本章重点写苏家父子全家搬离故乡，在回京途中，对所见的三峡奇景及沿岸村民生活的描写，通过描写途中地貌特征的雄伟惊奇，衬托出苏家父子各自怀抱远大抱负，踌躇满志，对仕途前景充满美好期盼的强大信心。
1.sentence
1.1 The Sung neo-Confucianists might look askance at such a regrettable lapse from austere filial piety.
look askance at
• 斜眼看，瞟(常表示蔑视、怀疑、厌恶等情绪)，带着怀疑的目光看(某人或某物)[亦作askant]
• 短语
• look askance at sb 侧目斜视
• look at sb askance 不满地瞟
eg: We hardly look askance at the miserably married
lapse [læps]
• n.
1. (时间的)流逝，间隔；逝去的时间
2. 失言，口误；笔误；记错
3. 过失，错失，小错，小疵；失检
4. (尤指气温、气压的)跌落，下降
5. 放弃信仰；违背教义
6. 废止，中断
• lapse of time 一段时间；时光的流逝
• lapse of memory 记错；记忆力衰退
• time lapse 时间流逝；时间推移
• lapse into 陷入
• lapse from virtue 堕落，道德败坏
• austere adj. 严峻的；简朴的；苦行的；无装饰的
• filial adj. 孝顺的；子女的，当做子女的
• piety n. 虔诚；孝敬；虔诚的行为或语言
• 译文：宋朝的道学家就会说他不孝，要对他侧目而视。
1.2 But the travelers had passed only two of the gorges, and the worst was yet to come.
译文：苏家父子刚渡过巫峡和瞿塘峡，最危险的一个还没有走到。
1.3. The Frog was a great flat boulder with a striking resemblance to a frog's head, with water dripping down into the river like a crystal screen from its mouth.
译文；这个青蛙实际上是一个扁平圆滑的石头，因酷似一个青蛙头，口中有水滴入河中，形状似水晶屏风。
2.words
2.1Their literary ambitions had been vindicated, their success in …almost assured.
vindicate
• vt. 维护；证明…无辜；证明…正确
• Eg;The director said he had been vindicated by the experts 'report
2.2 with hidden….dexterity on the part of the boatmen.
dexterity
n. 灵巧; 敏捷; 熟练; 聪敏;
[例句]His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks
2.3 he …… emoluments of office were worth the fetters of a civilized life.
Emolument
n. 报酬，薪水
[例句]He could earn up to £ 1m a year in salary and emoluments from many directorships.
相似短语
• annual returns of emoluments paid to staff 每年支付给雇员之薪酬报税表
• official emoluments 【法】 职住薪酬
Chapter Five
FATHER AND SONS
本章重点写苏家父子全家搬离故乡，在回京途中，对所见的三峡奇景及沿岸村民生活的描写，通过描写途中地貌特征的雄伟惊奇，衬托出苏家父子各自怀抱远大抱负，踌躇满志，对仕途前景充满美好期盼的强大信心。
1.sentence
1.1 The Sung neo-Confucianists might look askance at such a regrettable lapse from austere filial piety.
look askance at
• 斜眼看，瞟(常表示蔑视、怀疑、厌恶等情绪)，带着怀疑的目光看(某人或某物)[亦作askant]
• 短语
• look askance at sb 侧目斜视
• look at sb askance 不满地瞟
eg: We hardly look askance at the miserably married
lapse [læps]
• n.
1. (时间的)流逝，间隔；逝去的时间
2. 失言，口误；笔误；记错
3. 过失，错失，小错，小疵；失检
4. (尤指气温、气压的)跌落，下降
5. 放弃信仰；违背教义
6. 废止，中断
• lapse of time 一段时间；时光的流逝
• lapse of memory 记错；记忆力衰退
• time lapse 时间流逝；时间推移
• lapse into 陷入
• lapse from virtue 堕落，道德败坏
• austere adj. 严峻的；简朴的；苦行的；无装饰的
• filial adj. 孝顺的；子女的，当做子女的
• piety n. 虔诚；孝敬；虔诚的行为或语言
• 译文：宋朝的道学家就会说他不孝，要对他侧目而视。
1.2 But the travelers had passed only two of the gorges, and the worst was yet to come.
译文：苏家父子刚渡过巫峡和瞿塘峡，最危险的一个还没有走到。
1.3. The Frog was a great flat boulder with a striking resemblance to a frog's head, with water dripping down into the river like a crystal screen from its mouth.
译文；这个青蛙实际上是一个扁平圆滑的石头，因酷似一个青蛙头，口中有水滴入河中，形状似水晶屏风。
2.words
2.1Their literary ambitions had been vindicated, their success in …almost assured.
vindicate
• vt. 维护；证明…无辜；证明…正确
• Eg;The director said he had been vindicated by the experts 'report
2.2 with hidden….dexterity on the part of the boatmen.
dexterity
n. 灵巧; 敏捷; 熟练; 聪敏;
[例句]His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks
2.3 he …… emoluments of office were worth the fetters of a civilized life.
Emolument
n. 报酬，薪水
[例句]He could earn up to £ 1m a year in salary and emoluments from many directorships.
相似短语
• annual returns of emoluments paid to staff 每年支付给雇员之薪酬报税表
• official emoluments 【法】 职住薪酬