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1、UNIT 1 University life,大学生活,Contents,Section 1,大学生活丰富多彩，令人难忘。詹姆斯瑟伯，这位继马克 吐温之后美国最伟大的幽默作家，他又有着怎样的大学趣事？ University Days By James Thurber I passed all the other courses that I took at my university, but I could never pass .,大学生涯 詹姆斯瑟伯 我大学所修的各门课程都通过了，但就是过不了植物学这一关。,botany,主题阅读,This was because all botany
2、students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory looking through a microscope at plant cells, and I could never see through a .I never once saw a cell through a microscope. This used to my .,这是因为，凡是修植物学课程的学生都必须每周在实验室里呆上若干小时，透过显微镜观察植物细胞，而我却总是看不透显微镜。我从未透过显微镜看见过一个细胞，这每每令我的老师勃然大怒。,microscope,e
3、nrage,instructor,主题阅读,He would wander around the laboratory pleased with the progress all the students were making in drawing the involved and, so I was told, interesting structure of flower cells, until he came to me. I would just be standing there. “I cant see anything,” I would say. He would begi
4、n patiently enough, explaining how anybody can see through a microscope, but he would always end up in a ,他总是在实验室踱来踱去，为所有学生在绘画有关花朵细胞的结构上所取得的进步而高兴，大家告诉我那是很有意思的结构。最后他来到我面前，我则往往站在那儿，说道：“我什么也看不见。” 他开始说话时总是很耐心，说明谁都能通过显微镜观看细胞，但又总是以怒不可遏告终。,fury,主题阅读,claiming that I could too see through a microscope but ju
5、st pretended that I couldnt. “It takes away from the beauty of flowers anyway,” I used to tell him. “We are not concerned with beauty in this course,” he would say. “We are concerned with what I may call the of .” “Well,” Id say, “I cant see anything.” “Try it just once again,” hed say,他宣称，我也能看透显微镜，
6、只是假装不能而已。我总对他说：“不管怎样，这都剥夺了花的美。”他则说：“这门课程讲的不是美，而主要讲的是姑妄称之为花的结构。”“唔”，我说，“我什么也看不见。”再试一次”，他说，,mechanics,solely,flars,主题阅读,and I would put my eye to the microscope and see nothing at all, except now and again a milky substance a phenomenon of . “You were supposed to see vivid clockwork of sharply defined
7、 plant cells.” “I see what looks like a lot of milk,” I would tell him. This, he , was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly, so he would it for me, or rather, for himself.,于是我便把眼睛放在显微镜上，除了偶尔看见一种模糊的乳状物质之外，根本什么也看不见，而这种模糊的乳状物质则是一种（显微镜）调试失当的现象。“你应该看见轮廓鲜明的植物细胞，它们形似时钟结构，生动鲜明、运动不停。”
8、“我看到的就像大量牛奶。”我告诉他，而他则声称，这是由于我没能调好显微镜所致，因而他就为我调试，更确切的说是为他自己调试，,restless,maladjustment,readjust,claimed,nebulous,主题阅读,And I would look again and see milk. I finally took a pass, and waited a year and tried again. The professor had come back from vacation brown as a , bright-eyed, and eager to explain
9、cell structure again to his classes. “Well”, he said to me, , when we met in the first laboratory hour of the semester, “were going to see cells this time, arent we?” “Yes, sir,” I said.,而当我再次观看，又看见牛奶。 最后我得了个延期及格，又等了一年再修这门课程。教授度假归来，脸晒得黝黑，像个浆果，眼睛发亮，热切地想要向各班学生再次讲解细胞的结构。我们在开学后第一堂实验课上见了面，他兴高采烈地对我说，“唔，这次
10、我们会看见细胞的，对吗？”“对，先生”，我说道。,berry,cheerily,deferred,在我右方、左方和前方的学生都能看到细胞，不仅如此，他们还静静地在笔记本上绘制细胞图片。当然，我什么也没有看见。 教授严厉地对我说，“我们将用人类所知的每一种调试显微镜的方法再试一次。上帝作证，我要为你调试这个显微镜，让你透过它看见细胞，若不然这个书我就不教了。我教了年的植物学”,主题阅读,Students to right of me and to left of me and in front of me were seeing cells; whats more, they were quie
11、tly drawing pictures of them in their notebooks. Of course, I didnt see anything. “Well try it,” the professor said to me, ,“with every adjustment to the microscope known to man. As God is my , Ill arrange this glass so that you see cells through it or Ill give up teaching. In twenty-two years of bo
12、tany, I. ”,witness,grimly,他突然缄口不语，因为他全身颤抖了起来，他确实想控制住自己的情绪，他对我大动肝火已让他大伤元气。 然后我们尝试着用人类所知的每一种调试显微镜的方法进行调试。只有一次我没有看见漆黑一片或者那种熟悉的乳状混浊物,主题阅读,He for he was beginning to all over and he wished to ; his scenes with me had taken a great deal out of him. So we tried it with every adjustment of the microscope kn
13、own to man. With only one of them did I see anything but blackness or the familiar ,lacteal,opacity,abruptly,quiver,temper,hold onto his,genuinely,cut off,那一次我看见由斑斑点点组成的灿烂群星，不禁惊喜交加，于是匆忙把这灿烂群星画了下来。老师见我忙个不停，于是从邻座走来，眉开眼笑，满怀希望。他看了看我画的细胞。“这是什么？”他诘问道，埋怨之情溢于言表。,主题阅读,and that time I saw, to my pleasure and
14、amazement, a of and dots. These I drew. The instructor, noting my activity, came back from an desk, a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope. He looked at my cell drawing. “Whats that?” he demanded, with a hint of a in his voice.,squeal,adjoining,flecks,constellation,hastily,variegated,“这是我
15、看到的。”我说道。“不是，不是的，不是！”他尖叫着，顿时大发雷霆，并且弯下身来，眯着眼睛朝显微镜里望去。他猛地抬起头来。“这是你的眼睛！”他喊道，“你调的镜头反射了！你画的是你的眼睛！”,主题阅读,“Thats what I saw,” I said. “You didnt, you didnt, you didnt!” he screamed, losing control of his temper , and he bent over and into the microscope. His head up. “Thats your eye!” he shouted. “Youve fixed the lens so that it reflects! Youve drawn your eye!”,squinted,snapped,instantly,Section 1,1. Choose the best answer for each question. 1 The author didnt pass botany at university because _. A. botany was too difficult for him to study
