自考综合英语2-09

Lesson Nine Forty Years On

Norah Lofts

人有时像马一样，须要从后面戳一下才肯动起来，才能不断前进。戳的方式可以多种多样，课文所描述的是其中之一。两个未曾谋面、年龄相仿的远亲，从孩提时期到成年一直想像对方从长相到智力都远远胜过自己。双方家长也不断用对方的成绩激励自己的儿子上进。当两人已过花甲之年，都已小有名气终于见面时，才恍然大悟：原来双方家长玩的是同样的把戏，他们不禁开怀大笑。之后，他们举杯怀念这把戏的导演、他们已故的嘉丽阿姨。不论故事是真是假，难道你不认为一个人的精神面貌对事业成功与否十分重要吗?

1 John Bullyer and I met for the first time in 1956 when we were both in our early sixties, but it is true to say that he did more to shape my life than any other person.

2 John Bullyer came into my life through my Aunt Carrie. She was also aunt to John Bullyer, whom she referred to as " Little-John-my-other-nephew " all in one word, and she referred to him too often.

3 From Aunt Carrie's point of view it was fortunate, from mine, disastrous, that John Bullyer and I were the same age. Probably hundreds of comparisons were made before I became aware of them. The first that I remember was made soon after I began school where I had lain on the floor and wailed that I wanted to go home. Shortly after that my mother reported that Little-John-Aunt-Carrie's-other nephew had started school on the same day and taken to it like a duck to water.

4 And so it went on. Incredible boy, he knew his nine-times table, while I was still hopelessly bogged in the fours; I began to dread Aunt Carrie's formerly most welcome visits. She was certain to produce chocolate or sixpence from her purse; but as soon as she had gone, Mother was sure to say the dread words:

5 " Aunt Carrie was telling me that John Bullyer... "

6 The comparisons were, without exception, to my disadvantage. The wretched boy never set foot upon a football field without scoring a goal; I became conscious of my inferiority, for I was hopeless at games.

7 To me it seemed sinister that Mother always passed on any small achievement of mine. Once, at my prep. school, I had a story in the magazine and Mother was beside herself.

8 " I must have another copy of that, " she said, " so that Aunt Carrie can send it to John Bullyer's mother. " What a boomerang that proved! By return of post came the news that John had won a scholarship.

9 It will seem strange that we boys never met, but in those days Gloucestershire was as far removed, in travelling time, from Suffolk, as New York is today. Aunt Carrie kept saying, " Really, you boys should know one another, I'm sure you'd be such friends, " and once or twice she tried to arrange that John should stay with her in the holidays. Mercifully for me something always prevented him from doing so.

10 I did have, however, one horribly narrow escape. An elderly couple, distant relatives of my father's, were celebrating their golden wedding. They lived in London, and they issued such a sentimentally-worded invitation that Father was bound to accept. As soon as he had done so Aunt Carrie came over in a state of excitement. Wasn't the world a small place, the Bullyer family and Father's relatives had once been near neighbours, and all three Bullyers had been invited to the feast. When Aunt Carrie had gone Mother said to me:

11 " You sit there huddled over a book until your back is bent like a bow. Go out and get some air. You look so much better with a little tan. " I realised that she and I visualised John Bullyer in the same way, tall and straight, big for his age, with a handsome brown face. I stood up, obediently.

12 Walking made no noticeable difference to my back and the sun remained hidden, so Mother tried another tack:

13 " You'll need a new suit at Easter anyway, you might as well have it now. "

14 On the evening before we were to make our early morning start for London, Mother came into my room and made me try on the new suit. I could see, by the expression on her face, that it worked no miracle. But Mother did not take defeat easily; looks weren't everything, my manners, at least, should pass muster! So she gave me a few final instructions. I kept saying, " Yes, Mother " and " No,Mother " , and " I'll remember, Mother " . Finally she said:

15 " Well, hurry into bed and get a good night's sleep. "

16 I did not sleep well; I had the worst night I had ever known. My jaws ached. The pain spread up into my head, back into my ears, down into my throat. In addition to my physical woes I had mental agonies; I prayed that something might occur to prevent this meeting.

