Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book,called True Stories from Nature,about the primeval forest.It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole,without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.”
I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked like this:
I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.But they answered: “Frighten? Why should anyone be frightened by a hat? ”
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. My Drawing Number Two looked like this:
The grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history,arithmetic and grammar. That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two.
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
文章自學(xué)翻譯:
我六歲時(shí)倚评,曾在一本《大自然的真實(shí)故事》關(guān)于原始森林的書中碱蒙,看到一副令我震撼非凡的圖片:一條大蟒蛇正在吞咽一只大象因苹。以下圖片是我模仿畫下來的。
書言:“大蟒蛇囫圇吞沒它的獵物彩届,不經(jīng)一絲咀嚼,吞咽完大蟒蛇無法動(dòng)彈裹刮,它冬眠六個(gè)月去消化它的獵物奢讨。”
這叢林的刺激冒險(xiǎn)讓我深深地陷入了沉思动雹。用一支彩色鉛筆槽卫,我成功畫出了我人生中的第一幅畫,看起來就像這樣:
我向大人展示我的杰作胰蝠,并問他們有沒有被我的畫嚇到歼培。但他們說:“嚇到?為什么有人會(huì)被一頂帽子嚇到茸塞?”
可我畫的并不是一頂帽子躲庄,而是一條大蟒蛇在消化一只大象坯墨。因?yàn)榇笕丝床幻靼姿镎耶嬃肆硗庖环嬁富耶嫵隽舜篁叩膬?nèi)部墨闲,這樣大人就能清楚看到它了扒磁。大人老是需要解釋谱轨。我的第二幅畫看起來是這樣子:
這次大人的回應(yīng)就是勸我:把我的大蟒蛇畫拋在一邊批旺,不管是剖開的還是沒剖開的史辙,把心思放在地理菌仁、歷史浩习、算術(shù)和語法書上。這就是為什么济丘,六歲那年谱秽,我放棄了可能成為偉大畫家的輝煌生涯。關(guān)于第一幅畫和第二幅畫摹迷,大人的回應(yīng)弯院,我大失所望,讓我體驗(yàn)到了深深的挫敗感泪掀。
大人從不能自個(gè)兒去弄懂任何東西听绳,永遠(yuǎn)要孩子們一次又一次地向他們解釋,真是厭煩异赫。
復(fù)習(xí)收獲的詞&短語:(消除模糊椅挣,溫故而知新)
1.Chapter? /?t??pt?r/ n.章;(人生或歷史的)時(shí)期;宗教團(tuán)體的全體成員
2.magnificent? /m?ɡ?n?f?snt/? adj.壯麗的;宏偉的;值得贊揚(yáng)的
3.primeval /pra??mi?vl/? adj.原始的;遠(yuǎn)古的;出于原始天性的
4.the primeval forest? /e? pra??mi?vl ?f??r?st/? 原始森林
5.constrictor /k?n?str?kt?r/ n.縮肌;大蟒;壓縮器
6.boa? /?bo??/ n.(用羽毛或輕質(zhì)織物制成的)長圍巾;同 boa constrictor
7.boa constrictor 大蟒蛇(主要產(chǎn)于美洲中南部和西印度群島)
8.in the act of? /?n e? ?kt ?v/ 正在做…
9.swallowing? /?swɑ?lo???/ v.吞沒;侵吞;(由于緊張等)做吞咽動(dòng)作? swallow的現(xiàn)在分詞
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n. 生理吞咽
10.drawing ./?dr????/ v.繪畫;吸引;牽引 draw的現(xiàn)在分詞
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n.繪畫(藝術(shù));制圖(技巧);圖畫;素描畫
11.prey? /pre?/ n.獵物;受害者;受騙者
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v.捕食;折磨;掠奪
12.digestion /da??d?est??n/? n.消化;消化能力
13.pondered? /?pɑ?nd?rd/ v.考慮;沉思;琢磨? ? ? ponder的過去分詞和過去式
14.adventures /?d?v?nt??z//?d?v?nt??rz/ n.冒險(xiǎn);冒險(xiǎn)的刺激;大膽開拓? ? adventure? 的復(fù)數(shù)
15.jungle? /?d???ɡl/ n.叢林;危險(xiǎn)地帶;爾虞我詐的環(huán)境
16.colored /?k?l?rd/ v.著色头岔;渲染;臉紅? color的過去分詞和過去式
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n.黑人
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adj.有色的鼠证;〈侮辱〉有色人種的峡竣;有偏見的
17.pencil /?pensl/ n.鉛筆
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? vt.用鉛筆寫(或畫、作記號(hào))
18.succeeded? /s?k?si?d?d/? v.成功;繼任;隨后出現(xiàn);? succeed的過去分詞和過去式
19.showed /?o?d/ v.表明;展示;(通過示范)教量九,解說? show的過去分詞和過去式
