大学英语视听说unit5教案(2)

e.g. The branches are swaying gently in the wind.

树枝在风中轻轻摇曳。

He swayed slightly, as if about to fall.

他身子一歪，像要倒下。

2. vt. influence or change 影响或改变

e.g. Recent developments have swayed the balance of power in the region.

近期的发展打破了该地区各势力均衡的局面。

Obama’s speech swayed many voters.

奥巴马的演讲影响了众多的选民。

2.12 tighten vt. (L. 80) become tighter or make sth. become tighter, firmer or less

easy to move使变紧，使更牢固

e.g. We must tighten these screws.

我们必须把这些螺钉旋紧。

He tightened his grip on her arm.

他紧抓住她的手臂。

短语：

tighten (sth.) up 使更严格；使更有效

tighten your belt 节衣缩食，减少开支

3. Difficult Sentences and Sentence Patterns

3.1 Difficult Sentences

3.1.1 I gave her one of my arched-eyebrow inquiries, then smiled. (L. 26) I raised my eyebrows as I usually did when I felt puzzled or when I was in doubt and then smiled. 我皱起了眉头，狐疑地看了她一眼，然后微微笑了。

my arched-eyebrow inquiries 是一个以inquiries为中心词的名词词组，定语 arched-eyebrow是一个复合词，意为“皱起眉头”。

3.1.2 What I didn’t know, and what she had kept from me, was that her

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condition wasn’t improving. (L. 48-49) What I’d no idea of was that she didn’t physically become better, and she hid the truth from me. 但有一点我一无所知，而且她也一直瞒着我，那就是她身体状况毫无好转。

what I didn’t know 和 what she had kept from me 是两个并列的分句，一同作为该句的主语。 keep sth. from sb. 意思是“不把（某事）告诉（某人）”

重复法是指在译文中适当地重复原文中出现过的词语，使意思表达得更加清楚；或者进一步加强语气，突出强调某些内容，取得更好的修辞效果。一般而言，英语往往为了行文简洁而尽量避免重复。所以，英语经常借助替代、省略等其他表达方法。相反，重复却是汉语表达的一个显著特点。在许多场合某些词语不仅需要重复，而且也只有重复这些词语，语义才能明确，表达才能生动。为了达到汉语译文准确、通顺和完整的翻译标准，常常需要将一些关键词加以重复。

本课文中第三段的译文为：“年复一年，我们看着公园里的松树长得巍峨挺拔，直到高耸入云。松树年年增高，我们之间的关系也越发密切，对彼此的爱也越来越深。” 原文中pine trees 只出现过一次，但在译文中出现了两次。第二个“松树” 便是重复法在英汉翻译中的运用，它使语义变得更加明确。

3.2 Sentence Patterns

3.2.1 …even before … (L. 42) 还没…就…; 不用…就…

e.g. Some Beijing opera actors have gained quite a reputation even before their

graduation.

有的京剧演员在没出科之前就已经小有名气了。

His children began to dispute his property even before he passed away.

他还没合眼, 子女们就开始争夺财产了。

3.2.2 just as … (L. 57) 正如 …

e.g. She treats me as a child, just as I treat her.

她把我当成孩子，正如我把她当成孩子一样。

Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.

弯曲的树苗长成弯曲的大树。

4．Discourse Analysis

4.1 Main Idea of the Text

The writer the days when she and her mother would life tree in nearby, and it was there that she learned her mother was dying of ’s her sons to the fond her mother. Such visits

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4.2 Structure of the Text

The story is told in the first person. The most important thing is that in this text narration and description blend well with each other. Events in the story are generally related in chronological order, that is, in the order in which they occur. The text can be divided into two parts. In the first part the writer narrates and describes how she developed a close relationship with her mother. In the second part she tells the readers how life repeats itself like a circle when she and her children chatted about life under the pine tree as her mother and her had done years before.

4.3 Rhetorical Devices in the Text

In Text A, the writer makes use of the following rhetorical devices to make his narration and description more impressive and vivid.

In the text, the writer employs the rhetorical device — euphemism (委婉) in the sentence, “Who will you bring here (L. 25)”. To soften the harsh reality that her mother was dying, she substituted a mild or vague expression “after I am gone” for a harsh one “when I am dead”. To show the mother’s love for the daughter, she used an expression that indirectly refers to “death”.

Metaphor is used in Para. 3. The author compares the growth of the pine trees to the growing of closeness between the mother and the daughter. The writer and her mother witnessed the pine trees’ growing tall and straight over the years. And the writer believed the pine tree also witnessed how she and her mother developed the close relationship and deep love for each other. It also helps the readers understand that the pine tree had become an important part of their life which could always bring back fond memories.

III. Text B Cellular Love

1. Short Answer Questions

Directions: Read the passage in five minutes and then answer the five questions in the

fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).

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1.1 How did the writer know that it was her mother’s call?

Answer: Her cell phone showed her mother’s number.

1.2 What was she doing when her mother called?

Answer: She was preparing dinner.

1.3 How did her mother handle such difficulties in her life as sicknesses, and loss of

much of what and whom she loved?

Answer: With a will of iron.

1.4 What does the sentence “I should only be lucky” inside the card mean?

Answer: She feels happy about being like her mother.

1.5 According to the writer, what is “Cellular Love” ?

Answer: The maternal love for a daughter away from home.

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