17 I saw the dawn that morning and heard the first bird chorus. After several centuries had dragged by I heard the alarm go off in my parents' room and thankfully rose from my bed. I washed more thoroughly than usual; then I dressed, and in honour of the occasion, went to the looking glass to arrange my tie. For a moment, I thought that nervousness had affected my eyesight; the face that looked back at me was only just recognisable. My ears were hidden by the bulge of my jaws and I seemed to have no neck.

18 Horrified I reeled into my parents' room.

19 " Do you think I look funny this morning? "

20 They both turned. Mother screamed. Father said, " I wouldn't say funny. You look damned peculiar. "

21 It was mumps. It left me open-minded about prayer.

22 Time went on; so did the comparisons. By word of mouth during the holidays, by phrases in letters during term time, I was kept up to date with John's cleverness and progress. Thus goaded I began at last to look round for something that I could do, something at which I could excel. When I found it I worked savagely, minding nothing else; let this be mine, John Bullyer could have all the rest.

23 I was still a Grub Street hack, counting it a good week in which I made five pounds, when John attained some glittering appointment in India. That ability to master the nine-times table had proved no momentary success. He had developed into some kind of financial wizard. There was a paragraph in the daily papers about this appointment.

24 Aunt Carrie took the cutting to show to my mother. That was her last report. She was dead before her other nephew reached his destination.

25 Three or four times during the next forty years I saw mention of John Bullyer in the press. Those paragraphs recorded a steady success which eventually led to a knighthood when he retired in 1956. On that occasion there was half a newspaper column about him. When asked, in an interview, what he intended to do with his leisure, Sir John replied, " I hope to take up golf; I have never had time to take it seriously. " I pictured him again, lean and tanned, with a head of well-kept grey hair. I was sorry that there was no photograph; I could have looked at it almost

without fear, I thought. I was, by that time, not unsuccessful in my own line.

26 Late that year, in November, I was in my club, sipping a glass of sherry before dinner. A cough at my elbow made me look round. I saw a short stout man, glitteringly bald, with a little snub nose that looked too small to support the framework of his heavy glasses. Diffidently, he spoke my name and I admitted my identity. Since I attained a little fame I have on occasion been addressed by strangers and no matter how flatteringly they speak I am always horribly embarrassed.

27 " My name's John B-Bullyer, " stammered the little man. " We once sh-shared an aunt. "

28 I leaped up and shook hands, expressing my pleasure at meeting him at last, and then we settled down to drink sherry together. His stammer, like my shyness, soon wore off.

29 " I used to hear so much about you, " he said with a grin. " Then I learned that you were a member here and I could not resist asking someone to point you out to me. Though, if you'd looked the least bit as I always imagined I don't think I'd have d-dared to approach you. You see...

I grew up with the idea that you were at least eight feet tall, tremendously handsome and more talented than da Vinci. " His grin broadened — and I knew why! " Really, " he said, " the letters Aunt Carrie used to write about you and the way my mother used to read them out. You were the b-bugbear of my life. "

30 " They were nothing, " I said, " to the letters your mother used to write about you. I was told every time you got a sum right. I always thought of you as nine feet high, better looking than Robert Taylor and more versatile than Churchill. So they played the game both ways, did they? "

31 We laughed.

32 We looked at one another. Then it probably dawned on us both that the place in which we sat is not the haunt of men who have been failures in life, and that, boys being what they are, an occasional prod in the rear is no such bad thing. Together we lifted our glasses, and though neither of us spoke, I know that we drank to the memory of Aunt Carrie.

