高中英语人教版选择性必修一课件：Unit 4 Using Language

高中英语人教版选择性必修一课件：Unit 4 Using Language

Unit 4　Body Language Using Language 　 Ⅰ. 单词拼写 1. ____ ( 打钩号 ) the question out 2. ____ ( 倚 ; 靠 ) towards the talker 3. have a ________ ( 趋势 ; 倾向 ) to listen to the class 4. _____ ( 把 …… 放低 ) your head 5. _______ ( 占据 ) much space tick lean tendency lower occupy 6. it is easy to ________ ( 感知 ; 察觉 ) 7. __________ ( 区分 ; 辨别 )from 8. experience learning _______ ( 焦虑 ) 9. have ________ ( 冲突 )with other students 10. _______ ( 调查 ; 研究 ) into the problem 11. ______ ( 调整 ; 调节 )class activities 12. ________ ( 干预 ) in the conflict perceive distinguish anxiety conflicts inquire adjust intervene 13. an important__________ ( 组成部分 ) of being a teacher component Ⅱ. 用合适的介词填空 1. tend __ 　　　　　　　　 倾向于 2. occupy oneself _______ 从事于 , 忙于 3. stare __ 凝视 ; 盯着看 4. be ashamed __ 对 …… 感到羞耻 to in/with at of 5. call ___ ( 短暂地 ) 访问 ; 正式邀请 6. __ work 有某种影响 , 在工作 7. adjust __ 调整 , 调节 ; 适应 8. as ________ 仿佛 , 好像 on at to though/if Ⅰ. 文本细节理解 : 探寻语篇细节信息 1. How can the writer know what makes each student tick? A. By having one-on-one conversations with each person. B. By talking with some students. C. By observing students’ body language. D. By asking them to write a letter to the teacher. 2. When students are not interested in a lesson, they may ______.   A. look up and make eye contact B. lean forward and look at the teacher C. lower their heads and watch the watch D. smile when the teacher makes a joke 3. When students have their arms crossed in front of their chests and their legs crossed, they may feel ______.   A. happy 　 　 B. excited 　 　 C. shocked 　 　 D. angry 4. Where is the text likely to be taken from? A. A social magazine. B. A science book. C. A research report. D. A health magazine. 答案 : 1 ～ 4. CCDA Ⅱ. 文本素养提升 : 阅读技能综合运用 1. 根据课文语境与语句知识细致解构语句 (1) 译文 : 尽管当学生感兴趣、感到无聊或心烦意乱时 , 我 们很容易就能察觉到 , __________________________ _________________ 。 但是当学生遇到麻烦时 , 我们 有时就很难分辨了 (2) 译文 : _________________ 是成为一名教师的重要组成 部分。 对肢体语言的反应 2. 阅读主题活动 Talk about the following questions in pairs. (1)How to recognise when students are interested in a lesson ? _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ________________________________________  At the first place, they tend to look up and make eye contact;  At the second place, when the teacher makes a joke, they smile;  Last but not least, they can answer the questions correctly and even ask questions. (2)In your opinion, why reacting to body language is an important component of being a teacher? _____________________________________________ _______________________________________ _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Because the students’ body language lets the teacher know when to adjust class activities, when to intervene, and when to talk to students individually. Therefore, they can all get the most out of school.   文本整体理解 : 理清文章架构 Introduce the topic (paras. 1 、 2) Teacher knows what makes each student tick by looking at their body language. How to deal with students’ condition (paras. 3 ～ 5) 1. How to judge when students are interested in a lesson. 