新視野英語第一冊 unit6 AThe Trashman

1、【精品文檔】如有侵權(quán)，請聯(lián)系網(wǎng)站刪除，僅供學(xué)習(xí)與交流新視野英語第一冊 unit6 A The Trashman.精品文檔.Section AThe Trashman Saturday, April 7Para 1 Steve and I hauled trash for four solid hours continuously, except for about five minutes when we stopped to talk. My shoulder hurt wickedly each time I put another full barrel on it, and my le

2、gs occasionally trembled as I was heading to the street. But the rest of me said, "Go, trashman, go."Para 2 I could not have imaged there would be joy in this. Dump. Lift. Walk. Lift. Walk. The hours flew by.Para 3 Saturday meant most adults were at home on the route. So were school-age ch

3、ildren. I thought this might mean more exchanges as I made the rounds today. Many people were outdoors working in their gardens or greenhouses. Most looked approachable enough. There wasn't time for lengthy talks but enough to exchange greetings that go with civilized ways.Para 4 I was shocked t

4、o find that wasnt the case.Para 5 I said hello in quite a few yards before the message registered that this wasn't normally done. Occasionally, I got a direct reply from someone who looked me in the eye, smiled, and asked "How are you?" or "Isn't this a nice day?" I felt

5、human then. But most often the response was either nothing at all, or a surprised stare because I had spoken.Para 6 One woman in a housecoat was startled as I came around the corner of her house. At the sound of my greeting, she gathered her housecoat tightly about her and retreated quickly indoors.

6、 I heard the lock click. Another woman had a huge, peculiar animal in her yard. I asked what it was. She stared at me. I thought she was deaf and spoke louder. She seemed frightened as she turned coldly away.Para 7 Steve raged spontaneously about these things on the long ride to the dump.Para 8 &quo

7、t;The way most people look at you, you'd think a trashman was a monster. Say hello and they stare at you in surprise. They don't realize we're human."Para 9 "One lady put ashes in her trashcan. I said we couldn't take them. She said, 'Who are you to say what goes? You&#

8、39;re nothing but a trashman.' I told her, Listen, lady, I've got an I.Q. of 137, and I graduated near the top of my high school class. I do this for the money, not because it's the only work I can do."Para 10 "I want to tell them, Look, I am as clean as you are,' but it wo

9、uldn't help. I don't tell anyone I'm a garbageman. I say I'm a truck driver. My family knows, but my wife's folks don't. If someone comes right out and asks, Do you drive for a garbage company?' I say yes. I believe we're doing a service people need, like being a poli

10、ce officer or a fire fighter. I'm not ashamed of it, but I don't go around boasting about it either."Para 11 "A friend of my wife yelled at her kids one day when they ran out to meet a trash truck. Stay away from those trashmen. They're dirty.' I was angry with her. They

11、9;re as good as we are,' I told her. You seem to have a lot of sympathy for them,' she said. Yes, I do.' But I never told her why."Para 12 I had originally planned to stay at this employment for only two days but now I'm going to continue. The exercise is great; the lifting gets

12、 easier with every load, even if my shoulder muscle is sore. I become faster and neater each day. I'm outdoors in clean air. And, contrary to what people think, I don't get dirty on the job.Para 13 I have decided, too, to keep saying hello in people's yards. It doesn't do any harm, a

13、nd it still feels right. Frankly, I'm proud. I'm doing an essential task. I left this country a little cleaner than I found it this morning. Not many people can say that tonight.Para 14 John Gardner wrote that a society which praises its philosophers and looks down on its plumbers is in for

14、trouble. "Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water," he warns. He might have gone a step further and called for respect for both our economists and our trashmen; otherwise, they'll both leave garbage behind.Words: 702 NEW WORDStrashn. (AmE) waste matter; rubbish 垃圾 trashmann.

15、 a person who deals with rubbish 垃圾工 trashcann. (AmE) a can for waste matter 垃圾桶 haulvt. pull with effort 拉，拖continuousa. unbroken; without a stop 不停的continuouslyad. without a stop 不停地wickeda. 1. very severe; serious 嚴重的2. morally wrong or bad; evil 壞的wickedlyad. badly; seriously 厲害地barreln. a round

16、 wooden holding box with flat bottom 大木桶tremblevi. shake uncontrollably 顫抖headv. 1. move 移動，走2. lead 帶領(lǐng)imagevt. form a mental picture; see in the mind 想象，設(shè)想n. a copy of object(s)or event(s) ; mental picture of an object or event 圖像；印象；想象dumpvt. drop carelessly 倒，傾n. a place for dumping waste 垃圾場rout

17、en. a way from one place to another 路greenhousen. a glass building for growing plants 溫室lengthya. very long 冗長的，過長的civilize (英civilise)vt. bring from a lower stage of development to a very developed stage of social organization 使文明，使開化registervt. 1. make known; show; record 顯示，表明2. write in a list o

18、r record 登記responsen. 1. a reply 回答，答復(fù)2. (to) an action done in answer 反應(yīng)，響應(yīng)retreatvi. 1. move back, especially when forced 后退2. escape 逃離indoorad. (-s) inside a building 在室內(nèi)，在戶內(nèi)a. which is inside a building（在）室內(nèi)的，（在）戶內(nèi)的deafa. 1. unable to hear at all or hear well 聾的2. unwilling to hear or listen 不愿

19、聽的，裝聾的ragevi. talk with severe anger 憤然地說n. (sudden feeling of) radical anger 狂怒spontaneousa. happening in a natural way 自發(fā)的spontaneouslyad. that happens in a natural way 自發(fā)地monstern. a strange, usually large and frightening animal 怪物ashn. matter left when something has been burned 煙灰graduatev. comp

20、lete one's studies and receive a certificate or diploma 畢業(yè)garbagen. (AmE) waste matter; rubbish 垃圾 garbagemann. a man who collects garbage 垃圾工 folkn. one's relatives 親戚a. of or having to do with the common people, their beliefs, stories, customs, and the like 民間的，民俗的boastvi. speak too proudl

21、y of 吹噓，吹牛n. a statement speaking too well about oneself; stating more than actual 吹噓，吹牛yellvi. shout 叫喊originala. 1. first, earliest 原先的，起初的2. new and different 新穎的，有獨創(chuàng)性的originallyad. in the beginning 最初employmentn. 1. paid work 工作，就業(yè)2. the act of employing 雇用；招聘musclen. pieces of spring-like mater

22、ial in the body 肌肉sorea. painful especially from a wound or hard use 痛的contrarya. opposite 相反的harmn. damage; wrong or hurt 傷害vt. hurt; cause damage to 傷害franka. honest 誠實的，坦白的franklyad. honestly;to be honest 誠實地，坦白說philosophern. a person who studies the nature of existing, what is real, morals, etc. 哲學(xué)家plumbern. a person who fits and repairs water pipes 管道工 theoryn. general laws and methods rather than practice 理論economyn. the economic network of a country 經(jīng)濟economistn. a person who studies economics 經(jīng)