邻居重要吗？

湖南岳阳市华容县第二中学 文永红

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难词探意

1.significant/sɪɡ'nɪfɪkənt/adj.有重大意义的

2.harmonious/hɑː'məʊniəs/adj.和谐的；和睦的

4.norm/nɔːm/n.标准；规范

An old saying goes that a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.This saying has fully proved that neighbors are so significant in our life.

In the past,neighbors helped one another build houses and clear fields.They could offer timely help when someone was in trouble.Families depended on one another for friendship and entertainment.They shared happiness and sorrow from time to time,which brought a harmonious atmosphere.

However,nowadays,lack of communication and interaction between neighbors is a norm.Close relationship between neighbors is not common in our cities.A family may not even know the other families that live next door.We live in an age of machines and the Internet,and each family may have its own car,TV set,and washing machine.People no longer depend on neighbors as much as they once did.Machines and the Internet keep people apart.In our grandparents'time,women met while they hung out the washing,and men stopped and talked while they cut their lawns.Today,they cannot hear anything above the noise of their powerful machines that cut grass.And women stay inside with their electrical dryers.Children are inside watching their favorite TV shows or playing computer games.

Is the idea of being a good neighbor old fashioned?In 1965,a power cut hit New York City,and many thousands of people were left helpless.Suddenly everyone shared the same problem,and the largest city became a group of eight million neighbors.People with cars offered rides to those walking.Other people helped direct traffic.Trapped in elevators,people played word games and helped keep each other in good spirits.In times of trouble,people still depend on one another.As time goes on,people may once again feel that being a good neighbor is important.

Language Study

Difficult sentences

1.In our grandparents'time,women met while they hung out the washing,and men stopped and talked while they cut their lawns.

我刚投身乡村做了一名小学老师，对教育抱有很大的热情，对学生也关爱有加，没多久，我就和可爱的小天使们打成了一片。那年的栀子花开得格外灿烂，能在乡村看到那洁白醇香的栀子花，我甚是欢喜。走在校园里，孩子们佩戴着栀子花，许多人手中拿着一朵洁白的花，香气充溢着整个校园。其他老师的办公桌上都是大朵大朵的栀子花，它们是那么白，那么香，我满心期待走进自己的办公室，却发现桌上一朵也没有。

译文：在我们祖父母的时代，女人们在晾衣服的时候相遇，男人们在修剪草坪的时候停下来聊天。

分析：此句是由and连接的并列复合句。in our grandparents'time作时间状语，第一个分句和第二个分句均使用了while连接句子，while的意思是“当……时候”。

2.Trapped in elevators,people played word games and helped keep each other in good spirits.

译文：当人们被困在电梯里时，他们玩文字游戏且帮助彼此保持良好的精神状态。

分析：此句是一个简单句。句中Trapped in elevators是过去分词短语作状语，表示时间。

Practice:

根据要求，翻译下面的句子。

1.在他下公交车的时候，他摔倒受伤了。

_____________________________________________________________（用while引导时间状语）

2.当被问到未来的计划时,这个女孩说她想成为一名教师。

_________________________________________________________________（用过去分词作状语）

Reading Check

阅读短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

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写作导引

一、析结构，理要点

二、依体裁，巧行文

这篇概要写作是说明文。写作时要突出要点——“Neighbors are very important in our life.”，再根据文章对“过去邻居是如何相处的”和“现在邻居是如何相处的”的描述，同时结合文章的具体事例来进行说明。