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Lesson One Face to Face with Hurricane

Camille

Joseph P. Blank

Title

1. face to face: The phrase in this context means “confronting one another.” This phrase connotes/ /意味着a sense of urgency and danger. The confrontation面对面is generally with something dangerous, difficult or hard to resolve. 面对面地

e.g.: face to face with the enemy

e.g.: face to face with the tiger

e.g.: face to face with the problem

2. hurricane: is a tropical storm in which winds attain speeds greater than 75 miles(about 121 kilometers) per hour. It is a powerful, spiraling螺旋形的storm that begins over a warm sea, near the equator. When a hurricane hits land, it can do great damage through its fierce winds, torrential/ / rains倾盆大雨, inland flooding, and huge waves crashing ashore. There storms are given a different label, depending on where they occur. If they begin over the North Atlantic Ocean大西洋, the Caribbean/ / Sea 加勒比海, the Gulf of Mexico墨西

哥, or the Northeast Pacific Ocean太平洋, they are called hurricanes. Similar storms that occur in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line国际日期变更线are called typhoon s. Near Australia and in the Indian Ocean, they are referred to as tropical cyclones热带气旋。飓风

3. Hurricane Camille: In the United States hurricanes are named alphabetically and given the names of people like

Hurricane Camille, Hurricane Betsy伊丽莎白的昵称, and so on; whereas in China Typhoons are given serial numbers like Typhoon No.1, Typhoon No.2 and so on. 卡米尔飓风

4. face to face with Hurricane Camille: All headings and titles are generally succinct/ /简洁的and particular care is given to the choice of words. The aim is to present the article, story, etc. as vividly and as forcefully as possible to attract the attention of would-be readers. 迎战卡米尔飓风

Para. 1

1. Jr.: is the abbreviation of junior. This term is generally used in the United States and is put after the name of a son to indicate he has the same first name as his father. The term Sr. (senior) is sometimes put after the name of the father. This is done only with men’s names. If the name continues into the third generation, Roman numerals (I. II. III. etc.) are used. This happens mainly among big, rich, upper class families. 小……e.g.: Joh n Rockefeller I, John Rockefeller II and John Rockefeller III 洛克菲勒一世，二世和三世

2. Radio and television warnings … the Gulf of Mexico.

(1) Radio and television warnings had sounded: Radio and television had broadcast warnings about the hurricane (2) August 17: Hurricane Camille hit Mississippi and Lousiana for two days, August 17, 18, 1969. The death toll/ /死亡人数was 258.

(3) lash: a specific verb, meaning to strike with great force 猛烈冲击；拍打

e.g.: waves lashed the cliffs

(4) Gulf of Mexico: Most hurricanes in this area are formed over the Caribbean Sea and they move over the Gulf of Mexico to strike the Gulf States（美国）墨西哥湾沿岸各州of the United States—Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc. 墨西哥湾(5)

Radio and television warnings …the Gulf of Mexico. : It implies that The National Weather Service of the United States broadcast warnings of potential hurricanes.

3. It was certain to pummel Gulfport, Miss. , where the Koshaks lived.

(1) pummel: to beat or hit with repeated blows打击, esp. with the fist拳头. The Koshaks will have to put up with忍受many onslaughts冲击of the fierce storm （尤指用拳头）连续地打(2) Gulfport: a seaport海港in South Miss. , on the Gulf of Mexico. It is the second largest city in Mississippi next to the state capital Jackson杰克逊（美国密西西比州首府）. According to the 2008 census人口普查, the population of Gulfport is 70,055. Much of Gulfport was severely damaged by Hurricane Camille in 1969 and was again hit by Hurricane Katrina/ /卡特里娜on August 29, 2005. As a result, much of the city was flooded or destroyed. 高尔夫港

(3) Miss.: abbreviation for Mississippi

(4) the Koshaks: when a “s” is added to a surname and used with the definite article “the”, the term, then, stands for the whole family

e.g.: the Koshaks: the Koshak family, all the Koshaks in the

family

e.g.: the Browns: the Brown family

e.g.: the Lis: the Li family

4. Along the coasts of Louisiana, … inland to safer ground. (1) safer ground: the hurricane loses force as it blows inland and people away from the coast are safe from tidal waves潮汐caused by the hurricane 安全地带

(2) fled inland to safer ground: ran away to the interior of the country (away from the coast) where they would be safer 5. But, like thousands of others … was clearly endangered. (1) coastal

communities: people living together in towns, cities, villages, along the coast 沿海村落

(2) aged 3 to 11: The youngest child was three years and the eldest 11 years old. The other five were older than 3 and younger than 11.

