资源描述：
《abfcstd赖世雄高级美语第2课》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。
1、-+懒惰是很奇怪的东西，它使你以为那是安逸，是休息，是福气；但实际上它所给你的是无聊，是倦怠，是消沉;它剥夺你对前途的希望，割断你和别人之间的友情，使你心胸日渐狭窄，对人生也越来越怀疑。—罗兰WelcomebacktoRadioEnglishonSunday.Todaywehaveunittwoforyou,beginningonpagetenofyourbook,we'regoingtotakeanotherlookattheUnitedStates,buttodayaverydifferentlookfromthatoflastweek.Lastweekwevisite
2、dthelargestcityandthemostcosmopolitancityintheUnitedStates,ofcourse,NewYork.Buttodaywearegoingtolookatanethnicgroups,whichisreallyquitedifferentfromalltheotherslivingintheUS.Today,then,wearelookingattheAmish.---关于Amish,在中级美语讲座第75，76讲也有提到过。Ok,let'stakealookatourfirstparagraph.InthelandofRoc
3、k'n'roll,thespaceshuttleandcomputerizedliving,whocouldimaginethataboutfiftythousandAmericansdonotusetelephones,electriclightsorcars?Notbecausetheyarepoorbutourofchoice.Ashardasthismaybetoimagine,theAmish,ormoreproperly,theAmishMennonites,stillliveatraditionalrurallifestyle,directfromsevent
4、eencenturyEurope.WhenwethinkoftheUS,weoftenthinkofrock'n'rollmusic,spaceshuttleandspace(sexproration),andofcourse,allthosecomputers.Buttoday,rightnow,there'reaboutfiftythousandAmericanswhodon'tdancetorock'n'roll,don'tknowmuchaboutthespaceshuttle,anddon'tusecomputers.Theydon'tevenusetelepho
5、nesorelectriclights.Andtheydon'tdothisbecausetheyarepoororbecausetheyjsutdon'twantthem.ThesepeoplearefollowingaparticularlifestylewhichisactuallynotAmerican.It'sEuropean,andit'saboutfourhundredyearsoldandintherestofthearticle,we'llfindoutmoreabouttheseinterestingpeople./Thesepeopleareuniqu
6、e,inasense,thattheychoosetoleadaverysimplelifestyle./Verysimple./Ifyouwereonofthem,thenyouwilldropthere,isthisallright?/ProbablyIcannotimaginelifewithoutarefrigerator.haha.dancetomusic,不要说dancewithmusic,这在中级美语讲座中讲了不知几遍了。dancewith+人。outofchoice,出自选择，outofcuriosity,出于好奇心，outofsympathy,出于同情。/
7、Outofsympathy,Igavethebeggarsomechange.---beggar->pauper,见中级Ashardasthismaybetoimagine,---->Hardasitmaybetoimagine,Oddasitmaybe,...见中级部分。这种句构后面绝不要再加but,英语里不用两个连词的。Thoughsheisbeautiful,Idon'tlikeher.Beautifulassheis,Idon'tlikeher.TounderstandtheseuniqueAmerican
