1st Day
1.1 背景介绍
1.2熟词生义
1⃣️「heart」在文中意思是”心的形状❤️“。
✨原句:She saw him write their names inside a heart. ✨例句:The words‘I love you’were written inside a big red heart.
2⃣️「prized」形容词,意思是“很珍贵的”。
✨原句:He turned to Auto, holding the prized plant. ✨例句:I lost some of my most prized things in the fire.
3⃣️「shoot」shot是它的过去式,在文中意思是“迅速移动”。
✨原句:Auto shot over and blocked the Captain. ✨例句:A plane shot across the sky.
4⃣️「classified」意思是“机密的,仅限部分人知道的”。
✨原句:“That is classified,” Auto said, trying to take the plant from the Captain, “Give me the plant!” ✨例句:This is a classified document.
5⃣️「order」在文中作名词,意思是“命令”。
✨原句:Tell me, Auto. That’s an order! ✨例句:He gave orders for the work to be started.
6⃣️「stand up to」意思是“违抗、抵抗”。
✨原句:Auto had never expected this captain to stand up to him. ✨例句:It was brave of her to stand up to those bullies(恶霸).
7⃣️「follow」在文中意思是“服从、听从”。
✨原句:Auto replied: “Must follow my directive.” ✨例句:Why didn’t you follow my advice?
8⃣️「state」在文中作动词,意思是“陈述、声明”。
✨原句:“I’m the captain of the Axiom,” he stated in a firm, spirited voice. ✨例句:He has already stated his intention(意图) to run for election(竞选).
1.3句子解析
1⃣️ Auto finally typed a series of buttons with his long robotic arm. A BnL message appeared on-screen. It was marked as TOP SECRET: FOR AUTOPILOT EYE ONLY.
✨「on-screen」在这里是副词,表示“在屏幕上”;
✨「 was marked as」,意思是“被打上……的标记”、“被标记为……”;
✨「FOR AUTOPILOT EYE ONLY」,意思是“只有AUTOPILOT能看,仅AUTOPILOT可见”,类似的表达还有「 for your eyes only 」,“只有你可以看”,这里全部字母用大写,主要是为了强调其重要性和严肃程度。
✨这里是说: Auto最终拗不过船长,于是用长长的机器人手臂按下了一连串按钮。接着屏幕上出现了一条BnL的信息,并且被标记为“最高机密:仅自动驾驶仪可见”。
2⃣️Through the unclear, old recording, the leader told the autopilots of all BnL star liners to take control of the ships. He instructed them to never return to Earth, as life there was “not supportable anymore.”
✨「star liners」即“航天飞船”,liner常常用来指航班或者海上航行的邮轮,这里是借用这个词来表示星系间航行的飞船;
✨「take control of」,意思是“控制、接管”;
✨「instructed them to never return to Earth」,instruct sb. to do sth.意思是“指示某人做某事”,instruct sb. to never do sth.则是“指示某人永远不要做某事”,所以这里是说BnL的CEO指示自动驾驶仪永远不要返回地球。
✨「as」在这里引导原因,表示“因为”;
✨「not supportable」,意思是“不可被维持的”。
✨所以这里是说:通过一段不清晰的、老旧的录影,BnL的领导告诉所有航天飞船上的自动驾驶仪接管飞船。他指示所有的自动驾驶仪永远都不要回到地球,因为地球上已经无法维持生命了。
3⃣️ For the first time, he had seen the truth: There was no great plan to return to Earth. His company and his leader had given up on him, his ship, and his passengers. The Captain’s face grew red.
✨「see the truth」,指“看清了真相”;
✨「 give up on 」表示“放弃(某人或某事)”;
✨「face grew red」指“脸红了”,grow在这里表示“变得”,这种用法之前已经见得很多咯~
✨这句话意思是:船长第一次看清了整件事的真相:根本就没有什么返回地球的宏伟计划。他的公司和领导人已经放弃了他、放弃了他的飞船和船上所有的乘客。船长的脸涨得通红。
4⃣️He was holding living proof—the plant—that Earth could indeed support life once again. Now he was really, truly angry.
✨「living proof」指“活生生的证据”;
✨「—the plant—」,解释说明这个proof是这棵植物;
✨「that」引导同位语从句,用以说明proof的内容,即“证明了……”;
✨「really」意思是“实际上、事实上”;
✨「once again」,“再一次”。
✨此刻船长正握着那棵植物,这可是活生生的证据啊,可以证明地球实际上是可以再次供养生命的。于是他现在是真的生气了。
✨「 come to realize」指“逐渐开始意识到”,come to…这个结构表示“逐渐开始……”,比如I came to believe that he was innocent.(我逐渐开始相信他是无辜的。);
✨「failed to understand」,指“没能理解”,fail to do表示“没能做成某事”;
✨「remain alive」,指“活着”;
5⃣️Auto had never expected this captain to stand up to him. But the Captain had finally come to realize what Auto failed to understand. The little plant in his hand had grown up on Earth. If it could remain alive in Earth’s polluted environment, so could the people on the Axiom.
✨「 had never expected」指某人“从未想到过”;
✨「 stand up to」指“违抗、抵抗”;
✨「so could the people on the Axiom」,这里so could…意思是“……也可以”,所以这里是说Axiom上的人们也可以,这种结构和我们常见的so am I(我也是),so does he(他也是)之类的一样。
✨这段话意思是: Auto从没想过船长会与他抗衡。但是船长最终渐渐开始意识到了一些Auto没能理解的东西。他手里的这棵小小的植物在地球上长大了。如果它可以在地球被污染的环境中活下来,那么Axiom飞船上的人们也可以。
6⃣️“No! It’s completely relevant! Out there is our home. Home, Auto! And it’s in trouble. I can’t just sit out here and do nothing. That’s all anyone’s ever done on this ship—nothing!”
