ThreeDaystoSeeInstoriesthedoomedheroisusuallysavedatthelastminutebysomestrokeoffortune,butalmostalwayshissenseofvaluesischanged.He esmoreappreciativeofthemeaningoflifeanditspermanentspiritualvalues.Ithasoftenbeennotedthatthosewholive,orhavelived,intheshadowofdeathbringamellowsweetnesstoeverythingtheydo.Mostofus,however,takelifeforgranted.Weknowthatonedaywemustdie,butusuallywepicturethatdayasfarinthefuture.Whenweareinbuoyanthealth,deathisallbutunimaginable.Weseldomthinkofit.Thedaysstretchoutinanendlessvista.Sowegoaboutourpettytasks,hardlyawareofourlistlessattitudetowardlife.Thesamelethargy,Iamafraid,characterizestheuseofallourfacultiesandsenses.Onlythedeafappreciatehearing,onlytheblindrealizethemanifoldblessingsthatlieinsight.Particularlydoesthisobservationapplytothosewhohavelostsightandhearinginadultlife.Butthosewhohaveneversufferedimpairmentofsightorhearingseldommakethefullestuseoftheseblessedfaculties.Theireyesandearstakeinallsightsandsoundshazily,withoutconcentrationandwithlittleappreciation.Itisthesameoldstoryofnotbeinggratefulforwhatwehaveuntilweloseit,ofnotbeingconsciousofhealthuntilweareill.Ihaveoftenthoughtitwouldbeablessingifeachhumanbeingwerestrickenblindanddeafforafewdaysatsometimeduringhisearlyadultlife.Darknesswouldmakehimmoreappreciativeofsight;silencewouldteachhimthejoysofsound.stroke[str??k]n.一擊；中風；輕撫vt.輕撫fortune[‘f?rt??n]n.命運；運氣；appreciative?’pri???t?v]adj.spiritual[‘sp?r?t???l]adj.精神的，心靈的mellow[‘mel??]adj.柔和豐富的；成；醇香的；（酒后）輕松愉悅picturep?kt??vt.buoyant?b???nt]adjunimaginable[?n?’m?d??n?b(?)l]adj.難以stretch[stret?]vt.&vi.伸展；張開；延伸，展開vista[‘v?st?]n.遠景；前景petty[‘pet?]adj.瑣碎的listless[‘l?stl?s]adj.打采的[‘[‘manifold[‘m?n?f??ld]adj.observation[,ɑbz?’ve???n]n.（根據所見所聞而作的）apply[?’pla?]vi.申請；應用impairment?m’perm?nt]nhazily[‘heizili]adv.霧蒙蒙地；模糊地grateful[‘gre?tfl]adj.感激的strokeoffortune好senseofvaluetakesth.forgranted認為某事理所當然picture…as…把……描繪（想象）成……allbut幾乎；差不多goaboutsth.著手做某事beawareofsth.某事applyto適用于；應用于begratefulforsth.我擔心同樣的冷漠也存在于我們對自己官能和意識的運用上。只有聾子才理解的重要，只有盲人才Instoriesthedoomeddoomed這個詞來自doom（注定失敗），作形容詞表示“注定失敗的、注定的”。另外，hero這個詞除了可以表示“”，在故事當中專門指的是“主人公”。這里的thedoomedhero，也就是注isusuallysaved通常被拯救atthelastminute在最后一分鐘bysomestrokeofstrokesomestrokeoffortune，字面意思是“某種命運的擊打”，不過這butalmostalwayshissenseofvaluesischanged.senseofvaluesenseofvalues esmoreappreciativeofthemeaningoflifeanditspermanentspiritualvalues.這個詞來自Ithasoftenbeennotedthatthosewholive,orhavelived,intheshadowofdeath那些活在或者曾經活在陰影當中bringamellowsweetnesstoeverythingtheydo.在他們所做的一切事情當中都會帶著一種成熟Mostofushowever,takelifeforgranted.grantcreed（相信、信條）takesth.forgranted，字面意思是Weknowthatonedaywemustdie,butusuallywepicturethatdayasfarinthefuture.示“把……描繪（想象）成……”。另外，farinthefuture指的就是“遙遠的未來”。Whenweareinbuoyantdeathisallbutunimaginable.幾乎是想象不到的Weseldomthinkofit.我們很少會想到它（也就是 ”）Thedaysstretchoutinanendlessvista.Sowegoaboutourpettytasks,goaboutsth.