Unit 1
Text A课文内容全解
1. Has it ever dawned on you that certain developmental changes will occur in your life as you move from adolescence to young adulthood?                              (L.3, Para.1)
adulthood/ˈædʌlthʊd/n. the state of being an adult成年：Many people are able to maintain
friendships into adulthood.很多人能够把友谊维持到成年。
2. During this time, students are going through an identity crisis and are endeavoring to find out who they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are.                    (L.1, Para.2)【英释】During this period, students are experiencing an identity crisis and are trying to find out who they are and what their strong and weak points are.
3. First, there is functional independence, which involves the capability of individuals to take care of practical and personal affairs, such as handling finances, choosing their own wardrobes, and determining their daily agenda.                                          (L.3, Para.4)【英释】First, there is functional independence, which includes how an individual can handle his or her practical and personal affairs, suc
h as learning how to spend money wisely, choosing his or her own clothes, and deciding what he or she is going to do every day.
4. Fourth is freedom from “excessive guilt, anxiety, mistrust, responsibility, inhibition, resentment, and anger in relation to the mother and father.”                              (L.12, Para.4)【英释】Children often feel very guilty in relation to their parents because they think they have done something wrong; they are also anxious because they are eager to please their parents; they sometimes feel unhappy because they think that their parents have not been fair to them; they feel that they are responsible to their parents for everything they do; they are always afraid of not saying the right thing or not behaving properly; all these may make them angry with their parents or make them feel resentful. These feelings reflect their emotional dependence on their parents. When they grow up, they usually strive for freedom from this.
5. At the same time, these young adults are learning how to give and receive affection in the adult world.                                                              (L.1, Para.6)
affection/əˈfekʃn/n.①a gentle feeling of caring and loving喜爱；钟爱：She has great
affection for her little brother.她很疼爱她的弟弟。②[pl.]one’s feelings of love爱情：She has two men tr
ying to win her affections.她有两个男人追求。
【考】have affection for sb./sth.喜欢…
【串】同族：affectionate a.表示关爱的
形近：affectation n.假装；装模作样
【辨】affection/love爱
affection指一种热烈、温柔、持久的感情，但不如love表示的感情那样强烈。He has great affection for his children.他深爱他的孩子们。
love为常用词，指更加强烈、更加倾心的感情，可用于亲情、友情、爱情等。They fell in love with each other.他们彼此相爱了。
【真题再现】［TEM-4, 2006阅读］At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and
intimacy.
【译文】在适当时机，它（计算机）还会表达一种可以激发爱慕和亲密的情感。
6.She was distressed because she had been put into a dorm that had people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.                                                  (L.8，Para.7)
distressed/dɪˈstrest/a. extremely upset or shocked烦恼的；忧虑的：He is distressed to know
that he failed his English final examination.得知没过英语期末考试，他感到很烦心。
【串】同族：distress n.忧虑；悲伤‖v.使忧虑；使烦恼
同根：stress n.压力；紧张
7. As she finished her senior year, she had grown to realize that people of other races were not only equal to her but were people who could be her friends and from whom she could learn.
(L.11, Para.7)【英释】When she finished her fourth-year study, she had learned that people of other races were not inferior to her, and what’s more, she could make friends with and learn from them.
be equal to①相当；同等：It is ridiculous to think one race is not equal to another just because it has a different skin color.仅仅因为肤不同就认为一个种族劣于另外一个种族是荒唐的。
②胜任：He is equal to this task.他能够胜任这项任务。
8.These religious, moral, and ethical values that are set during the college years often last a lifetime.                                                            (L.13, Para.7)【英释】These values that are established during the college years often last a lifetime. It is acknowledged that our character or basic moral principles are formulated during this period of time.
Unit 2
Text A课文内容全解
1.The neighborhood where I grew up was the sort of place in which people dream of raising children—a small but satisfying spread of center-hall colonials, old roses, and quiet roads.
（L.1, Para.1)【英释】Near the place I grew up was a nice place for people to raise children. Although it is small it is a satisfying area with center-hall colonials, old rose and quiet roads.
spread/spred/n. a range or an area over which buildings spread区域；一大片：The vast
spread of water浩瀚的水域‖v. to open sth. out or arrange a group of things so that they cover a flat surface展开，摊开：He spread the painting out on the desk.他将这幅画展开铺在书桌上。
2. Later, over a stiff and awkward lunch of tuna-fish salad, some of the other girls at my table were perplexed by the source of the quotation and what it meant, and I was certain, at that moment, that the scholarship was mine.                                              (L.3, Para.3)
【英释】Later when we were having a lunch of tuna-fish salad nervously, I got to know that some of the other girls at my table didn’t even know the source of the quotation and its meaning. Whereas I knew it quite well and I would win the scholarship.
