Unit5SectionA.ppt.Convertor.doc

Unit 5 Section A
【句型解析】
1.孤独或许是这里的一种民族弊病，我们羞于承认它，甚于其他任何罪恶。
Loneliness may be a sort of national disease here, and it’s more embarrassing for us to admit than any other sin.
Sth. be a kind of thing, and it’s more …(adj.) for sb. to do than any other thing. 某事是······，我们做某事，甚于其它任何事情。
用于表述“对事物的界定与感受”。
Eg:正直是当权者一种可贵的素质，他们表现出的正直远比其它品质更难能可贵。
Integrity / honorable quality / those in power / more worthwhile
Integrity is a kind of honorable quality for those in power, and it’s more worthwhile for them to show than any other trait.
2.就拿多萝西·华兹华斯来说吧，她帮哥哥威廉穿上外衣，为他找到笔记本和铅笔，向他挥手告别，目送他走进早春的阳光去独自对花沉思。
Consider Dorothy Wordsworth, for instance, helping her brother William put on his coat, finding his notebook and pencil for him, and waving as he sets forth into the early spring sunlight to look at flowers all by himself.
(Just) Consider / Look at sb., for example / instance, doing …, doing t …, and doing … 就拿某人来说／为例吧,他／她做······，做······，做······
用于表述“例证”。
Eg:就拿这位公仆为例吧，他始终视人民的利益高于一切，身体力行。
value the people’s interests above everything else / practice what one advocates
Consider this public servant, for instance, always valuing the people’s interests above everything else, and earnestly practicing what he advocates.
3.然而他并不自己费神将诗歌写下来，而是唤回女儿们，向她们口述，由她们记下来。
Then, rather than trouble to put it in his own handwriting, he calls the girls to come back and write it down while he dictates.
Rather than do sth., sb. do (would do) sth. else. 某人并不······, 而是······
用于表述“某人的真实做法”。
Eg:世界各国都没有坐以待毙，而是竭尽全力应对百年一遇的经济危机。
await one’s doom / do one’s utmost / address the economic crisis
Rather than sitting back and awaiting their doom, all the countries are doing their utmost to address the worst economic crisis in generations.
4.我们钦佩他，并非因为他能自力更生，而是因为他孤身一人在瓦尔登湖畔生活，他喜欢这样。
We admire him, not for his self-reliance, but because he was all by himself out there at Walden Pond, and he wanted to be.
Sb. do sth., not for…(phrase), but because … (从句)某人做某事，并非因为······，而是因为······
用于表示“某人做某事的真实原因”。
Eg:一些人谋求公职，并非因为奉献精神，而是因为官位能给他们带来极大的利益和优势。
seek public office / spirit of commitment / give sb. benefit and advantage
Some people seek public office, not for their spirit of commitment, but because their positions will give them great benefit and advantage.
5.我从未发现比独处更好的伙伴。
I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Sb. have never done sth. that be so (more) … as (than) sth. else.
某人从未做过比······更加······的事。
用于表达“某人对某事的最强烈感受”。
Eg:正直的人还从未体会到比睁眼说瞎话更痛苦的痛苦。
man of integrity / lie in one’s teeth
A man of integrity has never sensed the pain that is so painful as lying in one’s teeth.
6.孤独的感觉时起时落，但我们却永远需要与人交谈。
The condition of loneliness rises and falls, but the need to talk goes on forever.
Sth. rise and fall, but sth. else go on forever. 某种东西时起时落，但持久不变是······
用于表述“事物的辩证关系”。
Eg:一个人的事业有高潮也有低潮，但他对幸福的追求是永恒的。
rise and fall / pursuit of happiness
One’s career may rise and fall, but one’s pursuit of happiness goes on forever.

