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    可是,如果这些觉得还不够用的话。那么,我就再开设一个新的精品栏目《吴聊好书 WHAT TO READ》。我知道,每个人都有自己喜欢的方式来培养自己的兴趣,提高自己的能力。那么,我就定期和大家分享一些当下比较热门的英文原版书。要知道,有一本好书,才是开口朗读的必要条件。捧一本书,说一口地道标准的英音,想想也是一件让你和听你读书的人愉悦的事情。


        那今天要推荐的这本就是《Angela's Ashes》,我和大家用英音一起聊聊,感受朗读的快乐。


本期推荐

Angela's Ashes


Author: Frank McCourt

Paperback: 368 pages

Publisher: Scribner; 1st Touchstone Edition 1999 edition (May 25, 1999)

Language: English

Genre: a memoir

Book Tag: #Pulitzer Prize

书签划记#普利策奖



Brainy is the New Sexy!

用新鲜书单,3分钟升级英语力、性感力!


领读人

船长Kevin

(BGM: Oh Danny Boy / Allendale Columbia School)

01

导读开始

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.


“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.”


Angela's Ashes是一本Frank McCourt关于他在爱尔兰的童年回忆录,荣获普利策奖以及New York Times最佳畅销书的桂冠。


“当我回望自己的童年时,我惊讶于自己是如何生存下来的。这当然是一本关于凄惨童年的书。如果是关于幸福童年的回忆录的话,那就不值得花费这些时间去读了。悲惨的童年有不少,可以肯定的是爱尔兰儿童的童年更不幸。


音标来源/ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary & Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary


雅思重点词汇

1. memoir /ˈmem.wɑː/ n. 传记、实录。复数为 memoirs.

2. miserable /ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bəl/ adj. 痛苦的、悲惨的


02

发展


So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank’s mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank’s father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy—exasperating, irresponsible, and beguiling—does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father’s tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies.


Frank McCourt出生在美国纽约的布鲁克林区,当时正值大萧条期。随后在爱尔兰Limerick的贫民窟长大。他的母亲Angela并没有钱来抚养这些孩子们,而他的父亲则很少能找到工作。就算找到了,也经常将收入用来买醉。虽然他父亲Malachy不负责任、让人生厌,但却在小Frank的内心注入了他唯一可以供给的养分,讲故事。拯救了爱尔兰的英雄Cuchulain,以及让他母亲能够有孩子的第七台阶上的天使,这些父亲口中的故事让小Frank在贫穷的童年中支撑了下来。


3. luminous /ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/ adj. 发光的,明白易懂的

4. exasperating /ɪɡˈzæs.pər.eɪtɪŋ/ adj. 令人发怒的

5. beguiling /bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ/ adj. 来自beguile,解释为欺骗人的,哄骗人的等

6. nurture /ˈnɜː.tʃə/ n. 培养,培育



03

最后


Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank’s survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig’s head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbours—yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness.


Angela’s Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt’s astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.

也许正是这些故事让小Frank活了下来。他穿着破布做的尿布,为了圣诞节的晚餐向人乞讨一只猪头,在路边捡拾散落的煤块只为能够生火。他遭受贫穷、差点饿死,甚至来自亲戚和邻居的虐待。但他活了下来,用他杰出的口才、丰富的语言、宽容平静地讲述着这些过往。


Angela's Ashes这本书的每一页都留下了Frank McCout充满幽默和同情心的笔触,是一本经典之作。

7. diaper /ˈdaɪə.pə/ n. 尿布

8. eloquence /ˈel.ə.kwəns/ n. 雄辩、口才

9. exuberance /ɪɡˈzjuː.bər.əns/ n. 茂盛、丰盛、充沛

10. imbue /ɪmˈbjuː/ v.使充满,文中是过去分词表达的是被动的含义



04

精彩书评

"Every once in a while, a lucky reader comes across a book that makes an indelible impression, a book you immediately want to share with everyone around you....Frank McCourt's life, and his searing telling of it, reveal all we need to know about being human." (Linnea Lannon, Detroit Free Press)


"A classic modern memoir...stunning." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)


"A splendid memoir, both funny and forgiving." (People)


"A monument to the self-perpetuating power of the human spirit...an accomplished, authoritative, and shimmering example of the memoirist's art." (Margaria Fichtner, The Miami Herald)


"A spellbinding memoir of childhood that swerves flawlessly between aching sadness and desperate humor...a work of lasting beauty." (Peter Finn, The Philadelphia Inquirer)


"This memoir is an instant classic of the genre...good enough to be the capstone of a distinguished writing career; let's hope it's only the beginning of Frank McCourt's." (Nina King, The Washington Post Book World)


