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Passage 3.
Barbie Dolls and Self Image
There is a noticeable comparison 1) the poem “The Mirror” By Sylvia Plath & the article “Barbie” that appeared in the Newsday Tuesday November 18, 1997. The comparison is about how people look, and how society could reflect how you may feel about your looks.
In the poem “The Mirror”, it tells about a lady who dislikes the way she looks. She thinks of herself as being ugly. In the article,it tells how Mattel (the makers of Barbie) want to change the looks & features of Barbie.
The reason for wanting to change the looks is because the makers of Barbie made Barbie too pretty, compared to normal people. Now being pretty is not a bad thing. 2) for little girls growing up they may feel like they want to look like Barbie. Barbie is very skinny and has a great face. 3) little girls may stop eating or doing other things, so they could look like Barbie. 4) it wont happen, Barbie is a doll. People are real,not Barbie dolls.
In the poem it shows how the lady wants to be pretty. 5) the lady takes short cuts to make her self look better to her self. Such as being in a candlelit room. 6) when the lady is in a regular lit room,she becomes ugly to her self again.
The reason Mattel is changing the appearance of Barbie is because little girls impact on the way society looks upon them. 7) this could hurt someones self esteem, and could damage the way someone looks upon oneself. In the poem the girl tries to make her prettier, by creating artificial prettiness. 8) in the end the mirror never lies. The poem & the article compare about how the way people look and feel, and how society has a role on their lives.
答案與解析:
1.〖答案〗between〖解析〗空格前的comparison 意為就兩個(gè)或多個(gè)項(xiàng)目是否相同、相似、相等而進(jìn)行考察的過程??崭窈竺嫖覀冇挚吹搅藘蓚€(gè)不同事物的出現(xiàn),毋庸置疑,這里一定需要一個(gè)介詞與comparison相搭配,共同表達(dá)兩者之間的比較。
2.〖答案〗But〖解析〗這里but起到連接上下文的作用,主要用于引領(lǐng)下面的內(nèi)容。
3.〖答案〗So〖解析〗由于芭比娃娃非常美麗,受到大家的寵愛,所以小孩子要效仿她的樣子,這里用表順序承接的連詞so“因而,所以”。
4.〖答案〗But〖解析〗此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折,這是對(duì)孩子們不吃飯而去模仿芭比娃娃的模樣的做法的否定??崭窈竺孢€清晰地給出了理由,即芭比是個(gè)娃娃,言外之意她可以變成任意樣子,而我們是真正的人,因此我們不能象娃娃一樣。
5.〖答案〗So〖解析〗在介紹了芭比娃娃這一事件之后,緊接著向我們展示了文章開頭詩歌中提到的那位女士,她為了某個(gè)目的而實(shí)施了行動(dòng),這里空格處需要的是一個(gè)承上啟下表示原因的單詞,我們選用so,“因此”,如:He was sick, so they were quiet.他病了,所以他們很安靜。
6.〖答案〗But〖解析〗為配合句子前后意思的變化,此處用一個(gè)表轉(zhuǎn)折的詞來填充。本段的主要意思是,女士為了讓自己看上去美麗,特意剪短了頭發(fā),并在有燭光的屋子里呆著,但是,當(dāng)她出現(xiàn)在普通的地方時(shí)就又變得很丑了。
7.〖答案〗And〖解析〗為實(shí)現(xiàn)語氣和意思的連貫,這里用一個(gè)表并列的連詞。但此處and表示“和,并且”的意思并不突出,它主要起到使文章中句與句之間緊密相連的作用。
8.〖答案〗But〖解析〗此處but,“但是”,表示一種強(qiáng)烈的,無可爭(zhēng)議的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,也是在提醒人們事實(shí)的不可逆性。最后想請(qǐng)大家注意的是,我們?cè)诰毩?xí)各種文章的寫作時(shí),總是把注意力集中在老師強(qiáng)調(diào)的文章主題要有新意等問題上,而忽略了循序漸進(jìn)地練習(xí)相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單、基礎(chǔ)的知識(shí),如轉(zhuǎn)折、連貫等的表達(dá)法的重要性。事實(shí)上,文章的主干部分是最重要的,而要想做好這些工作,全靠我們的基本功。只有我們的基本功煉扎實(shí)了,才能在中心、主題等方面標(biāo)新立異,施展無窮的才華。所以希望大家通過這篇文章的練習(xí)能夠體會(huì)到在必要時(shí)頻繁使用BUT并不一定會(huì)讓文章失色。
Passage 4.