Para. 2-3

1. Trying to reason out … from California.

(1) reason out: 推断出，推论出

(2) course: a way of behaving; mode of conduct 行为；品行；做法

(3) who had moved into the ten-room house with the Koshaks: John Koshak’s grandparents left California and came to Gulfport to live with their son, John Koshak Jr. In capitalist countries especially in the U.S., children, when they grow up and start working, generally live away from their parents.

4. longtime: 长时间的，为时甚久的

5. John, 37 —whose business … the power of a hurricane.

(1) John, 37: elliptical省略, John who was 37 years old

(2) right there: exactly, precisely there (in his home)

(3) whose business was right there in his home: his business office, workshop车间，工场, etc. were all in his home

(4) all of: every one, every bit of, every piece of

(5) Magna Products: name of the company owned and run by John Koshak Jr. 玛格纳制造公司

(6) correspondence: the letters written or received 信件：写的或收到的信件

(7) engineering drawings: diagrams图表and sketches草图

for machines 设计图纸

(8) art work: designs, models, pictures for the various toys 工艺模具

(9) first floor: in U.S., the ground floor; in Europe and Great Britain, the floor above this

6. Four year earlier, … to a motel for the night).

(1) demolish: pull down, tear down, or smash to pieces (a building, etc.), destroy; ruin 拉倒；打碎；拆毁；破坏；毁灭(2) motel: a blend or portmanteau/ / word混合词, formed by combining parts of [mo(torist)驾车者+ (ho)tel] 汽车游客旅馆

7. “We’re elevated 23 feet,”… from the sea.

(1) elevate: to move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift 提高：（将一物）从低处向高处移动；带起

(2) “We’re elevated 23 feet”: “We’re 23 feet above sea level.”(in British English)

(3) a good: a general intensive, meaning “at least”, “full”

e.g.: We waited a good six hours.

(4) we’re a good 250 yards from the sea: we’re at least 250 yards distant from the sea

8. The plane has been …has ever bothered it. : The

house has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.

Para. 4-5

1. The elder Koshak, … , agreed.

(1) gruff: rough or surly in manner or speech; harsh and throaty; hoarse 粗暴的，粗鲁的；粗哑的，嘶哑的

(2) machinist: / / one who is skilled in operating machine tools 机械师：一个擅长操作机械工具的人

2. “We can batten down and ride it out,” he said.

(1) batten: to fasten canvas帆布over the hatches舱口of a ship, especially in preparing for a storm

(2) ride it out: to stay afloat during a storm without too much damage 安全渡过

(3) we can batten down and ride it out: a metaphor, comparing the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at sea. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage. 我们可以严加防范，渡过难关

3. The men methodically prepared for the hurricane.

(1) methodically: / / orderly, systematically 有秩序地；有条理地

(2) The men methodically prepared for the hurricane. : The men in the house mad all the necessary preparations to fight the hurricane and they went about着手their work in a

systematic and orderly manner.

4. Since water mains … and pails.

(1) main: a principal pipe, conduit/ /管道, or line in a distributing system for water, gas, electricity电, etc.

(2) bathtub: / / a tub浴盆, now usually a bathroom 浴室fixture 装置, in which to take a bath洗澡。浴盆，浴缸(3) Since water mains … and pails. : They were afraid the water supply自来水might be cut off切断so they filled the bathtubs and pails with water.

5. A power failure was likely, … and fuel for the lantern. (1) power failure: a breakdown崩溃in the supply of electricity

(2) check out: to ex

amine (the batteries电池and fuel) and see if they were all right 检验

(3) portable: carried or moved with ease 易携带或移动的

e.g.: a portable typewriter 手提式打字机

e.g.: a portable generator 便携式发电机

(4) flashlight: a small, portable lamp usually powered by batteries 手电筒：一种通常用电池供电的小型便携式电灯

(5) lantern: / / 提灯

6. John’s father moved … to the refrigerator.

(1) generator: a dynamo/ /发电机; a small machine for producing electricity

(2) hallway: an entrance hall 门厅

(3) wired several light bulbs: connected several light bulbs 电灯泡by wire电线to the generator. When the generator produced electricity these bulbs would light up.