04

阅读科普


爱尔兰的 Limerick 现在已经发展成了爱尔兰第三大城市。著名的香侬(Shannon)河在城市中分流成三股。因为在香浓河畔,已经成为爱尔兰的著名旅游城市。这本传记Angela's Ashes中描绘的是当年Frank McCourt所居住的贫民窟。因为这本畅销传记,当地也对原址进行了恢复,给更多读者一个还原书中情节的场地。

上期推荐


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主      编  Kevin

小編秘诀:带着意识,记单词


建议使用NLP英语学习法,透过“五感”,来加速学习效率。世界许多知名人士如戈巴契夫、柯林顿、曼德拉等,甚至连已故的英国戴安娜王等人都曾参考此法。

1. 耳到:先听船长的朗读。

2. 眼到:不懂的单字,可以查阅下方的注解,或是查辞典。

3. 口到:试着复颂。

4. 手到:试着拼写出单词或句子。

5. 心到:几小时或隔天,心里试着回想所学到的英文词句。

这里有个“好看

嗯?点!

即刻关注英音公众号【船长陪你说英语】,获邀加入纯粹的英音朗读社群,参加每周英音直播公开课

吴聊好书| 【船长陪你说英语】出品

阅读让你充实,英音使你性感

      社群中经常有伙伴问起可以有什么方法可以巩固和提升发音。其实订阅号和社群中,我们已经提供和开展了各种素材和训练,比如《最强英音》、《剧有英伦腔》、《英音认知周刊》、《船长英音口袋诗集》、《炉边故事》以及人气训练班「船长朗读纠音班」,和我亲授的直播重课。


    可是,如果这些觉得还不够用的话。那么,我就再开设一个新的精品栏目《吴聊好书 WHAT TO READ》。我知道,每个人都有自己喜欢的方式来培养自己的兴趣,提高自己的能力。那么,我就定期和大家分享一些当下比较热门的英文原版书。要知道,有一本好书,才是开口朗读的必要条件。捧一本书,说一口地道标准的英音,想想也是一件让你和听你读书的人愉悦的事情。


        那今天要推荐的这本就是《Angela's Ashes》,我和大家用英音一起聊聊,感受朗读的快乐。


本期推荐

Angela's Ashes


Author: Frank McCourt

Paperback: 368 pages

Publisher: Scribner; 1st Touchstone Edition 1999 edition (May 25, 1999)

Language: English

Genre: a memoir

Book Tag: #Pulitzer Prize

书签划记#普利策奖



Brainy is the New Sexy!

用新鲜书单,3分钟升级英语力、性感力!


领读人

船长Kevin

(BGM: Oh Danny Boy / Allendale Columbia School)

01

导读开始

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.


“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.”


Angela's Ashes是一本Frank McCourt关于他在爱尔兰的童年回忆录,荣获普利策奖以及New York Times最佳畅销书的桂冠。


“当我回望自己的童年时,我惊讶于自己是如何生存下来的。这当然是一本关于凄惨童年的书。如果是关于幸福童年的回忆录的话,那就不值得花费这些时间去读了。悲惨的童年有不少,可以肯定的是爱尔兰儿童的童年更不幸。


音标来源/ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary & Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary


雅思重点词汇

1. memoir /ˈmem.wɑː/ n. 传记、实录。复数为 memoirs.

2. miserable /ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bəl/ adj. 痛苦的、悲惨的


02

发展


So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank’s mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank’s father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy—exasperating, irresponsible, and beguiling—does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father’s tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies.


Frank McCourt出生在美国纽约的布鲁克林区,当时正值大萧条期。随后在爱尔兰Limerick的贫民窟长大。他的母亲Angela并没有钱来抚养这些孩子们,而他的父亲则很少能找到工作。就算找到了,也经常将收入用来买醉。虽然他父亲Malachy不负责任、让人生厌,但却在小Frank的内心注入了他唯一可以供给的养分,讲故事。拯救了爱尔兰的英雄Cuchulain,以及让他母亲能够有孩子的第七台阶上的天使,这些父亲口中的故事让小Frank在贫穷的童年中支撑了下来。


3. luminous /ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/ adj. 发光的,明白易懂的

4. exasperating /ɪɡˈzæs.pər.eɪtɪŋ/ adj. 令人发怒的

5. beguiling /bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ/ adj. 来自beguile,解释为欺骗人的,哄骗人的等

6. nurture /ˈnɜː.tʃə/ n. 培养,培育



03

最后


Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank’s survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig’s head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbours—yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness.


Angela’s Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt’s astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.

