解說:

　　a.in sb's eyes 在……某人眼中

　　=in the eyes of sb

　　in one's mind 依某人之見

　　=to one's mind

　　例:In the eyes of his boss，James is a model employee.

　　在詹姆斯的老板眼中，他是位模范員工。

　　Jack is，to my mind, best suited for the job.

　　依我之見，杰克最適合這項工作。

　　b.sidetracked a.偏離正途的;出軌的;岔開的

　　例:We were talking about dogs but got sidetracked ended up and on the subject of cars.

　　我們本來在談論狗，但卻岔開話題談起車子來。

　　c.…，but in mine,…

　　=…，but in my eyes，.

　　d.musical a.音樂的

　　music n.音樂

　　a musical card 音樂卡

　　e.genius n.天才

　　例:Arnold may be a genius，but he's always forgetting where he has put his glasses.

　　阿諾德可能是位天才，但他老是忘記自己的眼鏡放在哪里。

　　2.He has a terrible attendance record at school and actually quit going to school twice.

　　He has a terrible attendance record at school and actually quit going twice.

　　他出勤的記錄很差，實際上還休學兩次。

　　解說:

　　a.attendance record出席記錄;出勤記錄

　　attendance n. 出席(人數)

　　attend vt. 出席，參加

　　例:Attendance was down last Sunday at church because of the rain.

　　因為下雨，上個禮拜天教會的出席人數不多。

　　b. record n.記錄& a.空前的

　　on record 列人記錄，公開聲明

　　off the record 不列人記錄，不在媒體上公開

　　a record number of 空前的數目……

　　例:The politician said，"I'll give you some information.but it must be off the record."

　　這位政客說:“我會給你一些資料，但不可在媒體上公開。”

　　A record number of students were caught cheating on the last exam.

　　在上次考試中，被抓到作弊的學生空前得多。

　　c. quit vt.停止，放棄(三態同形)

　　quit+N/V-ing 停止/放棄

　　例:Did Peter quit the race because he thought he had no chance to win?

　　彼得放棄比賽是因為他覺得自己沒有機會贏嗎?

　　3.The fact is that it's music which really interests him.

　　事實上真正令他感興趣的是音樂。

　　解說:

　　a. The fact is that S+V 事實上是

　　=In fact, S+V

　　=The truth is that S+V

　　例:The truth is that Mary really didn't know her mother was kidding.

　　事實上瑪麗真的不知道她媽媽在開玩笑。

　　b.…it's music which really interests him.

　　本句為強調句型，其用法如下:

　　It is+名詞/代詞+who/whom/which/that 等關系代詞所引導的定語人句.

　　注意:

　　翻譯時宜從定語從句先翻譯。

　　例:It is Bill whom we rely on.

　　我們仰賴的是比爾。

　　It is his book which had a profound influence on me.

　　影響我很深的是他的書.

　　c. interest vt.使感興趣&n.興趣

　　show an interest in 對……有興趣

　　例:The little baby seemed to show an interest in the cuckoo clock.

　　那個小寶貝似乎對那布谷鳥自鳴鐘很有興趣.

　　4.Indeed, he has a musical bent; he sings well, is gifted in composing songs, and even formed a band with his buddies.

　　他的確很有音樂天分:他歌唱得好，有作詞作曲的天賦，甚至還跟他的哥們兒組成一支樂團。

　　解說:

　　a. bent n.愛好，性向，天分

　　bend vt.使彎曲

　　三態為:bend , bent , bent:

　　be bent on V-ing 一心一意要從事……

　　例:Lawrence is bent on marrying his high school sweetheart.

　　勞倫斯一心一意要娶他高中時的女朋友。

　　b.本句冒號之后為三個并列句，用and連接，用以說明has a musical bent

　　例:Carlos has a linguistic bent: he can speak five languages，write in all of them and sing Spanish ballads.

