新世纪大学英语综合教程秦秀白主编第4册U3B

Unit 3 Book 4The Rainbow of Knowledge1. Difficult Sentences1) (LL. 1~2) For more than ¾ of my life

Unit 3Book 4 The Rainbow of Knowledge 1. Difficult Sentences 1) (LL. 1~2) For more than ¾of my life —39 of my 50 years —I’ve either studied or taught in a school or acollege in New York. What might people think of the author since he has spent more than ¾of his life either studying or teaching? (=People might think that the author would know more than the average person, and that he would feel confident in his knowledge and understanding of life.) Translate this sentence into Chinese. (=5039 我这辈子四分之三以上的时间（年中有年）是在纽约的中小学或大学里 ) 度过的，不是在上学，就是在教学。 2) (LL. 3~6) You might think, then, that after all this time I’d have some grasp of the situation, that I’d actually know things —that I’d have some positive sense of assurance, of certainty, about knowledge and about life. Why does the author use the modal verb “might” here? (=The modal verb “might” here is used to show that it is possible that someone may think this way, but the author is not quite sure about it.) How do you understand the part “I’d have some positive sense of assurance, of certainty, about knowledge and about life”? (=I’d have full confidence in terms of understanding knowledge and life.) 3) (LL. 8~9) To say that the more Iknow, the more Iknow I don’t know is, of course, contradictory. What does the author think of the statement “the more Iknow, the more Iknow Idon’t know”?