一、课文原文及逐段翻译
Unit Eleven Lesson 3 War Memories: Story C (A Piece of My Heart)／战争回忆·故事C（心之彼方）
第1段原文：I got a phone call from the chief nurse, saying, “You’ve got a patient there who is going to get an award. Make sure that the ward looks good.” This really turned me off to begin with, “Let’s clean up the ward because we’ve got VIPs coming in.” Well, the VIPs happened to be a general and a group of about a dozen people. It was this patient’s second visit to us and this time he’d had both his legs blown off—he was all-of-about 20 years old. When he was waking up after the surgeon had finished, he whispered, “Don’t you remember me, ma’am?” I said, “Oh yeah!” But really I didn’t because there were so many of them. The general was coming to give him the award because he happened to be number 20,000 to come through this hospital. They had this little ceremony, where they presented him with a Purple Heart and a watch. As the general handed him the watch, “from the army, to show our appreciation,” the kid more or less threw the watch back at him. He said something like, “I can’t accept this, sir; it’s not going to help me walk.” After this little incident, I went over and took him in my arms. If I remember correctly, I started sobbing and I think he was crying, too. I really admired him for that. That was the only time I let somebody see what I felt. It took a lot for him to do that, and it sort of said what this war was all about to me.
译文：我接到护士长的电话，她说：“你那儿有个病人要得奖了，务必确保病房干净整洁。”这打一开始就让我很反感“我们打扫病房吧，因为有贵宾要来。”嗯，贵宾是一名将军和十几号人的随从。这是这位病人第二次来到我们这里，而这次他的双腿都被炸没了——他也就才二十几岁。做完手术后他苏醒过来，小声说：“你不记得我了吗，女士？”我说：“哦，当然记得你！”但其实我对他没有印象，因为这里的伤员太多了。将军是来给他颁奖的，因为他正好是这家医院的第2万个病人。他们举行了一个小小的仪式，给他颁发一枚紫心勋章和一块手表。将军把那块“来自军队，象征我们的感谢”的表递给他时，那孩子几乎是把表扔了回去。他说了几句话，大概意思是“长官，我不能要这块表，因为它不能帮我走路。”这件小插曲之后，我走过去把他搂在怀里。如果我没记错的话，我哭了，我记得他应该也哭了。我真的很佩服他能说出那样的话。那也是我唯一一次流露自己真实的感受。他那么做是很需要勇气的，这也多少反映了我对这场战争的看法。
改编说明：(Adapted from A Piece of My Heart by Keith Walker)
译文：(改编自凯斯·沃克的《心之彼方》)
教材录入说明：all-of-about 20 years old 为教材口语化拼写，意为「也就二十岁上下」；he'd had both his legs blown off 为 have + 宾语 + 过去分词表「遭遇不幸」，并非「让别人炸掉」。
二、重点单词
chief nurse n. the nurse in charge 护士长；课文 I got a phone call from the chief nurse。
patient n. a person receiving medical treatment 病人；课文 You've got a patient there who is going to get an award。
award n. a prize or medal given formally 奖、勋章；课文 get an award / give him the award。
ward n. a room with beds in a hospital 病房；课文 Make sure that the ward looks good。
VIP n. a very important person 贵宾、要人；课文 we've got VIPs coming in。
general n. a high-ranking army officer 将军；课文 the VIPs happened to be a general。
surgeon n. a doctor who operates 外科医生；课文 after the surgeon had finished。
whisper v. to speak very quietly 低声说；课文原句：he whispered, 'Don't you remember me, ma'am?'
ceremony n. a formal public event 仪式；课文 They had this little ceremony。
present v. to give something formally 颁发、授予；课文 they presented him with a Purple Heart and a watch（present sb with sth）。
appreciation n. the feeling of being thankful 感激、谢意；课文 from the army, to show our appreciation。
incident n. a small event, often unpleasant 小插曲、小事；课文 After this little incident。
sob v. to cry noisily 抽泣、呜咽；课文 I started sobbing and I think he was crying, too。
admire v. to respect somebody for what they did 佩服、敬佩；课文 I really admired him for that。
Purple Heart n. a US medal given to wounded soldiers 紫心勋章；课文原句：presented him with a Purple Heart and a watch.
