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Lesson one how to get the poor off our conscience
2、..(poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity.....
Pa. The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children. 8、This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.
Pa. It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true. Lesson two the woods were tossing with jewels
3、...from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimes seemed to lead directly to his door.
Pa. In this place, though the police would make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.
7、Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day ,rain or shine.
Pa. Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were hapoy to be dismissed from my mother's sessions indoors. We would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.
Lesson six death of a pig
1、It is tragedy enacted on most farms with perfect fidelity to the original script. The murder, being premeditated, is in the first degree but is quick and skillful, and the smoked bacon and ham provide a ceremonial ending whose fitness is seldom questioned.
Pa. The tragedy has an ending---the killing of a pig and the serving of its meat. The killing deliberately planned and carried out efficiently, is the most type of murder. However, whether pigs should end their lives that way has never been questioned.
2、A pig couldn't ask for anything better----or none has, at any rate.
Pa. A pig couldn't ask for any better living conditions; at least no pig has ever complained. In a word, my pig lived in a pleasant environment. Note the humor here---a pig couldn't speak; therefore it couldn't let us know whether it was contented with its living conditions or not.
8、I have written this account in penitence and in grief, as a man who failed to raise his pig, and to explain my deviation from the classic course of so many raised pigs.
Pa. The purpose of this essay is to show that I am sorry for what has happened to my pig, since I have failed to raise the pig and cannot provide a reason why my pig didn't grow the way other pigs have grown.
Lesson 7 inaugural address
4、But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.
Pa. But we should mot let any Communist power take advantage of thes alliance for progress to expand its influence.
6、...before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.
Pa......before the world is destroyed by a nuclear war launched in a
preemptive attack or caused by accident.
8、...civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Pa. To be rady to negotiate and establish friendly relations does not mean that we are weak or afraid. Declarations of sincere intention have to be tested by actions.
Lesson 8 a rose for Emily
4、It was another link between the gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons.
Pa.The Griersons regarded themselves as very important and the outside world as vulgar and full of people inferior to them. They belonged to two entirely different worlds. However, the complaints about the smell seved as a link between the two different worlds and compelled Miss Emily to deal with the outside world.
8、But there were still others, older people, who said that even grief could not cause a real lady to forget noblesse oblige---without calling it noblesse oblige. Pa. But there were still others, older people, who said that no matter how sad Miss Emily was ( over her father's death), she should not forget she had certain obligations as a member of the nobility, though a rea lady would not describe the self-restraint by the expression noblesse oblige.
9、We were glad because the two female cousins were even more Grierson than Miss Emily had e.ver been.
Pa. We were glad because the two cousins were even more stubborn and self-important tha Miss Emily
Lesson 10 the bluest eye
1、Saint George may caper on banners and in the speeches of politicians, but it is John Bull who delivers the goods.
Pa. As Saint George is a hero, the patron of arms, symbolizing,his image often appears on banners, and his name is often mentioned in the speeches of politicians. Saint George is used as a symbolic figure for political purposes. But John Bull is a tradesman and he delivers the goods we need in our daily life while making money at the same time.
8、Since literature always rests upon national character, there must be in the English nature hidden springs of fire to produce the fire we see.
Pa. As literature is based on national character, there must be n the English nature hidden resources of passion that have produced the great romantic literature we see.
11、The cats are all out of their bags, and diplomacy cannot recall them. Pa. I have already made all my opinions known to you. What is said is said, and being diplomatic cannot unsay what has been said.
精读简答题
Lesson 1
1、the meaning of the title "How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience?"
The title makes a suggestion that the author will try to find a way to "get the poor off our conscience".In face, it's an irony when we finish reading the whole article.Here"our"implicitly includes"all people who are mot poor---the rich",so it's mot precise if it is changed to "people's conscience".
2、The true attitude to what's gaps in wealth between rich and poor? Lesson 2
1、The meaning of the title "The Woods were Tossing with Jewels."
2、The two meaning of the word "jewels".
两个题都可答：We can find the true meaning of "jewels"in the sentence"The burly arms of the oaks were huge with ferns and blooming bromeliads.Redbirds,tanagers,and painted buntings flew back and forth across the trail, leaving a child with the impression that the woods were tossing with jewels"Here, "jewels"means "diamond, ruby, and precious stone". From the last paragraph, we understand that the "jewels"in the author's heart not only refers to the birds in the woods, but also the precious experience of living in the remote island and woods.
Lesson 6
1、The author humorously describes the death of his pig, Would you consider the story a tragedy or a comedy?
Although the author humorously describes the death of his pig, he shows great sympathy, worry, and sadness. On the whole, the story should be considered a tragedy instead of a comedy.
2、What ' s the important massages does the article tell us?
Time may be circular for seasons, the weather, and human nature, but for humans,or animals in this case, time is painfully one-directional. This is probably why death has been a constant theme in White's writing.
Lesson 7
1、How the purpose and the background affect this speech?
President Kennedy appeals to the people of the United States and the people of the world to join in the fight against the common enemies.The speech is delivered by President Kennedy as an inaugural address, which should be enough solemn and forceful. He avoids Cold War thetoric and narrow nationalism. The enemy is common enemy. The goal is "a more fruitful life for all mankind".
Lesson 8
1、The story is narrated by "We".Who are"we"?Are "we"omniscient or limited in the point of view? Why does the author choose to use this narrative voice?
Stories written then are usually told by a person who knows everything at any moment. It is called the omniscient narrator. In"A Rose for Emily" he chooses"we", the people of the town,as the collective narrator. The first sentence of the story says, "When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to the funeral..." In the following parts"we" frequently appear as the narrator.
2、The theme of the love?
3、Evaluate Emily
Lesson 10 the bluest eye
1、How to describe a nation's character in a short essay?
Forster narrows down the discussion of the English nation to the male members of middle classes, for th was born and raised in a middle-class family and therefore knows the section well.
Forster puts emphasis on the middle classes at the very beginning of the essay. And then he expounds the public school system in Britain and the effect it has on the middle-class boys. On the basis of it, Forster illustrates some examples to present English characters.。