7月24日应试班阅读课：长难句分析《No Signposts in the sea》 9
2012-07-24 17:46阅读：
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【Chapter 9】
①（Laura and I amuse ourselves by watching
for（expect&wait even it’s last short
time） the green flash which comes at the instant
the sun disappears below the line of the horizon. This does not
happen every day, for sky must be entirely clear of cloud
and（表转折） clouds seem very liable
to（likely
to很可能） gather along the path of the setting
sun（, but we are as pleased as children when
our game succeeds）. Laura claps her hands. Only a second
does it last, that
streak（一丝，一线）
of green light; we wait for
it while the red ball, cut in half as though by a knife, sinks to
its daily
doom（horizon地平线）.
②（Then come the
twilight（暮色）
colors of sea and heaven
(we have discovered the
fallacy（错误）
of saying that darkness
falls suddenly in these latitudes, at any rate on sea level), the
winepink width of water merging
into（渐变成）
lawns of
aquamarine（草绿色）, and the sky a tender
palette（调色板）
of pink and
blue）.[双重独立主格，N.+分词/N. + N.] But the green flash is our chief
delight.
‘crème de
menthe（薄荷绿）
, ' says
Laura.
‘Jade, ' I
say.
‘Emerald（艳绿色）' says Laura. 'Jade is too opaque. '
‘Vicious
viridian（墨绿色）, ' I say, not to be
outdone（不愿认输）.
‘You always did lose yourself in the pleasure of words,
Edmund.
③（Say green as jealousy
and be done with
it（stopping
arguing别再争了）.'
‘I have never known the meaning
of jealousy）.'
一、生词：
【liable
to do】：likely to do很可能做
We are all liable to make
mistakes when we are tired.
区别：liable to
sth.可能遭到/liable
for sth.：responsible
by law负法律责任
1.
Offenders of the regulations are liable to fines up to 200
yuan.
2.
The spouse is liable for the other’s debts in our
country.
【merge
into】：to fade or change gradually into something
else
Twilight merged into
darkness. 夜幕降临，一片黑暗。
【outdo】：outshine 盖过，超过
Outdo: do more/better
than
Do intelligent women need to
understand that there is a limit to how far they can outdo and
outshine their husbands?
聪明的女人是否应该懂得收敛，懂得适可而止，而不要风头改过自己的丈夫?
【green
as jealousy】：green with envy, very jealousy
(“green” alone means
very/extreme envious)
I was absolutely green when I
saw his splendid new car.
二、Paraphrase：
1.
…the wine-pink width of water merging into lawns of
aquamarine.
P: There is a joint between the wide expanse
of winepink and strips of bluish-green water…
这里使用了暗喻metaphor的修辞手法，用lawns来表现strips
of bluish-green water
2.‘Vicious viridian,’I say, not to be outdone.
P:
句子中Vicious
viridian意思是very intense
bluish-green color，浓重的蓝绿色或者墨绿色；not to be outdone意思是refuse to admit inferior不服输
3. You always did lose
yourself in the pleasure of words, Edmund.
P: You were always attracted by the pleasure
of words and sometimes neglected something else,
Edmund.
4.
Say green as jealousy…I have never known the meaning of
jealousy
P:
这里是双关（pun）的修辞，It is
too green that are so easy to let others envy
it.最后Edmund