也许正是这些故事让小Frank活了下来。他穿着破布做的尿布,为了圣诞节的晚餐向人乞讨一只猪头,在路边捡拾散落的煤块只为能够生火。他遭受贫穷、差点饿死,甚至来自亲戚和邻居的虐待。但他活了下来,用他杰出的口才、丰富的语言、宽容平静地讲述着这些过往。


Angela's Ashes这本书的每一页都留下了Frank McCout充满幽默和同情心的笔触,是一本经典之作。

7. diaper /ˈdaɪə.pə/ n. 尿布

8. eloquence /ˈel.ə.kwəns/ n. 雄辩、口才

9. exuberance /ɪɡˈzjuː.bər.əns/ n. 茂盛、丰盛、充沛

10. imbue /ɪmˈbjuː/ v.使充满,文中是过去分词表达的是被动的含义



04

精彩书评

"Every once in a while, a lucky reader comes across a book that makes an indelible impression, a book you immediately want to share with everyone around you....Frank McCourt's life, and his searing telling of it, reveal all we need to know about being human." (Linnea Lannon, Detroit Free Press)


"A classic modern memoir...stunning." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)


"A splendid memoir, both funny and forgiving." (People)


"A monument to the self-perpetuating power of the human spirit...an accomplished, authoritative, and shimmering example of the memoirist's art." (Margaria Fichtner, The Miami Herald)


"A spellbinding memoir of childhood that swerves flawlessly between aching sadness and desperate humor...a work of lasting beauty." (Peter Finn, The Philadelphia Inquirer)


"This memoir is an instant classic of the genre...good enough to be the capstone of a distinguished writing career; let's hope it's only the beginning of Frank McCourt's." (Nina King, The Washington Post Book World)


04

阅读科普


爱尔兰的 Limerick 现在已经发展成了爱尔兰第三大城市。著名的香侬(Shannon)河在城市中分流成三股。因为在香浓河畔,已经成为爱尔兰的著名旅游城市。这本传记Angela's Ashes中描绘的是当年Frank McCourt所居住的贫民窟。因为这本畅销传记,当地也对原址进行了恢复,给更多读者一个还原书中情节的场地。

上期推荐


参与朗读

如何加入万人英音朗读社群:

STEP 1: 在公众号对话框直接发送关键字“朗读”,即可获得入群微信号。

STEP 2:邀请获得通过,进入社群后,请查看群公告,了解社群活动的信息。


文字编译  Kevin

图文编辑  Kevin

主      编  Kevin

小編秘诀:带着意识,记单词


建议使用NLP英语学习法,透过“五感”,来加速学习效率。世界许多知名人士如戈巴契夫、柯林顿、曼德拉等,甚至连已故的英国戴安娜王等人都曾参考此法。

1. 耳到:先听船长的朗读。

2. 眼到:不懂的单字,可以查阅下方的注解,或是查辞典。

3. 口到:试着复颂。

4. 手到:试着拼写出单词或句子。

5. 心到:几小时或隔天,心里试着回想所学到的英文词句。

这里有个“好看

嗯?点!

即刻关注英音公众号【船长陪你说英语】,获邀加入纯粹的英音朗读社群,参加每周英音直播公开课

吴聊好书| 【船长陪你说英语】出品

阅读让你充实,英音使你性感

      社群中经常有伙伴问起可以有什么方法可以巩固和提升发音。其实订阅号和社群中,我们已经提供和开展了各种素材和训练,比如《最强英音》、《剧有英伦腔》、《英音认知周刊》、《船长英音口袋诗集》、《炉边故事》以及人气训练班「船长朗读纠音班」,和我亲授的直播重课。


    可是,如果这些觉得还不够用的话。那么,我就再开设一个新的精品栏目《吴聊好书 WHAT TO READ》。我知道,每个人都有自己喜欢的方式来培养自己的兴趣,提高自己的能力。那么,我就定期和大家分享一些当下比较热门的英文原版书。要知道,有一本好书,才是开口朗读的必要条件。捧一本书,说一口地道标准的英音,想想也是一件让你和听你读书的人愉悦的事情。


        那今天要推荐的这本就是《Angela's Ashes》,我和大家用英音一起聊聊,感受朗读的快乐。


本期推荐

Angela's Ashes


Author: Frank McCourt

Paperback: 368 pages

Publisher: Scribner; 1st Touchstone Edition 1999 edition (May 25, 1999)

Language: English

Genre: a memoir

Book Tag: #Pulitzer Prize

书签划记#普利策奖



Brainy is the New Sexy!

用新鲜书单,3分钟升级英语力、性感力!