三、一词多义和熟词生义
ward：熟义 v. 挡开（ward off）→ 课文义 n. 病房。Make sure that the ward looks good；同词根 ward off a blow 挡开一击，两义靠词性判断。
turn sb off：熟义「关掉（电器、水龙头）」→ 课文义「使反感、让人倒胃口」。This really turned me off to begin with——护士反感的不是打扫，而是「因为贵宾要来才打扫」。
to begin with：固定插入语，「起初、首先」，常用于先给第一反应再推翻或补充；不是「开始做……」。to begin with 与 at first 可替换。
happen to be：熟义「发生」→ 课文义「碰巧是、恰好是」。the VIPs happened to be a general and a group of about a dozen people；同段 he happened to be number 20,000 两处都是「恰好」，后者正是全篇荒诞感的来源。
visit：熟义 n./v. 拜访 → 课文义 n. 就诊、住院（一次入院）。It was this patient's second visit to us 这是他第二次到我们这儿来。
blow off：熟义「吹走」→ 课文义「（被炸）炸掉」。he'd had both his legs blown off 用 have + 宾语 + 过去分词 写「遭遇不幸」，且是过去完成时 had had。
present：熟义 n. 礼物 / adj. 出席的、现在的 → 课文义 v. 颁发。presented him with a Purple Heart and a watch；注意与 the general handed him the watch（hand sb sth）两种双宾结构。
more or less：熟义「或多或少」→ 课文义「差不多、几乎（就是）」。the kid more or less threw the watch back at him 几乎是把表扔了回去；与 something like、sort of 同属口语里的模糊限制语，让回忆听起来像真的。
something like：不是「有点喜欢」，而是「大概说了句……」。He said something like, 'I can't accept this, sir ...' 表明引语是凭记忆复述，不是逐字记录。
sort of：口语中「有点、多少算是」，用来把话说得留有余地。it sort of said what this war was all about to me——结尾不把结论说死，正是这种迟疑让句子有分量。
take sb in one's arms：把某人搂进怀里。I went over and took him in my arms；一个动作替代了所有安慰的话。
be all about：「……的全部意义所在」。what this war was all about to me 这场战争对我究竟意味着什么；what 引导宾语从句并在从句中作 about 的宾语。
It took a lot for him to do that：字面「他那么做花了很大代价」，实指「那需要很大的勇气」。It takes + n. + for sb + to do 是形式主语结构，别译成「花了很多时间」。
四、重点词块
【电话与反感】
1. get a phone call from the chief nurse 接到护士长电话 2. You've got a patient there who is going to get an award 你那儿有个病人要得奖了 3. Make sure that the ward looks good 务必让病房看起来像样 4. This really turned me off to begin with 这打一开始就让我很反感 5. Let's clean up the ward because we've got VIPs coming in 因为贵宾要来，我们把病房打扫一下吧 6. the VIPs happened to be a general and a group of about a dozen people 贵宾碰巧是一位将军和十来号随从
【伤员与身份】
1. It was this patient's second visit to us 这是他第二次来我们这里 2. this time he'd had both his legs blown off 这次双腿都被炸没了 3. he was all-of-about 20 years old 他也就二十岁上下 4. when he was waking up after the surgeon had finished 手术做完他苏醒过来时 5. whisper 低声说 6. Don't you remember me, ma'am? 你不记得我了吗，女士？ 7. But really I didn't because there were so many of them 其实我不记得，因为伤员太多了
【颁奖的荒诞理由】
1. be coming to give him the award 要来给他颁奖 2. happen to be number 20,000 to come through this hospital 恰好是这家医院的第 2 万个病人 3. have this little ceremony 举行一个小小的仪式 4. present him with a Purple Heart and a watch 授予他一枚紫心勋章和一块手表 5. as the general handed him the watch 将军把表递给他时 6. from the army, to show our appreciation 来自军队，象征我们的感谢
【拒绝与拥抱】
1. more or less threw the watch back at him 几乎把表扔了回去 2. say something like ... 大概说了句…… 3. I can't accept this, sir; it's not going to help me walk 长官，我不能要，它不能帮我走路 4. After this little incident 这件小插曲之后 5. go over and take him in my arms 走过去把他搂在怀里 6. start sobbing 哭了出来 7. admire him for that 因此佩服他 8. That was the only time I let somebody see what I felt 那是我唯一一次让别人看见我的感受
【含蓄收束】
1. It took a lot for him to do that 他那么做需要很大勇气 2. it sort of said what this war was all about to me 这也多少道出了这场战争对我意味着什么 3. (Adapted from ... by ...) 改编自……
五、长难句拆解
句1
【原句】I got a phone call from the chief nurse, saying, "You've got a patient there who is going to get an award. Make sure that the ward looks good."
