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13 Sailing Home
13 划船回家
This novel was about an unbelievable but genuine adventure.
这部小说写的是一次令人难以置信而又真实的历险。
Its author was a black businessman who was brought up in America.
其作者是一位在美国被抚养长大的黑人商人。
In 1956, he visited Africa, his birthplace.
1956 年，他回到他的出生地非洲。
One day, when he was wandering on the pavement near the bay enjoying the sea scenes,
有一天，当他在海湾边的人行道上漫步欣赏海景时，
he lost his money and passport that he kept in an envelope.
他丢失了一个装着钱和护照的信封。
So he went to the embassy to seek help,
于是向当地的大使馆寻求帮助，
but the ambassador with rude manners didn’t permit his staff to help though he bowed to him.
但是大使态度非常粗鲁，即使向他鞠躬，也不允许他的职员帮忙。
Staring at his impatient face, he understood that it was the fault of his skin color that accounted
for their rejection.
盯着他那不耐烦的脸，他知道是他皮肤颜色的错才导致了他们的拒绝。
So he decided to take a chance to sail on a small boat home.
于是，他决定冒险驾驶一只小船回家。
He met a large amount of difficulty but was never stopped.
他遇到了许多困难，但是从未停止。
On the contrary, difficulty pushed him to go ahead harder.
相反，困难推动他更努力地前进。
Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident. He was in rags indeed.
三个月后，当他被一艘船偶然发现时，真的是衣衫褴褛。
A maid even screamed when bringing him a steak and pineapple dessert.
给他端来牛排和菠萝甜品的女仆甚至被吓得尖叫起来。
Aboard, he earned his passage by working as a barber and got home finally.
在船上，他当一名理发师来挣取船费，最后终于回到了家。
As for the name of his novel, he couldn’t think of a better one than the phrase “Go Ahead”.
至于这部小说的名字，他再也不能想到一个比“前进”更好的短语了。
Vocabulary 词汇表
1. novel [ n v l] - 小说；新颖的 8. birthplace [ b θple s] - 出生地；故乡
2. unbelievable [ nb li v bl] - 难以置信的； 9. wander [ w nd (r)] - 漫游；流浪
不可信的 10. pavement [ pe vm nt] - 人行道；路面
3. genuine [ d enj n] - 真正的；真实的 11. bay [be ] - 海湾；狗吠声
4. adventure [ d vent (r)] - 冒险；奇遇 12. scene [si n] - 场景；现场
5. author [ θ (r)] - 作者；作家 13. envelope [ env l p] - 信封；封套
6. businessman [ b zn s m n] - 商人；实业家 14. embassy [ emb si] - 大使馆；使馆
7. bring up [br p] - 抚养；提出 15. seek [si k] - 寻找；探求
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16. rude [ru d] - 粗鲁的；无礼的 27. go ahead [ɡ hed] - 继续；前进
17. manner [ m n (r)] - 方式；举止 28. spot [sp t] - 地点；斑点
18. permit [ p m t] - 许可；允许 29. by accident [ba ks d nt] - 偶然地；无
19. bow [ba ] - 鞠躬；弓 意间
20. stare at [ste (r) t] - 凝视；盯着看 30. in rags [ n r ɡz] - 衣衫褴褛；衣衫破烂
21. impatient [ m pe nt] - 不耐烦的；急躁的 31. indeed [ n di d] - 的确；实际上
22. fault [f lt] - 错误；过错 32. scream [skri m] - 尖叫；呼啸
23. account for [ ka nt f (r)] - 解释；说明 33. steak [ste k] - 牛排；肉排
24. take chance [te k t ɑ ns] - 冒险；碰运气 34. pineapple [ pa n pl] - 菠萝
25. a large amount of [ lɑ d ma nt v] - 35. dessert [d z t] - 甜点；餐后甜食
大量的；许多的 36. passage [ p s d ] - 通道；段落
26. on the contrary [ n k ntr ri] - 相反 37. as for [ z f ] - 至于；关于
地；正相反 38. phrase [fre z] - 短语；词组
Morphology 构词法
Prefixes & Suffixes 前后缀
(1) -ture: adventure / d vent (r)/ 冒险，literature / l t r t (r)/ 文学，creature / kri t (r)/ 生物
(2) -ment: pavement / pe vm nt/ 人行道， employment / m pl m nt/ 就业， judgement
/ d d m nt/ 判断
(3) im-: impatient / m pe nt/ 不耐烦的， impossible / m p s bl/ 不可能的， imperfect
/ m p f kt/ 不完美的
(4) -tion: rejection /r d ek n/ 拒绝，solution /s lu n/ 解决方案，application / pl ke n/ 应
用
(5) -age: passage / p s d / 通行，advantage / d vɑ nt d / 优势，shortage / t d / 短缺
Etymology 词源学
Root Word 词根
-pati/path- = feeling, suffering, disease 感受，受苦，疾病
积郁成疾：人内心长期积压的负面情绪和思维会逐渐转化为身体上的疾病。
(1) pathetic /p θet k/ = path + ic = subject to feeling 触发感受的，可怜的
(2) patient / pe nt/ = pati + ent 耐心的（承受的），病人（受苦的）
(3) impatient / m pe nt/ 不耐烦的
(4) patience / pe ns/ 耐心
(5) sympathy / s mp θi/ = sym + path + y = same + feeling 共同感受，同情
(6) empathy / emp θi/ = em + path + y = in + feeling 进入感受，共情
(7) passion / p n/ = pas + sion = feeling 感受，激情
(8) passionate / p n t/ 充满激情的
(9) passive / p s v/ = pas + ive = able to suffer 可以承受的，被动的
(10) passive voice 被动语态
(11) impassive / m p s v/ = im + passive = not able to suffer 无法承受的，无法感受的，呆若木
鸡的
(12) compassion /k m p n/ = com + pas + sion = together + suffering 共同承受，怜悯
(13) compassionate /k m p n t/ 同情的
(14) compatible /k m p t bl/ = com + pati + able = together + suffering + able 可以共同承受的，
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(15) apathy / p θi/ = a + path + y = away + path + y = away from feeling 远离感受，冷漠
(16) antipathy / n t p θi/ = anti + path + y = against + feeling 反对感受，反感，厌恶
(17) pathology /p θ l d i/ = path + ology = disease + study 疾病研究，病理学
A femal doctor being patient with a male patient
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