新概念三逐句精讲: 第56课 河流 我们的邻居

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　　Lesson56 Our Neighbour, the River 河流，我们的邻居

　　新概念3课文内容：

　　The river which forms the eastern boundary of our farm has always played an important part in our lives. Without it we could not make a living. There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the houses, so we have to pump from the river for farm use. We tell river all our secrets. We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
　　We have special river birthday parties in the summer. Sometimes we go upstream to a favourite backwater, sometimes we have our party at the boathouse, which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving. In a heat wave we choose a midnight birthday party and that is the most exciting of all. We welcome the seasons by the riverside, crowning the youngest girl with flowers in the spring, holding a summer festival on Midsummer Eve, giving thanks for the harvest in the autumn, and throwing a holy wreath into the current in the winter.
　　After a long period of rain the river may overflow its banks. This is a rare occurrence as our climate seldom guest to extremes. We are lucky in that only the lower fields, which make up a very small proportion of our farm, are effected by flooding, but other farms are less favorably sited, and flooding can sometimes spell disaster for their owners.
One bad winter we watched the river creep up the lower meadows. All the cattle had been moved into stalls and we stood to lose little. We were, however, worried about our nearest neighbors, whose farm was low lying and who were newcomers to the district. As the floods had put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing. 　　From an attic window we could get a sweeping view of the river where their land joined ours, and at the most critical juncture we took turns in watching that point. The first sign of disaster was a dead sheep floating down. Next came a horse, swimming bravely, but we were afraid that the strength of the current would prevent its landing anywhere before it became exhausted. Suddenly a raft appeared, looking rather like Noah's ark, carrying the whole family, a few hens, the dogs, cat, and bird in a cage. We realized that they must have become unduly frightened by the rising flood, for their house, which had sound foundations, would have stood stoutly even if it had been almost submerged. The men of our family waded down through our flooded meadows with boathooks, in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank. We still think it a miracle that they we able to do so.

　　新概念英语3逐句精讲：

　　1.The river which forms the eastern boundary of our farm has always played an important part in our lives.

　　形成我们农场东部边界的一条河流一直在我们生活中发挥着重要作用。

　　语言点1:句子结构分析:which引导定语从句。

　　语言点2: play an important part相当于play an important role in,意思是“在…中起重要作用。”

　　2.Without it we could not make a living.

　　要是没有这条河，我们就无法生存下去。

　　语言点1:without it实际上是提出一个先决条件。
语言点2:make a living的意思是“谋生，维持生活。”

　　3.There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the houses, so we have to pump from the river for farm use.

　　泉水只能满足家庭生活用水，因此我们必须从河里抽水以用于农业生产。

　　语言点:pump from the river for的意思是“为…而从河里抽水。”

　　4.We tell river all our secrets.

　　我们向那条河倾诉我们的秘密。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:向河倾诉？这是典型的拟人修辞格。

　　5.We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.

　　我们本能地懂得，就像养蜂人和他的蜜蜂那样，要是我们不把生活中的重大的事件告诉那条河，就可能大祸临头。

　　语言点1:just as beekeepers with their bees.是类比修辞格。
语言点2:relate sth.to sb.的意思是“将某事告诉某人。”

　　6.We have special river birthday parties in the summer.

　　夏天，我们为这条河举办特殊的生日宴会。

　　7.Sometimes we go upstream to a favourite backwater, sometimes we have our party at the boathouse, which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.

　　有时，我们溯流而上来到我们喜爱的回水河汊举办；有时在船坞举办。那船坞是农场一位前辈在一块草地上盖的，草地紧挨着一个专供游泳、跳水的深水池。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:两个sometimes后面是两个并列关系的主句，由逗号隔开，这种用法比较少见。

　　8.In a heat wave we choose a midnight birthday party and that is the most exciting of all.

　　天气炎热时，我们便选择在半夜举办生日聚会，这种聚会是最令人激动的。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:heat wave的意思是“热浪。”that指代前面的部分。

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