✨「relevant」,指“相关的、有关的”,这是对应上文Auto说这一切完全「irrelevant」(无关的);
✨「out there」指“在那里”,英文中常用来指远方或者不知名的某处,有一首很好听的英文歌就叫Somewhere Out There,大家可以去听听~
✨「in trouble」指“陷入困境”、“遇到麻烦”;
✨「 out here」相应的表示“在这里”;
✨「 anyone’s ever done」注意这里的’s指的是has。
✨这句话我们可以看出船长情绪已经炸了!他说:不,这都是有关的!那里是我们的家,家啊!Auto!现在它遇上麻烦了,我不能在这里坐视不理,什么也不做,就像这艘飞船上的所有人一直以来那样,什么都没做!
7⃣️“On the Axiom, you will survive,” Auto answered coldly. The Captain’s voice became stronger: “I don’t want to survive! I want to live!”
✨「survive」,指“幸存、活下来”;
✨「live」指“生活、过日子”;
✨注意这两个词意义的差别,survive只是指维持生命的状态,没有什么生活品质可言,而live则是真正地“活着”,是那种有意义的有目的的生活。所以在英语中,经常用survive和live这两个词来表达“无意义地活”和“有意义地活”。
✨因此这里是说: Auto冷冷地回答船长:“在Axiom上,你能活下来”。但船长用更强有力的声音回答他:“我要的不是活下来,我要的是真正的生活!”
✨「as」表示“作为”;
✨「for all the wrong reasons」字面意思是“因错误的理由”,常常用来指“不正当的理由,不体面的理由等”,比如She made headlines last week for all the wrong reasons. (她上周登上了头条,只不过是因为一些不太体面的原因。) Auto逐渐接管了船长的职务,成为了Axiom飞船上的领导者,这全都是基于一些错误的理由。
9⃣️Auto gave off a series of electronic sounds, and Gopher immediately entered the room. Gopher turned toward the Captain. He fired a red beam of light at the plant which lifted it from the Captain’s hands.
✨「gave off」,指“发出”;
✨「fired a red beam of light at the plant」,fire at指“瞄准……射击”,所以这里是说“朝那棵植物射出一道红色的光线”;
✨「which」引导的定语从句修饰 beam of light;
✨「 lifted it from」,指“将它从……升起来”。
✨这句话是说:Auto发出了一连串电子音效,然后Gopher马上进来了。Gopher转身朝向船长,向那棵植物发射出一道红色的光线,这道光线将植物从船长手中升起来了。
1.4本章短语
fire up 启动 hold up (a finger) 举起(一根手指) get out of one’s way 别挡路,走开 out of one’s reach 让某人够不着 keep secrets from sb. 向某人隐瞒秘密 take control of 控制 give up on sb./sth. 放弃某人或某物 living proof 生动的证明,活证据 refuse to do 拒绝做某事 stand up to sb. 违抗某人,抵抗某人 come to realize 逐渐开始意识到 fail to do 没能做成某事 stick to sth. 坚持某事 follow one’s directive 服从指令 in anger 生气地 take over sth. 接管某事 give off 发出 throw sth. straight into 将某物直接扔进…… take a deep breath 深吸了一口气 tons of 成吨的 on the other end 在另一端 fly open 突然打开 fly off 飞出 be aware of 意识到 be stuck in 卡在……中 to make matters worse 更糟的是 circuit board 电路板 all this time 一直以来 run after 追赶 a large number of 许多 reach out to 把手伸向
1.5下节短语
in shock 处于震惊状态 be confined to 被限制在……中 out of shape (身材)走样 no match for 无法对抗 fight back 反击 go out (灯光)熄灭 lock up 关起来
1.6 每章一句
knowing too much of your future is never a good thing. 对未来知道的太多并不是一件好事
1.7 章节彩蛋
😬今天是假期结束上班开始的第一天,难免同学们会有些假期综合症,具体表现为假期后不想上班上学,只想吃喝玩乐,手机早起闹钟关闭… 那么,该如何拯救你的假期综合症呢?
💫假期综合症”叫做post-holiday syndrome,指的是在即将回去上班之前人们普遍感到的抑郁心情(general feeling of depression),通常是由度假期间不规律的生活方式(irregular lifestyles)导致。
✨其症状包括感到疲惫(fatigue)、没有胃口(lack of appetite)、无法集中精力(lack of concentration)、易怒(irritability)和无助感(a feeling of helplessness)等,它既是身体疾病,也是心理疾病。
✨有以上症状也不要担心,老师教你几个小tips,快速恢复规律生活上班状态~ 1⃣️Always make healthy choices. Choose healthy food, healthy drinks, and have some good amount of exercise. 👉做出健康的选择,比如选择健康的食品,健康的饮料,并做一些适当的锻炼。
2⃣️ If you feel upset, listening to some music or watching comedy shows will help a lot. 👉如果感到心烦意乱,听听音乐或看看喜剧都对情绪放松很有用。
3⃣️Talk with friends and coworkers, tell them about your feelings and learn to be possitive. 👉和朋友同事聊聊天,告诉他们你的感受,并且学会积极乐观的面对。
🌟希望同学们能够以积极的心态来面对情绪低落,尽快消除“假期综合症”对学习和生活的影响~还有记得每天都要好好阅读哦~
小测答案:
🎉1.No day shall erase you from the memory of time 时光不会将你从记忆中抹去
🎉2.Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached. 也许不经历低谷,我们将无法达到高峰
🎉3.Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. 读过好书,你将无法再去读不好的书了
🎉4.We lie best when we lie to ourselves.
我们骗自己的时候最厉害
🎉5.Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
幸福的家庭都是相似的,而不幸福的家题各有各的不幸