Lesson27TheVasa新概念第四册27课课文详解.doc

Lesson 27 The Vasa “瓦萨”号这是一篇说明文，把Vasa号的建设、沉没、以及重新捞上来的过程呈现在我们面前。Paragraph 1瓦萨号在瑞典航海历史上的地位Galleon十五，十六世纪西班牙大型帆船,本文为了避免重复，使语言更加丰富，在文中用了下列词来替换它，ship; royal flagship; thing of beauty; floating work of art; warship; the mighty Vasa.Tale: 故事；传说；叙述；流言蜚语. Hespunataleofhisadventures.他编造了一个他自己冒险的故事。Ididntcreditthatabsurdtale. 我不相信那个荒谬绝伦的故事Story: 故事；小说；新闻报道；来历；假话The second story in the book is titled The Scholar.这本书中的第2个故事标题为学者。I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits.我将给你讲个关于4只小兔子的故事。Those are some of the top stories in the news.那些都是一些头条新闻报道。He invented some story about a cousin.他们编造了一些关于一位表亲的谎话。Must be 一定，肯定，表示推测Hemustbemad.他一定是疯了。Icantdatethathouseexactly,butitmustbeveryold.我不能确定那幢房子的年代，但它一定是很古老了。 Lie vi. 躺；说谎；位于；展现 (lay, lain)Ilike tolieonthesunnybeach,baskingin the sunshine. 我喜欢躺在充满阳光的海滩上晒太阳。 Royal adj. 英国的；（英国）皇家的; 王室成员.an invitation to a royal garden party.一张参加皇家花园聚会的请帖。.the Royal Academy of Music.皇家音乐学院。The royals have always been patrons of charities pulling in large donations.王室成员一直都是慈善机构的资助人，注入大量捐赠。Empire 帝国；帝王统治，君权 Theempireabsorbedmanysmall nations. 该帝国吞并了许多小国。The BritishEmpireflourishedin the19thcentury. 英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。emperor： n. 皇帝，君主 Theybowed beforetheemperorasheenteredthe court. 皇帝进入朝廷时他们都向他鞠躬致敬。Thedaughterof anemperordoes notworry about findingahusband.皇帝女儿不愁嫁。Empress 女帝,女皇，皇后WhenearthquakeshitJapan,heandtheempressvisitvictims.当日本遭受地震打击时，他与皇后探视灾民。Imperial帝国的Aftercenturies ofexpansionsandrenovations,thepalacewasfinallytransformedinto amuseumof theimperialera.经过数世纪的扩建和革新，这个宫殿最终转变成帝国时代的博物馆。Paragraph 2: 建瓦萨号船的背景KingGustavusAdolphus, The NorthernHurricane,thenat theheightofhis militarysuccess intheThirty YearsWar,haddictated her measurementsand armament.当时号称“北方飓风”的国王古斯夫斯.阿道尔弗正处在“三十年战争”的军事鼎盛阶段，他亲自规定了这艘船的规模和武器配备。King Gustavus Adolphus 古斯夫斯.阿道尔弗 at theheightof在顶点；在的顶峰或鼎盛时期At the height of unemployment in 1982, one of every five unemployed workers was on a temporary layoff.在1982年失业率达到顶峰时，被解雇的工人每五个中就有一个是被临时解雇的.Dictate 命令；规定；口述；使听写What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another?一个国家有什么权利规定另一个国家的环境标准？What gives them the right to dictate to us what we should eat?是什么给他们权利来规定我们该吃什么？Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning.谢尔登每天都进行创作，在上午口述他的小说。 Dictator n. 独裁者；命令者The dictator tyrannized over the whole country. 独裁者对全国实行极权统治。Thedictatorssecretpolicetyrannizedthe people.独裁者的秘密警察对人民施行暴政。dictatorship专政；独裁权；独裁者职位So they havemuchin common.ButIndiaisademocracyandChinaacollectivedictatorship. 中印有许多共同之处，但印度是一个民主国家，而中国则为集体专制。 Mount vt. 增加；爬上；使骑上马；安装，架置；镶嵌，嵌入；准备上演；成立（军队等）Her husband mounts the work on velour paper and makes the frame. velour vl她丈夫把作品装裱到丝绒纸上，又做了框架。安装在上的 -mountedShe installed a wall-mounted electric fan.她装了一台墙壁式电扇be intended to打算；意图是The new Cold War may be intended to be more economic, political and diplomatic than military. 比起军事方面的斗争，新冷战可能更多的是在经济、政治和外交上的较量。Mostpassengers weretakingthetrainfor pleasureandintendedtoflyhomefromDarwin.跟读大部分游客乘坐这趟火车是观光，准备从达尔文乘飞机回家。Paragraph 3: 首航前的欢腾气氛Asshe wasprepared forher maiden voyageonAugust10,1628,Stockholmwas inaferment. 1628年8月10日，她准备处女航的日子，整个斯德哥尔摩陷入了激动之中In a ferment 在动荡中,在骚动中； 在极度兴奋中 Thecountrywasinaferment.那个国家正处于动乱之中。 Spread the sail 扬帆起航Spread vi. 传播；伸展；vt. 传播，散布；展开；伸展；铺开She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it.她把一块浴巾铺在沙地上，然后躺在上面。Sitting on the floor, spread your legs as far as they will go without overstretching.坐在地板上，尽可能分开双腿，但不要过度拉伸。Spread the mixture in the cake pan and bake for 30 minutes.