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DAY391

L22-1: By heart

Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Yet this is not always the case. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.

听障记录：

falter [ˈfɔ:ltə(r)]：to speak in a way that shows that you are not confident

Bastille[bæ'sti:l]巴士底狱

aristocrat [ˈærɪstəkræt] 贵族

imprison [ɪmˈprɪzn] vt. 监禁，关押

表达积累：

have cause to do sth…有理由做…

be imprisoned=be in prison 被监禁，蹲监狱

be required to 被要求做…

expect sb to do sth 期望某人做...

on end=continuously 连续的

night after night一夜连着一夜

know sth by heart把…牢记在心

a highly successful play极为成功的剧目

句式仿写：

The wealthy old lady would expect her cat to be home on time/punctually and never have cause to fail.

这位富有的老妇人希望她的猫能准时回家，而没有理由晚了。

翻译要点：

In many ways（从许多方面来说）文中引申为---这样一来

DAY392

L22-2: By heart

In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.

听障记录：

act 幕

gaoler ['dʒeɪlə]=prison guard 狱卒

colleague[ˈkɒli:g] 同事

contents['kɒntents] 内容

注意：当满意的，满足的讲的时候，读 [kən’tent]

表达积累：

find out找出，弄清楚

play a joke on sb 开某人的玩笑

类似的还有：trick on sb耍弄别人

hand/give/present（献给，呈现，更正式，尊敬）sth to sb 把…交给某人

如：She presented a bunch of flowers to the president. 她给主席献了一束花。

manage to do

设法成功做某事…（to succeed in doing sth, especially sth difficult）

如：Somehow, he'd managed to persuade Tom.

不知用了什么方法，他成功说服了Tom.

句式仿写：

insist的用法： 做及物动词后面加that 从句 表示“坚持要求，强烈要求，建议，命令，吩咐”等动词后面的宾语从句中的虚拟语气，从句中用“should+动词原形”构成。

Should可以省略。即V.+that+(should) do

如：The teacher insisted that homework (should) be finished within half an hour.

老师要求说作业必须在半小时内完成。

注意：当insist表示“坚持认为”，不用虚拟语气。

如：He insisted that he was honest.他表明他是诚实的。

DAY393

L22-3: By heart

The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual.

表达积累：

go up

1.（价格、数量或水平）上涨，上升

2.（建筑物等）被兴建，被建起

1. 爆炸，突然燃烧起来

4.（喊声或欢呼声）响起，大作

5.（运动队）晋级

write out

1.写出(篇幅较长的报告或清单)

2.使(系列剧中的人物)不再出场

cell 1.细胞（cancer cell）2.牢房（dark cell ）3.电池（a dry cell ）4.单元格 5.电话（cell phone）6. 政治小组，基层组织，尤其是指秘密的：a terrorist cell 恐怖分子小组

bars：If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.

He was behind bars last night.他昨晚入狱了。

as usual像往常一样，照例

句式仿写：

with用法归纳：

（1）“用……”表示使用工具、手段等；He writes with a pencil.

（2）“和……在一起”表示伴随 He often goes to the library with me.

（3）“与……”

（4）“关于，对于”表示一种关系或适用范围 What’s wrong with your watch?

（5）“带有、具有” I am a tall child with short hair.

（6）“在……方面” He helps me with my English.

（7）随着、与……同时 With these words,he left the room.

DAY394

L22-4: By heart

It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting his eyes, he said: 'The light is dim. Read the letter to me.' And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.

听障记录：

blank [blæŋk]空白的

sheet [ʃi:t] 一张（通常指标准尺寸的纸）

squinting [sk'wɪntɪŋ]眯着眼睛看，斜视着看

dim[dɪm] 不明亮的，光线昏暗的

表达积累：

learn

1.学习，学会（语言，乐器，技能，文化）：I want to learn how to dance.

2.听到，得知，获悉，听说（从别人那里得知）：We were very surprised to learn (that) she had got married again.

3.记熟，背过

4.意识到，从...吸取教训 I'm sure she'll learn from her mistakes. 我肯定她会从错误中吸取教训。

习语：

learn your lesson 吸取教训

teach sb a lesson给某人一个教训

If you fail, don't forget to learn your lesson

失败了别忘了汲取教训

stare at盯着，凝视

promptly [ˈprɒmptli] 迅速地，立即 =immediately=swiftly

句式仿写：

It is bad manners to stare at people.瞪着眼睛看人是不礼貌的。

DAY395

L22-5: By heart

Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied: 'The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.' With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

听障记录：

sire [ˈsaɪə(r)]陛下，大人

proceed[prəˈsi:d] 继续做….

表达积累：

proceed to do继续做… He proceeded to tell the story to me.他继续给我讲故事。

a pair of glasses 一副眼镜

to one‘s amusement另某人开心的是，感到好笑的是

同样的还有：to one‘s surprise，吃惊地/relief如释重负地/heart令人称心如意地/delight令人高兴的

句式仿写：

To my amusement，he couldn't get the door open. 令我感到好笑的是，他竟然打不开门。