Lesson 1 · Fall in Love with English

S1

Hiding behind the loose dusty curtain, a teenager packed up his overcoat into the suitcase.

一个少年躲在松动、布满灰尘的窗帘后面，把大衣装进了手提箱。

loose 松动的 dusty 布满灰尘的 curtain 窗帘 pack up 收拾、打包 overcoat 大衣 suitcase 手提箱

S2

He planned to leave home at dusk though there was thunder and lightning outdoors.

尽管外面正电闪雷鸣，他还是计划在黄昏时离开家。

dusk 黄昏、傍晚 thunder 雷 lightning 闪电 outdoors 在户外

S3

He had got to do this because he was tired of his parents' nagging about his English study and did not want to go through it any longer.

他不得不这样做，因为他厌倦了父母对他英语学习的唠叨，不想再忍受下去了。

be tired of 厌倦 nagging 唠叨 go through 忍受、经历

S4

He couldn't get along well with English and disliked joining in English classes because he thought his teacher ignored him on purpose.

他学不好英语，也不喜欢上英语课，因为他觉得老师是故意忽视他。

get along with 与…相处、进展 join in 参加 ignore 忽视 on purpose 故意地

S5

As a result, his score in each exam never added up to over 60.

结果，他每次考试的分数合计从未超过 60 分。

as a result 结果、因此 score 分数 exam 考试 add up to 合计达

S6

His partner was concerned about him very much.

他的搭档非常担心他。

partner 搭档、伙伴 be concerned about 担心、关心

S7

She understood exactly what he was suffering from, but entirely disagreed with his idea.

她完全理解他正承受的痛苦，却完全不赞同他的想法。

exactly 确切地 suffer from 遭受、忍受 entirely 完全地 disagree with 不同意

S8

In order to calm him down and settle his problem, she talked with him face to face and swapped a series of learning tips with him.

为了让他冷静下来、解决他的问题，她与他面对面交谈，并交换了一系列学习技巧。

calm down 冷静下来 settle 解决 swap 交换 a series of 一系列 tip 技巧、建议

S9

The items she set down helped him find the highway to studying English well.

她记下来的那些条目，帮他找到了学好英语的“捷径”。

item 条目、项目 set down 写下、记下 highway 大路（此处引申为途径、捷径）

S10

The teenager was grateful and got great power from his friend's words.

这个少年非常感激，从朋友的话语中获得了巨大的力量。

grateful 感激的 power 力量

S11

Now, he has recovered from being upset and has fallen in love with English.

如今，他已从沮丧中恢复过来，真正爱上了英语。

recover from 从…恢复 upset 沮丧的 fall in love with 爱上

📖 Fall in Love with English 爱上英语