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高级英语第二册修辞复习Lesson 11 We can batten down and ride it out.--metaphor2 Everybody out the back door to the cars!--elliptical sentence3 Telephone poles and 20-inch-thick pines cracked like guns as the winds snapped them.-simile4 A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air.--personification4 Several vacationers at the luxurious Richelieu Apartments there held a hurricane party to watch the storm from their spectacular vantage point--transferred epithet5 Strips of clothing festooned the standing trees,and blown down power lines coiled like black spaghetti over the roads-metaphor ,simile Lesson 41 Let the word go forth from this time and place,to friend and foe alike,that thetorch has been passed to a new generation of Americans,born in this century,tempered by war,disciplined by a hard and bitter peace,proud of ourancient heritage,and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of thesehuman rights to which this nation has always been committed,and to which we arecommitted today at home and around the world.—alliteration2 Let every nation know,whether it wishes us well or ill,that we shall pay anyprice,bear any burden,meet any hardship,support any friend,oppose any foe toassure the survival and the success of liberty—parallelism3 United,there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures.Divided,thereis little we can do,for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and splitasunder.—antithsis4 …in the past,those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tigerended up inside.—metaphorLesson511 Charles Lamb,as merry and enterprising a fellow as you will meet in a month ofSundays,unfettered the informal essay with his memorable Old China andDream’s Children.—metaphor2 Read,then,the following essay which undertakes to demonstrate that logic,farfrom being a dry,pedantic discipline,is a living,breathingthing,full ofbeauty,passion,and trauma.—metaphor,hyperbole3 Back and forth his head swiveled,desire waxing,resolution waning.—antithesis4 It is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect. Take, for example,Petey Butch, my roommate at the University of Minnesota. Same age, samebackground, but dumb as an ox. —hyperbole,simile5 Maybe somewhere in the extinct crater of her mind,a few embersstillsmoldered.Maybe somehow I could fan them into flame.—metaphor,extendedmetaphorLesson71 Here was the very heart of industrial America,the center of its most lucrative andcharacteristic activity,the boast and pride of the richest and grandest nation everseen on earth—and here was a scene so dreadfully hideous,so intolerably bleakand forlorn that it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a macabre anddepressing joke.—metaphor,hyperbole,antithetical contrast2 Here was wealth beyond computation,almost beyond imagination—and here werehuman habitations so abominable that they would have disgraced a race of alleycats.—hyperbole,antithetical contrast3 Obviously,if there were architects of any professional sense or dignity in theregion,they would have perfected a chalet to hug the hillsides—a chalet with ahighpitched roof,to throw off the heavy winter snows,but still essentially a lowand clinging building,wider than it was tall.—sarcasm4 And one and all they are streaked in grime,with dead and eczematous patches ofpaint peeping through the streaks.—metaphor5 When it has taken on the patina of the mills it is the color of an egg long past allhope or caring.—ridicule ,irony,metaphor26 I award this championship only after laborious research and incessantprayer.—irony7 Safe in a Pullman, I have whirled through the gloomy,God-forsaken villages ofIowa and Lansas,and the malarious tidewater hamlets of Georgia.—antonomasia8 It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius,uncompromisingly inimical to man,haddevoted all the ingenuity of Hell to the making of them.—hyperbole ,irony9 They like it as it is:beside it,the Parthenon would no doubt offend them.—irony10 It is that of a Presbyterian grinning.—metaphorLesson81 One speaks of”human relations”and one means the most inhuman relations,thosebetween alienated automatons;one speaks of happiness and means the perfectroutinization which has driven out the last doubt and all spontaneity.—parallismLesson101 The slightest mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to themiddle-aged and curious questionings by the young:memories of the deliciouslyillicit thrill of the first visit to a speakeasy,of the brave denunciationg of Puritanmorality,and of the fashionable experimentations in amour in the parked sedan ona country road;questions about the naughty,jazzy parties,theflask-toting”sheik”,and the moral a nd stylistic vagaries of the “flapper”and the“drug-store cowboy”.—transferred epithet2 War or no war,as the generations passed,it became increasingly difficult for ouryoung people to accept standards of behavior that bore no relationship to thebustling business medium in which they were expected to battle for success.—metaphor3 The prolonged stalemate of 1915-1916,the increasing insolence of Germanytoward the United States,and our official reluctance to declare our status as abelligerent were intolerable to many of our idealistic citizens,and with typicalAmerican adventurousness enhanced somewhat by the strenuous jingoism ofTheodore Roosevelt,our young men began to enlist under foreignflags.—metonymy34 Before long the movement had be-come officially recognized by the pulpit (whichdenounced it), by the movies and magazines (which made itattractively naughtywhile pretending to denounce it), and by advertising (whichobliquely encouragedit by 'selling everything from cigarettes to automobiles with the implied promisethat their owners would be rendered sexually irresistible).—metonymy5 Younger brothers and sisters of the war generation,who had been playing withmarbles and dolls during the battles of Belleau Wood andChateau-Thierry,andwho had suffered no real disillusionment or sense of loss,now began to imitate themanners of their elders and play with the toys of vulgar rebellion.—metaphor6 These defects would disappear if only creative art were allowed to show the wayto better things,but since the country was blind and deaf to everything save theglint and ring of the dollar,there was little remedy for the sensitive mind but toemigrate to Europe where”they do thingsbetter.”—personification,metonymy ,synecdoche7 The war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the Victorian socialstructure,and by precipitating our young people into a pattern of mass murder itreleased their inhibited violent energies which,after the shooting was over,wereturned in both Europe and America to the destruction of an obsolescent nineteenthcentury society.—metaphorLesson121 When it did,I like many a writer befor me upon the discovery that his props haveall been knocked out from under him,suffered a species of breakdown ad wascarried off to the mountains of Switzerland.—metaphor2 Tere,in that absolutely alabaster landscape armed with two Bessie Smith recordsand a typewriter I began to try to recreate the life that I hadfirst known as a childand from which I had spent so many years in flight.—metaphor3 Once I was able to accept my role—as distinguished,I mustsay,frommy”place”—in the extraordinary drama which is America,I was released from theillusion that I hated America.—metaphor44 It is not meant,of course,to imply that it happens to them all,for Europe can bevery crippling too;and,anyway,a writer,when he has made his first breakthrough,has simply won a crucial skirmish in adangerous,unending andunpredictable battle.—metaphor5 Whatever the Europeans may actually think of artists,they have killed enough ofthem off by now to know that they are as real—and as persisten—as rain,snow,taxes or businessmen.—simile6 In this endeavor to wed the vision of the Old World with that of the New,it is thewriter,not the statesman,who is our strongest arm.—metaphor5。
