B1U6课文及语言点
There are times in our lives when we are confronted by challenging situations. These are moments which may have implications for our principles andvalue systems. Read the following account of the predicament faced by Morton, as observed through the eyes of his wife.
Sunday in the Park
Bel Kaufman
1 It was still warm in the late afternoon sun,and the city noises came muffled through the trees in the park. She put her book down on the bench, removed her sunglasses, and sighed contentedly. Morton was reading the Times Magazine section, one arm flung around her shoulder, their three-year-old son, Larry, was playing in the sandbox: a faint breeze fanned her hairsoftly against her cheek. It was five-thirty of a Sunday afternoon, and the small playground, tucked away in a corner of the park, was all but deserted. The swings and seesaws stood motionless and abandoned,the slides were empty, and only in the sandbox two little boys squatted diligently side by side. How good this is, she thought, and almost smiled ather sense of well-being. They must go out in the sun more often; Morton was socity-pale, cooped up all week in the little cube of the company. She squeezed his arm affectionately and glanced at Larry,delighting in the pointed little face frowning in concentration over the tunnelhe was digging. The other boy suddenly stood up and with a quick, deliberate swing of his chubby arm threw a spadeful of sand at Larry. It just missed his head. Larry continued digging;the boy remained standing, shovel raised, stolid and impassive.
2 “No, no, little boy.” She shook her finger at him, her eyes searching for the child’s mother or nurse. “We mustn’t throw sand. It may get in someone’s eyes and hurt. We must play nicely in the nice sandbox.” The boy looked at her in unblinking expectancy. He was about Larry’s age but perhaps ten pounds heavier, a husky little boy with none of Larry’s quickness and sensitivity in his face. Where was his mother? The only other people left in the playground were two women and a little girl on rollerskates leaving now through the gate, and a man on a bench a few feet away. He was a big man, and he seemed to be taking upthe whole bench as he held the Sunday comics close to his face. She supposed he was the child’s father. He did not look up fromhis comics, but spat once deftly out of the corner of his mouth. She turned her eyes away.
3 At that moment, as swiftly as before, the fat little boy threw another spadeful of sand at Larry. This time some of it landed on his hair and forehead. Larry looked up at his mother, his mouth tentative; her expression would tell him whether to cry or not.
4 Her first instinct was to rush to her son, brush the sand out of his hair, and punish the otherchild, but she controlled it. She always said that she wanted Larry to learn to fight his own battles.
5 “Don’t do that, little boy,” she said sharply, leaning forward on the bench. “You mustn’t throw sand!”
6 The man on the bench moved his mouth as if to spit again, but instead he spoke. He did not look at her, but at the boy only.
7 “You go right ahead, Joe,” he said loudly. “Throw all you want. This here is a public sandbox.”
8 She felt a sudden weakness in her knees as she glanced at Morton. He had become aware of what was happening. He put his Times down carefully on his lap and turned his fine, lean face toward the man, a shy, apologetic smile on his face.When he spoke to the man, it was with his usual reasonableness.
9 “You’requite right,” he said pleasantly, “but just because this is a public place….”
10 The man lowered his funnies and looked at Morton. He looked at him from head to foot, slowly and deliberately. “Yeah?” his insolent voice was edged with menace. “My kind’s got just as good right here as yours,and if he feels like throwing sand, he’ll throw it; and if you don’t like it, you can take your kid the hell out of here.”
11 The children were listening, their eyes and mouths wide open, their spades forgotten in small fists. She noticed the musclein Morton’s jaw tighten. He was rarely angry; he seldom lost his temper. She was suffused with a tenderness for her husband and an impotent rage against the man for involving him in a situation so alien and so distasteful to him.
12 “Now just a minute,” Morton said courteously, “you must realize...”
13 “Aw,shut up,” said the man.
14 Her heart began to pound. Morton half rose;the Times slid to the ground. Slowly the other man stood up. He took a couple of steps toward Morton, then stopped. He flexed his great arms, waiting. She pressed her trembling knees together. Would there be violence, fighting? How dreadful, how incredible … She must do something, stop them, call for help. She wanted to put her hand on her husband’s sleeve, to pull him down, but for some reason she didn’t.