【English Equivalents of Chinese】
征服广袤的荒野
to tame the great wild areas
最有用的东西
a major commodity
自视甚高
to speak highly of oneself
毫无疑问
no doubt about it
蹑手蹑脚地走开
to creep away
交通繁忙的大路
a busy road
有人为伴
to have company
某人主要的高洁之处
the main point of one’s nobility
砍柴
to chop wood
洗衣服
to do a laundry
以······为伴
 to have … for company
随意
as you please
熬夜
to stay up late
详细叙说
to talk at length
快乐的结局
a happy ending
抛弃；驱逐某人:
to cast out
找出；搜寻出:
to seek out
动身；阐述:
to set forth
放松; 伸出; 延长:
to stretch out
安下心来，定居:
to settle down

【短语应用】
1.by recent account据最近的统计:
根据最近的统计，越来越多的金融界精英正在从华尔街转向中国大陆。
an increasing number of / elites in financial circles / the Wall Street
By recent account, an increasing number of elites in financial circles are shifting from the Wall Street to Chinese mainland.
2.to cast out / throw out / expel sb.抛弃/驱逐某人:
篮球队将放弃任何不能适应该队风格的球员。
to fit in with
The basketball team will cast out whoever does not fit in with its style.
3.to seek / single out 找出/搜寻出:
他从网上搜索到的东西与其说和专业有关，倒不如说和社交有关。
seek out sth. from online / have not so much relation to A as to B / social contact
What he has sought out from online has not so much relation to his specialty as to social contact.
4.to set forth动身／阐述:
《独立宣言》中说，所有人生来就被赋予了一些不可剥夺的权利，其中有生命权、自由权及追求幸福的权利。
The Declaration of Independence / be endowed with / certain unalienable rights
In The Declaration of Independence, it is set forth that all men are endowed with certain unalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
5.to stretch out放松；伸出；延长:
在经济不景气的时候，人们往往会购买廉价商品以便能够使自己的钱坚持到困难时期结束。
in an economic recession / trade down / in order that / stretch sth. out to the end of
In an economic recession, people often trade down in order that they can stretch their money out to the end of the hard time.
6.to fill up装满，占满:
当股指上升时，股票交易所充满了欢乐和喝彩声。
stock index / be on the rise / stock exchange
Joy fills up the stock exchange when the stock index is on the rise.
7.at one sitting; with one single effort一口气（地）:
正如一口吃不成个胖子一样，成功不能一蹴而就。
grow fat / be attained with
Just as no one grow fat at one sitting, no success can be attained with one single effort.
8.to back up（使）积压；（使）拥塞；支持：
压抑在心头的想法，特别是情感，需要发泄。否则就可能变成心理问题。
need an outlet / grow into a mental problem
What has backed up in one’s mind, especially emotions, needs an outlet; otherwise, it may grow into a mental problem.
9.to settle down安下心来，定居:
30岁时，我们需要安定下来，丢掉幻想。但对那些灰心丧气的人我却低声说40岁生活才开始。
shed from fantasies / whisper to the despondent
At 30 we need to settle down and shed fantasies. But to the despondent I whisper that life begins at 40.
10.to seal sb. / sth. up把某人／物密封/ 封闭起来:
独立自主绝不是闭关自守，孤立奋斗。
self-reliance / in no way / work in isolation
Self-reliance in no way means sealing oneself up from the outside world and working in isolation.

