a hero's aspiration课文写作风格

a hero's aspiration课文写作风格

● A hero’s aspiration( Title)

aspiration: n. [C, U]a strong desire to have or achieve sth. 强烈愿望；志向；抱负

The large gap between aspiration and reality eventually broke his spirit.

愿望与现实之间的巨大落差最终使他心灰意冷。

● Officer Jonda’s pulse quickened. Road conditions were dangerous on

that cold, dark wintery night.(Para.1)

Meaning: Police officer Jonda's heart beat more quickly. On such a cold,

dark night in winter, road conditions were dangerous.

* wintery: a. (also wintry)

1) cold or typical of winter 寒冷的；冬天似的

It was one wintery morning, and everyone was still sleeping.

2) a wintery smile or expression is not very friendly (笑容或表情) 冷漠的；冷冰冰的

She gave a wintery smile when he promised never to cheat her again.

● It was swaying. It was not swaying violently, and was still barely within

the lane, but on the winding road in the fierce November rain, it was

enough. (Para. 1)

Meaning: The car was moving from one side to another. It was not

swaying violently, and the driver still managed to keep it within the lane,

but it was clear that the driver did so with great difficulty. With the road

having a lot of turns and the heavy rain in November , an accident was

likely to happen.

* barely

1. ） only with great difficulty or effort

His voice was barely loud enough to be heart at the back of the

classroom.

2.）almost not

Afraid of darkness, Nina barely walks out of the house at night.

Usage: barely, bare

barely为副词，表示“勉强才能；几乎不；刚刚（表示强调）只有，仅仅（强调数量之少）”等意义，例如

They barely earn enough to maintain themselves and their four children.

He was so drunk that he could barely stand,

She was barely15 when she won her first championship,

bare为形容词，表示 “赤裸的；光秃秃的；无覆盖物的；仅有的；勉强的；最低限度的”等意义。例如

We used to do silly things, like running bare foot through the park.

Gusts of cold wind shook the trees' bare branches.

The patient stood uneasily on the bare floor.

Our profit margin is a bare 1%. 我们的利润仅有1%。

barely为否定词，不应与not 或其他否定词连用，例如

(×) The temperature was not barely above freezing. (

(√) The temperature was barely above freezing. 气温接近冰点。

4. barely和hardly,scarcely一样，可以表示 “刚...就...”。在正式文体中，这些词可以置于句首，句子采用部分倒装的句式。例如

Barely had I said my name before he led me to the interview room. 我刚报上我的名字他就把我带进了面试的房间。

wind: if a road, river, etc. winds somewhere, it has many smooth bends

and is usu. very long （河流、道路等）蜿蜒，曲折前进

I enjoy walking along the narrow and winding streets in my hometown.

我喜欢在家乡狭窄蜿蜒的街道上散步。

Vt. turn or twist sth. several times around sth. else 缠绕；卷绕

He started winding the string in to bring the kite out of the sky. 他开始往回收线，把风筝从天空中收回来。

● Jonda had a sixth sense for accidents and lived n terror of them ever

since that awful night so many years ago. (Para. 1)