大学英语(2)复习资料I.Fill in the blanks with the words given below .change the form wherenecessary. (10%)damage form transportation assure step release emission challenge global burn There areThere are several main types of pollution and well-known effects of pollution one type of air pollution is the 1 release of particlesinto the air from 2burning fuel for energy .Another type ofpollution is the release of harmful gases in the atmosphere,3_forming smog and acid rain. The greenhouse effect is also referred to as 4_globe warming, In many countriesin the world, 5steps are being taken to stop the6damage to our environment from air pollution They have setcontrols on pollution 7emissions for_8transportation vehicles and industry and we must meet the9challenge in order to lOassure that a healthyenvironment will exist for ourselves and our children.II.For each of the following blanks, four choices are given. Choose the most appropriate one. (20%)11. he works hard, I don't mind when he finishes the experiment.As soon as As wellasC.So far asD. So long as12.We'll visit Europe next year we have enough money.A.providedB. unlessC. untilD. lest13.Most of the stones are a man and weigh about two and ahalf tons each.A. more highB. much more highC. higher moreD. higher than14.he is absent, what shall we do?A. Now thatB. seeing thatC. whetherD. Supposing that15.the door than somebody started knocking on it.A. I had closedB. No sooner had I closedC. I had no sooner closedD. No sooner I close16.The two elements water is made are the oxygen andhydrogen,A. thatB. whichC. of whichD. with which17.The crime was discovered till 48 hours later, gave the criminal plenty of time to get away.A、whichB、thatC、soD、what18. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates,was to be expected.A. thatB. whatC.soD. as19.Mary is the only one of the team members to be transferred.A. who is goingB. who are goingC. who have been goingD. who has been going20.Mrs. Lee will move into her new house next Monday,it will be completely furnished.A. by that timeB. by the timeC. by which timeD. by some time21.The village my mother grew up in is not far from the city.A. whatB. whereC. whichD. wherever22.The company official I thought would be fired received a raise.A. whamB. whoeverC. whoD. which23.The machine is such I have never seen before.A. whatB.asC. whenD. which24.The International Studies University, in 1951,is a military academy.A. foundedB. has been foundedC. to have been foundedD. was founded25. A student,name I don't know ,came to see me.A. thatB. whoC. whose D whom26.The time will come man can fly he likes in theuniverse.A. how... whereB. when ...whereverC. where ... whereD. what ...which27.Is this museum you visited a few days ago?A. WhereB. thatC. on whichD. the one28.She is waiting for the doctor I know will not come.A. whomB. whoC. whichD. that29.Is this the place the exhibition was held?A. WhereB. thatC. on whichD. the one30.---who is john Smith?(这道题不完整!)A.which we would haveB.we would haveC.weD.we hadIII.Reading comprehension. (30%)Passage 1.People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a similar problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without thinking;They try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all these methods fail ,the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam's bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride is to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.Next the thinker must define the problem. Before San can repair his bicycle, he must find the reason why is does not work. For example, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bike repair book and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He can look at his gears carefully. After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution, take Sam as an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil in the gear wheels; buy new gear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to theproblem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something in new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly. In short, he has solved the problem.31.What is the best title for this passage?a)Six stages for Repairing Sam's Bicycleb)Possible ways to problem-solvingc)Necessities for Problem Analysisd)Suggestions for Analyzing a problem32.In analyzing a problem, we should do all the following except that we ___a)recognize and define the problemb)look for information to make the problem clearerc)have suggestions for a possible solutiond)find a solution by trial or mistake33 By referring to Sam's bicycle, the author intends toa)illustrate the ways to repair his bicycleb)discuss the problems of his bicyclec)tell how to solve a problemd)show us how to analyze a problem34 . Which of the following is NOT true?a)People do not analyze the problem they meet.b)People often accept the opinions or ideas of other people.c)Necessities for Problem Analysis.d)People can not solve some problems they meet.35.As used in the last sentence, the phrase "in short" meansa) in the long run b) in detailc) in a word d) in the endPassag2In many countries in the process of industrialization, overcrowded cities present a major problem. Poor conditions in these cities, such as lack of housing, inadequate sanitation and lack of employment, bring about an increase in poverty, disease and crime.The over-population of towns is mainly caused by the drift of large numbers of people from the rural areas. These people have become dissatisfied with the traditional life of farming, and have come to the town hoping for better work and pay.One possible solution to the problem would be to impose registration on town residents. Only officially registered residents would be allowed to live in the towns and the urban population would be very difficult to enforce; it would cause a great deal of resentment, which would ultimately lead to violence.The only long-term solution is to make life in the rural areas more attractive, which would encourage people to stay there. This could be achieved by providing encouragement for people to go and work in the villages. Facilities in the rural areas, such as transport, health and education services should be improved. Education should include training in improved methods of farming and other rural industries, so as to develop a more positive attitude