15 Morton adjusted his glasses. He was very pale.“This is ridiculous,” he said unevenly. “I must ask you …”
16 “Oh, yeah?” said the man. He stood with his legs spread apart, rocking a little, looking at Morton with utter scorn. “You and who else?”
17 For a moment the two men looked at each other nakedly. Then Morton turned his back on the man and said quietly, “Come on, let’s get out of here.” He walked awkwardly,almost limping with self-consciousness, to the sandbox. He stooped and lifted Larry and his shovel out.
18 Larry began to kick and cry. “I don’t want to go home, I want to play better.” It became a chant as they walked, pulling their child between them, his feet dragging on the ground. In order to get to the exit gate they had to pass the bench where the man sat sprawling again. She was careful not to look at him.With all the dignity she could summon, she pulled Larry’s sandy, perspiring little hand, while Morton pulled the other.Slowly and with head high she walked with her husband and the child out of the playground.
19 “A fight wouldn’t have proved anything,” Morton muttered through his teeth as they came into thestreet.
20 Her first feeling was one of relief that the fight had been avoided, that no one was hurt. Yet beneath it there was a layerof something else, something heavy and inescapable. She sensed that it was more than just an unpleasant incident, more than defeat of reason by force. She thought, if there had been something to fight for….But what else could Morton possibly have done? Allow himself to be beaten?Attempt to educate the man? Call a policeman? “Officer, there’s a man in the park who won’t stop his child from throwing sand on mine….” The whole thing was as silly as that, and not worth thinking about. She quickened her step. She wanted only to get home and to busy herself with her familiar tasks.
参考译文
星期天在公园
贝尔•考夫曼
1. 傍晚，夕阳余温犹存，城市的喧嚣消弭于公园树林。她把书放在长椅上，摘下太阳镜，心满意足地轻叹一声。莫顿正在读《时报》周日专栏，一只胳膊环绕在她的肩上。他们三岁的儿子拉里正在沙箱里玩耍。一缕清风迎面拂过，温柔地掠过她的发丝。现在是星期天下午五点半。这个小游乐场隐在公园的一角，几乎废弃。秋千和跷跷板静静地伫立着，无人问津，滑梯上也空无一人，只见沙箱里蹲着两个小男孩，挨在一起玩得正起劲。她心中想：一切是多么美好啊，脸上不禁绽放出笑容。他们得多晒太阳，莫顿整个星期都窝在公司狭小的办公隔间里，这样的城市生活把他折磨得苍白无力。她深情地握着莫顿的胳膊，高兴地看着拉里聚精会神地挖隧道，他那尖俏的小脸此刻正眉头紧锁。另一个孩子突然站起来，飞快地抬起胖乎乎的胳膊，故意把满满一铲沙子朝拉里扬过来。幸好没有扬到他头上。拉里继续挖。那个男孩仍旧站在那里，举着铲子，面无表情，无动于衷。
