环境描绘
1.?????? it is the late spring of 1979, a hot, sticky saturday afternoon. 一个火热的星期六下午
2.?????? one day he was walking along the charles river, and a cold burst of wind left him choking for air. 一阵凉风
3.?????? finally, on a hot, humid day in august 1994, morrie and his wife, charlotte, went to the neurologists office. 在一个炽热湿润的日子
4.?????? there was an awkward moment of silence, then the two men were ushered引导 into the study.
5.?????? the sun beamed in through the dining room window, lighting up the hardwood floor.
6.?????? at first, there are a few giggles, but morrie only shrugs, and eventually a deep silence falls and we begin to notice the smallest sounds, the radiator humming?in the corner of the room, the nasal breathing of one of the fat students.
7.?????? there was a momentary silence. 一阵缄默沉静
8.?????? he nodded toward the window with the sunshine streaming in. 阳光洒进来
9.?????? the morning sun was coming through the window behind him, falling on the pink flowers of the hibiscus木槿 plant that sat on the sill.
10.??? it was cold and damp as i walked up the steps to morries house.
11.??? the grass was wet and the sky was the color of milk.
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神态、心境、心思、表面描绘
1.?????? he has sparkling blue green eyes, thinning silver hair that spills onto his forehead, big ears, a triangular nose, and tufts of graying eyebrows. 他有一双闪亮的蓝绿色双眼，稀少的银发垂到脑门上，大耳朵，三角形的鼻子，还有一簇灰白的眉毛。
2.?????? embarrassed, i look at my feet. 用看自个的脚来体现为难的心境。
3.?????? charlotte had a million thoughts running through her mind: how much time do we have left? how will we manage? how will we pay the bills? 三个问号排比，脑际中闪过许多主意主意
4.?????? i do a double take at this guy in his yellow turtleneck and green corduroy pants, the silver hair that falls on his forehead. 穿戴黄色高领毛衣和绿色灯芯绒裤子的人
5.?????? his eyes got moist, and i tried to change the subject, but he dabbed轻拍 his face and waved me off.他的双眼湿润了。
6.?????? his voice dropped to a whisper. 他的声响降到耳语一般小。
7.?????? at nine years old, he felt as if the weight of a mountain were on his shoulders. 九岁那年，他觉得肩上似乎有一座山的重担。比方句
8.?????? he stood next to his father, frozen with fear, hoping the boss wouldnt scream at him, too.
9.?????? i was ripped撕碎 with guilt充溢罪恶感 for what i felt i should be doing for him and fueled燃料 with anger for his denying us the right to do it. 我对自个大约为他做的事感到内疚，对他回绝咱们做这件事的权力感开言英语创始人是谁到愤恨。
10.??? i dont want to leave the world in a state of fright. 我不想以一种严峻失措的状况脱离这个世界。
11.??? when morrie went in, she burned an angry look at him.
12.??? he closed his eyes with a peaceful look. 神态平缓。
13.??? he would say when he saw me, in that foggy, high-pitched voice. 以一种迷糊的、嘹亮的声响
14.??? morrie motioned for my hand, and as i gave it to him, i felt a surge of guilt. ?????? ?????? 、morrie暗示我的手，当我递给他时，我感到一阵内疚。
15.??? he was crying again, a soft and quiet cry, and because his head was back, the tears rolled off the side of his face before they reached his lips.
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动作描绘
1.?????? when he steps back, i see that he is crying.
2.?????? he twisted扭动 and twirled旋转, he waved his arms like a conductor on amphetamines振奋剂, until sweat was dripping down滴下 the middle of his back.
3.?????? when the famous man entered the house, they buzzed 开言英语创始人是谁 with excitement-all except morrie, who wheeled himself forward, raised his eyebrows, and interrupted the clamor with his high, singsong voice.
4.?????? i was astonished by his complete lack of self-pity.
i shot a glance at my watch.
i raised my eyebrows.
he shrugged his shoulders.
5.?????? he smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth. 他对我浅笑，皱起的双眼，曲折的牙齿。
6.?????? i flew to detroit, arrived late in the afternoon, dragged myself home and went to sleep. 描述疲倦。
7.?????? morrie rolled his eyes and smiled.
