【难点解析】
1、To some, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends. To others, happiness means achieving success in something, such as meeting a goal.
对某些人来说，幸福就是有家人和朋友陪伴在自己身边。对另一些人来说，幸福意味着在某个方面取得成功，比如说实现一个目标。
（1）To some和To others分别是省略句，完整的表达是：To some people和To other people。To在此意为“对……来说”。如：
To me, this question is not difficult at all.
对我来说，这个问题一点也不难。
（2）mean doing“意味着……”，如：
By this I mean giving the students more practice.
通过这个我想让学生们多一些锻炼。
辨析：mean to do, mean doing
mean to do 打算、想
mean doing 意味着
I mean to go, but my father would not allow me to.
我想去，但是我父亲不肯让我去。
To raise wage means increasing purchasing power.
增加工资意味着增加购买力。
2、I understand that you often use the example of the gymnast Sang Lan to show how people can find happiness even in difficult times.
我知道，你常拿体操运动员桑兰的例子来说明人们如何即使在困难时也能够找到幸福。
time的复数形式times在句中表示“时代，时期”的意思。如：
in ancient/modern times在古代/现代
Times are hard for Susan．She lost her job two weeks ago.
苏珊的日子很难熬。她两个星期前失业了。
3、While she was injured and in hospital, the world was amazed by the way she remained cheerful.
在她受伤住院期间，世人为她仍能保持乐观而感到惊奇。
（1）the world在句中作主语，当作整体看待时，用作单数；若着眼于组成该集体的成员或个体时，谓语动词用复数。类似的集体名词还有family, class, group, team, enemy, government, nation, couple, public, crowd, audience, school, company, union, population, crew, committee, majority, club, mankind等。如：
What is the population of China？
中国有多少人口？
One third of the population here are farmers.
这儿三分之一的人口是农民。
My family is large.
我的家是个大家庭。
His family are all waiting for him.
他的一家人都在等他。
（2）the way意为“方式、行为”，后面可直接跟从句。如：
I don’t like the way (that/in which) you laugh at her.
我不喜欢你嘲笑她这种行为。
People like the way (that/in which) he wrote his novels.
人们喜欢他写小说的方式。
Look at the way (that/in which) she’s dressed. Don’t you think it’s too funny?
看看她着装的方式，你不认为很有意思吗？
4、Now, she finds happiness through reaching much smaller goals, and through the love of the people around her.
现在，她通过实现更小的目标以及通过周边人的爱而找到幸福。
短语reach/achieve something意思是“达到或获得某事物”。如：
We can never reach/achieve perfection.
我们永远也做不到尽善尽美。
You will never achieve anything if you spend your time that way.
你若总是这样消磨时间,就永远不会有所成就。
The actor achieved fame when he was only nineteen.
那位演员十九岁时就成名了。
其他固定搭配有：reach/achieve a conclusion/decision/goal,意思是“得出结论/做出决定／实现目标”。
5、Well, in case some of our viewers don’t know her story, can you tell us a little bit about Sang Lan and who she is?
或许我们有些观众还不知道桑兰的故事，您能跟我们简单介绍一下吗？
in case有两层意思“假使，免得”，如：
In case she comes back, let me know immediately.
假使她回来了,立刻告诉我。
In case he arrives before I get back, please ask him to wait.
驾驶他在我回来之前到了，请让他等一下。
辨析：if和in case
①in case 后接一般现在时、一般过去时或 should。它看上去与if的用法相似而且常常和if相混淆，但两者完全不同。
in case引导的从句为主句的动作提供理由：
Some cyclists carry repair outfits in case they have a puncture．
有些骑自行车的人携带修理工具，以备万一车胎被扎破。
相当于：
Some cyclists carry repair outfits because they may have／because it is possible they will have a puncture．
有些骑自行车的人携带修理工具，因为他们的车胎可能会被扎破。
I always slept by the phone in case he rang during the night．
我总是睡在电话机旁边，惟恐他夜间打电话来。相当于：
I always slept by the phone because（I knew）he might ring during the night．
我总是睡在电话机旁，因为我知道他可能夜间打电话来。
in case从句可以省掉而不改变主句的含义。然而在条件句中，主句的动作依赖于if从句的动作，如果省掉if从句主句的含义就变了。
请比较以下句子：
（a）Bill：I’ll come tomorrow in case Ann wants me．
比尔：明天我要来，以备安找我。
（b）Tom：I’ll come tomorrow if Ann wants me．
汤姆：如果安找我，我明天就来。
在句子（a）中，安也许要找比尔，也许不找。但比尔无论如何要来。他的行动不取决于安的动作，因此可以把 in case Ann wants me 省掉而不改变主句的含义。
句子（b）是一个条件句，汤姆的到来是以安的要求为条件的。他的动作取决于安的动作。不能省掉 if Ann wants me 而又不改变主句的含义。
②in case从句通常位于主句之后而不是之前。
但要注意 in case of＋名词等于 if there is a／an＋名词：
In case of accident phone 999.
