Unit Seven
Text A
A Friend on the Line
Unit Seven Text A
I,Pre-reading Task
II,Related Information
III,Detailed Study
IV,Outline& Summary
V,Home Assignment
I,Pre-reading Task,
1,What kind of passage does it seem to be? Is it a story of a science
report?
2,What does the phrase,on the line” probably mean?
3,What do you expect the passage may tell you about?
Back
II,Related Information,(1) Hindenburg zeppelin disaster
Hindenburg zeppelin disaster,The Hindenburg was the world’s first
transatlantic commerial airliner,The airship was 245 m long and had a
maximum diameter of 41 m,In May 1936 the Hindenburg inaugurated
the first scheduled air service across the north Atlantic,between Frankfurt
and Main,Germany,and Lakehurst,N.J.It accommodated more than 70
passengers and had a dining room,a library and lounge with a grand
piano,a cocktail lounge,and promenades with large windows,The flight
to the United States took 60 hr,and the return trip to Europe,50 hr,In
1936 the Hindenburg carried more than 1300 passengers and several
thousands pounds of mail and cargo on transatlantic flights,
While maneuvering to land at Lakehurst on May 6,1937,the airship’s
hydrogen was ignited and the Hindenburg was destroyed by the resulting
fire,Thirty-five of the passengers and crew died,Claims and speculation
that the Hindenburg was a victim of sabotage have never been supported
by evidence,The destruction of the Hindenburg marked the end of the
use of airships in world air commerce,
III,Detailed Study,
3,loose a,放松的，宽松的，自由的,不严密的 同源派生
词,loosen v,使松，变松 Loosely adv,松驰地 [同 ] relaxed,
free [反 ] tight紧的 strict 严肃的
Text A of Unit 7,Friend on the Line
I,Study the Words
1,male n./ a,男性（的），雄性（的） [反 ] female a./ n.
女性（的）
2,mystified a,从 mystify vt,使神秘化，迷惑，派生而来
4,elevator n,由 elevate vt,抬起，使升高 [同 ] lift
5.hesitate vt.犹豫，不情愿，踌躇,[同 ] waver 同源派生
词,hesitatingly adv.；, hesitant adj., hesitation n,
6,importance n,重大，重要 [同 ] weight,significance
7,role n,作用，职务，任务，角色 [同 ] function,duty,
task,character
8.postman n,合成词,post-man
9.mailbox n,合成词,mail-box
10.warmth n,温暖，热情 ； v,使变暖，由 warm-th（名
词后缀） [同 ] heat [反 ] coldness同语源派生词,warmer
取暖器
2,When did the author and the old man
become friends through the phone? (From the
time he dialed the old man back and said hello
to the old man.)
3,What did the old man do after their first talking
through the phone? (He called the author almost
every day.)
4,What events did the old man experience?
(He experienced World War I and II)
II,Ask the students to
answer the questions
of the text which were
assigned last class,
1.What did the author wanted to do when he
was told that he had a wrong number after
dialing? (He wanted to know how the old man
knew that he had dialed wrong number.)
5,How did the author feel when the lonely old man
offered him fatherly advice and help? (He felt as if
he had a family.)
6.What was the author going to do when the old
man’s 89th birthday was about to come? (He was
going to meet the old man face to face.)
7,What happened when the author came to the
building where the old man lied on the old man’s
birthday? (The old man had died two days ago.)
IV,Introduction of the text
Friends play an
important part in our life,
Whenever we meet with
unhappiness or
difficulties our friends
always help us,
Whenever we achieve a
success,our friends
share the joy of it,
Friendly relationships
can be of various types,
Some can be kept between close friends
who are sharing similar ideas and
believes,others can be kept on
discussion or even argument,But have
you ever heard of such a friendly
relationship that is just kept on the line
only? The story in the text tells us that
just an ordinary telephone makes the
two strangers become very close friends,
V,Notes to the text
1,A friend on the line, A friend whom the author
communicated with through the telephone / A phone friend
电话朋友
e.g,They became only the friends on the line at last
because both of them are busy themselves with work,
他们都因为忙于工作，所以最后只能成了电话朋友。
2,Even before I finished dialing,I somehow
knew I’d made a mistake,
甚至还没有拨完号码，我就意识到拨错了。
―before‖从句在翻译成汉语时,不能按字面意思
译为“在 … 之前”,而要根据上下文灵活处理。
e.g,Before he came to China,he was a teacher,
（之前）
I was wondering how you know I had the wrong
number before I even said anything,
我奇怪 甚至我还什么都没说, 你怎么就知道我打
错了呢?
