Section A:
If You Don’t Make Mistakes, YouWon’t Learn!
课文讲解：
At Sunday’s graduation, Li Zimo will speak to the 385 members of her class. This might seem like a dream to a girl like her. Li hardly spoke a word of English when she first arrived in the USA four years ago. But now, her dream has become a reality.
Para1:
1. seem like 看起来像
Theway he speaks is like his father.
2. become a reality /come true 变成事实
the reality of father Christmas
Li was only 15 years old when she first arrived. Within four years, though, she has managed to become so fluent in English that she doesn’t even have a foreign accent! She has won many awards, and has even written a book about her experiences in learning English.
Para2:
1. within /in
within 4 years 四年之内
Sir, your order will be done within15mins, or you’ll get a drink for free.
in 4 years 四年之后
2. manage to 成功做某事
He managed to carry the 100kg books to his son’s room.
managed to /was /were able to
3. so...that... /such …that
Lilyis so kind that everybody likes her.
Lilyis such a kind girl that everybody likes her.
4. accent/ dialect 口音/方言
Hespeaks English with Japanese /Nanjinese accent
Li first saw the need for the book when she began helping Chinese students at her school after they had just arrived in the country. She knew they were having the same troubles that she had experienced.
Para3:
1. the need for /the demand for 对是什么的需求
in need of /in want of
2. the same troubles that she had experienced 定语从句
“You think you are the only person feeling embarrassed when making mistakes,” she said when we interviewed her, “but everyone does it.” Shecalls her book Looking for Trouble. Itmeans that the road to success inlearning a second language can be difficult. “I want others to know that it’s OK tomake mistakes,” she said, “that nothing can be gained without risk.Lots of people think other people do not make mistakes. It’s not true. Everyonemakes mistakes. But you can turn those mistakes into abig step toward your success.”
Para4:
1. embarrassed 尴尬的
2. interview 面试
interviewee/interviewer
3. the road to 通往...之路
4. nothing can be gained 一无所获 risk冒险
5. turn...into...把...转变成...
In the book, Li writes about her “terrible” situations: ataxi driver left her and her mother in a dark parking lot at midnight becausethey had not been able to give the driver the right address in English; she gave the wrong pronunciation of the word “sheet” in asking for a piece of paper, and her teacher thought that she had said a rude word; she heard a girl say “Do you mind if I sit with you?” and she answered “Yes!” loudly.
Para5:
1. situation 情况、境遇
2. parking lot 停车场
3. a sheet of paper/ a piece of
4. mind doing 介意做某事
These experiences taught Li an important lessonaboutlearning English well: You have to be brave. Never be afraid of makingmistakes. You have to dare to learn the language— you can’t just sit inyour own room and only study grammar. Youhave to go and talk to people and listen to them speak.
Para6-7:
1. teach Sb a lesson 给某人一个教训
Thepassagerin Chongqing taught us a lesson, never disturbing the bus driver.
2. be afraid of 害怕
3. dare to 敢于
4. take a leaf out of Sb's book 像某人学习
Don’t take a Leaf out of (the bride from the Hell) cosplayer’s in public.