【主干】I got a phone call from the chief nurse.
【分层】saying, ... 是现在分词短语作伴随状语，用来引出电话内容（相当于 which said）；引语里 a patient there who is going to get an award 含 who 引导的定语从句；Make sure that the ward looks good 是祈使句 + that 宾语从句。
【翻译】我接到护士长的电话，她说：「你那儿有个病人要得奖了，务必让病房干净整洁。」
【考点】分词引出引语 + 定语从句 + Make sure that ...。叙事从最琐碎的行政指令起笔，才能把后面的仪式感堆起来再推翻。
句2
【原句】The general was coming to give him the award because he happened to be number 20,000 to come through this hospital.
【主干】The general was coming to give him the award because he was number 20,000.
【分层】was coming 为过去进行时表按安排的将来；to give him the award 不定式作目的状语；because 引导原因状语从句；happened to be 表「碰巧」；to come through this hospital 是不定式作 number 20,000 的后置定语（序数词 / 序数编号后常用不定式，如 the first to arrive）。
【翻译】将军要来给他颁奖，只因为他恰好是这家医院收治的第 2 万个病人。
【考点】过去进行表将来 + happen to + 序数词 + 不定式作定语。全篇最荒诞的一句：荣誉的理由不是英勇，只是一个编号。
句3
【原句】It took a lot for him to do that, and it sort of said what this war was all about to me.
【主干】It took a lot for him to do that, and it said something about the war.
【分层】It took a lot for him to do that 为形式主语 it + for sb + to do 不定式复合结构（真正主语是 for him to do that），字面「那花了他很多」，实指「需要很大勇气」；and 后 what this war was all about 是 what 引导的宾语从句，what 在从句中作 about 的宾语，作 said 的宾语；to me 视角状语；sort of 为模糊限制语，故意把结论说得不那么满。
【翻译】他那么做是很需要勇气的，而那个动作，也多少道出了这场战争对我究竟意味着什么。
【考点】It takes + n. + for sb to do + what 宾语从句。回忆录最忌把主题喊出来；用 sort of + what ... was all about，结论留在读者那边。
六、语法点清单（从句与非谓语）
一、名词性从句
1. 宾语从句：Make sure that the ward looks good；I think he was crying, too；it sort of said what this war was all about to me（what 引导，在从句中作 about 的宾语）。
2. 间接转述：He said something like, 'I can't accept this, sir ...'；I said, 'Oh yeah!' But really I didn't ...（didn't 后省略 remember him）。
3. 定语从句：a patient there who is going to get an award；the only time (that) I let somebody see what I felt（the only + 时间名词后的定语从句常省关系词）。
二、定语从句与不定式作定语
1. who 引导：a patient there who is going to get an award。
2. 序数编号 + 不定式：number 20,000 to come through this hospital；同类 the first to arrive / the last to leave。
3. 省略关系词：the only time I let somebody see what I felt。
三、时态与使役结构
1. 过去完成时：he'd had both his legs blown off（had had，双重 had）/ after the surgeon had finished / it had not prevented him from ...（跨课对照）。
2. have + 宾语 + 过去分词表遭遇：have both his legs blown off（不是「让别人炸掉」，是「双腿被炸没了」）。
3. 过去进行表将来：The general was coming to give him the award；we've got VIPs coming in（现在分词作宾补）。
四、非谓语与句型
1. 现在分词：saying, ...（引出引语）/ VIPs coming in（宾补）。
2. 不定式：to give him the award（目的）/ to come through ...（定语）/ to show our appreciation（目的）/ for him to do that（形式主语的真正主语）。
3. 双宾与介词结构：present him with a Purple Heart and a watch / handed him the watch / threw the watch back at him。
4. 形式主语：It took a lot for him to do that；对比附栏 it is impossible to see a black hole（跨课）。
