202103天津卷
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not until 直到才
teapot 茶壶n.
knock sth off xx 撞掉下
I didn't think about it much until a morning last week when I knocked my favorite teapot off the table.
burst -burst-burst into pieces破碎成小片
It burst into hundreds of pieces.
sweep -swept-swept up 打扫干净
clean up 清理干净
mess脏乱差n
wonder why xx 想知道为啥xx
had been breaking
had been doing 过去完成进行
break -broke -broken 破裂v.
发生在过去两件事
先发生：过去完成break
后发生：一般过去wonder
over the months几个月以来
As I swept up the mess， I wondered why we had been breaking so many things over the months.
destruction破坏n.
construction建设n.
structure 结构n.
con-com-come
de-down
destroy 毁灭v.
The destruction started three months ago.
It was my husband's birthday.
lose one’s job 失业v.
just刚刚adv
had done 过去完成
发生在过去两件事
先发生：过去完成lose
后发生：一般过去birthday
He had just lost his job.
uncertainty 不确定性n.
wear on sb 压垮v.
The uncertainty was starting to wear on us，
so I wanted to do something special.
"Let's make a cake for Dad!" I cried.
scream 尖叫v
joy欢乐n.
My kids screamed with joy.
bake烘焙v.
ice 抹上糖霜v.
sprinkle 撒
for most of the day 大半天时间adv.
We baked，iced and sprinkled for most of the day.
Candles on the cake!
Balloons on the walls!
Flowers on the table!
come back home 回家
another job interview另外一个工作面试vase花瓶n.
grab抓v.
shelf 架子n.
Two hours before my husband came back home from another job interview， my daughter climbed up to grab a glass vase from a high shelf.
fall-fell-fallen
crash 撞击；摔碎v.
It fell and crashed beside the cake.
tiny pieces of glass 玻璃碴子
Tiny pieces of glass were everywhere.
sob哭泣v.
She sobbed loudly as I threw the cake away.
pudding布丁n.
My husband had banana pudding for his birthday.
（41）Why did the author's husband have banana pudding for his birthday？
ruin毁掉v.
be done 被动
my homework always ruins my holiday.
A. The birthday cake was ruined.
B. The author made good puddings.
author 作者n.
dessert 甜食n.
C. Pudding was his favorite dessert.
afford sth买得起v.
D. They couldn't afford a birthday cake.
go out
the light goes out灯熄灭v.
Three days ago， the light in our living room suddenly went out.
frustrating 令人沮丧的adj.
attempt 尝试n.
fix修理v.
suggest doing 建议做v.
documentary 纪录片n.
series 系列
a series of 一系列
After several frustrating hours of unsuccessful attempts to fix it， my husband suggested watching the Michael Jordan documentary（纪录片） series The Last Dance.
（42）Why does the author mention The Last Dance in the passage？
mention提及v.
prove证明v.
theory 理论n.
A.To prove a theory.
define 下定义
concept 概念n
B.To define a concept.
推进主题（文章）
C. To develop the theme.
D. To provide the background.提供背景
beloved 深爱adj.
retire from 退出v.
retire 非谓语
1.to retire
2.retired
3.retiring
he retired from xx to do sth
tough 艰难的adj.
主语从句
it took me by surprise. 我深受触动=惊讶裹挟我
The poignancy（酸楚）of Jordan retiring from his beloved basketball to play baseball and what had pushed him to make such a tough decision took me by surprise.
uniform 制服；
basketball uniform 篮球球衣
replace 替代v.
layer 层n.
定语从句
先行词layer
引导词that
the layer no longer served him. 适合
serve服务v.
As I watched him take off his basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball uniform， I saw him leaving behind the layerthat no longer served him， just as our lizard had.
leave sth behind
（43）The underlined part "leaving behind the layer" in Paragraph 8 can be understood as.
A. letting go of the past放下过去
B. looking for a new job
C. getting rid of a bad habit
get rid of 消除v.
D. giving up an opportunity
neither of them 两者都不
定语从句
the moment had transformed them.
transform 改变v.
form形式n.
Neither of them chose the moment that had transformed them.
you have to live with who you are. 接纳自己
But they had to live with who they were after everything was different.
Just like us.
I realized that /we have to learn to leave the past behind.
leave sth behind 抛在身后
shed skin 蜕皮
Humans do not shed skin（蜕皮） as easily as other animals.
upsetting 令人心烦adj.
The beginning of change is upsetting.
process 过程n.
tiring 疲惫adj.
The process is tiring.
Damage changes us before we are ready.
形容词做伴随状语
raw生的；未经加工的adj.
焕然一新
I see our lizard，raw and nearly new.
Jordan said that /no matter how it ends， it starts with hope.
skin皮肤n.
tender 柔软的adj.
that is where we begin那时我们开始的地方
With our tender， hopeful skin， that is where we begin.
likely 可能
be likely to do sth有可能做v
（44）What does the author most likely want to tell us？
A. Love of family helps us survive great hardships.熬过苦难
survive 幸存v.
B. It's not the end of the world if we break things.
C. We should move on no matter what happens.
D. Past experiences should be treasured.
treasure 珍视v.
作业：
1.英汉视译
2.课堂笔记
