选修七unit1.doc

选修七unit1

MARTY'S STORY
Hi, my name is Marty Fielding and I guess you could say that I am “one in a million①”. In other words②， there are not many people like me. You see, I have a muscle disease which makes me very weak, so I can't run or climb stairs as quickly as other people. In addition③， sometimes I am very clumsy④ and drop things or bump⑤ into furniture⑥. Unfortunately, the doctors don't know how to make me better, but I am very outgoing⑦ and have learned to adapt to⑧ my disability. My motto⑨ is: live one day at a time⑩ .
Until I was ten years old I was the same as everyone else. I used to⑪ climb trees, swim and play football. In fact, I used to dream about playing professional football and possibly representing⑫ my country in the World Cup. Then I started to get weaker and weaker⑬ , until I could only enjoy football from a bench⑭ at the stadium. In the end I went into hospital for medical tests. I stayed there for nearly three months. I think I had at least a billion tests, including one⑮in which theycut out⑯ a piece of muscle from my leg and looked at it under a microscope⑰ . Even after all that, no one could give my disease a name and it is difficult to know what the future holds⑱.
One problem is that I don't look any different from other people⑲. So sometimes some children in my primary school would laugh, when I got out of breath⑳ after running a short way or had to stop and rest halfway up the stairs. Sometimes, too, I was too weak to go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an absence， I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

①one in a million百万人中才有一个
②in other words换句话说
③in addition另外；还有
④clumsy/'klʌmzI/adj.笨拙的
⑤bump /bʌmp/vi.碰撞；撞击
bump into撞上
⑥furniture n．[U]家具
⑦outgoing/'aʊtgəʊIŋ/adj.外向的；友好的；外出的；离开的
⑧adapt to适合
adapt/ə'dæpt/vt.使适应；改编
⑨motto n．箴言；格言
⑩at a time 一次，每次
⑪used to 过去常常
⑫represent vt.代表；展示；描绘
⑬比较级＋and＋比较级“越来越……”
⑭bench/bentʃ/n．长凳
⑮in which they cut out ...是“in＋which”引导的定语从句，which指代one (test)。
⑯cut out切去；省略；停止(做某事)
⑰microscope/'maIkrəskəʊp/n．显微镜
⑱it is difficult to know what ...中，it是形式主语，动词不定式是真正的主语，在不定式短语中包含what引导的宾语从句。
⑲that引导表语从句，that起连接作用，不充当句子成分。
⑳out of breath上气不接下气
too weak to go 是too ... to结构，意为“太……而不能……”。
suffer v．变差；受难，受苦；遭受；蒙受
every time意为“每次……的时候；每当……的时候”，作连词用，引导时间状语从句，从句也可以置于主句之后。
absence/'æbsəns/n．缺席；不在某处

马蒂的故事
[第1～3段译文]
你好，我叫马蒂·菲尔丁。我猜你可能会说我是“百万人中才有一个”的那种人。换句话说，像我这样的人并不多见。你瞧，我的肌肉有毛病，使我的身体非常虚弱，所以我不能像别人那样快跑或快步爬楼梯。另外，有时候我还会笨手笨脚、摔掉东西，或磕碰到家具上。不幸的是，医生们不知道如何治好我的病，但是我很开朗乐观，学会了适应身体的残疾。我的座右铭是：活一天算一天。
10岁以前，我跟其他人是一样的。我常常爬树、游泳和踢足球。说实在的，我过去常常梦想我会成为职业球员，可能代表我的国家参加世界杯足球赛。后来，我的身体开始变得越来越虚弱，以至于我只能坐在体育场的长凳上欣赏足球了。最后我到医院去做了检查，住了将近三个月的医院。我想我至少做过十亿次检查了，包括有一次检查，他们从我的腿部切下一小块肌肉，放在显微镜下观察。即使做过了所有这些检查，也没有人能够确诊这个病。因此，很难知道将来会是什么样子。
问题是我看上去跟其他人一样。当我跑了很短的一段路之后，我就会喘不过气来，或者爬楼梯才爬到一半就得停下来休息。因此上小学时有的孩子见了我这种情况就会笑话我。有时候我的身体太虚弱，上不了学，因此落下了很多功课。每次缺课回来之后，我就觉得自己很笨，因为我比别人落后了。