2. How to judge whether students are amused by something else? 3. How to distinguish when students are troubled? Draw a conclusion (para. 6) Reacting to body language is an important component of being a teacher. 课文概要填空 　　 (1)________ at students’ body language makes me know what makes each student (2)____. It is easy to (3)________ ( 识别 )when students are interested in a lesson through their body language. If I find students are (4)_______ by something else, I will (5)_______ them to pay attention in class. It is hard to Looking tick recognise amused remind (6)__________ ( 辨别 )when students are troubled. If they have (7)________ with other students or at home, I will (8)_______ and assess what is going on. Their body language makes me know when to (9)______ class activities, when to (10)________, and when to talk to students individually. distinguish conflicts inquire adjust intervene 1. occupy vt. 占据 , 占用 * With their chins on their hands, they occupy themselves by staring out of the window or up at the ceiling. 他们双手托着下巴 , 专注地盯着窗外或天花板发呆。 *Only six percent of policetime is occupied with criminal incidents. 只有 6% 的警察时间被犯罪事件占据。 * The speech occupied three hours. 这场演讲持续了三个小时。 【 词块积累 】 occupy oneself with sth. /(in)doing sth. 忙于 ( 做 ) 某事 be occupied with sth. /(in) doing sth. 专心于 ( 做 ) 某事 【 知识延伸 】 下列短语也表示“忙于做某事” : ①be engaged in doing sth. ②be busy in doing sth. /with sth. ③be buried in doing sth. 【 即学活用 】 (1) 语法填空 ① Aging parents look for ways _________ (occupy)their time and connect others.   ②The young couple are always occupied_____ endless argument. to occupy with (2) _____________________________, during the day at least.   我有别的事要做 , 至少白天要被占用。 (3)She is ____________________________with her homework.   她正在专心致志地做家庭作业。 I had other matters to occupy me fully occupied/occupying herself 2. perceive vt. 察觉 ; 看待 ; 理解 * I can’t perceive any difference between these coins. 我看不出这些硬币之间有任何区别。 * People tend to perceive television as entertainment. 人们倾向于将电视视为娱乐。 *New technology was perceived to be a threat to employment. 新技术被认为是对就业的威胁。 * They perceived that the enemy was trying to wear down their resistance. 他们明白敌人试图削弱他们的抵抗力。 【 词块积累 】 (1)perceive sb. /sth. as 视为 ; 把 …… 当作 (2)perceive+sb. /sth. +to be/have sth. 认为 / 发现 …… 是 …… 的 (3)perceive+that 从句或 what/where/who 等从句 【 即学活用 】 (1)The thief _______________________________.   小偷被看到溜进房间。 (2)I perceived that _________________________ ________.   我意识到我不能使她改变主意。 was perceived to steal into the house I could not make her change her mind (3)Stress ___________________contributing to coronary heart disease.   压力被普遍认为能造成冠心病。 is widely perceived as 3. distinguish vi. & vt. 区分 ; 辨别 * There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms. 音乐中一些因素使它有别于其他艺术形式。 * People who can’t distinguish colours are said to be colour-blind. 不能辨别颜色的人被称为色盲。 *He has already distinguished himself as a pianist. 作为钢琴家他已享有盛名。 * He is distinguished for his profound learning in mathematics. 他以其数学上的渊博学识而闻名。 【 词块积累 】 (1)distinguish A from B 显示出特性 ; 将 A 与 B 区别开 (2)distinguish between A and B 辨别 , 识别 ( 两者 ) 之间的 不同 (3)distinguish oneself (as. . . )( 作为 …… ) 使出众 ; 使著名 (4)be distinguished for 因 …… 而出名 【 即学活用 】 (1) 语法填空 ① You’re old enough ____________(distinguish) between fact and fantasy.   ②His suit was perfectly cut and he looked very ____________ (distinguish). to distinguish distinguished (2) 他以其幽默感著称。 译 : ______________________________________  He is distinguished for his sense of humour. 4. embarrassed adj. 难堪的 ; 尴尬的 * They may also hide their faces in their hands like they are embarrassed or ashamed. 他们会用手捂着脸好像感到尴尬或惭愧。 *We believe the company will be seriously embarrassed if it does not get the loan. 我们认为如果这家公司得不到这笔贷款 , 势必陷入严 重的经济困难。 * Linda felt embarrassed about breaking the boss’s glass carelessly. 琳达因不小心打破了老板的玻璃杯而感到尴尬。 * To my embarrassment , they all ignored me. 让我难堪的是 , 他们都不理我。 【 词块积累 】 (1)be embarrassed about/at (doing) sth. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　因 ( 做 ) 某事而尴尬 (2)to one’s embarrassment 使某人难堪的是 【 熟词生义 】 Lack of trucks embarrassed the army’s movements. 卡车的缺少阻碍了军队的行程。 ( ) 使陷入困境 ; 使为难 【 即学活用 】 语法填空 (1)It was ___________ (embarrass)to ask the salary of his job. (2)He was embarrassed ___ many debts. (3)We apologize for any ______________ (embarrass) that may have caused. embarrassed by embarrassment 5. call on( 短暂地 ) 访问 ; 要求 ( 某人讲话等 ); 正式邀请 * Some students act this way merely because they are afraid of being called on by the teacher. 有些学生这样做只是因为他们害怕老师叫他们 ( 回答 问题 ) 。 * He called on the workers to fight for their rights. 他号召工人们为争取自己的权利而斗争。 *I’m going to call on one of my former classmates. 我要去看望我的一位老同学。 * You have no experience at all to call on ; you have never seen anything like this. 你完全没有任何经验可以遵循 ; 在这之前你也没有见 过类似的情况。 【 词块积累 】 call for 　　　 要求 ; 需要 ; 提倡 ; 邀请 ; 为 …… 叫喊 call in 召集 ; 召来 call back 回电 ; 收回 call sth. back 使恢复 ; 回忆起 call up 打电话给 ; 召集 ; 使想起 ; 提出 【 即学活用 】 语法填空 (1)This medicine should call your strength _____. (2)The director has just called ___ to say that she’ll be late. (3)I felt quite nervous when the teacher called ___ me to answer the question. back up on 6. bother vi. &vt. 费心 ; 麻烦 ; 因 …… 操心 n. 麻烦 ; 不便 * Lots of people don’t bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days. 如今很多人不费心举办婚礼了。 * It bothered me that boys weren’t interested in language learning. 让我烦恼的是 , 男孩们对语言学习不感兴趣。 *He never bothered about his breakfast and he’ll eat what is left over yesterday. 他从不为他的早餐费心 , 昨天剩什么他就吃什么。 * He has been observed to look for bother in every possible way. 人们注意到他老是千方百计地制造麻烦。 【 词块积累 】 (1)bother (oneself) to do sth. /bother doing sth. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　费心做某事 (2)it bothers sb. that 令某人担心 / 苦恼的是 (3)bother sb. about/with sth. 打扰 , 烦扰 (4)look for bother 找麻烦 =make trouble 【 即学活用 】 (1)I just can’t be bothered ____________________.   我只是懒得照看那所房子。 (2)The problem ____________________________.   那问题已经困扰了我几个星期。 to look after the house has been bothering me for weeks (3)Why do you _____________________________? 你何必为这样的琐事操心呢 ? (4)Don’t _____________________________.   你不必为了回复他的信而烦扰。 bother yourself about such trifles bother about answering his letter 7. Of course, not everyone who looks up is paying attention in class.   当然 , 并不是每个抬头的学生都在专心听讲。 【 句式解构 】 “not everyone” 为部分否定。不定代词 all, both, every, everyone, everything, everybody, everywhere 等与否定词 not, no 连用时 , 表示的是部分否定 , 而非全 部否定。 * I don’t know all of them. 