even adv., shows that something is
unexpected and surprising 甚至；连（用于表
示某事出乎意料之外或令人惊讶）
e.g,Even children know this,
连孩子都知道这一点。
You know even less than I do,
你甚至比我知道地少。
3,somewhat adv., to some extent 稍微，有点
他的行为令我有点吃惊。
e.g,It is somewhat cold today,
今天有点冷的天气。
His behavior somewhat surprised me,
4,You got the wrong number,____ You dialed
the incorrect number,
你拨错号了。
5.…a husky male voice snapped before the
line went dead., … a man with a husky voice
answered the phone angrily and quickly hung up,
一个男人怒气冲冲地说,然后电话就断了。
6,snap,speak or say irritably 愤怒地说，气
冲冲地说
e.g,He snapped his supervisor a sharp reply,
他气冲冲地用话把他的上司顶了回去。
He snapped me short at the meeting,
在会上他气冲冲地打断了我的话。
7.….the phone went dead,…the phone hung
up 电话挂断了
8,Once more the phone clicked in my
ear,I heard the phone’s clicking again,
我再次听到了咔嗒一声。
9,a cop,a member of the police ; a policeman 警察
10.―Hey,c’mon,‖ the man said,…‖____,Hey,
what’s the matter with you?” the man said …,
“嘿，怎么啦” 那个人
说,…
11,to figure out,to work out by arithmetic or
logic; discover by thinking 计算出,想出
e.g,I can't figure him out ; he's a mystery,
我不了解他 ; 他是个谜。
We must figure out what to do next,
我们该想出下一步做什么。
12.receiver n., an instrument that receives 接
收器，听筒，话筒,a radio receiver无线电接收
器
e.g,Put down the receiver,放下听筒
13.I sat there for a short time,the receiver
hanging loosely in my fingers.(现在分词的独
立结构作状语，表伴随状况 )
我坐了一会,手指轻轻地随意地拎着话筒。
14.You got it,____ You’ve got the answer./
you are right,
你猜对了。
15.Chucking,I dialed the man back,____
While I laughed quietly,I called the man again,
我暗自的笑了，又打了过去。 …
16.ever,at any time （用于否定词、疑问句以及
条件从句）无论何时，曾经，究竟
e.g,Nothing ever happens in this village,这村子
从来没有发生过什么事情。
Have you ever been to Hongkong?
17.Then we discovered we had something in
common,
后我们发现我们有些共同的东西。
in common,in joint use; shared 共用的；
共享的 ; 共有的
e.g,They have nothing in common with one
another,
他们彼此豪无共同之处。
e.g,They have nothing in common with one
another,
他们彼此豪无共同之处。
Tom and Peter have something in common,
Tom和 Peter有些共同之处。
18.Telling me about his days there as an elevator
operator,he seemed interesting,even friendly.(分词
短语作时间状语 )
当他向我谈起在那儿开电梯的日子时,显得很有趣,甚
至很友好。
19,Hesitate adv., to show or feel indecision or
uncertainty 犹豫，踌躇，迟疑不决
e.g,He didn’t hesitate to defend his daughter,
他毫不犹豫地保护他的女儿。
Mr,Smith hesitates at nothing,
史密斯先对什么都毫不迟疑。
20,His voice sounded a little tentative,____
From his voice I knew that he seemed somewhat
hesitated,
他的声音听上去有点迟疑。
Sound vi,响，出声音； link-v,听起来
e.g,The bell sounded at 6 o’clock for dinner,
6点钟吃饭铃响了。
这个回答听起来不能令人满意。
21.Easy to talk with,he related his memories
of … and other memorable events.____ I found it
easy to talk with him,and he told me his
experiences in … and other memorable events in
his life,他变得容易交谈了，向我回忆起第一二次世界大战，
兴登堡的齐伯林飞艇灾难。
The answer doesn’t sound satisfactory,
easy to talk with,形容词短语作状语
1) relate,to tell or describe 叙述,讲述
e.g,The traveler related his adventure,
那位旅行者讲述了他的历险记。
2),historic (adj.) 与 historical (adj.)
