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高级英语第二册1-4-6-10课(张汉熙主编)课后paraphrase原句+译文讲课讲稿

高级英语第二册1-4-6-10课(张汉熙主编)课后paraphrase原句+译文讲课讲稿

Lesson 11. We're elevated 23 feet.We're 23 feet above sea level.2. The place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it.The house has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.3. We can batten down and ride it out.We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.4. The generator was doused, and the lights went out.Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out.5. Everybody out the back door to the cars!Everybody go out through the back door and run to the cars.6. The electrical systems had been killed by water.The electrical systems in the car had been put out by water.7. John watched the water lap at the steps, and felt a crushing guilt.As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland.8. Get us through this mess, will you?Oh God, please help us to get through this storm safely.9. She carried on alone for a few bars; then her voice trailed away.Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped.10. Janis had just one delayed reaction.Janis displayed rather late the exhaustion brought about by the nervous tension caused by the hurricane.Lesson 21. The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.The burying-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking like a deserted and abandoned piece of land on whicha building was going to be put up.2. All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact.All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings).3. They rise out of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard.They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they die and are buried in graves without a name.4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe, turning chair-legs at lighting speed.Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making.5. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews. Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited.6. …every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury. Every one of these poor Jews looked on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possibly afford.7. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous.However, a white -skinned European is always quite noticeable.8. In a tropical landscape one’s eye takes in everything except the human beings.If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings.9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas.No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas (for these trips would not be interesting).10. …for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil.life is very hard for ninety percent of the people.With hard backbreaking toil they can produce a little food on the poor soil.11.She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden.She took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community,that she was only fit for doing heavy work like an animal.12. People with brown skins are next door to invisible.People with brown skins are almost invisible.13.Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms,…The Senegalese soldiers were wearing ready-made khaki uniforms which hid their beautiful well-built bodies.14. How long before they turn their guns in the other direction?How much longer before they turn their guns around and attack us? 15.Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind. Every white man,the onlookers,the officers on their horses and the white N.C.Os. marching with the black soldiers,had this thought hidden somewhere or other in his mind.Lesson 31.And it is an activity only of human.And conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings.2.Conversation is not for making a point.Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view.3.In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose.In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view.4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives.People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other's lives.5. …it could still go ignorantly on…The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong.6.There are cattle in the fields, but we sit down to beef (boeuf).These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields;but when we sit down at the table to eat.we call their meat beef.7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language.The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.8.English had come royally into its own.The English language received proper recognition and was used by the King once more.9. The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes.The phrase,the King's English,has always been used disrespectfully and jokingly by the lower classes.The working people very often make fun of the proper and formal language of the educated people.10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there.There still exists in the working people,as in the early Saxon peasants,a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class.11. There is always a great danger that “words will harden into things for us.”There is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent.For example,the word “dog” is a symbol representing a kind of animal.We mustn't regard the word “dog” as being the animal itself.12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation.Even the most educated and literate people do not use standard,formal English all the time in their conversation.Lesson 41. And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe...Our ancestors fought a revolutionary war to maintain that all men were created equal and God had given them certain unalienable rights which no state or ruler could take away from them. But today this issue has not yet been decided in many countries around the world.2. This much we pledge—and more.This much we promise to do and we promise to do more.3. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.United and working together we can accomplish a lot of things in a great number of joint undertakings.4. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.We will not allow any enemy country to subvert this peaceful revolution which brings hope of progress to all our countries.5. …our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace…The United Nations is our last and best hope of survival in an age where the instruments of war have far surpassed the instruments of peace.6. …to enlarge the area in which its writ may run…We pledge to help the United Nations enlarge the area in which its authority and mandate would continue to be in effect or in force.7. …before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction…Before the terrible forces of destruction, which science can now release, overwhelm mankind; before this self-destruction, which may be planned or brought about by an accident, takes place8. …yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war…Yet both groups of nations are trying to change as quickly as possible this uncertain balance of terrible military power which restrains each group from launching mankind's final war.9. So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness,…So let us start once again (to discuss and negotiate) and let us remember that being polite is not a sign of weakness. 10. Let both sides try to call forth the wonderful things that science can do for mankind instead of the frightful things it can do.11. …each generation of Americans has been summon ed to give testimony to its national loyalty.Americans of every generation have been called upon to prove their loyalty to their country .12. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of ourdeeds, let us go forth to lea d the land we love,…Let history finally judge whether we have done our task welt or not, but our sure reward will be a good con-science for we will have worked sincerely and to the best of our ability.Lesson61.Science is committed to the universal.Science is engaged in the task of making its basic concepts understood and accepted by scientists all over the world.2.The Fiesta appears to have sunk without a trace.The car model, called Fiesta, seems to have disappeared completely.3.It was the automotive equivalent of the International Style.The idea of a world car is similar to the idea of having a world style for architecture.4.As in architecture, so in automaking.Things that are happening in auto making are similar to those happening in architecture.5.No longer quite an individual, no longer quite the product of a unique geography and culture.The modern man no longer has very distinct individual traits shaped by a special environment and culture.6.The price he pays is that he no longer has a home in the traditional sense of the word.The disadvantage of being a cosmopolitan is that he loses a home in the old sense of the world.7.The benefit is that he begins to suspect home in the traditional sense in another name for limitations.The benefit of being a cosmopolitan is that he begins to think the old kind of home probably restricts his development and activities.8.The universalizing imperative of technology is irresistable.The compelling force of technology to universalize cannot be resisted.9....when every artist thought he owed it to himself to turn his back on the Eiffel Tower, as a protest against the architectural blasphemy,When every artist thought it was his duty to show his contempt for and objection to the Eiffel Tower which they considered an irreverent architectural structure.10....a mobile, extra human plasticity which was absolutely new.a flexible and pliable quality that was beyond human powers and absolutely new.11.It has thus undermined an article of faith: the thingliness of things.People used to firmly believe that the things they saw around them were real solid substances but this has now been thrown into doubt by science,12.That, perhaps,establishes the logical limit of the modern aesthetic.This is perhaps the furthest limit of how solid objective things may be disappearing.lesson 101.The slightest mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the middle-aged…At the very mention of this post-war period, middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly.2. The rejection of Victorian gentility was,in any case, inevitable.In any case, an American could not avoid casting aside its middle-class respectability and affected refinement.3.The war acted merely as a catalytic agent in this breakdown of the Victorian social structure….The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victorian social structure.4. …it was tempted,in America at least,to escape its responsibilities and retreat behind an air of naughty alcoholic sophistication..In America at least, the young people were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. They pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily.5.Prohibition afforded the young the additional opportunity of making their pleasuresillicit,...The young people found greater pleasure in their drinking because Prohibition, by making drinking unlawful added a sense of adventure.6….our young men began to enlist under foreign flags.Our young men joined the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war.7. …they‖wanted to get into the fun before the whole thing turned belly up‖The young people wanted to take part in the glorious ad-venture before the whole war ended.8.…they had outgrown towns and families….These young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their home towns or their families.9.…the returning veteran also had to face…the hypocritical do-goodism of Prohibition,…The returning veteran also had to face Prohibition which the lawmakers hypocritically assumed would do good to the people.10. Something in the tension-ridden youth of America had to “give”…(Under all this force and pressure) something in the youth of America, who were already very tense, had to break down.11….it was only natural that hopeful young writers,their minds and pens inflamed against war,Babbittry,and ―Puritanical‖gentility,should flock to the traditional artistic center…It was only natural that hopeful young Writers whose minds and writings extremely opposed war, Babbittry and "Puritanical" gentility, should come in great numbers to live in Greenwich Village, the traditional artistic center.12.Each town had its ―fast‖set which prided itself on its unconventionality,…Each town was proud that it had a group of wild, reckless people, who lived unconventional lives.。

