[精品]期末英语复习
ssUnitl 1) The idea of becoming a w riter had com e to m e off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold.从孩提时代, 我还住在贝尔维尔时,我的脑子里就断断续续地转着当作家的念头,但直等 到我高中三年级,这一想法才有了实现的可能. 2) Lying on the sofa, I finallv faced ud to the unwelcom e task, took the list out of my notebook, and scanned it. 我躺在沙发 上,最终不得不面对这一讨厌的功课,便从笔记本里抽出作文题目单粗粗看 了一下。 3) The topic on which my eye stopped was “The Art of Eating Sp ag h ett i 、.我的目光落在 吃意大利细面条的艺术 这个题目上. 4) When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no time left to comuose a proper, respectable essay for Mr. Fleagle.等我写完时已是半夜时分,再没时间为弗利格尔先生写一篇循规 蹈矩、像模像样的文章了。 5) I did my best to avo/ d showing pleasure, but what I was feeling was pure delight at this dem onstration that my words had the power to make people laugh. 我尽力不流露出得 意的心情,但是看到我写的文章竟然能使别人大笑,我真是心花怒放 Suddenly I w anted to write about that, about the warmth and good feeling of it, but I w anted to put it dow n simply for m y ow n joy, not for Mr. Fleaale. 11 w as a moment I w anted to recapture and hold for myself. I wanted to relive the pleasure of that evening. E3To write it as I wanted, how ever, would violate all the rules of al com position I d learned in school, and Mr. Fleagle would surely give it a failing grade. Never mind. I would write som ething else for Mr. Fleagle after I had written this thing for myself. 突然我就想描述那一切,描述当时那种温馨美好的气氛,但我把它写下来仅仅是想自得其 乐,而不是为弗利格尔先生而写。那是我想重新捕捉并珍藏在心中的一个时刻。我想重温 那个夜晚的愉快。然而,照我希望的那样去写,就会违反我在学校里学的正式作文的种种 法则,弗利格尔先生也肯定会打它一个不及格。没关系。等我为自己写好了之后,我可以 再为弗利格尔先生写点什么别的东西。 1) I hadn t seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I moved away from the old neicihborhood and fSyou kind of lose touch even though you never forget.近25到30年来,我跟他一年只见一两次面,因为我从原 来住的老街坊搬了出来,联系自然就少了,虽说你一直放在心上。 2) I realized that Old Ed was still on his m ind when he spoke again, alm ost more to him self than to me 可我知道他还在想着老 埃德。他又开口时,与其说是跟我说话,还不如说是自言自语 3) Every tim e I go to a class reunion, for example, Cthere are fewer and fewer still around.“每次我去参加老 同学聚会,来的人总 是越来越少 4) Your friendship over the years has m eant an aw fu I lot to me, more than I can say because I m not good at saying things like that你多年的友谊对我非常重要,远比我能说出来的重要得多,因为 我不擅长说这样的话。 5) He looked sort of sorrowful, nor as if he were trying to see som ething in the distance.他神情有点悲伤,似乎想看清远处什么东 西。 “Th is isn t family,“ h e replied. “Although,“ h e w ent on, “ com e to think of it , it m iaht iust as well have been fam ily. Old Ed was my oldest friend. I n fact, we used to call each other Old Friend — when we d m eet, that is. ni m not m uch of a hand at writing.“ “ I don t think any of us keev ud our correspondence too well,“ I said. “ I know I don t. HBut I take it he s som eone you ve known quite a while?“ “All m y life, Dracticallv. nWe were kids together, so we go way back. ““Went to school together?“ “ All the wav through high school. We w ere in the sam e class, in fact, through b