Chapter 4 School Is Over

塔兰赛岛的命运召唤 Chapter 4 讲义

【本章大意】

莎妮雅和塞缪尔顺利通过毕业考试，一同进入诺里奇大学。塞缪尔的父母很为他感到骄傲。

人物介绍

萨姆（Sam）：即塞缪尔，品学兼优的男孩，高中毕业后参加慈善自行车旅行，旅途中怪事叠起，引领他认识离奇身世之谜。

莎妮雅（Shanya）：萨姆的同学，是毕业时学习成绩最优异的女生，和萨姆一起到英国读书。

单词注释

congratulate /kənˈɡrætʃuleɪt/ v. 祝贺，恭喜

· 名词：congratulation 恭喜，祝贺

mark /mɑːk/ n. 分数，标志，符号

· I got full marks in the spelling test. 我在拼写测验中得了满分。

scholarship /'skɒləʃɪp/ n. 奖学金，学识

opportunity /ˌɒpə'tjuːnəti/ n. 机会

· This should be an opportunity for all of us. 这是我们所有人共同享有的机会。

· seize the opportunity 抓住机会，把握机遇

attend /ə'tend/ v. 出席，照料

· Who should attend this meeting? 谁应该出席这项会议？

brilliant /'brɪlɪənt/ adj. 天资聪颖的，灿烂的，杰出的

· He is a brilliant young scientist. 他是一位天资聪颖的青年科学家。

degree /dɪ'griː/ n. 学位，程度

· My brother has a master's degree from Harvard. 我哥哥有哈佛大学的硕士学位。

breeding /ˈbriːdɪŋ/ n. 饲养，繁殖，教养

repopulate /riːˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt/ v. 使……重新住入

【中英文对照】

Chapter 4 School Is Over!

第4章终于毕业！

Sixteen years later…

Let me congratulate this year's students for their Matric* results: most of you have passed the exams and a few students have obtained excellent marks.

The following students have obtained a scholarship. They have the opportunity to attend university in Britain.

Shanya Mutava…

Congratulations, Shanya… You're the best student in our school. Shanya is going to Norwich University.

*Matric: School-leaving exam.

16年后……

请允许我向今年的毕业生及你们所取得的毕业成绩表示祝贺，你们中的大部分人都已经通过了毕业考试，少数同学还取得了优异的成绩。

以下同学获得了奖学金，他们将有机会进入英国的大学学习。

莎妮雅·姆塔瓦……

祝贺你，莎妮雅…… 你是我们学校最出色的学生。莎妮雅将进入诺里奇大学。

… and let me just say a few words about this student… You all know Samuel Msibi… Samuel has been a brilliant student for many years… and a sports champion, too. His teachers are proud of him and we all know that life hasn't been easy for Samuel.

Samuel is going to Norwich University with Shanya. He's going to do a degree in social studies. Congratulations, Samuel. We wish you all the best for the future!

Thank you.

…… 让我简要介绍一下这位同学…… 你们都知道他叫塞缪尔·密西比…… 塞缪尔很多年来一直是一名天资聪颖的学生…… 同时也是一名运动健将。他的老师们都很为他骄傲。我们也知道他的生活并不容易。

塞缪尔将与莎妮雅一同进入诺里奇大学，他将学习社会研究学。祝贺你，塞缪尔。我们祝福你前程似锦。

谢谢。

Wow! School's over, at last! Have you got any plans for your holidays?

Well, Morgan Maidoo is joining the Buffalo Breeding project… you know they're trying to repopulate the buffalo in the Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park… I think I'll go with him.

Oh, OK, then. Have a nice time. Don't forget we have something in common…our plane tickets to Britain!

I won't forget, I promise!

啊！学校终于放假了！你假期有什么打算啊？

嗯，你知道摩根·迈度参与了一项饲养野牛计划，他们想把野牛移回到豪鲁维·乌姆福洛济公园，我想和他们一起去。

好啊，那么祝你假期愉快！但是，别忘了我们还要一起去英国呢！

我保证不忘。

Hi, dad!

Hi, Samuel! How did it go?

Great! Here are my Matric results!

Let's go inside. Your mother's waiting for you.

I'm proud of you, son. Let's have a piece of cake.

嗨！老爸！

哎，儿子，结果怎么样？

不错！这是我的毕业成绩。

进去吧！你妈正等你呢！

哦！儿子，我真为你骄傲！来吃块蛋糕吧！

塔兰赛岛的命运召唤 Chapter 4 习题

1. "Excellent" is opposite to (  ).

A. difficult

B. proud

C. terrible

D. ashamed

答案：C

解析：difficult /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ adj.困难的

例句：I think it difficult for him to do so.

我想要他这样做是有困难的。 

proud /praʊd/ adj.自豪的，得意的，自负的

例句：His proudest moment was winning the European Cup final.

打赢欧洲杯决赛是他最值得自豪的时刻。

terrible /ˈterəbl/ adj.糟糕的，可怕的，令人讨厌的   

例句：Not all the events in history are as terrible as this, of course.

当然，不是历史上所有的事件都像这一样糟糕。

ashamed /ə'ʃeɪmd/ adj.羞愧的，惭愧的，内疚的

例句：You should be ashamed of yourself for your behavior.

你应该为自己的行为感到羞耻。

1. Samuel is the best student in the school. (F)

解析：Shanya is the best student in the school.

2. Samuel's parents are very pleased with his results. (T)

3. Wow! School's over, (  )!

A. at last

B. at least

C. at all

D. at best

答案：A

解析：啊！学校终于放假了！

at last最后，终于

例句：I worked out the problem at last.

我终于把那道难题解出来了。

at least至少

例句：But, you should go at least once.

但是你至少应该去一次。

at all（否定句）根本，完全

例句：I hardly know him at all!我根本就不认识他！

at best充其量，最多

例句：We can only finish half of it this afternoon at best.今天下午我们最多只能完成一半。

4. Don't (  ) we have something in common…our plane tickets to Britain!

A. forget

B. forgot

C. to forget

D. forgetting

答案：A

解析：祈使句Don't后接动词原形。