8.?????? she stopped in the middle of the sentence, turning her head slightly, listening for something. then she continued. 体现半吐半吞
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句式/美句
1.?????? for many of us, the curtain has just come down on childhood. 关于咱们中的许多人来说，年少的帷幕刚刚落下。（比方，把大学结业典礼比方成年少闭幕）
2.?????? as my old professor searched for answers, the disease took him 开言英语创始人是谁 over, day by day, week by week.疾病控制了他，一每六合，一周周地。
3.?????? als is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax. 比方句，生动形象说明了als疾病的特征。
4.?????? in fact, the most unusual part of his life was about to unfold.? 实际上，他生射中最不寻常的有些即将打开。 fold折叠；unfold打开。
5.?????? i wandered around处处闲逛 my early twenties, paying rent and reading classifieds and wondering why the lights were not turning green for me. 为啥日子不给我亮起绿灯（比方日子不顺）
6.?????? i worked at a pace that knew no hours, no limits. 我不分昼夜、没有极限地作业。
7.?????? instead, i buried myself in accomplishments, because with accomplishments, i believed i could control things. 相反，我静心于作用之中，因为有了作用，我信赖我可以控制悉数。
8.?????? so many people walk around with a meaningless life. the way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loveing others, devote yourself to your community 开言英语创始人是谁 around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
9.?????? sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. and if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too — even when you’re in the dark. even when you’re falling. (信赖摔背游戏)
10.??? were involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going.
11.??? eva would accept nothing less than excellence in school, because she saw education as the only antidot解药 to their poverty. she herself went to night school to improve her english. morries love for education was hatched孵化 in her arms.比方。eva无法承受不优良的学校成果，因为她认为教育是消除贫穷的仅有良药。她自个去夜宵前进英语水平，morrie对教育的酷爱也是在她的怀里孵化出来。
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14.??? the fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand 开言英语创始人是谁 today if it isnt the family.
15.??? without love, we are birds with broken wings. 比方
16.??? you know what pain is. you know what love is. you know what grief is. 排比句and only then can you say,倒装句 `all right. i have experienced that emotion. i recognize that emotion. now i need to detach from that emotion for a moment.?? grief=sorrow
17.??? it was a lesson he never forgot.
18.??? they were light on what you 比照句式
19.??? 我拥抱变老。
20.??? there were good days and bad days now.
21.??? devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
22.??? only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. 倒装句。只需翻开心扉，你才干对等地在每自个之间起浮。
23.??? marriage. almost everyone i knew had a problem with it. some had problems getting into it,开言英语创始人是谁 some had problems getting out.
24.??? there are a few rules i know to be true about love and marriage: if you donre gonna have a lot of trouble. your values must be alike.
25.??? the way to do it, i think, isnt to run away. you have to work at creating your own culture.
26.??? we all have the same beginning-birth-and we all have the same end-death.
27.??? the teaching goes on.
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词汇
1. adj. 无量的，极大的??????????????????? enormous
i would like to acknowledge the enormous help given to me in creating this book.
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2. n. 许多，许多???????????????????????????? multitude
for their memories, their patience, and their guidance, i wish to thank charlotte, rob, and jonathan schwartz, maurie stein, charlie derber, gordie fellman, david schwartz, rabbi al axelrad, and the multitude of morries friends and colleagues.
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3. n. 面试?????????????????????开言英语创始人是谁?????????????????? oral exams
no grades were given, but there were oral exams each week.
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4. 提出疑问???????????????????????????????????? pose a question
you were expected to respond to questions, and you were expected to pose questions of your own.
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5. n. 学分??????????????????????????????????????? credit
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? kissing him good-bye earned you extra credit.
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6. 替代??????????????????????????????????????????? in lieu of = replace
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? a funeral was held in lieu of graduation.
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7. adj. 黏糊糊的，火热的??????????????? sticky
???????????????????????????????????????????????????it is the late spring of 1979, a hot, sticky saturday afternoon.
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8. adj.不耐心的，烦躁的????????????????? impatiently
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? we listen impatiently to long speeches.