这两个形容词都有 " 历史的 " 意思。
historic 指某一事件或行动是具有历史意义
的,或历史上有名的。
historical 指某事、行动是真实的,可记
载为历史的,描述历史事件的。
e.g,This conference is of historic significance,
这次会议具有历史意义。
The book is based on historical events,
这本书是根据历史事件编写的。
He is now the editor of a journal of historical
studies,
他现在是历史研究刊物的编辑。
22.He did—almost every day,____ He
called me almost every day
23.I was not just being kind to a lonely old
man,____ what I did was far more than just
showing my sympathy for a lonely old man,
我并非只是可怜一个孤独老人。
我并非只是可怜一个孤独老人。
to be kind to sb., 对 …… 好
easy to talk with
24.…because I,too,had a big gap in my life
____ …because I also lacked
something in my life,
gap,1)（墙壁，树篱之）裂缝
e.g,The gate was locked but we went through
a gap in the fence,
大门被锁了但是我们从围墙的缺口出去了。
2) 空白，间隙；（意见等的）悬隔，歧义，差距
e.g,There is a generation gap between the old and
the young,
老年人和年青人之间有代沟。
There is a wide gap between the views of the
two statesmen,
两位政治家的意见有很大的分歧。
stand in the gap 身当其次中，挺身阻挡
supply (or stop ) a gap 填补空白，弥补缺陷
25.Raised in orphanage and foster homes,I
never had a father,____ Bring up in orphanage
and foster homes,I never had a family,
我是在孤儿院和寄养所长大的，我从没有过父亲。
raise,vt,举起，提高；提出；养大；饲养；种植
e.g,The government does everything to
raise the people’s living standards,
政府正在尽一切努力提高人民的生活水平。
None of them raised any objection,
他们中谁也没有提出反对意见。
The old lady raised a lot of chickens,
这老太太养了许多小鸡。
26,Gradually,Adolf took on a king of
fatherly importance to me,____ By and by,
Adolf began to be as important to me as a
father to his son,
渐渐地，阿道夫对我来说就象父亲那样重要了。
take on,
1) to begin to have a quality or appearance
e.g,The square took on a festival air,
呈现
广场呈现出一派节日气氛。
2) to accept / be charge with (work,
responsibility,etc.) 接受，承担
e.g,An old and experienced engineer took on
the design,
一位有丰富经验的老工程师承担了这项设计。
27.Adolf warmed to the role of
counselor.____ Adolf became interested in
acting as my adviser,
阿道夫非常热心给我当参谋。
warm to /towards, to begin to like;become
interested in; be full of enthusiasm for
对 … 爱好；对 … 感兴趣；同情
e.g,He is beginning to warm to his work,
他对工作开始爱好起来。
My hear warms to him,
我对他生了好感。
28,I think I ought to have it out with
him,____ I think I should talk frankly with him,
我想跟他讲个明白。
have it / sth.out with sb,和某人就某事讲明白,
通过争论解决纠纷
e.g,She was resolved to have things out
with her father that very night,
她决定就在当天晚上和她爸爸把问题谈清楚。
29.Let the things cool down … ____ Make
things less intense or less serious …
把这事放一放,
cool down,to become calm after being angry
变冷静，变凉
e.g,Her passion for me has cooled down,
她对我的热情已渐冷淡。
I tried to cool her down,but she was still
very angry when she left,
我设法使她冷静下来，但她走的时候还是怒气
冲冲。
30…,you find that time takes care of a lot,
____ … you will discover that it is time that can
settle a lot of problems,
…… 时间会化解许多事情。
31.―You’re too young to know how that
feels.‖____ You are not old enough to
understand the feeling of wanting a family,
你还太年轻,无法体会那是一种什么样的感觉。
32.No,I wasn’t,____ No I was not young
at that time,
33.But I didn’t say anything,afraid I wouldn’t
be able to hold back the hurt I’d felt for so
long,____ But I said nothing,for fear that I would
fail to stop myself from expressing the mental
pain I had suffered for such a long time,
但我却什么也没说 。 我害怕自己控制不了长
期以来所感受到的痛苦。
Hold back,to control one’s feeling;
prevent sb,from doing sth.or from
happening
控制 （感情）,抑制,阻止,阻碍
e.g,Shortage of capital was a factor
holding back economic development,
缺乏资金是阻碍经济发展的一个因素。
They are accustomed to holding back
their emotions,
他们习惯于抑制自己的感情。
34.…I made a two –by five-foot
greeting card… ____ … I made a
greeting card myself,which is two feet
long and five feet wide…
…… 我做了一张长 2 英尺、宽 5 英尺的贺卡
36.My heart pounded with excitement as I
looked at Adolf’s name on the mailbox,
____ My heart was beating heavily because I
was very excited at the sight of the name
Adolf on the postbox,
当看到邮箱上阿道夫的名字时,我的心激
动得砰砰直跳。
Pound v,to hit again and again; hit heavily
连续重击；砰砰地打
e.g,She could feel her heart pounding
after 100 meters race,
百米赛跑后她感到她的心砰砰直跳。
Who is pounding (on) the piano?
