新视野，大学英语，B1U2

Unit2 section A

A child's clutter awaits an adult's return 儿时百宝箱 老大归家梦

1． A child’s clutter awaits an adult’s return (Title) Meaning beyond words: Here the word clutter refers to the many small personal items collected by children in the course of their growing up. All these things are important and dear memories to them. No matter where they are or how far away they are from home, the clutter remains a bond between them and the family, representing a happy childhood. Usage note: await, wait

这两个词都是动词，都有“等候；期待”之意，但用法却有所不同： 1 await是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，用法比较正式；wait一般用作不及物动词，常与 for，till，until 等词连用。 2 一般来说，await的宾语大多为抽象名词，如decision，reply，arrival，return， announcement

等；而wait for的宾语一般是人或事物。例如： They were awaiting the birth of their first child. 他们在等待着他们第一个孩子的降生。

He’s awaiting trial, which is expected to begin next month. 他在等候审判，预计下个月开始。 I have been waiting for her for an hour at the bus stop. 我已经在公共汽车站等了她一个小时了。 She has been waiting nervously for news of her son in the army. 她一直在紧张地等候她在部队里的儿子的消息。

3 await之后可以接动名词；wait之后接动词不定式。例如：

We shall await hearing further from them. / We shall wait to hear further from them. 我们等待他们进一步的消息。

1 I watch her back her new truck out of the driveway. The vehicle is too large, too expensive. She'd refused to

consider a practical car with good gas efficiency and easy to park. It's because of me, I think. She bought it to show me that she could.

1 我看着她在车道上倒着她的新卡车。 车太大，而且太贵。 她就是不愿意考虑买辆开起来省油、停起来省心的实用型汽车。 我想，原因在我。 她买这辆车就是为了让我看看她的能耐。

4 I watch her back her new truck out of the driveway. (Para. 1)

Note: Notice that the mother is telling a story that happened in the past. She uses the past tense to describe the events that happened before her daughter left home. But when she describes the events that happened after her daughter left, she uses the present tense. By manipulating the past tense and the present tense, the author achieves immediacy in time, and produces the effect of great

vividness. This use of the present tense to describe past events is referred to as “the narrative present” or “the dramatic present”

5 The vehicle is too large, too expensive. (Para. 1) Meaning beyond words: Here with too large and too expensive, the mother expresses her disagreement with her daughter’s decision to buy such a large and expensive truck.

6 She’d refused to consider a practical car with good gas efficiency and easy to park. (Para. 1) Meaning: She had refused to think about buying a practical car which used less gas and was easy to park.

7 It’s because of me, I think. She bought it to show me that she could. (Para. 1)

Meaning beyond words: Here the mother tries to show that the daughter, eager to be independent, is purposefully

acting against her wishes.

2 \am an adult!\

3 I thought, is that true? Just yesterday you watched some cartoons. What changed between yesterday and today? 2 “我18岁了，”她经常这样对我说，以至于听得我牙都疼了。 “我是成年人了！” 3 我心想,真的吗？ 昨天你还在看动画片呢。 今天和昨天又能有多大的变化？ 8 “I’m 18,” she’d told me so often that my teeth ached. (Para. 2)

Meaning beyond words: By saying repeatedly that she was 18, the daughter was constantly reminding her mom that she had grown up into an adult, old enough to make her own decisions. This made the mother unhappy and annoyed.

Note: Here the mother uses “my teeth ached” to show

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