精读12课PLOT 课后翻译
VOCABULARY C
1.独白是戏剧家用来表露一个任务内芯思想和感情的一种手段
Soliloquy is a device used by dramatists to reveal a character’s innermost thoughts and emotions
2.亨利辞去了职务，尽管他并没有什么其他打算
Henry resigned his post /quit(ted) his job, though he had nothing else/particular in view
3.我终于明白人吃饭是为了活着，而不是活着为了吃饭
It finally dawns (up)on me that people eat in order to live rather than live in order to eat
4.我发现他有些粗枝大叶，就直率地向他讲了
I found him rather careless and said as much to him
5.基斯对这个专题的研究已过时，他的一些观点已不再适用
Keith’s work on this subject is out of date and some of his views no longer hold true 6.他知道这些规则，要是他拒绝遵守，他必须对后果负责
He knows the regulations /rules. If he refuses to comply (with them), he will have to /must take/face the consequences
7.由于这个小错误而产生了许多不幸的误解
From this small error many unfortunate misunderstandings have proceeded
8.你知道从前住在河边的老人现在怎么样了
Do you know what has become of the old man who lived/used to live by the river
9.把这些商品仔细的看一遍，告诉我其中有没有你喜欢的
Just run your eye over the goods and tell me if there are any you like
10.这些树枝伸展到了路上，我们得把它砍去
These br anches stick out /hang out over the road and we’d better chop them off.
WORD STUDY
1.能做这种手术的大夫屈指可数
The number of surgeons able to perform such operations was less than could your fingers/on the fingers of one hand
2.珍妮可以算作那个世纪最出色的舞蹈家之一
Jenny was counted among the greatest dancers of the century
3.他很坦率地承认了他的错误，这对于他的声望很起作用
The fact that he had been quite frank in admitting his mistakes counts to his credit
4.他认为他自己没有受伤，真是很走运
He counted himself lucky to have escaped serious injury
5.你抽出宝贵时间，我非常感谢
I am very thankful to you for sparing your valuable time
6.我们非常忙，办公室抽不出人干其他事
We are so busy that no one in the office can be spared for any other work
7.如果能让他们不受痛苦，我愿意付出任何代价
I would give everything if I could spare them unhappiness/pains
8.他为了获得一己私利，简直是不遗余力
He is sparing no pains/efforts to benefit himself
9.嫌疑犯中包含所有能够接近保险箱的人
Among the suspects are all those who have access to the safe
10.人们需要用英语来了解占世界一半以上的科技文献
One needs English for access to more than half of the world’s scientific literature
11.药品不能放到儿童能拿到的地方
Medicine should nor be kept where it is accessible to children
12.许多黑人工人被通用汽车公司解雇，理由是他们乃雇员中的不良分子
A great many Negro workers have been dismissed from the General Motors under the
pretext that they are the undesirable elements among the employees
13.他觉得物理的原理很难掌握
He found the elements of physics difficult to grasp/learn
14.如果你连这方面的基础知识都没有，你怎能指望得到成功
How can you expect to succeed without even an elementary knowledge of the field