9 40年的激励

1956年，我和约翰·布雷尔第一次见面，那时我们都已过花甲之年，但是，他的确是对我一生影响最大的一个人。

约翰·布雷尔是通过嘉丽阿姨才进入了我的生活的。约翰·布雷尔也称她阿姨，而她把约翰·布雷尔干脆称作“我的另一个侄子小约翰”，并且经常提起他。

约翰·布雷尔和我同岁，嘉丽阿姨认为这是我的福气，可我认为这简直是倒霉透了。在我能理解那些对比之前，我们之间已经被进行了数百次对比。我记得第一次把我们进行比较是在我开始上学之后不久，我躺在地板上嚎啕大哭，叫嚷着要回家。不久之后，我母亲报告说，嘉丽阿姨的另一个侄子跟我同一天开始上学，如鱼得水般地高兴。

此后就有了一次又一次的对比。他真是个了不起的孩子，九九乘法表他全会，而我那时还在吭哧吭哧地背4的倍数表；嘉丽阿姨以前来访是我最受欢迎的，可是我此后开始有些害怕了。她肯定还会从挎包里拿出巧克立或是六便士；但是她一走，妈妈一定会说一些我不愿意听的话。

“嘉丽阿姨刚才对我说，约翰·布雷尔……”

对比的结果总是我不如他。那个讨厌的家伙，足球赛时，他只要一上场，准会得分。在这方面我知道我不如他，对于球赛，我是一窍不通。

妈妈意是把我每一点小小的成绩传递上去，我觉得这样做好像是不吉利。在上小学时，有一次一家杂志刊登了我写的一个故事，妈妈真是高兴得忘乎所以。

“我一定要再来一份，”她说，“这样，嘉丽阿姨就可以给约翰·布雷尔的母亲送去一份。”

真是恰得其反！她收到的回信带来了约翰·布雷尔获得奖学金的消息。

我们两个男孩子从未见过面，为此人们会觉得不可思议，不过，那时从萨福克郡到格洛斯特郡旅行所需的时间，就象今天从萨福克郡到纽约一样多。嘉丽阿姨总是说：“说真的，你们两个孩子应该认识一下，我敢肯定你们会成为要好的朋友。”有一两次，她试图安排约翰·布雷尔假期和她呆在一起。上天可怜我，总是有事使他不能在假期里到嘉丽阿姨家小住。

不过，有一次我是幸免于难。有一对老夫妇，是我父亲的远亲，要庆祝金婚。他们住在伦敦，邀请我们的信措辞确实情深意长，爸爸肯定会接受的。他一接受邀请，嘉丽阿姨就兴奋来到我家。这个世界真小，布雷尔一家曾经是爸爸远亲的近邻，他们一家三口也被邀请赴宴。嘉丽阿姨走了之后，妈妈对我说：

“你整天缩成一团坐着看书，就等你的背弯得象一张弓嘛。出去透透气吧，晒黑点你的脸色会好看得多。”这时我意识到，我们两人心中的约翰·布雷尔是一样的，身材魁梧挺拔，比同龄人高大，长得很英俊，脸晒得带点褐色。我服从地站起来。

我的背并没有因为散步有明显的改进，太阳也老是躲着不肯出来，所以妈妈就试了另外一个办法来改变我的形象。

“反正你复活节也得添一套新衣服，还是现在添了吧。”

在我们就要出发去伦敦的头一天晚上，妈妈来到我的房间，让我试那身新衣服。从娃哈哈表情我可以看出，新衣服并没有创造什么奇迹。可是妈妈不轻易服输，长相不是一切，至少我的举止应该过得去。于是，她给我下了最后几道指示，我不断回答，“是妈妈”和“不，妈妈”，和“我会记着的，妈妈”。最后她说：

“好了，快点上床，睡个好觉。”

我没有睡好，那是我睡得最糟糕的一个晚上。我的下巴疼起来了，疼痛一直向上串到脑袋，然后又折回到两耳，再往下延伸到喉咙。肉体的痛苦不说，我还受精神压力的折磨；我祈求发生什么意外的事情把这次会面化为泡影。

