Lesson 6 Red for danger

危險的紅色

一、詞匯部分
1.bullfight/ˈbʊl.faɪt/ n. 斗牛
擴展：bull公牛／cow 母牛／bully 欺負

2.drunk /drʌŋk/ n. 醉漢
擴展：wasted/tipsy

3.wander/ˈwɑːn.dɚ/ v. 溜達，亂走
4.ring/rɪŋ/ n. 圓形競技場地
擴展：thumb up/index finger/middle finger/ring finger/pinky/give someone a ring

5.unaware/ˌʌn.əˈwer/ adj. 不知道的，未覺察的
擴展：be aware of 意識到…

6.bull/bʊl/ n. 公牛
7.matador/ˈmæt̬.ə.dɔːr/ n. 斗牛士
擴展: fighter／fight back
例句：Asian seldom fight back.

8.remark/rɪˈmɑːrk/ n. 評論；言語
9.apparently/əˈper.ənt.li/ adv. 明顯地
擴展：clearly/obviously

10.sensitive/ˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/ adj. 敏感的
擴展：sense 感覺／make sense 有道理

11.criticism/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/ n. 批評
12.charge/tʃɑːrdʒ/ v. 沖上去
擴展：charger 充電器

13.clumsy /ˈklʌm.zi/ adj. 笨拙地
14.bow/baʊ/ v. 鞠躬
15.safety/ˈseɪf.ti/ n. 安全地帶
16.sympathetic /ˌsɪm.pəˈθet̬.ɪk/ adj. 同情的
擴展：sym-相同＋path 感情＋etic 形容詞后綴

文章講解

During a bullfight, a drunk suddenly wandered into the middle of the ring. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of the danger. The bull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap. Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself. When the bull got close to him, he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed. By this time, however, three men had come into the ring and they quickly dragged the drunk to safety. Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador.

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1.During a bullfight, a drunk suddenly wandered into the middle of the ring. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of the danger.

1)知識點:
During +一段時間，表示在…期間；
例句：I can’t answer your phone during your daytime because we have a 12-hour time difference.

例句：During those four years I went to college in Boston, I met a lot of foreign friends.

表達替換：in the middle of/in the center of/at the heart of …

搭配：be aware of 意識到…
例句：I wasn’t aware of that. /I’m well aware of that.

2.The bull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap.

知識點:
be busy with/be busy doing something 忙于做某事
例句：I’m busy with my work recently. I wasn’t aware of what people said about me online.


At the time 當時
語法點：定語從句（人＋who）
例：but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap.

翻譯模式：單句翻or 把定語從句放到名詞前面去翻譯。

3.Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew quiet.

知識點:

形容詞短語做狀語：Adj.短語，句子。
例：Sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador.

搭配：take charge/in charge
例：I need to charge my cell phone, but I forgot to bring my charger.
例：The situation is getting out of hand. I have to step in and take charge.

4.The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself. When the bull got close to him, he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed.

知識點:

搭配：be sure of/ be sure that 對…很確定
例：We are sure that we can make this work.
例：I’m sure they will part ways soon.


搭配：step outside 出去
例：I’m sorry, but you have to step outside.
例：First step is always the hardest.

5.By this time, however, three men had come into the ring and they quickly dragged the drunk to safety. Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador.


一篇哈佛大學入學的essay:

I applied to Harvard as a joke. It was the last school added to my list, and I only did so because the application was very simple. Since I didn’t think I would get in, I didn’t bother trying to impress anyone and just wrote about what made me happy, which in this case were bras and stars. On the official acceptance letter which came in the mail, my admissions officer had hand-written, “I really enjoyed reading your bra essay!”
The prompt actually came from a supplemental question on the UChicagoapplication which called for a 500 word essay about an article of clothing that was important to you. I recycled it for my H app as an additional informational essay, and here it is below for your reading pleasure :)

(image courtesy of Huff Post)
I remember the first time I wore a bra. I came home from school in the fifth grade, and my mom handed me a white cloth to put on beneath my shirt. “You’re a big girl now,” she said, “You need to wear this.” From that moment on, my life was forever changed.
That same year, I was taught that the sun would someday die, and I, feeling the pressure of the contraption beneath my shirt, realized that my childhood, too, would eventually dissipate just like the sun.
Contraption /kənˈtræp.ʃən/ n.裝置
Dissipate/ˈdɪs.ə.peɪt/ v.驅散，消失

The first bra paved way for a second, and then a third, and then, by the fourth bra I had advanced to the Lady Type, the ones that my mom wore.
With every new bra, I cast away the former. Somewhere in the dark abyss of my closet, there is a heap of abandoned bras, tiny, worn-out filaments that had once shone so brightly in their days of use, but had faded away into old, neglected remnants of days long gone. They sit against a corner of the universe and gather dust like dead stars— without life, without luster, without vigor.
Abyss/əˈbɪs/ n.深淵，無底洞
Filament /ˈfɪl.ə.mənt/ adj.細絲狀的；n.細絲
Remnant /ˈrem.nənt/ adj.剩余的／n.剩余

With every new bra, I felt the unmerciful hand of change push me further down a path with which I had no return. The bras no longer had the simplicity of the first; they came equipped with more folds and stitches and frills and patterns that were designed to counteract the growing complexity of my responsibilities.
Frill /frɪl/ n.修飾

Sometimes, when I found myself too big for the current one, I was either unable to or unwilling to get another because of the implications behind the transition—if every new bra meant the death of another star, then the adult world was nothing to me but a lifetime of darkness. I tried so hard not to kill any more stars, but my resistance was not enough, and I found myself adding layer after layer to the ever-increasing pile of bras. With this mindset, I prepared myself for the end, for the moment in which my entire universe would be engulfed by the black hole forming in my closet.
Engulf /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ v.吞沒

But I was saved.
I learned that life does not occur linearly, but in cycles: New stars can arise from the ashes of former ones, and the darkness of death is replenished by the light of birth. Thus, what is created is only a reinterpretation of the past in a form that is fitted for the present. In wearing a new bra, I was not casting away my old self but reorienting myself to accommodate to changing times.
Replenish /rɪˈplen.ɪʃ/ v.填充

Change, as overwhelming as it feels, is only natural—the pile of bras will only get bigger. Though it is hard to accept the existence of the bra in my life, I realize that I cannot live without it, for, as we grow older, things tend to droop more easily, and there is nothing more reliable than a bra to give us the inner support necessary to have a firm hold on life.

Droop /druːp/ v.下垂，凋零