新编大学英语3 unit1-5 浙江大学出版(14)

新编大学英语3 unit1-5 浙江大学出版

The day when her teacher came to her. C. What is the immeasurable contrast?

Before the teacher came, she lived in a still, dark world in which there was no strong sentiment or tenderness. From that day on, she began to learn not only language but also gained a new sight for life.

(2) On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant. (l5) Why did Helen consider March 3, 1887 an eventful day?

Because the day marked a turning point in her life. On that day, the teacher came to her to reveal all things to her, including love.

(3) …when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line…(l13~15)

A. White and dark are opposite in meaning. Then what does white darkness mean?

It refers to a feeling of being lost, like a ship at sea almost incapable of finding her way in a white fog without sunshine.

B. What does her refer to? The ship.

(4) I was like that ship before my education began… (l16) Read para. 2&3. How did Helen feel before her education began?

She felt tense and anxious, waiting for something to happen with a beating heart. (5) … and tried to make me understand that ―d-o-l-l‖ applied to both. (l35) What does both refer to?

Both the new doll and the big rag doll.

(6) Miss Sullivan had tried to impress it upon me that ―m-u-g‖ is mug and that ―w-a-t-e-r‖ is water, but I persisted in confounding the two. (l36~38)

What does the two refer to? The words and the real objects.

(7) … and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. (l52) What is the mystery of language?

Words are the names of things./Everything has a name.

(8) That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! (l54) What does that living word mean?