读《小王子》学英语 Chapter 1-1
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book,called True Stories from Nature,about the primeval forest.It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole,without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.”
I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked like this:
I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.But they answered: “Frighten? Why should anyone be frightened by a hat? ”
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. My Drawing Number Two looked like this:
The grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history,arithmetic and grammar. That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two.
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
文章自学翻译:
我六岁时,曾在一本《大自然的真实故事》关于原始森林的书中,看到一副令我震撼非凡的图片:一条大蟒蛇正在吞咽一只大象。以下图片是我模仿画下来的。
书言:“大蟒蛇囫囵吞没它的猎物,不经一丝咀嚼,吞咽完大蟒蛇无法动弹,它冬眠六个月去消化它的猎物。”
这丛林的刺激冒险让我深深地陷入了沉思。用一支彩色铅笔,我成功画出了我人生中的第一幅画,看起来就像这样:
我向大人展示我的杰作,并问他们有没有被我的画吓到。但他们说:“吓到?为什么有人会被一顶帽子吓到?”
可我画的并不是一顶帽子,而是一条大蟒蛇在消化一只大象。因为大人看不明白它,我画了另外一幅画,我画出了大蟒蛇的内部,这样大人就能清楚看到它了。大人老是需要解释。我的第二幅画看起来是这样子:
这次大人的回应就是劝我:把我的大蟒蛇画抛在一边,不管是剖开的还是没剖开的,把心思放在地理、历史、算术和语法书上。这就是为什么,六岁那年,我放弃了可能成为伟大画家的辉煌生涯。关于第一幅画和第二幅画,大人的回应,我大失所望,让我体验到了深深的挫败感。
大人从不能自个儿去弄懂任何东西,永远要孩子们一次又一次地向他们解释,真是厌烦。
复习收获的词&短语:(消除模糊,温故而知新)
1.Chapter /ˈtʃæptər/ n.章;(人生或历史的)时期;宗教团体的全体成员
2.magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/ adj.壮丽的;宏伟的;值得赞扬的
3.primeval /praɪˈmiːvl/ adj.原始的;远古的;出于原始天性的
4.the primeval forest /ðə praɪˈmiːvl ˈfɔːrɪst/ 原始森林
5.constrictor /kənˈstrɪktər/ n.缩肌;大蟒;压缩器
6.boa /ˈboʊə/ n.(用羽毛或轻质织物制成的)长围巾;同 boa constrictor
7.boa constrictor 大蟒蛇(主要产于美洲中南部和西印度群岛)
8.in the act of /ɪn ðə ækt əv/ 正在做…
9.swallowing /ˈswɑːloʊɪŋ/ v.吞没;侵吞;(由于紧张等)做吞咽动作 swallow的现在分词
n. 生理吞咽
10.drawing ./ˈdrɔːɪŋ/ v.绘画;吸引;牵引 draw的现在分词
n.绘画(艺术);制图(技巧);图画;素描画
11.prey /preɪ/ n.猎物;受害者;受骗者
v.捕食;折磨;掠夺
12.digestion /daɪˈdʒestʃən/ n.消化;消化能力
13.pondered /ˈpɑːndərd/ v.考虑;沉思;琢磨 ponder的过去分词和过去式
14.adventures /ədˈvɛntʃəz//ædˈvɛntʃərz/ n.冒险;冒险的刺激;大胆开拓 adventure 的复数
15.jungle /ˈdʒʌŋɡl/ n.丛林;危险地带;尔虞我诈的环境
16.colored /ˈkʌlərd/ v.着色;渲染;脸红 color的过去分词和过去式
n.黑人
adj.有色的;〈侮辱〉有色人种的;有偏见的
17.pencil /ˈpensl/ n.铅笔
