unit-5-lifelong-education課文翻譯大學(xué)體驗(yàn)英語(yǔ)三

1、Unit5LifelongEducationPassageATonguetiedSeveralweeksagoIwasridinginacabwhenthedriverseyescaughtmineintherearviewmirrhesaid“ExcusemeMissCanyouhelpme“Asanyhardbittencitydwellerknowsthecrectanswertoaquestionlike“Canyouhelpm

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5、ensoughtfromhispassengers.“Peculiar“hesaid.“Whatdoesthismean“Icouldmanagethatone.“Strange“Isaid.“Odd.Oftenwithahintofsomethingsuspicious.““ThankyouMiss.idiomatic“Iclearedmythroat.“Umitsawellum.Itinvolvesapeculiaruseofthe

6、language.“Ithoughtmyuseofpeculiarwaskindofclever.Helookedconfusedareminderthatcleversnotcleverifitdoesntcommunicate.“Uhletssee.Idiomaticisrelatedtothewdidiom.Anidiomssomethingthatsusedinsayaparticularpartofthecountrybyap

7、articulargroupofpeople.Peoplewhoarentpartofthatgrouparentlikelytouseitmightnotunderstit.“幾周前我乘坐出租車(chē)，司機(jī)通過(guò)后視鏡看著我說(shuō)：“對(duì)不起，小姐，能幫個(gè)忙嗎？”精明老練的城里人都知道，對(duì)諸如“能幫個(gè)忙嗎？”這樣的問(wèn)題，回答永遠(yuǎn)應(yīng)該是“那要看是什么忙了?！倍覅s高聲地說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然可以?！薄爸x謝！”他說(shuō)，并向后排座遞過(guò)來(lái)一張黃紙條。我盯著紙條，疑心頓起

8、：難道他在開(kāi)玩笑？抑或是威脅？紙條上是手寫(xiě)的工工整整幾個(gè)小字：proverb，peculiar，idiomatic?！罢?qǐng)問(wèn)，這幾個(gè)字是什么意思？”我沮喪地看著紙條上的字，就好像在晚會(huì)上你盯著幾個(gè)以前曾經(jīng)見(jiàn)過(guò)的面孔，卻怎么也想不起他們的名字。Proverb？Peculiar？Idiomatic？我怎么會(huì)知道？會(huì)用一個(gè)詞是一回事兒，會(huì)解釋可是另外一回事兒。于是我故意轉(zhuǎn)移話題。“這些字是哪兒來(lái)的？”司機(jī)解釋說(shuō)他是巴基斯坦人，開(kāi)車(chē)時(shí)喜歡聽(tīng)收音機(jī)

9、，經(jīng)常把不熟悉的、精彩的詞隨手記下來(lái)，然后向乘客詢問(wèn)他們的意思和拼法?！癙eculiar，這個(gè)詞什么意思？”他問(wèn)。這個(gè)我知道?！爸钙嫣?、古怪，經(jīng)常帶點(diǎn)兒懷疑的意味，”我說(shuō)?！爸x謝您，小姐。那么，idiomatic呢？”我清清嗓子，說(shuō)：“嗯，它是指，嗯，它是語(yǔ)言的一種獨(dú)特運(yùn)用。”我自以為“獨(dú)特”一詞用得很妙，他卻一臉的迷惑。這是在提示我，如果對(duì)方?jīng)]有明白，這詞兒就不能算用得妙。“啊，這么說(shuō)吧，idiomatic和idiom有關(guān)，而idio