My life is a loteasier at high school because my fellow students have accepted me. The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me annoyed， and I just ignore them. All in all I have a good life. I am happy to have found many things I can do, like writing and computer programming. My ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends, I spend a lot of time with my pets. I have two rabbits, a parrot , a tank full of fish and a tortoise. To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time but I find it worthwhile I also have to do a lot of work, especially if I have been away for a while.

a lot此处为程度副词，相当于much, 修饰easier。
fellow/'feləʊ/adj.同伴的；同类的 n．同伴；同志；伙伴
annoy/ə'nɔI/vt.使……不悦；惹恼
annoyed /ə'nɔId/adj.颇为生气的
ignore vt.不理会；忽视　
all in all总而言之
动词不定式的完成式to have done表示该动作发生在谓语动词所表示的动作之前。
ambition /æm'bIʃn/n．雄心；野心　
firm/fɜːm/n．公司
software/'sɔftweə/n．软件
with no time to sit around是with复合结构；feeling sorry for myself 顾影自怜，在句中作伴随状语。
sit around闲坐着
as well as和；也。置于句首，后接动词时，要用动名词形式。
parrot/'pærət/n．鹦鹉
tank/tæŋk/n．(盛液体、气体的)大容器；缸；大桶
tortoise/'tɔːtəs/n．陆龟；龟
动词不定式短语作主语。
find it worthwhile是“find＋宾语＋宾补”结构。
worthwhile adj.值得的，多作表语、定语或宾补。

[第4段译文]
我在中学时期的生活(比在小学时)要轻松多了，因为我的同学已经接受了我的状况。还有少数同学看不到我的内心世界，但是我并不生气，只是不去理会他们罢了。总而言之，我生活得挺好。我很高兴地发现我能做许多事情，比如写作和电脑编程。我有雄心壮志，长大后我要在开发电脑软件的公司里工作。去年我开发了一款电脑足球游戏，有一家大公司已经决定从我这儿买走。我的生活很充实，没有时间闲坐着顾影自怜。除了同我的朋友一起去看电影和足球比赛外，我还花很多时间和我的宠物在一起。我有两只兔子、一只鹦鹉、一缸鱼和一只乌龟。我得花大量时间来照顾这些宠物，但我觉得很值得。此外，我还有好多功课要做，特别是在病了一段时间之后。

In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more independent . I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If I had a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this： having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live as rich and full a life as you do.
Thank you for reading my story.

in many ways在很多方面
psychologically/ˌsaIkə'lɒdʒIklI/adv.心理(学)地；精神上地
independent adj.独立的；不受……支配/影响的
live/lead a ... life 过……的生活
If I had ... it would be ...是与现在或将来事实相反的虚拟语气。
动名词短语having a disability在句中作主语。
make fun of取笑
encouragement/In'kʌrIdʒmənt/n．鼓励；奖励
动词不定式短语to live ...在本句中作定语。as＋adj.＋a＋n.＋as像……一样，注意“形容词＋冠词＋名词”顺序。

[第5～6段译文]
在许多方面，我身体的残疾倒使我心理上变得更加坚强、更加独立。我必须努力工作才能过上正常的生活，但这是值得的。假如我有机会跟健康的孩子讲一句话，那么，这句话就是：身体残疾并不意味着生活不美满。因此，不要感到残疾人可怜，或者取笑他们，也别不理睬他们。要接受他们，给予他们鼓励，让他们能像你们一样过得丰富多彩、充实美满。
谢谢你们读我的故事。

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