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现代大学英语精读第一册Unit10
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Lesson Ten
The Green Banana Donald Batchelder
Pre-class Work I
Read the text once for the main idea. Do not refer to the notes, dictionaries or the
Although it might have happened anywhere, my encounter with the green banana started on a steep mountain road in the central area of Brazil. My ancient jeep was straining up through beautiful countryside when the
began to leak, and I was ten miles from the nearest mechanic. The over-heated engine forced me to stop at the next village, which consisted of a small store and a few houses that were
here and there. People came over to look. They could see three fine streams of hot water
from holes in the jacket of the radiator. "That's easy to fix," a man said. He sent a boy running for some green bananas. He patted me on the shoulder, assuring me that everything would work out. "Green bananas," he smiled. Everyone agreed. We
while all the time I was wondering what they could possibly do to my radiator with their green bananas. I did not ask them, though, as that would show my ignorance, so I talked about the beauty of the land that lay before our eyes. Huge rock formations, like Sugar Loaf in Rio, rose up all around us. "Do you see that tall one right over there?" asked the man, pointing to a particularly tall, slender
of dark rock. "That rock marks the center of the world." I looked to see if he was teasing me, but his face was serious. He, in turn, inspected me carefully, as if to make sure I grasped the significance of his statement. The occasion called for some show of recognition on my part. "The center of the world?" I repeated, trying to show interest if not complete acceptance. He nodded. "The absolute center. Everyone around here knows it." At that moment the boy returned with an armful of green bananas. The man cut one in half and pressed the cut end against the radiator jacket. The banana melted into a glue against the hot metal, stopping the leaks instantly. I was so astonished at this that I must have looked rather foolish and everyone laughed. They then refilled me radiator and gave me extra bananas to take along in case my radiator should give me trouble again. An hour later, after using the green banana once more, my radiator and I reached our destination. The local mechanic smiled. "Who taught you about the green banana?" I gave him the name of the village. "Did they show you the rock marking the center of the world?" he asked. I assured him they had. "My grandfather came from there," he said. "The exact center. Everyone around here has always known about it." As a product of American education, I had never paid the slightest attention to the green banana, except to regard it as a fruit whose time had not yet come. Suddenly, on that mountain road, its time had come to meet my need. But as I reflected on it further, I realized that the green banana had been there all along. Its time reached back to the very origins of the banana. The people in that village had known about it for years. It was my own time that had come, all in relation to it. I came to appreciate the special genius of those people, and the special potential of the green banana. I had been wondering for some time about what educators like to call "learning moments," and I now knew I had just experienced two of them at once. It took me a little longer to
grasp the importance of the rock which the villagers believed marked the center of the world. I had at first doubted their claim, as I knew for a fact that the center was located somewhere else in New England. After all, my grandfather had come from there. But gradually I realized the village people had a very reasonable belief and I agreed with them. We all tend to regard as the center that special place where we are known, where we know others, where things mean much to us, and where we ourselves have both identity and meaning: family, school, town and local region could all be our center of the world. The lesson which gradually dawned on me was actually very simple. Every place has special meanings for the people in it, and in a certain sense every place represents the center of the world. The world has numerous such centers, and no one student or traveler can experience all of them. But once a conscious breakthrough to a second center is made, a life-long perspective and collection can begin. The cultures of the world are full of unexpected green bananas with special value and meaning. They have been there for ages,
slowly, perhaps waiting patiently for people to come along to encounter them. In fact, a green banana is waiting for all of us if we would leave our own centers of the world in order to experience other places.
Read the text a second time. Learn the new words and expressions listed below.
acceptance n. the act of agreeing that what sb. says is right or true 接受（某种观点、说法）
ancient adj. very old
appreciate v. to understand and enjoy 赏识
armful n. the amount of sth. one can hold in one arm or both arms
assure v. to tell sb. that sth. is sure to happen so that he does not have to worry 使……放心
Brazil n. 巴西
breakthrough n. 突破
casually adv. 随便地
v. to talk quickly about things that are not serious or important 闲聊
consist of v. to be made up of 由……组成的
dawn on v. to make sb. realize 使……觉醒
destination n. a place sb. is going to 目的地
encounter v. to meet sb. or experience sth. suddenly or unexpectedly 遭遇； n. 碰见
formation n. Here: sth. that is formed i rock ～ : 具有特殊形状的石峰；怪石
genius n. very great and exceptional ability or skill 天才
glue n. 胶水；胶汁
identity n. a strong feeling of belonging to a particular group 身份；认同感
ignorance n. having no knowledge or information 无知
inspect v. to examine carefully
instantly adv. at once
leak v. 泄漏；渗漏
local adj. of a particular place or area 当地的；本地的
locate v. to be ～ d: to be in a particular place 位于
mechanic n. Here: sb. who is skilled at repairing cars 汽车修理工
melt v. to become soft through heating 溶解；软化
New England n. 新英格兰（美国东北部的总称）
numerous adj.
