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By 叶倩媚 冼艺泉
永不放弃的马拉松运动员阿赫瓦里
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Summary
Michael, a 17-year-old blind young
athlete with dedication, determination
and discipline, overcame his blindness,
won the National Junior Olympics and
set a new world record.
Main ideas
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Part 1
Paras.1~2
Part 2
Paras.3~5
Part 3
Paras.6~12
Part 4
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Main Ideas
Michael faced the most
challenging competition in his
pole-vaulting career.
Michae’s childhood was
marked with dreams and tough
training
Michael topped his personal
best, won the championship
and set a new world record.
What was most unusual about
Michael’s victotry was that he
was blind.
New words
grace
n.①优美，优雅，雅致 ②风度，魅力
v. 装饰
语境
Grace will last, beauty will blast.
[谚]美丽易逝，风度永存。
Fine paintings graced the walls of
the room.
精美的油画使四壁生辉。
gymnast
助记
n.体操家，体操运动员
同根：gymnasium 体育馆；
gymnastic 体操的
mere
语境
a. ①仅仅，只不过 ②纯粹的
He was a mere child when his father
died.
他父亲去世时他不过是个孩子。
The merest little thing drives him
mad.
微不足道的事就会使他勃然大怒。
辩异
mere(ly),only
mere是形容词，only是副词，同merely。
mere与only不同，只修饰名词，放在冠词
之后、名词之前；only/merely除修饰动词
外，修饰名词时，放在冠词、名词之后。
fantasy n.①想象，幻想，怪念头
助记
语境
②想象的产物
[熟]fancy→[生]fantasy(fancy的原形)
Stop looking for the perfect job—
it’s just a fantasy.
别想找十全十美的工作了——那简直
是做梦。
numerous
用法
a.许多的，无数的，众多的
[修饰单数名词]为数众多的，大的
[修饰复数名词]许多的
（a）The city has a numerous library.
该市有一个藏书很多的图书馆。
（b）There are numerous libraries in the city.
该市有很多的图书馆。
Numerous studies already link the first meal of the
day to better classroom performance.
无数的研究都把每天的第一餐同较好的课堂表现联
系在一起。
【CET-4,2006,6完型】
detail
助记
语境
n. ①细节，详情
②琐事，枝节
v. 详述，详细说明
[熟]tailor(裁缝)→[根]tail(=cut裁，切，分
割)→[生]detail；retail零售
A special report details the argument.
一篇特别报道详细描写了辩论的情况。
Don’t forget to start with the detail,
while keeping an eye on the big item.
大处着眼，小处着手。
搭配：go/enter into detail 详细说明；
in detail 详细地
coincidence n. ①巧合，巧事→②(sing.)(意见、
爱好等的)一致，符合
We met just in coincidence. Please
语境
still treat me as a stranger.我们原不过
是偶然相遇，请仍当我是陌生人。
Is there any coincidence between
your statistics and your friends’?你的
统计数字和你朋友们的统计数字一致吗？
alternate v. (使)交替，(使)轮流 a. ①交替
的，轮流的 ②间隔的
Good harvests alternate with bad.
语境
收成时好时坏。
He and I go to the spare-time school on
alternate days.我和他每两天上一次业余学校。
搭配：alternate in doing sth.轮流做事；
alternate between (doing) sth.
交替，变化无常
辩异
alternate(a.),alternative
alternate交替的
Or
alternative 二者选一的
dedicate [原义：“向（主）发誓做到] vt.①（to）
把（自己、一生等）献给，把（时间、精力等）用
于，献身于，致力于 ②（题词）将（著作等）献给
语境
A man’s life is limited, but there is no
limit to serving the people.I will
dedicate my limited life to the limitless
cause of serving the people.人的生命
是有限的，可是为人民服务是无限的，我
要用有限的生命，投入到无限的为人民服
务中去。（雷锋）
I dedicate the book to my mother.我谨
将此书献给我的母亲。
辩异
dedicate,devote, contribute
dedicate原义“向（主）发誓做到……”，
故这个“奉献”指set apart for a holy
purpose, often with a solermn cerermony;
而devote, contribute仅指set apart for。并注意：
⑴
dedicate
devote
contribute
(NOT contribute) oneself/one’s
life to献身于…
⑵
(NOT devote) a book to将（著作
dedicate
等）献给
⑶ contribute （vi）to (doing) sth.有助于，导致
startle vt. 是吃惊，是惊吓，吓了……一跳
语境
She was so startled at the sight of
Andrew that she dropped the paper bag.
