轻松学习《新概念英语》第四册:Lesson 5 Youth 青年(2)

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Lesson 5  Youth 青年(2)
When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertain -- that I was a new boy in a huge school,
我十几岁时,总感到自己年轻,有些事拿不准 -- 我是一所大学里的一名新生,
分解分析一下:
When I was a teenager,
我十几岁时,
I felt that I was just young and uncertain
总感到自己年轻,有些事拿不准
-- that I was a new boy in a huge school,
-- 我是一所大学里的一名新生,
and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem.
如果我当时真的被看成像一个问题那样有趣,我会感到很得意的。
I would have been very pleased
我会感到很得意的
to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem.
被看成像一个问题那样有趣
regard as  v.把...认作
to be regarded at ~ 不定式短语被动语态
For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity,
因为这至少使我得到了某种承认,
for one thing  adv.首先
being a problem 作为一个问题
a certain identity某种承认
a certain 某一
and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.
这正是年轻人所热衷追求的。
engage in  v.使从事于, 参加
engage[in5^eidV]vt.[常用被动语态]从事, 着手, 忙于(in)
seek[si:k]v.寻找, 探索, 寻求
I find young people exciting.
我觉得年轻人令人振奋,
exciting[ik5saitiN]adj.令人兴奋的, 使人激动的(ex+cit(e)+ing)
excite[ik5sait]vt.刺激, 使兴奋, 使激动(ex+cite)
They have an air of freedom, and they not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
他们无拘无束。既不追逐卑鄙的名利,也不贪图生活的舒适。
They have an air of freedom,
他们无拘无束。
air of freedom无拘无束
freedom[5fri:dEm]n.自由, 自主(free+dom)
联想记忆:
kingdom[5kiNdEm]n.王国(king+dom)
and they not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort.
既不追逐卑鄙的名利,也不贪图生活的舒适。
they后面应该是省略了be动词。
dreary[5driEri]adj.沉寂的, 凄凉的; 阴郁的
源自 古英语 drer [血腥的,悲哀的]
联想记忆:
dream[dri:m]v.做梦
commitment[kE5mitmEnt]n.信奉,委托事项, 许诺, 承担义务
commitment (commit 交托;承担+ment)
ambition[Am5biFEn]n.野心, 雄心
burn with an ambition 野心勃勃
They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.
他们不热衷于向上爬,也不一味追求物质享受。
They are not anxious social climbers,
他们不热衷于向上爬,
anxious[5ANkFEs]adj.观念的, 担忧的, 渴望的, 盼望的(anxi+ous)
-ous形容词后缀
anxi源自 angere [折磨,痛苦,苦恼]
social climber  n.<美> 想法挤入上流社会者, 攀高枝者, 巴结权贵向上爬的人
social[5sEuFEl]adj.社会的(soci+al)
源自 socius [同伴]
-al常用形容词后缀
联想记忆:
socialism[5sEuFElizEm]n.社会主义(soci+al+ism)
-ism表“主义”
Marxism[5mB:ksizEm]n.马克思主义
socialist[5sEuFElist]n.社会主义者(soci+al+ist)
-ist表“者”
Marxist[5mB:ksist]n.马克思主义者
climber[5klaimE]n.爬山者[喻]野心家, 向上爬的人(climb+er)
climb[klaim]v.攀登, 爬(注意结尾的b不发音,类似的请复习一下lamb, comb, bomb)
and they have no devotion to material things.
也不一味追求物质享受。
devotion[di5vEuFEn]n.热爱, 投入(de+vot(e)+ion)
devote[di5vEut]vt.专心致力于, 献(身), 贡献,供奉, 供献,做某种专用
de-表“转移”
vot表“发誓”
联想记忆:
vote[vEJt]vi.投票
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He devoted his life to literature.
他专心致志于文学。
He has devoted his whole life to benefiting mankind.
他为全人类的利益献出了自己的一生。
benefit[5benifit]n.利益, 好处vt.有益于, 有助于vi.受益(bene+fit)
bene-表示“好”之义
We should devote ourselves assiduously and faithfully to the duties of our profession.
我们应当勤奋地而且忠诚地献身于我们的职责。
He devoted a great sum of money to books.
他们花了一大笔钱买书。
All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things.
在我看来,所有这些使他们与生命和万物之源联系在了一起。
origin[5CridVin]n.起源, 由来, 起因, 出身, 血统, [数]原点(ori+gin)
ori表“起源”
联想记忆:
virgin[5vE:dVin]n.处女adj.处女的, 童贞的, 纯洁的(vir+gin)