉：We only moved house last week and we haven’t settled in yet.

NB: settle (sb.) in/into sth. 在这个短语中，动词settle后也可以加宾语；介词into和in可以互换，例如：We settled the children in/into new schools when we moved to London.

Para. 2 beam:

1. v./n.

1) smile brightly and happily 笑，眉开眼笑

试翻译如下例句（注意beam后面介词的不同）：

(1)Maggie beamed at her friend with admiration.

(2)He beamed on his visitors.

(3)The old lady opened the door with a beam.

查一查：通过查词典，看看beam还有什么常用的意思？

Para.9 enroll: v.

[(as, in)] make (oneself or another person) officially a member of a group [常与as或in连用]吸收（某人）为成员；（使）入会（入学，入伍）；登记，注册

e.g. 1. We enrolled him as a member of the society.

我们吸收他为会员。

2. She decided to enroll in the history course.

试翻译：

NB:enroll为American English拼法，在British English中，该词拼写为enrol，二者对应的名词形式分别为enrollment和enrolment。

Para.11would give anything/a lot/the world (to do sth.):

would very much like (to do or have something) 非常愿意做（或拥有某事物），愿付出一切做（拥有）

e.g. People tend to give anything for money when they are young; but when they get old they would give

anything for health.

试翻译：我愿付出一切代价见到那位超级巨星。

Para.12awkward: adj.

1. causing difficulty or uncomfortable feelings; inconvenient or embarrassing 尴尬的，为难的，麻烦的；棘

手的

e.g. 1) Aunt Lena came to visit us at an awkward time.

试翻译：

2) There was an awkward silence, when no one knew what to say.

_________________________________________________________________

2. not smooth or grateful; ungainly （行动）笨拙的；（姿势）别扭的

e.g. The child is still awkward with his chopsticks.

试翻译：

Para.13 in one’s own right:

because of a personal claim that does not depend on anyone else 根据自己的能力或合法权利（而不依赖其他因素）

e.g. 1) He was born into a farmer’s family and became a scientist in his own right through hard work.

2) Elizabeth II is Queen in her own right. _________________________________________

Collocation:

as of right/by right 基于正当的权利

stand on one’s own rights 坚持自己的权利

within one’s rights 不超越自己的权利范围

Para.17 be sick of:

feel annoyance, dislike, and impatience from too much of something 感到厌倦；对……厌烦

e.g. 1) I am sick of your complaints, be quiet! _______________________________________

2) Get out! I am sick of the sight of you.

__________________________________________________________________

Para.20 wander: vi. (in, off)

1. walk or move in a leisurely, casual or aimless way 漫步，闲逛，游荡

e.g. The children wandered in the woods. _________________________________________________

2. move slowly from a fixed point or place 迷路，迷失方向

e.g. The child wandered off and got lost. ____________________________________________________

3. (of a person or thoughts) be or become confused and unable to make or follow ordinary conversation（人或

思想）走神，开小差；错乱

e.g. He realized his audience’s attention was beginning to wander.

试翻译：

Collocation:

wander about/over the world 漫游世界

wander from the subject/point 离题

wander from the path of righteousness