领读人

船长Kevin

(BGM: Oh Danny Boy / Allendale Columbia School)

01

导读开始

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.


“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.”


Angela's Ashes是一本Frank McCourt关于他在爱尔兰的童年回忆录,荣获普利策奖以及New York Times最佳畅销书的桂冠。


“当我回望自己的童年时,我惊讶于自己是如何生存下来的。这当然是一本关于凄惨童年的书。如果是关于幸福童年的回忆录的话,那就不值得花费这些时间去读了。悲惨的童年有不少,可以肯定的是爱尔兰儿童的童年更不幸。


音标来源/ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary & Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary


雅思重点词汇

1. memoir /ˈmem.wɑː/ n. 传记、实录。复数为 memoirs.

2. miserable /ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bəl/ adj. 痛苦的、悲惨的


02

发展


So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank’s mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank’s father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy—exasperating, irresponsible, and beguiling—does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father’s tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies.


Frank McCourt出生在美国纽约的布鲁克林区,当时正值大萧条期。随后在爱尔兰Limerick的贫民窟长大。他的母亲Angela并没有钱来抚养这些孩子们,而他的父亲则很少能找到工作。就算找到了,也经常将收入用来买醉。虽然他父亲Malachy不负责任、让人生厌,但却在小Frank的内心注入了他唯一可以供给的养分,讲故事。拯救了爱尔兰的英雄Cuchulain,以及让他母亲能够有孩子的第七台阶上的天使,这些父亲口中的故事让小Frank在贫穷的童年中支撑了下来。


3. luminous /ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/ adj. 发光的,明白易懂的

4. exasperating /ɪɡˈzæs.pər.eɪtɪŋ/ adj. 令人发怒的

5. beguiling /bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ/ adj. 来自beguile,解释为欺骗人的,哄骗人的等

6. nurture /ˈnɜː.tʃə/ n. 培养,培育



03

最后


Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank’s survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig’s head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbours—yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness.


Angela’s Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt’s astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.

也许正是这些故事让小Frank活了下来。他穿着破布做的尿布,为了圣诞节的晚餐向人乞讨一只猪头,在路边捡拾散落的煤块只为能够生火。他遭受贫穷、差点饿死,甚至来自亲戚和邻居的虐待。但他活了下来,用他杰出的口才、丰富的语言、宽容平静地讲述着这些过往。


Angela's Ashes这本书的每一页都留下了Frank McCout充满幽默和同情心的笔触,是一本经典之作。

7. diaper /ˈdaɪə.pə/ n. 尿布

8. eloquence /ˈel.ə.kwəns/ n. 雄辩、口才

9. exuberance /ɪɡˈzjuː.bər.əns/ n. 茂盛、丰盛、充沛

10. imbue /ɪmˈbjuː/ v.使充满,文中是过去分词表达的是被动的含义



04

精彩书评

"Every once in a while, a lucky reader comes across a book that makes an indelible impression, a book you immediately want to share with everyone around you....Frank McCourt's life, and his searing telling of it, reveal all we need to know about being human." (Linnea Lannon, Detroit Free Press)


"A classic modern memoir...stunning." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)


"A splendid memoir, both funny and forgiving." (People)


"A monument to the self-perpetuating power of the human spirit...an accomplished, authoritative, and shimmering example of the memoirist's art." (Margaria Fichtner, The Miami Herald)


"A spellbinding memoir of childhood that swerves flawlessly between aching sadness and desperate humor...a work of lasting beauty." (Peter Finn, The Philadelphia Inquirer)


"This memoir is an instant classic of the genre...good enough to be the capstone of a distinguished writing career; let's hope it's only the beginning of Frank McCourt's." (Nina King, The Washington Post Book World)


04

阅读科普


爱尔兰的 Limerick 现在已经发展成了爱尔兰第三大城市。著名的香侬(Shannon)河在城市中分流成三股。因为在香浓河畔,已经成为爱尔兰的著名旅游城市。这本传记Angela's Ashes中描绘的是当年Frank McCourt所居住的贫民窟。因为这本畅销传记,当地也对原址进行了恢复,给更多读者一个还原书中情节的场地。

上期推荐


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小編秘诀:带着意识,记单词


建议使用NLP英语学习法,透过“五感”,来加速学习效率。世界许多知名人士如戈巴契夫、柯林顿、曼德拉等,甚至连已故的英国戴安娜王等人都曾参考此法。

1. 耳到:先听船长的朗读。

2. 眼到:不懂的单字,可以查阅下方的注解,或是查辞典。

3. 口到:试着复颂。

4. 手到:试着拼写出单词或句子。

5. 心到:几小时或隔天,心里试着回想所学到的英文词句。

这里有个“好看

嗯?点!