2. 不可以，不可以，孩子。”她对他摇着手指，同时眼睛搜寻着孩子的妈妈或者保姆。“我们不可以扬沙子。它会飞到别人眼睛里，很痛。沙箱这么好，我们得好好地玩。”这个男孩看着她，眼睛一眨不眨，好像在期待什么。他跟拉里年纪相仿，但是可能比拉里要重10磅，很壮实，从他脸上看不到拉里的活泼和机灵。他的妈妈在哪里？游乐场里就剩下两个女人和一个穿旱冰鞋的小女孩，她们正穿过大门离开，还有一个男人坐在几英尺外的长椅上。他块头很大，脸贴近手里拿着的周末连环画，整个长椅仿佛都被他占了。她觉得他就是孩子的父亲。他还在看连环画，头也不抬，但动作娴熟地从嘴角里吐了一口痰。她移开了视线。
3. 就在这个时候，那个小胖子又朝拉里扬了一铲沙，动作跟之前一样迅速。这次，一些沙子落在了拉里的头发和前额上。拉里抬头看着妈妈，试探性地撇了撇嘴，妈妈的表情将决定他要不要放声大哭。
4. 她的第一反应就是想冲向儿子，掸掉他头发里的沙子，然后把那个孩子教训一顿，但她克制住了。她总是说她想让拉里学会自己保护自己。
5. “不能那么做，孩子，”她坐在长椅上，身体前倾，厉声说道，“你不该扬沙子。”
6.那个坐在长椅上的男人嘴巴动了动，好像又要吐痰，但却开口说话了。他没有看她，只是盯着那个男孩。
7. “继续玩你的，乔，”他大声说，“想扬什么就扬什么。这里是公共沙箱。”
8. 她瞥了莫顿一眼，忽然感觉膝盖一阵发软。他已经明白了目前的状况。他把《时报》小心地放在腿上，转头看向那个男人，精致消瘦的脸庞上挂着腼腆、谦卑的微笑。他开口跟那个男人说话了，像平常一样，那么通情达理。
9. “你说的对，”他的语气轻松愉悦，“但就是因为这是个公共场所……”
10. 那个男人放下他的连环画看着莫顿，不紧不慢地从头到脚细细打量。“是吗？”他语气傲慢，近乎威胁，“我的孩子和你的孩子在这儿有同样的权利，如果他想扬沙子，他就扬；如果你不喜欢，你可以带着你孩子从这里滚出去。”
11.孩子们听得目瞪口呆，忘记了小手里握着的铲子。她注意到莫顿下巴的肌肉紧绷着。他很少生气；也很少发脾气。她内心充满了对丈夫的爱怜和对这个男人的愤怒，因为这个男人把丈夫卷入了一种陌生和令人不快的境地，但对此她又无能为力。
12. “等一下，”莫顿说话彬彬有礼，“你该懂得……”
13. “哼，闭嘴，”那个男人说。
14． 她的心开始砰砰狂跳。莫顿半起身，《时报》滑落到地上。那个男人也慢慢地站了起来，朝莫顿走了几步，然后停下来。他伸展了一下他那粗壮的胳膊，伺机以待。她把颤抖的膝盖并拢。会有暴力、打斗吗？太可怕了，太不可思议了……她必须要做点什么，想办法制止他们，或者打电话寻求帮助。她想抓住丈夫的袖子，想让他坐下来，但不知为什么她没有那么做。
15. 莫顿扶了一下眼镜。他的脸色很苍白。“这真是太滑稽了，”他结结巴巴地说，“我必须要问问你……”
16.“哦，是吗？”那个男人说道。他站在那里，两腿叉开，身体轻轻摇晃着，一脸不屑地看着莫顿。“你，还有谁？”
17. 两个男人四目对峙了片刻。然后莫顿转过身，背对着那个男人，轻轻地说：“来吧，我们离开这里。”他走向沙箱，步态很不自然，因为尴尬都有点一瘸一拐了。他弯下腰，把拉里和他的铲子一起抱了起来。
18.拉里开始又踢又喊。“我不想回家，我还想玩。”夫妻俩拽着孩子，拉里一路上不停地哭喊，双脚拖在地上。要走到公园出口，他们得经过那张长椅，那个男人又四仰八叉地坐在上面。她的目光小心翼翼地避开他，尽量保持着尊严，牵着拉里一只沾满沙子的汗津津的小手，莫顿牵着拉里的另一只手。她昂着头，和丈夫孩子一起慢慢地走出了那个游乐场。
19.“打斗证明不了什么，”走到街上时莫顿从牙缝里咕哝道。
20. 她首先感到的是一种宽慰，打斗得以避免，也没有人受伤。然而，在这种宽慰之下涌起某种沉重且不可回避的东西。她感到这不仅仅是一件令人不快的小事，也不仅仅是理智对武力的妥协。她想，如果当时有某种值得去争取的东西，莫顿又能做些什么呢？让自己挨打？试图教育那个男人？报警？“警官，有个人的孩子在公园向我的孩子扬沙子，他却不去阻止……”整件事荒谬至极，不值得深思。她加快了脚步。她只想回家，去忙她的家务活。
Good Usage ( Para. 1)
noises came muffled through the trees
flung around her shoulder
tucked away in a corner of the park
was all but deserted
side by side
her sense of well-being
go out in the sun
was cooped up
delighting in
frowning in concentration over …
threw … at …
Good Usage ( Para. 2)
shook … at
search for …
get in somebody’seyes
take up
hold … closeto his face
look up from
turned her eyes away
Good Usage ( Paras. 3-5)
landed on
looked up at…
brush … out of …
learn to fight his own battles
lean forward
Good Usage ( Paras. 6-9)
go right ahea
felt a sudden weakness in her knees
glanced at
become aware of
looked at him from head to foot
feels like
lost his temper
was suffused with
an impotent rage against
involving him in a situation
alien to
Good Usage ( Paras. 13-14)
shut up
Her heart began to pound.