　　卡洛斯有語言天分:他能說寫五種語言，還會唱西班牙民謠.

　　c.be gifted in…有……的天賦

　　=have a gift for…

　　例:Helen is truly gifted in art.and I'm not the only one who thinks so.

　　海倫真的很有藝術天分，而且不只我一個人這樣想.

　　d. compose vt.作曲，組成

　　A is composed of B and C A由B和C組成

　　=B and C compose A

　　例:The committee was composed of mainly teachers and parents.

　　這個委員會主要是由老師和家長組成的。

　　e. form vt.成立，形成

　　例:We all formed an opinion of Gary without actually getting to know him.

　　我們都沒有真正認識加里時就對他驟下定論。

　　f. band n.樂團，樂隊

　　g. buddy n.伙伴，好朋友

　　5.I enjoy listening to the songs he writes and, although the lyrics are sort of immature，they come straight from the heart.

　　我喜歡聽他寫的歌，雖然歌詞有點不成熟，但那是直接發自他內心的情感。

　　解說:

　　a. enjoy V-ing 喜歡……

　　have a liking for V-ing/N 喜歡……

　　be fond of V ing/N 喜歡……

　　例:My father has a liking for calligraphy.

　　我的父親喜歡書法。

　　b.lyric n. ( pl.) 歌詞&a.抒情的

　　lyrical a.抒情的

　　例:This line in the lyrics is very melancholy.

　　這行歌詞非常的憂傷。

　　c. be sort of十adj. 有點……

　　= be a little+adj .

　　例:The editors' room is sort of stuffy.

　　編輯室有點悶。

　　d. immature a.不成熟的

　　mature a.成熟的

　　例:Emily looks more mature with make-up.

　　埃米莉上妝后看起來較成熟。

　　e. come straight from the heart 來自心底，發自內心

　　straight adv直接地

　　例:The worried mother's words came straight from the heart.

　　那個憂心忡忡的媽媽說的是肺腑之言.

　　6.He says his dream is to make music his career.

　　他說他的夢想是獻身音樂工作。

　　解說:

　　career n.職業，生涯&a.職業的

　　career soldier 職業軍人

　　例:I prefer to be a career woman rather than a housewife.

　　我喜歡做職業婦女勝過做家庭主婦。

　　7.Who knows if he is on the right track or not?

　　誰知道他走的是不是正途呢?

　　解說:

　　a. Who knows if he is…

　　=Who knows whether he is…

　　注意:

　　whether引導的名詞性從句作及物動詞的賓語時，whether可用if代替，句子最后的or not可省略，亦可放在whether之后，但不可放在if之后:

　　例:I don't know if/whether he is alive (or not).

　　=I don't know whether or not he is alive .

　　I don't know if or not he is alive .(X)

　　我不曉得他是否還活著。

　　此外，僅有whether可用以引導名詞從句作主語，if 則不可。

　　例:If the theory is right or not is still under debate.(x)

　　Whether the theory is right or not is still under debate.(O)

　　有關這項理論是否正確，仍在辯論中。

　　b. be on the right track 在正軌上，是正確的

　　例:This isn't the solution to the problem, but I think we're on the right track.

　　這不是解決這個問題的方法，但我想我們思考的方向是正確的。

　　8. But I do know that whatever he does, music will always be a part of his life.

　　但我倒知道不管他做什么，音樂永遠是他生活中的一部分。

　　解說:

　　a. But I do know…中的do為強調用法，do , does , did置于肯定句中時，為一種強調用法，可譯為“真的”、“的確”。

　　例:Connie does like to gossip.

　　康妮真的喜歡聊天。

　　b. whatever有兩種用法:

　　(1)相當于no matter what

　　例:No matter what he says，we won't believe him.

　　不管他說什么，我們都不會相信他。

　　(2)作復合關系代詞，相當于anything which，可作主語或動詞的賓語。

　　例:Whatever he said is dubious.

　　他所說的話都是可疑的.

　　I'll do whatever you tell me to do.

　　不管你要我做什么我都會去做。