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9. n. & v. 断定????????????????????????????????? sentence
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? his death sentence came in the summer of 1994.
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10. adj.晚期的????????????????????????????????? terminal
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n. 航空站，结束站，终端???????? the list was in my bag when i returned to west newton for the fourth time, a tuesday in late august when the air-conditioning at the logan airport terminal was not working, and people fanned themselves and wiped sweat angrily from their foreheads, and every face i saw looked ready to kill somebody. 动作描绘+神态描绘
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11. adv.牵强，几乎不????????????????????? barely
he backed the car out of the garage one morning and could barely push the brakes.
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uneducated and barely able to speak english, he was terribly poor, and the family was on public assistance much of the time.
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12. adj. 丧命的，灾害性的????????????? fatal
i have been teaching this course for twenty years, and this is the first time i can say there is a risk in taking it, because i have a fatal illness.
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13. adj.无量的深切的了解深化的???? profound
but my old professor had made a profound decision, one he began to construct the day he came

out of the doctors office with a sword hanging over his head. 头上悬着一把剑 （向死而生）
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14. v. 叙说?????????????????????????????????????? narrate? = tell about
morrie would walk that final bridge between life and death, and narrate the trip.
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15. v. 认为?????????????????????????????????????? figure? 【近】calculate? think
over the years, i threw away any mail that came from brandeis university, figuring they were only asking for money.
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16. 俄然听到啥??????????????????????????? catch one’s eyes / ears
it might have stayed that way, had i not been flicking through the tv channels late one night, when something caught my ear…
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17. v. 抹粉，n. 粉末??????????????????????? powder
his philosophy哲学 was that death should not be embarrassing; he was not about to powder its nose.
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to face the powder and not to powder the face. 不爱红装爱配备。许渊冲经典翻译
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18. 大一?????

???????????????????????????????????? freshman ??????????? it is my freshman year.
?????? 大二????????????????????????????????????????? sophomore ???????? in my sophomore year,
?????? 大三????????????????????????????????????????? junior?????????????????? it is my junior year.
?????? 大四????????????????????????????????????????? senior????????????????? by the start of my senior year,
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19. adj.无量的，激烈的?????????????????? overwhelming
the whole time i know him, i have two overwhelming desires: to hug him and to give him a napkin.
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20. adj. 有出路的，有期望的?????????? i was hardly the promising student who had left him sixteen years earlier.
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21. adv. 留心翼翼地??????????????????????? gingerly??? 【近】cautiously
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? morrie told koppel, perching his glasses gingerly on his nose and ears.
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22. adv. 否

则 “正本”??????????????????????? otherwise
she had a glow that warmed the otherwise murky atmosphere his father created.
她宣告出的光辉温暖了他父亲营建的正本昏暗的气氛。
i was amazed, once again, at his ability to draw emotion from people who otherwise kept it locked away. 我再一次惊奇于他的才能，他能从那些正本把它锁起来的人那里获得情感。
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23. 为…做预备?????????????????????????????? gear up for sth 【近】prepare for
back in detroit, the newspaper strikers were gearing up for a huge holiday demonstration, to show the solidarity of unions against management.
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24. adv. 极端?????????????????????????????????? supremely? 【近】extremely
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? love is so supremely important.
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25. n. 洗脑????????????????????????????????????? brainwashing
s what we do in this country. owning things is good. more money is good. more property is good. more commercialism is good. more is good. more is good. we repeat it-and have it repeated to us-over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise(=differently). the average person is so fogged up迷雾 by all this, he has no perspective 观念on whats really important anymore.
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26. n. 完满主义者?????????????????????????? perfectionist
shy about her talent, and a perfectionist about conditions, janine never did.
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27. n. 音符????????????????????????????????????? note
morrie closed his eyes to absorb the notes. 他闭着眼细心听那些音符。
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28. n. 短视????????????????????????????????????? shortsightedness
no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness.
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29. adj. 无量成功的; 欢欣煽动的;???? triumphant?? 【名】triumph
the students look at him. they stop chanting. he sits down, smiling and triumphant.