谁在用力弹钢琴？
37.I wondered if Adolf would accept me in
person or reject me as my father had.…
____ I didn’t know whether Adolf would
welcome my visiting …
我不知道阿道 夫会不会亲自迎我进门,还是会
像我父亲一样拒绝我。
1) receive (v.) 与 accept (v.)
receive 以人作主语时,有, 收到,接收,接见,
的意思 ; 以物作主语时,作, 欢迎,接待解。
accept 含, 接受,接纳, 之意,有同
意或愿意接受之意。
e.g.An invitation may be received but
not necessarily accepted,
After some delay the king received the
ambassador,
The hotel receives guests from all
over the world,
收到邀请信并不一定意味着接受邀请。
经过一番周折后,国王接见了大使。
这家旅馆接待来自 世界各地的客人。
2).refuse( v,),decline(v.) 与 reject (v,)
这三个动词都有, 拒绝, 的意思。
decline 有, 婉言 ; 谢绝, 之意,后接名词、动
名词或不定式,但后接不定式时常作, 拒绝,
解。
refuse 指不肯做某事或不肯接受某物,语气较重,
态度坚决。
reject 指对某人、某物或某种请求、建议、意见等
完全拒绝接受,比 refuse更果断。
e.g,We had to decline the invitation
because we had made other plans,
我们不得不谢绝他们的邀请,因为我们另有计划。
He resolutely refused their gift,他断然拒绝他们的
礼物 。
The prisoner's appeal for a new trial was
rejected,。
3) in person,personally; oneself 当面,来自,本人
I shall be present at the meeting in person,
我 将 亲自出席那个会议。
Will you apply for the position by letter or
in person?
你要亲自去申请那个工作还是写信去?
罪犯提出重新审判的要求被驳回了
38.Slowly I felt a warmth surging through me,
____ Gradually,I felt warm all over myself,
我感觉到一股暖流涌遍全身。
surge vi,起伏,汹涌澎湃。
洪水在山谷中奔流。
Anger surged (up) within him,
怒气在他心中汹涌澎湃。
39.Because you mattered,… ____ Because
you are important to me,…
e.g.The floods surged over the valley,
VI,Summary of the Text
When I was told that I had a wrong number after
dialing I wondered how he knew that before I said
anything,It was a lonely old man,who
experienced two world wars,I dialed him back and
said hello to him,then we became friends,After
that he called me almost every day,giving me
fatherly advice-i and help,We both felt warm,On
his 89th birthday I was expecting our first face to
face meet when I learned from a postman that my
friend died the day before,
课文佳 句 背诵
1.I was wonder how you knew I had the wrong
number before I even said anything,
2,I’m 88 years old,and,I haven't had this many
wrong numbers in one day in 20 years,
3,Gradually,Adolf took on a kind of fatherly
importance to me,
4.When you get as old as I am,you find out that
time takes care of a lot,
5.Slowly,I felt a warmth surging surging through me,I
heard Adolf’s voice shouting,,Wrong number!”