slid to the ground
flexed his great arms
pressed … together
pull him down
for some reason
Good Usage ( Paras. 15-17)
said unevenly
stood with his legs spread apart
looking at Morton with utter scorn
For a moment
looked at each other nakedly
turned his back on
lift … out
Good Usage ( Paras. 18-19)
sat sprawling
with head high
muttered through his teeth
Good Usage ( Para. 20)
defeat of reason by force
not worth thinking about
quickened her step
busy herself with her familiar tasks
Key Words and Expressions for Text A
flingvt.
flung, flung move (oneself or part of one’s bodyquickly or with force) 扑进，冲出；急伸，猛动（头、臂、腿等）
e.g. 1.The boys were playing on the river bank, flinging stonesinto the water.
2. People cheered and flung their hatsinto the air.
人们欢呼着，把帽子抛到空中。
faint a.
very small; slight 微小的；些微的
e.g. 1. The sound was so faint that we couldn’t tell what itwas.
2. There’s still a faint hope that they might be alive.
他们可能还活着的一线希望仍然存在。
Collocations:
a faint hope/possibility/chance, etc. 微弱的希望/可能/机会等
not have the faintest idea 根本不知道
faint light 微光
be/feel faint with 因…而感到虚弱
tuckaway
infml store in asafe place 〖非正式〗把...收藏在安全处， 使隐藏
e.g. 1. A small stone house was tucked away at the foot of abeautiful mountain.
小屋掩隐在小山后的树林里。
2.The cabin was tucked away in the woods behind the hills.
deserteda.
1. having no one present 空无一人的
e.g. 1) The car park isbusy in the day but almost deserted at night.
2) The coastal resorts are deserted in winter.
冬天里，海滨度假胜地荒无一人。
2. left by a person or people who do not intend to return 废弃的， 遗弃的
e.g. Thegovernment promised to pay more attention to the problems of deserted wives andchildren.
Collocations
a deserted wife/husband/child 被遗弃的妻子/丈夫/孩子
a deserted street/farm/building 无人的街道/农场/楼房
abandoneda.
left and no longer wanted, used or needed 弃置不用的；荒废的； 废弃的
e.g. 1. The factory had already been abandoned when the Japanesesoldiers found it.
2. All that digging had left a network of abandoned mines andtunnels.
挖掘工作留下的是纵横交错废井和隧道。
Collocations:
an abandoned baby 被遗弃的孩子
an abandoned house/car 弃置不用的房子/汽车
abandoned hopes/dreams 放弃的希望/梦想
deliberatea.
(esp. of something bad) done on purposeor as a result of careful planning; intentional （尤指坏事）故意的；深思熟虑的，盘算周到的
e.g. 1. It was not an accident. It wasa deliberate attempt to hurt him.
2. I don’t think that wasa mistake; I think it was deliberate.
我不认为那是个错误；我认为这是有人故意为之。
CF: deserted abandoned
这两个形容词都有“废弃”、“遗弃”、“弃置不用”的意思。
deserted 更强调对责任和义务的放弃。abandoned更强调对所有权的放弃。此外，abandoned还有“放纵的”，“自甘堕落”的意思。例如：
She danced with abandoned enthusiasm.
她纵情地跳着舞。
take up
1. (of things or events) fill or use (space or time) (事物或事件）占用了（空间或时间）
e.g. 1) My kitchen utensils take uptoo much space. I need to give some of them away.
2) I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want totake up too much of your time.
我知道您肯定很忙，而我自然也不想占用您太多时间。
2. become interested in a new activity and to spend time doingit
开始（从事）
e.g. I took up cycling when I was at school.