towards rural life. The improvement of life in the villages is very important, because the towns themselves, be developed without the simultaneous or previous development of the rural areas.36.What does the word "urban" (para.3)mean?a.Of the city.b.Out of work.c.In a bad condition.d.Of enormous size.rge numbers of farmers have poured into towns becausea.they can hardly support their families on farmsb.they are unhappy with their life in the countrysidec.the rural areas are too crowded with peopled.they hope to have their own business38.In the author's view, solving the cities' problem of overcrowding by strict registration isa.practicalb. possiblec. not realisticd. not sufficient39.According to the writer, the problem with crowded cities will be solved ifa.traditional methods of farming are well keptb.conditions in rural areas are much improvedc.the government can provide more jobsd.violence could be controlled in cities40.Which factor is most important for people to be attracted to live in the countryside?a. Their expectations.b. Their interests.c. Their incomes.d. Their attitudesPassage 3More than how much money comes in it怎a matter of how you spend it. That's where budgeting comes in. A detailed budget helps you keep tabs on your income. There are many people who are able to live comfortably on what they earn, even if their income is modest. A budget, therefore, keeps track of income and expenses. It will segregate your fixed expenses like your food, stay and insurance and your variable expenses like your travel, entertainment, etc.Adequate insurance for you and your family is an essential part of investing. Life, health and property insurance protect you and your assets can be handled smoothly.Good personal finance management involves investing, managing risk, insurance, understanding and handling debt and credit, knowing thevalue of time and money and ensuring that your retirement is taken care of. While planning you make an assessment of your present situation in relation to your goals. Managing personal finances becomes a hassle when you get into debt. Debt is what you owe , and can be good and bad. If you have borrowed money to buy property, it is an investment and the money you pay against interest on the loan is tax deductible. But running up debts like overdue credit cards is not good. This is why budgeting is very important so that you know exactly where your money is going. It is very easy to lose track of what you spend without a budget.There are multiple ways to invest and save for the future. The crux of the matter is to keep in mind your sources of income and account for your expenses, while keeping a budget that is feasible. Periodical review keeps you in control of your personal finance.41.The word "modest" in Para.l probably means ""?A.HonestB. MildC. AverageD. Large?42.How many ways of finance management does the author mainly mention?A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 243.whafs the essential part of investing for a family?A.Sources of income.B.Various insurance.C.Adequate insurance.D.Detailed budget.44.How does the author think of debt?A. It's completely bad.B. It's both good and bad.C. It's wonderful.D. It's not mentioned.45.What does this passage mainly talk about?A.How to manage money.B.How to spend moneyC.How to invest moneyD.How to loan moneyIV.Translate the following sentences into English: (30%)46.他们向受洪灾地区(the flood-stricken area)的人们提供了食品援助(aids)oThey supplied the people in the flood-stricken area with food aids47.那些在办公室工作的人被称为“白领(white collar)工人”。
习题全解Ⅰ.1. Carlyle : Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), English essayist and historian born at Ecclefechan,a village of the Scotch lowlands. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, he rejected the ministry, for which he had been intended, and determined to he a writer of hooks. In 1826 he married Jane Welsh, a well-informed and ambitious woman who did much to further his career. They moved to Jane' s farm at Craigenputtoeh where they lived for 6 years (1828-1834 ). During this time he produced Sartor Resartus (1833-1834), a book in which he first developed his char- acteristic style and thought. This book is a veiled sardonic attack upon the shams and pretences of society, upon hollow rank, hollow officialism, hollow custom, out of which life and usefulness have departed. In 1837 he published The French Revolution, a poetic rendering and not a factual account of the great event in history. Besides these two masterpieces, he wrote Chartism (1840), On Heroes, hero Worship, and the Heroic in History (I841), Past and Present (1843) and others. "Carlylese", a peculiar style of his own, was a compound of biblical phrases, col loquialisms, Teutonic twists, and his own coinings, arranged in unexpected sequences. One of the most important social critics of his day, Carlyle influenced many men of the younger generation, among them were Mathew Arnold and Ruskin.2. Lamb : Charles Lamb (1775-1834), English essayist, was born in London and brought up within the precincts of the ancient law courts, his father being a servant to an advocate of the inner Temple. He went to school at Christ's Hospital, where he had for a classmate Coleridge, his life-long friend. At seventeen, he became a clerk in the India House and here he worked for 33 years until he was re-tired on a pension. His devotion to his sister Mary, upon whom rested an hereditary taint of insanity, has done al-most as much as the sweetness and gentle humor of his writings to endear his name. They collaborated on several books for children, publishing in 1867 their famous Tales from Shakespeare. His dramatic essays, Specimens of English Dramatic Poets (1808), established his reputation as a critic and did much in reviving the popularity of Eliza-be then drama. The Essays of Ella, published at intervals in London Magazine, were gathered together and republished in two series, the first in 1823, the second ten years later. They established Lamb in the title which he still holds, that of the most delightful of English essayists.Ⅱ.questions1.A good conversation does not really start from anywhere, and no one has any idea where it will go. A good conversation is not for making a point. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. When people become serious and talk as if they have something very important to say, when they argue to convince or to win their point, the conversation is spoilt.2. The writer likes bar conversation very much because he has spent a lot of time in pubs and is used to this kind of conversation. Bar friends are companions, not intimates. They are friends but not intimate enough to be curious about each other's private life and thoughts.3. No. Conversation does not need a focus. But when a focal subject appears in the natural flow of conversation, the conversation becomes vivid, lively and more interesting.4. The people talked about Australia because the speaker who introduced the subject mentioned incidentally that it was an Australian who had given her such a definition of "the King'sEnglish. " When the people talked about the resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for "English as it should be spoken", the conversation moved to Norman England because at that time a language barrier existed between the Saxon peasants and the Norman conquerors.5. The Saxon peasants and their Norman conquerors used different words for the same thing. For examples see paragraph 9.6. The writer seems to be in favor of bilingual education. He is against any form of cultural barrier or the cultural humiliation of any section or group of people.7. The term "the Queen's English" was used in 1953 by Nash because at that time the reigning monarch was a queen, Elizabeth I. The term "the King's English" is the more common form because the ruling monarch is generally a king. Those who are not very particular may use the term "the King's English", even when the ruling monarch is a queen. In 1602, Dekker used the term "the King's English", although the reigning monarch was still Queen Elizabeth.8.