6., Adolf,” I whispered,,I didn’t get the wrong
number,I got you,
Text A
A Friend on the Line
Unit Seven Text A
I,Pre-reading Task
II,Related Information
III,Detailed Study
IV,Outline& Summary
V,Home Assignment
I,Pre-reading Task,
1,What kind of passage does it seem to be? Is it a story of a science
report?
2,What does the phrase,on the line” probably mean?
3,What do you expect the passage may tell you about?
Back
II,Related Information,(1) Hindenburg zeppelin disaster
Hindenburg zeppelin disaster,The Hindenburg was the world’s first
transatlantic commerial airliner,The airship was 245 m long and had a
maximum diameter of 41 m,In May 1936 the Hindenburg inaugurated
the first scheduled air service across the north Atlantic,between Frankfurt
and Main,Germany,and Lakehurst,N.J.It accommodated more than 70
passengers and had a dining room,a library and lounge with a grand
piano,a cocktail lounge,and promenades with large windows,The flight
to the United States took 60 hr,and the return trip to Europe,50 hr,In
1936 the Hindenburg carried more than 1300 passengers and several
thousands pounds of mail and cargo on transatlantic flights,
While maneuvering to land at Lakehurst on May 6,1937,the airship’s
hydrogen was ignited and the Hindenburg was destroyed by the resulting
fire,Thirty-five of the passengers and crew died,Claims and speculation
that the Hindenburg was a victim of sabotage have never been supported
by evidence,The destruction of the Hindenburg marked the end of the
use of airships in world air commerce,
III,Detailed Study,
3,loose a,放松的，宽松的，自由的,不严密的 同源派生
词,loosen v,使松，变松 Loosely adv,松驰地 [同 ] relaxed,
free [反 ] tight紧的 strict 严肃的
Text A of Unit 7,Friend on the Line
I,Study the Words
1,male n./ a,男性（的），雄性（的） [反 ] female a./ n.
女性（的）
2,mystified a,从 mystify vt,使神秘化，迷惑，派生而来
4,elevator n,由 elevate vt,抬起，使升高 [同 ] lift
5.hesitate vt.犹豫，不情愿，踌躇,[同 ] waver 同源派生
词,hesitatingly adv.；, hesitant adj., hesitation n,
6,importance n,重大，重要 [同 ] weight,significance
7,role n,作用，职务，任务，角色 [同 ] function,duty,
task,character
8.postman n,合成词,post-man
9.mailbox n,合成词,mail-box
10.warmth n,温暖，热情 ； v,使变暖，由 warm-th（名
词后缀） [同 ] heat [反 ] coldness同语源派生词,warmer
取暖器
2,When did the author and the old man
become friends through the phone? (From the
time he dialed the old man back and said hello
to the old man.)
3,What did the old man do after their first talking
through the phone? (He called the author almost
every day.)
4,What events did the old man experience?
(He experienced World War I and II)
II,Ask the students to
answer the questions
of the text which were
assigned last class,
1.What did the author wanted to do when he
was told that he had a wrong number after
dialing? (He wanted to know how the old man
knew that he had dialed wrong number.)
5,How did the author feel when the lonely old man
offered him fatherly advice and help? (He felt as if
he had a family.)
6.What was the author going to do when the old
man’s 89th birthday was about to come? (He was
going to meet the old man face to face.)
7,What happened when the author came to the
building where the old man lied on the old man’s
birthday? (The old man had died two days ago.)
IV,Introduction of the text
Friends play an
important part in our life,
Whenever we meet with
unhappiness or
difficulties our friends
always help us,
Whenever we achieve a
success,our friends
share the joy of it,
Friendly relationships
can be of various types,
Some can be kept between close friends
who are sharing similar ideas and
believes,others can be kept on
discussion or even argument,But have
you ever heard of such a friendly
relationship that is just kept on the line
only? The story in the text tells us that
just an ordinary telephone makes the
two strangers become very close friends,
V,Notes to the text
1,A friend on the line, A friend whom the author
communicated with through the telephone / A phone friend
电话朋友
e.g,They became only the friends on the line at last
because both of them are busy themselves with work,
他们都因为忙于工作，所以最后只能成了电话朋友。
2,Even before I finished dialing,I somehow
knew I’d made a mistake,
甚至还没有拨完号码，我就意识到拨错了。
―before‖从句在翻译成汉语时,不能按字面意思
译为“在 … 之前”,而要根据上下文灵活处理。
e.g,Before he came to China,he was a teacher,
（之前）
I was wondering how you know I had the wrong
number before I even said anything,
我奇怪 甚至我还什么都没说, 你怎么就知道我打
错了呢?
