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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。,硕士英语精读教程,(,第三版,上,),中国人民大学出版社,1/159,Unit Nine,This Was My Mother,1.Text,2.Exercises,3.Supplementary Reading,2/159,This Was My Mother,Mark Twain,Translation,Menu,3/159,invalid,n.a person made weak by illness,病人，病弱者,destine,v.settle or determine the future of,注定，命定,Menu,1 My mother,Jane Lampton Clemens,died in her 88th year,a,mighty,age for one who at 40 was so delicate of body as to be accounted a confirmed invalid,*,destined,*,to,pass soon away.,4/159,But the invalid who,forgetful of,*,self,takes a strenuous,*,and indestructible,*,interest in everything and everybody,as she did,and to whom a dull moment is an unknown thing,is a formidable,*,adversary,*,for disease.,(be)forgetful of,(be)in the habit of forgetting,健忘,strenuous,adj.taking great effort;showing great activity,奋发，使劲；精力充沛,indestructible adj.that cannot be destroyed,破坏不了，不可毁灭,formidable,adj.likely to be difficult to overcome or deal with,难对付，难克服,adversary n.opponent,enemy,对手，敌手,Translation,Menu,5/159,2 She had a heart so large that everybodys griefs and joys found welcome in it.One of her neighbors never got over the way she received the news of a local accident.,Menu,6/159,When he had told how a man had been thrown from his horse and killed because a calf had run in his way,my mother asked with genuine interest,What became of,*,the calf?She was not indifferent to the mans death,she was interested in the calf,*,too.,become of,(usu.used after“what”or“whatever”)happen to,发生,calf n.young of the domestic cow,小牛,Translation,Menu,7/159,3 She could,find something to excuse and as a rule to love in the toughest of human beings or animals,-even if she had to invent it.Once we,beguiled,*,her into saying a soft word for the devil himself.,beguile v.(into or out of)delude,cheat,坑骗，欺诈,Menu,8/159,We started abusing him,one conspirator,*,after another adding his bitter word,until she walked right into the trap.She admitted that the indictment,*,was sound,but had he been treated fairly?,Translation,conspirator,n.one who takes part in a conspiracy,共谋者，阴谋家,indictment n.accusation,控告，告发，起诉,Menu,9/159,4 She never used large words,yet when her pity or indignation,*,was stirred she was the most eloquent person I have ever heard.We had a little slave boy whom we had hired from someone there in Hannibal,.He had been taken from his family in Maryland,brought halfway across the continent,and sold.,indignation,n.anger caused by injustice,misconduct,etc.,愤慨，义愤,Menu,10/159,All day long he was singing,whistling,yelling,*,laughing.The noise was maddening,*,and one day I lost my temper,*,went raging to my mother and said Sandy had been singing for an hour straight,and I couldnt stand it.Wouldnt she please shut him up,*,?The tears came into her eyes and she said:,yell,v.utter a loud sharp cry or cries as of pain,excitement,etc.,号叫，呼叫,maddening adj.(infml.)very annoying,烦人，令人厌烦,lose ones temper,become angry,发脾气,shut up stop talking;be quiet (,使,),住嘴,Translation,Menu,11/159,5 Poor thing,when he sings it shows me that he is not remembering,and that comforts me;but when he is still I am afraid he is thinking.He will never see his mother again;if he can sing,I must be thankful for it.If you were older you would understand,and that friendless childs noise would make you glad.,Translation,Menu,12/159,6 All dumb animals had a friend in her.Hunted and disreputable,*,cats recognized her at a glance as their refuge and champion.We once had 19 cats at one time.They were a vast burden,but they were out of luck,*,and that was enough.,disreputable adj.of bad repute,not respectable in character,不值得尊敬，不值得尊重,in out of luck have not have good fortune,走不走运,Menu,13/159,She generally had a cat in her lap when she sat down,but she denied indignantly that she liked cats better than children;though there was one advantage to a cat,shed say.You could always put it down when you were tired of holding it.,Translation,Menu,14/159,7 I was as much of a nuisance as any small boy and a neighbor asked her once,Do you ever believe anything that boy says?,Translation,Menu,15/159,8 “He is the wellspring,*,of truth,”my mother replied,“but you cant bring up the whole well with only one bucket.I know his average,so he never deceives me.I discount him 90 percent for,embroidery,*,and what is left is perfect and priceless truth,without a flaw,*,.,wellspring n.a never ending supply,永不枯竭泉源,embroidery n.inessential ornament,润饰，装饰，渲染,flaw,n.a small sign of damage,such as a mark or crack,that makes an object not perfect,裂痕，瑕疵,Translation,Menu,16/159,9 She had a horror of snakes and bats,which I hid in pockets and sewing baskets;otherwise she was entirely fearless.One day I saw,a vicious,*,devil of a Corsican,a common terror in the town,chasing his grown daughter with a heavy rope in his hand,threatening to wear it out on her.,vicious,adj.cruel,having or showing hate and the desire to hurt,凶恶,Menu,17/159,Cautious male