Teachers and Society
Teachers are “engineers of the human souls.” 1) to many college graduates, teaching is probably the last thing they want to do, 2) the teaching profession in our country is often associated with low pay and poor housing. In the rural areas, the situation is 3) worse: many teachers have no moonlight to survive.
4) , teachers are making enormous contributions to our country. Every year thousands and thousands of welleducated graduates enter the labor force and play important roles in various fields. Many of them have become achieving scholars and scientists and have contributed much to the advancement of Chinas science and technology and to her modernization programs. Teachers,needless to say, can claim part of the credit.
5) , we should not be too optimistic about the future of our education, 6) Chinas long tradition for putting a high premium on education. By comparison, education receives very little attention and investment from the government, its budget totaling less than three percent of the countrys GNP. 7) the last decade has witnessed some progress in improving the educational infrastructure and the teachers living conditions, there is yet world of problems to be solved.
答案與解析:
1.〖答案〗But〖解析〗開篇第一句話打了雙引號(hào),顯然這是一句對(duì)于老師公認(rèn)的至高無上的評(píng)價(jià),但根據(jù)空格后面的內(nèi)容,我們可以推斷出學(xué)生對(duì)于教師這一職業(yè)的態(tài)度并不像引語中說的那么積極。因此這里我們用一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but.
2.〖答案〗for〖解析〗社會(huì)上既然將老師這一職業(yè)大加贊賞,為什么和老師接觸最多的學(xué)生們不愿意選擇這樣的未來呢?這是每一位讀者都迫切想知道的事情,空格后面的內(nèi)容就是對(duì)這一問題做出的解釋。根據(jù)空格的位置(for在接表原因的句子時(shí)只能放在主句后面)和意思,我們用表原因的for.
3.〖答案〗even〖解析〗人們不想當(dāng)老師的原因已經(jīng)很清楚了,這里作者還想進(jìn)一步介紹老師在物質(zhì)方面的窘迫,所以談到了鄉(xiāng)村教師,在此要表達(dá)一種強(qiáng)調(diào)語氣“更”“還”的意思,我們使用副詞even,此處是even與比較級(jí)連用表示“比……更加”“比……還要”的意思。
4.〖答案〗Y(jié)et〖解析〗雖然,盡管如此。大家是否注意到該段第一個(gè)詞后緊接著就是一個(gè)標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào),我們通過觀察發(fā)現(xiàn)被標(biāo)點(diǎn)隔開的空格中需要的不是起關(guān)鍵作用的主語或其它句子中的重要成分,因此它要么是一個(gè)呼語,要么就是個(gè)修飾全句的副詞或連詞,如果是呼語或副詞,在此文講不通道理,那么它應(yīng)該是一個(gè)承接上文、引領(lǐng)下文的連詞,且該詞有強(qiáng)調(diào)的語氣。最后想為大家補(bǔ)充一點(diǎn)的是,在正式文體中,當(dāng)yet表示“迄今”這一意思時(shí),需與現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)動(dòng)詞連用,而不能使用一般過去時(shí)動(dòng)詞,如:(1)He hasnt started yet.(正確)(2)He didnt start yet.(錯(cuò)誤)
5.〖答案〗Unfortunately〖解析〗該段第一句話有些長(zhǎng),但在句子的主干部分沒有空格出現(xiàn),因此在我們理解句意時(shí)不會(huì)有太大偏差。第五個(gè)空格應(yīng)該是一個(gè)承上啟下的單詞,在此它若是一個(gè)副詞更合理些,這里我們根據(jù)句意,使用unfortunately,現(xiàn)在舉個(gè)例子來體會(huì)一下該詞的用法: Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.不幸得很,這次演出是我們所見過的最乏味的演出。
6.〖答案〗despite〖解析〗本詞意思是:盡管,即使。該空格引領(lǐng)的句子是對(duì)主句的補(bǔ)充說明,這里主要表達(dá)的意思是,盡管中國有著悠久的重視教育的傳統(tǒng),但其前景仍不慎明朗。在這半句中我們?cè)賮盱柟桃粋€(gè)詞組,put (offer, place, set)a premium on重視,促進(jìn),鼓勵(lì)。
7.〖答案〗Although〖解析〗為了能夠和句子中的yet相呼應(yīng),同時(shí)兼顧文章的內(nèi)容,這里我們選用although一詞。該詞用在主句中,可與副詞yet,nevertheless等連用,但不能與but連用,這是一個(gè)與我們的漢語相悖的用法,希望大家在使用時(shí)特別留心。
美文賞析
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
未選擇的路
羅伯特·弗洛斯特
黃色的樹林里分出兩條路,
可惜我不能同時(shí)去涉足,
我在那路口久久佇立,
我向著一條路極目望去,
直到它消失在叢林深處。
但我卻選了另外一條路,
它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂,
顯得更誘人,更美麗;
雖然在這兩條小路上,
都很少留下旅人的足跡;
雖然那天清晨落葉滿地,
兩條路都未經(jīng)腳印污染。
呵,留下一條路等改日再見!
