精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上Lesson Two In the LaboratorySamuel H. Scudder Learning Guide 美国著名昆虫学家塞缪尔?斯卡德记叙了多年前他初进哈佛读书，在阿加西斯教授的实验室学习的一段难忘的经历：一条作标本的鱼，竟让他用肉眼整整观察了三天然而他所学到的东西使他终身受益对学生有问必答、有求必应、事无巨细一概包揽的就是个好老师吗?能把老师的知识全部学到的就是好学生吗?俗话说严师出高徒师应严在何处?徒又高在哪里?仔细品味本文，你一定会有所收获 这篇文章是美国昆虫学家Samuel H.Scudder（1837-1911）回忆读书时，他老师的学术态度，老师的对待科学的严谨态度使他终生受益Samuel H.Scudder在Williams College以及Harvard University受的教育，是他那个时代有名的昆虫学家一、词 汇 1.laboratory n. 实验室 缩写为 lab 2. enroll v. 登记，注册 3.reach v. 伸手取 4.specimen n. 标本，样品 5.alcohol n. 酒精 6. disappointed adj. 失望的，沮丧的 7.disappointment n. 失望，沮丧 8. gaze v. 凝视，盯着 9. challenging adj. 有挑战性的 10. unpleasant adj. 讨厌的，使人不愉快的 11. set v. 着手；决心 12. disgusting adj. 十分讨厌的，令人恶心的 13. ghastly adj. 苍白的，死人一般的 14. beneath prep. 在…下面 15.sideways adv. adj. 侧面的；横向的 16. magnifying glass n. 放大镜 17. instrument n. 仪器，器械 18. limited adj. 受限制的，有限的 19.field n. 范围，领域 20. desperation n. 绝望 21.scale n. （鱼、蛇等的）鳞，鳞片 22.nonsense n. 无意义的行为 23.strike v. （一种想法）突然产生 24.feature n. 特点，特征 25.creature n. （包括人类的）生物，动物 26.encouraging adj. 激励的，振奋人心的 27.attentively adv. 专心地，聚精会神地 28.brief adj. 简洁的，简短的 29.air n. 神态，样子 30.earnestly adv. 认真地 31. visible 可见的，看得见的 32.plainly adv. 明白地，易懂地 33.misery n. 苦恼，痛苦，不幸 34.wretched adj. 讨厌的，悲惨的，可怜的 35.criticism n. 批评 36.close n. 终结，结束 37.inquire v. 询问 38.next best adj. 次好的，居第二位的 39.disconcerting adj. 令人紧张的，使人心慌的 40.account n. 说明，解说；报告 41.reassuring adj. 使人放心的，给人打气的 42.symmetrical adj. 对称的 43.paired adj. 成对的 44.thoroughly adv. 完全地，彻底地 45. repay v. 回报，偿还 46.wakeful adj. 不眠的，睡不着的 47.most adv. 非常，很，极 48.enthusiastically adv. 热情地，热心地 49.point n. 特征，品质 50.artificial adj. 人造的，人工的 51.aid n. 辅助器具 52.repeat v. 重说；重做 53.similarity n. 相似之处 54.family n. （生物）科 55. part v. 使分开，分离 56. part with 丢掉，卖掉，放弃 57.observe v. 观察，注意到 58.orderly adj. 有秩序的，有条理的 59.arrangement n. 排列；安排 60.urge v. 驱策；激励；推动 61.connection n. 联系；关系 62.in connection with 与……相关联 63.law n. 规律 二、课文分析Page 28 Para. 11. I entered Professor Agassizs laboratory, and told him I had enrolled my name in the Scientific School as a student of natural history.我进入阿加西教授的实验室，告诉他，我已经注册成为自然科学院的一名生物学的学生。
A. enroll ones name 注册某人的名字；B. the Scientific School:自然科学院 C. natural history: 生物学：the study of plants and animals Page 28 Para. 22. "When do you wish to begin?"你想什么时候开始？Page 28 Para. 33."Now," I replied.Page 28 Para. 44. This seemed to please him, and with an energetic "Very well!" he reached from a shelf a huge jar of specimens in yellow alcohol. 这似乎让他很高兴，（于是）他精神饱满地说了一句"好极了！"，就伸手从架子上取下一只大瓶子，里面的黄色酒精中浸泡着标本 A. seem to do sth. 好像…B. With an energetic “very well” 是 with 复合结构，做状语，修饰后面的动词reached C reach 伸手拿 D a huge jar 大瓶子】 E specimen 标本 样品5. "Take this fish," he said, "and look at it; by and by I will ask what you have seen." With that he left me. A． by and by : before long, soon 过一会，不久 e.g. By and by the clouds disappeared. 乌云不久便消散了。
B with that :说完那些话6.I was disappointed, for gazing at a fish did not seem to be challenging enough to an eager student, 我感到很失望因为对一个求知欲强的学生来说，光是目不转睛地盯着一条鱼似乎不能足以发挥其才能A for 引导一个并列句，为前面的失望提供依据 （原因）B gazing at a fish 是动名词短语，作主语7.and the alcohol had a very unpleasant smell. But I said nothing and began to work immediately. 而且那酒精有一股难闻的气味但是我什么也没说，马上就开始工作了A And 引出另一个并列从句，意思是“而且，此外尚有…”Page 29 Para. 68..In ten minutes I had seen all that could be seen in the fish, and started to look for the Professor---who had, however, left.不出十分钟，我把那条鱼身上能看到地东西全看完了。
然后就开始寻找教授然而，他已经走了 A all that could be seen in the fish. All表示鱼身上能看到的所有东西 当定语从句修饰的词（先行词）为不定代词时，定语从句的关系代词用that不用which9. Half an hour passed---an hour ----another hour; the fish began to look disgusting. 半小时过去了，一个小时又一个小时的过去了这条鱼开始看起来令人恶心 A look 联系动词 后面接形容词（分词也是形容词）作表语10.I turned it over and around; looked it in the face---- ghastly; from behind, beneath, above, sideways-----just as ghastly. 我把鱼翻来翻去，瞧瞧头部—— 怪可怕的；再从后面看，从下面、上面、侧面看，—— 也是怪可怕的 A turn over and round 翻过来翻过去 B look sb./sth. in the face / eyes : 正视（某人或某事）11. I must not use a magnifying glass, nor instruments of any kind. Just my two hands, my two eyes, and the fish: it seemed a most limited field of study. 我不能使用放大镜，不能使用任何类型的仪器。
就用我的一双手，两只眼睛看着这条鱼 这个研究范围似乎太狭窄了 A must not 不许，禁止 一定不要，表示强烈的阻止 B most: very12. With a feeling of desperation again I looked at that fish. I pushed my finger down its throat to feel how sharp the teeth were. 带着无可奈何的心情，我再次去看那条鱼我把手指头伸进它的喉咙去感受一下它牙齿有多锋利14.I began to count the scales in the different rows, until I was convinced that was nonsense. 我开始数一行行的鱼鳞，直到我确信这样做毫无意义A. row: 横排 queue :纵列，队伍（手写板） B. be convinced …确信…15. At last a happy thought struck me --- I would draw the fish; and now with surprise I began to discover new features in the creature. Just then the Professor returned.最后我突然有一个令人愉快的想法 我可以把鱼画出来；令我惊奇的是我。