解說(shuō):

　　a.in sb's eyes 在……某人眼中

　　=in the eyes of sb

　　in one's mind 依某人之見(jiàn)

　　=to one's mind

　　例:In the eyes of his boss，James is a model employee.

　　在詹姆斯的老板眼中，他是位模范員工。

　　Jack is，to my mind, best suited for the job.

　　依我之見(jiàn)，杰克最適合這項(xiàng)工作。

　　b.sidetracked a.偏離正途的;出軌的;岔開(kāi)的

　　例:We were talking about dogs but got sidetracked ended up and on the subject of cars.

　　我們本來(lái)在談?wù)摴罚珔s岔開(kāi)話(huà)題談起車(chē)子來(lái)。

　　c.…，but in mine,…

　　=…，but in my eyes，.

　　d.musical a.音樂(lè)的

　　music n.音樂(lè)

　　a musical card 音樂(lè)卡

　　e.genius n.天才

　　例:Arnold may be a genius，but he's always forgetting where he has put his glasses.

　　阿諾德可能是位天才，但他老是忘記自己的眼鏡放在哪里。

　　2.He has a terrible attendance record at school and actually quit going to school twice.

　　He has a terrible attendance record at school and actually quit going twice.

　　他出勤的記錄很差，實(shí)際上還休學(xué)兩次。

　　解說(shuō):

　　a.attendance record出席記錄;出勤記錄

　　attendance n. 出席(人數(shù))

　　attend vt. 出席，參加

　　例:Attendance was down last Sunday at church because of the rain.

　　因?yàn)橄掠辏蟼€(gè)禮拜天教會(huì)的出席人數(shù)不多。

　　b. record n.記錄& a.空前的

　　on record 列人記錄，公開(kāi)聲明

　　off the record 不列人記錄，不在媒體上公開(kāi)

　　a record number of 空前的數(shù)目……

　　例:The politician said，"I'll give you some information.but it must be off the record."

　　這位政客說(shuō):“我會(huì)給你一些資料，但不可在媒體上公開(kāi)。”

　　A record number of students were caught cheating on the last exam.

　　在上次考試中，被抓到作弊的學(xué)生空前得多。

　　c. quit vt.停止，放棄(三態(tài)同形)

　　quit+N/V-ing 停止/放棄

　　例:Did Peter quit the race because he thought he had no chance to win?

　　彼得放棄比賽是因?yàn)樗X(jué)得自己沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)贏嗎?

　　3.The fact is that it's music which really interests him.

　　事實(shí)上真正令他感興趣的是音樂(lè)。

　　解說(shuō):

　　a. The fact is that S+V 事實(shí)上是

　　=In fact, S+V

　　=The truth is that S+V

　　例:The truth is that Mary really didn't know her mother was kidding.

　　事實(shí)上瑪麗真的不知道她媽媽在開(kāi)玩笑。

　　b.…it's music which really interests him.

　　本句為強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，其用法如下:

　　It is+名詞/代詞+who/whom/which/that 等關(guān)系代詞所引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)人句.

　　注意:

　　翻譯時(shí)宜從定語(yǔ)從句先翻譯。

　　例:It is Bill whom we rely on.

　　我們仰賴(lài)的是比爾。

　　It is his book which had a profound influence on me.

　　影響我很深的是他的書(shū).

　　c. interest vt.使感興趣&n.興趣

　　show an interest in 對(duì)……有興趣

　　例:The little baby seemed to show an interest in the cuckoo clock.

　　那個(gè)小寶貝似乎對(duì)那布谷鳥(niǎo)自鳴鐘很有興趣.

　　4.Indeed, he has a musical bent; he sings well, is gifted in composing songs, and even formed a band with his buddies.

　　他的確很有音樂(lè)天分:他歌唱得好，有作詞作曲的天賦，甚至還跟他的哥們兒組成一支樂(lè)團(tuán)。

　　解說(shuō):

　　a. bent n.愛(ài)好，性向，天分

　　bend vt.使彎曲

　　三態(tài)為:bend , bent , bent:

　　be bent on V-ing 一心一意要從事……

　　例:Lawrence is bent on marrying his high school sweetheart.

　　勞倫斯一心一意要娶他高中時(shí)的女朋友。

　　b.本句冒號(hào)之后為三個(gè)并列句，用and連接，用以說(shuō)明has a musical bent

　　例:Carlos has a linguistic bent: he can speak five languages，write in all of them and sing Spanish ballads.

　　卡洛斯有語(yǔ)言天分:他能說(shuō)寫(xiě)五種語(yǔ)言，還會(huì)唱西班牙民謠.

　　c.be gifted in…有……的天賦

　　=have a gift for…

　　例:Helen is truly gifted in art.and I'm not the only one who thinks so.