我并不认识他们所有人。 *I don’t like both of the books. 这两本书我并非都喜欢。 * Not every student goes to the farm on Sunday. 周日不是每个学生都去农场。 * Not everyone in our class likes football. 我们班里不是每个人都喜欢足球。 【 名师点津 】 全部否定 不定代词 none, nobody, nothing, no one, neither 等 表示否定意义的词与肯定式谓语连用 , 构成全部否 定。 * I know none of them. 他们我全都不认识。 *I like neither of the books. 这两本书我一本也不喜欢。 * No student goes to the farm on Sunday. 周日没有学生去农场。 * No one/ Nobody in our class likes football. 我们班里没有人喜欢足球。 【 即学活用 】 (1) 语法填空 ① We haven’t enough books for ________; some of you will have to share. ②—Which of the two computer games did you prefer? —Actually I didn’t like _____ of them. everyone either (2)Not all the parts of the car will be made in the factory. ___________________________________ (3)Every student can not answer the question. _______________________________ 车的所有零件并非都在这个工厂生产。 不是每个学生都能回答这个问题。 【 要点拾遗 】 1. stare vi. 盯着看 ; 凝视 n. 凝视 * With their chins on their hands, they occupy themselves by staring out of the window or up at the ceiling. 他们双手托着下巴 , 专注地盯着窗外或头顶上的天花 板发呆。 *When the country boy visited the big city for the first time, all he could do was to stare at the tall buildings in wonder. 那个乡下男孩第一次游览这个大城市时 , 他只能好奇 地盯着高楼大厦。 *She stared after him as he left her, tears blinding her eyes. 他离开她时 , 她凝视着他的背影 , 泪水模糊了她的眼 睛。 * The two children were having a competition to see who could stare the other out/down . 这两个孩子在较量 , 看谁能把对方瞪得受不了。 【 词块积累 】 (1)stare out of sth. 　　　　 向外凝视 (2)stared after 盯着 …… 的背影 (3)stare at sb. /sth. 盯 / 凝视某人 / 某物 (4)stare sb. down/out 盯得 ( 某人 ) 转移目光 【 易混辨析 】 glance, stare, glare 这组动词都与“看”有关。 glance 意为“匆匆一瞥” , 是不及物动词 , 其后必须接介 词 at, over 等才可以接宾语。 stare 意为“凝视” , 它也是一个不及物动词 , 其后通常接 介词 at 才能接宾语。 glare 意为“怒视 ; 瞪眼” , 也是不及物动词 , 其后要接介词 at 才能接宾语。 【 即学活用 】 (1)Don’t _________________________________ _______, which will make your eyes tired.   不要长时间盯着电脑屏幕或教科书 , 这会让你的眼睛 感到疲劳。 stare at a computer screen or textbook for long (2)Don’t _______________________, which will be taken as an offensive gesture.   别盯着野生动物的眼睛 , 那会被视作一种攻击性的姿 势。 (3)I would ________my watch and our conversation continued.   通常我会看看表 , 然后继续我们的对话。 glare at wild animals’ eyes glance at (4) ______________________________________makes me relaxed for a while.   盯着窗外发呆做个白日梦让我放松了一会儿。 Staring out of the window and daydreaming 2. distract vt. 分散 ( 注意力 ); 使分心 * The main thing is reminding distracted students that they need to pay attention in class. 最主要的是提醒那些注意力不集中的学生 , 他们需要 在课堂上集中注意力。 *Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework. 汤姆承认玩电子游戏有时会让他做家庭作业时分心。 * He was distracted by/with an unhappy love affair. 他因一次不愉快的恋爱而心烦意乱。 *A weekend at the beach was a good distraction from her troubles. 在海滩度过周末能很好地分散她的烦恼。 【 词块积累 】 (1)distract from 　　　 转移 ; 使从 …… 分心 (2)distract by/with 被 …… 分散注意力 (3)distraction n. 注意力分散 ; 心烦意乱 【 即学活用 】 语法填空 (1)Once she gets involved in a research, nothing can distract her mind_____ it. (2)I find it hard to work at home because there are too many ___________ (distract). from distractions (3)I’m going to distract him ____ my funny toy! (4)One of the girls tried to distract him ___sticking a newspaper under his nose. with by 3. inquire vi. &vt. 