English Intensive Reading 吉林大学远程教育学院
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				Lesson 7    Language Points  ( Page 4)
			he behaving like a maniac about the wasps --- waving them away, flapping at them with his straw hat, serious and infuriated out of all proportion to the occasion. How she had suffered. But now, as he spoke, that memory faded. His was the truer. Meaning: When dealing with the wasps he appeared so trivial, so ridiculous that she felt he had made fool of them both. Vera had remembered the unpleasant scene of her visit to Ken Gardens with this unnamed admirer --- his excessive reaction to the wasps in the Chinese pagoda. She now realized that he was just trying to protect her. She now also realizes that his memory, which has been concentrating on the positive aspects of the remembered experience, is more accurate than hers. She now realized that it was her fault, not his, that failed to remember it as such. （而他）就像疯子般地轰赶着黄蜂---- 把它们轰跑，用草帽拍打它们。他即认真又恼火，在那种场合与他身份极不相称。她当时是多么地难受啊。但是现在，听着他的描述，（那种使她难堪的）记忆渐渐消失。他当时是好意maniac: crazy person linger (v.) 停留在，徘徊 同义词：dawdle, loiter 1. She lingered outside the school after everyone else had gone home. 在别的人都已回家之后，她仍旧留在学校的外面不愿走。 2. They lingered over coffee and missed the train. 他们慢慢地喝着咖啡，结果没有赶上火车。 And in the warmth, as it were, another memory unfolded. Meaning: As she remembered the warm sunshine that was part of their experience of Ken Gardens, another memory comes to mind, similarly pleasant. 想到当时的阳光明媚，另一扇记忆的大门被打开了。 unfolded , (v.) 展现，显露，张开 同义词：disclose, open, reveal 1. She unfolded the map and spread it on the table. 她展开地图，把它铺在桌子上。 2. The story unfolds as the film goes on. 电影放下去，故事情节逐渐展开。 in a low, troubled voice 用 … 声音讲话用介词 in 用低沉而忧虑的声音（说） I wish that I had taken poison. wish 在这里的用法是虚拟语气，表示现在或任何时候都不能实现的愿望。时态上多用过去式或过去完成式。 1. I wish I were a bird. 我要是只鸟就好了。 2. The party was awful, and we all wished we had never gone to it. 那次晚会真糟，我们真希望自己没去过。 were about to be about to 可表示即将做某事。 1. We’re about to leave. 我们就要走了。 2. He is about to retire. 他就要退休了。 leaned over, 低头朝…，附身过来… 1. He leaned over to hear what she said. 他附身过来听他说什么。 2. The trees leaned in the wind. 树在风中倾斜。 the air of a man 男人具有的气质。