张汉熙《高级英语(2)》(第3版)学习指南【词汇短语+课文精

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高级英语第二册(张汉熙)课文翻译[1]

高级英语第二册(张汉熙)课文翻译[1]

第一课迎战卡米尔号飓风小约翰。

柯夏克已料到,卡米尔号飓风来势定然凶猛。

就在去年8月17日那个星期天,当卡米尔号飓风越过墨西哥湾向西北进袭之时,收音机和电视里整天不断地播放着飓风警报。

柯夏克一家居住的地方一—密西西比州的高尔夫港——肯定会遭到这场飓风的猛烈袭击。

路易斯安那、密西西比和亚拉巴马三州沿海一带的居民已有将近15万人逃往内陆安全地带。

但约翰就像沿海村落中其他成千上万的人一样,不愿舍弃家园,要他下决心弃家外逃,除非等到他的一家人一—妻子詹妮丝以及他们那七个年龄从三岁到十一岁的孩子一一眼看着就要灾祸临头。

为了找出应付这场风灾的最佳对策,他与父母商量过。

两位老人是早在一个月前就从加利福尼亚迁到这里来,住进柯夏克一家所住的那幢十个房间的屋子里。

他还就此征求过从拉斯韦加斯开车来访的老朋友查理?希尔的意见。

约翰的全部产业就在自己家里(他开办的玛格纳制造公司是设计、研制各种教育玩具和教育用品的。

公司的一切往来函件、设计图纸和工艺模具全都放在一楼)。

37岁的他对飓风的威力是深有体会的。

四年前,他原先拥有的位于高尔夫港以西几英里外的那个家就曾毁于贝翠号飓风(那场风灾前夕柯夏克已将全家搬到一家汽车旅馆过夜)。

不过,当时那幢房子所处的地势偏低,高出海平面仅几英尺。

“我们现在住的这幢房子高了23英尺,,’他对父亲说,“而且距离海边足有250码远。

这幢房子是1915年建造的。

至今还从未受到过飓风的袭击。

我们呆在这儿恐怕是再安全不过了。

”老柯夏克67岁.是个语粗心慈的熟练机械师。

他对儿子的意见表示赞同。

“我们是可以严加防卫。

度过难关的,”他说?“一但发现危险信号,我们还可以赶在天黑之前撤出去。

”为了对付这场飓风,几个男子汉有条不紊地做起准备工作来。

自米水管道可能遭到破坏,他们把浴盆和提俑都盛满水。

飓风也可能造成断电,所以他们检查r手提式收音机和手电筒里的电池以及提灯里的燃料油。

约翰的父亲将一台小发电机搬到楼下门厅里.接上几个灯泡。

高级英语2第二课

高级英语2第二课
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What does colonial domination bring to Africa?
Contents
1.Historical roots of the colonial domination
2.Influences of colonial domination on Africans 3.Our Contemplations of colonial domination
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(Paragraph 8) When you go through the Jewish quarters you gather some idea of what the medieval ghettoes were probably like. Under their Moorish rulers the Jews were only allowed to own land in certain restricted areas, and after centuries of this kind of treatment they have eased to bother about overcrowding. The houses are completely windowless, and sore-eyed children cluster everywhere in unbelievable numbers, like clouds of flies. Down the center of the street there is generally running a little river of urine.