even adv., shows that something is
unexpected and surprising 甚至；连（用于表
示某事出乎意料之外或令人惊讶）
e.g,Even children know this,
连孩子都知道这一点。
You know even less than I do,
你甚至比我知道地少。
3,somewhat adv., to some extent 稍微，有点
他的行为令我有点吃惊。
e.g,It is somewhat cold today,
今天有点冷的天气。
His behavior somewhat surprised me,
4,You got the wrong number,____ You dialed
the incorrect number,
你拨错号了。
5.…a husky male voice snapped before the
line went dead., … a man with a husky voice
answered the phone angrily and quickly hung up,
一个男人怒气冲冲地说,然后电话就断了。
6,snap,speak or say irritably 愤怒地说，气
冲冲地说
e.g,He snapped his supervisor a sharp reply,
他气冲冲地用话把他的上司顶了回去。
He snapped me short at the meeting,
在会上他气冲冲地打断了我的话。
7.….the phone went dead,…the phone hung
up 电话挂断了
8,Once more the phone clicked in my
ear,I heard the phone’s clicking again,
我再次听到了咔嗒一声。
9,a cop,a member of the police ; a policeman 警察
10.―Hey,c’mon,‖ the man said,…‖____,Hey,
what’s the matter with you?” the man said …,
“嘿，怎么啦” 那个人
说,…
11,to figure out,to work out by arithmetic or
logic; discover by thinking 计算出,想出
e.g,I can't figure him out ; he's a mystery,
我不了解他 ; 他是个谜。
We must figure out what to do next,
我们该想出下一步做什么。
12.receiver n., an instrument that receives 接
收器，听筒，话筒,a radio receiver无线电接收
器
e.g,Put down the receiver,放下听筒
13.I sat there for a short time,the receiver
hanging loosely in my fingers.(现在分词的独
立结构作状语，表伴随状况 )
我坐了一会,手指轻轻地随意地拎着话筒。
14.You got it,____ You’ve got the answer./
you are right,
你猜对了。
15.Chucking,I dialed the man back,____
While I laughed quietly,I called the man again,
我暗自的笑了，又打了过去。 …
16.ever,at any time （用于否定词、疑问句以及
条件从句）无论何时，曾经，究竟
e.g,Nothing ever happens in this village,这村子
从来没有发生过什么事情。
Have you ever been to Hongkong?
17.Then we discovered we had something in
common,
后我们发现我们有些共同的东西。
in common,in joint use; shared 共用的；
共享的 ; 共有的
e.g,They have nothing in common with one
another,
他们彼此豪无共同之处。
e.g,They have nothing in common with one
another,
他们彼此豪无共同之处。
Tom and Peter have something in common,
Tom和 Peter有些共同之处。
18.Telling me about his days there as an elevator
operator,he seemed interesting,even friendly.(分词
短语作时间状语 )
当他向我谈起在那儿开电梯的日子时,显得很有趣,甚
至很友好。
19,Hesitate adv., to show or feel indecision or
uncertainty 犹豫，踌躇，迟疑不决
e.g,He didn’t hesitate to defend his daughter,
他毫不犹豫地保护他的女儿。
Mr,Smith hesitates at nothing,
史密斯先对什么都毫不迟疑。
20,His voice sounded a little tentative,____
From his voice I knew that he seemed somewhat
hesitated,
他的声音听上去有点迟疑。
Sound vi,响，出声音； link-v,听起来
e.g,The bell sounded at 6 o’clock for dinner,
6点钟吃饭铃响了。
这个回答听起来不能令人满意。
21.Easy to talk with,he related his memories
of … and other memorable events.____ I found it
easy to talk with him,and he told me his
experiences in … and other memorable events in
his life,他变得容易交谈了，向我回忆起第一二次世界大战，
兴登堡的齐伯林飞艇灾难。
The answer doesn’t sound satisfactory,
easy to talk with,形容词短语作状语
1) relate,to tell or describe 叙述,讲述
e.g,The traveler related his adventure,
那位旅行者讲述了他的历险记。
2),historic (adj.) 与 historical (adj.)
