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1、DownloadingFilesUnit3Unit3Book4TheRainbowofKnowledge1.DifficultSentences1)(LL.1~2)Formorethan¾ofmylife—39ofmy50years—I’veeitherstudiedortaughtinaschooloracollegeinNewYork.Whatmightpeoplethinkoftheauthorsincehehasspentmorethan¾ofhislifeeitherstudyingorteaching?(=Peoplemightthinkthattheauthorwouldknow
2、morethantheaverageperson,andthathewouldfeelconfidentinhisknowledgeandunderstandingoflife.)TranslatethissentenceintoChinese.(=我这辈子四分之三以上的时间(50年中有39年)是在纽约的中小学或大学里度过的,不是在上学,就是在教学。)2)(LL.3~6)Youmightthink,then,thatafterallthistimeI’dhavesomegraspofthesituation,thatI’dactuallyknowthings—thatI’dhavesomepo
3、sitivesenseofassurance,ofcertainty,aboutknowledgeandaboutlife.Whydoestheauthorusethemodalverb“might”here?(=Themodalverb“might”hereisusedtoshowthatitispossiblethatsomeonemaythinkthisway,buttheauthorisnotquitesureaboutit.)Howdoyouunderstandthepart“I’dhavesomepositivesenseofassurance,ofcertainty,aboutk
4、nowledgeandaboutlife”?(=I’dhavefullconfidenceintermsofunderstandingknowledgeandlife.)3)(LL.8~9)TosaythatthemoreIknow,themoreIknowIdon’tknowis,ofcourse,contradictory.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthestatement“themoreIknow,themoreIknowIdon’tknow”?(=Hethinksitisaself-contradictorystatement—aparadox.)Haveyoue
5、verfelt“themoreIknow,themoreIknowIdon’tknow”?Pleaseciteyourpersonalexperiencestoillustrateyourpoint.14DownloadingFilesUnit3(=Open-ended.)4)(LL.19~22)Asitgrows,sodoesitscircumference.Andifthatgrowingblacknessrepresentsknowledge,thenasitgrows,sodoestheawarenessofwhatremainsunknown.Asone’sknowledgegrow
6、s,whatwillhappentohimaccordingtotheauthor?(=Accordingtotheauthor,asone’sknowledgegrows,hisawarenessofwhathestilldoesn’tknowincreases,too.Inotherwords,themoreheknows,themoreheknowshedoesn’tknow.)TranslatethispartintoChinese.(=随着它的扩大,它的周缘也跟着扩大。如果那个正在增大的黑色部分代表你的知识的话,在知识增长的同时,你会意识到自己有许多不知道的东西。)5)(LL.30~
7、32)Likewise,whenIluckedintoanopportunitytoteachfilmanalysis,Ifoundmyselfdazzledatthesheernumberofbooksdevotedtothesubject.Howdidtheauthorfeelatthattime?(=Hefeltsurprised.)Whydidhehavethatfeeling?(=Bec