I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map.

cool off ^{v. to return to a normal temperature after being hot 冷却下来，凉爽下来}

• Cool off with an iced drink.
• By late autumn Mediterranean islands have cooled off, and can have rainy days. 
• Maybe he's trying to cool off out there in the rain. ^{可能他是想在外面的雨中凉快一下。}

study ^{v.examine (sth) very carefully 仔细查看（某事物）}

• I know that you've been studying chimpanzees for thirty years now. ^{我知道你研究黑猩猩至今已有30年了。}
• These proposals deserve careful study. ^{这些建议值得认真研究。}
• You should study this document with the utmost care. ^{你们对这个文件的研究应该慎之又慎。}

I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien to me.

expect (sb.) to do  ^{以为；料想}

• He didn't expect to see me.
• We expected him to arrive yesterday. 
• The talks are expected to continue until tomorrow. ^{会谈预料将持续到明天。}

objective = goal  ^{n. 目标 ， 目的} 

• Everest is the climber's next objective. 
• Let justice be our objective.
•  It's a matter of setting your own goals and following them. ^{这是一个设定自己的目标并努力实现它们的问题。}

by now = by then^{（增加现场感）在那个时候}

• After crossing the equator, the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted, but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead.
• By then, however, in many places, the grass had already taken root.
• She'll have had the results by now. ^{她现在应该知道结果了。}
• By then she was established as a star. ^{那时她作为明星的地位已经确立。}

be alien to … ^{对某人来说是陌生的}

• a way of life that is totally alien to us 
• The idea is alien to our religion.
• Luxury is alien to her nature. 

I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that was 18 years ago.

take sb. abroad ^{带某人出国}

• My mother had said she would take me to travel abroad on the condition that I got better grades. ^{我妈妈说只要我能取得更好的成绩，她就带我出国旅游。}
• Her parents often take trips abroad, leaving her all alone in their big house. ^{她父母经常去国外旅游，把她一个人留在大房子里。}
• If I can afford it, I'll certainly take a trip abroad. ^{如果有钱的话我肯定会去国外旅游的。}

When my mother had died after a tragic accident, he did not quickly recover from the shock and loneliness.

recover from … ^从…恢复

• You will not have to spend the next few days recovering from a long and arduous journey. 
• There're many people who recover from cancer, stroke, or heart disease. ^{许多人从癌症、中风或心脏病中康复。}

Everything around him was full of her presence, continually reopening the wound.

presence ^{n. 含义1： 出席，在场，存在}

• We enjoy staring at them entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our presence.
• At present, there is no telescope in existence that is capable of detecting the presence of life. 

presence ^{含义2：n. a person or spirit that you cannot see but that you feel is with you in a place 似乎在场“Ghost (人鬼情未了)”}

• His daughter's presence seemed to fill her empty bedroom. 
• They argued that his presence in the town could only stir up trouble. ^{他们争辩说他在城里出现只会搅起麻烦。}
• He barely registered our presence. ^{他几乎没有注意到我们在场。}

continually ^{adv. 不断地；频繁地}

• Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.
• We continually wage war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or devour our crops.
• This is what the sculptor must do. He must strive continually to think of, and use, form in its full spatial completeness.

be continually / always doing ^老做某事

• Utilize lean tools to be continually improve problems. ^{运用精益生产的工具来持续改善。}
• Data must be continually managed, or it will fall into disarray. ^{必须连续不断地对数据进行管理，否则数据将陷入混乱状态。}
• Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.

