21世纪报第6期.docx

21世纪报第6期.docx

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21世纪报第6期

Languagestudyforthe21stCentury（the6thedition）

ØSelf-discovery

Toomanypeopleovervaluewhattheyarenotandundervaluewhattheyare.

有太多的人高估他们所欠缺的，而低估了他们所拥有的。

（暗示只有放弃才会失败）

ØGoldenboyisback（詹姆斯破茧重生，期待更强）

1.Arecentvideo,showingthree-timeMVPLebronJamesgettinghisfingersizedforhis2012NBAchampionshipring,wasacomforttohisfans.

●showing=whichshowed;showsth.doing;展示某人做某事getsth.done使某物被怎样

●comfort//n.（通常作不可数，但sth.isacomforttosb.）vt.安慰…

2.Now,the27-year-oldhasjoinedMichaelJordanastheonlyplayertowinanNBAtitle,FinalsMVPandOlympicGoldinthesameyear.ESPNjustrankhimastheNo1playergoingintothe2012-13NBAseason.

●Theonly+n.+todo：

唯一一个做…的；

●“goinginto…”作“player”的后置定语，等于“whoisgoingto…”

●rankvt.将某人/某物置于行列中/分等级;vi.属某等级，列某行列

3.Butallthissuccesscomesafterhehasgonethroughmuchpainandembarrassment（尴尬）.

4.Withthestatisticsshowinghisimprovement,themostamazingpartofhismonumental（纪念性的）yearwasthathehasstayedhumble（谦虚的）.Jamesunderstoodandadmittedhiswrongdoings-somethingthattookalotofhonestyonhisbehalf.

5.Wehavethepotentialto（有…的潜能）bealotbetter.

6.despise//doingsth.轻视做某事；7.Obviouslyitworked（起作用了）.

ØSkyscrapersrising摩天大楼不等于城市高度

Asummary:

Thepredictionthat（引导同位语从句）by2022wewillhavethemostskyscrapersintheworldhascausedconcern（关注，担心）.Itisreportedthattherewillbe1,318non-residential（非居住）buildingshigherthan152metersontheChinesemainlandinadecade（十年之后）.Thepurposeistofuel（加强，刺激）economicgrowthandmakeprofits（利润）.Butthelargenumberoftallbuildingscouldcauseeconomicbubbles（经济泡沫）.Chinaseemstoputupthesebuildingsinarushwithoutrealizingthepotentialproblems.Peoplearequestioningwhethertoweringbuildingsareonlythere（inorder）tohelplocalgovernmentimprovetheirimage.SomeInternetusersaresadaboutthetraditionalarchitecturefadingawayinurban（城市的）cities,andsomeexpertswarnedthatfires,earthquakesandlandsubsidence（沉降）areseriousproblemsthatdevelopersandregulatorsneedtoconsiderbeforeplanningmorehigh-rises.

1.Thegrowingnumberofskyscrapersisaninternationaltrend（趋势）.

2.…developers,regulators（监管者）,construction（建造）companiesandarchitecturalfirms（建筑公司）tendtoapproveprojectstobuildhigh-rises.

●approve//v.approve（of）sb./sth.赞同，满意，批准

approvaln.；approvingadj.赞许的

3.Skyscrapersmaylookfancy（别出心裁的；精致的）,buttheylackChineseflavor（风格）.

●landmark（n.）building地标性建筑●intermsof从…角度/方面;

●anonlinecommentary（一次网评）

ØAtallchallenge会当凌绝顶，一览众山小

1.AsIclimbedhigher,mybreathbecameshorter.Mythighsbegantoburn,whichremindedmeofthehardship（艰难）ofclimbing.Ihadnochoicebuttostoptohavearest.SoonIrealizedifItookabreakeverytimeIgotweary（疲倦的）,itwouldtakeagestogettothetop（那要到猴年马月才能到山顶。

）.

2.Myenthusiasm（热情）begantofade（减退）.TheexcitementIoncefeltwasdisappearing.Fearstartedtodrown（淹没）mewhenIsawthelongtrail（路径）ahead.Ireallywantedtogiveupwhenithitmethat（我突然想到）ifIdidthingsbyhalves,Iwouldliveinregret.

3.Iwastotallyabsorbedin（沉浸在）thebeautyofnatureasIwalkedaroundthepeak（山峰）.Havingabird’s-eyeviewoftheLandofQilu（鸟瞰齐鲁大地）wasbreathtaking（景色壮观的令人透不过气来）.TheskywassoclearthatIcouldseeviewsmilesawayinalldirections（四面八方）.IfIhadnotcontinuedtoclimb,Iwouldnothaveenjoyedtheboundlessscenery.

●If引导虚拟语气，与过去事实相反。

从句中用过去完成时（haddone），主句中用wouldhavedone.

ØHarvardisnumberone

Asummary：

Althoughit’snotasportsinstitute,Harvardhasseen（见证，目睹）223ofitsalumni（校友）andstudentstakepartintheOlympicGamesasathletes,coachesandadministrators（管理人员；行政官员）.InfactitisaschoolthatcomestopoftheQSWorldUniversityrankingsandhasproducedmorebillionaires（亿万富翁）thananyotherAmericanuniversity.Sowhetherinsports,academia（学术环境）orlifetimeachievementthewinnerisHarvardUniversity,US.ItisnotsurprisingthattheIvyLeagueschool（常春藤联盟学校）enjoyssuchwide-rangingsuccess.Ithaschangedalotfromareligious（宗教的）schoolfoundedin1636.Asaprivatecollege,Harvardcharges（收费）highfees.However,ifyoucanaffordit,thebenefitsareobvious.

ØMonaLisa’snewsmile第二幅《蒙娜丽莎的微笑》？

●capture//vt.&n.捕获，赢得，引起（注意）

●…thepaintingfeatures（以…为特点）adarkertonality（色调）…

●skeptical//adj.怀疑的●hence//adv.从那时起；因此

ØKatyPerry’srisetofame凯蒂·佩瑞获公告牌年度女星

1.Inadecade’stime（在十年里）,herrecordTeenageDreamtiedwith（并列；不分胜负）MichaelJackson’sBadastheonlyalbumtoproducefiveNo1singles（作为唯一的一张创造了五首榜首单曲的专辑）.

2.…Perrysaid,adding（补充说）thatdisappointmentandrejection（拒绝）onlystrengthenedherdetermination.“Letdowns（失望）helpedshapemyconfidence.Someonetellingme‘no’waslikethrowingapebble（鹅卵石）atbulletproofvest（防弹衣）.

●…makeit（成功）inthemusicworld●accomplish//vt.完成

●catchup（onsth.）用额外的时间做某事以弥补所耽搁的事●skipv.跳过；错过

●tutor//v.&n.辅导；家庭教师

●rocketv.&n.急速上升；火箭

●controversial//adj.有争议的

●disgusting//adj.令人恶心的

ØRememberyourtablemanners英国餐桌礼仪正在逐渐消失

●seatvt.:

seatsb.=sbbeseated（就坐）●admittodoing承认做…

ØGeorge’sgloves

建议：

收藏（包括Readbetweenthelines）并特别关注文中描述George寻找手套过程中的动作和心理词汇（组）

●Georgeexclaimed（惊呼）,hiseyesfullofjoy（独立主格结构，相当于andhiseyeswerefullofjoy.）.

ØWrapup（~sth.完成某事）

●Contrarytothebeliefthat+句子：

和…想法/观念相反