最新新概念第四册Lesson46~48课文翻译及学习笔记
新概念第四册Lesson46课文翻译及学习笔记
【课文】
First listen and then answer the following question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Who, according to the author, are 'Fortune's favoured children'?
A gifted American psychologist has said, 'Worry is a spasm of the emotion; the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go.' It is uless to argue with the mind in this condition. The stronger the will, the more futile the task. One can only gently insinuate something el into its convulsive grasp. And if this something el is rightly chon, if it really attended by the illumination of another field of interest, gradually, and often quite swiftly, the old undue grip relaxes and the process of recuperation and repair begins.
The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of the first importance to a public man. But this is not a business that can be undertaken in a day or swiftly improvid by a mere command of the will. The growth of alternative mental interests is a long process. The eds must be carefully chon; they must fall on good ground; they must be dulously tended, if the vivifying fruits are to be at hand when needed.
To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no u starting late in life to say: 'I will take an interest in this or that.' Such an attempt only aggravates the strain of mental effort. A man may acquire great knowledge of topics unconnected with his daily work, and yet get hardly any benefit or relief. It is no u doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into three class: tho who are toiled to death, tho who are worried to death, and tho who are bored to death. It is no u offering the manual labourer, tired out with a hard week's sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of football or baball or Saturday afternoon. It is no u inviting the politician or t
he professional or business man, who has been working or worrying about rious things for six days, to work or worry about trifling things at the weekend.
As for the unfortunate people who can command everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object
of desire -- for them a new pleasure, a new excitement if only an additional satiation. In vain they rush frantically round from place to place, trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion. For them discipline in one form or another is the most hopeful path.
It may also be said that rational, industrious, uful human being are divided into two class: first,tho who work is work and who pleasure is pleasure; and condly tho who work and pleasure are one. Of the the former are the majority. They have their compensations. The long hours in the office or the factory bring with them as their reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms. But Fortune's favoured children belong to the cond cl
ass. Their life is a natural harmony. For them the working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays, when they come, are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation. Yet to both class, the need of an alternative outlook, of a change of atmosphere, of a diversion of effort, is esntial. Indeed, it may well be that tho work is their pleasure are tho who and most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.
WINSTON CHURCHLL Painting as a Pastime
【New words and expressions 生词和短语】
gifted adj. 有天才的
psychologist n. 心理学家
spasm n. 一阵(感情)发作
futile adj. 无用的
insinuate v. 便潜入，暗示
convulsive adj. 起痉挛的
illumination n. 启发，照明
undue adj. 不造当的
grip n. 紧张
recuperation n. 休息
improvi v. 临时作成
dulously adv. 孜孜不倦地
vivify v. 使生气勃勃
aggravate v. 加剧
午安英语怎么说trifling adj. 微小的
gratify v. 便满意
caprice n. 任性
satiation n. 满足
frantically adv. 狂乱地
avenge v. 替…报复
boredom n. 厌烦
clatter n. 喧闹的谈话
sustenance n. 生计
appetite n. 欲望
grudge v. 怨恨
absorbing adj. 引人入胜的
三年一班banish v. 排除，放弃
【课文注释】
1.catch hold of 抓住……
let ... go 放掉……
2.The stronger the will, the more futile the task 这种意志越是强烈，这种尝试越是徒劳。
futile adj.无用的总结陈词
例句：Pace considers attempts at timing futile.
贝斯认为企图控制时间是无效的。
It is futile to attempt to convince him that certain things are simply undoable.
使他相信某事情是完全不可为的是无用的尝试。
3.insinuate v.使潜入，暗示
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例句： What are you insinuating?
你旁敲侧击，究竟指得是什么?
Are you insinuating that I am a liar?
你绕来绕去是否暗指我在撒谎?
He insinuated his doubt of her ability.
二月英语缩写他暗示了他对她能力的怀疑。
4. undue adj.不适当的，过度的
例句：I didn't want to show undue excitement.
我不想表现出过分的激动。
Don't give undue deference to the opinions and feelings of others.
不要对他人的意见和感情给予过分的尊重。
He ud it to discourage any undue n of danger.
他这样做是为了制止任何不适当的危机感
5.aggravate
例句：vt. 恶化
S cratching can aggravate the rash.
搔痒会使疹子发炎。
The Europeans' appeament policy towards irrational regimes would only aggravate the hidden dangers.
欧洲国家对非理性政权的绥靖政策,只会让潜在危机恶化。
The lack of rain aggravated the already rious shortage of food.
海洋保护海报干旱少雨使原本就很严重的粮食短缺问题更加严重。
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6.tho who are toiled to death, tho who are worried to death, and tho who are bored to death劳累至死的人，忧虑至死的人，无聊至死的人
7.tired out with疲惫，精疲力尽
例句：She was tired out with wonder and marvelling.