“The King’s English” was regarded as a form 0f racial discrimination during the Norman rule in England about 1154—1399.9.The writer thinks “the King’s English” is a class representation of re ality.1t is worth trying to speak “the King’s English”,but it should not be 1aid down as an edict,and made immune to change from below.The King’s English is a model a rich and instructive one- but it ought not to be an ultimatum.10.During the Norman period,the ruling class spoke Anglo— French while the peasants spoke their native Saxon language.Language bears the stamp of the class that uses it.The King’s English today refers to the language used by the upper,educated class in England.1.The title of this piece is not well chosen.It misleads the readers into thinking that the writer is going to demonstrate some intrinsic or linguistic relationship between pub talk and the King’s English.Whereas the writer.in reality,is just discoursing on what makes good conversation.The King’s English is connected with “pub talk” when the writer describes the charming conversation he had with some people one evening in a pub on the topic “the King’s English” to illustrate his point that bar conversation in a pub has a charm of its own.2.1n this essay the writer alluded to many historical and literary event such as the Norman conquest,the saloons of 18th century Paris,and the words of many a man of letters.For a short expository essay like this,the allusions used are more than expected and desirable.3.Paragraph 5 is a transition paragraph by means of which the writer passes from a general discourse on good conversation to a particular instance of it.But one feels the change from “pub talk” to “the King's English” a bit too abrupt.4.The simple idiomatic expressions like "to be on the rocks,out of bed on the wrong side,etc.”may be said to go well with the copious literary and historical allusions the writer used for an informal conversational style to Suit the theme of this essay in which the writer tries to defend informal uses of language.5.The writer’s attitude towards “the King’s English” shows that he is a defender of democracy.III.paraphrase1.And conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings.(Animals andbirds are not capable of conversation.)2.Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view..3.In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view.4.People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other’s lives.5.The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong.6.These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields;but when we sit down at the table to eat.we call their meat beef.7.The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the、rulers.8.The English language received proper recognition and was used by the King once more.9.The phrase,the King’s English,has always been used disrespectfully and jokingly by the lower classes.The working people very often make fun of the proper and formal language of the educated people.10.There still exists in the working people,as in the early Saxon peasants,a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class.11.There is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent.For example,the word “dog” is a symbol representing a kind of animal.We mustn’t regard the word “dog” as being the animal itself.12.Even the most educated and literate people do not use standard,formal English all the time in their conversationIV. A.1. on the rocks:metaphor,comparing a marriage to a ship wrecked on the rocks2.get out of bed on the wrong side:be in a bad temper for the day (The meaning is perhaps derived from the expression “You got out of bed the wrong way”.It was an ancient superstition that it was unlucky to set the left foot on the ground first on getting out of bed.) 3.on wings:metaphor,comparing conversation to a bird flying and soaring.It means the conversation soon became spirited and exciting.4.turn up one’s nose at:scorn;show scorn for5.into the shoes:metaphor(or more appropriately an idiomatic expression),think as if one were wearing the shoes of the Saxon peasant,i.e.as if one were a Saxon peasant6 come into one’s own:receive what properly belongs to one,especially acclaim or recognition657.sit up at:(colloquial)become suddenly alert and take notice ofB.1.ignorant指缺乏知识,可以是就整体而言(如an ignorant man),也可以是就某一具体方面或问题而言(如ignorant of the reason of their quarrel对他们争吵的起因毫无所知);illiterate意为缺乏文化修养,尤指读写能力的缺乏;uneducated指没有受到正规的、系统的学校教育;unlearned意为学问不富(未必无知),既可指一无所长,又可指某一方面所知有限,如unlearned in science,意为对科学懂得有限,但对其他学科,如文学、哲学等,倒可能是很精通的。
Book 2 模块回扣与重点强化A卷——模块语基回扣练Ⅰ.在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式——词形转换1.We invite you to join us on an amazing (amaze) journey of language learning.2.She resembles her mother in appearance (appear) but not in character.3.The competition is very fierce —hundreds of competitors are competing for 56 medals, so I regret having taken part in this competitive game. (compete)4.A large number of people have sent off application(s) for the job. Some of the applicants may be disappointed because only one third applying for it have the chance to be employed. (apply)5.It seems that children nowadays rarely show any appreciation for what their parents do for them. So I don't think they appreciate how much time and mental energy their parents have spent on them. (appreciate)6.Mount Tai, an attractive place, has many attractions. It attracts thousands of visitors from home and abroad every year. (attract)7.Be a bit more confident in yourself! In some way, your confidence will surely help you achieve success. (confident)8.There is no doubt that Catherine is doubtful of her future, for she doubts whether she can continue to work.(doubt)9.That famous performer is said to have performed a humorous performance at yesterday's evening party, which has left a deep impression on the audience. (perform) 10.To my relief,_the new medicine bought from Canada helped relieve the pain of the boy's injured leg. (relief)11.He is very protective of his younger brother and tries every way to protect him, but I think his protection is too much. (protect)Ⅱ.