Unit 8 Remembrances
Study Focus
1. Find the best way to reduce stress in modern daily life.
2. Practice using the “The same goes for… ” structure.
3. Say something about the positive and negative effects brought about by the communications revolution.
4. Learn how to write Lost Notes.
5. Understand why letter writing is a most effective way to communicate with each other.
Para. 1
I am a morning person. I have always enjoyed rising early, making a pot of coffee, getting the newspaper, and settling down for an hour of quiet time—which I call a time-out.
译文：
我是个起早的人。我总是喜欢早早起床，煮一壶咖啡，拿一份报纸，舒舒服服地坐下来享受一小时的清静时光——我称它为悠闲时刻。
pot
n. 壶，罐
e.g.
He debated heating up the pot first before his friends came.
他考虑在朋友们到来之前先把火锅烧热。
a pot of stew; a pot of coffee
一锅炖肉；一壶咖啡
settle down: “舒舒服服地坐下;定居,安顿下来”
e.g.
a. He settled (himself) down in a chair with a cup of tea, and turned on the TV.
他泡了杯茶, 舒舒服服地坐在椅子里，然后打开了电视机。
b. After retiring from service, the old man settled down in his hometown.
退役之后,这位老人在家乡定居。
time-out: 合成名词,意思是:“（工作等活动中的）暂停时间，休息时间；（球类等比赛进行中的）暂停 ”
e.g.
a. It’s very hot. You’d better take a time-out from work to have a sip of tea.
天气很热，你最好乘工间休息喝口茶。
b. The coach called for a time-out from the match.
教练要求比赛暂停。
Para. 2
1. When I was a child, I remember my mother using time-outs as punishment.
译文：
我记得小时候母亲把独处作为对我的惩罚。
punishment
n. 惩罚，处罚
e.g.
Do you have capital punishment in your country?
贵国有死刑吗？
punish
vt. 惩罚，处罚
The parents punished their disobedient child.
父母惩罚了他们不听话的孩子。
2. However, even then, I enjoyed going to my room to think about how I was behaving and what I needed to do “to be a good boy”.
译文：
然而，即使那时，我也喜欢到自己的房间里反省自己的表现，想想需要做些什么事情才能成为一个好孩子。
3. I enjoyed my time-out then, and I still do, although now I consider a time-out to be a reward rather than a punishment.
译文：
那时我就喜欢这种独处，现在仍然很喜欢，不过现在我认为它不是一种惩罚, 而是奖赏。
此句中，do是代替词。为避免重复，do用来替代前一个分句中的enjoy my time-out。
例如：
Paula looks very happy and she always does even when she meets with difficulties.
波拉看起来很快乐，即使在她遇到困难时也总是这样。
reward: n.“奖赏，报酬”
e.g.
a. The fireman was offered a reward of $100 for saving the child’s life, but he declined it.
这位消防员因为救了那孩子的命被奖赏100美元，但他谢绝了。
b. The prize was a just reward for all your hard work.
奖品是你辛苦工作应得的报酬。
rather than:“不是······而是”, 往往连接两个完全对等的语法结构，可接名词、代词、形容词、不定式、分词、介词短语等。
e.g.
a. Since Tom should be responsible for the accident, I think it’s him, rather than you, that is to blame.
既然汤姆应该对此事故负责，我认为该受责备的是他，而不是你。
b. She is modest rather than shy.
她是谦虚而不是害羞。
c. Tom decided to stay at home rather than go to the cinema.
汤姆决定不去看电影呆在家里。
d. He insisted on having the old house renovated rather than knocked down.
他坚持把老房子整修一下而不是拆除。
e. She always depends on herself rather than on her parents to overcome difficulties.
她总是依靠自己而不是父母来克服困难。
注意：would rather...than “宁愿, 与其······不如······”
e.g.
I would rather play basketball than football.
我宁愿打篮球而非踢足球。