高级英语第三版第二册课后翻译

高级英语第三版第二册课后翻译

1. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulgein anything that deserves the name of conversation.不管动物之间的交流方式多么复杂,它们不能参与到称得上是交谈的任何活动中。

2. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. There is no winning in conversation.争论会经常出现于交谈中,但争论的目的不是为了说服。

交谈中没有胜负之说。

3. Perhaps it is because of my upbringing in English pubs that I think bar conversation has a charm of its own.或许我从小就混迹于英国酒吧缘故,我认为酒吧里的闲聊别有韵味。

4. I do not remember what made one of our companions say it ---she clearly had not come into the bar to say it , it was not something that was pressing on her mind---but her remark fell quite naturally into the talk.我不记得是什么使得我的一个同伴说起它来的---她显然不是来酒吧说这个的,这不是她事先想好的话题----但她的话相当自然地插入到了交谈中。

5. There is always resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for “English as it should be spoken .”下层社会总会抵制上层社会企图给“标准英语”制定得规则。

高职国际英语进阶综合教程第2册unit2课文原文和译文

高职国际英语进阶综合教程第2册unit2课文原文和译文

高职国际英语进阶综合教程第2册unit2课文原文和译文Text A Office etiquetteOffice etiquette is something that helps you to get along with your colleagues even if you are not on friendly terms. It also helps you make sure that you don’t annoy people with bad habits or comments, and influences how your colleagues will respond to you when you need help. Most office etiquette is unwritten, but this does not mean you should ignore it. There are always codes of conduct that you must pay attention to, as will be made clear in the rest of the article.Be punctual. As a newcomer, you should arrive early, not just on the first day and don’t be the first to leave at the end of the day. Don’t be late for any appointment. It shows that you respect your colleagues’ time and, in return, they will respect your time, too.Respect other people’s privacy. Knock before you enter someone’s office and do not read any correspondence lying on somebody’s desk. If you need to discuss a private matter with a colleague, make sure nobody else can overhear you. Personal issues should not be made into a public topic.Don’t gossip or complain. Sharing professional information is good; gossiping is not. Gossip usually gets passed around quickly and can reflect poorly on you. Limit your comments about your co-workers to positive ones only. It does nothing but harm to complain about anyone, including your boss, your office mate or any co-workers.Don’t disturb others. Always apologise if you inter rupt a discussion, someone’s concentration or other activity. Be aware of how loudly you may be speaking. If people in other cubiclesor offices comment on your conversations, perhaps your voice is too loud. You should either close your office door or lower your voice.Be neat and clean. Take a shower regularly and wear appropriate office clothes. It shows respect for both your colleagues and clients and is a sign that you are professional. Keep your personal workspace clean and neat at all times, for a mes sy desk will make people think that you’re an unorganised person.Be polite to everyone.Smile a lot and be friendly. Treat your co-workers, cleaners, maintenance people and others with the same respect and politeness. Showappreciation for any help offered to you.Be considerate. Wash and return all kitchen items to their proper place and clean anything you have spilt. If you have used the last drop of milk, either tell the person responsible for supplies or buy a replacement. Leave the photocopier in working condition. Return the stapler that you borrowed with at least a few staples left inside. When you use up all the paper in the printer, put more in it for the next person. If a machine jams, try to undo the jam or to tell somebody about it.In short, office etiquette is about being respectful and polite in the office. It is an essential part of growing professionally and becoming a more mature person in the business world.译文:办公室礼仪办公室礼仪能帮助你与同事和睦相处(哪怕关系未必融洽),让你确保自己不因为坏习惯或不当的言论而惹恼别人,进而影响你的同事在你需要帮助时的反应。

高级英语 第二课_Marrakech_完备课件


His Life
– He is mush praised in the west partly because of his anti-communist point of view.
– He was born in India, father, a so called empirebuilder --serving the British government abroad.
e. People: most Muslims; Most (70%) Moroccans are farmers, using camels, donkeys and mules to pull plows, trying to try to grow their own food. In the South a few tribesmen still wander from place to place in the desert.
---Renowned for leather goods --- the old city is like a labyrinth (迷宫 ) full of
crooked, deadened streets.
Marrakech
Marrakech is not only a fantastic city, it is also a symbol of the Morocco that once was, and which still survives here. The streets of the old and pink city have been too narrow to allow the introduction of cars, and tourists searching for the "real" Morocco have turned the medieval structures of Marrakech into good business.