3. start a new job or have a new responsibility 接任（工作、责任）
e.g. Tom will take up the managementof the sales department.
4. accept a suggestion, an offer or a challenge, etc. 接受（建议、提议、挑战等）
e.g.Schools are taking up the offer of cut-price computers.
5. continue to discuss or deal with an idea, problem, or suggestion继续（讨论、处理）
e.g. I’ll take up the story where youleft off.
instinctn.
[C,U](a) natural ability or tendency to act in a certain way,without having to learn or think about it 本能；天性；直觉
e.g. 1. Don’t judge aperson by instinct. It can be wrong.
2. 是本能告诉鸟儿该什么时候开始迁徙。
It is instinct that tells the birdswhen to begin their migration.
CF: instinct intuition
这两个名词都有“直觉” 的意思。
instinct 强调动物的生物本能。如：Birds learn to fly by instinct。
intuition指的是不经过推理或逻辑判断，而是通过感觉直接明白或了解某事物真相的能力。如：I can’t explain how I knew -- I just hadan intuition that you’d been involved in an accident。
lower vt.
1. move or let down in height 降下，把…放（移）低
e.g.1) He lowered his voice when he turned to talk to the child.
2) Very gently, he lowered the dogonto the rug.
他极其轻柔地把小狗放在毯子上。
2. (cause sth. to) become less in amount or quantity （使某事物）减少
e.g. The Central Bank has loweredinterest rates by two percent.
feellike (doing)
have a wish for; want 想要
e.g. 1. I don’t feel like joining the party thisweekend. I would rather stay home and have a good rest.
2. 他不想去工作。
He didn't feel like going to work.
loseone’s temper
become angry 发脾气
e.g.1. My brother has a temper and can be very nasty sometimes.
我从未见他生气或是发脾气。
2. I've never seen him get cross or lose his temper.
adjust vt.
[(to)] change slightly, esp. inorder to make right or make suitable for a particular purpose or situation [常与to连用] 调整， 调节；校准；使合适
e.g. 1. It will take the newcomers some time to adjust to thelife in this city.
2. 我的父母很难适应公寓生活。
My parents had trouble adjusting to living in an apartment.
CF: adjust adapt
这两个词组都常与 “to” 连用，有“使适合” 的意思。adjust强调“调节”。adapt强调“适应”。一般情况下，二者可互换。如：The new students are very slow to adapt /adjust to the rules.
limpvi.
walk with an uneven step, one foot or legmoving less well than the other 一瘸一拐地走，跛行
e.g. 1. He had to limp around for a while when one of his legswas injured.
2. 受伤的足球队员跛着脚慢慢走出场地。
The injured footballer limped slowly off the field.
Word Focus:
stroll | in a relaxed way for pleasure |
wander | with no aim or direction |
stride | in a confident or angry way |
march | soldiers |
hike | for long distances in the countryside or the mountains |
tiptoe | very quietly |
wade | through water |
stagger | in an unsteady way because you are drunk or injured |
limp | with difficulty because one leg is painful or injured |
dignityn.
[U]calmness, formality, and seriousness of manner or style （风度等的）庄严；端庄；尊仪；威严
e.g. 1. Hedecided to quit with dignity rather than remain in a workplace where everybodylooked down upon him.
2. 病人应被赋予临终去世的尊严。
Patients should be allowed to die with dignity.
incident n.
an event; a happening, esp. one thatis unusual 发生的事，（尤指不平常的）事件
e.g. 1. Suchan unhappy incident set me thinking about the importance of educating our youngabout manners.
2. 发言人说那是一个孤立的事件。
The spokesman said it was an isolated incident.
CF: incident, event，occurrence,happening
这四个名词都有“事情”、“事件” 的意思。
incident 既可指小事件或附带事件，又可指政治上具有影响的事件或事变。例如：He could remember every trivial incidentin great detail。
event 可指任何大小事件，但尤指历史上的重大事件。例如：The conference was an important socialevent 。
occurrence多指日常生活中发生的一般事件，有时也指偶然发生的事。例如：The occurrence of failure isinevitable and independent of man's will.
happening指发生的一般事件，尤指奇怪事件。例如：There have been reports of strangehappenings in the town.
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