occasion n. special time for sth. 场合
origin n. 起源；根源
particular adj. special 特殊的
pat v. 轻拍
perspective n. a way of thinking about or looking at sth. 观点；看法
pinnacle n. 顶峰；顶点
potential n. the possibility that sth. will have a certain effect 潜力
radiator n. 汽车散热器；水箱
reasonable adj.
with reason 合乎情理的
refill v. to fill again
reflect on v. to think carefully about 思考
Rio n. short for ～ de Janeiro, a city in Brazil 里约热内卢
scattered adj. spread all over a large area 散布在……的；散落在……的
significance n. importance
slender adj. thin and
细长的；苗条的
slight adj. small in amount or degree 少量的
v. to send out with great force 喷出
statement n. sth. you say or write publicly or officially to let people know your intentions or opinions 表述；声明
steep adj. 陡峭的
strain up v. to make a great effort to move upward 竭力爬坡
tease v. to make jokes or laugh at sb. in order to have fun either in a friendly way or in an unkind way 取笑；逗弄
A Secret Lost in the Water Roch Carrier
After I started going to school my father scarcely talked any more. I was very
my father had little skill for it (it was my mother who wrote our letters) and was convinced I was no longer interested in hearing him tell of his adventures during the long weeks when he was far away from the house. One day, however, he said to me: "The time's come to show you something." He asked me to follow him. I walked behind him, not talking, as we had got in the habit of doing. He stopped in the field before a
of leafy bushes. "Those are called alders," he said. "I know." "You have to learn how to choose," my father
out. I didn't understand. He touched each branch of the bush, one at a time, with religious care. "You have to choose one that's very fine, a perfect one, like this." I it seemed exactly like the others. My father opened his pocket knife and cut the branch he'd selected with
care. He stripped off the leaves and showed me the branch, which formed a perfect Y. "You see," he said, "the branch has two arms. Now take one in each hand. And squeeze them." I did as he asked and took in each hand one fork of the Y, which was thinner than a pencil. "Close your eyes," my father ordered, "and squeeze a little harder.. . Don't open your eyes! Do you feel anything?" "The branch is moving!" I exclaimed, astonished. "Beneath my
fingers the
like a small, frightened snake. My father saw that I was about to drop it. "Hang on to it!" The branch is squirming," I repeated. "And I hear something that sounds like a river!" "Open your eyes," my father ordered. I was , as though he'd
me while I was dreaming. "What does it mean?" I asked my father. "It means that
us, right here, there's a little freshwater spring. If we dig, we could drink from it. I've just taught you how to find a spring. It's something my own father taught me. It isn't something you learn in school. And it isn't useless: a man can get along without writing and arithmetic, but he can never get along without water." Much later, I discovered that my father was famous in the region because of what the people called his "gift": before digging a well they
they would watch him
the fields or the hills, eyes closed, hands clenched on the fork of an alder . Wherever my father stopped, th
and there water would
. Y I went to other schools, saw other countries, I had children, I wrote some books and my poor father is lying in the earth where so many times he had found fresh water. One day someone began to make a film about my village and its inhabitants, from whom I've stolen so many of the stories that I tell. With the film crew we went to see a farmer to capture the image of a sad man: his children didn't want to receive the inheritance he'd spent his whole life preparing for them—the finest farm in the area. While the technicians were getting cameras and microphones ready the farmer put his arm around my shoulders, saying: "I knew your father well." "Ah! I know. Everybody in the village knows each other... No one feels like an outsider." "You know what's under your feet?" "Hell?" I asked, laughing. "Under your feet there's a well. Before I dug I called in specialists from the Department of A they did research, they
and they made a report where they said there wasn't any water on my land. With the family, the animals, the crops, I need water. When I saw that those specialists hadn't found any I thought of your father and I asked him to come over. He didn' I think he was pretty fed up with me because I'd asked those specialists instead of him. B he went and cut off a little branch, then he walked around for a whil he stopped, he listened to something we couldn't hear and then he said to me: "Dig right here, there's enough water to get your whole flock drunk and drown your specialist besides." We dug and found water. Fine water that's never heard of pollution. The fi they called to me to take my place. "I'm gonna show you something," said the farmer, keeping me back." You wait right here." He disappeared into a
which he must have used to store things, then came back with a branch which he held out to me. "I neve I kept the alder branch your father cut to find my water. I don't understand, it hasn't dried out." Moved as I touched the branch, kept out of I don't know what sense of piety—and which really wasn't dry—I had the feeling that my father was watching I closed my eyes and,
above the spring my father had discovered, I waited for the branch to , I hoped the sound of
water would rise to my ears. The alder stayed motionless in my hands and the water beneath the earth refused to sing. Somewhere along the roads I'd taken since the village of my childhood I had forgotten my father's knowledge. "Don't feel sorry," said the man, thinking no doubt of his fa "nowadays fathers can't pass on anything to the next generation." And he took the alder branch from my hands.