So he decided to emigrate.

emigrate ^{v.移居外国，移民}

• He emigrated to Belgium. ^{他移民去了比利时。}
• Go back there? I'd sooner emigrate! ^{回去？我宁可移居海外也不回去！}
• I'll emigrate to the western woods. ^{我要移居到西部的丛林里去。}

In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve.

make a new life for sb. ^{为…开创新生活}

• I was determined to make a new life for myself in Australia.
• After the divorce she moved to Buckingham to make a new life for herself. 
• Susan made it clear to me that she wished to make a new life for herself. ^{苏珊向我明确表示，她想为自己开创新的生活。}

cease to do / doing ^{stop doing 停止做某事、不再做某事}

• There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract concept.
• You never cease to amaze me! ^{你总能让我感到惊奇！}
• When does change cease to be change? ^{何时改变不再是改变？}

stop doing ^{不再做某事}

• Please stop smoking. Smoke really bothers me. ^停止抽烟
•  Does either of the parties want to stop the fighting? ^{双方中有谁想停止战斗呢？}
• Arnold stopped the engine and got out of the car. ^{阿诺德关闭发动机然后下了车。}

grieve ^{v. to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died 悲伤}

• She grieved the death of her husband. 
• The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. ^{流泪的时候，容忍、伤心然后继续前进。}
• It was then I finally allowed myself to grieve. ^{直到那时，我终于允许我自己可以伤心了。}

grievance ^{n. 委屈，不平，不满，牢骚}

• A parliamentary committee representing all political parties appoints a person who is suitably qualified to investigate private grievances against the State.
•  The main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences. ^{司机们的主要不满是加诸在驾驶执照上的更高的费用。}
• He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months. ^{他几个月来一直对老板心怀不满。}

He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman's care; but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me.

bring sb. ↔ up ^{把某人抚养大}

• Now her grown-up children help her to bring up their young brothers and sisters. ^{现在，她的成年子女帮她抚养自己的弟弟妹妹。}
• She likes to bring up her child in healthy surroundings. ^{她希望在健康的环境中养育孩子。}
• The Smiths are praised for the way they bring up their children.^{史密斯夫妇因教养孩子的方式得当而受到表扬。}

lack for sth. ^{(fml.) 需要…(因为“缺乏，短缺”所以才需要)}

• Hospitals lack even basic drugs for surgical operations. ^{医院甚至缺乏外科手术的基本必需的药品。}
• His parents made sure that he lacked for nothing. ^{他的父母确保他什么都不缺。}
• They lacked the wherewithal to pay for the repairs. ^{他们需要维修费。}

… for he was both father and mother to me. ^{语义相对的名词并列，常省略冠词}

• Father and son went to New York by a morning train. 
• We are brother and sister.
• Husband and wife are talking about the boy’s future. 
• Please pass me pencil and paper.

He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay.

mean to do sth. ^{打算做某事}

• Whoops! I didn't mean to step on your toe.
• I mean to leave that meeting with a new contract. 
• I did not mean to insult you. ^{我并非故意要冒犯你。}

His roots and mine had become too firmly embedded in the new land.

be (firmly) embedded in … ^{深深的扎根于…}

• The values of honesty and integrity are firmly embedded in our organization. ^{诚实和正直的价值观深深扎根于我们的组织中。}
• The urge to quantify is embedded in our society. ^{量化的冲动根植于我们的社会。}
• Classical music was in its American heyday, centrally embedded in the culture at large. ^{古典音乐在美国处于全盛时期，深深植根于整个文化之中。}
• It was embedded in the frounce pellet. ^{它被嵌入在起皱的小球中。}

But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother's grave.

folk ^(BrE) / folks ^{(AmE) n. people 人们}

• ordinary working-class folk
• I'd like a job working with old folk or kids.
• Young folk these days don't know the meaning of work.

He became mortally ill a few months before we had planned to go and, when he knew that he was dying, he made me promise to go on my own.

mortally = fatally ^{adv.  致命地}

• mortally / fatally + ill / injured / wounded ^致命地…
• a mortal / fatal + illness / injury / wound ^致命的…

Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the greatest bridge in the world was named after him. ^反义词

alone / on one’s own / by oneself ^{独自地（没有其他人陪伴或帮忙）}

• She was sitting alone on a park bench.
• I don’t like walking home on my own at night.
• Do you share the apartment or do you live by yourself?