　　海倫真的很有藝術(shù)天分，而且不只我一個(gè)人這樣想.

　　d. compose vt.作曲，組成

　　A is composed of B and C A由B和C組成

　　=B and C compose A

　　例:The committee was composed of mainly teachers and parents.

　　這個(gè)委員會(huì)主要是由老師和家長(zhǎng)組成的。

　　e. form vt.成立，形成

　　例:We all formed an opinion of Gary without actually getting to know him.

　　我們都沒(méi)有真正認(rèn)識(shí)加里時(shí)就對(duì)他驟下定論。

　　f. band n.樂(lè)團(tuán)，樂(lè)隊(duì)

　　g. buddy n.伙伴，好朋友

　　5.I enjoy listening to the songs he writes and, although the lyrics are sort of immature，they come straight from the heart.

　　我喜歡聽(tīng)他寫(xiě)的歌，雖然歌詞有點(diǎn)不成熟，但那是直接發(fā)自他內(nèi)心的情感。

　　解說(shuō):

　　a. enjoy V-ing 喜歡……

　　have a liking for V-ing/N 喜歡……

　　be fond of V ing/N 喜歡……

　　例:My father has a liking for calligraphy.

　　我的父親喜歡書(shū)法。

　　b.lyric n. ( pl.) 歌詞&a.抒情的

　　lyrical a.抒情的

　　例:This line in the lyrics is very melancholy.

　　這行歌詞非常的憂(yōu)傷。

　　c. be sort of十a(chǎn)dj. 有點(diǎn)……

　　= be a little+adj .

　　例:The editors' room is sort of stuffy.

　　編輯室有點(diǎn)悶。

　　d. immature a.不成熟的

　　mature a.成熟的

　　例:Emily looks more mature with make-up.

　　埃米莉上妝后看起來(lái)較成熟。

　　e. come straight from the heart 來(lái)自心底，發(fā)自?xún)?nèi)心

　　straight adv直接地

　　例:The worried mother's words came straight from the heart.

　　那個(gè)憂(yōu)心忡忡的媽媽說(shuō)的是肺腑之言.

　　6.He says his dream is to make music his career.

　　他說(shuō)他的夢(mèng)想是獻(xiàn)身音樂(lè)工作。

　　解說(shuō):

　　career n.職業(yè)，生涯&a.職業(yè)的

　　career soldier 職業(yè)軍人

　　例:I prefer to be a career woman rather than a housewife.

　　我喜歡做職業(yè)婦女勝過(guò)做家庭主婦。

　　7.Who knows if he is on the right track or not?

　　誰(shuí)知道他走的是不是正途呢?

　　解說(shuō):

　　a. Who knows if he is…

　　=Who knows whether he is…

　　注意:

　　whether引導(dǎo)的名詞性從句作及物動(dòng)詞的賓語(yǔ)時(shí)，whether可用if代替，句子最后的or not可省略，亦可放在whether之后，但不可放在if之后:

　　例:I don't know if/whether he is alive (or not).

　　=I don't know whether or not he is alive .

　　I don't know if or not he is alive .(X)

　　我不曉得他是否還活著。

　　此外，僅有whether可用以引導(dǎo)名詞從句作主語(yǔ)，if 則不可。

　　例:If the theory is right or not is still under debate.(x)

　　Whether the theory is right or not is still under debate.(O)

　　有關(guān)這項(xiàng)理論是否正確，仍在辯論中。

　　b. be on the right track 在正軌上，是正確的

　　例:This isn't the solution to the problem, but I think we're on the right track.

　　這不是解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題的方法，但我想我們思考的方向是正確的。

　　8. But I do know that whatever he does, music will always be a part of his life.

　　但我倒知道不管他做什么，音樂(lè)永遠(yuǎn)是他生活中的一部分。

　　解說(shuō):

　　a. But I do know…中的do為強(qiáng)調(diào)用法，do , does , did置于肯定句中時(shí)，為一種強(qiáng)調(diào)用法，可譯為“真的”、“的確”。

　　例:Connie does like to gossip.

　　康妮真的喜歡聊天。

　　b. whatever有兩種用法:

　　(1)相當(dāng)于no matter what

　　例:No matter what he says，we won't believe him.

　　不管他說(shuō)什么，我們都不會(huì)相信他。

　　(2)作復(fù)合關(guān)系代詞，相當(dāng)于anything which，可作主語(yǔ)或動(dòng)詞的賓語(yǔ)。

　　例:Whatever he said is dubious.

　　他所說(shuō)的話(huà)都是可疑的.

　　I'll do whatever you tell me to do.

　　不管你要我做什么我都會(huì)去做。