unit-5-lifelong-education課文翻譯大學體驗英語三

1、Unit5LifelongEducationPassageATonguetiedSeveralweeksagoIwasridinginacabwhenthedriverseyescaughtmineintherearviewmirrhesaid“ExcusemeMissCanyouhelpme“Asanyhardbittencitydwellerknowsthecrectanswertoaquestionlike“Canyouhelpm

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3、idiomatic“Please“hesaid.“Whatisthemeaningofthesewds“Istaredatthewdsinthedistressedwayyoumightstareatpartyguestswhosefacesyouveseensomewherebefebutwhosenameshaveescapedyourmind.ProverbPeculiarIdiomaticHowonearthshouldIkno

4、wItsonethingtouseawditsanothertoexplainit.Irestedtoshiftingthetopic.“Wheredidyougetthesewds“ThedriverexplainedthathewasPakistani.Helistenedtotheradioashedroveoftenjotteddownunfamiliarfinatingwdswhosemeaningsspellingsheth

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，司機通過后視鏡看著我說：“對不起，小姐，能幫個忙嗎？”精明老練的城里人都知道，對諸如“能幫個忙嗎？”這樣的問題，回答永遠應該是“那要看是什么忙了?！倍覅s高聲地說：“當然可以?！薄爸x謝！”他說，并向后排座遞過來一張黃紙條。我盯著紙條，疑心頓起

8、：難道他在開玩笑？抑或是威脅？紙條上是手寫的工工整整幾個小字：proverb，peculiar，idiomatic?！罢垎枺@幾個字是什么意思？”我沮喪地看著紙條上的字，就好像在晚會上你盯著幾個以前曾經見過的面孔，卻怎么也想不起他們的名字。Proverb？Peculiar？Idiomatic？我怎么會知道？會用一個詞是一回事兒，會解釋可是另外一回事兒。于是我故意轉移話題?！斑@些字是哪兒來的？”司機解釋說他是巴基斯坦人，開車時喜歡聽收音機

9、，經常把不熟悉的、精彩的詞隨手記下來，然后向乘客詢問他們的意思和拼法?！癙eculiar，這個詞什么意思？”他問。這個我知道?！爸钙嫣亍⒐殴?，經常帶點兒懷疑的意味，”我說?！爸x謝您，小姐。那么，idiomatic呢？”我清清嗓子，說：“嗯，它是指，嗯，它是語言的一種獨特運用?！蔽易砸詾椤蔼毺亍币辉~用得很妙，他卻一臉的迷惑。這是在提示我，如果對方沒有明白，這詞兒就不能算用得妙。“啊，這么說吧，idiomatic和idiom有關，而idio