第一百一十三讲
Text Study
Para. 7 Perhaps The King’s School’s Tim Hawkes, who is also the author of a book, Boy Oh Boy, and an adviser to the Federal Government on boy’s education, does not agree that we should view activities such as making the bed, cutting the grass, or helping out with the dishes as being homework.
author
1. N-COUNT 可数名词作者;著作者 The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
...Jill Phillips, author of the book 'Give Your Child Music'. 吉尔·菲利普斯，《给孩子音乐》一书的作者
2. N-COUNT 可数名词 作家 An author is a person whose job is writing books.
Haruki Murakami is Japan's best-selling author. 村上春树是日本当红的畅销书作家。
1. N-COUNT 可数名词作者;著作者 The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
...Jill Phillips, author of the book 'Give Your Child Music'. 吉尔·菲利普斯，《给孩子音乐》一书的作者
2. N-COUNT 可数名词 作家 An author is a person whose job is writing books.
Haruki Murakami is Japan's best-selling author. 村上春树是日本当红的畅销书作家。
3. N-COUNT 可数名词(计划或建议的）筹划者，制定者 The author of a plan or proposal is the person who thinks of it and works out the details.
The authors of the plan believe they can reach this point within about two years.
该计划的提出者相信他们约在两年内可以达成该目标。
4. 动词创作；撰写 To author something means to be the author of it.
Then he opened a restaurant, authored a book, and landed his own radio show. 后来他开了个餐馆，写了本书，还制作了自己的广播剧。
co-author
名词(书、戏剧或报告的)合著者 The co-authors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
动词合著(书、戏剧或报告) If two or more people co-author a book, play, or report, they write it together.
adviser
N-COUNT 可数名词 顾问；提供意见者 An adviser is an expert whose job is to give advice to another person or to a group of people.
In Washington, the President and his advisers spent the day in meetings. 在华盛顿，总统和他的顾问们一整天都在开会。
He is my legal adviser. 他是我的法律顾问。
...a careers adviser. 职业顾问
agree
VERB 动词赞成；赞同 If you agree with an action or suggestion, you approve of it.
I don't agree with what they're doing... 我不赞同他们正在做的事情。
In his heart he knew they'd agree with his stand. 他内心明白他们会赞成他的立场。
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agreeable
1.形容词 令人愉快的；宜人的 If something is agreeable, it is pleasant and you enjoy it.
...workers in more agreeable and better paid occupations. 在条件更惬意、报酬更丰厚的行业工作。
2. 形容词亲切的;友善的;讨人喜欢的 If someone is agreeable, they are pleasant and try to please people.
I've gone out of my way to be agreeable to his friends. 我已然特意地去讨好他的朋友们。
view
N-COUNT 可数名词观点;看法;见解;态度 Your views on something are the beliefs or opinions that you have about it, for example whether you think it is good, bad, right, or wrong.
I take the view that she should be stopped as soon as possible... 我认为应该尽快阻止她。
My own view is absolutely clear. What I did was right... 我自己的观点非常清楚。我做的事是正确的。
2. VERB 动词考虑;看待 If you view something in a particular way, you think of it in that way.
First-generation Americans view the United States as a land of golden opportunity... 第一代美国人认为美国是一个充满了机遇的国度。
3. 名词景观;景色;风景;(尤指）美景 The view from a window or high place is everything which can be seen from that place, especially when it is considered to be beautiful.
The view from our window was one of beautiful green countryside... 从我们的窗口能看见一片美丽的绿色田园风光。
help out
短语 帮助…做事;借钱给… If you help someone out, you help them by doing some work for them or by lending them some money.
I help out with the secretarial work... 我帮着做些秘书工作。
All these presents came to more money than I had, and my mother had to help me out... 我的钱不够买所有这些礼物，我母亲只好借了我一些钱。
He thought you‘d been brought in from Toronto to help out the local police. 他认为你是从多伦多调过来协助当地警方工作的。
Translation
Para. 6 国王学校的提姆霍克斯是位作家，著有一本名为《男孩，哦，男孩》的书。他还身兼联邦政府有关男孩教育的顾问。他不赞成将一些诸如铺床，割草或帮忙收拾餐具的行为视为家庭作业的内容。