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专题讲座一、长难句分析

 

How to analyze compound complex sentence ?

 

 

 

 

 No Signposts in the sea

 

 

 

【Chapter 1】

 

In the dining-saloon（餐厅） I sit at a table with three other men, Laura sits some way off（距离不远） with a married couple and their daughter. ①（I can observe her without her knowing（她不知情）, and this gives me pleasure, for it is as in a moving picture（看电影一样） that I can note the grace（优雅） of her gestures, whether she raises a glass of wine to her lips or turns with a remark（谈论） to one of her neighbors or takes a cigarette from her case（烟盒） with those slender（纤细的） fingers.）②（1.I have never had much of an eye for noticing the clothes of women, but I get the impression Laura is always in（穿着） grey and white by day, looking cool when 2.other people are flushed（红光满面） and shiny（有光泽的） in the tropical heat; in the evening 3.she wears soft rich（富丽的） colors, dark red, olive green, 4.midnight blue, always of the most supple（柔软的） flowing texture.） ③（I ventured to（冒昧的） say something of the kind to her, when she laughed at my clumsy compliment（不恰当的恭维） and said 5.I had better take to（开始做） writing fashion articles instead of political leaders.）

 

 

 

 

一、作者简介和文章背景：

 

（introduction and background of the writer and text.）

 

 

1. Most beautiful idyllist/bio-sexual/exuberant丰富的/self-effacing

Romanticism beyond practicality

 

2. He is an influential political columnist who used to leaved a strict life, and he have many likes and dislikes in his previous life. However, he wants to enjoy the numbered days left to him because of his hopeless ill. Later he meets Laura, and then follows her on board a cruise ship. On their voyage, he discovers that the important affairs of the world which he once uninterested in them. He also sees and feels the natural beauty he has never discovered before, such as the moon, the sea, the coast, the beach and the island. This kind of life brings him great delight,full imagination and new sensation.

 

 

 

二、生词：

 

 

【dining saloon】餐厅

 

Salon：a periodical gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction

 

 

【remark】漫不经心的交谈

A very reassuring remark 令人心安的谈话

A place worthy of remark 值得注意的谈话

The remark column备注栏

 

 

【have an eye for】有..鉴赏能力

You have a eye for beauty/color 具有审美的眼光

Have an only eye for：觊觎

Have an only eye on：注意，看

Have an only eye to：pay attention to留心

 

 

【shiny day】晴天；rich diet油腻的食物；supple：柔软的，易适应的，灵敏的：a supple mind反应灵敏的心思/nature容易适应的本性

 

 

【venture to do】：冒犯，自谦

He ventured to say love to the girl which he likes very much.

 

 

【clumsy】：不恰当的

If the matter were handled clumsily, then it could bring many troubles.

 

 

【take to sth.】开始做某事（esp. as a habit）

He’ll take to his new school in a few weeks for his supple nature.他一定会适应学校的生活的，因为他本身适应能力很强

 

 

【take to sb.】develop a liking for开始喜欢上

I took to her the moment I met her.我见到她的第一眼就喜欢上她了

 

 

 

三、分析句子结构：

 

1. I have never had much of an eye for noticing the clothes of women.

I have never paid much attention to nor have ever had a keen appreciation of the clothes of women.

 

2. Other people are flushed and shiny in the tropical heat.

Other people’s faces look hot and shiny in the hot tropical climate because of the heat and sweat.

 

3. She wears soft rich colors.

1. Colors stand for clothes of these colors.

2．rich colors: deep, intense colors such as dark red, olive green and midnight blue

Rich banquet (luxurious, sumptuous)

Rich wine (full of strength and flavor)

Rich odors (very fragrant)

Rich soil (fertile, yielding in abundance)

Rich mine (producing in abundance)

Rich prize (worth much, valuable)

 

4. Supple flowing texture: flexible, smooth texture, such as satin, silk

 

5. I ventured to say …: I expressed my opinion, expecting her to laugh at me.

Venture: to express (an opinion) at the risk of criticism, objection, denial

 

6. I had better take to writing fashion articles: I had better begin writing articles about fashionable styles of clothes.

 

9. Political leader: (journalism) leading articles, political editorials

 

 

四、参考翻译：

 

    在餐厅里我同另外三个男人围坐在一张桌子旁，而劳拉同一对夫妇及他们的女儿一块儿坐在离我不远的地方。我可以观察她而不让她发觉，这使我觉得开心，因为我可以像看电影一样地欣赏她优雅的动作，不论是举杯送到唇边，还是扭头与邻座交谈，抑或是用她那纤细的手指从烟盒中夹取香烟的动作。我向来不太会欣赏也不大注意女人的衣着，但我却有这样的印象：劳拉白天总穿着灰色和白色的衣服，因而当别人被热带的高温烘烤得红光满面时，她看上去却给人一种清爽的感觉。到了晚间，她又总是穿着深红、橄榄绿、深蓝等色调柔和富丽、质料柔软光滑的衣服。当我不揣冒昧地将这话对她讲时，她对我这种不恰当的恭维报以开心的大笑，还说我最好不再写什么政坛人物的述评文章而改行专写时装评论算了。