，表示“著手做某事”。同時，goaboutsth.也可以表示“圍繞某物/某事走動”，所以hardlyaware幾乎意識不到ofourlistlessattitudetowardlife.另外，通過這句話，我們也可以直接記住一個表達，叫做beawareofsth.，表示“某事”。原文里是省略了be動詞，直接用形容詞aware作了伴隨狀語。Thesamelethargy,同樣的打采，Iamafraid,characterizestheuseofallourfacultiesandsenses.是我們所有官能和感覺運用的特征。來自是“生物體的功能”，比如“聽覺”（facultyofhearing）是耳朵的官能，“視覺”（facultyofsight）是眼睛的官能，或者mentalfaculties（心智官能），也就是一個人“天生存在的基本判斷Thesamelethargy,Iamafraid,characterizestheuseofallourfacultiesandsenses.我擔心同樣Onlythedeafappreciatehearing,只有失聰的人才能的重要onlytheblindrealizethemanifoldblessingsthatlieinsight.位于視力當中（的賜福）Particularlydoesthisobservationapplytothosewhohavelostsightandhearinginadult這是一個Particularly（特別是）Particularlyapplytosth.，表示“適用于某事”。按照正常的語法順序，我thisobservationappliesparticularlytothoseobservationobserve（觀察），作名詞可以表示“觀察、監測”，也可以表示“觀察的結whohavelostsightandhearinginadultlife.在成年生活當中失去視覺和聽覺（的人）Butthose但是那些人whohaveneversufferedimpairmentofsightorhearing從來沒有過視覺和聽覺缺陷的impairmentimpairmentofsth,seldommakethefullestuseoftheseblessedfaculties.Theireyesandearstakeinallsightsandsoundshazily,withoutconcentrationandwithlittleappreciation.也基本沒有。Theireyesandearstakeinallsightsandsoundshazily,withoutconcentrationandwithlittleItisthesameoldstory這還是那個同樣的老故事ofnotbeinggratefulforwhatwehaveuntilweloseit,ofnotbeingconsciousofhealth意識不到健康（的重要性beconsciousofsth.,表示“某事”untilweareill.· ·Ihaveoftenthoughtitwouldbeablessingifeachhumanbeingwerestrickenblindanddeaf如果每個人都過失明和失聰的打forafewdaysatsometimeduringhisearlyadultlife.在他早期成年生活當中的一些日子里。Darknesswouldmakehimmoreappreciativeofsight;將使他更加感激光明silencewouldteachhimthejoysofsound.寂靜將他聲音的美妙 · ·· 曾經：“Allthebestofmebelongstoher—thereisnotatalent,or·aspirationorajoyinmethathasnotbeenawakenedbyherlovingtouch.”（“ ThreeDaystoSeeInstoriesthedoomedheroisusuallysavedatthelastminutebysomestrokeoffortune,butalmostalwayshissenseofvaluesischanged.He esmoreappreciativeofthemeaningoflifeanditspermanentspiritualvalues.Ithasoftenbeennotedthatthosewholive,orhavelived,intheshadowofdeathbringamellowsweetnesstoeverythingtheydo.Mostofus,however,takelifeforgranted.Weknowthatonedaywemustdie,butusuallywepicturethatdayasfarinthefuture.Whenweareinbuoyanthealth,deathisallbutunimaginable.Weseldomthinkofit.Thedaysstretchoutinanendlessvista.Sowegoaboutourpettytasks,hardlyawareofourlistlessattitudetowardlife.Thesamelethargy,Iamafraid,characterizestheuseofallourfacultiesandsenses.Onlythedeafappreciatehearing,onlytheblindrealizethemanifoldblessingsthatlieinsight.Particularlydoesthisobservationapplytothosewhohavelostsightandhearinginadultlife.Butthosewhohaveneversufferedimpairmentofsightorhearingseldommakethefullestuseoftheseblessedfaculties.Theireyesandearstakeinallsightsandsoundshazily,withoutconcentrationandwithlittleappreciation.Itisthesameoldstoryofnotbeinggratefulforwhatwehaveuntilweloseit,ofnotbeingconsciousofhealthuntilweareill.Ihaveoftenthoughtitwouldbeablessingifeachhumanbeingwerestrickenblindanddeafforafewdaysatsometimeduringhisearlyadultlife.Darknesswouldmakehimmoreappreciativeofsight;silencewouldteachhimthejoysofsound.