【同舟学院学习内容】 第六期
狐狸与葡萄
The Fox and the Grapes
英语原文
One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch.
"Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he.
Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch.
Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success.
Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour."
It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
中文翻译
一个炎热的夏日，一只狐狸在果园里散步，突然他看到高处一根修剪过的葡萄藤上挂着一串刚刚成熟的葡萄。
“解渴就靠这个了”，他这么说着。
退了几步之后，他往前又跑又跳的，可惜没够到那串葡萄。
往后再退了几步，一、二、三，往上一跳，还是没有够到那串葡萄。
他试了又试，只希望吃口诱人的葡萄，但最后还是放弃了，他昂首阔步地走开了，说：“我敢肯定葡萄是酸的。”
吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸。
重点词汇词组
1.a bunch of 一串……；一束……
例：She picked me a bunch of flowers.
她给我采了一束鲜花。
【相关俚语】
the best/pick of the bunch 出类拔萃的人（或物）；精英；精品
例：Send in your poems and we'll publish the best of the bunch.
把你的诗歌寄过来，我们将择优出版。
2. quench sb.'s thirst 解渴
例：When it's hot, it's best to quench your thirst with water.
大热天最好喝水解渴。
【常见搭配】
quench a fire/flames 熄灭火
例：Firemen tried to quench the flames raging through the building.
消防队员奋力扑救大楼中熊熊的火焰。
3. draw back 后退
例：He came close but she drew back.
他一步步靠近，而她却一步步向后退。
【常见搭配】
①draw sb. into sth.
把……卷入，使……参与
例：They tried to draw me into their argument, but I refused.
他们试图让我参加他们的争论，但我拒绝了。
②draw sth. up 起草，草拟
例：I've drawn up a list of candidates that I'd like to interview.
我草拟了一个想要采访的候选人名单。
【相关俚语】
①draw the line 拒绝做
例：I don't mind helping, but I draw the line at doing everything myself.
我帮忙倒无所谓，但可不能什么事都让我做。
②draw a blank 无回音；无结果
例：So far, the police investigation has drawn a blank.
到目前为止警方的调查毫无结果。
4. jump up 向上跳
例：Our cat is always jumping up onto the furniture.
我们的猫总是跳到家具上。
【常见搭配】
①jump at sth. 欣然接受
例：She jumped at the chance of a trip to Paris.
她欣然接受了去巴黎旅行的机会。
②jump on sb. 责备，责骂，批评（某人）
例：She jumps on her children instantly if they're disobedient.
孩子们一不听话，她就加以责骂。
【相关俚语】
①jump to conclusions
贸然断定；过早下结论
例：Don't jump to conclusions! Perhaps it was his daughter he was dancing with.
别过早下结论！也许和他跳舞的是他女儿。
②jump through hoops 克服种种障碍
例：We had to jump through hoops to get my Dad admitted to hospital.
我们必须克服种种障碍才让医院收下我父亲。
5.give up sth. 放弃
例：She didn't give up work when she had the baby.
她生了孩子后并未放弃工作。
【常见搭配】
①give sth. away 赠送；捐赠
例：He gave away most of his money to charity.
他把他的大部分钱都捐赠给了慈善事业。
②give in 勉强同意；屈服，认输
例：He nagged me so much for a new bike that eventually I gave in.
他没完没了地缠着我要一辆新自行车，我最后只好答应了。
【相关俚语】
①give or take 相差不到……，出入至多……
例：It cost £200, give or take.
它的价格为200英镑，出入不会太大。
②give way 让（其他车辆）先行
例：You have to give way to traffic coming from the right.
你得让右边驶来的车辆先行。
长难句解析
One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch.
一个炎热的夏日，一只狐狸在果园里散步，突然他看到高处一根修剪过的葡萄藤上挂着一串刚刚成熟的葡萄。
解析：本句是一个主从复合句。主句是a Fox was strolling through an orchard，主语是a Fox，谓语是was strolling，宾语是an orchard，此处用了过去进行时态，表示这只狐狸在那个炎热的夏日正在散步；till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine是时间状语从句；which had been trained over a lofty branch是定语从句，修饰先行词a vine，关系代词which在从句中作主语，从句的谓语使用了过去完成时的被动语态，结构为“had been+过去分词”，表示葡萄藤在狐狸看到葡萄前已经被修剪过了。
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