07 The Diamond Mines Again 37
原文内容
10 句英文原文
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中文翻译
“放下你的洋娃娃，”明钦小姐说道。
你把她带到这里来是什么意思？
"不，" 萨拉回答道。
"我不会让她失望。
她是我所拥有的一切。
我爸爸把她给了我。"
她总是让明钦小姐私下里感到不自在，现在也是如此。
她说话与其说是粗鲁，不如说是带着一种冰冷的坚定，这让明钦小姐感到难以应对——也许是因为她知道自己在做一件冷酷无情的事。
"你将来就没时间玩娃娃了，"她说道。
你必须工作并提升自己，让自己变得有用。
重点词汇
10 个steadiness/ˈstedinəs/
n.坚定，沉稳
原句：She did not speak with rudeness so much as with a cold steadiness with which Miss Minchin felt it difficult to cope.
cope/koʊp/
v.应付，处理
原句：Miss Minchin felt it difficult to cope.
heartless/ˈhɑːrtləs/
adj.无情的，残忍的
原句：she knew she was doing a heartless and inhuman thing.
inhuman/ɪnˈhjuːmən/
adj.不人道的，冷酷的
原句：she knew she was doing a heartless and inhuman thing.
improve/ɪmˈpruːv/
v.提高，改善
原句：You will have to work and improve yourself.
secretly/ˈsiːkrətli/
adv.秘密地，暗自地
原句：She had always made Miss Minchin feel secretly uncomfortable.
uncomfortable/ʌnˈkʌmftəbl/
adj.不舒服的，不安的
原句：She had always made Miss Minchin feel secretly uncomfortable.
rudeness/ˈruːdnəs/
n.粗鲁，无礼
原句：She did not speak with rudeness.
doll/dɑːl/
n.玩偶，娃娃
原句："Put down your doll," said Miss Minchin.
useful/ˈjuːsfl/
adj.有用的
原句：make yourself useful.
重点语法
5 个1
so much as
用于否定句或比较句，强调程度或方式
原文
She did not speak with rudeness so much as with a cold steadiness...
她说话与其说是粗鲁，不如说是带着一种冰冷的坚定...
例句
He is not angry so much as disappointed.
与其说他生气，不如说他失望。
2
all (that) I have
固定句型，表示"我拥有的一切"
原文
She is all I have.
她是我拥有的一切。
例句
This family is all that I have.
这个家是我拥有的一切。
3
with which
介词+关系代词引导的定语从句
原文
...with a cold steadiness with which Miss Minchin felt it difficult to cope.
...带着一种让明钦小姐觉得难以应付的冰冷的坚定。
例句
This is the tool with which he fixed the car.
这就是他用来修车的工具。
4
make sb. do sth.
使役动词结构，表示"让/迫使某人做某事"
原文
She had always made Miss Minchin feel secretly uncomfortable...
她总是让明钦小姐暗自感到不安...
例句
The news made her cry.
这个消息让她哭了。
5
have to do
情态动词短语，表示"必须，不得不"
原文
You will have to work and improve yourself...
你将不得不工作并提升自己...
例句
I have to finish this report today.
我今天必须完成这份报告。