e.g. He kicked about a great deal before settling down.
他东奔西走了好久才定居下来。 e.g. We'll need outside help before we can finish.
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15―His father, poor man, could never understand why Henry did such crazy things.‖ ―他的父亲，可怜的人，永远也不会明白为什么亨利爱做这些疯狂的事情。‖
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16.―It's hard to believe that Henry was a Ground when you think how different he was from his
brothers.‖
―要是考虑到他和他的几个哥哥是那么不一样，真是难以相信他会是格朗德家族的员。‖ A. Ground 姓氏 根据发音，翻译为 ：格朗德 a Ground 格朗德家族的一员 B. different from 与…不同，不一样
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17. Yes, it was difficult to believe that he was a Ground. He was born into an unimportant but
well-to-do family. He was the youngest of five sons.
确实，很难相信他会是格朗德家族的一员。他出身于社会地位不高但相当富有的家
庭。 是兄弟五人中最小的一个。
A. it 形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式 to believe that….. B. be born into 出生于…..家庭
e.g. He had the advantage over other boys of being born into a rich family.
他与其他男孩相比的有利条件是出生在一个有钱的家庭。 C. well-to-do adj. 小康的；富裕的
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
e.g. He gave the appearance of a well-to-do businessman. 他装出一副有钱商人的模样
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e.g.
The house had a well-to-do look.这房屋有华丽的外观。
18. The Grounds were a handsome lot: blue-eyed, fair-haired, clever and ambitious. 格朗德一家长得都很帅：蓝色的眼睛，金色的头 发，聪明且有抱负。 A. lot n
许多, 大量, 抽签, 签, 命运, 一块地, 拍卖品, 一类或一些(人或物),批, 套,份儿
adv.很,非常
e.g. Can you identify your umbrella among this lot?
你能在这些伞中认出你自己的伞吗？
(一类物品)
e.g. I would not want to share his lot.
我可不愿和他同甘共苦。
(一份儿)
19.The four older boys all made a success of their lives. They married beautiful girls of good
family, and produced children as fair and handsome and clever as themselves.
他的四个哥哥都发展得很顺利。他们都和富裕人家的女孩结了婚，生下了和他们一样白
肤金发、漂亮聪明的孩子。
A。 made a success of their lives= made their lives successful使他们的生活很成功（顺利） make 的这一用法 表示，使后者成为前者
其结构：
① make sth. of sb. ② make sth. of sth.
e.g. You have made a terrible mess of this job. 你把这件事儿搞得一团糟。 e.g. It‘s important to try and make something of your life.
在一生中有所成就是相当重要的。
e.g. We‘ll make a tennis player of you yet. 我们会让你成为一名网球选手的。 B. as fair and handsome and clever as themselves as +形容词原级 +as 和….程度一样
C。 fair . 公平的；美丽的，白皙的；[气象] 晴朗的
handsome（男子）英俊的；可观的；大方的，慷慨的；健美而端庄的
20. The eldest became a clergyman; the second ended up as the headmaster of a famous public
school; the third went into business and became rich; the fourth followed in his father's footsteps and became a lawyer.
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大哥成为一位牧师：二哥最后 成了一所著名私立学校的校长：三哥做生意而且变得很富有：四哥继承了父亲的事业成了一名律师。 A. clergyman; [kl?:d?i:m?n] .牧师, 教士, 神职人员
B public school (Am. E. ) 公立学校 （与private school 相对应）
（Br. E. ）私立学校 （与贵族家庭请教师在家里上课而言） C. go into business 经商，从事商业 下海 go into 从事某种职业 D. follow one‘s footstep 步某人后尘
21.That is why everybody was amazed when the youngest Ground, Henry, turned out to be a lazy
good-for-nothing.
这就是为什么人们感到惊讶，格朗德家最小的儿子竟变成一个游 手好闲，一无所成的人。
A. turn out to be 结果是，证明是
e.g. What we teach our children is what they turn out to be.
我们怎样教我们的孩子，他们长大后就变成怎样的人。
e.g. It is not uncommon that a sunny morning will turn out to be a cloudy day at this time of
the year.一个晴朗的早晨变成阴天,每年这个时候都并不少见。
B. good-for-nothing n废物，无用的人
e.g. What do you think of your idle, good-for-nothing , dunder-headed, ignorant,
stupid son now?
现在您看您的这个懒散，没出息，呆头呆脑，无知而又傻里傻气的儿子怎么样？
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22. Unlike his brothers, he had brown eyes and dark hair, but he was every bit as handsome and
charming, which made him quite a lady-killer.
与他的哥哥们不同，亨利长着棕色眼睛和黑色头发，但他却同他的哥哥们一样帅，一
样迷人，这使他成为相当讨女人喜欢的人。 A. every bit 没一点，
B as handsome and charming (as his brothers) 和他的哥哥们一样帅，一样迷人 此处省略了 as his brothers
C which 引导一个非限定性定语从句。
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D. lady-killer 色狼；令女人倾心的男子
23. And, although he never married, there is no doubt at all that Henry Ground loved women. 尽管他从未结婚，但有一点毫无疑 问，亨利爱女人。 A. there is no doubt 毫无疑问
24. He also loved eating, drinking, laughing, talking and a thousand other activities which don't make money or improve the human life.
他还喜欢吃，喝酒，大笑，聊天以及做成千种其他的既不赚钱也不能改善人类生活的事情。
A. make money =earn money 挣钱，赚钱
B. or improve the human life 否定连词用 or, 肯定连词用 and 25.One of his favourite pastimes was doing nothing.
他最喜欢的一种消遣就是什么都不做。 A pastime n 娱乐，消遣 ，打发时间
26, His idea of an energetic afternoon when the sun was shining was to sit under a tree, with a pretty girl by his side, and all the time in the world to talk of this and that, to count the blades of grass.
他认为天晴时最 好的度过下午时光的办法就是坐在树下，身边有位漂亮姑娘，还有用不完的时间来侃这谈那，或是数数草的叶片。 A. 句子结构： 主语 his idea 表语 to sit under a tree
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27. What a worthless fellow! Some people whispered that his real father was not the present Mr.
Ground at all, 他是个多么没用的人啊！一些人悄悄说他真正的父亲根本不是现在的格朗德先生，
28. but a wild gypsy who had come one day to the house and had swept Mrs. Ground off her feet
with his dancing black eyes and his wicked immoral ways.
而是一个放荡的吉普赛男人。一天，这个吉普赛男人来到他家，用他那流光四溢 的黑
眼睛和下流的手段勾引了格朗德太太。 A. a wild gypsy 放荡不羁的吉普赛人
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