5. 模糊限制语：more or less / something like / sort of / If I remember correctly——口语回忆的真实感全靠它们。
七、逻辑链
① 从最琐碎的指令起笔：护士长来电话，说有个病人要得奖，务必把病房弄好看。叙事不写战场、不写伤情，先写行政流程。
② 叙述者先亮态度：This really turned me off——反感的不是打扫，而是「因为贵宾要来才打扫」。一句心里话把读者站到了她这边。
③ 排场与伤情并置：贵宾是一位将军加十来号随从；病人却是第二次入院、这次双腿都没了、才二十岁上下。两组数字摆在一起，不加一句评论。
④ 一句诚实的「不记得」：病人醒来问「你不记得我了吗」，护士答「当然记得」，随即坦白其实不记得，因为伤员太多。这份不美化自己的诚实，让后面的情绪可信。
⑤ 荒诞的颁奖理由：只因为他是这家医院第 20000 号病人；小仪式上，一枚紫心勋章、一块「来自军队，象征我们的感谢」的手表。荣誉与失去双腿的年轻人之间，比例失衡到刺眼。
⑥ 一个动作推翻整套仪式：孩子几乎把表扔回去——「长官，我不能要，它不能帮我走路」。全篇唯一一句抗议，不喊口号、不控诉，只讲一个事实。
⑦ 叙述者终于破防：走过去把他搂进怀里，哭了出来；「那是我唯一一次让别人看见我的感受」。末句不说战争如何残酷，只说「他那么做需要勇气」「这多少道出了这场战争对我意味着什么」。
写法提炼：回忆录的「以小抗大」：先用电话、打扫、VIP 把形式感一层层堆起来，再用一个二十岁伤员和一句最朴素的话把它掀翻；叙述者始终克制，只在最后承认自己哭了。可迁移的是 saying 分词引出电话内容、have + 宾语 + 过去分词写遭遇、序数词 + 不定式写荒诞理由、more or less / something like / sort of 保留口语的迟疑，以及 It took ... / what ... was all about 这种不把结论说死的收尾。
八、写作迁移（仿写与输出）
仿写模板：I got a phone call from ..., saying, "... . Make sure that ... ." This really turned me off to begin with. The ... happened to be ... . It was ...'s second visit to us and this time ... had had ... . When ... , he/she whispered, "...?" The ... was coming to ... because ... happened to be number ... to ... . They had this little ceremony, where ... . After this little incident, I ... . That was the only time I let somebody see what I felt. It took a lot for him/her to do that, and it sort of said what ... was all about to me.
示范：I got a phone call from the office, saying, "You've got a student there who is going to get a prize. Make sure that the classroom looks good." This really turned me off to begin with. The guests happened to be a director and a group of about a dozen people. It was the boy's second visit to us and this time he'd had his left arm broken. When he was waking up after the doctor had finished, he whispered, "Don't you remember me, ma'am?" They had this little ceremony, where they presented him with a certificate and a pen. He more or less handed the pen back. "I can't write with it, sir," he said something like that. After this little incident, I went over and took him in my arms. That was the only time I let somebody see what I felt. It took a lot for him to do that, and it sort of said what that prize was all about to me.
可迁移句式：① 现在分词 saying 引出引语 ② Make sure that ... ③ have + 宾语 + 过去分词（遭遇）④ 序数词 + 不定式作定语 ⑤ 过去进行表将来（was coming to ...）⑥ what 引导宾语从句 ⑦ It took ... for sb to do ⑧ sort of / something like / more or less（模糊限制语）。
输出任务：以「那块表」为题写 150 词回忆片段。要求：先用一个电话或通知（含 Make sure that ...）铺出形式感；再用一个细节让形式显得荒诞；用一句最朴素的话写出拒绝；最后用 It took ... / what ... was all about 式的含蓄句收尾。至少 3 处模糊限制语（sort of / something like / more or less），全段不出现「感动 / 愤怒 / 心酸」等直白情绪词。
支付后无法下载，请加客服微信：yxyh29661 建议在QQ等浏览器中注册登录后下载，可用QQ登录 谢谢配合。