那天早晨我眼睁睁地看着天色亮了起来，听到清晨第一只鸟叫。好象过去了几个世纪之后，我听到父母房间里的闹钟响了起来，庆幸自己熬到了头，赶紧起了床。我比以往更为认真地进行了洗漱，然后穿好衣服，为了对得起这次会晤，我特意对着镜子系领带。片刻间，我以为可能是太紧张了，所以眼神不好；看着镜子里我的那张脸，我勉强能认出是谁。下巴肿得看不见耳朵，我好象连脖子也没有了。

我害怕极了，摇摇晃晃地进了父母的房间。

“你们是不是觉得我今天早上看起来很好笑？”

他们都转过脸。我母亲尖叫起来。父亲说，“我不认为好笑，你看起来不太寻常了。”

我得了流行性腮腺炎。这使得我对祈祷不再抱有偏见。

岁月没有止步，对我们俩的比较也继续进行。关于约翰的聪敏和进步的最新情况总是及时通报给我，节日里是言传，平时通过书信。在这种激励之下，我终于开始寻找一件我能够做的事，一件我能够做得出众的事。找到了那样的事以后，我就拼命地干，其它什么也不顾；就让我在这一个方面胜过约翰·布雷尔吧，他可以在其它方面都比我强。

当约翰·布雷尔授命远赴印度担任某个前景光辉灿烂的职位时，我只不过是格拉布街的一个潦倒的文人，要是有一个星期能掐五英磅就算运气不错了。这证明他掌握九九表的能力可不只是一时的成功。他已经成了一位财经高手。在日报上有一张关于此次任命的照片。

嘉丽阿姨拿了剪报给我母亲看，那是她的最后一次报告。她在她另一个侄子有所成就之前就去世了。

在接着的四十年间，有三、四次我看到报纸上提到约翰·布雷尔。报上登的这些报道记录了他稳步取得的成就，使他最终在1956年被授予勋爵爵位。那件事报纸用了半个专栏来宣传。在一次会见时，有人问他休闲时打算干什么，约翰勋爵回答说：“希望打高尔夫球，

我从来没有时间认真地打过。”我再次想像他是什么样子，削瘦、健康的肤色和满头保护得极好的银灰色头发。遗憾的是报上没登出他的照片；我几乎可以毫无惧色地看他的照片，因为那时我在自己的领域里也不是一事无成。

那年冬天11月份的一天，晚饭前，我正在我的俱乐部里品着一小杯雪莉酒。听到身体后有咳嗽一声，我转过身去。我看到一个矮矮胖胖的人，他的脑袋秃得闪闪发亮，他的塌鼻子看起来小得难以支撑那副沉重的镜框。怯怯地，他叫出了我的名字，我答应了。我在当地小有名气，因此不时有陌生人与我说话，无论他们怎么奉承我，我却免不了尴尬几分。

“我叫约翰·布雷尔，”小个子男人结结巴巴地说，“我们曾有同一个阿姨。”

我迅速站起与他握了握手，表述我因终于见到了他的喜悦，然后我们一起坐下来喝雪莉酒。很快他不再结巴了，我也不再胆怯了。

“过去听说那么多关于你的事，”他一边大笑，一边说。“后来听说你在这儿，我禁不住让人给我指出你来。不过你要是还有一点像我想像你的样子，我想我是不敢走近你的。你瞧……我一直认为你至少有八英尺的个子，长得很英俊，天分比达·芬奇还高，我就是带着这样的想像长大的。”他笑得更开心了——我知道为什么！“真的，”他说，“按嘉丽阿姨信里对你的描述，还有我母亲给我念这些信时的神态。你让我害怕了一辈子。”

