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第五课:银屏
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  SPEAKING

  课文翻译

  Meryl Streep was born in a small village in America in 1949. After high

  1949年,梅丽尔·斯特里普出生在美国的一个小山村。中学

  school Meryl went to study at a famous drama school. While still a student,

  毕业后,梅丽尔到一所著名的戏剧学校就读。当她还是个学生的时候,

  she played roles in many plays. After graduating, she went to New York,

  她已经在许多戏剧中扮演角色。毕业后,她去了纽约,

  where she started working as an actress and won the Theater World Award for

  在那里当了一名女演员,后来因为她在一个戏剧中所扮演的角色而获得

  her role in a play.

  了戏剧世界奖。

  Meryl Streep made her first film, called Julia in 1977. A few years later,

  1977年,梅丽尔·斯特里普拍摄了第一部影片,名字叫《朱丽亚》。

  she won her first Oscar as Best Actress for the film Kramer vs Kramer(1979).

  几年以后,她因电影《克莱默夫妇》(1979)而获得了她的第一个奥斯卡

  During the 1980s and 1990s she won many more prizes while acting in famous

  最佳女演员奖。在二十世纪八十年代和九十年代期间,她在著名的

  films such as Sophie’s Choice(1982), Out of Africa (1985) and Music of the

  影片,如《苏菲的选择》(1982),《走出非洲》(1985)以及《弦动我心》

  heart(1999).

  (1999)等中表演出色,从而获得更多的奖项。

  Meryl Streep got married in 1978 and has a son and three daughters.

  梅丽尔·斯特里普于1978年结婚,育有一子三女。

  Keanu Reeves was born in Lebanon in 1964. He grew up in Toronto and

  1964年基努·里维斯出生于黎巴嫩,在多伦多长大。

  left high school without a degree when he was seventeen. In the beginning he

  17岁时,他高中毕业,但未获得学历证书。一开始,

  took many small jobs to make money. When he was twenty years old, he acted

  他靠干零活赚钱。20岁时,他拍摄了

  in his first film, called Wolfboy(1984).

  名为《狼孩》(1984)的第一部影片。

  In 1986 he moved to Hollywood to live with his stepfather, who is a film

  1986年他迁往好莱坞,和作导演的继父生活在一起。

  director. After acting in many cheap films for a few years, he was asked to

  在几年的时间里,他在很多廉价的影片里扮演角色。1994年

  play a role in the film Speedin 1994. This film quickly made him famous.

  他应邀参加了影片《生死时速》的拍摄。此片使他很快扬名天下。

  Since then Keanu Reeves has acted in more than twelve films such as The

  从那时起,基努·里维斯拍摄的影片超过十二部,如《骇客任务》

  Matrix(1999), Sweet November(2001) and Hardball(2001).

  (1999),《甜蜜的十一月》(2001)和《临时教练》(2001)等。

 

 重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

  1.take/play the role of意为“扮演……的角色”。

  He’ll play/take the role of the doctor in my latest drama.

  他将在我最新的戏里扮演医生。

  play a role in…意为“在……方面起作用”,由于表达的需要,可以在role前加上一个形容词,其中role可以由part替代,但role和part不可用复数形式。

  The U.N. plays an important role/part in international relations.

  联合国在国际关系方面起着重要的作用。

  2.win意为“获得……,赢得……”,后直接跟名词或代词作宾语。

  She won the first prize in the music competition.

  她在音乐比赛中获得了头奖。

  He won the race easily.他轻松赢得那场竞赛。

  win, beat, defeat的区别:win指赢得比赛,荣誉,胜利等;而beat/defeat的宾语通常是人,球队,班级等。

  3. while playing in famous films…= while she played in famous films…

  when/while引导的时间状语从句的主语,如果与主句中的主语(或逻辑主语)相同,常常可以用“when/while + ving短语或过去分词短语”的结构来代替。

  You must be careful when crossing the street. (= You must be careful when you cross the street. )过街时要当心。

  When rescued, he was almost dead. (= When he was rescued, he was almost dead. )获救时,他快死了。

  4. such as意为“例如,诸如,像那样的”。

  such as只能列举并列的部分事物,不能列举全部。用了such as之后也最好不用etc。such as有时也可分开用,即such…as…。

  I visited several cities such as New York, Chicago and Boston.

  我游览过几个城市,像纽约、芝加哥、波士顿等。

  He knows six languages, such as Chinese and Russian.

