综合英语Book VI Unit10.pptVIP

Unit 10 Text I Straight-A Illiteracy Language Points 1. This illiterate may, as often as not, be a university president, but he is typically a Ph.D., a successful professor and textbook author: as often as not是一个习惯语，表示quite often, at least half of the time,意为“往往”，又如As often as not the buses are late on foggy days. (每遇到雾天，公共汽车往往脱班)。句子后半部分用he指代前半部分中的this illiterate,故a Ph.D., a successful professor和 textbook author都是这种文盲的身份。 2. and the following is written in an attempt to give him equal time with his widely publicized counterpart:上文提到ordinary illiterates (广受人们关注)，而straight-A illiterate (就几乎没有人注意到)，故该句中的his widely publicized counterpart指的就是ordinary illiterate。词组in an attempt to do sth.意为“试图做某事”，又如The government announced big tax cuts in an attempt to regain its lost popularity. (政府宣布大幅度减税，试图重新赢回人们的支持)。文中该句表明了作者写这篇文章的意图——给予成绩最优秀的文盲和一般文盲同样多的关注。 3. He and I have been at this, have been going over his paper sentence by sentence, word by word, for an hour:介词at在此表示“从事于”，又如What is he at? (他正在干什么?)文中该句包含了两个have been结构，其中后一个是对前一个的解释，指出他们从事的具体工作。动词词组go over在此表示look at or examine for a purpose, check,意为“仔细检查”，又如We went over the accounts very thoroughly but couldn’t find any mistakes. (我们对帐目进行了彻底的检查，但未能发现一处错误)。从文中该句可知，这名成绩最优秀的学生和“我”在一句一句、一字一字地审稿。 4. …making it impossible for the sufferer to detect gibberish in his own writing or in that of others:名词gibberish指“莫名其妙的话”。句中in that of others是指in the writing of others (在别人的作品中)，用that代替了前面提及过的writing。代词that通常指代前面提及过的名词，而代词this既可指代前面谈到的名词，又可指代后面将要谈到的名词。 5. Nevertheless, he is illiterate, in the worst way: he is incapable of saying, in writing, simply and clearly, what he means:词组in the worst way意为“十分，非常”，又如want to be an opera singer in the worst way (非常想做一名歌剧演员)。文中该句冒号后的内容解释了说他是文盲的原因。在代词say和它的宾语what he means之间插入了时间状语in writing (在写作时)和方式状语simply and clearly (言简意赅地)。 6. The ordinary illiterate—perhaps providentially protected from college and graduate school—might say:这句话中用到了反语，作者说“一般文盲幸运地未能进入大学和研究生院”。按常规理解，读大学和读研是非常难得且荣耀的事情；但在作者看来，读大学或读