在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式——固定搭配1.Nowadays, more and more people attach importance to their way of life and their state of mind.2.When I was standing on the stage to be awarded, I couldn't helping thinking that this prize belonged to everyone on our team.3.It is those who are willing to give rather than receive that deserve respecting/to_be_respected (respect).4.He was too careless; as a result, he failed the English test.5.I would appreciate it if you could give me a chance to work as a volunteer.6.The whole family have been hunting for the child since he got lost.7.This file may contain a virus that can be harmful to your computer.8.He always relies on his teacher for advice about how to learn English.Ⅲ.写出加黑部分在具体语境中的含义——熟词生义1.You will not be admitted to the theatre after the performance has started.准许……进入2.When he was young, Jack was very much attached to doing some reading before going to bed.喜欢3.At the sight of this cruelty, they could hardly contain their anger.克制,抑制4.The police employed force to open the door.使用,利用5.He let go of her shoulders and she sank at once to the floor.倒下6.It's made me much more sensitive to the needs of the disabled.善解人意的7.The company has removed the manager from his post due to his poor performance.免职8.The owner of the shop knows all the regulars by name.老主顾Ⅳ.在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式——动词形式变化1.News soon got around that he was_admitted (admit) to Tsinghua University.2.Nina pushed her fist into her mouth and bit (bite) down hard.3.Although serious problems still remain and need dealing/to_be_dealt (deal) with, the world is a safer and healthier place.4.After the news was_broadcast (broadcast) that our spaceship returned to the earth safely, we all cheered with great joy.5.It is said that the serious accident arose (arise)from the driver's false operation.6.He returned home, sank (sink) back into his seat and sighed with relief.7.One day she woke (wake) up and found a sleeping cat by her bed.8.Great attention must be_paid (pay) to linking theory with practice.Ⅴ.根据汉语意思和括号内的提示写句子——书面表达1.通过我的介绍和努力,我相信,我可以加强中国和英国之间的友谊。
高英2--修辞汇总Lesson21. The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot. -----simile2. They rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard and nobody notices that they are gone. -----alliteration押头韵3. ... and sore-eyed children cluster everywhere in unbelievable numbers, like clouds of flies. ----simile4. And really it was almost like watching a flock of cattle to see the long column, a mile or two miles of armed men, flowing peacefully up the road, while the great white birds drifted over them in the opposite direction, glittering like scraps of paper. ----- simile5. The little crowd of mourners –all men and boys, no women—threaded their way across the market place between the piles of pomegranates and the taxis and the camels, wailinga short chant over and over again.--—elliptical sentence6. A carpenter sits cross-legged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lightning speed.—- hyperbole7. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews, many of them old grandfathers with flowing grey beards, all clamoring for a cigarette.-----transferred epithet8. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.—-synecdoche(提喻)9. As the storks flew northward the Negroes were marching southward—a long, dusty column, infantry, screw-gun batteries, and then more infantry, four or five thousand men in all, winding up the road with a clumping of boots and a clatter of ironwheels.—---onomatopoetic words symbolism10. Not hostile, not contemptuous, not sullen, not even inquisitive. —--elliptical sentence11. This wretched boy, who is a French citizen and has therefore been dragged from the forest to scrub floors and catch syphilis in garrison towns, actually has feelings of reverence before a white skin. —-synecdoche提喻Lesson31. … and no one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows. ---mixed-metaphor or metaphor3. … th at suddenly the alchemy of conversation took place, and all at once there was a focus. ----metaphor4. The glow of the conversation burst into flames. ----metaphor5. We had traveled in five minutes to Australia. -----metaphorThe fact that their marriages may be on the rocks, or that their love affairs have been broken or even that they got out of bed on the wrong side is simply not aconcern.--—metaphor6. The conversation was on wings. ----metaphor8. The bother about teaching chimpanzees how to talk is that they will probably try to talk sense and so ruin all conversation. -----sarcasm反讽9. They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into each other's lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings. -----simile10. … we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant. ----11. Otherwise one will bind the conversation, one will not let it flow freely here and there. ----12. We would never hay gone to Australia, or leaped back in time to the Norman Conquest. ----13. They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into, each other’s lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.—-simile14. Is the phrase in Shakespeare? ----metonymy15. The Elizabethans blew on it as on a dandelion clock, and its seeds multiplied, and floated to the ends of the earth.—simile16. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation.—alliteration17. When E.M.F orster writes of “the sinister corridor of our age,” we sit up at the vividness of the phrase, the force and even terror in the image.—--metaphorLesson41. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a power full challenge at odds and split asunder.—antithesis2.…in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.—metaphor3. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.—regression (回环:A-B-C)4. All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days.—allusion 引典; climax递进5. And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.—antithesis, regression回环6 We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change. ----parallelism7. Let the word go forth from this time and pl ace, to friend and foe alike….—alliteration8. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or i11, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. ----–parallelism; alliteration9. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.----antithesis对句10. To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe… ------11. …struggling to break the bonds of mass misery…----12. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. -----antithesis13. … to assist free men and free governmen ts in casting off the chains of poverty.---repetition14. And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle ofsuspicion…-----metaphor15. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. -----antithesis16.And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. -----metaphor17. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.-----extended metaphor18. …to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak… ----metaphorWith a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds… -----parallelismLesson71. Here was the very heart of industrial America, the center of its most lucrative and characteristic activity, the boast and pride of the richest and grandest nation ever seen on earth—and here was a scene so dreadfully hideous, so intolerably bleak and forlorn that it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a macabre and depressing joke.