但我知道路徑延綿無盡頭,
恐怕我難以再回返。
也許多少年后在某個(gè)地方,
我將輕聲嘆息將往事回顧:
一片樹林里分出兩條路——
而我選了人跡更少的一條
從此決定了我一生的道路。 (顧子欣 譯)
《未選擇的路》是一首深邃的哲理詩。人生道路上有許多重大選擇,人人會(huì)經(jīng)常處于生活中的十字路口,面對(duì)著面前的兩條路,該選擇哪一條呢?詩人選擇了一條 “幽寂”但卻“更美麗”的路,一條“人跡更少”的路,走這條路也許會(huì)更艱難、需要更多的汗水和心血,但詩人并不后悔這一選擇。他所感到遺憾的是他沒能選擇另一條路,但是詩人知道,人不可能同時(shí)選擇兩條路走下去,只能舍一取一,沿著選擇出的一條路堅(jiān)定地走下去,無怨無悔,至于那條未選擇的路,只有當(dāng)詩人回首往事時(shí),表示輕輕的嘆息和遺憾罷了。選擇考研這條路不也是這樣嗎?
Passage 3.
Barbie Dolls and Self Image
There is a noticeable comparison 1) the poem “The Mirror” By Sylvia Plath & the article “Barbie” that appeared in the Newsday Tuesday November 18, 1997. The comparison is about how people look, and how society could reflect how you may feel about your looks.
In the poem “The Mirror”, it tells about a lady who dislikes the way she looks. She thinks of herself as being ugly. In the article,it tells how Mattel (the makers of Barbie) want to change the looks & features of Barbie.
The reason for wanting to change the looks is because the makers of Barbie made Barbie too pretty, compared to normal people. Now being pretty is not a bad thing. 2) for little girls growing up they may feel like they want to look like Barbie. Barbie is very skinny and has a great face. 3) little girls may stop eating or doing other things, so they could look like Barbie. 4) it wont happen, Barbie is a doll. People are real,not Barbie dolls.
In the poem it shows how the lady wants to be pretty. 5) the lady takes short cuts to make her self look better to her self. Such as being in a candlelit room. 6) when the lady is in a regular lit room,she becomes ugly to her self again.
The reason Mattel is changing the appearance of Barbie is because little girls impact on the way society looks upon them. 7) this could hurt someones self esteem, and could damage the way someone looks upon oneself. In the poem the girl tries to make her prettier, by creating artificial prettiness. 8) in the end the mirror never lies. The poem & the article compare about how the way people look and feel, and how society has a role on their lives.
