Educated 精讀筆記

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?！澳切┽t(yī)生可不能僅憑觸摸就知道你出了什么問題，”他神采飛揚(yáng)地說，“但是你母親能.

2 【人物表情描寫】 她的表情空洞

? ? ??her face become vacant

3? 【人物說話】 某人喃喃自語，小聲自言自語

? ?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.

? ??就是在這時(shí)候，我開始注意到母親在家中四處走動(dòng)，她把手輕輕放在各種物品上，喃喃自語，手指以穩(wěn)定的節(jié)奏彎曲。

4?懇求;祈愿除了用prayer之外，還可以用?supplication

? She knelt in supplication.

??她跪地禱求。

5 想入非非， 一廂情愿 ，癡心妄想，想得美? wishful thinking?

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

母親第一次聽說肌肉測(cè)試和能量工作，覺得那全是人的一廂情愿。

復(fù)習(xí)一下：

1 rapturous?

2 her face became vacant?

3 mutter to oneself?

4 supplication?

5 wishful thinking?