高级英语第二册课文

Hiroshima -- the "Liveliest”City in Japan“Hiroshima! Everybody off!” That must be what the man in the Japanese stationmaster's uniform shouted, as the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop in Hiroshima Station. I did not understand what he was saying. First of all, because he was shouting in Japanese. And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon railways official might say. The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I'd previously taken. Was I not at the scene of the crime?The Japanese crowd did not appear to have the same preoccupations that I had. From the sidewalk outside the station, things seemed much the same as in other Japanese cities. Little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos rubbed shoulders with teenagers and women in western dress. Serious looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them, and bobbed up and down re-heatedly in little bows, as they exchanged the ritual formula of gratitude and respect: "Tomo aligato gozayimas." Others were using little red telephones that hung on the facades of grocery stores and tobacco shops."Hi! Hi!" said the cab driver, whose door popped open at the very sight of a traveler. "Hi", or something that sounds very much like it, means "yes". "Can you take me to City Hall?" He grinned at me in the rear-view mirror and repeated "Hi!" "Hi! ’ We set off at top speed through the narrow streets of Hiroshima. The tall buildings of the martyred city flashed by as we lurched from side to side in response to the driver's sharp twists of the wheel.Just as I was beginning to find the ride long, the taxi screeched to a halt, and the driver got out and went over to a policeman to ask the way. As in Tokyo, taxi drivers in Hiroshima often know little of their city, but to avoid loss of face before foreigners, will not admit their ignorance, and will accept any destination without concern for how long it may take them to find it.At last this intermezzo came to an end, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall. The usher bowed deeply and heaved a long, almost musical sigh, when I showed him the invitation which the mayor had sent me in response to my request for an interview. "That is not here, sir," he said in English. "The mayor expects you tonight for dinner with other foreigners or, the restaurant boat. See? This is where it is.” He s ketched a little map for me on the back of my invitation.Thanks to his map, I was able to find a taxi driver who could take me straight to the canal embankment , where a sort of barge with a roof like one on a Japanese house was moored . The Japanese build their traditional houses on boats when land becomes too expensive. The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.At the door to the restaurant, a stunning, porcelain-faced woman in traditional costume asked me to remove my shoes. This done, I entered one of the low-ceilinged rooms of the little floating house, treading cautiously on the soft matting and experiencing a twingeof embarrassment at the prospect of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in my socks.He was a tall, thin man, sad-eyed and serious. Quite unexpectedly, the strange emotion which had overwhelmed me at the station returned, and I was again crushed by the thought that I now stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment, where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second, where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony .The introductions were made. Most of the guests were Japanese, and it was difficult for me to ask them just why we were gathered here. The few Americans and Germans seemed just as inhibited as I was. "Gentlemen," said the mayor, "I am happy to welcome you to Hiroshima."Everyone bowed, including the Westerners. After three days in Japan, the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible."Gentlemen, it is a very great honor to have you her e in Hiroshima."There were fresh bows, and the faces grew more and more serious each time the name Hiroshima was repeated."Hiroshima, as you know, is a city familiar to everyone,” continued the mayor."Yes, yes, of course,” murmured the company, more and more agitated."Seldom has a city gained such world renown, and I am proud and happy to welcome you to Hiroshima, a town known throughout the world for its--- oysters".I was just about to make my little bow of assent, when the meaning of these last words sank in, jolting me out of my sad reverie ."Hiroshima – oysters? What about the bomb and the misery and humanity's most heinous crime?" While the mayor went on with his speech in praise of southern Japanese sea food, I cautiously backed away and headed toward the far side of the room, where a few men were talking among themselves and paying little attention to the mayor's speech. "You look puzzled," said a small Japanese man with very large eye-glasses."Well, I must confess that I did not expect a speech about oysters here. I thought that Hiroshima still felt the impact of the atomic impact .""No one talks about it any more, and no one wants to, especially, the people who were born here or who lived through it. "Do you feel the same way, too?""I was here, but I was not in the center of town. I tell you this because I am almost an old man. There are two different schools of thought in this city of oysters, one that would like to preserve traces of the bomb, and the other that would like to get rid of everything, even the monument that was erected at the point of impact. They would also like to demolish the atomic museum.""Why would they want to do that?""Because it hurts everybody, and because time marches on. That is why." The small Japanese man smiled, his eyes nearly closed behind their thick lenses. "If you write about this city, do not forget to say that it is the gayest city in Japan, even it many of the town's people still bear hidden wounds, and burns."Like any other, the hospital smelled of formaldehyde and ethere . Stretchers and wheelchairs lined the walls of endless corridors, and nurses walked by carrying Stretchers instruments, the very sight of which would send shivers down the spine of any healthy visitor. The so-called atomic section was located on the third floor. It consisted of 17 beds."I am a fisherman by trade. I have been here a very long time, more than twenty years, "said an old man in Japanese pajamas. “What is wrong with you?”"Something inside. I was in Hiroshima when it happened. I saw the fire ball. But I had no burns on my face or body. I ran all over the city looking for missing friends and relatives. I thought somehow I had been spared. But later my hair began to fall out, and my belly turned to water. I felt sick, and ever since then they have been testing and treating me. "The doctor at my side explained and commented upon the old man's story, "We still hare a handful of patients here who are being kept alive by constant car e. The other s died as a result of their injuries, or else committed suicide. ""Why did they commit suicide?""It is humiliating to survive in this city. If you bear any visible scars of atomic burns, your children will encounter prejudice on the par t of those who do not. No one will marry the daughter or the niece of an atomic bomb victim. People are afraid of genetic damage from the radiation." The old fisherman gazed at me politely and with interest.Hanging over the patient was a big ball made of bits of brightly colored paper, folded into the shape of tiny birds. "What's that?" I asked."Those are my lucky birds. Each day that I escape death, each day of suffering that helps to free me from earthly cares, I make a new little paper bird, and add it to the others. This way I look at them and congratulate myself of the good fortune that my illness has brought me. Because, thanks to it, I have the opportunity to improve my character."Once again, outside in the open air, I tore into little pieces a small notebook with questions that I'd prepared in advance for inter views with the patients of the atomic ward. Among them was the question: Do you really think that Hiroshima is the liveliest city in Japan? I never asked it. But I could read the answer in every eye.ExercisesI.Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible:1) Can you guess the writer's occupation, and perhaps, his nationality?2) What do you think was the aim of the visit?3) What thoughts were on his mind? Were there other visitors from abroad? Did they share his views? How do you know?4) What was his attitude towards Hiroshima?5) Were the Japanese preoccupied with the same thoughts as the writer was ?6) Was Hiroshima in any way different from other Japanese cities?7) The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945. How has the city been rebuilt since then?8) Even in this short description one may find some of the problems of Japan, or at least, of Hiroshima. Can you say what they are?9) Why didn' t the writer ask the patients of the atomic ward the questions he had prepared in advance?10) What was the answer he read in every eyeⅡ .Paraphrase:1) Serious looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them.2) The cab driver’ s doo r popped open at the very sight of a traveler.3) The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.4) I experienced a twinge of embarrassment at the prospect of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in my socks.5) The few Americans and Germans seemed just as inhibited as I was.6) After three days in Japan, the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.7) I was about to make my little bow of assent, when the meaning of these last words sank in, jolting me out of my sad reverie.8) I thought somehow I had been spared.III .Translate the following into Chinese:1) And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon railways official might say. The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air ofHiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I' d previously taken. Was 1 not at the scene of the crime?2) Quite unexpectedly, the strange emotion which had over-whelmed me at the station returned, and I was again crushed by the thought that I now stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment, where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second, where thousands upon thou-sands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony.3) “There are two different schools of thought in this city of oysters, one that would like to preserve traces of the bomb, and the other that would like to get rid of everything, even the monument that was erected at the point of impact."4) "If you bear any visible scars of atomic burns, your children will encounter prejudice on the part of those who do not."5) "Each day that I escape death, each day of suffering that helps to free me from earthly cares, I make a new little paper bird, and add it to the others. This way I look at them and congratulate myself on the good fortune that illness has brought me. Because, thanks to it, I have the opportunity to improve my character. "IV.Explain how the following adjectives are formed. Give examples to illustrate the different ways of compounding adjectives.1) timesaving, painstaking 2) man-made, poverty-stricken3) carefree, snow-white 4) porcelain-faced, chicken-hearted5) sad-eyed, low-ceilinged 6) longstanding, good-looking7) full-fledged, ready-madeV .Explain how the meaning of the following sentences is affected when the italicized words are replaced with the words in brackets. Pay attention to the shades of meaning of the words.1) That must be what the man shouted. (was)2) Was I not at the scene of the crime? ( Was I at the scene...?)3) Elderly ladies rubbed shoulders with teen-agers. (old)4) He grinned at me in the rear-view mirror. (smiled, laughed)5) He sketched a little map on the back of my invitation. (drew)6) I treaded cautiously on the tatami matting. (carefully)7) I stood on the site of the first atomic bombardment. (spot)8) They would also like to demolish the atomic museum. (destroy)9) It is the gayest city in Japan. (most delightful)10) The old fisherman gazed at me politely and with interest.( stared)VI. Replace the italicized words with simple, everyday words:1) The very act... was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I’ d previously taken. ( )2) as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them ( )3) Others were using little red telephones that hung on the facades of grocery stores and tobacco shops. ( )4) The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt. ( ) ( ) ( )5) and experiencing a twinge of embarrassment at the prospect of meeting the mayor of Hiroshima in my socks( ) ( )6) where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second ( )7) where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony ( )8) Seldom has a city gained such world renown. ( )9) jolting me out of my sad reverie ( )10) I thought that Hiroshima still felt the impact of the atomic cataclysm. ( )11) They would also like to demolish the atomic museum.( )12) your children will encounter prejudice on the part of those who do not ( )VII. Translate the following into Chinese:1) What he said just now had little to do with the question under discussion.2) The site of the battle brought back to him memories of the fiery year s of the Anti-Japanese War.3) He was so absorbed in his work that he was oblivious of the goings-on around him.4) The newspaper reporters got excited at the very sight of the Nobel Prize winner.5) -- What was the word the teacher used? I didn' t quite catch it.-- Nor did I, but it sounded very much like "preoccupation".6) Another turn and we found ourselves in a spacious cavern bigenough to hold a couple of hundred people.7) People listened with open-mouthed astonishment while the shocking news sank in.8) Molten iron is poured into the mixer much in the same way as tea is poured into a cup from a teapot.9) The unsuccessful operation weighed heavily on the young surgeon' s mind.10) The general often went to the barracks and rubbed shoulders with the rank and file.VIII. Choose the right words to complete the following sentences and make changes where necessary.1) Since the conference was held on Chinese ___, security was no problem. (soil, earth)2) The ____ here is sandy, and therefore, very poor. (soil, earth)3) He is so strong that he can carry four basketfuls of at a time. (soil, earth)4) He is a down-to- sort of fellow. (soil, earth)5) His face is _ __ me, but I can’ t recall his name. (familiar with, familiar to)6) Are you _ _ these technical terms? (familiar with, familiar to)7) I was ___when he told me that he and his brother were born on the same day but were not twins. "We have a sister of the same age, you see' so we are triplets!” He grinned at me and said. (surprise, puzzle)8) As the Chinese table-tennis players are the best in the world, it was not _ that they took away most of the cups. (surprising, puzzling)9) He is vain and seldom his mistakes. (admit, confess)10) As the offender his crime, he was dealt with leniently. (admit, confess)11) The doctor gave the old man a ___ examination and congratulated him on his speedy recovery. (careful, cautious)12) The troops advanced because the area had been mined by the enemy. (carefully, cautiously)Ⅸ .Translate the following into English (using the following words or expressions: by trade, to spare, to be oblivious of, to have... to do, mind, very much like, much the same as, to rub shoulders, to smell of, to sink in, very, must):1) 礼堂里一个人都没有,会议一定是延期了。

