啃嚼語段
So she spent almost all her time in her bedroom,which she shared with the children.
因此,她把自己整天關在這間與其他孩子們共有的臥室里。
From here she watched the wind, the snow,the rain,beautiful sunsets and full moons,one after another.
在這兒,她看刮風,看下雪,看雨點飄灑,看美麗的日落,還有一輪又一輪的滿月。
People began to think she had gone away.
人們漸漸以為她外出了。
She only went out after dark, to walk in the woods and the fields.
只有在天黑以后,她才會出來,到樹林里和田野上走走。
She was not afraid of the dark or the shadows; it was people she was anxious to avoid.
她不怕黑暗和陰影,她極力想避開的只是人群。
She was at home on the lonely hills, but she felt guilty surrounded by innocent nature.
在孤寂的山上她感到自在,但被純凈的大自然包圍時,她又有一種負罪感。
When it rained, she thought nature was crying at her weakness,and when the midnight wind blew she thought nature was angry with her.
下雨時,她會想到是大自然在為她的軟弱而哭泣;而午夜的狂風又讓她覺得大自然在生她的氣。
But she did not realize that although she had broken an accepted social rule, she had done nothing against nature.
她沒有意識到,雖然她觸犯了一條公認的社會戒律,但她卻從沒違反過自然。
She was as innocent as the sleeping birds in the trees,or the small field animals in the hedges.
她就像樹林里熟睡的鳥兒或樹籬下的田間小動物一樣清白無辜。
語段精講
1. So she spent almost all her time in her bedroom,which she shared with the children.
短語積累:in one’s bedroom:在某人的臥室里 all one’s time:所有的時間 share time with sb:和某人一起打發時間
語法點撥:which she shared with the children是由which引導的非限定性定語從句。Which指代前面說到的情況(she spend almost all her time in her bedroom),而這個定語從句起到補充說明的作用,補充說明苔絲是如何在自己的房間里度過她的所有時間的。
2. From here she watched the wind, the snow,the rain,beautiful sunsets and full moons,one after another.
加分短語:one after another:相繼,一個接一個地 e.g. The boys jumped into the pool one after another.(孩子們相繼地跳進游泳池里。)People took the floor one after another.(會上大家踴躍發言。)
景物描寫:beautiful sunset:美麗的日落 a full moon:一輪圓月
3. People began to think she had gone away.
加分短語:go away:離開 e.g It makes me sad to hear that you have to go away.(聽說你一定要走,我很難過。)
4. She only went out after dark, to walk in the woods and the fields.
短語竄燒:go out:出門,出去 after dark:天黑后 in the woods:在森里里 in the fields:在田野里
5. She was not afraid of the dark or the shadows; it was people she was anxious to avoid.
加分短語:be afraid of:恐懼,害怕 e.g. I am afraid of going through that wood.I'll take the road.(我害怕穿過那座樹林,我將走大路。)
be anxious to do something:渴望做某事 e.g. He was painfully anxious to see her.(他心急火燎地盼著見到她。)
6. She was at home on the lonely hills, but she felt guilty surrounded by innocent nature.
修飾手法:lonely hills這里是雙關語,既指“苔絲到達的這座山只是一座,沒有其他的山與之相連”,又指“苔絲內心強烈的孤寂之感”。
語法點撥:surrounded by innocent nature是現在分詞短語做時間狀語。
短語理解:at home在這里的意思是“自在,自由”,而不是“在家”的意思。
7. When it rained, she thought nature was crying at her weakness,and when the midnight wind blew she thought nature was angry with her.
加分短語:cry at something:因......而大聲吼叫 be angry with:對......惱火(生氣)