人教版高中英语必修3 Unit3 我爱记单词-语境记忆法

Unit3 我爱记单词-语境记忆法

1. Mark Twain was brought up in a poor lawyer's family and Florida was his birthplace. One of his best known novels is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer set in his boyhood world. The author's pen name came from the phrase“mark twain" which means that the water is two fathoms deep. His real name was Samuel Langhome Clemens.

马克•吐温在一个贫穷的律师家庭里长大，佛罗里达是他的故乡。他最著名的小说之一，就是以他少年世界为背景的《汤姆•索亚历险记》。作者笔名来自“mark twain”这个用语，意思是水深两英寻，他的真名叫塞缪尔•兰霍恩•克莱门斯。2. Once in London there lived two old and wealthy brothers named Roderick and Oliver They made a bet about what would happen if a penniless man was given a million pound bank note. One day they happened to see a young man in rags wandering on the pavement He was a businessman from America.

从前在伦敦有两个上了年纪而有钱的兄弟，名叫罗德里克和奥利弗。他们定了一个賭约，看如果一个身无分文的人得到了一张百万英镑的钞票，将会发生什么。一天，他们碰巧看到一个衣衫褴褛的年轻人正在人行道上流浪。他是一个来自美国的商人。

3. That evening the party went ahead as planned. Just then a terrible scene appeared. While the hostess was bowing to the guests, someone began to scream suddenly and stared at her in a rude manner. On the contrary, the hostess was still showing a genuine smile.

那天晚上，聚会按计划进行。就在这时，可怕的一幕出现了，当女主人向客人们鞠躬时，突然有人开始尖叫，并以粗鲁的方式盯着她看。与此相反，女主人仍然显出真诚的微笑。

4. As for the food, like steaks, desserts and pineapples, no one had the appetite to eat. So a large amount of food was left on the table. It seemed that the hostess had no choice but to take a chance to deal with what had happened.

至于食物，如牛排、甜点和菠萝，没人有胃口去吃了。因此大量的食物留在了餐桌上。看来，女主人不得不冒一次险来处理所发生的事情了。

5. The barber was not permitted to do his business any longer in that country. He

thought it was indeed unbelievable. He didn't have the patience to argue, so he wrote a letter and sent it in a large envelope to the embassy to seek help.

这个理发师不被允许再在那个国家做生意了。他认为这确实是令人难以置信的。他没有耐心去争辩，干是就写了一封信，用大信封寄给大使馆寻求帮助。

6. The young man was requested to explain what it was all about. He said he had landed in Britain by accident. One day, he was sailing out of the bay, and towards nightfall he was caught in a strong wind. But it was all his fault because he hadn't expected there would be a storm. Fortunately, he was spotted by a ship and brought to England. During the journey he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounted for his appearance.

年轻人被要求解释一下发生了什么事。他说他在英国登陆纯属偶然。一天，他驾船驶出海湾，傍晚时分遭遇了强风。不过，这都是他的错，因为他没料到会有风暴。幸运的是，他被一艘船发现并带到英国。旅程中他是靠做义工来顶替船费的，这就是他衣冠不整的原因。