3. There was a club chair in our house, with curled arms and a square ottoman; it sat in one corner of the living room, with a barrel table next to it.                              (L.2, Para.5)【解析】句中club chair指低背安乐椅，有扶手且靠背很低；ottoman指软垫搁脚凳；barrel
table指用一个啤酒桶和一块木板做成的桌子。
curl/kɜːl/v. to form or make sth. form into a twisted or curved shape（使）卷曲：The boy’s
hair curls naturally.这个男孩的头发天生卷曲。
sort out sth
【串】同族：curled a.卷曲的
4. In my mind I am always sprawled on it, reading with my skinny legs slung over one of its arms.
(L.4, Para.5)
【英释】I remember that I used to stretch myself with my skinny legs hung over one of the arms
of the club chair.
5. I did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or even learning.    (L.7, Para. 9)
【英释】I did not read books from a sense of being better than others, or promotion, or even
getting knowledge.
advancement/ədˈvɑːnsənt/n. ①progress in one’s job, social class, etc.（工作、社会等级等
的）提升，晋升：He cared too much for social advancement. 他太在意社会地位的提升。
②the process of helping sth. to make progress or the result of its progress前进；进展；促进：
The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning. 大学的目标应该是促进学术发
展。
【串】同族：advance v.进步；促进advanced a.先进的；高级的
同义：promotion n.提升；晋升
6. But in the fifteenth century Gutenberg invented the printing press.          (L.2, Para. 14)
【解析】句中printing press意为“印刷机”。press经常用作“报章杂志；报刊；印刷媒体；
出版社”等意思。
Unit 3
Text A课文内容全解
1. He didn’t know her. She smiled, he frowned.                            (L.1, Para.2)
frown /fraʊ bring one’s eyebrows closer together皱眉；蹙额：He frowned with
concentration.他全神贯注，紧锁双眉。
【记】对比：frown(皱眉)→反对；smile(微笑)→同意；赞成
【考】frown on/upon反对；不赞成：He frowned on smoking at office.他反对在办公室里吸
烟。
【辨】frown/scowl皱眉；蹙额
frown指因注视某物或用心思考而双眉紧锁, 但主要是因为不高兴所致。The mother
frowned when her son failed in his exam.儿子考试不及格时, 母亲皱起眉头。
scowl指发脾气、抑郁或不满意时表现出的皱眉, 含有愁眉不展、怒形于的意思。People
usually scowl at a person they don’t like.人们通常对他们不喜欢的人蹙眉头。
2. Her thoughts lingered over the last two words. And in the warmth, as it were, another memory
unfolded.                                                          (L.1, Para.16)
linger/ˈlɪŋɡə(r)/v. ①to stay somewhere for a long time because you are unwilling to leave逗
留；徘徊；磨蹭：The attractive scenic spots and historic sites make foreign tourists linger on
and forget to return.景宜人的名胜古迹令外国游客流连忘返。②to continue to exist; to
disappear slowly继续存留；缓慢消失：The smell of the roasted duck lingered (on) in the room.房间里仍飘溢着烤鸭的香味。
【记】形近+联想：longer更长一些→linger逗留；继续存留
谐音：离割（离别割舍）→恋恋不舍，不愿离去→逗留；继续存留
【考】linger on停留；逗留
【串】同族：lingering a.拖延的；缓慢消失的
【真题再现】[TEM-4, 2009完形]
But recent developments in Hong Kong suggest that the disease might spread through air, or that the virus might _____ for two to three hours on doorknobs or other surfaces.
A. continue
B. linger
C. delay
D. persist
【点拨】译文：但是香港最近发生的病例表明，这一疾病可能通过空气传播，或者说这种病毒可能会在门把手上或其他物体表面存活两到三个小时。continue意为“继续”；linger
意为“继续存留”；delay意为“延迟”；persist意为“坚持”。根据题意，答案为B。
unfold /ʌnˈfəʊld/v. ①to open or spread out from a folded state展开；打开：The story
unfolds gradually as the film goes on.随着影片的放映，故事情节逐渐展开。②to make sth. known gradually; to be gradually made known（使）逐渐展现；展示；透露：The minister gradually unfolded his plan to her.部长逐渐向她透露了他的计划。
un fold
opposite 相反bend 对折
【记】un（相反）+ fold（对折）→与折叠相反的动作→展开；打开
【考】unfold sth. to sb.向某人透露某事
【串】反义：fold v.折叠；合拢
3. ...she felt the strange beast that had slumbered so long within her bosom stir,stretch itself, yawn, prick up its ears, and suddenly bound to its feet, and fix its longing, hungry stare upon those far away places.                                                  (L.1, Para.31)【英释】...she felt that her lifelong dream of traveling around the world, which had been lying at the back of her mind all these years because her health conditions had not allowed her to do that, now began to wake up. It was just like a strange beast waking up with longing hungry eyes for those wonderful places.