高职英语2课文翻译

Unit31.It’s important to know your objectives on a business trip, and to set out with those goals in mind and how toaccomplish them. But along the way, something rather amazing happens when you travel on business. You may go to some pretty amazing places, and get chances to see things you would have never sought out on your own.翻译:了解出差的目的,出发时牢记目标并清楚如何达成目标,这些都是很重要的。

但在途中也会发生一些有趣的事情。

你可能会去到一些令人惊叹的地方,有机会看到你自己可能永远都发现不了的东西。

2.Business trips don’t have to be all about business. There are times when you have completed your work andyou can take in some of the local color, attractions and good food. The first resource to find out what is really cool to enjoy in the city or town you are visiting is the locals. If you go to a faraway town to conduct business with a partner or vendor, they are often more than happy to show you the lay of the land and what is fun to see and do in the town.翻译:商务旅行不必都是生意。

高级英语 Unit2

1. Contrast: description of the scenery and of his own emotionPsychology: Repentant,Penitent. Hiroshima symbolizes war crime, sin, death, terror, etc.Scenery: lively, happy, vigorous, cheerful, etc.2. Humour: serious looking men, bob up and down, the cab driver, the usher, meeting the mayor in his socks, spinal column flexible, Hiroshima---oysters, small man with very large eye-glasses, his eyes nearly closed behind their thick lenses, etc.修辞学习:RHETORICtenor (subject): the concept, object, or person meant in a metaphorvehicle (reference): a medium through which something is expressed, achieved, or displayedSimile: A simile makes a comparison between two unlike things having at least one quality or characteristic in common. The two things compared must be dissimilar and the basis of resemblance is usually an abstract quality. The vehicle is almost always introduced by the word "like" or "as".Self-criticism is as necessary to us as air or water.The water lay grey and wrinkled like an elephant's skin.My very thoughts were like the ghostly rustle of dead leaves.The bus went as slowly as a snail.Her eyes were jet black, and her hair was like a waterfall.The comparison is purely imaginative, that is, the resemblance between the two unlike things in that one particular aspect exists only in our minds, and not in the nature of the things themselves.As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.Metaphor: A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike things, but the comparison is implied rather than stated. Some say it the substitution of one thing for another, or the identification of two things from different ranges of thought. Contrary to a simile in which the resemblance between two unlike things is clearly stated, in a metaphor nothing is mentioned. It is often loosely defined as "an implied comparison", " a simile without 'like' or 'as'". Metaphor is considered the most important and basic poetic figure and also the commonest the most beautiful.Snow clothes the ground.The town was stormed after a long siege.Boys and girls, tumbling in the streets and playing, were moving jewels.I had a lump in my throatAt last this intermezzo came to an end...I was again crushed by the thought......when the meaning ... sank in, jolting me...Metonymy(借代): In Latin, meta means change while onyma means name, so metonymy means the change of name. Metonymy is a figure of speech that has to do with the substitution of the name of one thing for that of another. This substituted name may be an attribute of that other thing or be closely associated with it. In other words, it involves a change of name.She was a girl who excited the emotions, but I was not one to let my heart rule my head.He took to the bottle....little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers ...struggle between kimono and the miniskirtI thought that Hiroshima still felt the impactMetonymy can be derived from various sources:a. Names of personsUncle Sam: the USAb. Animalsthe bear: the Soviet Unionthe dragon : the Chinese (a fight between the bear and the dragon)c. Parts of the bodyheart: feelings and emotionshead, brain: wisdom, intelligence, reasongrey hair: old aged. Profession:the press: newspapers, reporters etc.He met the press yesterday evening at the Grand Hotel.the bar: the legal professione. location of government, business etc.Downing Street: the British Governmentthe White House: the US president and his governmentthe Capital Hill: US CongressWall Street: US financial circlesHollywood: American filmmaking industryEuphemism: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest sth unpleasanteg:He was sentenced to prison---He is now living at the government's expenses.The boy is a bit slow for his age.to go to heaven---deadto go to the bathroom, do one's business, answer the nature's call, put an end to my life.Each day of suffering that helps to free me from earthly cares.Irony: Hiroshima---the Liveliest City in Japanthe good fortune that my illness has brought meAnti-Climax: a town known throughout the world for its---oystersAlliteration:slip to a stoptested and treatedRhetorical Question:Was I not at the scene of the crime?词汇(Vocabulary)reportorial ( adj.) :reporting报道的,报告的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------kimono ( n.) :a loose out garment with short,wide sleeve and a sash。

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第二课参考译文马拉喀什随笔乔治·奥威尔1. 一具尸体抬过,成群的苍蝇从饭馆的餐桌上一哄而起,追逐而上,几分钟后又嗡嗡地飞了回来。

2. 一支人数不多的送葬队伍——无论成人或孩子全是男性,没有女性——沿着集贸市场,迂回穿行于一堆堆石榴摊子、出租车和骆驼之间,一边走着一边反复地哀号着一曲短促的悲歌。

真正吸引苍蝇成群追逐的是:这里的尸体从来都不装进棺木,只是用一块破布裹着,放在一个粗糙的木制陈尸架上,由死者的四位朋友抬着送葬。

抵达安葬地后,先在地上挖出一个一两英尺深的长方形坑,随即将尸体往坑里一倒,再扔上一些像碎砖头一样的干土块。

既没有墓碑,也没有留名,更没有任何身份标识。

安葬地不过是一片巨大的土丘林立的荒原,恰似一块废弃的建筑工地。

一两个月之后,谁也说不准自己的亲人究竟葬在何处。

3. 当你徒步经过这样的城镇——20万当地居民当中,至少有两万人除了一身聊以蔽体的破衣烂裳外,一无所有——当你看到那些人何以生存,又何以轻易地死去时,你永远难以相信自己是在人类当中穿行。