“按你母亲来信中说的你的那些事，那是小巫见大巫。”我说，“每当你取得了成就，他们都告诉我。我一直认为你有九英尺高，长得比罗伯特·泰勒还要帅，比丘吉尔还要多才多艺。这么说他们两头玩的是同样的把戏，是不是？”

我们笑了起来。

我们彼此望着。后来可能我们俩都意识到了，我们呆的地方不是生活中的失败者常来光顾的场所；再者，对淘气的男孩子来说，有人时不时地从后面戳他们一下根本不是什么坏事。我们共同举起了酒杯，尽管谁也没有说话，我明白我们是为嘉丽阿姨而干杯。

往年考过的真题

I.Paraphrase

1. John Bullyer and I met for the first time in 1956 when we were both in our early sixties, but it is

true to say that he did more to shape my life than any other person. [0704:50] (2-9:299)

A. Chiefly because of his existence, I have become what I am.

B. I owe him a lot for the kind of person I am today.

C. He, more than anyone else, was responsible for what I am.

D. He was the person that urged me to strive for success.

2. The wretched boy never set foot upon a football field without scoring a goal. [0504:48]

(2-9:300)

A. Each time this boy played football, he was sure to get the ball into the goal.

B. This unfortunate boy never played football, as he couldn't score a goal.

C. This boy was unhappy because he didn't kick the ball into the goal.

D. If this boy didn't score a goal he would feel wretched.

3. It left me open-minded about prayer.[1110:49] (2-9:302)

A. Prayer was no longer secret to me.

B. It made me prejudiced against prayers.

C. Prayer helped me become more understanding.

D. It caused me to believe prayers might be answered.

4．It left me open-minded about prayer. [0701:50] (2-9:302)

A．It was prayer that enlightened me.

B．It made me pray earnestly.

C．It made me have no prejudice against prayer.

D．Prayer made me open to new and different ideas.

5．It left me open-minded about prayers. [0510:48] (2-9:302)

A．It caused me to believe in prayers.

B．It caused me to have doubts about prayers.

C．It made me reconsider my attitude towards prayers.

D．It made me realize that prayers were never answered.

6. That ability [of John Bullyer’s] to master the nine-times table had proved no momentary

success. [0904:38] (2-9:302)

A. His ability in mathematics had required continual efforts.

B. It had been proved that mathematics had no permanent influence.

C. His ability in mathematics had brought about further achievements.

D. It had been proved that mathematics had little to do with short-term memory.

7. Since I attained a little fame I have on occasion been addressed by strangers. [1101:39]

(2-9:303)

A. Since I became a little famous, some strangers have occasionally visited me.

B. Because I obtained a little fame, some strangers have occasionally visited me.

C. Since I became somewhat famous, some strangers have occasionally asked me about my

address.

D. Since I became somewhat famous, some strangers would come up to talk to me from time

to time.

8．I don't think I'd have dared to approach you if you'd looked the least bit as I always imagined. [1007:32] (2-9:303)

A．If you had been more handsome I wouldn't have had the courage to come over and speak to you.

B．If I had found you as handsome as I had always imagined, I wouldn't have spoken to you.

C．It was only when I found you didn't look smart at all that I decided to speak to you.

D．It was only when I found you less handsome that I was that I have the courage to speak to you.

II.Writing

III.Translation

课后练习答案

3. Paraphrase

1) … Little-John-Aunt-Carrie’s-other-nephew had started school on the same day and liked to

go school as a duck like to swim.

2) … they sent an invitation worded so sentimentally that Father had no way but accept.

3) Walking had no favorable effect on my back and the sun did not come out, so mother tried

another method.

4) … appearance was not the only important thing, my manners, at least, should be accepted as

good enough.

5) It made me have no prejudice against prayer.

6) … almost proudly

7) so they played the game in the similar way

8) … boys as what they are in nature, an occasional whipped from back is no such bad thing.

