1st Day
1.1 背景介绍
🧣1. blue tang
🧦拟刺尾鲷，学名为Paracanthurus hepatus，主要分布于印度洋和太平洋，因为体色鲜艳，所以是一种很受热带鱼爱好者欢迎的鱼类。体型呈椭圆形，比较扁，主要以浮游动物和藻类为食。
1.2熟词生义
🧣1. 「reflection」指“镜像”，即在反光平面上的影像。
🧦原句：All he could see was his own reflection in a huge diver’s mask.
🧦例句：He admired（欣赏） his reflection in the mirror.
🧣2. 「wake」在文中作名词，指的是“船在水面行驶后留下的痕迹”。
🧦原句：The force from the boat’s wake pushed him back.
🧦例句：I can see thewake of a ship on the surface of the sea.
🧣3. 「rock」在文中作动词，指“摇摆”。
🧦原句：Above the surface, the boat rocked from side to side in the waves.
🧦例句：The house rocked when the bomb exploded（炸弹爆炸）.
🧣4. 「grow」在文中作系动词，表示“变得……”。
🧦原句：The boat grew smaller and smaller in the distance.
🧦例句：He grew more and more impatient（没耐心的）.
🧣5. 「school」在文中意思是“鱼群”，a school of专指一群鱼。
🧦原句：He called to a school of passing fish.
🧦例句：We saw a school of dolphins.
🧣6. 「return」在文中作动词，意思是“回应”。
🧦原句：“Where?” Marlin said, not returning Dory’s introduction.
🧦例句：He did not return her love.
1.3句子解析
🧣1. “You know, I’m sorry. He isn’t a good swimmer, and I just think it’s a little too soon for him to be out here,” Marlin explained.
🧦「it’s a little too soon for him to be out here」,「it’s a little too soon for sb. to do sth.」这个结构表示“对某人来说做某事有点太早了”，所以这里是Marlin觉得现在就让Nemo出来上学太早了点儿。
🧦全句大意：Marlin像Mr. Ray解释说：“不好意思，Nemo不擅长游泳，我也觉得现在让他出来有点儿太早了。”
🧣2. As the grown-ups kept talking, one little fish gasped. “Nemo’s swimming out to sea!”
🧦「As」表示“当……的时候”；「grown-ups」这是一个合成词，由grow up这个短语衍生而来，指“成年人”。所以这里是说当这两个成年人在交谈的时候。
🧦全句大意：当这两个成年人在交谈的时候，一条小鱼气喘吁吁地说（gasp）：“Nemo游到大海里去了！”
🧣3. “What do you think you’re doing? You’re gonna get stuck out there, and I’m gonna have to get you before another fish does! Get back here! I said get back here, now! Stop! You take one more move—”
🧦「get stuck out there」这个短语意思是“被困在那儿”；「get you before another fish does」，意思是“赶在别人之前把你带回来”。
🧦从这句话我们能看出Marlin对Nemo的游泳能力非常没信心，他觉得自己的儿子是没办法自己游回来的，只能待在那儿等着别人去救他，就算Marlin自己不去，别的鱼也会去。
🧦全句大意：“你在干什么？你会被困在那边，然后我还得赶在别人之前去救你回来！赶快回来！我说了现在立刻马上回来！站住！你敢再动一步……”
🧣4. Marlin stopped suddenly, unable to speak. But now everyone else was shouting for Nemo to swim back quickly. Nemo realized everyone was looking behind him.
🧦「unable to speak」说明Marlin此时的状态，是说不出话来；「everyone else」指“其它的所有鱼”；「looking behind him」意思是“看着他的后面”。
🧦全句大意：Marlin突然停下了，说不出话来。但是其他鱼都大声喊着Nemo让他赶快游回来，Nemo也发现大家都看着他身后。
🧣5. Marlin swam away, but he couldn’t get around the diver. He couldn’t get closer to Nemo. He could only watch as the first diver’s net fell over his little son.
🧦「get around」，指“绕过、避开”，这里指Marlin无法绕开那个潜水员；「get closer to」，指“靠近”；「fell over his little son」，fell是fall的过去式，这里指“（网）落在了Nemo身上”。
🧦全句大意：Marlin游开了，但他却没办法绕开眼前这个潜水员，他没办法靠近Nemo。他只能眼睁睁地看着前一个潜水员把他的儿子网进渔网里。
🧣Splash! A diver’s mask fell into the water. Marlin swam as fast as he could in the boat’s wake, but the boat sped ahead, leaving him behind.
🧦「Splash」在这里是一个拟声词，用来表示东西落入水里的声音；「swam as fast as he could」意思是“尽可能快地向前游”；「in the boat’s wake」，wake在这里专指船移动后在水上留下的痕迹；「sped ahead」这里的sped是speed的过去式，所以意思是“加速前进”；「leaving him behind」指“船将Marlin远远抛在身后”。
🧦全句大意：啪！有一个潜水员的面罩掉进水里了。Marlin尽可能快地在船尾的水花里向前游，但是船还在加速向前，将他远远抛在了身后。
🧣7. The boat grew smaller and smaller in the distance.
🧦「grew」是「grow」的过去式，在这里意思是“变得”；
🧦「smaller and smaller」意思是“越来越小的”，这里指的是小船越来越远；相似的用法还有很多，比如说：I was more and more interested in reading English.（我对读英语越来越感兴趣了。）
🧦「in the distance」指“在远方”；
🧦全句的意思是：小船向远方驶去，越来越远。
🧣8. They just kept swimming, pushing past Marlin as they rushed along. One of the fish pushed him a little too hard and he was knocked down to the ocean floor. A little shaken, Marlin looked up to see a beautiful blue tang fish rushing over to him.
🧦「rushed along」指“急速前进”；「was knocked down to the ocean floor」意思是“被撞到海底”；「A little shaken」指Marlin被撞了以后的状态，“有点头昏眼花”。
🧦全句大意：那群过路的鱼继续向前游，在他们急速前进的同时将Marlin推来搡去。有一只鱼推Marlin的时候有点用力过猛，于是Marlin被撞到海底去了。在头昏眼花之际，他抬头看到一只美丽的拟刺尾鲷朝他冲了过来。
1.4本章短语
🧣as hard as one could/can 拼尽全力地 catch up 追赶上 leave…behind 留在身后，抛下 in the distance 在远处 rush along 急速前进 stick out 伸出
1.5 下节短语
🧦bit by bit 一点点地 chase after sb. 追赶某人 What is going on? 发生了什么事？ suffer from 遭受，患有 waste one’s time 浪费时间 🧦turned around 转身 row upon row 一排排 be littered with 布满，散落 help oneself 请自便 on my honor 我以名誉担保，我发誓