20.masterpiece /?m?st?rpi?s/? n.杰作;代表作;名著
21.grown-ups /ɡr??n ?ps/ n.大人;成人? grown-up的復(fù)數(shù)? 口語注意連讀
22.whether /?wee?r/ conj(連接詞;連詞(等于 conjunction) .(表示遲疑或兩個(gè)可能性之間的? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 選? 擇)是否;(表示兩種情況都真實(shí))是…(還是)适掰,或者…(或者),? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 不? ? 管…(還是
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? pron.(代詞)(在…之中)哪一個(gè);(兩個(gè)中的)任何一個(gè)
23.frightened /?fra?tnd/? adj.害怕的;驚嚇的;受驚的
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v.使驚嚇;使驚恐? ? frighten的過去分詞和過去式
24.picture? /?p?kt??r/ n.照片;圖畫;頭腦中的情景
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? vt.描述;想象;憶起
25.answered /??ns?rd/ v.回答;符合;相配? answer的過去分詞和過去式
26.drew /dru?/v. 用鉛筆荠列、鋼筆或粉筆)畫;吸引类浪,使感興趣;拉,拖(車); draw的過去式
27.clearly /?kl?rli/ adv.清楚地;清晰地;易懂地
28.explained/?k?sple?nd/ v.解釋;闡明;解釋(…的)理由? explain的過去分詞和過去式
29.have things explained? 需要解釋
30.response/r??spɑ?ns/ n.響應(yīng);反應(yīng);(口頭的或書面的)回答肌似,答復(fù);
31.advise /?d?va?z/ v.建議;通知;勸告;
32.lay aside /le? ??sa?d/? 擱置;放下费就,拋開(情感或信仰);把…放在一邊;
33.devote/d??vo?t/ v.致力于;奉獻(xiàn),投入(時(shí)間川队、精力等);獻(xiàn)(身);
34.instead /?n?sted/ adv.代替;相反;頂替;
35.geography /d?i?ɑ?ɡr?fi/ n.地理(學(xué));地理環(huán)境;地勢
36.arithmetic /??r?θm?t?k/ n.算術(shù);演算力细,計(jì)算;數(shù)據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adj.算術(shù)的,運(yùn)算的
37. grammar /?ɡr?m?r/n.語法;語法書;(人的)語言知識(shí)及運(yùn)用能力
38.gave up /ɡe?v ?p/ 放棄了;顧不得 口語注意連讀
39.career /k??r?r/ n.生涯;職業(yè);經(jīng)歷
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? vi.(尤指失控地)猛沖固额,疾馳眠蚂,飛奔
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? adj.職業(yè)性質(zhì)的
40.painter /?pe?nt?r/ 油漆匠;畫家;(系船的)纜繩
41.disheartened /d?s?hɑ?rtnd/ adj.灰心的;失望的;氣餒的
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? v.使沮喪;灰心喪氣;使失去信心 “dishearten”的過去式和過去分詞
42.failure /?fe?lj?r/ n.失敗;故障;未做,未履行(應(yīng)做之事);
43.tiresome /?ta??rs?m/adj.討厭的;煩人的;令人厭煩的
44.to be always and forever 永遠(yuǎn)
45.forever /f?r?ev?(r)/? adv.永遠(yuǎn);(與進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)連用)老是斗躏,不斷地;長久地
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n.極長的一段時(shí)間;永恒
46.always /???lwe?z/ adv.總是;(將)永遠(yuǎn);(討厭地)老是逝慧,一再;
47.children /?t??ldr?n/ n.兒童;孩子們;child 的復(fù)數(shù)
48.explaining /?k?sple?n??/ v.解釋;闡明;說明(…的)原因; explain的現(xiàn)在分詞
開口說英語
背誦兩條句子:
I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle.
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
復(fù)習(xí)兩個(gè)音標(biāo):(平時(shí)可通過練呼吸或運(yùn)動(dòng)加強(qiáng)自己的氣)
/s/ 1.清輔摩擦音? pencil /?pensl/ ;lay aside /le? ??sa?d/
? ? 2.唇微開瑟捣。舌尖接近上齒齦,舌尖與上齒齦距離要小栅干。聲帶不震動(dòng)迈套。詞尾時(shí),送氣略強(qiáng)碱鳞。
/z/ 1.濁輔摩擦音 adventures /?d?v?nt??z/ 桑李;always /???lwe?z/
? ? ? 2. 唇微開。舌尖接近上齒齦窿给,舌尖與上齒齦距離要小贵白。聲帶震動(dòng)。詞尾時(shí)崩泡,送氣略強(qiáng)禁荒。
區(qū)別:
? ? ? ? z是濁輔音,聲帶要振動(dòng)
? ? ? ? s是清輔音角撞,只送氣不發(fā)聲呛伴,就是聲帶不振動(dòng)