The Diary of Anne Frank

山东省聊城市外国语学校 杨晓蕾

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《安妮日记》是德籍犹太人安妮·弗兰克写的日记，是其藏身密室时的生活和情感的记录。安妮在日记中吐露了与母亲不断发生冲突的困惑，而对于充满恐怖的25个月的藏匿生活的记录，也使这本《安妮日记》成为德军占领下的人民苦难生活的目击报道。

Chapter 1 A brief introduction to the The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank also known as The Diary of a Young Girl， is a book written①in the form of the Dutch language diary while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi's②occupation of the Netherlands.On June 12，1942， her 13th birthday，Anne Frank received a blank diary as one of her presents.The red book which Anne used as her diary was actually not a surprise.She had chosen it the day before with her father when browsing随意看a bookstore near her home.She began to write in it on June 14， 1942， two days later.

On July 5， 1942， Anne's older sister Margot received an official summons传票to report to a Nazi work camp in Germany， and on July 6，Margot and Anne went into hiding with their father Otto and mother Edith.Their hiding place was in the sealed-off封离型upper rooms at the back of Otto's company building in Amsterdam.Otto Frank started his business in 1933.He was licensed to make and sell jam.He stopped running his business while everybody was in hiding.But once he returned，he found his employees running it.③With the help of a group of Otto Frank's colleagues， they remained hidden for two years and one month.

In August 1944，they were discovered and sent to Nazi concentration camps.They were long thought to have been betrayed背叛，although there were indications that their discovery might have been accidental.Of the eight people，only Otto Frank survived the war.Anne died when she was 15 years old in Bergen-Belsen，from typhus斑疹伤寒.The exact date of her death is unknown， and has long been believed to be in early March，a few weeks before the prisoners were④set free by British troops in April 1945.However， new research in 2015 suggested that Anne may have died in February.

In the manuscript手稿， her earliest diaries are written over three volumes.The first volume covers the period between June 14 and December 5，1942.The second surviving volume began on December 22，1943，and ended on April 17，1944.It is thought that the original volume or volumes between December 1942 and December 1943 probably got lost after the arrest，when the hiding place was emptied on Nazi instructions.However，this missing period is covered in the version Anne rewrote to be kept.The third volume contains diaries from April 17 to August 1，1944， when Anne wrote for the last time before her arrest.

The manuscript， written on loose sheets of paper，was found lying around on the floor of the hiding place by Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl after the family's arrest，but before their rooms were ransacked洗劫by the Dutch police and the Gestapo盖世太保（秘密警察）.They were kept safe，and given to Otto Frank after the war，with the earliest notes， when Anne's death was confirmed证实in the autumn of 1945.The diary was given back by Miep Gies，who gave it to Anne's father， Otto Frank， the family's only known survivor，just after the war was over.The diary has since been published in more than 60 languages.

Chapter 2 Selected pieces from the diaries

June 12，1942

I hope I will be able to confide倾诉everything to you， as I have never been able to confide in anyone，and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.

（Comment added by Anne on September 28，1942）

So far you truly have been a great source of comfort to me， and so has Kitty， whom I now write to regularly.This way of keeping a diary is much nicer，and now I can hardly wait for those moments when I'm able to write in you.Oh，I'm so glad I brought you along!

June 20，1942

Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me.Not only because I've never written anything before，but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings沉思of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.Oh well， it doesn't matter.I feel like writing， and I have an even greater need to get all kinds of things off my chest.

“Paper has more patience than people.” I thought of this saying on one of those days when I was feeling a little depressed and was sitting at home with my chin下巴in my hands， bored and listless无精打采的， wondering whether to stay in or go out.I finally stayed where I was，brooding焦虑的.Yes， paper does have more patience， and since I'm not planning to let anyone else read this notebook referred to as a “diary”， unless I should ever find a real friend， it probably won't⑤make a bit of difference.

