新高考英语读后续写高级表达讲义：英文原版书中的人物描写语料.docxVIP

2023届新高考英语读后续写高级表达讲义：英文原版书中的人物描写语料 *注：本讲义中的原文均选自《哈利波特》 Mr. Dursley might have been?drifting into an uneasy sleep, but the cat on the wall outside was showing?no sign of sleepiness.?It was sitting?as still as a statue, its eyes?fixed unblinkingly on?the far corner of Privet Drive. It didn’t?so much as quiver?when a car door slammed in the next street, nor when two owls swooped overhead. 翻译：德里斯先生可能已经迷迷糊糊地进入了不太安稳的睡眠，可花园墙头上的那只猫却毫无睡意，它卧在墙头上，宛如一座雕像，纹丝不动，目不转睛地盯着女贞路远处的街角。邻街的一辆汽车“砰”得一声关上车门，两只猫头鹰扑扇着从头顶上飞过，它也一动不动。 drift into sleep: ????????drift(n.) 漂流，飘移，趋势 ??????? drift into：不知不觉地陷入 ??????? drift into an uneasy sleep：不知不觉地陷入不安稳的睡眠 no sign of sleepiness ?????????sign(n.) 迹象，符号，记号 ???????? no sign of：没有.....的迹象 ?????????no sign of sleepiness: 毫无睡意，没有想要睡觉的迹象 as still as a statue ????????still(adj.)静止的，不动的，寂静的 ????????statue(n.)雕塑，雕像 ??????? as...as：像......一样 ??????? as still as a statue：像雕塑一样纹丝不动 eyes fix unblinkingly on ????????unblinkingly(adv.)不眨眼地 ????????fix...on: 固定，使集中于 ????????eyes fix unblinkingly on: 目不转睛 so much as quiver ????????quiver(n.) 颤抖 ????????so much as: 甚至于，连......都不 ????????did not so much as quiver:甚至都没有颤抖 「精读赏析」 在这段话中，Rowling使用了多处对比（Contrast）的写作手法，来突出猫的静止。比如：「Mr Dursley might have been?drifting into an uneasy sleep, but the cat on the wall outside was showing?no sign of sleepiness.」把进入梦乡的德里斯先生和毫无睡意的猫做对比，描写猫醒着的状态。再比如：「It didn’t?so much as quiver?when a car door slammed in the next street, nor when two owls swooped overhead.」把动态的猫头鹰，有声的车门和猫做对比，再一次突出了猫的静止不动。 「高分写作词」 swoop （v.）俯冲；突然袭击 （n.）猛扑；突然袭击 「例句」The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. ? ?老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。 twitch （v.）抽搐；猛拉 （n.）抽搐；晃动； 「例句」He has a twitch in his right eye. ? 他右眼跳了一下。 narrow （adj.）狭窄的，有限的；度量小的 （vt.）使...变窄 「例句」My grandma narrowed her eyes to see clearer. ? 我的外婆眯起眼睛来看得更清楚。 judge by 根据......作出判断 「例句」He knows better than to judge by appearances. ? ? 他明白得很，绝不会凭借表面现象来判断。 tuck into 卷进，藏进 「例句」His hair was long enough to tuck into his belt. ? 他的头发长得可以塞进他的皮带里。 spectacle (n.) 景象；场面；奇观；壮观 「例句」It was a