她看到安德鲁时大吃一惊，手里的纸袋掉在
了地上。
辩异
start, startle, surprise
Start/startle 与 surprise 等的区别就
在于前者特指吓得猛地一动，跳起来
或往后退。start用做不及物动词，
startle用做及物动词。
tense
a.拉紧的，（心理或神经）紧张的，不安
的 n. 事态，时[△voice语态]
辩异
tense,nervous
⑴tense 紧张的，它既可用来形容人，指由
于种种原因而引起的紧张，多指一种感觉，
也用来指大周围的环境和气氛等。 ⑵
nervous 紧张的、不安的，常用来形容人，
指内心紧张与忧虑，如：Don’t be nervous! You
will pass the exam.别紧张，你会通过考试的。
tension
语境
n.①紧张，不安 ②张力，拉力
Sinilar tensions exist between the
developed and the developing nations.发
展中国家和发达国家之间也存在类似的紧张
局面。
This wire will take 50 pounds tension.这根
钢丝能承受50磅的拉力。
辩异
strain,tension
⑴strain通常指过分吃力、影响健康的紧张
状态：
Too much reading is a strain on one’s eye.超
负荷阅读会使眼睛疲劳吃力。
⑵tension一般多用来指双方或各方关系不好所造
成的紧张局势。
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It was at the exact moment he took a
deep breath that he began to lift off the
groud.(L18~19)
该句用的是强调句，强调介词at引导的状语从句。
If Michael Stone was surprised,
excited or vain about clearing the bar
at 17 feet, you couldn’t tell.(L37~38)
正常语序是：You couldn’t tell if Michael Stone was
surprised, excited or vain about clearing the bar at
17 feet.句中if相当于whether;tell在这里为“分辨，辨
认”的意思。
He seemed unavare of the fact that
he had just beaten his personal best
by three inches and that he was one
of the final two competitors in the
pole-vaulting event at the National
Junior Olympics.(L40~42)
主干：He seemed unaware of the fact…。句中有两
个由that一道的同位语从句，解释说明the fact。短语
unaware of意为“没有意识到…”，与其意思相对的短
语是aware of,意为“意识到…”。
Afraid would be a more accurate
description.(L58~59) 倒装句
His mother always used to tell him
when you felt tense, anxious or even
scared, take deep breaths.(L62~64)
use to表示“过去经常（做某事）”，之后接动词
原形；而be/get used to 表示“习惯于…”，to为介
词，其后接名词或动名词。used to do的否定为
used not/use(d)n’t to do或did not/didn’t use to do
疑问式为Use+主语+to do…？或Did+主语+use to
do…？all the media attention and
With
sponsorship possibilities, Michael’s
life would never be the same
again.(L91~92)
介词with引导了一个独立主格结构，由“名词
+名词”构成。此外，with还可引导以下几种
独立主格结构。
①with+名词/代词+不定式：He knew that with
him to help her, she could and would succeed.
② with+名词/代词+ 动词-ing形式:With his
satchel trailing behind him the small boy ran
past.
③ with+名词/代词+ 动词-ed形式:With the
question settled,they were happy and relaxed.
④ with+名词/代词+ 介词短语:Mother came
out from the house,with a lot of books in her arms.
⑤ with+名词/代词+ 形容词: Although they set
with doors and windows open,they were
overpowered by heat.
⑥ with+名词/代词+介词:He went out with no hat
on.
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 Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and
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indefatigably.
不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must
never lose infinite hope. -- Mattin Luther King
我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去
希望，因为它是无穷的。 -- 马丁 · 路德 · 金
Energy and persistence conquer all things. -Benjamin Franklin
能量加毅力可以征服一切。 -- 富兰克林
Nothing seek, nothing find.
无所求则无所获。
Cease to struggle and you cease to live. -- Thomas
Carlyle
生命不止，奋斗不息。 -- 卡莱尔
 All things in their being are good for something.
 天生我才必有用。
 Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life
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for people.
困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
Failure is the mother of success. - Thomas
Paine
失败乃成功之母。
For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
The unexamined life is not worth living. -Socrates
混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底
Never Give Up
Never give up
Never lose hope
Always have faith
It allows you to cope
Trying times will pass
As they always do
Just have patience
Your dreams will come true
So put on a smile
You’ll live through your pain
Know it will pass
And strength you will gain
by Charlie Remiggio
永不放弃
永不心灰意冷
永存信念
它会使你应付自如
难捱的时光终将过去
只要有耐心
梦想就会成真
露出微笑
你会走出痛苦
相信苦难定会过去
你将重获力量
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