Confessions-of-a-Miseducated-Man

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Confessions of a,Miseducated,Man,Norman Cousins,Paragraph 5,As,I write this,I have the feeling that my words fail to,give force to,the idea they,seek to,express.,Indeed,the idea itself is a truth which all peoples,readily,accept even if they do not,act on,it.,Let me put it differently,then.In order to,be at home,anywhere in the world,I had to forget the things I had been taught to remember.,Paraphrase,C,onj.when,1.,对,起作用,2.,按照,行事,a,dv.,事实上,practically,I,n fact,Paragraph 5,It,turned out,that my ability to,get along,with other peoples,depended,not so much upon my comprehension of the,uniqueness,of their way of life as my comprehension of the things we had,in common,.It was important to,respect,these differences,certainly,but to stop there was like clearing the ground without any idea of what was to be built on it.,Paraphrase,Paragraph 5,When,you,got through,comparing notes,you discovered that you were both talking about the same neighborhood,i.e.this planet,and the conditions that made it congenial or,hostile,to human habitation.,Paraphrase,Paragraph 6,Only a few years ago an education in differences of,references,fulfilled a,specific,if limited need.That was at a time when we thought of other places and peoples largely out of curiosity or,in terms of,exotic vacations.It was the mark of a,rounded,man to be well traveled and to know about the fabulous variations of human culture and behavior.,Paraphrase,Paragraph 6-7,But it wasnt the type of knowledge you had to,live by,and build on.,Then,overnight,came the great,compression,.,Far-flung,areas which had been,secure,in their,remoteness,suddenly became crowded together in a single,arena,.And all at once a new type of education became necessary,an education in,liberation from,tribalism,.,Paraphrase,Paragraph 7,For,tribalism,had,persisted,from earliest times,though it had taken,refined,forms.The new education had to teach man the most difficult lesson of all:to look at someone anywhere in the world and be able to recognize the image of himself.,Paraphrase,Paragraph 7,It had to be an education in self recognition.,The old emphasis upon,superficial,differences had to,give way to,education for,mutuality,and for citizenship in the human community.,Paraphrase,Give force to,使,更有力，有力地，充分地，有效地,P,owerfully,，,adequately,，,effectively,Seek to,试图，设法,T,o try to do,sth,I,n an attempt to do,M,anage to do,E,g,：,她,试图做,个温柔体贴的妻子,She,seeks,to be an affectionate wife.,Readily,Quickly,，,easily,，,without difficult,容易地；迅速地；,Willingly,乐意地；欣然,她,欣然,地接受了他的求婚。,She,readily,accepted his proposal of marriage.,青年人,乐意,接受新思想。,Young people are,readily,pervious to new ideas.,Readilyready(adj.),准备好的；现成的；乐意的；情愿的,Be at home,B,e home,：到家,He will be home in a 1 hour.,1.,在家,He is at home,2.,无拘无束,He feels at home,at ease,Paraphrase,I felt that what I said are still not strong enough to express my ideas.People from every nation are willing to agree the truth even if they do not take any action in accordance with it.Let me say it in another way.,F,or the sake of feeling at ease when I was travel any other places in the world,I had to forget the things my education had taught me to keep in mind,.,我写这些的时候，我觉得我所说并不能完全有力地表达我的意思。所有民族都乐意接受它，因为这观点本身就是真理，即使他们并不身体力行。那么让我来换一个说法吧。为了在世界上任何一个地方都能无拘无束，我必须忘记那些过去教我记住的东西。,Turn to,to be discovered to be;to prove to be,证明是，原来是，结果是,(+that),(+to be),eg,.It,turned out,that he was a thief.,The job,turned out,to be harder than we thought.,Depend on,1.(,某事）决定于,.,取决于,Our success,depends on,our efforts.,2.,依赖，信赖，依靠,You may,depend on,our cooperation.,近义词,rely on/upon,count on/upon,口语,It(all)depends=That(all)depends,那得看情况,depend on/upon it,肯定，没错，放心,Uniqueness,n.the state of being the only one of its type,唯一性，独特性,a,dj.,unique,唯一的,be unique to+n,eg,The custom is,unique,to Japan.,Respect,V.admire,sb,have a very good opinion of,sb,+as/for,因,尊敬,/,敬重某人,eg,We,respect,him,as,a great leader.,n.1.respect(u)for,对,的敬意，尊敬,eg,He has great,respect for,his teacher.,2.respect(u)for,尊重，重视,eg,He has no,respect for,the feelings of others.,3.,点，方面，关联，关系,In some respects/every respect,Paraphrase,It is discovered finally that I can successfully deal with people in other countries not because I can understand the differences of their way of life,but because I know the things we share.,We have to admit and accept these differences,but it isnt enough.If we dont go further to explore it,the efforts we spent will be in vain.,get through,get through doing,sth,（设法）处理，完成,eg,:I think you can,get though,preparing the,work before the meeting.,我认为在会议之前你能完成工作,get through,sth,消耗；用完；耗尽；处理，完成；顺利通过（考试等）,get through to,sb,到达某人处；（用电话）接通，联系上某人,compare notes(with,sb,),与某人交换观点（或意见等）,同义：,exchange the view(with,sb,),eg,:They meet very often and,compare notes with each other,.,他们时常碰头，彼此交换意见。,Hostile,1.making it difficult for,sth,.to happen or to be achieved,有阻碍的；不利的,eg,:It is the most,hostile,climatic conditions for plants to grow in.,那是最不利植物生长的条件。,2.angry,or unfriendly and ready to argue or