2021年自考英语二教材课文讲义unit2
Unit 2 Mistakes to Success
I. New words and expressions
New words
1. spill v.基层党建工作总结
（使）洒出，泼出，溢出 2. respond v. 作出反应；响应 respond to… respon
3. interview v. （媒体）采访，访问 4. creative adj. 创作的 5. occur v. 发生；出现 It occurred to me that… 6. remove v. 拿开；去掉 7. refrigerator n. 冰箱 8. grip n. 紧握；紧抓
9. slippery adj. 滑的；滑得抓不住（或站不稳、难以行走） 10. content n. 所容纳之物；所含之物
11. veritable adj. 十足的；名副其实的；不折不扣的 12. yell v. 叫喊；大喊；吼叫
13. lecture n.（冗长的）教训，训斥，谴责 14. mess n. 肮脏；杂乱；不整洁
15. rarely adv. 罕有；很少；不常 rare animals / stamps Rarely is he late for class. 16. puddle n. 水洼；小水坑 17. eventually 最后；终于
18. restore v. 使复原；使复位；使复职 19. sponge n. 海绵块 20. effectively adv. 有效地 effective ineffective
注意区分：effective / efficient 21. tiny adj. 极小的；微小的
22. discover v. 了解到；认识到；查明 discovery
23. grasp v. 抓紧；抓牢
24. lip n.（容器或凹陷地方的)边，边沿 25. renowned adj. 有名的；闻名的；受尊敬的 26. remark v. 谈论；评论 27. opportunity n. 机会；时机
28. scientific adj. 科学（上）的；关于科学的 science scientist
例如：
The medical science is making great progress in the treatment of cancer.
You should provide scientific evidence instead of subjective evidence to prove this theory holds water.
Several world-renowned scientists will be invited to attend the forum. 29. valuable adj. 很有用的；很重要的；宝贵的
Phras and Expressions
1. in this manner 用这种方式 2. t…apart from 区别；使与众不同
II. Text Learning
Spilt Milk
① Have you heard of the story about split milk? (1)Well, we all know there is no u crying over split milk. But this story is different. I would hope all parents would
respond in this manner.
② I recently heard a story about a famous rearch scientist（研究科学家，高级研究员） who had made veral very important medical breakthroughs. (2)He was interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he was so much more creative than the average person; what t him so far apart from others?
③ He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. (3)He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor - a veritable a of milk!
④ When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said,\(4)Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely en such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has
already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?\
⑤ Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said，\you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore e大学工作总结
verything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could u a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you prefer?\spilt milk.
⑥ His mother then said, \failed experiment in how toeffectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and e if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.\(5)The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson! （承
上总结句）
⑦ (6)The renowned scientist remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. (7)Instead, he learned that mistakes were justopportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientificexperiments are all about. Even if the experiment \
usually learn somethingvaluable from it.
⑧ (8)Wouldn't it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert's mother responded to him? 本文重点及难点：
1. Well, we all know there is no u crying over split milk. There / It is no u crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
2. He was interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he was so much more creative than the average person; what t him so far apart from others? (1) who asked why … from others定语从句，修饰先行词a newspaper reporter。 (2) why he was so much more creative than the average person和what t him so far apart from others都是ask的直接宾语。 (3) the average person 普通人
(4) t him so far apart from others 使他特别有别于他人，使他和别人有很大不同。far在这里是副词，加强程度。
注意区分：so far迄今为止，到目前为止。相当于by now, up to now, as yet。 So far he h
as mastered five foreign languages.
3. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor - a veritable a of milk! 他试图从冰箱里取出一瓶牛奶，却没有抓住光滑的瓶子，瓶子掉了，牛奶洒得厨房满地都是--白花花的一片。