citizens let him pass but my mother spread her door wide to the refugee,and then,instead of closing and locking it after her,stood in it,barring the way.,Translation,Menu,18/159,The man swore,cursed,threatened her with his rope;,but she only stood,straight and fine,and,lashed,*,him,shamed him,derided,*,and,defied,*,him until he asked her pardon,gave her his rope and said with a blasphemous,*,oath,*,that she was the bravest woman he ever saw.,lash v.attack violently with words,痛斥；讽刺；嘲笑，讽刺,deride v.laugh scornfully at,嘲笑，嘲弄,defy,v.challenge(person)to do or prove something,激；惹；向,挑战,blasphemous adj.speaking against god or things considered holy,渎神,oath,n.a solemn promise,誓言，誓约,Menu,19/159,He and she were always good friends after that.He found in her a long-felt want-somebody who was not afraid of him.,10 One day in St.Louis,she walked out into the street and surprised a burly,*,cartman who was beating his horse over the head with the butt,*,of a heavy whip.,burly adj.of stout,sturdy build,粗壮，强壮，坚固,butt n.a thick(wooden)end,粗端，鞭柄,Translation,Menu,20/159,She took the whip away from him and made such a persuasive appeal,that he was tripped into saying,he was to blame,and into volunteering,*,a promise that he would never abuse a horse again.,volunteer,v.offer ones services or help without payment or reward;make a willing offer to do sth.,自愿提供,(,服务、帮助等,),；自愿做,Translation,Menu,21/159,11 She was never too old to get up early to see the circus,*,procession enter town.She adored,*,parades,lectures,conventions,camp meetings,church revivals,*,-in fact every kind of dissipation,*,that could not be proved to have anything irreligious about it,and she never missed a funeral.,circus,n.,马戏团，杂技团,adore,v.regard with honour or deep affection,崇敬，敬慕,revival,n.a public religious meeting,鼓动性福音布道会,dissipation n.the continuing search for dangerous or foolish pleasure,无意义消耗,Menu,22/159,She excused this preference by saying that,if she did not go to other peoples funerals,they would not come to hers.,12 She was 82 and living in Keokuk,when,unaccountably,she insisted upon attending a convention of old settlers of the Mississippi Valley.All the way there,and it was some distance,she was young again with excitement and eagerness.,Translation,Menu,23/159,At the hotel she asked immediately for Dr.Barrett,of St.Louis.He had left for home that morning and would not be back,she was told.She turned away,the fire all gone from her,and asked to go home.Once there she sat silent and thinking for many days,then told us that when she was 18 she had loved a young medical student with all her heart.,Menu,24/159,There was a misunderstanding and he left the country,she had immediately married,to show him that she did not care.,She had never seen him since and,then she had read in a newspaper that he was going to attend the old settlers convention.Only three hours before we reached that hotel he had been there,she mourned.,Translation,Menu,25/159,13 She had kept that pathetic,*,burden in her heart 64 years without any of us suspecting it.Before the year was out,her memory began to fail.She would write letters to school-mates who had been dead 40 years,and wonder why they never answered.Four years later she died.,Translation,pathetic,adj.sad;pitiful;causing a feeling of pity or sorrow,可怜；悲伤；哀婉感人,Menu,26/159,14 But to the last,*,she was capable with her tongue.I had always been told that I was a sickly child who lived mainly on medicines during the first seven years of my life.The year she died I asked her about this and said:,Translation,to the last,till the end;until the last moment,最终，至终,Menu,27/159,15 “I suppose that during all that time you were uneasy about,*,me?,16 Yes,the whole time.,17 Afraid I wouldnt live?,18 After a recollective,*,pause-ostensibly,*,to think out the facts,19 Noafraid you would.,Translation,(be)uneasy about,uncomfortable in body or mind;troubled or anxious,不舒适；烦恼，焦虑,recollective adj.remembering,回想,ostensibly adv.apparently;in a pretended,professed manner,显然地；外表地；表面地；诡称地,Menu,28/159,20 Jane Lampton Clemens character,striking and lovable,appears in my books as Tom Sawyers Aunt Polly.I fitted her out,*,with a dialect and tried to think up other improvements for her,but did not find any.,Translation,fit,out:supply(esp.a person or ship)with necessary things,提供；配置,Menu,29/159,Exercises,.Comprehension,.Vocabulary,.Cloze,.Translation(English to Chinese),.Translation(Chinese to English),.Writing,Menu,30/159,.Comprehension,Answer the following questions or complete the following statements by choosing the best alternative A,B,C or D under each.You are allowed 2 minutes 30 seconds for this part.,1.In Para.1,a dull moment is an unknown thing means _.,she did not know what to do when she felt dull,she never felt dull in her life,she did not know what it meant by a dull moment“,she was not sure whether she would feel dull in the future,Answers,Menu,31/159,.Comprehension,2.In Para.3,the author together with others abused the devil in