笔记-考研英语1997年第2篇文章

①A report consistently brought back by visitors to the USis how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them.

report说法

consistently 一贯地

consistent 一贯的consistent policy 一贯政策

bring back 带回来

brought

visitors to xx ：去xx 旅游的人

courteous有礼貌的court +eous

right+eous 正义的、公正的

②To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American.

评论observation [n] comment═remark═review [v/n]

frequently 常常

consider 认为

③There are, of course, exceptions.

当然也有例外。

④Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US.

small-minded officials 小心眼的官员们

waiter侍者waitress女侍者

manner礼貌good manners —vs— ill manners不文明

⑤Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.

deserve值得/应受

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①For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence.

break in 闯入 break into 破门而入

otherwise ＋句子═否则、不然地话

＋名词/名词词组═原本、本来

dull existence 无聊的生活 busy existence 忙碌的生活

②Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another.

无聊和孤独通常是居住相距遥远的家庭们的普遍问题

③Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world.

娱乐diversion diverse各种各样的多样的

=entertainment diversify使多样化

diversity 多样性

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①The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality.

harsh remarks against sb. 对…尖酸刻薄的评论

frontier[n/a]边境(的)

shape 塑造

hospitality好客

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②Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement.

[a] hungry——thirsty

[n] hunger——thirst die of hunger 死于饥饿

injure [v]伤害

injury [n]

turn to═resort to诉诸于…If you are introuble,you could turn to me.

cabin 小屋/舱

settlement住所settle down 定居

③It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers.

这不是一个…的问题It is a matter of time/fund 这是时间/资金的问题

charitable慈善的 cha茶+ri日+table桌

charity慈善团体cha茶+ri日+ty提

impulse 冲动healthy impulse正能量

on the part of sb.═ for sb.对…来说

④It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didn′t take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would.

take in 带进来→收留

⑤And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation.