一、课文原文及逐段翻译
Unit Eleven Lesson 1 Drummer Hits the Road／鼓手走人（社区生活·报道一）
第1段原文：Ma Ming, drummer for the rock band “Storm”, had to pack his bags. He moved out of his rented flat after complaints from his neighbours about disturbing the peace.
译文：摇滚乐队“暴风雨”的鼓手马明不得不收拾行李，搬出租用的公寓，因为邻居们投诉他扰乱社区的宁静。
第2段原文：Being single, Ma Ming often held parties at night, but the biggest problem was his tendency to drum late at night. Ma Ming’s neighbours said they were being driven mad being exposed to such noise. The flat-owner said if he had known that Ma Ming was a drummer, he wouldn’t have rented the flat to him. The neighbours quickly realised they were in trouble when he moved in. And from then on, they rarely got a full night’s sleep. They couldn’t relax or read a book without plugging their ears. One neighbour also claimed that Ma Ming had a bad influence on his teenage son.
译文：马明是个单身汉，经常在晚上开派对，但最大的问题是他常常打鼓到深夜。邻居说他们都快被这样的噪声逼疯了。房东说他如果知道马明是个鼓手，就不会把房子租给他。马明一搬进来，邻居们就意识到麻烦来了。从那以后，他们很少能安安稳稳地睡一整晚。如果不堵住耳朵，他们就不能放松或看书。有个邻居还说，马明对他十几岁的儿子造成了不良影响。
第3段原文：In the end, the community council took action. “We took a vote, and came to a resolution. We gave Ma Ming a warning. We told him that he ought to cease drumming or leave the property,” a council member said. “Getting enough sleep is important for people’s health and, after such a chorus of complaints, we had to take action.”
译文：最后，居委会采取了行动。一位居委会成员说：“我们投票表决，达成了一项决议。警告马明，告诉他应该停止打鼓，否则就搬走。充足的睡眠对人们的健康很重要，收到这样的集体投诉，我们不得不采取行动。”
第4段原文：Ma Ming’s departure has pleased his neighbours. “Life will go back to normal now,” they said.
译文：马明离开了，邻居都很高兴。“生活终于要恢复正常了，”他们说。
第5段原文：For Ma Ming’s version of the story, we found him in a hotel in Shanghai. Ma Ming felt that they were prejudiced against him. He’s bitter over the fact that people thought of his music as “noise”. Otherwise he didn’t really mind having to leave the flat. “Living in a hotel means the hotel staff makes the bed every day and I don’t have to do my own washing! Anyhow, I’m now looking for a remote house on the edge of the city.”
译文：我们在上海的一家酒店里找到了马明，想听听他对这个事件的看法。马明觉得邻居对自己有偏见，认为他的音乐是“噪声”，这是他的伤心之处。不过他并不介意离开公寓。“住在旅馆里就意味着每天都有服务员整理床铺，我也不必自己洗衣服！不过，我现在正在城郊找位置稍微偏僻一点的房子。”
教材录入说明：本篇 Lesson 1 含两篇独立报道（Drummer Hits the Road / Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many），本册按独立课文各成一篇。第 3 段英文在扫描件被拆成两行（the hotel staff / makes the bed every day），已按语意合并；原文「两段英文 + 两段译文」的排版已按先后顺序逐段配对。
二、重点单词
drummer n. a person who plays the drums 鼓手；课文 drummer for the rock band 'Storm'。
rented adj. used in exchange for regular payments 租来的；课文 his rented flat（过去分词作定语）。
flat n. (BrE) a set of rooms on one floor 公寓；课文 move out of his rented flat。
complaint n. a statement that you are unhappy about something 投诉；课文 after complaints from his neighbours about disturbing the peace。
disturb v. to interrupt the quiet or order of something 打扰、扰乱；课文 disturbing the peace 扰乱社区安宁。
tendency n. a habit of behaving in a particular way 倾向、毛病；课文 his tendency to drum late at night（不定式作定语）。
expose v. to put somebody in a situation where they experience something 使接触、使暴露；课文 being exposed to such noise 长期受这种噪声影响。
plug v. to fill or block a hole 堵住；课文 without plugging their ears 不堵住耳朵。
claim v. to say something is true without proving it 声称；课文原句：One neighbour also claimed that Ma Ming had a bad influence on his teenage son.
council n. a group chosen to manage local affairs 委员会；课文 the community council took action 居委会采取行动。
resolution n. a formal decision reached after a vote 决议；课文 We took a vote, and came to a resolution。
cease v. to stop doing something 停止（比 stop 正式）；课文 he ought to cease drumming or leave the property（cease doing）。
property n. a building and the land around it 房产、房屋；课文 leave the property 搬离这处房子。
chorus n. many people saying the same thing at once 齐声、一片（抱怨）；课文 after such a chorus of complaints。
departure n. the act of leaving 离开；课文原句：Ma Ming's departure has pleased his neighbours.
prejudiced adj. having an unfair opinion formed beforehand 有偏见的；课文 they were prejudiced against him。
bitter adj. feeling hurt and angry about something unfair 委屈、愤懑的；课文 He's bitter over the fact that people thought of his music as 'noise'。
remote adj. far from other places 偏僻的、遥远的；课文 a remote house on the edge of the city。
三、一词多义和熟词生义
pack：熟义 n. 包裹 / v. 打包 → 课文 had to pack his bags 收拾行李，是「不得不搬走」的委婉说法，比 was driven out 克制得多。
peace：熟义 n. 和平 → 课文义 n. 安宁、公共秩序。disturbing the peace 是社区 / 治安语境的固定说法，意为「扰民、扰乱安宁」，不要译成「破坏和平」。
single：熟义 adj. 单一的、单个的 → 课文义 adj. 未婚的、单身的。Being single, Ma Ming often held parties at night 现在分词短语作原因状语。
drive：熟义 v. 驾驶 → 课文义 be driven mad 被逼疯；be driven to this act of violence（下一篇）被逼得做出……。drive sb + adj. / to sth 是高频搭配。
chorus：熟义 n. 合唱、副歌 → 课文义 n. 一片（异口同声的）声音。a chorus of complaints 一片抱怨声；同类 a chorus of praise / protest。
version：熟义 n. 版本、译本 → 课文义 n.（某人对事件的）说法。For Ma Ming's version of the story, we found him in a hotel in Shanghai 想听听马明这边怎么说——新闻报道切换信源的信号词。
bitter：熟义 adj. 苦的 → 课文义 adj.（因不公而）委屈、怨愤的。be bitter over the fact that ...；名词 bitterness。
otherwise：熟义 conj./adv. 否则、要不然 → 课文义 adv. 除此以外、在其他方面。Otherwise he didn't really mind having to leave the flat 不过他并不真介意搬走——这里不是「否则」，是转折式补充。
edge：熟义 n. 边缘、刀刃 → 课文 on the edge of the city 在城郊、城市边缘；同类 on the edge of a breakdown 濒临崩溃。
mind：熟义 n. 头脑 / v. 介意 → 课文 didn't really mind having to leave，mind 后接动名词（不接不定式）；Would you mind ...? 是另一常考句型。
四、重点词块
【新闻导语与冲突】
1. had to pack his bags 不得不收拾行李 2. move out of a rented flat 搬出租来的公寓 3. complaints from one's neighbours about ... 邻居关于……的投诉 4. disturb the peace 扰民、扰乱安宁 5. hold parties at night 夜里开派对 6. one's tendency to drum late at night 常常打鼓到深夜的毛病
【投诉方证词】
1. be driven mad 快被逼疯 2. be exposed to such noise 长期受这种噪声影响 3. rarely get a full night's sleep 很少睡上整宿觉 4. without plugging their ears 不堵住耳朵就无法…… 5. have a bad influence on one's teenage son 对十几岁的儿子有不良影响
【社区处置】
1. the community council took action 居委会采取了行动 2. take a vote 投票表决 3. come to a resolution 形成决议 4. give sb a warning 给某人一次警告 5. cease drumming or leave the property 停止打鼓，否则搬走 6. after such a chorus of complaints 收到这样一片集体投诉之后 7. Getting enough sleep is important for people's health 充足睡眠对健康很重要
【双方后续】
1. one's departure has pleased his neighbours 某人搬走让邻居很高兴 2. Life will go back to normal now 生活终于要恢复正常了 3. for one's version of the story 为听听某人的说法 4. be prejudiced against sb 对某人有偏见 5. think of sth as 'noise' 把……当成「噪声」 6. be bitter over the fact that ... 因……而委屈 7. not really mind having to leave 并不真介意搬走
【自嘲收尾】
1. Living in a hotel means ... 住旅馆就意味着…… 2. the hotel staff makes the bed every day 每天有人整理床铺 3. don't have to do my own washing 不用自己洗衣服 4. Anyhow 不管怎么说 5. look for a remote house on the edge of the city 在城郊找处偏僻房子
五、长难句拆解
句1
【原句】Ma Ming, drummer for the rock band 'Storm', had to pack his bags. He moved out of his rented flat after complaints from his neighbours about disturbing the peace.
【主干】Ma Ming had to pack his bags and moved out of his rented flat.
【分层】第一句 drummer for the rock band 'Storm' 是名词短语作同位语（前后逗号隔开，补充说明身份）；第二句 after 后接的是名词短语而非从句（complaints from ... about ...），about 后接动名词 disturbing；had to 与 moved 构成「结果 + 原因」的倒金字塔导语。
【翻译】摇滚乐队「暴风雨」的鼓手马明不得不收拾行李。因邻居投诉他扰乱社区安宁，他搬出了租住的公寓。
【考点】同位语 + after + 名词短语 + about doing。新闻导语常用「先给结果，再用介词短语补原因」，比 because 从句更紧凑。
句2
【原句】Being single, Ma Ming often held parties at night, but the biggest problem was his tendency to drum late at night.
【主干】Ma Ming often held parties, but the biggest problem was his tendency.
【分层】Being single 为现在分词短语作原因状语（= Because he was single）；but 连接两个并列分句，把「开派对」降级为背景、「打鼓」升级为真正矛盾；to drum late at night 是不定式作 tendency 的后置定语。
【翻译】马明是个单身汉，经常在晚上开派对，但最大的问题是他常常打鼓到深夜。
【考点】分词状语 + but 分主次 + 不定式作定语。写「次要原因 vs 主要矛盾」时，but 后的名词用 the biggest problem / the real trouble 最省力。
句3
【原句】The flat-owner said if he had known that Ma Ming was a drummer, he wouldn't have rented the flat to him.
【主干】The flat-owner said that he wouldn't have rented the flat to him.
【分层】said 后省略 that 引出宾语从句；宾语从句内是 if 引导的与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句：从句 had known，主句 wouldn't have rented；that Ma Ming was a drummer 又是 known 的宾语从句，形成两层嵌套。
【翻译】房东说，要是早知道马明是个鼓手，他就不会把房子租给他了。
【考点】虚拟条件句（与过去相反）+ 宾语从句嵌套。转述别人的「事后假设」时，had done / would have done 是固定配对。
句4
【原句】Living in a hotel means the hotel staff makes the bed every day and I don't have to do my own washing!
【主干】Living in a hotel means that the staff makes the bed and I don't have to wash.
【分层】Living in a hotel 是动名词短语作主语（谓语用单数 means）；means 后接省略 that 的宾语从句；从句内 the staff makes ... 与 I don't have to ... 由 and 并列；staff 为集合名词，此处谓语用 makes；have to 的否定式为 don't have to（不必），区别于 mustn't（禁止）。
【翻译】住在旅馆里就意味着每天都有服务员整理床铺，我也不必自己洗衣服！
【考点】动名词作主语 + 宾语从句 + 并列 + have to 否定。用一句轻松自嘲收束整篇纠纷，是新闻特写常见的软着陆。
六、语法点清单（从句与非谓语）
一、名词性从句
1. 宾语从句：Ma Ming's neighbours said (that) they were being driven mad；Ma Ming felt that they were prejudiced against him；we told him that he ought to cease drumming or leave the property。
2. 同位语从句：He's bitter over the fact that people thought of his music as 'noise'（that 解释 fact 的内容）。
3. 宾语从句里的虚拟：The flat-owner said if he had known ..., he wouldn't have rented ...。
二、定语从句与后置定语
1. 名词短语作同位语：Ma Ming, drummer for the rock band 'Storm', ...；a council member said。
2. 介词短语作定语：a remote house on the edge of the city；complaints from his neighbours about disturbing the peace。
3. 不定式作定语：his tendency to drum late at night；ways of improving the accuracy（同类结构）。
三、虚拟语气与情态
1. 与过去事实相反：if he had known ..., he wouldn't have rented ...。
2. 义务与必要：he ought to cease drumming；we had to take action；had to pack his bags；I don't have to do my own washing（不必）。
3. 推测：One neighbour also claimed that ...（转述而非断言）。
四、非谓语与被动
1. 分词作状语：Being single（原因）/ being exposed to such noise（被动）/ being driven mad（过去进行被动）。
2. 动名词作主语 / 宾语：Getting enough sleep is important；Living in a hotel means ...；without plugging their ears；cease drumming；mind having to leave。
3. 被动语态：they were being driven mad / had been rented 类结构；has pleased his neighbours 为现在完成时主动表影响持续。
七、逻辑链
① 结果先行：导语只说「鼓手不得不收拾行李」，先给结果，再用 after complaints ... 补出原因——典型倒金字塔开头。
② 分清主次：单身、夜里开派对只是背景，but 一转，把「常常打鼓到深夜」立为 the biggest problem。
③ 三层证词叠加：邻居「快被逼疯」、房东「早知道就不租」、还有人「对我儿子有不良影响」，从感受、假设、后果三个角度坐实投诉。
④ 正式处置：居委会投票 → 形成决议 → 发出「停鼓或搬走」的最后通牒，并补一句「睡眠关乎健康」作公共理由，让决定站得住。
⑤ 投诉方收束：一句「生活终于要恢复正常了」，把社区视角轻轻合上。
⑥ 切换信源：用 For Ma Ming's version of the story 明确告诉读者「下面换一边说」——这是新闻报道的平衡术，也是本文最值得学的衔接。
⑦ 当事人回应：他承认被偏见、把音乐当「噪声」令他委屈（the fact that ...）；再用 Otherwise 一转，其实并不介意搬走。
⑧ 幽默软着陆：住旅馆有人铺床、不用自己洗衣服；末句 Anyhow 落到「正在城郊找偏僻房子」，对立被一句自嘲化开。
写法提炼：双信源新闻的标准骨架——结果 → 投诉方证词 → 处置 → 投诉方反馈 → 当事方回应 → 当事人自嘲。可迁移的是 said / claimed / felt / recalled 这套转述动词库，以及 For one's version of the story / Otherwise / Anyhow / In the end 这些切换视角与转折的信号词。
八、写作迁移（仿写与输出）
仿写模板：X, ..., had to ... after complaints from ... about .... Being ..., X often ..., but the biggest problem was his/her tendency to .... '...', a ... said. ...'s departure has pleased .... For X's version of the story, we found .... X felt that ... . He/She's bitter over the fact that .... Otherwise ... didn't really mind .... Anyhow, ...
示范：Li Wei, goalkeeper of the class team, had to pack his ball after complaints from the neighbours about breaking a window. Being free after school, he often practised in the lane, but the biggest problem was his tendency to shoot at the wall late in the evening. 'We took a vote and came to a resolution,' a neighbour said. Li Wei's departure has pleased the lane. For Li Wei's version of the story, we found him on the school field. He felt that they were prejudiced against him. He's bitter over the fact that people thought of his practice as 'noise'. Otherwise he didn't really mind having to move. Anyhow, he is now looking for a quiet corner behind the gym.
可迁移句式：① 名词短语作同位语的导语 ② if he had known ..., he wouldn't have ...（过去虚拟）③ Being + adj./done 作状语 ④ the fact that ...（同位语从句）⑤ without doing / mind doing / cease doing ⑥ For one's version of the story（切换信源）⑦ Otherwise / Anyhow（转折补充）。
输出任务：以「一件小事，两种说法」为题写 150 词校园新闻。要求：先交代结果与投诉（after + 名词短语 + about doing）；引一句班委或管理方的话；用 For ...'s version of the story 切到当事人；用 the fact that ... 写他的委屈；最后用 Otherwise 或 Anyhow 收束。至少使用 3 个不同的转述动词（said / claimed / felt / added / recalled）。
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