幻灯片Deathofapig.ppt

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1、para.13e had been having an unseasonable spell of weather-hot,close days,with the fog shutting in every night,scaling for a few hours in mid-day,then creeping back again at dark,drifting in first over the trees on the point,then suddenly blowing across the fields,blotting out the world and taking po

2、ssession of houses,men,and animals.spell:一段时间a period of time,usually a short one;a period when there is a particular type of weather eg:a hot/cold/wet spellUnreasonable:不合理的uncommon for the season.It should be quite cool in the mid-september,but this year it was quite hot and humid.Drift:飘动to be pu

3、shed along very slowly by the movement of air or water eg:thick smoke from a forest fire drifed across the town.By using the drift in,the author means that the fog moved in an almost undetectable way.Blot out:to cover something so that you can no longer see itTake possession of:(literary)to start to

4、 control,dominate,or have a strong effect on.In the sentence,it means that the fog covered the whole village.Close:oppressively闷热地 warm and stuffy Shut in:to surround or encloseScale:to rise or lift我们正在经历一段非常反常的天气，闷热且雾气沉沉。浓雾每晚笼罩着村庄。中午的几个小时雾会渐渐散去，但傍晚时又悄悄地潜回，先是覆盖树梢，接着一下子飘过田地，挡住了外面的世界，将整个村庄的房屋，人和动物都裹在其

5、中。Break:a sudden change,as in winterWith very small,timid pigs,weanling,this ruse is often quite successful and encourage them to eat;but with a large,sick pig the ruse is senseless and the sound i made must have made him feel,if anything,more miserable.Instead of reminding the pig of past pleasures

6、 of eating,the sucking sound might make the pig more aware of his present situation and therefore more miserable.Weaning:断奶 a child or young animal that has just stopped talking his mothers milk.Ruse:a plan or trick used for hiding your ture intentions对于羞涩的，刚断奶的小猪，这一招很有效，能诱使他们吃东西，但对于一头生病的大猪，这个做法却丝毫没

7、有意义，我发出的声音肯定只会让他觉得更难受He not only did not crave food,he felt a positive revulsion to it.Crave:渴望 to want to something very much and in a way that is very hard to control,long forPositive revulsion厌恶:absolute or utter revulsion,a feeling of violent disgust or loathing.Positive(informal)is used for emp

8、hasis.I found a place under the apple tree where he had vomited in the night.This was not the sign the writer was looking for the night before.The oil had not worked.para.14At this point,although a depression had settled over me,i didnt suppose that i was going to lose my pigThe writer at this point

9、 knew that the case was more serious than he had thought,but he still did not expect the pig would die.Settle over:to begin to have an effect on someone or something.From the lustiness of a healthy pig a man.and life seems insecure,displaced,transitory.The suffering of the pig affected the authorLus

10、ty:精力充沛的 full of vigor;strong,robust,heartyAt earnest:earnest money,money paid in advance as part payment to bind a contract or bargain;a token of something to come:a promise or an assurance.Vicarious:Experienced through the action of other peopleDisplaced:dislodged,dislocated,unbalancedTransitory:短暂的 of a passing nature;not enduring or permanent;temporary,fleeting,or ephemeral看到一头健康的猪精力充沛，人们也常常感到自己精力充沛。看到它狼吞虎咽地吃掉食槽中的食物，人们像是预定了今后的大餐。而当这一切突然结束，槽中的食物丝毫未动，任其在阳光下发馊时，猪的不适也会让人觉得不舒服，生活变得失去了安全感，失去了平衡，变得转瞬即逝