Educated精读笔记

Educated 精读笔记

1 【形容人物心情】 欣喜若狂的  

     rapturous  adj 

     Dad was rapturous. “Them doctors can’t tell what’s wrong just     by touching you,” he said, glowing. “But Mother can!”

爸爸欣喜若狂。“那些医生可不能仅凭触摸就知道你出了什么问题，”他神采飞扬地说，“但是你母亲能.

2 【人物表情描写】 她的表情空洞

      her face become vacant

3  【人物说话】 某人喃喃自语，小声自言自语

   That’s when I began to notice Mother moving around the house, her hand resting lightly on various objects as she muttered to herself, her fingers flexing in a steady rhythm.

    就是在这时候，我开始注意到母亲在家中四处走动，她把手轻轻放在各种物品上，喃喃自语，手指以稳定的节奏弯曲。

4 恳求;祈愿除了用prayer之外，还可以用 supplication

  She knelt in supplication.

  她跪地祷求。

5 想入非非， 一厢情愿 ，痴心妄想，想得美  wishful thinking 

when Mother had first heard of muscle testing and energy work, she’d dismissed both as wishful thinking.

母亲第一次听说肌肉测试和能量工作，觉得那全是人的一厢情愿。

复习一下：

1 rapturous 

2 her face became vacant 

3 mutter to oneself 

4 supplication 

5 wishful thinking