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【正文】 he had to do to make her intelligent enough to be his wife.) Back Page 17 ? I went back to my room with a heavy heart. () ?heavy heart: depressed, sorrowful feeling ?I went back to my room feeling sad and frustrated. Back Page 18 ? “ Gee, that was a delish (=delicious) dinner,” she said as we left the restaurant. () ? Gee: an exclamation of surprise, wonder, etc. ? Delish: clipped vulgar form for “ delicious” ? The writer deliberately makes Polly Espy use a lot of exclamatory words like: “ Gee, Oo, wowdow” and clipped vulgar forms like: “ delish, marvy, sensaysh, terrif, magnif etc.” to create the impression of a simple and rather stupid girl. ? This contrasts strongly with the boasting of the narrator and thus helps to increase the force of satire and irony. Back Page 19 ? This girl’ s lack of information was terrifying. () ?Polly’ s lack of knowledge (her ignorance) was dreadful (frightening). Back Page 20 ? This loomed as a project of no small dimensions, and at first I was tempted to give her back to Petey. () ?loom: v. to e into sight without a clear form, esp. in a way that appears very large and unfriendly, causing fear. 隱約出現(xiàn) ?If sth. looms, it appears as a problem or event that is approaching, or that will soon happen, a rather literary use. ?This looms as a big question for many new parents. ?A figure loomed (up) out of the mist. ?The threat of war loomed over the country. Back Page 21 ?no small: Understatement, restraint or lack of emphasis in expression, as for rhetorical effect. 保守的陳述 , 掩飾 ?Litotes/Understatement: A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, 曲言法 , 間接表達法 , 反語法 (以反面的否定代替肯定的詞格 ) ?not bad = very good ?no easy = very difficult ?This is no small problem=This is a very big/serious problem. Back Page 22 ?dimension: n. (1) a measurement in any one direction, extent ?Length is one dimension and width is another. ?Time is sometimes called the fourth dimension. (2) a particular side or part of a problem, subject, etc.。s Polly to me, or me to Polly?” () ?He has no reason to weep over losing Polly. Petey goes on rationalizing. Back Page 9 ?“ Not a thing,” said I. () ?Ellipsis. “ Polly means not a thing to you.” Back Page 10 ?“ It’ s just been a casual kick — just a few laughs, that’ s all.” () ?casual kic
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