  他懂六门语言,例如汉语、俄语等。

 

 READING

 

 课文翻译

  GETTING TO KNOW STEVEN SPIELBERG

  走近史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格

  Steven Spielberg, whose mother was a music teacher, was born in 1946

  史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格1946年生于美国的一个小镇,他的母亲

  in a small town in America. He started making short films when he was still a

  是一名音乐教师。当他还是个孩子的时候,他就开始制作电影短

  young boy. He made his first real film when he was twelve. This was a film in

  片。他十二岁时制作了第一部真正的电影。

  which Spielberg used real actors instead of toys. He wrote the scripts for the

  在这部电影中,他使用了真正的演员而不是玩具。他亲自为电影写剧本。

  films himself. In 1959 Spielberg won a prize for a short film which he made

  1959年,斯皮尔伯格因其制作的一部短片而获得了一个奖项,

  when he was thirteen years old. A few years later, when he was sixteen, he

  当时他才十三岁。几年后,十六岁的他制作了

  made a film called Firelight.

  一部电影,名字叫《火光》。

  When Spielberg was young, his dream was to go to the Film Academy,

  当斯皮尔伯格小的时候,他的梦想是上电影学院,

  but he couldn’t. The reason why he could not go there was that his grades were

  但却未能如愿。他未能去那儿的原因是由于他的分数

  too low. After studying English, he got a small job at a film studio. Here he

  太低了。当他学习了英语之后,他在一家电影制作室打零工。在那儿,

  worked on a short film, which won him a job as the youngest film director in

  他从事了一部电影短剧的制作,由此成为了(当时)世界上最年轻的

  the world. This was the moment when Spielberg’s career really took off.

  电影导演。此时,斯皮尔伯格的事业才真正开始步入辉煌。

  Jaws(1975), one of his first films, was a real blockbuster. It is about a

  他的早期电影之一,《大白鲨》(1975)是一部真正具有轰动效应的作品,

  big white shark that attacks swimmers who are spending their holidays in a

  作品讲述了一条大白鲨的故事,它时常攻击那些到海滨村庄来度假的

  small village by the sea. Many people who saw the film were afraid to swim in

  游泳者,许多看了这部电影的人们一想到电影中

  the sea when they remembered the scenes in which people were eaten by the

  鲨鱼吃人的场面就不敢去海里

  shark.

  游泳了。

  Spielberg has made two films about creatures that come to the earth from

  斯皮尔伯格现已制作了两部关于

  outer space. For example, ET(1982) is about a young boy called Elliott who

  外星人的影片,例如《外星人》(1982)讲述的是一个叫艾利奥特的

  makes friends with a small creature from outer space and helps him to find a

  小男孩和来自外太空的一个小动物交朋友,然后帮助它

  way to go home. The world of adults is cold. Scientists want to find ET to cut

  回家的故事。成人的世界是冷酷的。科学家们想找到外星人,

  him in pieces to do research. But in the world of children and the world where

  然后把他切成碎片来进行研究,但是在孩子们以及外星人的

  ET comes from, love and friendship are the most important things in life.

  世界里,爱和友谊却是生命中最重要的部分。

  Jurassic park, which Spielberg made in 1993, is about a parkswheresa

  斯皮尔伯格在1993年制作的《侏罗纪公园》描述了这样一个公园。

  very rich man keeps different kinds of dinosaurs. When the park is hit by a

  在这座公园里,一个富翁养了各种各样的恐龙。当公园遭到

  storm, things start going wrong. The film becomes very exciting when the chil

  风暴袭击时,情况开始变得很糟糕,孩子们被

  dren are hunted by meateating dinosaurs.

  这些食肉恐龙捕食,影片使人觉得非常刺激。

  After these highly successful films Spielberg made several followups of

  继这几部成功作品之后,斯皮尔伯格接着又制作了《大白鲨》

  Jawsand Jurassic Park. His later films such as Schindler’s Listand Saving

  和《侏罗纪公园》的几部续集。他后来的电影《辛德勒名单》和《拯救大

  Private Ryanare about the cruelty of war.In his war films, he has shown that

  兵瑞恩》都以战争的残酷性为主题。在他的战争题材的影片里,他揭示了

  love and peace will win over war in the end.

  爱与和平将最终战胜战争这一主题。

  Steven Spielberg is one of the top directors in the film industry and also

  斯皮尔伯格是电影界中最优秀的导演之一,在中国也有他的

  has many fans in China. When asked about the secret of his success, Steven

  许多影迷。当问及他成功的秘诀时,斯皮尔

  Spielberg said that he owes much of his success and happiness to his wife and

  伯格说他大部分的成功与欢乐应归于他妻子及孩子。

  children. He met Cate Capshaw, Who is an actress, when he was working

  他在执导一部影片时,遇到了女演员凯特卡普萧。

  on one of his films. After that it still took seven years before they finally got

  此后过了七年,他们才终于结婚了。

  married. The couple has seven children in all.