答案與解析:
1.〖答案〗between〖解析〗空格前的comparison 意為就兩個(gè)或多個(gè)項(xiàng)目是否相同、相似、相等而進(jìn)行考察的過程??崭窈竺嫖覀冇挚吹搅藘蓚€(gè)不同事物的出現(xiàn),毋庸置疑,這里一定需要一個(gè)介詞與comparison相搭配,共同表達(dá)兩者之間的比較。
2.〖答案〗But〖解析〗這里but起到連接上下文的作用,主要用于引領(lǐng)下面的內(nèi)容。
3.〖答案〗So〖解析〗由于芭比娃娃非常美麗,受到大家的寵愛,所以小孩子要效仿她的樣子,這里用表順序承接的連詞so“因而,所以”。
4.〖答案〗But〖解析〗此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折,這是對(duì)孩子們不吃飯而去模仿芭比娃娃的模樣的做法的否定??崭窈竺孢€清晰地給出了理由,即芭比是個(gè)娃娃,言外之意她可以變成任意樣子,而我們是真正的人,因此我們不能象娃娃一樣。
5.〖答案〗So〖解析〗在介紹了芭比娃娃這一事件之后,緊接著向我們展示了文章開頭詩歌中提到的那位女士,她為了某個(gè)目的而實(shí)施了行動(dòng),這里空格處需要的是一個(gè)承上啟下表示原因的單詞,我們選用so,“因此”,如:He was sick, so they were quiet.他病了,所以他們很安靜。
6.〖答案〗But〖解析〗為配合句子前后意思的變化,此處用一個(gè)表轉(zhuǎn)折的詞來填充。本段的主要意思是,女士為了讓自己看上去美麗,特意剪短了頭發(fā),并在有燭光的屋子里呆著,但是,當(dāng)她出現(xiàn)在普通的地方時(shí)就又變得很丑了。
7.〖答案〗And〖解析〗為實(shí)現(xiàn)語氣和意思的連貫,這里用一個(gè)表并列的連詞。但此處and表示“和,并且”的意思并不突出,它主要起到使文章中句與句之間緊密相連的作用。
8.〖答案〗But〖解析〗此處but,“但是”,表示一種強(qiáng)烈的,無可爭(zhēng)議的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,也是在提醒人們事實(shí)的不可逆性。最后想請(qǐng)大家注意的是,我們?cè)诰毩?xí)各種文章的寫作時(shí),總是把注意力集中在老師強(qiáng)調(diào)的文章主題要有新意等問題上,而忽略了循序漸進(jìn)地練習(xí)相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單、基礎(chǔ)的知識(shí),如轉(zhuǎn)折、連貫等的表達(dá)法的重要性。事實(shí)上,文章的主干部分是最重要的,而要想做好這些工作,全靠我們的基本功。只有我們的基本功煉扎實(shí)了,才能在中心、主題等方面標(biāo)新立異,施展無窮的才華。所以希望大家通過這篇文章的練習(xí)能夠體會(huì)到在必要時(shí)頻繁使用BUT并不一定會(huì)讓文章失色。
Passage 4.
Teachers and Society
Teachers are “engineers of the human souls.” 1) to many college graduates, teaching is probably the last thing they want to do, 2) the teaching profession in our country is often associated with low pay and poor housing. In the rural areas, the situation is 3) worse: many teachers have no moonlight to survive.
4) , teachers are making enormous contributions to our country. Every year thousands and thousands of welleducated graduates enter the labor force and play important roles in various fields. Many of them have become achieving scholars and scientists and have contributed much to the advancement of Chinas science and technology and to her modernization programs. Teachers,needless to say, can claim part of the credit.
5) , we should not be too optimistic about the future of our education, 6) Chinas long tradition for putting a high premium on education. By comparison, education receives very little attention and investment from the government, its budget totaling less than three percent of the countrys GNP. 7) the last decade has witnessed some progress in improving the educational infrastructure and the teachers living conditions, there is yet world of problems to be solved.
答案與解析:
1.〖答案〗But〖解析〗開篇第一句話打了雙引號(hào),顯然這是一句對(duì)于老師公認(rèn)的至高無上的評(píng)價(jià),但根據(jù)空格后面的內(nèi)容,我們可以推斷出學(xué)生對(duì)于教師這一職業(yè)的態(tài)度并不像引語中說的那么積極。因此這里我們用一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but.
2.〖答案〗for〖解析〗社會(huì)上既然將老師這一職業(yè)大加贊賞,為什么和老師接觸最多的學(xué)生們不愿意選擇這樣的未來呢?這是每一位讀者都迫切想知道的事情,空格后面的內(nèi)容就是對(duì)這一問題做出的解釋。根據(jù)空格的位置(for在接表原因的句子時(shí)只能放在主句后面)和意思,我們用表原因的for.