vt.用铅笔写(或画、作记号)
18.succeeded /səkˈsiːdɪd/ v.成功;继任;随后出现; succeed的过去分词和过去式
19.showed /ʃoʊd/ v.表明;展示;(通过示范)教,解说 show的过去分词和过去式
20.masterpiece /ˈmæstərpiːs/ n.杰作;代表作;名著
21.grown-ups /ɡrəʊn ʌps/ n.大人;成人 grown-up的复数 口语注意连读
22.whether /ˈweðər/ conj(连接词;连词(等于 conjunction) .(表示迟疑或两个可能性之间的 选 择)是否;(表示两种情况都真实)是…(还是),或者…(或者), 不 管…(还是
pron.(代词)(在…之中)哪一个;(两个中的)任何一个
23.frightened /ˈfraɪtnd/ adj.害怕的;惊吓的;受惊的
v.使惊吓;使惊恐 frighten的过去分词和过去式
24.picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ n.照片;图画;头脑中的情景
vt.描述;想象;忆起
25.answered /ˈænsərd/ v.回答;符合;相配 answer的过去分词和过去式
26.drew /druː/v. 用铅笔、钢笔或粉笔)画;吸引,使感兴趣;拉,拖(车); draw的过去式
27.clearly /ˈklɪrli/ adv.清楚地;清晰地;易懂地
28.explained/ɪkˈspleɪnd/ v.解释;阐明;解释(…的)理由 explain的过去分词和过去式
29.have things explained 需要解释
30.response/rɪˈspɑːns/ n.响应;反应;(口头的或书面的)回答,答复;
31.advise /ədˈvaɪz/ v.建议;通知;劝告;
32.lay aside /leɪ əˈsaɪd/ 搁置;放下,抛开(情感或信仰);把…放在一边;
33.devote/dɪˈvoʊt/ v.致力于;奉献,投入(时间、精力等);献(身);
34.instead /ɪnˈsted/ adv.代替;相反;顶替;
35.geography /dʒiˈɑːɡrəfi/ n.地理(学);地理环境;地势
36.arithmetic /əˈrɪθmətɪk/ n.算术;演算,计算;数据统计
adj.算术的,运算的
37. grammar /ˈɡræmər/n.语法;语法书;(人的)语言知识及运用能力
38.gave up /ɡeɪv ʌp/ 放弃了;顾不得 口语注意连读
39.career /kəˈrɪr/ n.生涯;职业;经历
vi.(尤指失控地)猛冲,疾驰,飞奔
adj.职业性质的
40.painter /ˈpeɪntər/ 油漆匠;画家;(系船的)缆绳
41.disheartened /dɪsˈhɑːrtnd/ adj.灰心的;失望的;气馁的
v.使沮丧;灰心丧气;使失去信心 “dishearten”的过去式和过去分词
42.failure /ˈfeɪljər/ n.失败;故障;未做,未履行(应做之事);
43.tiresome /ˈtaɪərsəm/adj.讨厌的;烦人的;令人厌烦的
44.to be always and forever 永远
45.forever /fərˈevə(r)/ adv.永远;(与进行时态连用)老是,不断地;长久地
n.极长的一段时间;永恒
46.always /ˈɔːlweɪz/ adv.总是;(将)永远;(讨厌地)老是,一再;
47.children /ˈtʃɪldrən/ n.儿童;孩子们;child 的复数
48.explaining /ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ/ v.解释;阐明;说明(…的)原因; explain的现在分词
开口说英语
背诵两条句子:
I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle.
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
复习两个音标:(平时可通过练呼吸或运动加强自己的气)
/s/ 1.清辅摩擦音 pencil /ˈpensl/ ;lay aside /leɪ əˈsaɪd/
2.唇微开。舌尖接近上齿龈,舌尖与上齿龈距离要小。声带不震动。词尾时,送气略强。
/z/ 1.浊辅摩擦音 adventures /ədˈvɛntʃəz/ ;always /ˈɔːlweɪz/
2. 唇微开。舌尖接近上齿龈,舌尖与上齿龈距离要小。声带震动。词尾时,送气略强。
区别:
z是浊辅音,声带要振动
s是清辅音,只送气不发声,就是声带不振动
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