事实上,这是所有殖民帝国赖以建立的基础。

这里的人都有一张褐色的脸——而且,他们人数众多!他们果真和你一样同属人类吗?他们也有名有姓吗?或许他们只是像一群群彼此之间难以区分的蜜蜂或珊瑚虫一样的东西。

他们生于土地,受苦受累,忍饥挨饿地过上几年,然后就被埋到无名的小坟丘下。

没有人会注意到他们的离去,甚至那些小坟丘本身也会很快地夷为平地。

有时,当你外出散步,穿过仙人掌丛时,你会感觉到脚下特别的凸凹不平,只有那起伏凹凸的固定形状使你意识到脚下踩的正是死人的骷髅。

4. 我正在公园里给一只瞪羚喂食。

5. 瞪羚几乎是唯一一种在存活时看上去能让人食欲大开的动物。

实际上,人们光看到它的两条后腿就会联想到薄荷酱。

我正在喂着的这只瞪羚似乎已看出了我的心思,尽管它在吃我手上递出去的面包,但显然对我并没什么好感。

它迅速地咬了一小口面包,然后低下头,试图用脑袋顶我,然后又咬一口面包,又顶了一次。

它大概以为:如果把我赶走,面包仍能悬在半空当中。

6. 一个正在附近小道上干活的阿拉伯民工放下笨重的锄头,羞怯地侧着身子慢慢向我们走过来。

他诧异地看看瞪羚,又看看面包,看看面包,又看看瞪羚,好像他从未见过这样的情景。

最终,他怯生生地用法语说:“我能吃点那面包就好了。

”7. 我撕下一块面包给他,他充满感激地把它藏到破衣裳贴身的地方。

这个人是市政当局的一名雇工。

8. 当你经过犹太人居住区时,你就会了解中世纪的犹大人区大概是什么样子。

在摩尔人的统治下,犹太人只可以在几个规定的区域内拥有土地,而且经过几个世纪的如此待遇之后,犹太人已经不再为拥挤不堪烦扰了。

这儿的许多街道远不足6英尺宽;房屋完全没有窗户;眼睛红肿的孩子成群结队,四处可见,多得像一群群的苍蝇,令入难以置信。

沿着街心常常尿流成河。

9. 在集市里,一大家子的犹大人都身着黑色长袍,头戴黑色瓜皮帽,在看起来像洞穴一般暗淡、苍蝇麋集的货摊里干活。

一个木工双腿交叉坐在一架最原始的车床旁,正以飞快的速度旋制着椅子腿。

他右手握弓开动车床,左脚引动旋刀。

由于一辈子都保持这样的坐姿,他的左腿已经弯曲变形。

旁边坐着他年仅六岁的小孙子,竟已开始帮着做些简单的活计了。

10. 我正要走过一家铜匠铺子,突然有人注意到我正在点一支香烟。

刹那间,大批疯狂的犹太人从四面八方阴暗的洞穴里窜了出来。

其中有很多胡子花白的老人,他们都叫喊着,要讨支香烟抽抽。

甚至一位盲人听见讨烟抽的叫喊声后,也从铺子后面爬了出来,用手在空中摸索着。

大约一分钟光景,我那一整包香烟就全分完了。

我想这些人中,没有谁一天工作会少于12小时,可是他们每个人都把支香烟看成是一件十分难得的奢侈品。

11. 由于犹太人生活在一个自给自足的社区里,除了农业外,他们与阿拉伯人从事一样的行业。

他们当中有水果贩、陶工、银匠、铁匠、屠夫、皮匠、裁缝、运水工、乞丐、脚夫——横看竖看,皆是犹太人。

事实上,有13,000名犹大人都居住在这块仅几英亩大的土地上。

幸运的是,希特勒并未光顾这里。

但是,也许他曾经准备来的。

你不仅能从阿拉伯人那里,而且还能从较为贫穷的欧洲人那里,听说有关犹太人的不利传言。

12. “是这样啊,我的老兄,他们把我的饭碗夺走,给了犹太人。

这些犹太人!他们才是这个国家真正的主宰,知道吗?所有的钱被他们赚了。

银行、财政———切都被他们控制了。

”13. “但是,”我说道,“大多数普通犹太人不也是为了大约一小时一便士的微薄工钱而辛勤工作的苦力吗?”14. “噢!那不过是做做样子而已。

他们其实都是惯于放债的高利贷者。

奸诈得很,这些犹太人。

”15. 与此极其相仿的是,几百年前,常有些苦命的老太婆因耍巫术被活活烧死。

但事实上,她们耍的巫术连一顿像样的饭菜钱都挣不到。

16. 所有靠自己双手劳动的人一般都不太引人注目,他们所干的活越是重要,就越不引人注目。

然而,白皮肤总是比较显眼的。

在北欧,当你看到一个农民在耕地,你可能会多看他一眼。

而在一个热带国家,直布罗陀以南或者苏伊士运河以东,你很可能甚至连耕地的人都看不到。

这种情况我已经注意到多次了。

在热带地区,一切自然景色可以尽收眼底,唯独看不到人。

人们可以看到干巴巴的土地、仙人掌、棕榈树,还有远处的群山,但往往遗漏了在地里锄地的农夫,其肤色与土壤的颜色一样,却远不及土壤中看。

17. 正因为此,被贫困所困扰的亚非国家反倒成了旅游胜地。

没有人会想组织游客去贫民窟去旅游,尽管费用低廉。

但在那些居住着褐色皮肤人群的地方,他们的贫困却完全无人注意。

摩洛哥对法国人而言意味着什么呢?无非是一片橘园或者一份政府部门的差事。

对于英国人呢?不过是骆驼、城堡、棕榈树、外国军团、黄铜托盘和土匪。

就算在那儿居住多年的人们也有可能不曾注意到:对于当地百分之九十的居民而言,生活是一场为了从贫瘠的土地上榨出一点点食物而进行的永无停息、艰苦卓绝的抗争。

18. 摩洛哥的土地大部分荒无人烟,在此能够存活的野生动物,最大者莫过野兔。