将该混合物摊在蛋糕烤盘里，烤30分钟。The industrial revolution, which started a couple of hundred years ago in Europe, is now spreading across the world.几百年前始于欧洲的工业革命现在正向全世界扩散。Labour v.艰难地工作Scientists laboured for months to unravel the mysteries of Neptune and still remain baffled.科学家们为揭开海王星之谜艰难地工作了数月，但依然迷惑不解。Were labouring under an unfair disadvantage.我们在不公平的劣势下艰难地工作。 Produce vt. 生产；引起；创作；出示；给出 (证据、论据等) n. 农产品，产品The company produced circuitry for communications systems.这家公司为通讯系统生产电路系统。They challenged him to produce evidence to support his allegations.他们要求他给出证据来支撑他的断言。To rent a car you must produce a passport and a current driving license.要租一辆车你必须出示护照和现有驾照。 ablaze with (灯火等)闪耀，发光：；(人心等)激动，兴奋：Every shop window is ablaze with bright Christmas lights. 每个商店都闪耀着明亮的圣诞节彩灯。Hehad neverseenthe houselikethis,ablazewithlight andnoisywithvoices.他从未见过这栋房子像现在这样灯火辉煌，人声鼎沸。TheHighsterncastlewas a riot of carvedgods,demons,knights,kings,warriors, mermaids,cherubs.其尾部高耸的船楼上雕满了神仙、妖魔鬼怪、骑士、国王、勇士、美人鱼、天使。sterncastle船楼 a riot of丰富的,各种各样的 Iwasoverwhelmedbyariotofcolor,anemotionalswellthatcarriedmetosea. 我被极度丰富的色彩所淹没，一种情感的升华带我到了海洋。Flowers areblooming inariotofcolour.百花盛开，万紫千红。portray英ptre美prtrevt. 描绘；扮演In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of Camelot.1975年他在洛杉矶重演的戏剧卡米洛特中扮演国王。The film portrays a culture of young people who live in lower Manhattan.这部电影描绘了在下曼哈顿地区生活的青年人文化。complaints about the way women are portrayed in ads.不满于广告中对妇女的刻画方式。stir n. 搅拌；轰动vt. 搅拌；激起；惹起vi. 搅动；传播；走动Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious.接着你脑海中涌现出一段回忆，并开始感到不安。Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her.艾米记得他曾惹自己生气。Paragraph 4 首航时的壮观景象 Salute n. 致敬，欢迎；敬礼vt. 行礼致敬，欢迎vi. 致意，打招呼；行礼One of the company stepped out and saluted the General.队中的一人站出来，向那位将军行军礼。He gave his salute and left.他打了招呼然后离开了。Astheemergedfromher drifting cloudofgunsmokewiththewaterchurnedto foam beneath herbow, her flagscolour, she presented a moremajestic spectacle than Stockholmershad everseenbefore.当“瓦萨”号从弥漫的礼炮烟云中出现时，船头下浪花加溅，舰旗迎风招展，三角旗随风飘动，微风鼓起风帆，金碧辉煌的船楼闪耀着灿烂的色彩。“瓦萨”号展现的壮观景象是斯德哥尔摩人从未见过的。With 后有5个独立主格结构，都做方式状语，修饰动词emerged Present vt. 提出；介绍；呈现；赠送；颁发The mayor presented him with a gold medal at an official city reception.市长在一次正式的市招待会上给他颁发了一枚金质奖章。This presents a problem for many financial consumers.这给许多金融消费者带来了麻烦。The future is going to be one that presents many challenges.未来将会带来许多挑战。We presented three options to the unions for discussion.我们向工会提出了3种选择以供讨论。The government has presented these changes as major reforms.政府将这些变化描述成重大改革。.all those tricks which would help him to present himself in a more confident way in public.所有那些可以帮助他在公共场合更自信地展示自己的窍门。Paragraph 5 瓦萨号沉没时的情况As the wind freshened there came a sudden squall and the ship made a strange movement, listing to port.当风力增强的时候，突然刮起一阵大风，船身奇怪地晃动了一下，向左倾斜过来.There came倒状句，强调副词 见练习P163DJust then along came Tom.Just then in walked Mary with a radiant face. 正在那时，玛丽容光焕发地进来了。heave (用力地) 推; 拉; 举起It took five strong men to heave it up a ramp and lower it into place.用了5个壮汉把它拉上斜坡并向下放置到位。counteractvt. 抵消；中和；阻碍Positiveemotionsbringuspleasure,counteractthedamagingeffectsofnegative emotions.积极的感情给我们快乐，抵消了消极情感的坏影响。rumblingn. 隆隆声；辘辘声Theearthquakebeganwith a deep lowrumblingsound.地震开始时发出低沉的隆隆声。Listenforrumblingsoundsthat mightindicateanapproachinglandslideor mudflow.听见隆隆的声音可能预示着新一次即将来临的滑坡或泥石流。sealed the ships fate 注定了船厄运的到来The event sealed his fate. 这个事件注定了他的厄运。Mighty adj. 有力的；强有力的；有势力的There was a flash and a mighty bang.一道闪光伴随着一声轰然巨响。Mr.Taylordefeatedhismightycompetitors.泰勒先生打败了他所有强有力的竞争者。