即刻关注英音公众号【船长陪你说英语】,获邀加入纯粹的英音朗读社群,参加每周英音直播公开课

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    可是,如果这些觉得还不够用的话。那么,我就再开设一个新的精品栏目《吴聊好书 WHAT TO READ》。我知道,每个人都有自己喜欢的方式来培养自己的兴趣,提高自己的能力。那么,我就定期和大家分享一些当下比较热门的英文原版书。要知道,有一本好书,才是开口朗读的必要条件。捧一本书,说一口地道标准的英音,想想也是一件让你和听你读书的人愉悦的事情。


        那今天要推荐的这本就是《Angela's Ashes》,我和大家用英音一起聊聊,感受朗读的快乐。


本期推荐

Angela's Ashes


Author: Frank McCourt

Paperback: 368 pages

Publisher: Scribner; 1st Touchstone Edition 1999 edition (May 25, 1999)

Language: English

Genre: a memoir

Book Tag: #Pulitzer Prize

书签划记#普利策奖



Brainy is the New Sexy!

用新鲜书单,3分钟升级英语力、性感力!


领读人

船长Kevin

(BGM: Oh Danny Boy / Allendale Columbia School)

01

导读开始

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.


“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.”


Angela's Ashes是一本Frank McCourt关于他在爱尔兰的童年回忆录,荣获普利策奖以及New York Times最佳畅销书的桂冠。


“当我回望自己的童年时,我惊讶于自己是如何生存下来的。这当然是一本关于凄惨童年的书。如果是关于幸福童年的回忆录的话,那就不值得花费这些时间去读了。悲惨的童年有不少,可以肯定的是爱尔兰儿童的童年更不幸。


音标来源/ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary & Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary


雅思重点词汇

1. memoir /ˈmem.wɑː/ n. 传记、实录。复数为 memoirs.

2. miserable /ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bəl/ adj. 痛苦的、悲惨的


02

发展


So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank’s mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank’s father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy—exasperating, irresponsible, and beguiling—does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father’s tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies.


Frank McCourt出生在美国纽约的布鲁克林区,当时正值大萧条期。随后在爱尔兰Limerick的贫民窟长大。他的母亲Angela并没有钱来抚养这些孩子们,而他的父亲则很少能找到工作。就算找到了,也经常将收入用来买醉。虽然他父亲Malachy不负责任、让人生厌,但却在小Frank的内心注入了他唯一可以供给的养分,讲故事。拯救了爱尔兰的英雄Cuchulain,以及让他母亲能够有孩子的第七台阶上的天使,这些父亲口中的故事让小Frank在贫穷的童年中支撑了下来。


3. luminous /ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/ adj. 发光的,明白易懂的

4. exasperating /ɪɡˈzæs.pər.eɪtɪŋ/ adj. 令人发怒的

5. beguiling /bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ/ adj. 来自beguile,解释为欺骗人的,哄骗人的等

6. nurture /ˈnɜː.tʃə/ n. 培养,培育



03

最后


Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank’s survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig’s head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbours—yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness.


Angela’s Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt’s astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.

也许正是这些故事让小Frank活了下来。他穿着破布做的尿布,为了圣诞节的晚餐向人乞讨一只猪头,在路边捡拾散落的煤块只为能够生火。他遭受贫穷、差点饿死,甚至来自亲戚和邻居的虐待。但他活了下来,用他杰出的口才、丰富的语言、宽容平静地讲述着这些过往。


Angela's Ashes这本书的每一页都留下了Frank McCout充满幽默和同情心的笔触,是一本经典之作。

7. diaper /ˈdaɪə.pə/ n. 尿布

8. eloquence /ˈel.ə.kwəns/ n. 雄辩、口才

9. exuberance /ɪɡˈzjuː.bər.əns/ n. 茂盛、丰盛、充沛

10. imbue /ɪmˈbjuː/ v.使充满,文中是过去分词表达的是被动的含义



04

精彩书评

"Every once in a while, a lucky reader comes across a book that makes an indelible impression, a book you immediately want to share with everyone around you....Frank McCourt's life, and his searing telling of it, reveal all we need to know about being human." (Linnea Lannon, Detroit Free Press)


"A classic modern memoir...stunning." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)


"A splendid memoir, both funny and forgiving." (People)


"A monument to the self-perpetuating power of the human spirit...an accomplished, authoritative, and shimmering example of the memoirist's art." (Margaria Fichtner, The Miami Herald)


