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§ Lesson 33 A day to remember 难忘的一天

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

●prelude n. 序幕,前奏

●unforeseen adj. 意料之外的

●series n. 系列

●catastrophe n. 大祸,灾难

●crockery n. 陶器,瓦器

●suburb n. 郊区

●collide v. 猛撞

●learner n. 初学者

●panic n. 惊慌,恐慌

●windscreen n. (汽车的)挡风玻璃

●alongside prep. 在……的旁边,与……并排

●slide v. 滑

●stray adj. 离群的

●confusion n. 混乱

●greedily adv. 贪婪地

●devour v. 狼吞虎咽地吃

■prelude n. 序幕,前奏

a prelude to sth ……的前奏

Eg: a prelude to serious trouble 麻烦的前奏

introduction 导言,绪论

introduction to the book

preface 序,前言

foreword 序

■unforeseen adj. 意料之外的

foresee == see before hand

I foresee a bright future for you.

foreseeable 可预见的

foreseeing 预料之中的

unforeseeing 意料之外的

foretell 预言,主语可以是人或物

predict 预言,预示(语气较强),主语必须是人

Eg: He predicted that it would happen in ten years.

forecast : 预测,预报(主要指天气的预报)

Eg: Timely snow foretells a bumper harvest. 瑞雪照丰年

■series n. 系列

series 单复数形式同形

a series of

We’ve got a series of good harvest.

chain 连串,连锁

a chain of 一系列

a series of reaction 一系列反应

a chain of reaction一系列反应

chain store 连锁店,

chain reaction 连锁反应

chain smoker 吸烟很严重的人

succession 侧重时间上的连续

a suucession of failures 一系列的失败

Eg.: We’ve got a succession of successes.

string 连续不断相似的事件

Eg.: a string of cars 一连串的汽车

train 一个接一个发生的事

a train of thoughts/ ideas 一个个的想法

■catastrophe n. 大祸,灾难

worldwide catastrophe 世界范围的灾难

national catastrophe 波及全国的灾难

disaster 灾难,不幸(语气较弱)

calamity 灾害,不幸事件

nature calamity 自然灾害

■crockery n. 陶器,瓦器

■suburb n. 郊区

■collide v. 猛撞

■learner n. 初学者

■panic n. 惊慌,恐慌

panic : uncontrollable quickly spreading fear or terror

get into a panic 陷入惊慌之中

He suddenly got into a panic and stop his car.

be struck with panic== be seized with panic 惊慌失措

He was seized with panic.

terror 惊骇

horror 恐惧

fright 害怕

alarm 惊恐

■windscreen n. (汽车的)挡风玻璃

■alongside prep. 在……的旁边,与……并排

■slide v. 滑

■stray adj. 迷失的,离群的

The dog strayed from home.

■confusion n. 混乱

condition out of order

in order 秩序井然

out of order 混乱

L33-01 end 10’19”

L33-02 begin 10’10”

in confusion 乱七八糟

be covered with confusion 局促不安

throw sb into confusion 使某人惊慌失措

■greedily adv. 贪婪地

■devour v. 狼吞虎咽地吃

devour:

1. eat like an animal

The dog devoured the cake

2. destroy 吞灭,席卷

The flames devoured the whole building

3. take in eagerly with eyes, ears, or mind 贪婪地看

His eyes devoured the scene. 他两眼贪婪地看着。

【Text】整篇背诵

§ Lesson 33 A day to remember 难忘的一天

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

What incident began the series of traffic accidents?

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

参考译文

我们大家都有过事事不顺心的日子。一天开始时,可能还不错,但突然间似乎一切都失去了控制。情况经常是这样的,许许多多的事情都偏偏赶在同一时刻出问题,好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。假设你在做饭,同时又在照看孩子。这时电话铃响了。它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。就在你接电话时,孩子把桌布从桌子上扯下来,将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎,同时也弄伤了他自己。你急急忙忙挂上电话,赶去照看孩子和餐具。这时,饭又烧糊了。好像这一切还不足以使你急得掉泪,你的丈夫接着回来了,事先没打招呼就带来3个客人吃饭。

就像许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉马塔发现的那样,有时乱子会闹得很大。一天傍晚交通最拥挤时,一辆汽车撞上前面一辆汽车,两个司机争吵起来。紧跟其后的一辆车上的司机碰巧是个初学者,她一惊之下突然把车停了下来。她这一停使得跟在后头的司机也来个急刹车。司机妻子正坐在他身边,手里托着块大蛋糕。她往前一冲,蛋糕从挡风玻璃飞了出去掉到马路上。此时,一辆卡车正好从后边开到那辆汽车边上,司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降,紧急刹车。卡车上装着空啤酒瓶。成百只瓶子顺势从卡车后面滑出车外落在马路上。这又引起一场唇枪舌剑的争吵。与此同时,后面的车辆排成了长龙,警察花了将近一个小时才使车辆又开起来。在这段时间里,卡车司机不得不清扫那几百只破瓶子。只有两只野狗从这一片混乱中得到好处,它们贪婪地吃掉了剩下的蛋糕。这就是事事不顺心的那么一天!

