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1、 I do n't ever want to have the effect on a person that this person had on me, where I was just blown away by disappointment. It took a few years to get over it.
9 V' V. D: i8 Q PS:请高手重点解析”ever”的意思。3 F* ]% t4 k4 O5 L# T n
==>我甚至从未想过要给“给我留下印象的人”留下印象,在这一点上我感到十分失望。我用了许多年才克服这个毛病。0 \' a( ^. v# s6 G, R, y4 a
ever,在否定句中起加强语气的作用,not ever从未。! C6 O$ R% E. t% i# I" \, P. _4 s/ o* [0 U4 q
2、One thing I do is work with Make-A-wish. If an ill child's one wish to see a celebrity and he picks me, then I make time to see him. But I have to be very careful with these kids, because if you get too attached, you're just setting yourself up for loss.7 `( ]6 W+ V. V' e" t8 D' j$ C
PS:请高手重点解析” because if you get too attached, you're just setting yourself up for loss.9 _$ y7 n% V O2 I8 n/ O8 W5 Y* w" q
”的意思。0 r* V/ \. m: v/ _, d9 g
==>我做的一件事就是带着许愿做事。如果一个病了的孩子的愿望是想看一个名人并且他选择的是我,然后我抽出时间去看望他。但是我必须非常小心的跟这些孩子相处,因为如果你太依恋,你会感到不舍。2 }" {6 l0 `1 ^* w2 F
because if you get too attached, you're just setting yourself up for loss.因为如果你太依恋,你会感到不舍。( ]5 [: o2 T5 Q, w
其中attch是:使喜爱,使依恋:因情感因素,如爱戴或忠诚使联结。
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+ Z2 p/ Y0 u( v* e- E y 3、Thank you for giving me the inspiration to stick around, at age 50, you have to feel you're contributing to something.( ~5 J8 P3 ^7 l7 n' b+ T! t
PS:请高手重点解析” you have to feel you're contributing to something.”) {! i- O" _6 i$ w9 |5 a
==>谢谢你给我关于等待的启示,在50岁时,你必须感到你正在做贡献。
: P; ?* Q0 C' V1 b# ] "you have to fell you're contributing to something"这句话的意思就是:在50岁时,你必须感到你正在对某些事情做贡献。
6 {+ A, M( B2 T( g Q$ L% { 4、We stayed at the Ritz-Carlton and just had a blast. Or I'll give everybody a ride in the Ultra light-it's a flying kite.! @; H! k* _0 I4 ]7 j2 q! e
PS:请高手重点解析“ride”在这里怎么翻译。
* w0 k9 ?/ x- M5 [% h; s ==>我们待在Ritz-Carlton并开了个狂欢会。否则我会给每个人乘坐一下“超轻型”---一个飞行的风筝。
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5、“One day I'll have my own barbecue.” In other words, every generation gets to improve on the dreams of the last generation.% R4 y% n( l J- ?0 p
PS:请高手重点解析这段话的真正含义。- G% M. U9 \& B6 I
==>“有朝一日,我将拥有自己的烤肉(比喻:实现自己的梦想)。换句话说,每代人必须在他上代人的梦想上有所提高。 6、But it came with a price because when he was drinking, we had jobs and money. When he quit, we traded alcoholism for being dirt-poor.2 ?5 i: f5 w8 `' G
PS:请高手重点解析“we traded alcoholism for being dirt-poor.”这句话的真正含义。3 V4 R4 G! U4 s# p% e2 x+ _
==>但是这有一定的代价:因为当他饮酒的时候,我们有工作和工钱。当他戒酒了,我们就只有借酒消愁穷困潦倒了。
8 v1 M8 z. a6 j' T) ` we traded alcoholism for being dirt-poor:其中的trade sth. for sth.以...和...交易,以酗酒和穷困潦倒交易。$ q2 T! o; n# t
7、It got so bad that he either quit or got fired." q& I' m, W* ^( [% v: W# L# a
PS:请高手重点解析“so……that”在此句中的意义。
2 Y9 h; @) |6 v+ c/ G, @- p ==>一般so...that是如此...以至于...的意思,这里上下句不是因果关系: 变得糟糕的是,他既没有辞职也没有被解雇。后半句that he either quit or got fired是so bad的补充状语从句,补充说明so bad的细节,不要太拘泥语法结构,更应该注重的是:1.英语语序特征,2.英语国家的人的逻辑思维特征。0 D1 U% l6 g+ q; |
8、He was a tool pusher essentially, sold drill bits to oil-drilling companies.
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==>他其实就是一个工具推销者,卖钻头给开采石油的公司。8 N# q6 |$ F: {9 \
9、I never think that I ‘m doing eight-minute cures on television. But I think that 50 percent of the solution to any problem lies in defining it first. I can be an emotional compass that points them down the path.
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==>我从未想过我在用电视做一个8分钟的治疗。但是我认为任何问题50%的解决方法在于先界定它。我可能是沿着路径指向它们的情感罗盘(指南针)。# Q5 C* A9 Z9 `, f+ {
cure:名词,治疗。point和后面的down可以认为没有关系,这里不是词组,down这里的意思是“沿着”,相当于along。down the path是介宾结构词组,在句中作points them的补充状语。4 J5 o f8 X- H) ? @
建议:6 e: c, i3 r9 p( G; h& b) x- q
不要从语法分析着手来学习英语,因为这样效果很差。最好是提高阅读量,让一切语法变为理所当然的事情,让记忆单词成为阅读时的副产品 #g_kclist{font-size:12px;width:570px;float:none; margin-top:5px; clear:right} #g_kclist a{color:#000; text-decoration:none} #g_kclist h2{margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px; text-align:center;background:url(http://www.thea.cn/zt/zt_img/zczhongduan.gif) no-repeat;line-height:31px;color:#fff} #g_kclist table{line-height:25px;background:#B0DA90;margin-top:8px;font-size:12px} #g_kclist table td{ text-align:center;background:#fff} #g_kclist table td.td1 a{color:#f00} #g_kclist table th{background:#F2F7ED;color:#525F46} .STYLE3 {color: #0000FF} |