询问 ; 打听 * Whatever it is, I know I need to inquire and assess what is going on. 不管是什么 , 我知道我需要询问和评估正在发生的事 情。 *Inspectors were appointed to inquire into the affairs of the company. 检查员被派去调查该公司的事务。 * I recommend that you inquire about the job. 我建议你打听一下这项工作。 * He went to inquire for a letter at the post office. 他到邮局去查问一封信。 *I’m inquiring after any information the library might have on future city planning. 我正在查阅这家图书馆可能保存的关于城市未来规划的任何资料。 【 词块积累 】 inquire about 　　询问 ; 咨询 ; 打听 inquire for 询问 ; 要见 inquire into 调查 inquire of 询问 ( 某人 ); 向 ( 某人 ) 了解情况 inquire after 查阅 ; 问候 【 即学活用 】 (1)He frowned and determined to _______ _______________________.   他眉头一皱 , 决定要把事情查究个彻底。 (2)I called the station _______________________.   我打电话到车站询问火车时刻。 inquire thoroughly into the matter to inquire about train time (3)She wrote to _________________________.   她写信去询问拖延的理由。 (4)She ______________________________.   她问候我母亲的健康情况。 inquire the cause of the delay inquired after my mother’s health 4. adjust vt. 调整 ; 调节 vi. & vt. 适应 ; ( 使 ) 习惯 * Could you teach me how to adjust the height of the desk? 你能教我怎么调节书桌的高度吗 ? *He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight. 他停下来 , 试着使眼睛适应微弱的星光。 * He can’t adjust himself to the whirl of modern life in this big city. 他无法适应这个大都市里现代生活的忙碌。 【 词块积累 】 (1)adjust to (doing) sth. 　　　　　适应 ( 做 ) 某事 (2)adjust oneself/sth. to sb. /sth. 调整以适应 (3)adjustment n. 调整 , 调节 【 即学活用 】 (1)He will have to make major ___________ (adjust) to his thinking if he wants to make progress in his lesson. (2)He adjusted himself very quickly to the heat of the country. =____________________________________________  adjustments He adjusted very quickly to the heat of the country. 5. tendency n. 趋势 ; 倾向 * People have a tendency to lean towards whatever they are interested in. 人们总是倾向于他们感兴趣的东西。 * Linda has to tend on/upon her master to make a living. 琳达要靠服侍她的主人来维持生活。 *Who will tend the garden while you are on vacation? 在你休假期间谁照料花园 ? *He tends to get very angry when people disagree with him. 当有人与他意见不一致时他往往很生气。 【 词块积累 】 (1)have a tendency to do 　　 有做某事的倾向 (2)tend v. 易于 , 有助于 , 照顾 (3)tend to/towards 倾向于 【 即学活用 】 (1) 语法填空 ① There is a growing ________ (tend) for people to work at home instead of in offices. ②A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend __ be noisy. tendency to (2)People tend to think that the problem will never affect them. =People ______________to think that the problem will never affect them.   have a tendency 6. at work 有某种影响 , 在工作 * We spend most of our time at work—so why not make it the most out of it? 在工作中我们花费了大多数的时间 —— 那么为什么不 最大限度地利用它呢 ? *There are bound to be many factors at work for this phenomenon. 这种现象必然有很多因素在起作用。 【 词块积累 】 at work 这一短语的基本意思是“在工作 ; 在上班” , 也可表示“起着某一特定的作用” 【 即学活用 】 (1)When the accident happens, we are all __ work. (2)He spent most of his time watching the fishermen at work. 译 : ____________________________________ 他大部分时间都在观察渔民 ( 如何 ) 作业。 at (3)Volcanoes display some of nature’s most powerful forces at work. 译 : _________________________________________ _________ 火山展示了大自然一些最强大的威力所产生的 作用力。 【 文体感知 】 描述肢体语言 , 说明肢体语言的意义的文章属于说明 文。用灵活的语言对图片里的肢体语言进行生动的描 写。 【 典题演练 】 观察右面这幅图 , 用英文向大家描述 一下图中肢体语言的含义。 注意 : 内容积极向上 , 语意通顺 , 结构连贯完整。 