Text B Love Under the Nazis

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Text B

Love Under the Nazis

Book 2, Unit 4

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New Words

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chamber

• gas chamber• 死刑毒气室

• death chamber• 死囚处决室

• chamber music• 室内乐

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landscape

• landscape / scenery / scene / sight / view

• landscape: 风景，景色，地表风貌• scenery: 自然风光的总称• scene: 某一处自然风光• sight: 人文景点• view: 从人的角度，一眼看到的景色

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kneel

• (knelt, knelt)

• kneel down to pray• 跪下祈祷

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toll

• n.• 1. 伤亡人数

• the death toll• 死亡人数

• 2. 通行费• toll gate• 收费站

• v. • 缓慢而反复敲响• For Whom the Bell Tolls • 丧钟为谁而鸣

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descend

• descend on / upon someone• 突然来访或看望某人

• descend to something• 降低身份做某事

• -scend: climb• ascend 上升

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accustomed

• get / be accustomed to sth.

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diet

• be on a diet• 节食

• a balanced diet• 均衡饮食

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insurance

• life insurance

• 人寿险• car insurance

• 车险• insurance on my house against fire

• 给房子保火险• an insurance policy

• 保险单• claim on your insurance

• 索赔

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reluctant

• be reluctant to do sth.

• 不情愿做某事

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exile

• be sent into exile

• 被放逐

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Background Information

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Nazi Germany

• the Third Reich (1933~1945)

• governed by Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)

coat of arms / insignia

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concentration camp

• Jews• political prisoners• criminals• homosexuals• gypsies• the mentally ill and others

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Story Retelling

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• The writer was brought to the concentration camp…

• When the writer saw the young girl walking past on the other side of the fence for the first time, he wanted to look away…

• The young girl…

• The daily meeting between the writer and the young girl…

• Years later, the writer came to live in New York, and he…

• The two of them had a chance to see each other again…

• The writer didn’t like talking about his experience in the war…

• For the woman, the memory of seeing the writer in the concentration camp…

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Passage Reading

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Para. 1

• It is cold on this winter day in 1942.

• “narrative present”

• The writer is telling a story about what happened more than half a century ago.

• the present tense throughout

• the purpose of achieving an immediacy in time

• produce the effect of great vividness

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Para. 1

• We suffer under the whips of the terrible Nazis.

• whip: used metaphorically to refer to the terrible rule of the Nazis.

• under the whips of: under the threat of being beaten by a whip 在…的皮鞭下

• 在爱中长大的孩子，学会了仁慈；在皮鞭下长大的孩子，只会产生仇恨。

• The children brought up with love will learn to be kind while those who grow up under the whips will only breed hatred in their hearts.

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Para. 2

• She has light, gravity-free steps of a fairy.

• -free: not having

• tax-free, lead-free, salt-free, smoke-free

• paraphrase:

• She has the light steps, seemingly not affected by gravity, like those of a fairy.

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Para. 2

• The camp has taken its toll on me.

• take its toll on: have a very bad effect on sb. or sth.损害，破坏

• 高血压严重损害老人的健康。

• High blood pressure has taken its toll on the old man’s health.

• 光线不足已损害了他的视力。

• Poor lighting has taken its toll on his eyesight.

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Para. 4

• But in here, I cling to any tiny trace of hope.

• cling to:

• 1. continue to believe or do sth., even though it may not be true or useful any longer 坚信、坚持• He clung to the hope that she would be cured.

• 2. hold tightly to 紧抓• The frightened child clung to his mother.

• paraphrase:

• But here in the concentration camp, I tightly hold any small amount of hope for survival.

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Para. 5

• I catch it as it is descending.

• descend: move down from a higher level

• paraphrase:• I catch the apple as it is falling down.

• “Descend” is often used in a figurative way.• It means that a certain feeling or a major disaster affects a

person or persons.• 他感到一阵悲哀，悄悄地离开了房间。• A feeling of sadness descended on him and made him leave

the room quietly.

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Para. 6

• I am being shipped to another camp.

• paraphrase:

• I will be sent to another concentration camp.

• a future happening

• In English, the structure “be doing” is very often used to describe a future event that is scheduled to happen in the near future.

• The plane is taking off at 5 o’clock.

• None of the shops in the town is closing tomorrow.

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Para. 8

• I am living in New York City, a far cry from the awful scenery of Nazi Germany.

• a far cry from: completely different from sth. else

• 他今天的贫穷生活与他童年的奢侈生活有天壤之别。• All this poverty today in his life was a far cry from the

luxury of his childhood.

• 该产品的质量与广告中所吹嘘的大相径庭。• The quality of the product is a far cry from what has boasted

in the advertisement.

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Para. 11

• Roma gets a faraway look in her eyes, as if she is remembering something painful yet sweet.

• a faraway look: an expression which shows that someone is not paying attention but thinking about sth. else

• paraphrase:

• Roma’s eyes start to show that her mind has traveled far back to the past years, as if she is remembering some painful but sweet things.

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Expressions in the Text

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集中营 concentration camp

天天

在……的皮鞭下

毒气室

from day to day

under the whips of

gas chamber

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保安人员 a security guard

徘徊 walk back and forth

铁丝栅栏 the wire fence

start a fire生火

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损害 take its toll on sb. or sth.

非常羞愧

把目光移开

把…扔过栅栏

feel oddly ashamed

take one’s eyes from …

throw sth. over the fence

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消失在远处 disappear into the distance

磁力 a magnetic force

把…猛扔过栅栏 fling sth. over the fence

come to an end结束

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失去控制 lose control

泪水滑落

大相径庭

发了小财

the tears streaming down

a far cry from

achieve a modest amount of prosperity

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说服某人 convince sb. to do

相亲 go on a blind date

有共同之处 have … in common

on earth究竟

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