相当于：
If there is an accident phone 999.
如果发生事故，请拨电话999。
if从句和 in case从句之间的混淆可能是由此引起的。
6、Even though her training meant that she had to live apart from her parents, she was happy to devote herself to gymnastics.
尽管她的训练意味着她不能和父母住在一起，她还是乐意奉献于体操。
（1）apart from表示“除……之外”，这是个固定词组。如：
There was nobody on the ship apart from the captain.
除了船长以外整艘轮船上再没有任何人。
Apart from a few scratches, the car was undamaged.
除了几处刮痕外，汽车没有什么损坏。
Apart from being too large, the trousers don’t suit me.
这条裤子不但太大，而且我穿着也不合适。
Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all.
除了很少的几句外，我对法语一无所知。
apart本身不能表示“除……之外”其含义是：除去，除开。如：
A few things apart, I am very pleased with the result.
除了几件事外，我对这个结果很满意。
（2）happy可用作定语或表语。用作表语时，常跟不定式或that从句。 如：
We live a happy life．
我们过着幸福的生活。
They are happy to be together。
他们在一起很高兴。
I’m very happy to see you．
见到你我非常高兴。
I am so happy that you could visit us．
你能来看我们，我真是太高兴了。
（3）devote奉献
He devoted himself to writing.
他专心写作。
He was still devoted to the study of chemistry.
他仍专心致力于化学研究。
He has devoted his whole life to benefiting mankind.
他把一生都献给了造福人类的事业。
7、In 1998, a small accident during one of her practice vaults at the Goodwill Games could have cost her her future happiness.
在1998年的友好运动会上，她在练习跳马时发生的一个小事故本可能使她失去未来的幸福。
(1)could have done是情态动词的推测用法，表示对过去事情的推测。如：
Don’t worry. They could have just forgotten to call．
别担心，他们很可能只是忘了打电话。
He couldn’t have said such a thing.
他应该不会说出这种话的。
can和could可以用来表示推测。can和could表示推测的这一用法通常用于否定句或疑问句中，表示对现在、将来及过去情况进行否定的推测。通常有两种形式：
①表示对现在或未来情况进行否定的推测，其结构为：“can’t/ couldn’t + 动词原形”或“can’t/ couldn’t + be + 现在分词”。
②表示对已经发生的情况进行推测，其结构为：“can’t/ couldn’t + have + 过去分词”。如：
She couldn’t make mistakes on this matter.
在这个问题上她不应该犯错误。
He couldn’t have said such a thing.
他应该不会说出这种话的。
(2)cost后接宾语十名词，意思是“使……付出（代价）”。如：
The man’s rude behavior cost him his job.
这人的粗鲁行为让他付出了失业的代价。
8、She was rushed to a top hospital in New York and specialists from many parts of the world said that because of her severe injuries, she would never walk again.
她被立刻送往纽约的一家顶级医院，世界许多地方的专家们都说，由于受伤严重，她可能永远不能行走了。
（1）短语be rushed to意思是“被急送至……”。如：
More soldiers were rushed to the front.
更多的士兵被紧急调往前线。
The injured passengers were rushed to the hospital.
受伤的乘客被急忙送到医院。
rush还可以用作名词，a rush on/for something意思是“急需……”。如：
There is a rush for medicine in the flooded area.