词汇练习

1.（p.329）

1) momentary; 2) honorary; 3) revolutionary 4) customary

2. Translate the following into English.

1)

进行对照make comparison

进球得分score a goal

死里逃生narrow escape

发出邀请issue an invitation

轻易认输take defeat easily

进行指导give instructions

睡个好觉get a good-night’s sleep

整理领带arrange the tie

影响视力affect one’s eyesight

小有名气attain a little fame

远亲distant relative

赢得教学金win a scholarship

到达目的地地reach the destination

2) Use the “useful expression”.

(1) 部长在讲话中提及上升的失业率是不明智的。It’s unwise for the minister to refer to the

increasing unemployment rate in his speech.

(2) 那个年轻人看上去十分机灵，精力充沛，人们立刻喜欢上了他。That young man looked

quite smart, full of energy, and people took to him at once.

(3) 当时我没有意识到他们的恶毒打算，接受了那份工作。At that time, I was not conscious

of their evil intention, and accepted that job.

(4) 如果你不按教授的指导去做，你的实验注定要失败。If you didn’t follow the professor’s

instruction, you experiment is bound to fail.

(5)要求博士生除了英语之外，还要学习一门第二外语。It’s required that the Ph. D candidate

learn another foreign language in addition to English.

(6) 他给老板解释说他睡过头了是因为他的闹钟早晨没响。He explained to his boss that he

overslept because his alarm clock didn’t go off that morning.

(7) 国庆节前夕教育部设宴招待为我国做出巨大贡献的外国专家。At the eve of our

National Day, the Educational Ministry gave a banquet in honor of the foreign experts who had contributed a lot to our country.

(8) 他的棋一直下得很好，小时候就如此。He has always excelled at playing chess since

childhood.

(9) 谈了大约20分钟之后，两人之间的生疏感渐渐消失了。After nearly 20 minutes’ chat, the

strangeness between them wore off.

(10) 让我们为香港和澳门的繁荣而干杯。祝愿她们的明天更美好。Let’s drink to the

prosperity of Hong Kong and Macao. Wish them a more bright future.

3) Use develop, come and go.

(1) 你要是遇到困难，去找学生会帮助你。If you come across difficulty, go to the student

union for help.

(2) 到一定时候，年轻人会明白生活里充满了荣枯盛衰。In time, the young will come to

realize the ups and downs in life.

(3) 如果面试进行顺利，我期望两个星期内得到答复。If the interview goes smoothly, I expect

to receive the answer in two weeks.

(4) 大多数澳大利亚人不愿开发他们所有的土地，他们想让很多的国土保持原样。Most

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sooner or later.

3. Complete the following sentences:

1) (1) to; as (2) from (3) to (4) in (5) on

(6) on; without (7) up; with (8) at (9) in; with; with (10) by

2) (1) comparison; contrast (2) receives; accept (3) affect; effect

(4) distant; faraway; distant (5) instructions; orders

●comparison: When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and

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●contrast: A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when

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●receive: When you receive something, you get it after someone gives it to you or sends it

to you. 接到; 收到

●accept: If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to

take it. 接受

●affect: v.

●effect: n.

●distant:Distant means very far away 遥远的; You use distant to describe a time or event

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●faraway: A faraway place is a long distance from you or from a particular place. 遥远的

●instruction: If someone gives you instruction in a subject or skill, they teach it to you. 讲

授; 指导

●order:

4.Choose the best word for each blank.

1) working 2) surprise 3) sensitive 4) at 5) potential

6) less 7) laughs 8) team 9) deal 10) while

11) verbal 12) work 13) understandable 14) constructive 15) areas

Grammar Ex.

1.

1) needn’t have 2) didn’t need to 3) needn’t have 4) didn’t need to 5) didn’t need to 6) needn’t have done 7) needn’t have 8) needn’t have 2.

1) ought to 2) ought to 3) get used to 4) ought to

5) used to 6) used to 7) ought to 8) ought to

4.

1) C 2) D 3) C 4) A 5) C 6) B 7) A 8) D

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