2012年最新出版自考英语（二）讲义 Unit 9 Facing Lifes Challenges

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解题方法：把词分类

动词 名词 形容词 副词 介词 连词 mark mark confused intentionally as opposed to even if

confused potential likely known potential called upon natural

Gifts are those talents and abilities that flow almost effortlessly from us. Gifts are sometimes 1 confusedwith skills. While skills can be developed, gifts are something we are born with - they are what we discover as we try new things and find that some things are as 2 naturalto us as breathing.

When we 3 intentionallymake a decision to create our life and work

based on our gifts, we're not only more 4 likelyto succeed, but can also more thoroughly enjoy the journey toward creating and realizing our full 5 potential .

Take inventory of（评估） your life to determine where you are utilizing learned and developed skills 6 as opposed toexpressing and honoring your innate（与生俱来的）gifts. Are you operating based on what you think you \ought\ to be doing or are you living an authentic life that is rich and fulfilling?

7 Even ifyou are not in a place to pursue a new career based on your gifts, look for ways to make your gifts 8 known to others and

demonstrate them in as many areas of your life as possible. The more your gifts are 9 called upon, the more naturally you will fully accept and promote those gifts. The more you express your life through your innate gifts, the more you will excel. It's a beautifully self-perpetuating（能使自身永久存在的）process once you make the decision to begin. Your gifts are your signature, your unique paintbrushes - use them to express your greatness and make your greatness and make your 10 markon the world!

I. New words and expressions New words

1. stricken adj. 受煎熬的；患病的；遭受挫折的 panic / grief / conscience / poverty-stricken 2. polio n. 小儿麻痹症 3. brace n. 双脚规形夹

4. aid n. （某工作所需的）帮助，助手，辅助物 5. crutch n. 腿脚受伤病人用的）腋杖 6. awesome adj. 令人惊叹的；令人畏惧的 7. majestically adv. 威严地；壮丽地 8. undo v. 打开；解开；拆开 unfold 展开，打开

uncover 发现，揭示，揭开（盖子） unload 卸货 unearth

9. clasp n. （包、皮带或首饰等的）搭扣，扣环 10. tuck v. 把…塞进狭窄的空间；把…藏入 11. chin n. 下巴

12. conductor n. 乐队指挥 conduct

13. proceed v. 接着做；继而做 14. ritual n. 程序；仪规；礼节 15. reverently adv. 恭敬地；虔诚地 16. bar n. （音乐）小节 17. snap v. (使)断裂，绷断

18. figure v. 认为，认定（某事将发生或属实） 19. limp v. 瘸着走；跛行；蹒跚 20. orchestra n. 管弦乐队 21. purity n. 纯洁；纯净；纯粹 pure purity purify

-ify: beautify, simplify, classify 22. symphonic adj. 交响乐的 23. modulate v. 变调；转调 24. de-tune v. 使改变调子

25. outburst n.（感情的）爆发，迸发 burst out crying / laughing / singing burst into tears / laughter / angry words 26. applause n. 鼓掌；喝彩 applaud

27. auditorium n. 礼堂；会堂 28. appreciate v. 欣赏；赏识 appreciate appreciative (of) 29. brow n. 额头 30. bow n. 琴弓

31. boastfully adv. 自吹自擂地；自夸地 boast

boast of / about (doing) sth.

boaster自夸的人，吹牛者 32. pensive adj. 沉思的；忧伤的

33. reverent adj. 非常尊敬的；深表崇敬的 34. sacred adj. 上帝的；神的；神圣的

35. shaky adj. 不稳固的；不牢靠；摇晃的；不确切的 36. bewildering adj. 令人困惑的；使人糊涂的 Phrases and Expressions 1. with the aid of 在…的辅助下

2. make one's way 去；前往；到…地方去 3. go off 突然发出巨响 4. at one point 在某个时刻 5. all of a sudden 突然；猛地 II. Text Learning

A Violin with Three Strings

1 On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. 2 (1)If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an awesome sight.

