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1、英语名篇背诵精华01Lifeisachess-board人生是一盘棋说人生是一出戏也好,是一盘棋也罢,只不过是对人生的一种理解,因人而异。Thechess-boardistheworld:thepiecesarethephenomenaoftheuniverse;therulesofthegamearewhatwecallthelawsofnature.Theplayerontheothersideishiddenfromus.Weknowthathisplayisalwaysfair,justandpatient.Butalsoweknow,toourcost,thatheneverov
2、erlooksamistake,ormakesthesmallestallowanceforignorance.ByThomasHenryHuxley1.注释overlook[??uv??luk]:tofailtoseeornotice忽视makeallowancefor:考虑到……(而原谅)2.作者简介ThomasHenryHuxley(1825-1895),Englishbiologistandeducator.Huxleygaveuphisownbiologicalresearchtobecomeaninfluentialscientificpublicistandwasthepri
3、ncipalexponentofDarwinisminEngland.Anagnostic,hedoubtedallthingsnotimmediatelyopentologicalanalysisandscientificverification.Hehelduptruthasanidealandspokeandwrotefrequentlyonitstool,thescientificmethod,anditsyield,theevolutionarytheory.Heplacedhumanethicoutsidethescopeofthematerialisticprocesseso
4、fevolution;hebelievedthatcivilizationisman’sprotestagainstnatureandthatprogressisachievedbythehumancontrolofevolution.托马斯.亨利.赫胥黎,英国著名博物学家,达尔文进化论学说最杰出的代表。棋盘宛如世界:一个个棋子仿佛世间的种种现象:游戏规则就是我们所称的自然法则。竞争对手藏于暗处,不为我们所见。我们知晓,这位对手向来处事公平,正义凛然,极富耐心。然而,我们也明白,这位对手从不忽视任何错误,或者因为我们的无知而做出一丝让步,所以我们也必须为此付出代价。英语名段背诵精华02Be
5、stoftimes最好的时代狄更斯在《双城记》一书开头就说,“这是一个最好的时代,也是一个最坏的时代”。妙哉斯言!这段文字因含有多个平行句(句子结构相同)而打动读者。文中句型上的反复、形式上的对偶、内容上的对比、总体结构上的平行,都值得仔细体会。Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes;itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness;itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity;itwastheseasonoflight,itwastheseasonofda
6、rkness;itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair;wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus;wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway.ExcerptfromATaleofTwoCitiesbyCharlesDickens3.注释wisdom[?wizd?m]:智慧,明智的行为,学识epoch[?i:p?k,?ep?k]:age,era,period新纪元,时代,时期incredulity[?inkri?dju:
7、liti]:thestateorqualityofbeingincredulous;disbelief怀疑despair:toloseallhope绝望,失望1.作者简介CharlesDickens(1812-1870),Englishnovelistandoneofthemostpopularwritersinthehistoryofliterature.Inhisenormousbodyofworks,Dickens