洪涝灾区急需药品。
(2)severe是形容词，意思是“严重的，恶劣的”等。如：
The drought i5 becoming increasingly severe.
旱灾日趋严重。
9、Everyone who saw her, from nurses to famous visitors like Leonardo DiCaprio from the film Titanic, who went to see her in the hospital to cheer her up, all said she was in good spirits.
凡见过她的每个人，从护士到专门来医院探访、鼓励她的著名人士，包括主演电影《泰坦尼克》的莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥，都说她情绪很好。
spirits通常用复数形式，意思是“精神状态，情绪，心境”。如：
The coach spoke to the team and told them they must keep their spirits up.
教练跟队员谈话，告诉他们必须打起精神。
其他用到spirits的短语还有：in high spirits意思是“情绪高昂”；in low/poor spirits意思是“情绪低落”；raise somebody’s spirits意思是“鼓舞某人的情绪”。
10、Instead of crying about what she had lost and feeling hopeless, Sang Lan thought about what she could do to get better.
桑兰没有因为她所失去的而哭泣，也没有绝望，她在考虑要做些什么才能让自己恢复得更好。
本句含有两个名词性从句，即what she had lost 和what she could do to get better，分别作crying about 和thought about的宾语。又如：
She did not know what had happened.
她不知道发生了什么。
In one’s own home one can do what one likes.
在自己家里可以随心所欲。
11、And how has Sang Lan adapted to her new life?
那桑兰是怎样适应新生活的呢？
adapt vt.使适应。adapt＋to“适用于”；adapt +for“适用的目的”。如：
He has not yet adapted to the climate.
他还没适应这种气候。
She found it difficult to adapt herself to the life in a foreign country.
她感到难以适应国外的生活。
He is not adapted for such work.
他不适合做这种工作。
12、She went back to China, to study journalism at Peking University.
她回到中国，在北京大学学习新闻。
to study journalism为不定式，在句中作目的状语。不定式除具有名词,动词,形容词的特征之外,还具有副词的特征，在句中可作目的状语，修饰(非)谓语动词，表示动作或状态的目的。如：
His grandpa came to see him last Friday.
他爷爷上星期五来看过他。
I spoke to her Softly so as not to frighten her.
我轻声跟她说话，以免吓着她。
为了强调目的状语，可以用in order to＋动词原形，in order to短语可位于句首或句末。如：
I had to lie to the company and pretend to be a man in order to get a job.
为了得到工作，我不得不对公司撒谎，并装扮成男人。
In order to catch the train, I’ll get up very early tomorrow morning.
为了赶火车，我明天将很早起床。
此外so as to短语也可用来做目的状语，但so as to不能置于句首。如：
She lied to us because she had to so as to( in order to) get a job.
她对我们撒谎，那是因为为了得到工作，她不得不这么做。
13、She tells people that she likes to think about positive things and stay optimistic.
她告诉人们，她喜欢考虑积极的事情并保持乐观的心态。
stay在句中是系动词，意思是“维持（某种状态）”。其他搭配有：stay calm/quiet/warm,意思是“保持镇静、安静、温暖。”如：
They Stayed friends for years.
他们的友谊维持了多年。
Last night I stayed awaked in bed.
昨天晚上我失眠了。
14、She believes that keeping busy helps her to stay positive.
她相信，忙碌有助于保持积极的状态。
keep在此做系动词。意为“保持某种状态”。其后常用形容词、副词或介词短语作表语。如：
Why do you keep silent?
你怎么不说话？
Keep off the grass!
勿踏草坪！（警示用语）
Will the milk keep till tomorrow?
这奶能放到明天吗？
15、I hope all of our viewers have been inspired by Sang Lan!
我希望我们所有的观众都从桑兰的事迹中得到了鼓舞。
inspire是动词，意思是“鼓舞，激励”。如：
He inspired us to do well at school.
他激励我们要在学校取得好成绩。
His speech inspired us to try again.
他的演讲鼓舞了我们再作尝试。
16、Reeve could not walk either, due to an unfortunate horse riding accident.
由于一次不幸的骑马事故，里维也丧失了走路的能力。
句中短语due to something/somebody意思是“由某物或某人引起的”。due to意思是“因为,由于”，如：
Her absence was due to the storm.
