Day 1 chapter1.3 名师讲解

The grown-ups then advised me to give up my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and to devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. Thus it was that I gave up a magnificent career as a painter at the age of six. I had been disappointed by the lack of success of my drawing No.1 and my drawing No.2. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves and it is rather tedious for children to have to explain things to them time and again.

单词积累：

l give up 放弃

l whether … or …  是…还是…

l devote oneself to sth 致力于…；献身于…

l instead /ɪn'sted/： adv. 相反；而；却

instead of sb/sth代替…；而不是…

You probably picked up my keys instead of yours.

你可能没拿你的钥匙而错拿了我的。

If Jo can’t attend the meeting, I could go instead.

如果乔不能去开会，我可以代他去

l arithmetic /əˈrɪθmətɪk/： n.算数

l magnificent  /mæɡ'nɪfɪsənt/: adj. 宏伟的，壮丽的

l be disappointed  /‚dɪsə'pɔɪntɪd/ by 因…而失望

l lack /læk/:  n. 缺乏  

                v.缺乏 

(a / the / no) lack of sth/sb

There was no lack of willing helpers.

主动提出帮助的不乏其人。

lack sth 

He lacks confidence

他缺乏信心。

※ 动词lack 后面不要用in或of，但是be lacking和a lack后面可以用in或of，如：

We lack ideas. 

We are lacking in ideas.

These is a lack of ideas. 

l tedious /'tiːdiəs/：枯燥乏味的；冗长的

l time and again 反复地

文本解析：

The grown-ups then advised me to give up my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and to devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar.

大人们让我放弃大蟒蛇的图，不论是它的内部图还是外部图，转而将精力投入到地理、历史、算数和语法。

金句积累：

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves/and it is rather tedious for children/ to have to explain things to them/ time and again.

大人总是不能自己去理解事物，孩子们会觉得给他们反复解释是很麻烦的。

感悟分享：

人与人之间存在信息差（information gap）,为了顺畅交流，需要have things explained。