【Creative Application of Typical Expressions】
1．回忆；追溯: to cast back
搜寻；寻觅: to cast about
抛弃；消除: to cast aside
每当独处时，他通常回忆起自己无忧无虑的童年。
whenever in solitude / cast back one’s mind to sth. / one’s childhood free of cares and worries
Whenever in solitude, he normally casts back his mind to his childhood free of cares and worries.
2．显而易见；极简单: to be not far to seek
寻求，探索: to seek after / for
处心积虑: to seek all means
知足常乐。
be not far to seek / be content with sth. / what one owns/ at the moment
Happiness is not far to seek as long as one is content with what he owns at the moment.
3.留出；拨出：to set aside
开始：to set about
引起；开始旅程：to set off
着手；开始：to set out
有关上海迪斯尼协议的报告指出，已经为中国大陆的首家迪斯尼主题公园预留了10平方公里的土地。
reports on Shanghai-Disney deal / set aside / the first Disneyland theme park
The reports on Shanghai-Disney deal said 10 square kilometer of land has been set aside for the first Disneyland theme park on Chinese mainland.
4.说得过分点；言过其实：to stretch the truth/fact
勉强去做那些做不到的事情: to stretch for the impossible
伸展身体; 尽最大的努力: to stretch oneself
娱记们往往擅长夸大事实来吸引更多的眼球。
entertainment reporters / be good at doing sth. / stretch the facts / catch one’s eyes
Entertainment reporters, more often than not, are good at stretching the facts to catch more eyes.
5.等待局势明朗：to wait for the dust to settle
解决争端/矛盾/争论：to settle a dispute/conflict/ argument
目光落在······上: one’s eyes/gaze settles on sb./ sth.
弄清情况后再解决问题是明智的做法。
wait for the dust to settle / address a problem
It is wise to wait for the dust to settle before addressing a problem.
6.Sth. be a kind of thing, and it’s more … (adj.) for sb. to do than any other thing. 用于表述“对事物的界定与感受”。
嫉妒是一种精神缺陷，妒火中烧的危害甚于其它任何心态。
a sort of mental defect / burn with jealousy / any other state of mind
Jealousy is a sort of mental defect, and it is more harmful for us to burn with than any other state of mind.
7.Rather than do sth., sb. do (would do) sth. else. 用于表述“某人的真实做法”。
这个年轻人不是坐等机会来临，而是竭尽全力去创造成功的机会。
wait for opportunity to drop in / get all out / create an opportunity for success
Rather than wait for opportunity to drop in, the young man got all out to create an opportunity for success.
8.Sb. have never done sth. that be so (more) … as (than) sth. else. 用于表达“某人对做某事的最强烈感受”。
一个人不曾拥有比时间更忠诚的朋友，它永远和你在一起。
have a friend / be more faithful than sth. / whenever and wherever
One has never had a friend that is more faithful than time, which stays with you whenever and wherever.

【Writing】
General Statement
Such writing begins with an introduction of the writer’s general statement about the issue in question.
Comparing Point A
To make the reader clearer about how to deal with the issue, the writer presents what some people do with it as one comparing point.
Comparing Point B
In response to the foregoing, the writer then comes up with another comparing point for the sake of better differentiation.
Practice：
Still, there’s little dispute that communications
will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers. (General Statement) Consider Russia. Because of its strong educational system in mathematics and science, it should thrive in the Information Age. The problem is its national phone system is a rusting antique that dates from the l930s. To lick this problem, Russia is starting to install optical fiber and has a strategic plan to pump $40 billion into various communications projects. But its economy is stuck in recession and it barely has the money to even scratch the surface of the problem. (Comparing Point A)
Compare that with the mainland of China. Over the next decade, it plans to pour some $100 billion into telecommunications equipment. In a way, China’s backwardness is an advantage, because the expansion occurs just as new technologies are becoming cheaper than copper wire systems. By the end of 1995, each of China’s provincial capitals except for Lhasa will have digital switches and high-capacity optical fiber links. This means that major cities are getting the basic infrastructure to become major parts of the information superhighway, allowing people to log on to the most advanced services available. (Comparing Point B)

Writing Practice
Directions: Write a composition of comparisons, using details to support each comparing point.
Topic: People living alone on purpose and people who have to live alone
Outline:
Comparing point A:
People living alone: Reasons for preferring living alone
Comparing point B:
People who are forced to live alone:1）Various reasons 2）Having no one to talk to
Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have to live alone for one reason or another. Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that no companion is more companionable than solitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and Henry Thoreau enjoyed living alone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as they venture out to tame the great wild areas.
On the other hand, there are some other people who have to live alone due to various reasons: being divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitter to live in solitude. They have no one to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselves and to their pets and to the television.

Assignments
Directions: Write a composition of no less than 120 words on one of the following topics, with a comparison made about a certain topic.
Topic 1: The advantages and disadvantages of living with one’s parents
Topic 2: Shopping in stores vs. shopping online
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Living with one’s Parents
There are two sides to anything in the world, to which living with one’s parents is no exception. If you live with your parents, on the one hand, your life is always bathed in your parents’ care and love. No matter how late you come home every evening, for example, you will find your bed made as tidy as ever, your dirty clothes washed clean, and your supper ready for you to enjoy. But, on the other hand, you find no way to rid yourself of the supervision from your parents. Among other things, you are not free to do as you like. You have to think twice before partying into the early hours of the morning in your house or moving many friends in with you. And what you may in no way stand is that your parents nag at you whenever and wherever possible.