the face of his mother in order to _.,show his hatred towards the devil,make his mother believe that the devil should be punished,delude his mother into arguing in favour of the devil,show that he was a good boy,Answers,Menu,32/159,3.In Para.4,my mother thought Sandys singing was _.,a sign that he felt happy,a sign that he still remembered the past,mad and annoying noises,a sign that he is friendless,.Comprehension,Answers,Menu,33/159,4.In Para.6,They were a vast burden,but they were out of luck,and that was enough“can be paraphrased as:_.,They were a heavy burden.My mother got tired of them and she did not like to take care of them,They were a heavy burden.But they were not well cared for,so my mother felt sympathy for them and had them in her care,They were a heavy burden,so nobody would take the trouble to take care of them.This made my mother full of sympathy for them,They were not well cared,so they were a heavy burden.That was enough to make them annoying,.Comprehension,Answers,Menu,34/159,5.In Para.8,the textual meaning of you cant bring up the whole well with only one bucket is that _.,You cant expect to succeed in one move,You cant obtain all with little effort,You cant get all the truth from the boy at one time,You cant draw all the water in the well with only one bucket,.Comprehension,Answers,Menu,35/159,6.In Para.14,But to the last she was capable with her tongue means that _.,the most important character of my mother is her eloquence,the last point I want to mention is his mothers eloquence,until the last moment of my mothers life,she had no difficulty in speaking,until the last moment of my mothers life,she was not soft-spoken,.Comprehension,Answers,Menu,36/159,7.What is the authors attitude towards his mother?,He is grateful to his mother.,He feels sorry for his mischieves in his boyhood.,He is very sad for his mothers death.,He respects and takes pride in his mother.,8.What kind of tone does the author take in describing his mother?,A.Objective and respectful.,B.Subjective and exaggerative.,C.Sad and serious.,D.Light and humourous.,.Comprehension,Answers,Menu,37/159,.Vocabulary,A.,Identify one of the four choices A,B,C,or D which would keep the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.,1.He was a professors son and,destined,to follow the educational profession when he was grown up.,A.fatedB.determined,C.descendedD.reluctant,2.The description of the scene was so,pathetic,that I wept all through it.,A.fascinatingB.affecting,C.suspensiveD.passionate,Answers,Menu,38/159,.Vocabulary,A.,Identify one of the four choices A,B,C,or D which would keep the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.,3.Can a novelist remain,indifferent,to the problems of the world in which he lives?,A.detached fromB.disobedient to,C.disinterested in D.uncertain of,4.His pleasant ways,beguiled,me into thinking that he was my good friend.,A.deprivedB.despised,C.divertedD.deceived,Menu,Answers,39/159,.Vocabulary,A.,Identify one of the four choices A,B,C,or D which would keep the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.,5.You must,discount,what Jack tells you,for he is too fond of a good story.,A.disregard B.disclose,C.discardD.disclaim,6.He,derided,the idea that poverty could be eliminated simply by handing out money to the poor.,A.ridiculed B.advocated,C.challengedD.rejected,Answers,Menu,40/159,.Vocabulary,A.,Identify one of the four choices A,B,C,or D which would keep the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.,7.When required to learn to play the piano by their parents,many children only do this,reluctantly,.,A.voluntarilyB.impatiently,C.imitativelyD.unwillingly,8.It was said that Johns brother was under,indictment,for murder.,A.suspicianB.Attack,C.tyranny D.accusation,Menu,Answers,41/159,.Vocabulary,A.,Identify one of the four choices A,B,C,or D which would keep the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.,9.The people in the room were shocked by his,blasphemous,language.,A.exaggerativeB.offensive,C.boastfulD.thrilling,10.He looks so,burly,that nobody would believe that he has been in delicate health for several years.,A.robust B.cheerful,C.optimisticD.tolerant,Answers,Menu,42/159,.Vocabulary,B.,Choose the correct answer.Only one answer is correct.,11.The part of a newspaper in which jobs are advertised is often called situations _.,A.various B.verified,C.viciousD.vacant,12.John doesnt understand true friendship;he never does anything for anyone unless he thinks the other person will _.,A.reciprocate B.dissipate,C.yieldD.reward,Answers,Menu,43/159,.Vocabulary,B.,Choose the correct answer.Only one answer is correct.,13.As I mentioned above,certain traditional teaching exercises promote _ in communication.,A.eloquence B.feedback,C.cautionD.fluency,14.Sociological study says that generally speaking,most people willingly _ to the customs of society.,A.conformB.confine,C.confrontD.conduct,Menu,Answers,44/1
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