(4) prepared a connection: preparations were also made to connect, when necessary, the refrigerator to the generator

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Lesson 1 1．And it is an activity only of humans. And it is a human unique activity．2．Conversation is not for making a point. Conversation is not to convince others． 3．In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to be lose. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are willing to be lose. 4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives. Bar friends are not deeply concerned with each other’s private lives. 5....it could still go ignorantly on... The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong． 6. There are cattle in the field, but we sit down to beef. These animals are called cattle in English, when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef in French． 7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language. 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Immediately, Jews rushed out of their dark hole-like rooms nearby in a frenzy madness. 6.every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury. Every one of these Jews considers the cigarette as a somewhat piece of luxury which they can not possibly afford. 7. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous. However, a white-skinned European is easy to notice in a fair way. 8. In a tropical landscape one’s eye takes in everything except the human being. Against the background of a tropical landscape, people could notice everything but they cannot see local people. 9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas No one would propose the cheap trips to the slums． 10．...for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, back-breaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil. 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Lesson One Face to Face with Hurricane Camille Joseph P. Blank Title 1. face to face: The phrase in this context means “confronting one another.” This phrase connotes/ /意味着a sense of urgency and danger. The confrontation面对面is generally with something dangerous, difficult or hard to resolve. 面对面地 e.g.: face to face with the enemy e.g.: face to face with the tiger e.g.: face to face with the problem 2. hurricane: is a tropical storm in which winds attain speeds greater than 75 miles(about 121 kilometers) per hour. It is a powerful, spiraling螺旋形的storm that begins over a warm sea, near the equator. When a hurricane hits land, it can do great damage through its fierce winds, torrential/ / rains倾盆大雨, inland flooding, and huge waves crashing ashore. There storms are given a different label, depending on where they occur. If they begin over the North Atlantic Ocean大西洋, the Caribbean/ / Sea加勒比海, the Gulf of Mexico墨西

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conversation ． Lesson 1Lesson 2 1 ．And it is an activity only of 1. The burying--ground is merely humans. a huge waste of hummocky earth, And it is a human unique activity．like a derelict building-lot. 2 ．Conversation is not for making The burying-ground is just a huge a point.piece of wasteland full of mounds Conversation is not to convince of earth, looking like a deserted others．construction land. 3 ．In fact, the best 2. All colonial empires are in conversationalists are those who reality founded upon that fact. are prepared to be lose.All colonial empires are built by In fact, the best conversationalists exploiting the local people. are those who are willing to be 3. They rise out of the earth, they lose.sweat and starve for a few years, 4.Bar friends are not deeply and then they sink back into the involved in each other’s https://www.wendangku.net/doc/8719160410.html,less mounds of the Bar friends are not deeply graveyard. concerned with each other’s They are born. Then they work hard private lives.without enough food for a few 5....it could still go ignorantly years. Finally they die and are on...buried in the hills graves without The conversation could go on any mark to identify them. without anybody knowing who was 4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at right or wrong． a prehistoric lathe, turning 6. There are cattle in the field,chair-legs at lighting speed. but we sit down to beef. A carpenter sits crossing his legs at These animals are called cattle in an old-fashioned lathe, making English, when they are alive and round chair-legs very fast. feeding in the fields；but when we 5. Instantly, from the dark holes sit down at the table to eat, we call all round, there was a frenzied their meat beef in French．rush of Jews. 7. The new ruling class had built a Immediately, Jews rushed out of cultural barrier against him by their dark hole-like rooms nearby building their French against his in a frenzy madness. own language. 6.every one of them looks on a The new ruling class had caused cigarette as a more or less the cultural contradictions impossible luxury. between the ruling class and native Every one of these Jews considers English by regarding French the cigarette as a somewhat piece superior to English.of luxury which they can not 8.English had come royally into possibly afford. its own.7. Still, a white skin is always English had gained recognition by fairly conspicuous. the King ．However, a white-skinned 9 ． The phrase has always been European is easy to notice in a fair used a little pejoratively and even way. facetiously by the lower classes.8. In a tropical landscape one’ s The phrase, the king’s English has eye takes in everything except always been used disrespectfully the human being. and made fun by the lower classes.Against the background of a 10. The rebellion against a tropical landscape, people could cultural dominance is still there.notice everything but they cannot There is still opposition to cultural see local people. monopoly.9. No one would think of running 11.There is always a great cheap trips to the Distressed danger that“words will harden Areas into things for us”No one would propose the cheap We tend to make the mistake that trips to the slums． we regard the things as they10 ．...for nine-tenths of the represent.people the reality of life is an 12. Even with the most educated endless, back-breaking struggle and the most literate, the King’ s to wring a little food out of an English slips and slides in eroded soil. conversation.The real life of nine-tenths of the Even the most educated and people is that there is no end to literated people will not always use their extremely hard work in order the formal English in their to get a little food from an eroded soil ． 11.She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say as a beast of burden. She took it for granted that as an old woman she should work like an animal ． 12.People with brown skins are next door to invisible. People who have brown skins are almost invisible ． 13.Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms... The soldiers wore second— hand khaki uniforms which covered their beautiful well — built bodies． 14.How long before they turn their guns in the other direction? How long will it take for them to attack us? 15.Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind. It is certain that every white man realized this. Lesson3 1.And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe... And yet the same revolutionary belief which is the aim of our ancestors is still in dispute around the world. 2.This much we pledge--and more. This much we promise to do and we promise to do more. 3.United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. If we are united, there is almost nothing we can not do through a lot of cooperation. 4. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. But this peaceful revolution which can bring hope in a peaceful way can not fall victims to enemy country. 5. .... Our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of pace... The United Nations is our last and best hope in the era where means of launching war have far surpassed means of keeping peace. 6. ...to enlarge the area in which its writ may run... to increase the area where the UN’s written documents may be effective. 7....before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or

