Day 4: What is Your Most Impressive Nursery Rhyme

Tuesday

各位书友,今天我们一起阅读《And Then There Were None》30-41页。And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by English writer Agatha Christie, widely considered her masterpiece. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1939, as Ten Little Niggers. Its American reprints and adaptations were all retitled And Then There Were None.

Question

What is your most impressive nursery rhyme?

你印象最深的童谣是什么?

欢迎各位书友留言,文字语音都可以,中文英文均不限。

您的每一条留言对于我们都很重要!*3

英语共读编辑团队在后台等您来!在后台等您来!等您来!

Key Sentences(重点句子)

1. What a white bloodless ghost of a woman!

真是少见的毫无血色的苍白的女幽灵。

同义句:This woman seems like a ghost with a white bloodless.

讲解:

这是一个由what引导的感叹句,理解为“多么、多少”。

例句:

what luck!

多么走运啊。

2. It was the old nursery rhyme that she remembered from her childhood days.

原来是托儿所里流传的儿童歌谣,早在她还是个孩子的时候就记住了。

同义句:She remembered this old nursery rhyme when she was a child.

讲解:

nursery rhymen. 童谣;儿歌

childhood days. 童年时光

这是个典型的强调句型“it is….that…”,强调内容是“the old nursery rhyme”,理解为正是这首儿童歌谣。

3. "Indian Island, eh? There's a nigger in the woodpile."

“印地安岛,呃?其中必有文章!”

同义句:" Indian Island, eh? There must be something we don't know about it."

讲解:

woodpile ['wʊdpaɪl]  n. 柴堆;木料堆

nigger黑鬼,是对非洲裔美国人极具污蔑性的称谓,大家出门在外千万不要使用。在美国俚语中,a nigger in the woodpile引申为:暗藏的动机, 不可告人的目的。

4. For two pins he'd make an excuse and get away. Throw up the whole business. . . 

他得借故溜走,丢开整个这档子事……

同义句:He had gotten away with some excuse, and left these things behind.

讲解:

for two pins  在这种情况下,借故。

get away 逃脱,离开

《哈利波特与魔法石》中例句:

"Neville,” Ron exploded, "get away from that hole and don't be an idiot."  

"纳威,"罗恩勃然大怒,"快从那洞口闪开,别做一个白痴——"

throw up呕吐;抛起;匆匆建造;放弃。

例句:

She said she had thrown up after reading reports of the trial.

她说她看了有关该审讯的报告后呕吐了。

估计是看了汉尼拔吃人…….

5. As the gong sounded, Philip Lombard came out of his room and walked to the head of the stairs.

听到钟响,菲利普·隆巴德走出房间,一直走到楼梯尽头。

同义句:When Philip Lombard heard the sound of the gong, he went out of his room and walked to the end of the stairs.

讲解:

gong 锣,钟状物

the head of  …的尽头

例如美剧《老友记》中经典对话:

...because the head of the bed is where the sun would be.

…因为床头的位置是太阳的方向。

Key Words(重点词汇)

bloodless

英 ['blʌdlɪs]  美 ['blʌdləs]

adj. 不流血的;无血色的;没有精神的

例:

Her face was grey and bloodless.

她脸色灰暗毫无血色。

词根: blood

adj.

bloody 血腥的;非常的;嗜杀的,残忍的;

bleeding 流血的;同情的

blooded 血统优良的;有血的

adv.

bloody 很

bloodily 残忍地;血迹斑斑地,血腥地

n.

bloodshed 流血;杀戮

bleeder 流血不易停止的人;易出血的人;泄放器

bloodiness 残忍,残酷;血腥;血污

vt.

bleed 使出血;榨取

bloody 使流血

childhood

英 ['tʃaɪldhʊd]  美 ['tʃaɪldhʊd]

n. 童年时期;幼年时代

例:

She had a happy childhood.

她有过一个快乐的童年。

词根: child

adj.

childish 幼稚的,孩子气的

adv.

childishly 天真地,幼小地;幼稚地

n.

childishness 童心;幼稚

nigger

英 ['nɪgə]  美 ['nɪɡɚ]

n. 黑鬼(蔑称);社会地位低下的人

例:

He just killed a nigger.

他刚杀了一个黑鬼。

拓展:

negro

n. 黑人

adj. 黑人的

pin

英 [pɪn]  美 [pɪn]

vt. 钉住;压住;将……用针别住

n. 大头针,别针,针;栓;琐碎物

例:

The room was so still that you could have heard a pin drop.

那房间静得针掉在地上都能听到。

词根: pin

n.

pinning 阻塞;[建] 打小桩

pinner 别扣针者;头巾之一种

常用短语:

on pins and needles 如坐针毡;坐立不安

pin down 确定;使受约束;阻止

piston pin 活塞销

sound

英 [saʊnd]  美 [saʊnd]

n. 声音,语音;噪音;听力范围;[医] 探条

adj. 健全的;合理的;可靠的;有效彻底的

vi. 听起来;发出声音;回响;测深

例:

The buzzer sounded in Daniel's office.

丹尼尔办公室的蜂鸣器响了起来。

常用短语:

sound card 声卡; 音效卡 ; 音频卡

sound track 音带 ; 声带 ; 声迹 ; 声道

词根: sound

adj.

sounding 发出声音的

soundless 无声的;寂静的

adv.

soundly 健全地;完全地;稳健地;彻底地;牢固地

soundlessly 无声地;静悄悄地;完全静寂地

n.

soundness 健康;稳固;完整;公正

sounding 音响;试探;测探水深

sounder 音响发声器;鸣响的东西;发声者


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—共读书籍简介—

《无人生还》And Then There Were None),原名《孤岛奇案》,是著名的英国侦探推理女王作家阿加莎·克里斯蒂的作品,也是她生涯中最著名的作品之一,被认为是历史上成就最高的推理小说之一,全球销量超过一亿册。被改编成多部影视、戏剧、漫画、游戏作品。小说巧妙地构思了八个素不相识的人受邀来到海岛印第安岛上,后来十个人都被谋害的精彩推理剧情,情节跌但起伏却毫不荒诞。该书出版于1939年。


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