词数 80 左右。 【 谋篇立意 】 【 遣词造句 】 完成句子 1. 这个人眼睛似乎在盯着什么东西 , 皱着眉。 The man’s eyes seem ____________something and he frowns.   to be fixed on 2. 他一只手放在下巴上 , 遮住嘴和鼻子 , 另一只手扶住 这只胳膊的肘部 , 好像正屏住呼吸。 He puts one hand on his chin, covering his mouth and nose. He puts the other hand under the elbow of the arm ____________________.   as if holding his breath 3. 这往往意味着他遇到了问题 , 陷入了沉思。 It often means he is stuck in a problem and ____ _________.   4. 一定不要打扰他。 Be sure to ______________.   lost in thought leave him alone 5. 你会被认为是一个无礼的闯入者 , 有时甚至会导致 意想不到的冲突。 You can be seen as a rude interloper, sometimes _________unexpected conflicts.   6. 读懂一个人的肢体语言对人们相处是非常重要的。 Understanding a person’s body language is very important for people to _____________each other.   leading to get along with 词句升级 7. 用分词作状语改写句 1 。 The man whose eyes seem to be fixed on something, ________. frowning 8. 用并列连词 and 改写句 2 。 He puts one hand on his chin, covering his mouth and nose, and ___________________________of the arm as if holding his breath.   9. 用非限制性定语从句改写句 5 。 You can be seen as a rude interloper, ______ _____________________________________  the other hand under the elbow which sometimes can lead to unexpected conflicts. 10. 用并列连词 or 合并 4 、 5 两个句子。 _______________________, or you can be seen as a rude interloper, which sometimes can lead to unexpected conflicts.   Be sure to leave him alone 【 完美成篇 】 The man whose eyes seem to be fixed on something, frowning. In the meantime, he puts one hand on his chin, covering his mouth and nose, and the other hand under the elbow of the arm as if holding his breath. It often means he is stuck in a problem and lost in thought. Be sure to leave him alone, or you can be seen as a rude interloper, which sometimes can lead to unexpected conflicts. So, a person’s inner world often manifests itself in some kind of external body language. Understanding a person’s body language is very important for people to get along with each other. 【 素材积累 】 1. 话题词汇 (1)frown 　　　　　　 皱眉 (2)stare 凝视 (3)glare 怒视 (4)pose 姿势 , 姿态 (5)body language 肢体语言 (6)lost in thought 陷入沉思 (7)cover one’s mouth and nose 遮住口鼻 (8)get along with 与 …… 相处 (9)leave alone 不管 , 让 …… 一个人待着 (10)have a strong interest in 对 …… 有浓厚兴趣 2. 话题句式 (1) 描述细节 ① The man’s eyes seem to be fixed on something and he frowns. 这个人眼睛似乎在盯着什么东西 , 皱着眉。 ② He puts one hand on his chin, covering his mouth and nose. 他一只手放在下巴上 , 遮住嘴和鼻子。 ③ He puts the other hand under the elbow of the arm as if holding his breath. 另一只手扶住这只胳膊的肘部 , 好像正屏住呼吸。 (2) 描述推测 ① The man’s eyes seem to be fixed on something. 这个人的眼睛似乎在盯着什么东西。 ② . . . as if holding his breath. …… 像是屏住了呼吸。 ③It often means he is stuck in a problem. 这往往意味着他遇到了问题。 ④ You can be seen as a rude interloper. 你会被认为是一个无礼的闯入者。 Ⅰ. 语用功能表达 一、表示询问观点 / 态度 : 1. What did you mean by . . . ? 你 …… 是什么意思 ? 2. So did that mean . . . ? 所以 , 那意味着 …… 吗 ? 3. What I don’t understand is . . . 我所不理解的是 …… 4. Could you explain. . . ? 你能解释 …… 吗 ? 5. Could you give me an example? 你能给我举个例子吗 ? 6. What do you think of. . . ? 你认为 …… 怎么样 ? 7. What do you think about that? 关于那件事你怎么看 ? 8. Explain it to me. 请向我解释一下。 二、表示解释说明 : 1. In other words. . . 换句话说 …… 2. That is. . . 