3 He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play.

4 By now, the audience is used to this ritual. They sit quietly while he makes his way across the stage to his chair. They remain reverently silent while he undoes the clasps on his legs. They wait until he is ready to play.

5 But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it snap - it went off like gunfire across the room. (2)There was no mistaking what that sound meant. There was no mistaking what he had to do.

6 We figured that he would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage - to either find another violin or else find another string for this one. But he didn't. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.

7 The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off.

(3)And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before. 本部分重点及难点：

1. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him.

He's no actor. / He is not an actor. You're no writer.

no可修饰可数名词或不可数名词，用法上相当于not a / any，例如： He is no student. (not a)

There are no classes on campus today. (not any)

2. There was no mistaking what that sound meant. There was no mistaking what he had to do.

There was no mistaking …不会弄错……

类似的结构：There is no denying (the fact) that …

3. And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before. (1) such…as…

Such a disaster as her car being stolen had never happened before. 像她的汽车被盗之类的祸事，以前从未发生过。

Such advice as he was given proved almost worthless. 给他提的那类建议简直毫无价值。

(2)本句译文：他的演奏那么有激情，那么有力量，那么纯粹，他们以前从来没有听到过。

8 Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.（承上启下句）You could see him modulating, changing, re-composing the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was de-tuning（调试）the strings to get new sounds from them that they had never made before.

9 When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. There was an extraordinary outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium. (4)We were all on our feet, screaming and cheering, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done. He smiled, wiped the sweat from his brow, raised his bow to quiet us, and then he said - not boastfully, but in a quiet, pensive, reverent tone -(5) \You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.\ 本部分重点及难点：

4. We were all on our feet, screaming and cheering, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done. (1) on one's feet 站立

(2) screaming, cheering, doing everything we could…现在分词作状语，表示伴随。

(3) to show how much we appreciated what he had done不定式作状语，表示目的，修饰doing everything we could。 (4) appreciate

I will greatly appreciate your / you keeping it a secret. He helped me a lot. I really appreciate it. appreciative (of)

appreciation

(5) 译文：我们都站起来，尖叫着，欢呼着，用尽一切方式来表达我们是多么欣赏帕尔曼所做的一切。

5. \You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.\\你们知道，有时候，艺术家的任务就是要弄清楚用自己所剩的还能创造出多少音乐\ (1) It is the artist's task to do sth.

(2) make music with what you have left 用你仅剩的资源去演奏音乐 (3) left 分词作定语

He has got only 10 dollars left for the month. There is five minutes left for this class. 请认真答题，答题结果将记入知识点测评的成绩！

【单选题】20. He greatly appreciates my assistance in his project. In other words, he is greatly ______ of my help. Anyway, he is full of _______.

A． appreciative, appreciative B． appreciation, appreciation C． appreciative, appreciation D． appreciation, appreciative 【答案】C

【解析】本题考查appreciate的派生词。第一个空格要填的词在系动词be后作表语，故要用形容词。第二个空格要填的词，放在介词of后作宾语，故要用名词。故选C。

【知识点】appreciate的派生词

10 What a powerful line that is! It has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the definition of life - not just for artists, but for all of us.

11 Here is a man who has prepared all his life to make music on a

violin with four strings, who, all of a sudden, in the middle of a concert, finds himself with only three strings; so he makes music with three strings, and the music he made that night with just three strings was more beautiful, more sacred, more memorable, than any that he had ever made before, when he had four strings.

译文：他是一个要把自己的一生奉献给用四根弦的小提琴演奏的人。突然有一天，在演奏中，他发现自己的琴只剩下三根弦，而那一晚他用仅剩的三根弦演奏出了比他以前用四根弦演奏地更美妙、更神圣、更难忘的音乐。

12 So, perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and

then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.所以，我们有时在这个动荡不安、变数不定、眼花缭乱的世界上的任务就如同演奏音乐。开始时译文：我们倾其所有而为之，然后在不可能时，用我们所拥有的一切去创造。