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发表于 2016-7-11 22:49:32
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As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest.After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!
参考译文
当我们穿过旧德里的市场时走了很长一段路,我们在一个广场上停下来休息。过了一会儿,我们注意到广场的那一边有一个带着两个大筐的耍蛇人,于是就走过去看看。他一见我们,就拿起了一个长长的上面镶有硬币的管乐器,并掀开了一个筐的盖子。当他开始吹奏一支曲子时,我们才第一次看到那条蛇。它从筐里探出身子,随着乐器的摆动而扭动。当耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士乐和现代流行乐曲时,我们感到非常惊奇。然而那蛇却还是缓慢地“舞动”着。显然,它分辨不出印度音乐和爵士乐!
【课文讲解】
1、As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest.
stop to do sth. 停下其他活动去做不定式表示的动作
On the way to the station, I stopped to buy a paper.
stop doing sth. 停止做某事
I've stopped buying newspapers. 我已不再买报纸了。
How can we stop him complaining? 我们如何才能让他不抱怨呢?
2、When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake.
play a tune(tune 可数名词);play music(music 不可数名词)
have/get/catch a (first) glimpse of… 一瞥,一看
This afternoon I caught/got/had a glimpse of Debbie and Dan walking together in the park.
take a glimpse at 瞥见
He took a glimpse at the 'No Parking' signs outside Jasper's gate and parked his car there.
at the first sight 一见钟情
I love you at the first sight of you.
3、It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe.
rise(rose,risen) vi. 升
raise(raised,raised) vt. 提高
4、We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs.
很少用very much 放在一起修饰surprise, 一般用very surprised 或 most surprised
5、It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!
tell表示"辨别、分辨、识别"时常与can,could,be able to连用。表达这些意义时,tell可以单独使用,也可以与from构成词组:
My son can already tell the difference between beer and wine.
=My son can already tell beer from wine. 我儿子已经能分辨出啤酒和葡萄酒了。
表示两者之间的"差别、差异"时常用difference between:
There's a lot of difference between Englishmen and Frenchmen.
What's the difference between them?
有些情况下也可以不跟between:
It makes no difference whether you believe me or not. 你信不信我区别不大/都无所谓
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