stretch/stretʃ/v.①to put one’s arms or legs out straight and contract one’s muscles伸展；舒
展：She stretched and yawned lazily.她伸了个懒腰，打了个哈欠。②to spread out over a distance or an area绵延；延伸：The road stretches out across the desert into the distance.这条路穿过沙漠伸向远方。‖n. a period of time一段时间：She finished reading the book at a stretch.她一口气把这本书读完了。
【考】at    a stretch一口气地；不休息地‖at full stretch竭尽全力；以最大财力物力：We must work at full stretch to get the job finished in time.为了按时完成工作我们必须全力以赴。
bound/baʊnd/v. to run with jumping movements in a certain direction跳跃着跑：She
bounded into the room and announced that she was engaged.她蹦蹦跳跳地跑进屋里，宣布她订婚了。‖a. certain or likely to happen一定会；很可能会：We’re bound to be late.我们肯定要迟
到了。
【考】be bound to do/be sth.一定会…；很可能会…
【警】bound与bind“捆绑；缠绕”的过去式和过去分词拼写一致，应注意区分。
Unit 4
Text A课文内容全解
1. He had opened his eyes with the sun at dawn, scratched, done his business like a dog at the roadside, washed at the public fountain, begged a piece of breakfast bread and a few olives, eaten them squatting on the ground, and washed them down with a few handfuls of water scooped from the spring.                                                          (L.2, Para.1)【英释】He had opened his eyes when the sun rose, scratched (because he had an itch on the skin), emptied his bowels and passed water like a
dog at the roadside, washed his face at the public fountain, begged a piece of bread and a few olives for breakfast, ate them while he was squatting on the ground, and then swallowed them down with the water he got from the spring with his hands.
2. As the market place filled up with shoppers and merchants and slaves and foreigners, he had strolled through it for an hour or two.                                      (L.7, Para.1)【辨】stroll/ramble/roam/wander闲逛
stroll指以悠闲的步伐四处走走，逛逛。I like to stroll around the flea market on chance of picking up something of value.我喜欢逛旧货市场，希望能够淘点儿有用的东西。
ramble尤指在乡间闲逛。After the picnic, they rambled in the wood for an hour.野餐之后，他们在树林中漫步了一个小时。
roam通常指在一片广阔的地上没有确定目标或目的的闲逛。You shouldn’t let your children roam the streets.你不应该让你的孩子在街上闲逛。
wander强调没有固定路线或目标的闲逛。We spent the whole morning wandering around the inner city.我们整个上午都在市中心闲逛。
3. He was the founder of the creed called Cynicism (doggishness); he spent much of his life in the rich, lazy, corrupt Greek city of Corinth, mocking and satirizing its people, and occasionally converting one of them.                                                (L.7, Para.2)【辨】mock/ridicule嘲笑
mock指以夸张滑稽的方式模仿某人的言行特征，以嘲弄或嘲笑某人。He mocked me when I was making a speech.当我发表演讲的时候，他模仿我来取笑我。
ridicule指对某人或某事不客气地嘲弄取笑，但不一定怀有恶意或敌意。The opposition ridiculed the manager’s proposal.对手嘲弄取笑经理的提议。
4. He was not the first to inhabit such a thing. But he was the first who ever did so by choice, out of principle.                                                          (L.2, Para.3)【辨】inhabit/live/reside/dwell居住
inhabit为及物动词，是比较正式的用语，用来表示人或动植物的体居住或栖居于某地。Mammals such as the whale and dolphin inhabit the sea.像鲸鱼及海豚这类的哺乳动物栖居海中。
live作“居住”讲时，为不及物动词，是一个较为常用的日常用词，指一个人居住于某一
住所、城市或国家。I know that she used to live in Los Angeles.我知道她过去住在洛杉矶。reside为不及物动词，后常跟in，更加强调居住的长期性和合法性。The family has resided in New York since they
came to America.自从来到美国以后，这家人一直居住在纽约。