"A spellbinding memoir of childhood that swerves flawlessly between aching sadness and desperate humor...a work of lasting beauty." (Peter Finn, The Philadelphia Inquirer)


"This memoir is an instant classic of the genre...good enough to be the capstone of a distinguished writing career; let's hope it's only the beginning of Frank McCourt's." (Nina King, The Washington Post Book World)


04

阅读科普


爱尔兰的 Limerick 现在已经发展成了爱尔兰第三大城市。著名的香侬(Shannon)河在城市中分流成三股。因为在香浓河畔,已经成为爱尔兰的著名旅游城市。这本传记Angela's Ashes中描绘的是当年Frank McCourt所居住的贫民窟。因为这本畅销传记,当地也对原址进行了恢复,给更多读者一个还原书中情节的场地。

上期推荐


参与朗读

如何加入万人英音朗读社群:

STEP 1: 在公众号对话框直接发送关键字“朗读”,即可获得入群微信号。

STEP 2:邀请获得通过,进入社群后,请查看群公告,了解社群活动的信息。


文字编译  Kevin

图文编辑  Kevin

主      编  Kevin

小編秘诀:带着意识,记单词


建议使用NLP英语学习法,透过“五感”,来加速学习效率。世界许多知名人士如戈巴契夫、柯林顿、曼德拉等,甚至连已故的英国戴安娜王等人都曾参考此法。

1. 耳到:先听船长的朗读。

2. 眼到:不懂的单字,可以查阅下方的注解,或是查辞典。

3. 口到:试着复颂。

4. 手到:试着拼写出单词或句子。

5. 心到:几小时或隔天,心里试着回想所学到的英文词句。

这里有个“好看

嗯?点!

即刻关注英音公众号【船长陪你说英语】,获邀加入纯粹的英音朗读社群,参加每周英音直播公开课

吴聊好书| 【船长陪你说英语】出品

阅读让你充实,英音使你性感

      社群中经常有伙伴问起可以有什么方法可以巩固和提升发音。其实订阅号和社群中,我们已经提供和开展了各种素材和训练,比如《最强英音》、《剧有英伦腔》、《英音认知周刊》、《船长英音口袋诗集》、《炉边故事》以及人气训练班「船长朗读纠音班」,和我亲授的直播重课。


    可是,如果这些觉得还不够用的话。那么,我就再开设一个新的精品栏目《吴聊好书 WHAT TO READ》。我知道,每个人都有自己喜欢的方式来培养自己的兴趣,提高自己的能力。那么,我就定期和大家分享一些当下比较热门的英文原版书。要知道,有一本好书,才是开口朗读的必要条件。捧一本书,说一口地道标准的英音,想想也是一件让你和听你读书的人愉悦的事情。


        那今天要推荐的这本就是《Angela's Ashes》,我和大家用英音一起聊聊,感受朗读的快乐。


本期推荐

Angela's Ashes


Author: Frank McCourt

Paperback: 368 pages

Publisher: Scribner; 1st Touchstone Edition 1999 edition (May 25, 1999)

Language: English

Genre: a memoir

Book Tag: #Pulitzer Prize

书签划记#普利策奖



Brainy is the New Sexy!

用新鲜书单,3分钟升级英语力、性感力!


领读人

船长Kevin

(BGM: Oh Danny Boy / Allendale Columbia School)

01

导读开始

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.


“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.”


Angela's Ashes是一本Frank McCourt关于他在爱尔兰的童年回忆录,荣获普利策奖以及New York Times最佳畅销书的桂冠。


“当我回望自己的童年时,我惊讶于自己是如何生存下来的。这当然是一本关于凄惨童年的书。如果是关于幸福童年的回忆录的话,那就不值得花费这些时间去读了。悲惨的童年有不少,可以肯定的是爱尔兰儿童的童年更不幸。


音标来源/ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary & Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary


雅思重点词汇

1. memoir /ˈmem.wɑː/ n. 传记、实录。复数为 memoirs.

2. miserable /ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bəl/ adj. 痛苦的、悲惨的


02

发展


So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank’s mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank’s father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy—exasperating, irresponsible, and beguiling—does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father’s tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies.