我擔心同樣的冷漠也存在于我們對自己官能和意識的運用上。只有聾子才理解的重要，只有盲人才strokestr??kn.一擊；中風；輕撫vt.這個詞和strike（撞擊、擊打）astrokeof（一錘子）,astrokeofwhip（一鞭子）himunabletospeak.（他中風了，不能開口說話。）生活當中，astrokeofsth.，指的是“一個突然并且出乎意料的舉動”，通常指的是好事。比如說：astrokeofluck（突如其來的幸運）,astrokeofgenius（一個天才/高明的舉動）等等。stroke也可以作動詞，表示“輕輕撫摸”。比如說：CanIstrokeyourdog?（我能摸一下你的狗嗎？）或者說：Hestrokedhisgirlfriend’shairaffectiona fortunef?rt??nn.fortunefortunate（幸運的）；而因為人們普遍認為能否發財和運氣有很大關系，所以fortune就延伸出了“”的意思。比如說：Hemadeafortunebyngbusiness.（他靠做生意發了財。）這里的madeafortune，就是“賺了一mellow[‘mel??]adj.柔和豐富的；成；醇香的；（酒后）輕松愉悅melt（融化）相關，尤其指的是“水果成熟后的軟化”。生活當中，mellow“柔和豐富的”。比如說：mellowautumncolors（秋天柔和豐富的顏色）。單純的mature（形容詞“成”）要更加突出一個人處事不驚、舉止溫和的性情。比如說：Hebecamemellowerwithage.（隨著的增長，他變得更加成熟了。）mellow還可以表示“味道醇香、甘美的”。“美酒”，英語就可以說成mellowwine；而一個人在少量喝酒之后往往會變得更加放松，心情也會更好一點，所以mellow也可以表示“酒后輕松愉悅的”心情。比如說：AftertwoglassesofwineIwasfeelingmellow.（兩杯酒下肚，我的心情很放松也很愉快。）mellow是一個很溫柔細膩的詞，希望大家可以學會使用。buoyant?b???nt]adj.buoyant作形容詞，也可以表示“輕飄飄的”，尤其指的是一個人“輕松愉快、歡欣鼓舞的”。比如說：Afterreadingtheletter,hewasinabuoyantmood.（讀了那封信之后，他高興得快要飄起來stretchstret?vt.&vi.這個詞和straight（直的）相關，作動詞表示“伸直、伸展、張開”。比如說：Hestretchedoutahandtopickupthebook.（他深出了一只手，把書撿了起來。）或者說：It'sagoodideatostretchbeforeyoudovigorousexercise.（在進行劇烈運動前應該先伸展一下身體。）stretchThehillsstretchedoutasfaraswecouldsee.（這些vistav?st?n.這個詞和-vis-（詞根“看”）有關。vistaThisstreetoffersafinevistaofthecathedral.（這條街的勁頭是個大教堂，遠遠望去非常好看。）vista也可以表示“大腦當中規劃的未來面貌”，也就是“前景”的意思。比如說：Asleader,heopenedupexcitingvistasofglobalcooperation.（作為，他開啟了全球合作的美好前景。）pettypet?adj.pettyargument（一次小斗嘴）,apettytask（一個瑣碎的任務）等等。listless[‘l?stl?s]adj.打采這個詞前面的list和“列表、”那個單詞無關，而是和lust（、）相關，再往前推，詞，指的是“對什么事情都沒有的”，也就是“打采的”。比如說：Hewaslistlessandpaleandwouldn’teatanything.（他沒精打采，臉色蒼白，而且什么也不想吃。）facultyf?k(?)lt?n官能，技能；才能；科，系；（高等院校院系的）這個詞前面的facfaculty是“官能、機能、才能”的意思。比如說：Evenattheageof100,shestillhadallherfaculties.（即使在百歲高齡時，一切身體機能仍然保持正常。）或者說：Shehasafacultyforinspiringconfidenceinpeople.（她具有激發他人信心的能力。）PsychologyFaculty（心理學系）,TheLawFaculty（法學院）等等。collegefor20years.（他已經在這個學院任教了20年。）manifoldm?n?f??ldadj.比如說：Thepossibilitiesaremanifold.（有多種多樣的可能性。）apply?’pla?vi.前綴apat-的變體表示“朝向”；后面的-ply-是詞根“卷入”。apply情里”，作動詞可以表示“申請”，也就是“想去卷入其中成為一”。比如說：I’veappliedforanewjobwiththelocalnewspaper.（我已經申請了地方報紙的一個職位。）technologywasappliedtofarming.（這項新技術已經應用在了農業上。）apply的名詞，叫做applicationapplicationletter。另外，、電腦上的“應用程序”，英語也叫做applicationimpairment?m’perm?nt]n.受損；缺陷impair?m’per]vt.整”，也就是動詞“損害、削弱”的意思。比如說：Loudnoisecanimpairyourhearing.（巨大的噪音有損。）或者說：Hissightwasimpairedbytheconstantstronglight.（他的視力被長時間的thefunctionsofthekidney（腎功能）等等。hazilyheizili]adv.霧蒙蒙地；模糊地hazyhe?z?adj.