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Pub Talk and the King's English Paraphrase 1.And conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings. 2.Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view. In a conversationw e should not try to establish the force of an idea or argument. 3.Infact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not to win or force others to accept his point of view. 4.People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other's lives. 5.The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong. 6.These animals are called cattle when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef. 7.The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers. 8.The English language received proper recognition and was used by the king once more. 9.The phrase, the King's English, has always been used disparagingly and jokingly by the lower classes. The working people very often make fun of the proper and formal language of the educated people. 10.There still exists in the working people, as in the early Saxon peasants, a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class. 11.There is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent Marrakech III Paraphrase 1.The burying-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking like a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up. 2.All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people int he colonies like animals (by not treating the people in the colonies as human beings). 3.They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they die and are buried in graves without a name, and nobody notices that they are dead. 4.Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making. 5.Immediately fromt heir dark hole-like cells everywhere a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited, all loudly demanding a cigarette. 6.Every one of these poor Jews looks on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possibly afford. 7.However, a white-skinned European is always quite noticeable. / However, people always notice any one with a white skin. 8.If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings. 9.No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas (for these trips would not be interesting). 10.Life is very hard for ninety percent of the people. They can produce a little food on the poor

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一，21-27 1.We' re 23 feet above sea level. 2. The house has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it. 3. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage. 4. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out. 5. Everybody go out through the back door and run to the cars. 6. The electrical systems in the car had been put out by water. 7. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland. 8. ()h God, please help us to get through this storm safely. 9. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped. 10. Janis displayed rather late the exhaustion brought about by the nervous tension caused by the hurricane. 柯夏克家的屋顶一被掀走，约翰就高喊道：“快上楼一一到卧室里去!数数孩子。”在倾盆大雨中，大人们围成一圈，让孩子们紧紧地挤在中间。柯夏克老奶奶哀声切切地说道：“孩子们，咱们大家来唱支歌吧!”孩子们都吓呆了，根本没一点反应。老奶奶独个儿唱了几句，然后她的声音就完全消失了。客厅的壁炉和烟囱崩塌了下来。弄得瓦砾横飞。眼看他们栖身的那间卧室电有两面墙壁行将崩塌，约翰立即命令大伙：“进电视室去!”这是离开风头最远的一个房间。约翰用手将妻子搂了一下。詹妮丝心里明白了他的意思。由于风雨和恐惧，她不住地发抖。她一面拉过两个孩子紧贴在自己身边，一面默祷着：亲爱的上帝啊，赐给我力量，让我经受住必须经受的一切吧。她心里怨恨这场飓风。我们一定不会让它得胜。柯夏克老爹心中窝着一团火，深为自己在飓风面前无能为力而感到懊丧。也说不清为什么，他跑到一问卧室里去将一只杉木箱和一个双人床垫拖进了电视室。就在这里，一面墙壁被风刮倒了，提灯也被吹灭。另外又有一面墙壁在移动，在摇晃。查理.希尔试图以身子撑住它，但结果墙还是朝他这边塌了下来，把他的背部也给砸伤了。房子在颤动摇晃，已从地基上挪开了25英尺。整个世界似乎都要分崩离析了。 “我们来把床垫竖起来!”约翰对父亲大声叫道。“把它斜靠着挡挡风。让孩子们躲到垫子下面去，我们可以用头和肩膀把垫子支撑起来。大一点的孩子趴在地板上，小一点的一层层地压在大的身上，大人们都弯下身子罩住他们。地板倾斜了。装着那一窝四只小猫的盒子从架上滑下来，一下子就在风中消失了。斯普琪被从一个嵌板书柜顶上刮走而不见踪影了。那只狗紧闭着双眼，缩成一团。又一面墙壁倒塌了。水拍打着倾斜的地板。约翰抓住一扇还连在壁柜墙上的门，对他父亲大声叫道：“假若地板塌了，咱们就把孩子放到这块门板上面。”