第十二课LessonTwelveLittleThingsAreBig.doc

? ? Lesson Twelve　Little Things Are Big 打印本页 ? 　　一、词　汇　　eve n. 前夕，前日　　memorial adj. 纪念的，记忆的　　subway n. (美) 地铁　　traveling adj. (美/英) 旅行的　　traveling bag n. 旅行袋　　nice looking adj. 好看的　　avenue n. 大街　　medium-sized adj. 中等的，中型的　　customary adj. 合乎习惯的　　deserted adj. 无人通行的，已无人居住的　　adult adj. 成人的，大人的　　steep adj. 陡峭的 　　concrete n. adj. 混凝土　　courteous adj. 有礼貌，客气　　courtesy n. 礼貌的，客气的　　face v. 面临，面对　　obviously adv. 明显　　Negro n. (含轻蔑之意)黑种人，黑人　　approach v. 走进，向…靠近　　likely adj. 可能会，有可能　　prejudiced adj. 有成见的，有偏见的　　prejudice n. 成见，偏见　　accent n. 口音　　reaction n. 反应　　misjudge v. （对…）判断错误　　slander n. 诽谤　　the press n. 报纸，杂志，新闻界　　hesitate v. 犹豫，踌躇　　traditional adj. 传统的　　illiterate adj. 不识文字的　　way adv. 远为…，…得多　　incident n. 事件　　chauvinism n. 沙文主义　　unjust adj. 不公平的　　policy n. 政策，方针　　rude adj. 粗鲁的，无礼的　　racism n. 种族主义　　divide v. 分开，分配　　fail v. 有负于　　millionth adj. 百万分之一的　　二、课文分析　　It was very late at night on the eve of Memorial Day. She got on the subway train at the 34th Street Pennsylvania Station. I am still trying to remember how she managed to push herself in with a baby on her right arm, a traveling bag in her left hand and two children, a boy and a girl about three and five years old, following after her. She was a nice-looking lady in her early twenties.　　在阵亡将士纪念日前夕的非常晚的晚上，她进入地铁第 34 街道宾夕法尼亚站。我仍然努力记住她怎么设法上车，一个婴孩在她的右胳膊上, 在她的左手是一个旅行包，两个孩子, 男孩和女孩大约三岁和五岁, 跟在她后面。她是一个好看的夫人，大约二十岁出头。　　At Nevins Street Station, Brooklyn, I saw her preparing to get off at the next station-Atlantic Avenue-which happened to be the place where I had to get off. Just as it was a problem for her to get on, it was going to be a problem for her to get off the train with two small children to be taken care of, a baby on her right ram, and a medium-sized bag in her left hand.　　在布鲁克林Nevins 街站，我看见她准备下车，大西洋大道也是我必须下车的地方。她有两个小孩要照看，右手抱着个婴儿，左手还拿着个不大不小的提包，上车不容易，下车同样也不容易。　　And there I was, also preparing to get off at the Atlantic Avenue, with nothing to take care of-not even t