Frank McCourt出生在美国纽约的布鲁克林区,当时正值大萧条期。随后在爱尔兰Limerick的贫民窟长大。他的母亲Angela并没有钱来抚养这些孩子们,而他的父亲则很少能找到工作。就算找到了,也经常将收入用来买醉。虽然他父亲Malachy不负责任、让人生厌,但却在小Frank的内心注入了他唯一可以供给的养分,讲故事。拯救了爱尔兰的英雄Cuchulain,以及让他母亲能够有孩子的第七台阶上的天使,这些父亲口中的故事让小Frank在贫穷的童年中支撑了下来。


3. luminous /ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/ adj. 发光的,明白易懂的

4. exasperating /ɪɡˈzæs.pər.eɪtɪŋ/ adj. 令人发怒的

5. beguiling /bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ/ adj. 来自beguile,解释为欺骗人的,哄骗人的等

6. nurture /ˈnɜː.tʃə/ n. 培养,培育



03

最后


Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank’s survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig’s head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbours—yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness.


Angela’s Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt’s astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.

也许正是这些故事让小Frank活了下来。他穿着破布做的尿布,为了圣诞节的晚餐向人乞讨一只猪头,在路边捡拾散落的煤块只为能够生火。他遭受贫穷、差点饿死,甚至来自亲戚和邻居的虐待。但他活了下来,用他杰出的口才、丰富的语言、宽容平静地讲述着这些过往。


Angela's Ashes这本书的每一页都留下了Frank McCout充满幽默和同情心的笔触,是一本经典之作。

7. diaper /ˈdaɪə.pə/ n. 尿布

8. eloquence /ˈel.ə.kwəns/ n. 雄辩、口才

9. exuberance /ɪɡˈzjuː.bər.əns/ n. 茂盛、丰盛、充沛

10. imbue /ɪmˈbjuː/ v.使充满,文中是过去分词表达的是被动的含义



04

精彩书评

"Every once in a while, a lucky reader comes across a book that makes an indelible impression, a book you immediately want to share with everyone around you....Frank McCourt's life, and his searing telling of it, reveal all we need to know about being human." (Linnea Lannon, Detroit Free Press)


"A classic modern memoir...stunning." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)


"A splendid memoir, both funny and forgiving." (People)


"A monument to the self-perpetuating power of the human spirit...an accomplished, authoritative, and shimmering example of the memoirist's art." (Margaria Fichtner, The Miami Herald)


"A spellbinding memoir of childhood that swerves flawlessly between aching sadness and desperate humor...a work of lasting beauty." (Peter Finn, The Philadelphia Inquirer)


"This memoir is an instant classic of the genre...good enough to be the capstone of a distinguished writing career; let's hope it's only the beginning of Frank McCourt's." (Nina King, The Washington Post Book World)


04

阅读科普


爱尔兰的 Limerick 现在已经发展成了爱尔兰第三大城市。著名的香侬(Shannon)河在城市中分流成三股。因为在香浓河畔,已经成为爱尔兰的著名旅游城市。这本传记Angela's Ashes中描绘的是当年Frank McCourt所居住的贫民窟。因为这本畅销传记,当地也对原址进行了恢复,给更多读者一个还原书中情节的场地。

上期推荐


参与朗读

如何加入万人英音朗读社群:

STEP 1: 在公众号对话框直接发送关键字“朗读”,即可获得入群微信号。

STEP 2:邀请获得通过,进入社群后,请查看群公告,了解社群活动的信息。


文字编译  Kevin

图文编辑  Kevin

主      编  Kevin

小編秘诀:带着意识,记单词


建议使用NLP英语学习法,透过“五感”,来加速学习效率。世界许多知名人士如戈巴契夫、柯林顿、曼德拉等,甚至连已故的英国戴安娜王等人都曾参考此法。

1. 耳到:先听船长的朗读。

2. 眼到:不懂的单字,可以查阅下方的注解,或是查辞典。

3. 口到:试着复颂。

4. 手到:试着拼写出单词或句子。

5. 心到:几小时或隔天,心里试着回想所学到的英文词句。

这里有个“好看

嗯?点!

即刻关注英音公众号【船长陪你说英语】,获邀加入纯粹的英音朗读社群,参加每周英音直播公开课

吴聊好书| 【船长陪你说英语】出品

阅读让你充实,英音使你性感

      社群中经常有伙伴问起可以有什么方法可以巩固和提升发音。其实订阅号和社群中,我们已经提供和开展了各种素材和训练,比如《最强英音》、《剧有英伦腔》、《英音认知周刊》、《船长英音口袋诗集》、《炉边故事》以及人气训练班「船长朗读纠音班」,和我亲授的直播重课。


    可是,如果这些觉得还不够用的话。那么,我就再开设一个新的精品栏目《吴聊好书 WHAT TO READ》。我知道,每个人都有自己喜欢的方式来培养自己的兴趣,提高自己的能力。那么,我就定期和大家分享一些当下比较热门的英文原版书。要知道,有一本好书,才是开口朗读的必要条件。捧一本书,说一口地道标准的英音,想想也是一件让你和听你读书的人愉悦的事情。


        那今天要推荐的这本就是《Angela's Ashes》,我和大家用英音一起聊聊,感受朗读的快乐。


本期推荐

Angela's Ashes


Author: Frank McCourt

Paperback: 368 pages

Publisher: Scribner; 1st Touchstone Edition 1999 edition (May 25, 1999)

Language: English

Genre: a memoir

Book Tag: #Pulitzer Prize

书签划记#普利策奖



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01

导读开始

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland.


