课文详注 Further notes on the text
1.… the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living.
……据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来,活着的人则对他们表示欢迎。
(1)the dead与the living 均为定冠词+ 形容词结构,表示某类人。
(2)被动语态 the dead are said 在这里的作用是缓和说话语气,因为对事情是否属实的把握不太大。(cf.第58课语法)
2.… food is laid out for them.
…… 为他们摆放好了食品。
lay out 为短语动词,其含义之一为“摆出”、“摊开”:
Just as he laid out his book, the telephone rang.
他刚把书摊开电话就响了。
Don't lay out your clothes on the bed. Put them away.
别把你的衣服都摊在床上。把它们收起来。
3.specially-made lanterns
特制的灯笼
specially-made 是个复合形容词,由副词+过去分词构成。在第60课的词汇学习中,我们学习了名词+ 名词构成的复合名词。过去分词经常与其他词构成复合形容词:
well-intentioned 善意的
well-known 的
well-preserved 保存/保养得好的
widespread 广泛流传的
candle-lit 点着蜡烛的
a horse-drawn cart 一辆二轮马车
a tree-lined street 林阴街道
4.all night long
整夜
long 在这里是副词,表示“整个”、“在整段期间中”,通常与 all 连用:
It snowed all day long.
一整天都在下雪。
She stayed with her grandfather all summer long.
她整个夏天都和她爷爷呆在一起。
5.their return journey to the other world
返回另一个世界
world 可以与一些限定词连用以表示“今世/现世”、“来世”、“黄泉”等:
the next world / the world to come
来世
She believes that she will meet her dead parents in the other world.
她相信她会与她死去的父母在阴间重逢。
6.a moving spectacle
一个感人的场面
moving 为形容词,表示“动人的”、“感人的”:
I've just read a moving story / letter.
我刚读了一个感人的故事/一封感人的信。
词汇学习 Word study
1.drift vi.
(1)漂流,漂移:
Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea.
成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海。
The boat drifted gently across the water.
小船在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。
(2)漂泊,游荡:
He has lost his job and just drifts in the city all day long.
他失业了,成天就在这座城市里游荡。
He drifted from France to Italy.
他从法国漂泊到意大利。
2.guide vt.
(1)给……领路:
The old man guided the explorers through the forest.
老人领着探险队员们穿过森林。
These lanterns will guide the dead on their return journey to the other world.
这些灯笼将指引亡灵返回另一个世界。
(2)指导(……的行动);影响(……的决策等):
We should be always guided by truth.
我们应该永远受真理的指导。
Don't let your wife's opinion guide your actions.
别让你妻子的观点左右你的行动。
练习答案 Key to written exercises
1.难点练习答案
A
1 usual 2 among 3 manager 4 clothes
5 greets 6 clean 7 washing 8 temper
9 too 10 fairly 11 enough 12 single
13 queue
B
1 in 2 out of 3 up 4 over
5 away from 6 for 7 in 8 out
9 down 10 after 11 into 12 over
13 out 14 up
2.多项选择题答案
1d 2c 3c 4b 5a 6d
7c 8d 9a 10b 11c 12b