也就是 …… 3. What I meant was. . . 我的意思是 …… 4. What I was trying to say was. . . 我想说的是 …… 5. Does that make sense? 这能说得通吗 ? 6. Is that clear? 那样清楚吗 ? Ⅱ. 话题情景交流 　　在讨论课上 , 大家就 Body language around you 这 一话题发表了自己的看法 …… John: My father’s angry face always makes my blood run cold. Amy: 1. _____________( 你的意思是 )he is bad- tempered and often gets angry with you? You mean that John: 2. __________( 并不总是这样 ). Only when I made mistakes, did he get angry.   Amy: 3. ______( 原来是这样 ).   John: 4. ____________________________________( 你 怎么判断你父母的态度 ? )  Amy: I always get their meaning from their body language. If they are happy, they will hug me or smile Not always So it is How do you judge your parents’ attitude? at me. If they feel down, they may ignore me and. . . John: 5. ___________________( 我再同意不过了 ).   I couldn’t agree more 【 导语 】 《 彼得 · 潘 》 是 20 世纪最伟大的童话巨著之一 , 是英国著 名小说家、剧作家詹姆斯 · 巴利最著名的作品。这部充满想象与 冒险的经典儿童故事 , 叙述了温迪和彼得 · 潘等几个小孩在梦幻岛 的奇遇。故事创造了一个让孩子们十分憧憬的童话世界 —— 梦幻 岛 , 对孩子们来说 , 这是一种最纯朴、最天然的境界。 Peter and Wendy ( excerpt ) All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever! ” This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end. Of course they lived at 14 (their house number on their street), and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there is was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner. 　　 The way Mr Darling won her was this: the many gentlemen who had been boys when she was a girl discovered simultaneously that they loved her, and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr Darling, who took a cab and nipped in first, and so he got her. He got all of her, except the innermost box and the kiss. He never knew about the box, and in time he gave up trying for the kiss. Wendy thought Napoleon could have got it, but I can picture him trying, and then going off in a passion, slamming the door. Mr Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him. He was one of those deep ones who knew about stocks and shares. Of course no one really knew, but he quite seemed to know, and he often said stocks were up and shares were down in a way that would have made any woman respect him. Mrs Darling was married in white, and at first she kept the books perfectly, almost gleefully, as if it were a game, not so much as a Brussels sprout was missing; but by and by whole cauliflowers dropped out, and instead of them there were pictures of babies without faces. She drew them when she should have been totting up. They were Mrs Darling’s guesses. Wendy came first, then John, then Michael. For a week or two after Wendy came it was doubtful whether they would be able to keep her, as she was another mouth to feed. Mr Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable, and he sat on the edge of Mrs Darling’s bed, holding her hand and calculating expenses, while she looked at him imploringly. She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again. “Now don’t interrupt, ” he would beg of her. “I have one pound seventeen here, and two and six at the office; I can cut off my coffee at the office, say ten shillings, making two nine and six, with your eighteen and three makes three nine seven, with five naught naught in my chequebook makes eight nine seven—who is that moving? —eight nine seven, dot and carry seven—don’t speak, my own—and the pound you lent to that man who came to the door— quiet, child—dot and carry child—there, you’ve done it! —did I say nine nine seven? Yes, I said nine nine seven; the question is, can we try it for a year on nine nine seven? ” “Of course we can, George, ” she cried. But she was prejudiced in Wendy’s favour, and he was really the grander character of the two. “Remember mumps, ” he warned her almost threateningly, and off he went again. “Mumps one pound, that is what I have put down, but I dare say it will be more like thirty shillings—don’t speak— measles one five, German measles half a guinea, makes two fifteen six—don’t waggle your finger— whooping-cough, say fifteen shillings”—and so on it went, and it added up differently each time; but at last Wendy just got through, with mumps reduced to twelve six, and the two kinds of measles treated as one. There was the same excitement over John, and Michael had even a narrower squeak; but both were kept, and soon, you might have seen the three of them going in a row to Miss Fulsom’s Kindergarten school, accompanied by their nurse. 【 译文 】 彼得 · 潘 ( 节选 ) 所有的孩子都要长大的 , 只有一个例外。所有的孩 子很快都知道他们将要长大成人。这个道理温迪是这 样知道的 : 她两岁的时候 , 有一天在花园里玩 , 她摘了 一朵花 , 拿在手里 , 朝她妈妈跑去。我猜 , 她那个小样 儿一定是怪讨人喜欢的 , 因为 , 达林太太把手按在胸口 上 , 喊了一句 : “ 要是你老是这么大该多好啊 ! ” 事情的 经过就是这样。可是 , 打那以后 , 温迪就明白了 , 她终 归是要长大的。人一过两岁就总会知道这一点的。两 岁 , 是个结束 , 也是个起点。 当然咯 , 他们是住在门牌十四号的那所宅子里 , 在温 迪来到世上以前 , 妈妈自然是家中的主要人物。她是 位招人喜欢的太太 , 一脑子的幻想 ; 还有一张甜甜的、 喜欢逗弄人的嘴。她那爱幻想的脑子 , 就像从神奇的 东方来的那些小盒子 , 一个套一个 , 不管你打开了多少 , 里面总还藏着一个。她那张甜甜的、喜欢逗弄人的嘴 , 老是挂着一个温迪得不到的吻 , 可那吻明明就在那儿 , 就在右边的嘴角上挂着。 达林先生是这样赢得他太太的 : 她还是个女孩的时 候 , 周围有好些男孩 , 他们长成大人以后 , 忽然一起发 现他们爱上了她 , 于是他们都跑着涌进她家向她求婚 ; 只 有达林先生的做法不同 , 他驾了一辆马车 , 抢在他们之前 来到她家里 , 于是就赢得了她。达林先生得到了她的一 切 , 只是没有得到她那些小盒子最里面的那个和吻。那 个小盒子他从来也不知道 , 那个吻他渐渐地也不再想去 求得了。温迪心想 , 兴许拿破仑能得到那个吻 , 不过据我 估摸 , 拿破仑必定试图求吻来着 , 可是过后却怒气冲冲 地摔门而去。 达林先生时常向温迪夸口说 , 她妈妈不光爱他 , 而且敬 重他。他是一个学问高深的人 , 懂得股票和红利什么 的。当然啦 , 这些事谁也搞不清 , 可达林先生像是挺懂行 的 , 他老是说 , 股票上涨了 , 红利下跌了。他说得那么头 头是道 , 就像随便哪个女人都得佩服他。 达林太太结婚时 , 穿一身雪白的嫁衣。起初 , 她把家 中的账记得一丝不苟 , 甚至很开心 , 像玩游戏一样 , 连一 个小菜芽都不漏记。可是渐渐地 , 整个整个的大菜花都 漏掉了 , 账本上出现了一些没有面孔的小娃娃的画。在 她应该记账的地方 , 她画上了这些小娃娃。他们是达林 太太的猜测。 第一个来的是温迪 , 接着是约翰 , 随后是迈克尔。 温迪出生后一两个星期 , 父母不知道能不能养活她 , 因为又添一张吃饭的嘴。达林先生有了温迪自然是非常 得意 , 可他是个实实在在的人 , 他坐在达林太太的床沿上 , 握着她的手一笔一笔给她算开销。达林太太带着央求 的神情望着他。她想 , 不管怎么着也得冒一冒风险 , 可达 林先生的做法不是这样的。他的做法是拿来一支铅笔一 张纸算细账。要是达林太太提意见搅乱了他 , 他又得从 头算起。 “ 好了 , 别插嘴了。”他央求说。 “我这儿有一镑十七先令 , 在办公室还有两先令六便士 ; 办公室的咖啡我可以取消 , 就算省下十先令吧 , 就有两镑 九先令六便士。加上你的十八先令三便士 , 合计三镑九 先令七便士 , 我的存折上还有五镑 , 总共八镑九先令七便 士 —— 是谁在那儿动 ? —— 八九七 , 小数点进到七 —— 别说话 , 我亲爱的 —— 还有你借给找上门来的那 个人的一英镑 —— 安静点 , 乖乖 —— 小数点进位 , 乖乖 — — 瞧 , 到底让你给搅乱了 ! —— 我刚才是说九九七来着 ? 对了 , 我说的是九九七 ; 问题是 , 我们靠这个九九七 , 能 不能试试看对付一年 ? ” “ 我们当然能 , 乔治。” ( 达林太太 ) 她嚷道。她当然是偏 袒温迪的 , 可达林先生是两人中更有能耐的一个。 “别忘了腮腺炎 , ” 他 ( 达林先生 ) 几乎带点威胁地警告 她 , 接着又算下去 , “ 腮腺炎我算它一镑 , 不过我敢说 , 更 大的可能要花三十先令 —— 别说话 —— 麻疹一镑五先令 , 德国麻疹半个几尼 , 加起来是两镑十五先令六便士 —— 别摇手 —— 百日咳 , 算十五先令。” —— 他继续算下去 , 每次算出的结果都不一样。不过最后温迪总算熬了过 来 , 腮腺炎减到了十二先令六便士 , 两种麻疹并作一次处 理。 约翰生下时 , 也遇到同样的风波 , 迈克尔遇到的险情更 大。不过他们两个到底都还是留下来养活了 , 不久你就 会看见姐弟三个排成一行 , 由保姆陪伴着 , 到福尔萨姆小 姐的幼儿园上学去了。