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我所看到的牛津
byStephenLeacock
史蒂文·李考克著
Newwords
dilapidated,(adj.)beinginastateofdecay:putrefactive
fire-escapes,emergencyexitintheeventoffire
ventilation,circulationofair
sanitation,disposalofsewage.
up-to-date,adj.1.Inform
2、edoforreflectingthelatestinformationorchanges:anup-to-datetimetable.2.Beinginaccordwiththelatestideas,improvements,orstyles:up-to-datetechnology;up-to-datefashions.
facilities,1.Somethingthatfacilitatesanactionorprocess.2.Somethingcreatedtoserveaparticularfunction:hospitalsandotherhea
3、lthcarefacilities.
persist(v.)holdfirmly;beinsistent;insistlive,stickto
assertion(n.)theactoranexampleofstatingpositively:affirmation,asseveration,averral,avowal,declaration
Underlinethekeywords
...Yetinspiteofitsdilapidatedbuildingsanditslackoffire-escapes,ventilation,sanitation,andu
4、p-to-datekitchenfacilitiespersistinmyassertionthatIbelievethatOxford,initsway,isthegreatestuniversityintheworld.Iamawarethatthisisanextremestatementandneedsexplanation.
Analysisofthetext
Parallelism:Yetinspiteofitsdilapidatedbuildingsanditslackoffire-escapes,ventilation,sanitation,an
5、dup-to-datekitchenfacilitiespersistinmyassertionthatIbelievethatOxford,initsway,isthegreatestuniversityintheworld.
Leacockbeginshiscomparisoninthethirdsentence.
译文
…尽管牛津大学校舍破旧，缺少防火太平门、通风设备、卫生设备和现代厨房设施，我仍坚持，牛津以其特有的方式，是世界上最好的大学。我清楚，这说法太极端，还需要进一步解释。
Newwords
endowment(n.)Agifttoacharit
6、yorcause:contribution,alms,benefaction,beneficence,charity,donation,bestowal,offering,grant
`nowhere/`nEuhwZE/adv.1.Notanywhere.2.Tonoplaceorresult:protestedtheruling收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除__________________________________________________butgotnowhere.n.1.Aremoteorunknownplace:acabininthe
7、middleofnowhere.
Underlinethekeywords
Oxfordismuchsmallerinnumbers,forexample,thantheStateUniversityofMinnesota,andismuchpoorer.Ithas,orhadtillyesterday,fewerstudentsthantheUniversityofToronto.TomentionOxfordbesidethe26,000studentsofColumbiaUniversitysoundsridiculous.Inpointofmoney,
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