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you spend all your savings on a sailboat? Kobak: Because I’ve loved the sea ever since my childhood and been dreaming of sailing around the world some day. More: Did you tell your father about your dream? Kobak: Yes, I did at first. But he showed no faith in my dream。 instead he wanted me to follow in his footsteps. Back Next 6. Practice: interpreting Reference answer: 38 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1interpreting Back Next 莫爾: 你應(yīng)該堅持自己的夢想 。 (stick to) 科巴克: 沒錯 , 可是當時我的同學(xué) 、 朋友甚至老師都嘲笑我 , 我 心里一直很郁悶 , 只好把夢想藏在心底了 。 (make fun of ) 莫爾: 所以 , 你想等自己工作以后掙錢買船 。 科巴克: 不錯 。 想不到遇上了騙子 , 買了一艘毒品走私船 , 所以我很 憤慨 。 (deceived) 莫爾: 年輕人 , 保持平和心態(tài)很重要??;把船靠過來吧 。 (keep a balanced mind) 科巴克: 謝謝 , 你讓我學(xué)會了一個做人的道理 。 (give sb. a lesson) 6. Practice: interpreting For Reference Answer Click Here 39 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1interpreting More: You should stick to your dream. Kobak: You are right. But I was very unhappy when all my classmates, friends and even my teachers made fun of me. I had to keep my dream hidden within my heart. More: So you had waited until you began to work and make money for a boat. Kobak: Yes. But unfortunately, I was deceived by a con man and bought a drugtrafficking boat. That’s why I was so angry. More: Anyway, it’s important to keep a balanced mind, young man. Now pull your boat over. Kobak: Thanks a lot for giving me a good lesson on life. Back Next 6. Practice: interpreting 40 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1translation Back Next 7. Practice: translation 1. The father just laughed and shook his head, showing no faith in his son or his dream. 他父親只是笑了笑 , 搖了搖頭 , 對兒子和兒子的夢想沒有什么信心 。 A. Put the following sentences in the text into Chinese. Pay special attention to the italicized expressions. 41 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1translation Back Next 2. The kids at school also made fun of him, so much so that he stopped sharing his thoughts and desires and kept them hidden within his heart… 在學(xué)校里,同學(xué)們也拿他開玩笑,以至于他再也不愿和他們交流想法和愿望,而是把這些想法和愿望埋藏在心底 ?? 7. Practice: translation 3. It seemed that the world’s thumb was pressing the boy down throughout his adolescence. 在他少年時期,好像全世界都不支持他的想法。 42 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1translation Back Next 4. They were surprised, to say the least, and wished him well, while never admitting they were wrong. 5. The harbormaster waved his arms and yelled for the young man to stop, that there was a storm ing. 他們很驚訝 , 這樣說毫不夸張 , 但他們還是祝他一切順利 , 然而絕不承認自己是錯的 。 港務(wù)長揮舞著手臂 , 高喊著暴風雨即將來臨 , 要年輕人停 下來 。 7. Practice: translation 43 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1translation Back Next B. Complete the following sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in the brackets. 7. Practice: translation 1. ___________________________ (他們沒有取笑他 ), they became touchingly protective. 2. _________________________________ (等到二月份一 切定下來之后 ), we will announce if his next work will be a movie or TV drama. Instead of making fun of him When all things are finalized in February 44 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1translation Back Next 7. Practice: translation 3. _______________________________ (所有準備工作正在進行 中 ) to meet the typhoon and for the fishermen to dock at the port. 4. Prew had a bad day: he lost his cell phone on the way back, then he had a bad fall, and when he found his wallet missing, _______________________________________ (他就再也忍 不住哭了起來 ). 5. _________________________ (成年后 ), he took a job selling newspapers at a Brooklyn subway exit. Every preparation was being made that was the last straw and he began to cry When he was/came of age 45 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1writing Back Next A. Write a summary of the text (max. 150 words), referring to the outline below. For Reference Answer Click Here 8. Practice: writing Summary outline: 1. A boy dreaming of sailing around the world。 2. No one supporting his dream。 3. His insistence on realizing his dream and buying a boat with his savings。 4. His boat being confiscated and his ill feelings。 5. His sailing the boat and meeting with stormy weather. 46 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1writing 8. Practice: writing The young man in the story dreamed of sailing around the world, but he never received any support or encouragement from people around him, not even his father, who wanted his son to work like him in a factory. But the boy stuck to his dream and to make his dream e true, he did two jobs to earn enough money for a sailboat. At long last, he purchased a boat and was ready to sail when federal agents were preparing to confiscate it for carrying drugs. He was even asked to pay for the docking fees of the former owner. The young man couldn’t take the hard blow and in anger and desperation, he painted “Ill Feelings” on the boat and sailed out regardless of the warning of an uping storm. Soon he found himself in danger when attacked by the storm and asked the harbormaster to harbor his boat. But to his dismay, he was told no “Ill Feelings” would be harbored in this dock. Reference answer: Back Next 47 上海交通大 學(xué) 出版社 Focus1writing Back Next B. Basic sentence writing techniques: how to avoid runon sentences (連寫句 ) (1) Correct the following runon sentences. 1. Let me give you a word of advice he is very shrewd. Let me give you a word of advice: he is very shrewd. (By using a colon) 8. Pr