一、Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.

1.结构分析

时间状语+主+谓+宾

2.重点词汇词组

multiply

①v.乘

eg. The children are already learning to multiply and divide.

孩子们已经开始学习乘法和除法了。

②v.(使)大幅增加

eg. Our problems have multiplied since last year.

自去年以来，我们的问题成倍增加。

③v.(使)繁殖

eg. These creatures can multiply quickly.

这些生物能迅速大量繁殖。

a hundredfold 副词短语，“百倍”

eg. As long as a glimmer of hope, we will strive to do a hundredfold.

只要有一线希望，我们就尽百倍努力。

【拓展】倍数表达

①用times表示倍数

eg. Line AB is three times longer than lineCD.

线段AB是(线段) CD的三倍长。

②用分数、百分数表示倍数。

eg. The box is one-thid bigger than thatone.

这个盒子比那个盒子大三分之一。

③用again(一倍)/double(两倍)/triple (三倍)/fourfold(四倍)等词表示倍数。

eg. The cutput of grain increased fourfold.

粮食产里增加了三倍。

二、I am liken to a grain of wheat which faces one of three futures.

1.结构分析

主+谓+定语从句

2.重点词汇词组

liken to 把……比作

eg. The Hunter you could liken to the prototypical Ranger.

你们可以把猎人看成游侠。

三、I have a choice and I will not let my life be fed to swine nor will I let it be ground under the rocks of failure and despair to be broken open and devoured by the will of others.

1.结构分析

①本句是由and连接的两个句子

②and前的句子“I have a choice”是简单的主谓宾结构。

and后的句子“I will not let … by the will of others.”是由“not…nor…(既不……也不……)”连接的两个句子。

③否定词nor放在句首要倒装，所以是“nor will I … ”

2.重点词汇词组

devour

①v.吞食，毁灭

eg. Left unchecked, noncommunicable diseases devour the gains of economic growth.

若置之不理，非传染性疾病将会吞噬经济增长的成果。

②v.津津有味地看；如饥似渴地读

eg. She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers.

无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。

3.词汇辨析

grind 和 ground

①grind v.折磨，磨碎

第三人称单数：grinds

现在分词：grinding

过去式：ground

过去分词：ground

eg. The flour is ground using traditional methods.

这面粉是用传统方法磨制而成。

②ground n.地面 v.搁浅;把…放在地上;禁足

第三人称单数：grounds

现在分词：grounding

过去式：grounded

过去分词：grounded

eg. You're grounded for a week!

罚你一周不准出门！

四、Now, like the wheat grain which will sprout and blossom only if it is nurtured with rain and sun and warm winds, I too must nurture my body and mind to fulfill my dreams.

1.短语辨析

only if 和 if only

①only if：只有，除非。相当于unless，用于肯定句，引导条件状语从句。

eg. I will go only if you go with me.

除非你跟我一起走，否则我就不走。（只有你跟我一起走我才走。）

②if only 后面跟的是虚拟语气的句子，表示与事实相反的假设。

eg. If only he had arrived in time.

要是他能及时赶到就好了。

eg. If only I had more money, I could buy some new clothes.

要是我有更多的钱，我可以买些新衣服。

五、But to grow to full stature the wheat must wait on the whims of nature.

1.重点词汇词组

whim 突发的念头，心血来潮

on a whim 一时兴起

eg. We bought the house on a whim.

我们一时冲动买了这所房子。