—metaphor; hyperbole; parallelism; antithesis2. Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imagination—and here were human habitations so abominable that they would have disgraced a race of alley cats.—hyperbole; antithesis2. What I allude to is the unbroken and agonizing ugliness, the sheer revolting monstrousness, of every house in sight. ----transferred epithet3. …, there was not one in sight from the train that did not insult and lacerate the eye.----hyperbole; double negatives (双否)4. There was not a single decent house within eye range from the Pittsburgh suburbs to the Greensburg yards,and there was not one that was not misshapen, and there was not one that was not shabby. ----hyperbole; repetition; double negatives5. The country itself is not uncomely, despite the grime of the endless mills.—litotes or understatement6. Obviously, if their were architects of any professional sense or dignity in the region, they would have perfected a chalet to hug the hillsides—a chalet with a high-pitched roof, to throw off the heavy winter snows, but still essentially a low and clinging building, wider than it was tall.-— ridicule (讽刺)7. This they have converted into a thing of dingy clapboards, with a narrow, low-pitched roof. ----inversion (倒装)8. On their deep sides they are three, four and even five stories high; on their low sides they bury themselves swinishly in the mud. ----metaphor9.But what brick! -----ellipsis (省略)10. …, and so they have the most loathsome (丑陋的) towns and villages ever seen by mortal eye (人世间). ---- hyperbole11. I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer. ----irony;sarcasm12. And one and all they are streaked in grime, with dead and eczematous patches of paint peeping through the streaks.—metaphor13. When it has taken on the patina of the mills it is the color of an egg long past all hope or caring.—ridicule, irony, metaphor14. I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer.—irony15. Safe in a Pullman, I have whirled through the gloomy, God-forsaken villages of Iowa and Lansas, and the malarious tidewater hamlets of Georgia.—antonomasia (换称:专有名词指代一般名词) or allusion16. It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromisingly inimical to man, had devoted all the ingenuity of Hell to the making of them.—hyperbole, irony17. They like it as it is: beside it, the Parthenon would no doubt offend them.—irony18. It is that of a Presbyterian grinning.—metaphor19. …one blinked before them as one blinks before a man with his face shot away.20.A few linger in memory, horrible even there: a crazy little church just west of Jeannette ----personification21 …set like a dormer-window on the si de of a bare, leprous hill…----- metaphor22. a steel stadium like a huge rattrap somewhere further down the line. ----simile23. They like it as it is: beside it, the Parthenon (帕特农神庙) would no doubt offend them. ---- antonomasia (换称:专有名词指代一般名词) or allusion24. When it has taken on the patina of the mills it is the color of an egg long past all hope or caring. ----metaphor25. It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromisingly inimical to man, had devoted all the ingenuity of Hell to the making of them. ----hyperbole; irony26. Such ghastly designs, it must be obvious, give a genuine delight to a certain type of mind. ----synecdoche (提喻)27. Thus I suspect (though confessedly without knowing) that the vast majority of the honest folk of Westmoreland county, and especially the 100% Americans among them, actually admire the houses they live in, and are proud of them. -----irony; sarcasm28. It is incredible that mere ignorance should have achieved such masterpieces of horror. ---ironyLesson101 The slightest mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to themiddle-aged and curious questionings by the young:memories of thedeliciously illicit thrill of the first visit to a speakeasy,of the bravedenunciationg of Puritan morality,and of the fashionable experimentations in amour in the parked sedan on a country road;questions about thenaughty,jazzy parties,the flask-toting”sheik”,and the moral and stylisticvagaries of the “flapper”and the “drug-store cowboy”.—transferred epithet 2 Second,in the United States it was reluctantly realized bysome—subconsciously if not openly—that our country was no longerisolated in either politics or tradition and that we had reached aninternational stature that would forever prevent us from retreating behind the artificial walls of a provincial morality or the geographical protection of our two bordering oceans.—metaphor3 War or no war,as the generations passed,it became increasingly difficult forour young people to accept standards of behavior that bore no relationship to the bustling business medium in which they were expected to battle for success.—metaphor4 The war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the Victoriansocial structure,and by precipitationg our young people into a pattern of mass murder it released their inhibited violent energies which,aftertheshooting was over,were turned in both Europe and America to thedestruction of an obsolescent nineteenthcentury society.—metaphor5 The prolonged stalemate of 1915-1916,the increasing insolence ofGermany toward the United States,and our official reluctance to declare our status as a belligerent were intolerable to many of our idealistic citizens,and with typical American adventurousness enhanced somewhat by thestrenuous jingoism of Theodore Roosevelt,our young men began to enlist under foreign flags.—metonymy6 Their energies had been whipped up and their naivete destroyed by thewar and now,in sleepy Gopher Prairies all over the country,they were being asked to curb those energies and resume the pose of self-deceivingVictorian innocence that they now felt to be as outmoded as the notion that their fighting had”made the world safe for democracy”.—metaphor7 After the war,it was only natural that hopeful young writers,their minds andpens inflam ed against war,Babbittry,and”Puritanical”gentility,should flock to the traditional artistic center(where living was still cheap in 1919)to pour out their new-found creative strength,to tear down the old world, to flout htmorality of their grandfathers,and to give all to art,love,andsensation.—metonymy synecdoche8 Younger brothers and sisters of the war generation,who had been playingwith marbles and dolls during the battles of Belleau WoodandChateau-Thierry,and who had suffered no real disillusionment or sense of loss,now began to imitate the manners of their elders and play with the toys of vulgar rebellion.—metaphor9 These defects would disappear if only creative art were allowed to showthe way to better things,but since the country was blind and deaf toeverything save the glint and ring of the dollar,there was little remedy for the sensitive mind but to emigrate to Europe where”they do thingsbetter.”—personification,metonymy ,synecdoche练习答案Lesson Two MarrakechParaphrase1. The buring-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking like a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up.2. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings).3. They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they die and are buried in graves without a name.4. Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making.5. Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited.6. Every one of these poor Jews looked on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possibly afford.7. However, a white-skinned European is always quite noticeable.8. If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings.9. No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas (for these trips 42V.Ⅵ.Ⅶ. would not be interesting).10.life is very hard for ninety percent of the people.With hard backbreaking toil they can produce a little food on the poor soil.11.She took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community,that。
