鄰居重要嗎？

湖南岳陽市華容縣第二中學(xué) 文永紅

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難詞探意

1.significant/s?ɡ'n?f?k?nt/adj.有重大意義的

2.harmonious/hɑ?'m??ni?s/adj.和諧的；和睦的

4.norm/n??m/n.標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；規(guī)范

An old saying goes that a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.This saying has fully proved that neighbors are so significant in our life.

In the past,neighbors helped one another build houses and clear fields.They could offer timely help when someone was in trouble.Families depended on one another for friendship and entertainment.They shared happiness and sorrow from time to time,which brought a harmonious atmosphere.

However,nowadays,lack of communication and interaction between neighbors is a norm.Close relationship between neighbors is not common in our cities.A family may not even know the other families that live next door.We live in an age of machines and the Internet,and each family may have its own car,TV set,and washing machine.People no longer depend on neighbors as much as they once did.Machines and the Internet keep people apart.In our grandparents'time,women met while they hung out the washing,and men stopped and talked while they cut their lawns.Today,they cannot hear anything above the noise of their powerful machines that cut grass.And women stay inside with their electrical dryers.Children are inside watching their favorite TV shows or playing computer games.

Is the idea of being a good neighbor old fashioned?In 1965,a power cut hit New York City,and many thousands of people were left helpless.Suddenly everyone shared the same problem,and the largest city became a group of eight million neighbors.People with cars offered rides to those walking.Other people helped direct traffic.Trapped in elevators,people played word games and helped keep each other in good spirits.In times of trouble,people still depend on one another.As time goes on,people may once again feel that being a good neighbor is important.

Language Study

Difficult sentences

1.In our grandparents'time,women met while they hung out the washing,and men stopped and talked while they cut their lawns.

我剛投身鄉(xiāng)村做了一名小學(xué)老師，對(duì)教育抱有很大的熱情，對(duì)學(xué)生也關(guān)愛有加，沒多久，我就和可愛的小天使們打成了一片。那年的梔子花開得格外燦爛，能在鄉(xiāng)村看到那潔白醇香的梔子花，我甚是歡喜。走在校園里，孩子們佩戴著梔子花，許多人手中拿著一朵潔白的花，香氣充溢著整個(gè)校園。其他老師的辦公桌上都是大朵大朵的梔子花，它們是那么白，那么香，我滿心期待走進(jìn)自己的辦公室，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)桌上一朵也沒有。

譯文：在我們祖父母的時(shí)代，女人們?cè)诹酪路臅r(shí)候相遇，男人們?cè)谛藜舨萜旱臅r(shí)候停下來聊天。

分析：此句是由and連接的并列復(fù)合句。in our grandparents'time作時(shí)間狀語，第一個(gè)分句和第二個(gè)分句均使用了while連接句子，while的意思是“當(dāng)……時(shí)候”。

2.Trapped in elevators,people played word games and helped keep each other in good spirits.

譯文：當(dāng)人們被困在電梯里時(shí)，他們玩文字游戲且?guī)椭舜吮３至己玫木駹顟B(tài)。

分析：此句是一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單句。句中Trapped in elevators是過去分詞短語作狀語，表示時(shí)間。

Practice:

根據(jù)要求，翻譯下面的句子。

1.在他下公交車的時(shí)候，他摔倒受傷了。

_____________________________________________________________（用while引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語）

2.當(dāng)被問到未來的計(jì)劃時(shí),這個(gè)女孩說她想成為一名教師。

_________________________________________________________________（用過去分詞作狀語）

Reading Check

閱讀短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容寫一篇60詞左右的內(nèi)容概要。

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寫作導(dǎo)引

一、析結(jié)構(gòu)，理要點(diǎn)

二、依體裁，巧行文

這篇概要寫作是說明文。寫作時(shí)要突出要點(diǎn)——“Neighbors are very important in our life.”，再根據(jù)文章對(duì)“過去鄰居是如何相處的”和“現(xiàn)在鄰居是如何相處的”的描述，同時(shí)結(jié)合文章的具體事例來進(jìn)行說明。