“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.”


Angela's Ashes是一本Frank McCourt关于他在爱尔兰的童年回忆录,荣获普利策奖以及New York Times最佳畅销书的桂冠。


“当我回望自己的童年时,我惊讶于自己是如何生存下来的。这当然是一本关于凄惨童年的书。如果是关于幸福童年的回忆录的话,那就不值得花费这些时间去读了。悲惨的童年有不少,可以肯定的是爱尔兰儿童的童年更不幸。


音标来源/ Longman Pronunciation Dictionary & Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary


雅思重点词汇

1. memoir /ˈmem.wɑː/ n. 传记、实录。复数为 memoirs.

2. miserable /ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bəl/ adj. 痛苦的、悲惨的


02

发展


So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank’s mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank’s father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy—exasperating, irresponsible, and beguiling—does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father’s tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies.


Frank McCourt出生在美国纽约的布鲁克林区,当时正值大萧条期。随后在爱尔兰Limerick的贫民窟长大。他的母亲Angela并没有钱来抚养这些孩子们,而他的父亲则很少能找到工作。就算找到了,也经常将收入用来买醉。虽然他父亲Malachy不负责任、让人生厌,但却在小Frank的内心注入了他唯一可以供给的养分,讲故事。拯救了爱尔兰的英雄Cuchulain,以及让他母亲能够有孩子的第七台阶上的天使,这些父亲口中的故事让小Frank在贫穷的童年中支撑了下来。


3. luminous /ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/ adj. 发光的,明白易懂的

4. exasperating /ɪɡˈzæs.pər.eɪtɪŋ/ adj. 令人发怒的

5. beguiling /bɪˈɡaɪlɪŋ/ adj. 来自beguile,解释为欺骗人的,哄骗人的等

6. nurture /ˈnɜː.tʃə/ n. 培养,培育



03

最后


Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank’s survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig’s head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbours—yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness.


Angela’s Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt’s astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.

也许正是这些故事让小Frank活了下来。他穿着破布做的尿布,为了圣诞节的晚餐向人乞讨一只猪头,在路边捡拾散落的煤块只为能够生火。他遭受贫穷、差点饿死,甚至来自亲戚和邻居的虐待。但他活了下来,用他杰出的口才、丰富的语言、宽容平静地讲述着这些过往。


Angela's Ashes这本书的每一页都留下了Frank McCout充满幽默和同情心的笔触,是一本经典之作。

7. diaper /ˈdaɪə.pə/ n. 尿布

8. eloquence /ˈel.ə.kwəns/ n. 雄辩、口才

9. exuberance /ɪɡˈzjuː.bər.əns/ n. 茂盛、丰盛、充沛

10. imbue /ɪmˈbjuː/ v.使充满,文中是过去分词表达的是被动的含义



04

精彩书评

"Every once in a while, a lucky reader comes across a book that makes an indelible impression, a book you immediately want to share with everyone around you....Frank McCourt's life, and his searing telling of it, reveal all we need to know about being human." (Linnea Lannon, Detroit Free Press)


"A classic modern memoir...stunning." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)


"A splendid memoir, both funny and forgiving." (People)


"A monument to the self-perpetuating power of the human spirit...an accomplished, authoritative, and shimmering example of the memoirist's art." (Margaria Fichtner, The Miami Herald)


"A spellbinding memoir of childhood that swerves flawlessly between aching sadness and desperate humor...a work of lasting beauty." (Peter Finn, The Philadelphia Inquirer)


"This memoir is an instant classic of the genre...good enough to be the capstone of a distinguished writing career; let's hope it's only the beginning of Frank McCourt's." (Nina King, The Washington Post Book World)


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阅读科普


爱尔兰的 Limerick 现在已经发展成了爱尔兰第三大城市。著名的香侬(Shannon)河在城市中分流成三股。因为在香浓河畔,已经成为爱尔兰的著名旅游城市。这本传记Angela's Ashes中描绘的是当年Frank McCourt所居住的贫民窟。因为这本畅销传记,当地也对原址进行了恢复,给更多读者一个还原书中情节的场地。

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4. 手到:试着拼写出单词或句子。

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