1. The Wonderful Ageing Club claims that it?gives a very accurate representation of

what being old is really like.

“完美體驗(yàn)老年生活俱樂(lè)部”聲稱(chēng)它能向人們準(zhǔn)確地展示一個(gè)人老了到底是什么樣子。

2. I have not knowledge enough to?give an account of?my voyage.

由于我的知識(shí)有限，敘述不好我的航海經(jīng)歷。

3. Make a clean breast of it. 和盤(pán)托出，全部講出來(lái)。

4. Euphemisms, so common to most people, can?provide a valuable insight?into the

character of the speaker and the society he or she lives in.

委婉語(yǔ)對(duì)大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)并不陌生，它不僅有助于我們了解說(shuō)話(huà)者的性格特征，

而且有助于了解他或她所處的社會(huì)環(huán)境。

5. Keep your temper in check and never?make an infantile display of?your feelings.

控制你的情緒，永遠(yuǎn)不要像孩子一樣流露自己的情緒。

6. Except for a code number on the outside, there is no?indication of?what is inside

the box.

除了外面有一個(gè)數(shù)字編號(hào)，沒(méi)有其他標(biāo)志說(shuō)明箱子里裝了什么。

7. He made a stirring speech. 他發(fā)表了一篇?jiǎng)尤说难菡f(shuō)。

8. A poignant portrait of the man,?a thoughtful appreciation of?his art,

Wullschlager's biography of Andersen should go a long way toward stimulating fresh

interest in his works, including some much-needed English translations of those still

untranslated. As Wullschlager demonstrates, Andersen is a writer worth reading and

re-reading.

伍爾施勞格撰寫(xiě)的安徒生傳對(duì)這位名人作了栩栩如生的描述，對(duì)其作品作了深思

熟慮的評(píng)價(jià)，這在激發(fā)人們對(duì)他的作品——包括那些非常需要英譯本而仍未被譯出

的作品新的興趣方面，應(yīng)該會(huì)有很大幫助。正如伍爾施勞格所展示的，安徒生是

一位值得一讀再讀的作家。

詞 匯 積 累

1．consideration?n 考慮；思考

a. I’ve put two quotations on the board for your consideration.

我在黑板上寫(xiě)了兩條引語(yǔ)供你們思考

b. Time is an important consideration. 時(shí)間是一個(gè)重要的因素。

c. Thank you for your consideration. 謝謝你考慮我（在這件事上）。

2.?consistence?n 一致；一貫

ideological consistence in Franklin Roosevelt. 富蘭克林.羅斯福的行動(dòng)一致性。

3.consolation?n 安慰；慰藉

as a sort of consolation prize. 作為一種安慰獎(jiǎng)。

4. consolidation?n 鞏固

memory consolidation. 記憶鞏固。

5.?constraints?n 限制因素。