这两个形容词都有 " 历史的 " 意思。
historic 指某一事件或行动是具有历史意义
的,或历史上有名的。
historical 指某事、行动是真实的,可记
载为历史的,描述历史事件的。
e.g,This conference is of historic significance,
这次会议具有历史意义。
The book is based on historical events,
这本书是根据历史事件编写的。
He is now the editor of a journal of historical
studies,
他现在是历史研究刊物的编辑。
22.He did—almost every day,____ He
called me almost every day
23.I was not just being kind to a lonely old
man,____ what I did was far more than just
showing my sympathy for a lonely old man,
我并非只是可怜一个孤独老人。
我并非只是可怜一个孤独老人。
to be kind to sb., 对 …… 好
easy to talk with
24.…because I,too,had a big gap in my life
____ …because I also lacked
something in my life,
gap,1)（墙壁，树篱之）裂缝
e.g,The gate was locked but we went through
a gap in the fence,
大门被锁了但是我们从围墙的缺口出去了。
2) 空白，间隙；（意见等的）悬隔，歧义，差距
e.g,There is a generation gap between the old and
the young,
老年人和年青人之间有代沟。
There is a wide gap between the views of the
two statesmen,
两位政治家的意见有很大的分歧。
stand in the gap 身当其次中，挺身阻挡
supply (or stop ) a gap 填补空白，弥补缺陷
25.Raised in orphanage and foster homes,I
never had a father,____ Bring up in orphanage
and foster homes,I never had a family,
我是在孤儿院和寄养所长大的，我从没有过父亲。
raise,vt,举起，提高；提出；养大；饲养；种植
e.g,The government does everything to
raise the people’s living standards,
政府正在尽一切努力提高人民的生活水平。
None of them raised any objection,
他们中谁也没有提出反对意见。
The old lady raised a lot of chickens,
这老太太养了许多小鸡。
26,Gradually,Adolf took on a king of
fatherly importance to me,____ By and by,
Adolf began to be as important to me as a
father to his son,
渐渐地，阿道夫对我来说就象父亲那样重要了。
take on,
1) to begin to have a quality or appearance
e.g,The square took on a festival air,
呈现
广场呈现出一派节日气氛。
2) to accept / be charge with (work,
responsibility,etc.) 接受，承担
e.g,An old and experienced engineer took on
the design,
一位有丰富经验的老工程师承担了这项设计。
27.Adolf warmed to the role of
counselor.____ Adolf became interested in
acting as my adviser,
阿道夫非常热心给我当参谋。
warm to /towards, to begin to like;become
interested in; be full of enthusiasm for
对 … 爱好；对 … 感兴趣；同情
e.g,He is beginning to warm to his work,
他对工作开始爱好起来。
My hear warms to him,
我对他生了好感。
28,I think I ought to have it out with
him,____ I think I should talk frankly with him,
我想跟他讲个明白。
have it / sth.out with sb,和某人就某事讲明白,
通过争论解决纠纷
e.g,She was resolved to have things out
with her father that very night,
她决定就在当天晚上和她爸爸把问题谈清楚。
29.Let the things cool down … ____ Make
things less intense or less serious …
把这事放一放,
cool down,to become calm after being angry
变冷静，变凉
e.g,Her passion for me has cooled down,
她对我的热情已渐冷淡。
I tried to cool her down,but she was still
very angry when she left,
我设法使她冷静下来，但她走的时候还是怒气
冲冲。
30…,you find that time takes care of a lot,
____ … you will discover that it is time that can
settle a lot of problems,
…… 时间会化解许多事情。
31.―You’re too young to know how that
feels.‖____ You are not old enough to
understand the feeling of wanting a family,
你还太年轻,无法体会那是一种什么样的感觉。
32.No,I wasn’t,____ No I was not young
at that time,
33.But I didn’t say anything,afraid I wouldn’t
be able to hold back the hurt I’d felt for so
long,____ But I said nothing,for fear that I would
fail to stop myself from expressing the mental
pain I had suffered for such a long time,
但我却什么也没说 。 我害怕自己控制不了长
期以来所感受到的痛苦。
Hold back,to control one’s feeling;
prevent sb,from doing sth.or from
happening
控制 （感情）,抑制,阻止,阻碍
e.g,Shortage of capital was a factor
holding back economic development,
缺乏资金是阻碍经济发展的一个因素。
They are accustomed to holding back
their emotions,
他们习惯于抑制自己的感情。
34.…I made a two –by five-foot
greeting card… ____ … I made a
greeting card myself,which is two feet
long and five feet wide…
…… 我做了一张长 2 英尺、宽 5 英尺的贺卡
36.My heart pounded with excitement as I
looked at Adolf’s name on the mailbox,
____ My heart was beating heavily because I
was very excited at the sight of the name
Adolf on the postbox,
当看到邮箱上阿道夫的名字时,我的心激
动得砰砰直跳。
Pound v,to hit again and again; hit heavily
连续重击；砰砰地打
e.g,She could feel her heart pounding
after 100 meters race,
百米赛跑后她感到她的心砰砰直跳。
Who is pounding (on) the piano?
