平常的人

The chafing dish is artistic in appearance AND is an ideal household appliance for a modem family.

CRFP2调温电热锅外形美观，是现代家庭理想的家用电器产品由缠结的葡萄藤和花构成的奇特图案。形容在外表或印象上不平常或吸引人的

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成年人学英文的第一课和第二课刊出后，有数位读者写E-mail给我。有一位说道：「一篇文章的每一个单字都查到解释了，但整篇文章就是看不懂，怎麼办？」另一位说：「我的文法很差，没办法写完整的英文句子，要如何补救？」当发音和字汇都掌握住学习要领之后，剩下的就是「读」和「写」了，这才符合学习英文的正确步骤：听→说→读→写。台湾传统的学习方式由「写」开始，再「读」，然后才「说」，最后再去补救「听」力，可以说是背道而行，难怪效果不彰。那麼学习「读」的要诀是什麼呢？当然最重要的是能够了解整个句子的涵义。记得初中的时候背了很多文法规则，考试的分数虽然很高，但是对「读」的能力没有帮助。连那个时候流行的「英语九百句型」，也从来没有耐心读完过。然而我们今天能够看懂中文的文章，难道是因为我们熟悉中文的文法吗？答案是否定的。同样地，一个美国人虽然能阅读报纸，但是要求他做「英文文法分析」，他可能也会傻眼。英文的句子其实不需要去靠文法书中的规则去了解，文法书只应当作参考书，在有疑惑的时候才去查阅。平常应养成「约定成俗」的习惯，就是看别人怎麼用，然后「依样画葫芦」，日积月累，文法规则就化为无形了。因此，要训练「读」的技巧，不应该是靠文法规则，而是要多读。但是在读之前，要具备「了解句子」的基本能力，这就是我们的第三课─了解英文句子的要诀。了解英文句子的关键，在於先抓住「主词」和「动词」。看到一句很长的英文句子，不要害怕：先找主词，再找动词。动词如果是「及物动词」，再去找「受词」。主词、动词、受词之外，剩下的通通当做修饰语，有的修饰主词，有的修饰动词，有的修饰受词，有的修饰全句；任何两个完整的句子都可以用连接词连接起来。以上简单几句话，就是了解英文句子的基本观念。了解英文句子的第二步是熟悉英语的五种基本句型，其中前两种与不及物动词有关，后三种与及物动词有关。以下的句子中，用大括号表示{主词}或{受词}，中括号表示，剩下的部份都是修饰语。第一种与不及物动词有关的基本句型叫做「简单不及物句型」（Intransitive Verb，简称I），请背住以下五个句子

I had been speaking with deliberate clarity, so as a test I said the following words at fast conversational speed:"I never worry that my apartment is bugged in Beijing, because I figure there aren't that many non-native speakers who can understand high-speed slangy American speech."

我本来一直有意识地尽量放慢语速，清晰地吐字发音，后来为了测验一下这套系统真正的本领，我以平常与美国老乡谈话时的口音和语速说了下面这句："我就压根儿没担心过我北京的屋子里会被窃听，我寻思着就那帮人的英文水平根本不可能听懂我们这种从几角旮旯里冒出来的美国话。"

There was a time, before campaign finance laws and snooping reporters, when money shaped politics through outright bribery; when a politician could treat his campaign fund as his personal bank account and accept fancy junkets; when big honoraria from those who sought influence were commonplace, and the shape of legislation went to the highest bidder.

曾几何时，在竞选活动大肆烧钱并且记者到处打探消息以前，政治就是赤裸裸的金钱贿赂，政客可以将竞选基金当作他自己的个人账户，接受大额来路不明的钱财，收受利益集团的谢礼是再平常不过的事，而且立法机构只为有钱人服务。

La Triennale di Milano and Domus present Super Normal, an exhibition curated by Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa.

莫里森和深泽直人策划的&平常至极&的展览，展出的都是我们日常生活中的物品。

That was clear during the May 2008 earthquake in western China, when some 20,000 children and teachers were killed in the collapse of shoddily constructed schools.

在那些地区，稠密的人口和事实上没有的建筑法导致了在大地震中成千上万人的死亡。2008年五月中国西部的地震中有两万学生和老师在建筑粗糙的学校死亡&在中国发生的事太平常了&亚利说&他们认为地震不会在这儿发生直到地震发生了，他们还没有作好准备。&

And my organization has been planned and has been put into effect "that mid-autumn pair, National Day saves and celebrates " a prospect generation activity, lets person give out a handbill within each small residential area first , makes the handbill coverage rates reach 80%, in and then housing estate sets up one by one promoting the sales of point, the sales volume encamping in one all above pin personnel of camp , one week reaches a monthly sales volume of common day.

1，我组织策划并实施了&国庆中秋双节同庆&促销活动，先让人在各个居民小区里发放传单，使传单的覆盖率达到80%，然后在各个小区设个促销点，并驻一名以上营销人员，一个星期的销售量达到平常日子的一个月的销售量。

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

10：29 何况人践踏神的儿子、将那使他成圣之约的血当作平常、又亵慢施恩的圣灵、你们想、他要受的刑罚该怎样加重呢。

At Easter you'll see groups of Roman Catholic or Orthodox pilgrims carrying life-like crosses along the Via Dolorosa in the Old City, and Protestant groups holding a sunrise service at the Garden Tomb, but again, for Israelis, generally, it's just another day.

至於复活节的时候，你可以看到罗马天主教或东正教的朝圣者，背著栩栩如生的十字架，走在耶路撒冷城中的「痛苦之路」上；更正教徒则是配合日出一大清早，在墓园里举行崇拜；但，一般而言，这天对以色列人来说，也不过如平常一样。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失