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n.注释词表；术语汇编
参考例句：
The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。
n.暖气片，散热器
参考例句：
The two ends of the pipeline are connected with the radiator.管道的两端与暖气片相连接。
Top up the radiator before making a long journey.在长途旅行前加满散热器。
adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的
参考例句：
Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
v.喷出，涌出；滔滔不绝地讲；n.喷管；水柱
参考例句：
Implication in folk wealth creativity and undertaking vigor spout.蕴藏于民间的财富创造力和创业活力喷涌而出。
This acts as a spout to drain off water during a rainstorm.在暴风雨季，这东西被用作喷管来排水。
n.水落管系统v.（指液体）喷出( spout的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地讲；喋喋不休地说；喷水
参考例句：
He's always spouting off about the behaviour of young people today. 他总是没完没了地数落如今年轻人的行为。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Blood was spouting from the deep cut in his arm. 血从他胳膊上深深的伤口里涌出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战
参考例句：
Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。
（人）喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 )； 唠叨； （牙齿）打战； （机器）震颤
参考例句：
They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
We chattered like two teenagers. 我们聊着天，像两个十多岁的孩子。
adv.漠不关心地，无动于衷地，不负责任地
参考例句：
She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。
n.尖塔，尖顶，山峰；(喻)顶峰
参考例句：
Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
v.成熟，使熟( ripen的现在分词 )；熟化；熟成
参考例句：
The corn is blossoming [ripening]. 玉米正在开花[成熟]。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
When the summer crop is ripening, the autumn crop has to be sowed. 夏季作物成熟时，就得播种秋季作物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.无数的，多得不计其数的
参考例句：
In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的
参考例句：
His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。
喝醉的，极其兴奋的
参考例句：
She was intoxicated with success. 她为成功所陶醉。
They became deeply intoxicated and totally disoriented. 他们酩酊大醉，东南西北全然不辨。
n.树丛，草丛；vi.用沉重的脚步行走
参考例句：
A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees.一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过。
It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
参考例句：
He gave john some alder bark.他给了约翰一些桤木树皮。
Several coppice plantations have been seeded with poplar,willow,and alder.好几个灌木林场都种上了白杨、柳树和赤杨。
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.虔诚的；道貌岸然的
参考例句：
Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。
Her mother was a pious Christian.她母亲是一个虔诚的基督教徒。
v.紧握，抓紧，咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。
She clenched her hands in her lap to hide their trembling. 她攥紧双手放在腿上，以掩饰其颤抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.扭动，蠕动，蜿蜒行进( wriggle的现在分词 )；（使身体某一部位）扭动；耍滑不做，逃避（应做的事等）；蠕蠕
参考例句：
The baby was wriggling around on my lap. 婴儿在我大腿上扭来扭去。
Something that looks like a gray snake is wriggling out. 有一种看来象是灰蛇的东西蠕动着出来了。 来自辞典例句
adj. 震惊的，惊讶的
动词stun的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。
v.（使）醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）觉醒；弄醒；（使）意识到
参考例句：
She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面
参考例句：
Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。
参考例句：
The prospecting team ploughed their way through the snow. 探险队排雪前进。
The prospecting team has traversed the length and breadth of the land. 勘探队踏遍了祖国的山山水水。
n.大树枝，主枝
参考例句：
I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough.我把钓鱼竿靠在一棵松树的大树枝上。
Every bough was swinging in the wind.每条树枝都在风里摇摆。
v.喷，涌；滔滔不绝(说话)；n.喷，涌流；迸发
参考例句：
There was a gush of blood from the wound.血从伤口流出。
There was a gush of blood as the arrow was pulled out from the arm.当从手臂上拔出箭来时，一股鲜血涌了出来。
adv.向前；向外，往外
参考例句：
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析
参考例句：
The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.简陋的小屋，窝棚
参考例句：
He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
vt.挣扎，痛苦地扭曲；vi.扭曲，翻腾，受苦；n.翻腾，苦恼
参考例句：
They surely writhe under this pressure.他们肯定对这种压力感到苦恼。
Her words made him writhe with shame.她的话使他惭愧地感到浑身不自在。
adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话
参考例句：
blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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