每一天的坚守,连起来,就是一生。
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【课文讲解】

Every dog has its day 每个人都会有飞黄腾达的日子

get out of control 失控

uncontrollable, beyond control

invariably: always

What happened yesterday was that he couldn’t deal with the hot potato.

precisely: exactly

It is as if

It seems as if

It looks as if

似乎好象看起来

set up = cause 引起,导致,造成

What set up the accident?

set up a world record 创世界纪录

set up = creat 创立,建立

The unimportant event is the prelude to trouble. 不重要的事情是麻烦事的前奏。

keep an eye on tha baby 照料孩子

keep an eye on = look after = take care of

Please keep an eye on my bouse while I am out.

keep one’s eyes open 睁大眼睛

When I am out, please keep your eyes open.

have an eye to

eye for eye 以牙还牙

have eyes only for 只要,只爱

Eg: I have eyes only for you.

look sb in the eyes 两眼直视某人

eye to eye with sb 与某人看法完全一样

Eg: I invariably see eye to eye with my sister.

turn a blind eye to sth. 对……视而不见

Eg: He even turned blind eye to me.

make eyes at sb 含情报脉脉地看着某人

Eg: The boy is making eyes at his girlfriend.

L33-02 end 10’10”

L33-03 begin 10’05”

on teh phone = answer the phone

pull off 拉下来

pick off 取下来

knock off 碰落下来

smash half 摔成两半

in the process 在这个过程中

hang up == put on the receiver

attend to == look after == deal with

Please attend to my baby.

Excuse me, I have something urgent to attend to.

reduce you to tears.

reduce sb to + 名词: 迫使某人处于……状态

Eg: You almost reduce me to tears.

His comforting words almost reduced his wife to tears.

His answer reduced me to silence.

The bomb reduced the city to ruins.

we can draw a conclusion.

Everything seems to get out of control suddenly and a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment.

on a big scale == to a great degree == to great extent

as 引导非限制性定语从句(二册已详细说过)

Troubles never come single 祸不单行

as we know 众所周知

As we know, the earth is round.

As brane pointed out, giving up smoking is the easiest thing to do in the world.

As the headmaster mentioned, one is never too old to learn.

as重点突出整个句子的含义,而which有可能指代主句当中的某个词汇,也有可能指代整个句子的含义。

As we expected, John was admitted to the university.

She married him, which was unexpected.

She married him as (was ) unexpected.

L33-03 end 10’05”

L33-04 begin 10’32”

The material is elastic as shown in the figure.

The material is elactic which is shown in the figure.

during the rush hour 上下班高峰期

It happened that the woman behind the two cars was a learner.

happen to do 恰巧

I happened to hear the news.

It happened that I heard about it the day before yesterday.

following 现在分词做定语

right ==straight

draw up ==pull up 停车

all of sudden ==suddenly

was loaned with == was filled with

lead to == cause

meanwhile == at the same time 与此同时

get the traffic on the move 使得车辆开动起来

on the move == move from place to place

on the rise 正在上升

on the boil 正在沸腾

on the go 正在忙碌中

on the watch 正在监视

on the turn 正在转变中

on thw run 正在逃跑中

on thw fly 正在飞行中

on the decrease 正在减少

benefit from 从......得益

You benefit a lot from your reading.

L33-04 end 10’32”

L33-05 begin 14’08”

Multiple choice questions

Comprehension

1 What would have most upset the woman the day everything went wrong for her?

a. She had not expected her husband to arrive so early.

b. The meal she had cooked for the three guests had got burnt.

c. Her husband had not told her he was bringing anyone to dinner.

d. She had not got enough crockery left to serve the meal with.

2 What might have prevented a chain reaction following the initial collision?

a. If the two drivers who had collided had not begun to argue.

b. Had there been a more experienced driver behind the two cars.

c. If, instead of panicking, the woman had made no attempt to stop.

d. Had the wife of the man who braked not thrown a cake through the window.

3 There was a second angry argument because _____ .

a. the lorry driver blamed the owner of the cake for his accident

b. the traffic was extremely slow to get on the move again

c. the lorry driver did not think he shouldbe made to sweep up the glass

d. two dogs had devoured what was left of the cake

Structure

4 It is as if a single event that is _____ a chain of reactions. (ll.4-5)

a. no importance set up b. of no imortance set up

c. not any important sets up d. not any importance sets up

that is ...是定语从句修饰event

a single unimportant event

5 ---- you are preparing a meal _____ keeping an eye on the baby. (ll.6-7)

a. at the same time b. as you are c. as well d. while

6 As if this _____ you to tears …(l.10)

a. has not already reduced b. were not already reducing

c. did not already reduce d. would not already reduce

7 Immediately behind the two cars _____ happened to be a learner. (ll.13-14)

a. was a woman who b. a woman c. the woman d. there was the woman who

8 The police spent nearly an hour _____ the traffic on the move again. (ll.19-20)

a. to get b. until getting c. getting d. having got

spend ( time ) doing sth.

vocabulary

9 You are preparing a meal and _____ the baby at the same time. (ll.6-7)

a. looking at b. seeing c. watching d. seeing to

10 She stopped her car _____ a sudden panic. (l.14)

a. into b. in c. from d. with

in panic / in terror / in fear / in horror

11 Hundreds of them _____ the back of the vehicle … (ll.18-19)

a. slipped off b. slid down c. slid over d. slipped under

slid over 躲过

He slid over the question without answering it.

