新视野《大学英语》读写教程 第二册小孩几个月断奶
Unit 5（Book II）
Section A Weeping for My Smoking Daughter
我为女儿抽烟哭泣（精读）
Section B Stop Spoiling Your Children
别再宠坏孩子 （快读）
Section C What Is in Larry’s Mind?
英语期刊拉里在想什么 （自学）
Section A Weeping for My Smoking Daughter
我为女儿抽烟哭泣（精读）
练习：在课文中找出对应的英文：
在手边 clo at hand
炯炯有神的眼睛 glowing eyes
一包抽了一半的香烟 a half-empty package of cigarettes
对…感激 be grateful for
制作得（卷得）非常精致 be precily rolled
硬起心肠不做… to harden onelf against …
机（器）制（造）香烟 cigarettes made by manufacturers
鲜红的烟丝罐头 bright-red tobacco tin
穿着黑色燕尾服 (be) dresd in a black dress coat
到40年代末、50年代初 by the late forties and early fifties
烟草业 tobacco industry
胃炎症状
把…和…联系在一起 to couple with
男女主角 male and female heroes
抽烟上瘾 be hooked by cigarettes
把…争取过来 to win over
每走三、四级楼梯 every third or fourth step
使某人虚弱不堪 to leave sb. low
全家团聚 a family reunion
生命行将结束前 near the end of one’s life
戒烟 to quit smoking
第三世界国家 Third World countries
针对 to direct at
连续不断地抽烟 drag away
巨大广告牌 large advertiment signs
在市中心区 in inner cities
在（印地安人）居留地 on rervations
久而久之 over time
大大削弱了孩子们的体质 to effectively weaken the children
缺乏 to starve of
烟蒂 the end of cigarettes
小鸟怎么画简笔画怀孕 to be pregnant
深感痛苦 to feel a deep hurt
园艺杂志 gardening magazine
一种无能为力的感觉 a feeling of ulessness
有气无力挣扎着呼吸 to struggle to breathe feeling half the strength
受伤害妇女收容所 a battered women’s shelter
一种自我毁灭 a form of lf-battering
禁烟区 a no smoking zone
坐在一边;袖手旁观 to sit by
Text Structure Analysis:
Part One: 汤圆米酒怎么煮Para. 1:
--- I feel verely hurt at my daughter’s smoking.
Part Two: Para. 2-5:
--- I recall how my father was hooked and eventually killed by cigarettes
Part Three: Para. 6-8:
结婚祝福的话语--- I gain a better understanding of the harm of smoking in the Third World countries and appeal to all people to stop smoking at families.
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Detailed Study of the Text：(15 key points)
1．Weeping for My Smoking Daughter (Title)
●weep for/over: 为回天无力…哭泣
如：听题--- The girl wept over her sad fate.
听题--- The optimistic never weep over their failure or misfortune. Instead, they hold a positive attitude towards anything in life.
译文：乐观的人从不为自己的失败或厄运而哀叹，而是以积极的态度对待生活中的一切。
2. … tosd carelessly clo at hand. (Line 3)
●(clo) at hand: 在手边；在附近；即将到来
如：听题--- Fortunately there was someone at hand, so we asked him to deliver the message at once.阎甲
听题--- The mid-term examination is clo at hand.
3.…they’re filtered, for which I am grateful. (Line 4)
●语法学习： which 关系代词：引导非限制性定语从句，指代前面的整句话产生的结果，可与介词连用。
如：听题 --- He went through a red light, for which he was fined $50.
听题 --- The police arrived, after which the situation became calmer. 译文：警察来了，这以后的局势比先前平静了一些。
●be grateful to sb. for sth.: 为某事对某人表示感谢
如：听题--- The old man was most grateful to his neighbors for nding for a doctor for him.
4.… I hardened mylf against feeling so bad; … (Line 7)
●harden vt. 使硬；使坚强
●harden onelf against：对…硬起心肠
如：听题--- For her own good, Lisa hardened her heart against her aunt. 译文：为了自己的利益，莉萨对她姨妈变得冷酷无情。
听题--- Rough living in the dert hardened the young men a lot.译文：沙漠中的艰苦生活把这些年轻人锻炼得更加坚强。
5.…coupled with Hollywood movies …(Line 17)
●to couple with: 把…和…联系在一起
如：听题--- The writer wrote with plain words coupled with humor.
译文：那位作家的写作风格于质朴中见幽默。
听题--- Good natural environment, coupled with convenient water transportation, makes the area a hot spot for investment.