3.〖答案〗even〖解析〗人們不想當(dāng)老師的原因已經(jīng)很清楚了,這里作者還想進(jìn)一步介紹老師在物質(zhì)方面的窘迫,所以談到了鄉(xiāng)村教師,在此要表達(dá)一種強(qiáng)調(diào)語氣“更”“還”的意思,我們使用副詞even,此處是even與比較級(jí)連用表示“比……更加”“比……還要”的意思。
4.〖答案〗Y(jié)et〖解析〗雖然,盡管如此。大家是否注意到該段第一個(gè)詞后緊接著就是一個(gè)標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào),我們通過觀察發(fā)現(xiàn)被標(biāo)點(diǎn)隔開的空格中需要的不是起關(guān)鍵作用的主語或其它句子中的重要成分,因此它要么是一個(gè)呼語,要么就是個(gè)修飾全句的副詞或連詞,如果是呼語或副詞,在此文講不通道理,那么它應(yīng)該是一個(gè)承接上文、引領(lǐng)下文的連詞,且該詞有強(qiáng)調(diào)的語氣。最后想為大家補(bǔ)充一點(diǎn)的是,在正式文體中,當(dāng)yet表示“迄今”這一意思時(shí),需與現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)動(dòng)詞連用,而不能使用一般過去時(shí)動(dòng)詞,如:(1)He hasnt started yet.(正確)(2)He didnt start yet.(錯(cuò)誤)
5.〖答案〗Unfortunately〖解析〗該段第一句話有些長(zhǎng),但在句子的主干部分沒有空格出現(xiàn),因此在我們理解句意時(shí)不會(huì)有太大偏差。第五個(gè)空格應(yīng)該是一個(gè)承上啟下的單詞,在此它若是一個(gè)副詞更合理些,這里我們根據(jù)句意,使用unfortunately,現(xiàn)在舉個(gè)例子來體會(huì)一下該詞的用法: Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.不幸得很,這次演出是我們所見過的最乏味的演出。
6.〖答案〗despite〖解析〗本詞意思是:盡管,即使。該空格引領(lǐng)的句子是對(duì)主句的補(bǔ)充說明,這里主要表達(dá)的意思是,盡管中國有著悠久的重視教育的傳統(tǒng),但其前景仍不慎明朗。在這半句中我們?cè)賮盱柟桃粋€(gè)詞組,put (offer, place, set)a premium on重視,促進(jìn),鼓勵(lì)。
7.〖答案〗Although〖解析〗為了能夠和句子中的yet相呼應(yīng),同時(shí)兼顧文章的內(nèi)容,這里我們選用although一詞。該詞用在主句中,可與副詞yet,nevertheless等連用,但不能與but連用,這是一個(gè)與我們的漢語相悖的用法,希望大家在使用時(shí)特別留心。
美文賞析
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
未選擇的路
羅伯特·弗洛斯特
黃色的樹林里分出兩條路,
可惜我不能同時(shí)去涉足,
我在那路口久久佇立,
我向著一條路極目望去,
直到它消失在叢林深處。
但我卻選了另外一條路,
它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂,
顯得更誘人,更美麗;
雖然在這兩條小路上,
都很少留下旅人的足跡;
雖然那天清晨落葉滿地,
兩條路都未經(jīng)腳印污染。
呵,留下一條路等改日再見!
但我知道路徑延綿無盡頭,
恐怕我難以再回返。
也許多少年后在某個(gè)地方,
我將輕聲嘆息將往事回顧:
一片樹林里分出兩條路——
而我選了人跡更少的一條
從此決定了我一生的道路。 (顧子欣 譯)
《未選擇的路》是一首深邃的哲理詩。人生道路上有許多重大選擇,人人會(huì)經(jīng)常處于生活中的十字路口,面對(duì)著面前的兩條路,該選擇哪一條呢?詩人選擇了一條 “幽寂”但卻“更美麗”的路,一條“人跡更少”的路,走這條路也許會(huì)更艱難、需要更多的汗水和心血,但詩人并不后悔這一選擇。他所感到遺憾的是他沒能選擇另一條路,但是詩人知道,人不可能同時(shí)選擇兩條路走下去,只能舍一取一,沿著選擇出的一條路堅(jiān)定地走下去,無怨無悔,至于那條未選擇的路,只有當(dāng)詩人回首往事時(shí),表示輕輕的嘆息和遺憾罷了。選擇考研這條路不也是這樣嗎?