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热词积累

1.in the form of...以……的形式

2.occupation [,ɒkju'peɪʃn]n.a situation in which an army or a group of people moves into and takes control of a place（军队或一伙人）占领；占据

3.with the help of...在……的帮助下

4.set free释放

5.make a difference有区别；有影响

难句分析

1.She had chosen it the day before with her father when browsing a bookstore near her home.前一天，当她和爸爸一起在她家附近书店闲逛的时候，安妮就选好了它。

（1）句中主句为She had chosen it the day before with her father，使用的是过去完成时，表示在过去某一时间之前已经发生的行为；when引导的是时间状语从句。

（2）“when browsing a bookstore near her home.”是 “when she was browsing a bookstore near her home.”的简化形式。在时间、条件，以及让步状语从句中，当主从句主语一致时，可将从句主语和be同时省略。before和after引导的时间状语从句简化时，before和after由连词变成介词，后面需要接动名词形式。当从句的主语是it时，尽管主从句主语不一致，也可将it和be同时省略。

While（youwere）walkingthedog，youwerecareless and it got loose and was hit by a car.遛狗时，你十分粗心，狗跑掉被车撞了。

Even though （I was） invited to the party，I didn't go to it.虽然被邀请去参加派对，但我没有去。

Before being introduced to the host，the shy boy seemed a little nervous.

=Before he was introduced to the host，the shy boy seemed a little nervous.在被介绍给主人之前，腼腆的男孩看起来有些紧张。

I will go to the concert if（it is）possible.如果可能的话，我将去听音乐会。

More aid should be given to the villagers when（it was）in terrible winter.在恶劣的冬季，应该给村民们提供更多的援助。

2.But once he returned，he found his employees running it.可当他一回来时，就发现他的雇员们在经营它。

句中once引导的前句是时间状语从句，后句为主句。 found his employees running it为“find+宾语+宾补结构”，宾补可以由现在分词、过去分词、名词、形容词，以及介词短语充当。

When he came back to life，he found himself lying on the ground/surrounded by his friends/a beggar/much too sleepy/in a mysterious valley.当他苏醒时，他发现自己躺在地面上/被朋友们包围着/成了乞丐/昏昏欲睡/身处在一个神秘的山谷里。

3.They were long thought to have been betrayed，although there were indications that their discovery might have been accidental.尽管有迹象表明他们被发现可能是出于意外，但长期以来，人们认为他们是被出卖了。

（1）They were long thought to have been betrayed可转换为It was long thought that they were betrayed。

（2）although引导的是让步状语从句，句中that引导的是同位语从句。that引导同位语从句时常放在抽象名词word （消息），fact，doubt，message，truth，以及information等后面。

（3）might have done“可能……”，是对发生在过去的行为的推测。

There is no doubt that China is becoming more and more powerful.毫无疑问，中国正在变得日益强大起来。

Tom might have passed the exam，but I am not sure about it.Tom考试可能过关了，但我不确定。

4.So far you truly have been a great source of comfort to me， and so has Kitty， whom I now write to regularly.截至目前，你已成为我莫大的安慰；Kitty也是如此，现在我经常写信给她。

（1）whom引导的是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词为Kitty，此处暗含了拟人化的用法，即将Kitty比作了Anne的朋友。

（2）so has Kitty为 “so+助动词 +主语” 的用法，意为“……也是如此”，其中的助动词包括be动词、情态动词，以及does/did/do/have/has/had等。

拓展：

（1）“so+主语 +助动词”意为“……确实……”，本句式用于对上文所提到的情况作出进一步的肯定和强调。

（2）“neither/nor+助动词 +主语”用于否定的倒装，意为“……也不……”。

If Jack is 12，so is his twin brother Lee.如果Jack是12岁，那他的双胞胎兄弟Lee也是一样。

—Did you buy these books from that bookstore？

——你是从那家书店买的这些书吗？

—So I did.I bought them last Sunday.

——确实是这样。我上周日买的。

Mary didn't want to give another try，neither did Kate.Mary不想再试一次，Kate也一样。