新概念英语第四册58-04

1)insinuate = to push 慢慢灌输

2)its 指代 minds

3)grasp 抓住不放，这里指 minds.

[译]我们只能温柔的灌输其他思想到他痉挛的脑子里。

4. …..，if it is really attended by the illumination of……the process of recuperation and

repair begins.

1）attend vt. 辅佐，辅助

2）by 通过某种手段 grip 紧握 relax 放松

3）recuperation = recovery 恢复 repair 修理，修复

The man is back to normal track . 这个人回到了正轨。

5. The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of first

importance to a public man.

1） cultivation = to build up 培养，建立

2) therefore adv. 所以 (承接上文)

3）policy ：method 方法

4）first importance 第一位的重要性

5）public man : go out to work;参与社会工作的人。

social activist 社会活动家

undertaken =finished 从事 完成

undertake sth. （书面）做某事

by a mere command of the will... 仅仅通过意志的控制。

6. The growth of alternative mental interests is a long process.

growth 成长 alternative 二中选一的

alternative interest 替换型的兴趣

此句用了一个暗喻 metaphor (延伸：明喻 simile)

interests 比喻为 seeds

The seeds must be carefully chosen...

And if this something else is rightly chosen, if it is really attended by the illumination of

another field of interest, gradually, and often quite swiftly, the old undue grip relaxes and the process of recuperation and repair begins. The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of first importance to a public man. But this is not a Business that can be undertaken in a day or swiftly improvised by a mere command of the will. The growth of alternative mental interests is a long process.The seeds must be carefully chosen;