高级英语第二册课后习题答案汇总Lesson 1I.Las Vegas. Las Vegas city is the seat of Clark County in South Nevada. In 1970 it had a population of 125,787 people. Revenue from hotels, gambling, entertainment and other tourist-oriented industries forms the backbone of Las Vegas's economy, Its nightclubs and casinos are world famous. The city is also the commercial hub of a ranching and mining area. In the 19th century Las Vegas was a watering place for travelers to South California. In 1.855-1857 the Mormons maintained a fort there, and in 1864 Fort Baker was built by the U. S. army. In 1867, Las Vegas was detached from the Arizona territory and joined to Nevada. (from The New Columbia Encyclopedia )Ⅱ.1. He didn' t think his family was in any real danger, His former house had been demolished by Hurricane Betsy for it only stood a few feet above sea level. His present house was 23 feet above sea level and 250 yards away from the sea. He thought they would be safe here as in any place else. Besides, he had talked the matter over with his father and mother and consulted his longtime friend, Charles Hill, before making his decision to stay and face the hurricane.2. Magna Products is the name of the firm owned by John Koshak. It designed and developed educational toys and supplies.3. Charlie thought they were in real trouble because salty water was sea water. It showed the sea had reached the house and they were in real trouble for they might be washed into the sea by the tidal wave.4. At this Critical moment when grandmother Koshak thought they might die at any moment, she told her husband the dearest and the most precious thing she could think of. This would help to encourage each other and enable them to face death with greater serenity.5.John Koshak felt a crushing guilt because it was he who made the final decision to stay and face the hurricane. Now it seemed they might all die in the hurricane.6.Grandmother Koshak asked the children to sing because she thought this would lessen tension and boost the morale of everyone.7.Janis knew that John was trying his best to comfort and encourage her for he too felt there was a possibility of their dying in the storm.Ⅲ.1.This piece of narration is organized as follows. .introduction, development, climax, and conclusion. The first 6 paragraphs are introductory paragraphs, giving the time, place, and background of the conflict-man versus hurricanes. These paragraphs also introduce the characters in the story.2. The writer focuses chiefly on action but he also clearly and sympathetically delineates the characters in the story.3. John Koshak, Jr. , is the protagonist in the story.4. Man and hurricanes make up the conflict.5. The writer builds up and sustains the suspense in the story by describing in detail and vividly the incidents showing how the Koshaks and their friends struggled against each onslaught of the hurricane.6. The writer gives order and logical movement to the sequence of happenings by describing a series of actions in the order of their occurrence.7. The story reaches its climax in paragraph 27.8. I would have ended the story at the end of Paragraph 27,because the hurricane passed, the main characters survived, and the story could come to a natural end.9. Yes, it is. Because the writer states his theme or the purpose behind his story in the reflection of Grandmother Koshak: "We lost practically all our possessions, but the family came through it. When I think of that, I realize we lost nothing important.Ⅳ.1. We' re 23 feet above sea level.2. The house has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.3. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.4. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out.5. Everybody go out through the back door and run to the cars.6. The electrical systems in the car had been put out by water.7. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland.8. ()h God, please help us to get through this storm safely.9. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped.10. Janis displayed rather late the exhaustion brought about by the nervous tension caused by the hurricane.Ⅴ.See the translation of the text.Ⅵ.1. main: a principal pipe or line in a distributing system for water, gas, electricity, etc.2.sit out: stay until the end ofe by;(American English) pay a visit4.blow in:burst open by the storm.5.douse:put out(a light,fire,generator。
必修2 Unit 4一、单词_____________adj. 古代的;古老的_____________vi. 比赛;竞争_____________ n. 竞争者_____________n. 奖章;勋章;纪念章_____________n. 希腊_____________adj.& n. 希腊人;希腊语希腊(人)的;希腊语的_____________adj.魔术的;有魔力的_____________adj.& n.& vt. & vi. 志愿者;志愿的;义务的;自愿_____________n. 祖国;本国_____________adj. 规则的;定期的;常规的_____________n. 基础;根据_____________n. 运动员;运动选手_____________vt. & vi. 容许;承认;接纳_____________n. 奴隶_____________adv. 现今;现在_____________n. (露天大型)体育场_____________vt.& n. 做东;主办;招待;主人_____________n. 责任;职责_____________vt. 取代;替换;代替_____________n. 座右铭;格言;警句_____________adj. 快的;迅速的_____________n. 想像性;相似点_____________vt. & vi. 收费;控诉n. 费用;主管_____________adj. 物理的;身体的_____________vt. 罚款_____________ n. 海报;招贴_____________vt. & vi. 做广告;登广告_____________n. 光荣;荣誉_____________vi. 讨价还价;讲条件n. 便宜货_____________adj. 没有希望的;绝望的_____________adj. 愚蠢的;傻的_____________n. 疼痛;痛苦_____________vi. & vt. 应受(报答或惩罚);值得二、短语_____________代表;象征;表示_____________参加;参与_____________也;又;还_____________主管;看管_____________陆续地;一个接一个地_____________金牌_____________过去常常做某事_____________很久以前_____________多久一次_____________每四年一次_____________ 作为…被接受_____________ 在某方面竞争_____________ 为……而竞争_____________ ……竞争_____________参加,加入_____________扮演重要角色_____________举办奥运会_____________取代,代替_____________某人负责,掌管_____________某物由---负责,掌管_____________站起身来_____________努力练习_____________娶;嫁_____________跑得像---一样快_____________拾起,捡起_____________练习跑步_____________因某事很生气_____________生某人的气_____________以这种方式_____________对---有信心三、重点句子1.我生活在你们称为“古希腊”的地方,我过去也常常写很久以前的奥运会的情况。
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例如,可以使用英语学习APP来进行单词和语法的记忆,通过刷题APP进行练习和巩固知识点。
此外,还可以使用语音转文字工具来进行口语的练习,通过模仿和朗读来提高口语表达能力。
综上所述,英语2复习资料的选择是多种多样的。
我们可以根据自己的实际情况和学习需求,选择适合自己的资料进行复习。
Pub Talk and the King’s English酒肆闲聊与标准英语 1 Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities. And it is an activity only of humans. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.
