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1.4.1 1  Get Your Kicks on Route66  领略66号公路的风光
1 Get Your Kicks on Route66 领略66号公路的风光

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The idea for Route 66 started in Oklahoma.Citizens there wanted to link their state with states to the east and west.By the1920s,federal officials wanted to connect state roads to provide a shorter,faster way across the country.So a plan was developed to connect existing state roads into one long national highway.

关于66号公路的构想开始于俄克拉荷马州,那里的市民想把自己的州和东西部的州连接起来。到了20世纪20年代,联邦官员想连接各州已有的公路来提供一个贯通全国的更短、更快捷的路线。因此人们制定计划,将现有的州际公路连接起来,成为锦长的国家公路。

听力破解:英语发音规则中,[s]后面的清辅音要浊化,因此state[steit]被读作[sdeit]。此外,link作为本段的关键词被重读。

词汇宝典:existing做形容词,意思是“现存的,现行的”,强调与未来相对的现在,如:New designed products will soon replace existing merchandise.新设计的产品马上就会取代现有的商品。

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United States Highway 66 was established on November11,1926.It was one of the first federal highways.It crossed eight states.It was 3,800kilometers long.Route 66 became the most famous road in America.It passed through the center of many cities and towns.It crossed deserts,mountains,valleys and rivers.In the1930s,people suffered through the Great Depression.In Oklahoma,many poor families lost their farms because of dust storms.So they traveled west to California on Route 66 in search of a better life.

美国66号高速公路始建于1926年11月11日,是最早的联邦公路,穿越8个州,总长3800公里。66号公路成为了美国最著名的公路,它途经许多城镇的中心,穿过沙漠、山脉、溪谷以及河流。20世纪30年代,人们遭遇了大萧条。在俄克拉荷马州,许多贫困家庭因为沙尘暴失去了他们的农场,因此他们沿着66号公路西迁至加州,以寻求更好的生活。

听力破解:Great Depression 出现失音现象,Great[greit]被读作[grei];此外,lost their也出现失去爆破音现象,lost[lɔst]被读作[lɔs]。

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In1939,John Steinbeck wrote about these families in“The Grapes of Wrath”.

In his book,Steinbeck wrote:“66—the long concrete path across the country,waving gently up and down on the map...over the red lands and the gray lands,twisting up into the mountains,crossing the Divide and down into the bright and terrible desert,and across the desert to the mountains again,and into the rich California valleys.”

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1939年,约翰·斯坦贝克在他的作品《愤怒的葡萄》中描述了这些家庭。斯坦贝克在他的书中写道:“66号公路——一条贯穿全国的长长的水泥路,在地图上平缓起伏……越过红色和灰色的土地,蜿蜒进山里,跨过大鸿沟,延伸到明亮而可怕的沙漠上,穿过沙漠又遇山脉,然后进入加州富裕的山谷。”

听力破解:播音员通过分别重读twisting,crossing,down和across来将长句子分为几个明显的部分,在听音时要注意利用这种节奏感帮助理解。此外,concrete['kɔηkri:t]出现失音,被读作['kɔηkri:],mountain['mauntən]中的[t]几乎不发音。

词汇宝典gently的意思是“轻轻地,温柔地”,在这里理解为“和缓地”,口语中常用来指小心轻放某物,如:Gently,Edward,It's fragile.You don't want to break it.轻一点,爱德华,这个很易碎,别把它打破了。

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Steinbeck wrote:“66 is the path of a people in flight,refugees from dust and shrinking land...66 is the mother road,the road of flight.”

斯坦贝克写道:“66号公路是一条移民线路,是躲避风沙和日渐缩小的耕地的逃荒者的路……是母亲之路、飞翔之路。”

词汇宝典:shrinking 做形容词时有“畏缩的,犹豫不决的”的意思,在这里理解为 shrink 的-ing 形式。shrink 意思是“收缩,畏缩”,相关用法有:shrink from doing sth.(因麻烦或困难而避免做某事);shrink to(收缩至)。

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1.suffer through...遭受过……

▶suffer 是“遭受,忍受”的意思,通常指表示身体或内心遭受某种痛苦,如:

I'll suffer this one alone.我得独自忍受了。

▶口语中经常用 suffer from 这个短语表示“患病”,后接疾病名词,多

用于医生与病人的交谈之中。如:

Is there anybody in your family who has suffered from the same eye disease as you?你家中还有没有人得过跟你一样的眼病?

2.in search of 追寻

▶in search of 的意思是“寻找”,如:

A:This hotel is kind of expensive.—这家旅馆有点贵。

B:Let's go in search of a cheap hotel! —我们去找个便宜的旅馆吧!

▶search sth./sb.搜寻某地、搜查某人;search for sth./sb.寻找某人/某物。如:

The police searched her for drugs.警察搜查她,看她身上是否有毒品。

3.up and down 来回地

▶up and down 的意思是“到处来回地,到处”,如:

He was so anxious that he kept walking up and down.

他焦躁得一直走来走去。

▶ups and downs 的意思是“盛衰,浮沉”,如:

You have to have some ups and downs to achieve your goals.

你一定要经历浮沉才能实现你的目标。

▶类似的词有 pros and cons 利弊;ins and outs 详细情形。