由于风雨交加她没来。
The team’s success was largely due to her efforts.
该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。
辨析：because of, due to, owing to, on account of和thanks to的用法比较
这一组词都表示“由于”的意思，在使用时应该注意以下区别：
①because of意为“由于，因为”，强调因果关系，在句中仅作状语，修饰句中的一部分，与其他成分不用逗号隔开。如：
We must not get discouraged because of such a minor setback．
我们决不可因为这样一个小小的挫折而灰心丧气。
②owing to与because of一样，也强调因果关系，除作状语外，也可作表语。作状语时修饰整个句子，可在句首或句末，用逗号隔开。如：
They decided to cancel the flight，owing to the storm．
由于这场暴风雨，他们决定取消这个航班。
His death was owing to an accident．
他死于一场事故。
③due to引出造成后果的原因，在句中作表语、状语和定语。作表语和状语时与owing to同义，作状语时，一般不与其他成分隔开。如：
This accident was due to（owing to）his careless driving．
这次车祸是由于他开车疏忽大意造成的。
He arrived late due to（owing to）the storm．
由于暴风雨他来晚了。
Mistakes due to carelessness may have serious consequences．
由于疏忽大意造成的错误可能带来严重的后果。
④on account of与because of，owing to同义，但语气较为正式。可作状语、表语，不作定语。如：
He could not come on account of his illness．
他因病不能前来。
That was on account of lack of exercise．
那是由于缺乏锻炼。
⑤thanks to表示"幸亏，多亏"多用于表达正面意思，相当于感谢，在句中作状语和表语。如：
Thanks to your advice，much trouble was saved．
多亏你的建议，减少了许多麻烦。
17、表达感受的词汇
frustration n. 沮丧，灰心 frightened adj. 受惊的，害怕的
frustrated adj. 沮丧的，灰心的 concern n. 担心，忧虑
contentment n. 满足 concerned adj. 担心的，忧虑的
content adj. 满足的，满意的，愉快的 jealous adj. 忌妒的
fright n. 惊吓 jealousy n. 忌妒
18、My whole life was still ahead of me.
我整个的生活都还在前面等我。
ahead在前面，超前
Two people were ahead of us, and traveling fast.
有两个人在我们前面,走得很快。
Pay ahead, and you’ll receive a discount.
若预先付款，你便可以享受折扣。
Our company is ahead of other makers of spare parts for the airplane.
我们公司制造飞机零部件比别家的业绩好。
19、At that point of in my life, I could have done anything or become anyone.
在人生的那个阶段，我本可以干任何事、成为任何人。
point时刻，阶段
on the point of resignation 正要辞职之时
at the point of death 死亡之时
At this point, we are ready to proceed.
这时，我们正准备前进。
20、I remember sometimes feeling in a rush to grow up and be independent, but I was still very happy.
我记得有时感觉一下子长大独立了，但我仍旧很开心。
a rush 在句中表示“（身体的）一阵感觉，（情绪的）一阵激动”。如：
She felt a rush of excitement when she won the competition.
她赢得比赛后感到一阵激动。
There was a rush for the concert tickets.
出现了争购音乐会入场券的热潮。
21、No one will be sad, because humans will have learned to fix many of the problems that affect us now, like war, pollution and hunger.
没人会伤心，因为人类将早已学会如何解决现在影响着我们的许多问题，如战争、污染和饥荒等。
will have done是将来完成时，表示到将来某一时间已经完成的动作。如：
By the end of next week, they will have planted 300 trees.
到下周末，他们将已经种植300棵树。
22、Technology will guarantee good health and happiness for all!
科技将保证所有人都能拥有健康和幸福！
guarantee保证，保障。如：
Perfect satisfaction is guaranteed to our customers.
保证我们的顾客完全满意。
The policy guarantees us against all loss.
这种保险契约保障我们免受任何损失。
23、We will have robots and computers to assist us with the things that are boring.
我们将会有机器人和电脑来帮助我们处理那些枯燥无味的事情。
assist帮助,协助
We asked him to assist us in designing a new bridge.
我们请他帮助我们设计一座新桥。
He assisted in designing the new bridge.
他协助设计那条新桥。
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