今天的句子:
During the Middle Ages, unicorns represented purity; in many paintings and tapestries, they were paired with virgins. In Silicon Valley, unicorn famously signifies a particularly valuable start-up. Germany’s unicorn craze seems to evoke something more basic. In a country that prides itself on its orderliness and rationality, the fanciful creature represents a means of escape.
思考题:
The meaning of unicorn in Germany now evolves from the meaning of the Middle Ages.
第一句:
During the Middle Ages, unicorns represented purity; in many paintings and tapestries, they were paired with virgins.
词汇突破:
1.the Middle Ages:
2.unicorn:独角兽
3.purity:纯洁
4.tapestries:挂毯
5.paired with:和…配对;放在一起;
6. virgin 处女
参考译文:在中世纪,独角兽代表纯洁;在许多绘画和挂毯中,他们与处女配对。
![](http://p.ananas.chaoxing.com/star3/origin/282a814863fc2f8fbcb6e0e0c238d2e0.jpg?rw=1080&rh=720&_fileSize=225380)
第二句:
In Silicon Valley, unicorn famously signifies a particularly valuable start-up.
词汇突破:
Silicon Valley:硅谷
Signify: 象征
start-up:初创型公司
参考译文:在硅谷,总所周知,独角兽象征着特别有价值的初创企业。
(在中国也是,最近比较火的就是独角兽企业。估值已经达到10亿美金以上,而且还没有上市的公司就被称之为独角兽企业。)
第三句:
Germany’s unicorn craze seems to evoke something more basic.
词汇突破:
1.Germany’s unicorn craze:德国对于独角兽的狂热
2.Evoke:激起了
参考译文:德国的独角兽热潮似乎唤起了更基本的东西。
第四句:
In a country that prides itself on its orderliness and rationality, the fanciful creature represents a means of escape.
词汇突破:
1.Pride oneself on sth: 以…为骄傲
2.Orderliness:井然有序
3.Rationality:理性
4.the fanciful creature:异想天开的生物;神奇的动物
参考译文:在一个以井然有序和理性自居的国家里,这种异想天开的生物代表着一种逃避的方式。
所以思考题:
The meaning of unicorn in Germany now evolves from the meaning of the Middle Ages.
“现在德国的独角兽的含义是源自于中世纪的含义的。”
这个说法就是没有依据的,所以可以被判定为F; (是的没有依据就是错误的。)
所以问一下你们认为小猪佩琪到底代表什么含义呢?
明天的句子:
In deed if not in word, the Trump administration has abandoned central tenets of conservative economic orthodoxy, a commitment to austerity and ulta-low inflation foremost among them. The passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was followed not by deep cuts in safety-net spending, as partisans of small government might have hoped, but rather by an omnibus spending bill that dynamited the sequestration caps dreamed up by self-professed GOP deficit hawks.
思考题一:
The conservative economic policy champions the austerity.
思考题二:
Self-professed GOP deficit hawks proposed the sequestration caps.
1.思考题一(单选)
T
F
2.思考题二(单选)
T
F