大片曾被森林覆盖着的土地已变成寸草不生的荒野,土壤如同碎砖头一般。

尽管如此,大片的土地仍被开垦了出来,其劳动强度十分惊人。

这里所有的活儿都是手工完成的。

排着长队的女人们弯着腰,像一个个倒过来的大写字母“L”一样,一面沿着田野慢慢往前走,一面用手拔掉带刺的野草。

农民们在采集紫花苜蓿作牲口饲料时,不是用镰刀去割,而是用手一株株地拔起。

这样收割的结果,一两英寸长的苜蓿根茎就不至于被浪费掉。

这里的犁是木制的蹩脚货,完全不结实,一个人可以轻而易举地将其扛在肩上。

犁的底部装着一个粗糙的铁叉,它可以翻地约四英寸深,这与拉犁牲口的力量旗鼓相当。

通常是将一头牛和一头驴子套在一起拉犁。

这是因为两头驴子拉不动,若改用两头牛的话,耗费的饲料会更多。

农民们没有耙地用的耙,他们只是顺着不同的方向将地犁上几遍,弄出一道道不平的垄沟来,然后再用锄头把整块的地整理成一块块长方形小畦,用以蓄水。

除了较为罕见的暴雨之后那一两天之外,其余时间这里都缺水。

农民们沿着田边挖出一道道深达30或40英尺的沟渠,以便把深层土壤的涓涓细流汇聚起来。

19. 每天下午都有一队年老的妇人背着柴禾从我家门口的那条路上走过。

她们由于上了年纪而叉饱经日晒,一个个变得像木乃伊似的干瘪,身驱是那么瘦小。

在原始社会,妇女到了一定年龄后,身材通常会缩成孩子般大小。

一天,一个身高不过四英尺的可怜妇人背着老大的一捆柴禾从我身边蹒跚而过。

我拦住她,往她手中塞了一枚面值五个苏的钱币(略多于四分之一便士)。

她的反应竟是一声近乎尖叫的惊呼,这喊叫部分是出于感激,但主要却是出于惊诧。

我想,在她看来,我居然会注意到她,似乎是违反了自然法则。

她业已接受了自己作为老妪的地位,也就是驮畜的地位。

每当一家人出行时,通常可以看到父亲和已成年的儿子骑着驴子走在前面,而老妪则背着行囊步行尾随其后。

20. 然而,这些人的奇特就在于她们无影无形。

好几个星期以来,每天几乎在同一个时间,这一队老妪背驮着柴禾在我房前蹒跚而过。

尽管这一幕已映人了我的眼帘,但我仍然不能说果真看到了她们。

成捆的柴禾从屋外缓慢掠过——这就是我所目睹到的。

直到有一天我碰巧走在她们身后,一捆柴禾奇异地时上时下起伏着,我才注意到柴禾之下的人。

这时我才第一次看到那些肤色如土、可怜的老妪的躯体,枯瘦得只剩皮包骨头、被沉重的负荷压得弯腰驼背的躯体。

然而,我踏上摩洛哥国土还不到五分钟就注意到驴子的负荷过重,并为此感到愤怒。

毫无疑问,这里的驴子受到了虐待。

摩洛哥的驴子几乎和圣伯纳德救护大一样大小,可它驮负的货物重量在英国军队里让一头高约五英尺的大骡子来驮都嫌重,而且,它常常是一连几个星期都不卸驮鞍。

尤其可怜的是,摩洛哥驴子是世界上最温顺的动物,如同狗一样听从主人的吩咐,不需要马勒或缰绳。

拼命工作十几年后,它便猝然倒地死去,这时主人便把它随便扔进沟里,尸骨未寒,其五脏六腑早已被村子里的狗扒出来吃掉。

21. 这类事情令人义愤填膺。

然而,总体而言,人的苦难却没有引起同样的反响。

我并不是在乱发议论,而只是在指出一个事实:褐色人近乎无影无形。

人人都会同情一头脊背磨伤的驴子,但若要注意到柴禾堆下的老妪,只能是因为某种偶然。

22. 白鹳展翅北飞时,黑人正行军南下——一列长长的、满面灰尘的行军队伍,步兵,炮兵,接着是人数更多的步兵,总共有四五千人,正靴声橐橐、车声辚辚地蜿蜒前进。

23. 他们是塞内加尔人,是非洲肤色最黑的黑人,黑得有时让人难以看清他们颈项上的毛发从何而生。

他们健硕的身体上穿着旧的卡其布制服,脚上套着一双看上去像木板似的靴子,头上戴着码子似乎小一两号的的钢盔。

天气炎热,这些黑人长途行军,已经疲惫不堪,背着沉重的行李,好奇敏感的脸颊上汗水闪闪发光。

24. 他们正走过时,一个身材高大、年纪很轻的黑人转过头,和我的目光相遇。

他的神情完全出乎我的意料,既不带敌意,也不含轻蔑,更不是愠怒,甚至连好奇都不是。

那是一种腼腆的、瞪圆双眼的黑人的目光,实际上就是一种表示深厚敬意的目光。

我了解这种情况。

这个可怜的小伙子,因为成了法国公民,所以被从森林里抓了壮丁送到军队驻扎的城镇去擦洗地板,后来染上了梅毒。

事实上他对白种人充满敬意。

别人给他灌输白人是主子的思想,他对此一直深信不疑。

25. 然而,无论哪个白人(哪怕是那些自称是社会主义者的人)在看到这群黑人军队从身边行军而过时,心中总会冒出这样一种想法:“我们还能继续愚弄这些人多久?他们倒戈还要多久?”26. 真是怪有意思的,在场的每一个白人心里都潜藏着这种想法。

我有,其他旁观者有;骑在汗涔涔的战马上的军官们有;走在行军队伍中的白人军士们也有。

这个秘密,大家都明白,心照不宣;唯有那些黑人尚不知晓。

的确,看到这列长达一两英里的队伍毫无言语地静静向前行进,就好像在观看一群被放牧的牛羊,而那掠过他们头顶的大自鹳正朝着相反的方向飞去,恰似一片片碎纸在空中泛着点点银光。

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