  他们共有七个孩子。

 

 重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

  1. instead of意为“代替,而不是……”,其后可接名词、代词、动名词、介词短语等。

  I have come instead of my brother.我替我弟弟来了。

  He stayed at home instead of playing basketball.

  他没有去打篮球,而是留在家里。

  I went on foot instead of by bus.

  我没有乘车去,而是走路去。

  2. to go to不定式作表语,对主语所表示的内容进行具体叙述,在逻辑上主语和不定式短语具有同位关系,主语通常是指事的名词。

  My job is to teach English.我的工作是教英语。

  3. work on意为“从事于,致力于”。

  He is working on a new novel.他正在写一部新小说。

  4. take off意为“开始有成就,开始成名,脱掉(衣服),(飞机)起飞”。

  It was at this point that her acting career really took off.

  正是从这个时候起,她的表演生涯才真正开始走红了。

  It’s so hot. You’d better take off your coat.天太热了,你最好脱掉外套。

  The plane is to take off at 10:00 am.飞行将在上午10点起飞。

  5. keep意为“抚养(人),饲养(动物)”,后接名词作宾语,同义词为raise。

  We keep a dog and two cats.我们养了一只狗和两只猫。

  He has a large family to keep.他要养活一个大家庭。

  6. go wrong意为“变糟”。

  go +adj.表示“转变成……”,go是系动词,这个结构通常表示不好的变化。

  His illness is going worse.他的病情正在恶化。

  7.辨析:in the end, finally, at last

  in the end与finally, at last都可作“最后”解,但用法有所不同。

  (1)finally有两个用法,一是在列举事物或论点时,可用来引出最后一项内容;二是用在句中,表示“等了好久才……”。

  We waited and waited and the train finally arrived.

  我们等了又等,火车终于来了。

  Finally turn off the lights and lock the door.最后要关上灯,锁上门。

  (2)at last也可以用来表示“等候或耽误了很多时间之后才……”,带有较浓厚的情感色彩,如不耐烦,不如愿等,语气比较强烈。

  At last the work was done and he could rest.

  最后,工作完成了,他可以休息了。

  She has come at last.她总算来了。

  (3)in the end表示“经过许多变化,困难和捉摸不定的情况以后,某事才发生”。in the end相当于at last和finally的第二个用法。in the end可以预测将来,但at last和finally则不能。

  They won in the end/finally/at last.最后他们终于赢了。

  He will he a scientist in the end.最终他会成为一名科学家。

  8. owe意为“欠钱,欠债,欠情,感激,归功于”,一般用owe…to结构。

  I still owe John 60 dollars. (I still owe 60 dollars to John. )

  我还欠约翰六十美元。

  I owed my success to him.我的成功要归功于他。

  还有固定搭配owing to,相当于because of,意为“因为,由于”。

  Owing to the rain, he couldn’t catch the bus.

  由于下雨,他未能赶上那班车。

 

 语法:关系副词

  when, where, why引导的定语从句

  关系副词在引导定语从句时,其功能就相当于介词短语,在句中作状语。when,where,why在定语从句中分别作时间状语,地点状语和原因状语。

  1. where用作关系副词引导定语从句时,先行词须是表地点的名词,在从句中作地点状语。

  Have you been to the factoryswheresI worked?

  你去过我工作过的工厂吗?

  2. when用作关系副词引导定语从句时,先行词必须是表时间的名词,在从句中用作时间状语。

  I’ll never forget the days when we worked together.

  我永远忘不了我们一起共事的日子。

  3. why用作关系副词引导定语从句时,先行词只有reason和explanation,在从句中作原因状语。

  Do you know the reason why I left early?

  你知道我为什么早走吗?

 

 INTEGRATING SKILLS

 

 课文翻译

  Reading and writingNOT ONE LESS

 

 一个也不能少

  Zhang Yimou’s film“Not One Less”tells a simple but moving story.

  张艺谋的影片《一个也不能少》讲述了一个简单但感人至深的故事,

  Mr Gao, the only teacher of the Shuiquan Primary School, has to stay away for

  水泉小学的惟一一个教师高老师不得不请假一个月

  a month to take care of his sick mother. The village leader, Mr Tian, asks

  照顾生病的母亲。村领导田村长要求

  Wei Minzhi to take Mr Gao’s place until he comes back. Minzhi is only a 13

  魏敏芝代替高老师的职位,直到他回来。敏芝只是位刚刚

  yearold girl who has finished her primary school. When she is asked to do the

  念完小学的十三岁的小姑娘。当她应邀去接受

  job, she says she can read, write and sing. She gets the job because there is

  工作时,她说,她能读书、写字、唱歌。她之所以能够得到这份工作,

  nobody else in the village who can take it. The most important thing for young

  是因为村里没有其他人能胜任这份工作了。对于敏芝来说,最重要的

  Minzhi is not to lose any more pupils from the school―NOT ONE LESS—

  事情是在高老师回来之前不能让更多的学生离开学校

  before Mr Gao returns!

  ——一个也不能少。

  At first Minzhi doesn’t know what her students need to learn. And she

  起初敏芝不知道她的学生要学些什么,她

  doesn’t know how to keep them quiet in class. She writes the lessons onto the

  也不知道如何使他们在课堂上保持安静。她把课文写到

  blackboard and then makes her students copy them /into/ their notebooks. She

  黑板上,然后让学生再把课文抄到她们的练习本上。她

  tries to keep the students in the classroom by locking them up in the classroom

  努力让学生呆在教室里,有时把他们锁在里面,有时还要

  and running after those who escape.

  追赶那些逃跑的学生。

  The naughtiest pupil in her class is an 11yearold boy named Zhang

  她的班里最淘气的学生是个叫张慧科的十一岁男孩,

  Huike. He causes trouble for Minzhi almost every day. Perhaps you think

  他几乎每天都给敏芝捅篓子。或许你认为

  Minzhi will be happy when Huike runs away from school. No! When she

  当慧科从学校逃走后,敏芝会很高兴的。其实不然,

  hears that Huike has gone to town, she becomes very worried and determines

  听说慧科去了城里时,她非常着急,决心把慧科

  to bring Huike back safely.

  安全带回来。

  Minzhi wants to go to town, but she can’t afford to buy a bus ticket. All

  敏芝要去城里,但买不起汽车票,其他所有的

  the other pupils do their best to help her get onto a bus without a ticket. When

  学生竭尽全力帮助她没有买票就上了一辆汽车。

  Minzhi has to get off the bus, she walks till she finally reaches the town. She

  中途被赶下车后,她一直步行到城里。她

  looks everywhere but cant find Huike. Then she decides to ask the TV station

  到处都找遍了,但仍未找到慧科,这时她打算向电视台

  for help. She wants them to let her appear live on the air, hoping that Huike

  求助。她希望电视台让她在电视上露面,以便慧科

  will see her.

  能见到她。

  She waits at the gate of the TV station for two days till the boss calls her.

  她在电视台门前足足等了两天电视台的台长才接见了她,

  When Huike sees the crying Minzhi on television, he himself starts crying,

  当慧科在电视里看到痛哭流涕的敏芝时,他自己也大哭起来,

  but he is also happy to see her. At last, both Minzhi and Huike go back to

  但见了敏芝之后他也很高兴。最后,敏芝和慧科以及电视台的

  their village, together with the people from the TV station.

  人们一同回到了他们的山村。

  Many people like this film not just because the story itself is moving, but

  许多人喜欢这部影片,不仅因为故事本身感人,而且

  also because most of the people in the film use their real names and play

  因为影片里的许多人都使用了他们自己的名字,扮演的就是

  themselves.

  他们自己。

 

 重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

  1.moving意为“使人感动的”;moved意为“感动”。

  We were moved by the moving story.我们被这个感人的故事所感动。

  2. take one’s place = take the place of,意为“代替……的位置”。

  I’ll take the place of my father for a while. (=I’ll take my father’s place for a while. )我将暂时代替我父亲。

  3. cause意为“导致,引起”,后除接名词作宾语外,还可接双宾语,即cause sb. sth. (=cause sth. to sb. )。

  What caused his illness?他的病因是什么?

  He caused his parents a lot of trouble. (= He caused a lot of trouble to his parents.)

  他给父母惹了许多麻烦。

  4.afford意为“(有足够的时间、金钱)做……,负担得起……”,通常与can, could, be able to连用,后接名词,代词或不定式作宾语。

  I’ll buy it when I can afford it.我买得起就买。

  We can’t afford to buy a new car.我们买不起新车。

  5.She wants them to let her appear live on air, hoping that Huike will see her.

  本句中live是副词,意为“从现场,以直播的方式”;on air意为“在电视里”;hoping是ing形式作伴随状语。




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