谁在用力弹钢琴？
37.I wondered if Adolf would accept me in
person or reject me as my father had.…
____ I didn’t know whether Adolf would
welcome my visiting …
我不知道阿道 夫会不会亲自迎我进门,还是会
像我父亲一样拒绝我。
1) receive (v.) 与 accept (v.)
receive 以人作主语时,有, 收到,接收,接见,
的意思 ; 以物作主语时,作, 欢迎,接待解。
accept 含, 接受,接纳, 之意,有同
意或愿意接受之意。
e.g.An invitation may be received but
not necessarily accepted,
After some delay the king received the
ambassador,
The hotel receives guests from all
over the world,
收到邀请信并不一定意味着接受邀请。
经过一番周折后,国王接见了大使。
这家旅馆接待来自 世界各地的客人。
2).refuse( v,),decline(v.) 与 reject (v,)
这三个动词都有, 拒绝, 的意思。
decline 有, 婉言 ; 谢绝, 之意,后接名词、动
名词或不定式,但后接不定式时常作, 拒绝,
解。
refuse 指不肯做某事或不肯接受某物,语气较重,
态度坚决。
reject 指对某人、某物或某种请求、建议、意见等
完全拒绝接受,比 refuse更果断。
e.g,We had to decline the invitation
because we had made other plans,
我们不得不谢绝他们的邀请,因为我们另有计划。
He resolutely refused their gift,他断然拒绝他们的
礼物 。
The prisoner's appeal for a new trial was
rejected,。
3) in person,personally; oneself 当面,来自,本人
I shall be present at the meeting in person,
我 将 亲自出席那个会议。
Will you apply for the position by letter or
in person?
你要亲自去申请那个工作还是写信去?
罪犯提出重新审判的要求被驳回了
38.Slowly I felt a warmth surging through me,
____ Gradually,I felt warm all over myself,
我感觉到一股暖流涌遍全身。
surge vi,起伏,汹涌澎湃。
洪水在山谷中奔流。
Anger surged (up) within him,
怒气在他心中汹涌澎湃。
39.Because you mattered,… ____ Because
you are important to me,…
e.g.The floods surged over the valley,
VI,Summary of the Text
When I was told that I had a wrong number after
dialing I wondered how he knew that before I said
anything,It was a lonely old man,who
experienced two world wars,I dialed him back and
said hello to him,then we became friends,After
that he called me almost every day,giving me
fatherly advice-i and help,We both felt warm,On
his 89th birthday I was expecting our first face to
face meet when I learned from a postman that my
friend died the day before,
课文佳 句 背诵
1.I was wonder how you knew I had the wrong
number before I even said anything,
2,I’m 88 years old,and,I haven't had this many
wrong numbers in one day in 20 years,
3,Gradually,Adolf took on a kind of fatherly
importance to me,
4.When you get as old as I am,you find out that
time takes care of a lot,
5.Slowly,I felt a warmth surging surging through me,I
heard Adolf’s voice shouting,,Wrong number!”
6., Adolf,” I whispered,,I didn’t get the wrong
number,I got you,
