江西自考综合英语二下册详解第十四课上

　　1. Early Kinship with Nature 早期与自然结友 Carson's love of Nature in her childhood

　　kinship ： （written） a feeling of being close

　　eg： As he had lived in the village for ten years during the cultural

　　revolution， he felt a sense of kinship with the young migrant workers from the

　　village.

　　因为他在 文化革命期间在那个村子里生活了十年，他对来自那个村的年轻民工有一种亲切感。

　　2. She is at ease with them 她与树林里的生灵在一起感到轻松舒畅。

　　be/feel at （one's ）ease： be completely relaxed （心情）轻松。

　　The young girl will make a good nurse for she feels most at ease with

　　small children.

　　那个年轻姑娘会成为一个好保育员，因为她与小孩子在一起感到十分轻松

　　3. It was comforting to suppose that the stream of life would flow on through time in whatever course God had given it-without interference by one of the drops in that stream-man

　　设想这生命之泉，按照上帝指定的历程，将永远奔流不息而不会受到人类－这泉中的一滴水

　　珠－的干预，真令人感到欣慰。

　　One felt comfortable and relaxed to think that life would go on forever along the

　　way Nature has directed free from interference by man.

　　one of the drops in that stream： in the stream of life man is one of the

　　creatures.

　　4. The little girl， like many people， feels that these wonders of Nature are precious andpermanent.

　　depend on sb./sth. （for sth.）：依靠，依赖……而获得

　　eg：　The country depends on its oil-rich neighbours for its oil supply.

　　这个国家依靠其石油丰富的邻国供应石油。

　　have sth. as one's food以什么为主食

　　eg：　 Most southern people live on rice.多数南方人以大米为主食。

　　5. It was pleasant to believe，“…” that much of Nature as forever beyond the tampering reach of man thing in his life.

　　1）　much of Nature： 大自然中存在的许多东西

　　2） beyond the tampering reach of man： 人类无法干预和改变

　　tamper （with） ： 损害，削弱，篡改

　　eg：He found his program has been tampered with. 他发现有人篡改了他的程序。

　　tamper with history， sb's teachings…

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