人类的一切活动中,只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊,而且是人类特有的一种活动。动物之间的信息交流,不论其方式何等复杂,也是称不上交谈的。 2 The charm of conversation is that it does not really start from anywhere, and no one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows. The enemy of good conversation is the person who has "something to say." Conversation is not for making a point. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. There is no winning in conversation. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. Suddenly they see the moment for one of their best anecdotes, but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is lost. They are ready to let it go. 闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。它时而迂回流淌,时而奔腾起伏,时而火花四射,时而热情洋溢,话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。要是有人觉得“有些话要说”,那定会大煞风景,使闲聊无趣。闲聊不是为了进行争论。闲聊中常常会有争论,不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。事实上,真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲,但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了,插话的机会随之而失,他们也就听之任之。 3 Perhaps it is because of my up-bringing in English pubs that I think bar conversation has a charm of its own. Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other's lives. They are companions, not intimates. The fact that their marriages may be on the rooks, or that their love affairs have been broken or even that they got out of bed on the wrong side is simply not a concern. They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into,each other's lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings. 或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧,我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解,他们只是临时凑到一起来的,彼此并无深交。他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂,或恋爱失败,或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿,但别人根本不管这些。他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样,虽然日夕相处,却从不过问彼此的私事,也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。 4 It was on such an occasion the other evening, as the conversation moved desultorily here and there, from the most commonplace to thoughts of Jupiter, without any focus and with no need for one, that suddenly the alchemy of conversation took place, and all at once there was a focus. I do not remember what made one of our companions say it--she clearly had not come into the bar to say it, it was not something that was pressing on her mind--but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk. 有一天晚上的情形正是这样。人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉,从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。谈了半天也没有一个中心话题,事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处,中心话题奇迹般地出现了。我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的,那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。 5 "Someone told me the Other day that the phrase, 'the King's English' was a term of criticism, that it means language which one should not properly use." 6 The glow of the conversation burst into flames. There were affirmations and protests and denials, and of course the promise, made in all such conversation, that we would look it up on the morning. That would settle it; but conversation does not need to be settled; it could still go ignorantly on. “几天前,我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语,指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。” 此语一出,谈话立即热烈起来。有人赞成,也有人怒斥,还有人则不以为然。最后,当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样,由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。于是,问题便解决了。不过,酒馆闲聊并不需要解决什么问题,大伙儿仍旧可以糊里糊涂地继续闲扯下去。 7 It was an Australian who had given her such a definition of "the King's English," which produced some rather tart remarks about what one could expect from the descendants of convicts. We had traveled in five minutes to Australia. Of course, there would be resistance to the King's English in such a society. There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for "English as it should be spoken." 告诉她“标准英语”应作那种解释的原来是个澳大利亚人。得悉此情,有些人便说起刻薄话来了,说什么囚犯的子孙这样说倒也不足为怪。这样,在五分钟内,大家便像到澳大利亚游览了一趟。在那样的社会里,“标准英语”自然是不受欢迎的。每当上流社会想给“规范英语”制订一些条条框框时,总会遭到下层人民的抵制。 8 Look at the language barrier between the Saxon churls and their Norman conquerors. The conversation had swung from Australian convicts of the 19th century to the English peasants of the 12th century. Who was right, who was wrong, did not matter. The conversation was on wings. 看看撒克逊农民与征服他们的诺曼底统治者之间的语言隔阂吧。于是话题又从19世纪的澳大利亚囚犯转到12世纪的英国农民。谁对谁错,并没有关系。闲聊依旧热火朝天。 9 Someone took one of the best-known of examples, which is still always worth the reconsidering. When we talk of meat on our tables we use French words; when we speak of the animals from which the meat comes we use Anglo-Saxon words. It is a pig in its sty ; it is pork (porc) on the table. They are cattle in the fields, but we sit down to beef (boeuf). Chickens become poultry (poulet), and a calf becomes veal (veau). Even if our menus were not wirtten in French out of snobbery, the English we used in them would still be Norman English. What all this tells us is of a deep class rift in the culture of England after the Norman conquest. 有人举出了一个人所共知,但仍值得提出来发人深思的例子。我们谈到饭桌上的肉食时用法语词,而谈到提供这些肉食的牲畜时则用盎格鲁一撒克逊词。猪圈里的活猪叫pig,饭桌上吃的猪肉便成了pork(来自法语pore);地里放牧着的牛叫cattle,席上吃的牛肉则叫beef(来自法语boeuf);Chicken用作肉食时变成poultry(来自法语poulet);calf加工成肉则变成veal(来自法语vcau)。即便我们的菜单没有为了装洋耍派头而写成法语,我们所用的英语仍然是诺曼底式的英语。这一切向我们昭示了诺曼底人征服之后英国文化上所存在的深刻的阶级裂痕。