的”，尤其指的是“霧蒙蒙的、模糊的”。比如說：ahazysky（霧蒙蒙的天空）,ahazyafternoon（霧蒙蒙的下午）。或者說：ahazymemory（一段模糊的）,ahazyidea（一個模糊的概念）等hazehe?zn.生活當中，我們經常說的“”，英語就叫做hazegratefulgre?tfladj.grategrace（優雅、上天的恩惠）相關。grateful就是“對恩賜心存感恩之心”。比如說：Iamverygratefultoalltheteachersfortheirhelp.（我非gratitudegr?t?tju?d]n.所以剛才那句話，我們也可以說成：IwanttoexpressmygratitudetoalltheteachersfortheirIn∨stories/the'doomed↗'herois∨usually'savedatthe'last↗minuteby'some↗s'trokeof'fortune,語音：the（th）；doomed↗‘heroisusuallyat尾音tbut'almost'always/his'sense↗of∨valuesisHebe'comes↗moreap'preciative/ofthe∨meaningof'life/andits'permanents'piritual語音：andits；permanent尾音tIthas'oftenbeen'noted/that'those↗who'live,or'have↗lived,inthe'shadowof'death/'bring↗a'mellows'weetnessto'everythingthey‘do↘.'Most↗ofus,how'ever↗,'takelifefor語音：Mostofuslifefor只讀一個fWe'knowthat'one↗daywemust'die,but'usuallywe'picturethatday↗asfar↗inthe語音：must尾音tpicturek'Whenwearein'buoyant'health,'death↗isallbutWe'seldom'thinkofit↘.The'days↗s'tretch↗'outinan'endless語音：thinkofitdays↗s'tretch↗outtinanSo↗/we'goaboutourpetty↗'tasks,'hardly'aware/ofour'listless↗∨attitudetoward↗The'same↗'lethargy,Iama'fraid↗,∨characterizesthe'useof'all↗our'facultiesand'Onlythe'deaf/appreciate'hearing,'onlythe'blind/'realizethe'manifold'blessingsthatliein'sight↘.Par'ticularlydoes'this↗obser'vation↗ap'plyto'those↗whohave'lost↗'sightand'hearingina'dult↗'life↘.But'those↗whohave'never↗sufferedim'pairmentof'sight↗or∨hearing/'seldom↗makethefullest↗'useof'these↗b'lessed↗'faculties↘.語音：thosewhohave；sufferedim'pairmentseldom↗makem；fullest↗‘use連讀。Their↗∨eyesand∨ears/'takein'all↗'sights↗andsounds↗'hazily,with'out↗concen'tration/and'with'littleap'preciation↘.Itisthe'same↗'old↗s'tory/of'not↗being'gratefulforwhatwe'haveun'tilwe'loseit,of'not↗being'consciousof'healthun'tilweare‘ill↘.語音：Itisold尾音tnot尾音twhat尾音tloseitweare連讀。Ihave'oftenthoughtitwouldbea'blessing/if'each↗'human'being/were∨blindand'deaf/fora'few↗daysat'some↗timeduring↗his'early↗a'dult↗語音：thoughtitwould；beaeach↗‘humananddeaf讀一個d；fora連讀；at尾音t不讀；a’dult尾音t不讀。∨Darkness/would'make↗himmoreap'preciativeof'sight;'silence/would'teachhimthe'joysof‘sound↘.In∨stories/the'doomed↗'herois∨usually'savedatthe'last↗minuteby'some↗s'trokeof'fortune,but'almost'always/his'sense↗of∨valuesis'changed↘.Hebe'comes↗moreap'preciative/ofthe∨meaningof'life/andits'permanents'piritual'values↘.Ithas'oftenbeen'noted/that'those↗who'live,or'have↗lived,inthe'shadowof'death/'bring↗a'mellows'weetnessto'everythingthey'do↘.'Most↗ofus,how'ever↗,'takelifefor'granted↘.We'knowthat'one↗daywemust'die,but'usuallywe'picturethatday↗asfar↗inthe'future↘.'Whenwearein'buoyant'health,'death↗isallbut'uni'maginable↘.We'seldom'thinkofit↘.The'days↗s'tretch↗'outinan'endless'vista↘.So↗/we'goaboutourpetty↗'tasks,'hardly'aware/ofour'listless↗∨attitudetoward↗The'same↗'lethargy,Iama'fraid↗,∨characterizesthe'useof'all↗our'facultiesand'senses↘.'Onlythe'deaf/appreciate'hearing,'onlythe'blind/'realizethe'manifold'blessingsthatliein'sight↘.Par'ticularlydoes'this↗obser'vation↗ap'plyto'those↗whohave'lost↗'sightand'hearingina'dult↗'life↘.But'those↗whohave'never↗sufferedim'pairmentof'sight↗or∨hearing/'seldom↗makethefullest↗'useof'these↗b'lessed↗'faculties↘.Their↗∨eyesand∨ears/'takein'all↗'sights↗andsounds↗'hazily,with'out↗concen'tration/and'with'littleap'preciation↘.Itisthe'same↗'old↗s'tory/of'not↗being'gratefulforwhatwe'haveun'tilwe'loseit,of'not↗being'consciousof'healthun'tilweare'ill↘.Ihave'oftenthoughtitwouldbea'blessing/if'each↗'human'being/weres'tricken∨blindand'deaf/fora'few↗daysat'some↗timeduring↗his'early↗a'dult↗'life↘.∨Darkness/would'make↗himmoreap'preciativeof'sight;'silence/would'teachhimthe'joysofThreeDaystoSeeInstoriesthedoomedheroisusuallysavedatthelastminutebysomestroke )(運氣),butalmostalwayshissenseofvaluesischanged.He esmore ofthemeaningoflifeanditspermanent (精神的)values.Ithasoftenbeennotedthatthosewholive,orhavelived,intheshadowofdeathbringamellow( )sweetnesstoeverythingtheydo.Mostofus,however,takelifeforgranted.Weknowthatonedaywemustdie,butusually(描繪)thatdayasfarinthefuture.Whenweareinbuoyant( )health,deathisall (難以).Weseldomthinkofit.Butdays (蔓延；伸展)outinanendlessvista( ).Sowegoaboutourpettytasks,hardlyawareofour (打采的)attitudetowardlife.Thesamelethargy,Iamafraid,characterizes( )theuseofallourfaculties( )andsenses.Onlythedeafappreciatehearing,onlytheblindrealizethe (多方面的)blessingsthatlieinsight.Particularlydoesthisobservation( (應用)tothosewhohavelostsightandhearinginadultlife.Butthosewhohaveneversufferedimpairment )oforhearingseldommakethefullestuseoftheseblessedfaculties.Theireyesandearstakeinallsightsandsounds (模糊地),without (專注)andwithlittleappreciation.Itisthesameoldstoryofnotbeing (感激的)forwhatwehaveuntilweloseit,ofnotbeingconsciousofhealthuntilweareill.Ihaveoftenthoughtitwouldbeablessingifeachhumanbeingwerestrickenblindanddeafforafewdaysatsometimeduringhisearlyadultlife.Darknesswouldmakehimmoreappreciativeofsight;silencewouldteachhimthejoysofsound.stroke一擊；中風 fortune命運；運氣；appreciative感激spiritual精神的，心靈的 mellow柔和豐富的；醇香的；成picture描繪；想象buoyant歡欣鼓舞的；能浮起來的 unimaginable難以stretch伸展；張 faculty官能；科，系；全體教員 manifold多方面的 apply應 ThreeDaystoSeeInstoriesthedoomedheroisusuallysavedatthelastminutebysomestrokeoffortune,butalmostalwayshissenseofvaluesischanged.He esmoreappreciativeofthemeaningoflifeanditspermanentspiritualvalues.Ithasoftenbeennotedthatthosewholive,orhavelived,intheshadowofdeathbringamellowsweetnesstoeverythingtheydo.Mostofus,however,takelifeforgranted.Weknowthatonedaywemustdie,butusuallywepicturethatdayasfarinthefuture.Whenweareinbuoyanthealth,deathisallbutunimaginable.Weseldomthinkofit.Butdaysstretchoutinanendlessvist