12 They greedily devoured the _____ of the cake. (ll.21-22)

a. left b. leave c. leftover d. remains

leftovers 吃剩的东西(常用复数形式)

The leftovers of the meal were fed to the dog.

Key to Multiple choice questions

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. D

L33-05 8’06”
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§ Lesson 34 A happy discovery 幸运的发现

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

●antique n. 古玩

●fascination n. 魅力,迷惑力

●forbidding adj. 望而生畏的,望而却步的

●muster v. 鼓起

●pretentious adj. 自命不凡的,矫饰的

●labyrinth n. 迷宫

●musty adj. 陈腐的,发霉的

●rarity n. 稀世珍品

●assorted adj. 各式各样的

●junk n. 破料货,废品

●litter v. 杂乱地布满

●dedicated adj. 专心致志的

●bargain hunter 到处找便宜货买的人

●dealer v. 商人

●cherish v. 期望,渴望

●amply adv. 足够地

●masterpiece n. 杰作

●mere adj. 仅仅的

●prise v. 撬开

●carve v. 镌刻

●dagger n. 短剑,匕首

●miniature adj. 小巧的,小型的

●Composition n. 构图

■antique n. 古玩

■fascination n. 魅力,迷惑力

the power of fascinating

for / over / on

Cats have unfailing fascination for most people

Chinese Art has great fascination for me

have fascination for sb.

fascinate

fascinate: attract or interest very strongly

Cats never fail to fascinate human being.

English never fail to fascinate students.

fascinated by / with sth.

He is fascinated with chess.

The students were fascinated by his idea.

charm

The beautiful picture charms me.

I am charmed by the beautiful picture.

captivate

His idea captivated me.

enchant 使...迷惑

She was enchanted by the flower you sent her.

fascinate, charm, captivate, enchant 后直接加ing, 变成形容词

fascinating, charming, captivating, enchanting 表示‘有吸引力的’

L33-05_34-01 end 14’08”

L34-02 begin 14’21”

She is a charming girl.

Cats are fascinating animals.

The flowers are enchanting.

winning 吸引人的(主要指物品)

Eg: The beautiful dresses is winning.

■forbidding adj. 望而生畏的,望而却步的

having a unfriendly or danger look

He has got a forbidding appearance.

We’d better not visit the forbidding coast.

forbid

forbid sb to do sth 禁止做某事

Eg: The father forbid his children to touch the clavichord.

forbid doing sth 禁止做……事

Smoking is forbidden here.

the Forbidden City

Forbidden fruit

Forbidden zone

forbid, prohibit, interdict

forbid: 政府或私人下令以禁止

Swimming is forbidden here.

prohibit 法律条文或官方明令禁止

The law prohibits young people under 18 from going to bar.

interdict 法律或教会所不允许

■muster v. 鼓起

collect, summon

muster up / collect up / summon up ==gather / pluck up / keep up

He mustered up his courage and walked up to the girl.

■pretentious adj. 自命不凡的,矫饰的

We won’t like to visit the pretentious shop.

pretend

pretension n. 要求,虚荣,虚荣心

■labyrinth n. 迷宫

■musty adj. 陈腐的,发霉的

■rarity n. 稀世珍品

■assorted adj. 各式各样的

various types mixed together

assorted/ different / various / diverse

different 强调此事物与彼事物完全不同

Eg: The word glare is different from that word slare.

various = all kinds of 强调种类数目不同

Eg: We have got various books.

in every part / all parts / various parts of the world

diverse 强调性质不同

We have got diverse opinion.

assorted : various types mixed together. 各种各样的

assorted chocolates

He bought a bag of assorted fruits.

■junk n. 破料货,废品

表示“垃圾”的词汇: rubbish / garbage / trash / junk

■litter v. 杂乱地布满

■dedicated adj. 专心致志的

■bargain hunter 到处找便宜货买的人

■dealer v. 商人

businessman / trader / merchant / tradesman

dealer "商人"侧重于零售,相当于tradesman.

peddler 小贩

■cherish v. 期望,渴望

entertain or keep hope, love etc. in mind deeply

Eg: She cherishes the hope that her son will return.

Don''t cherish such illusion

don''t cherish such illusion that…… 别抱有……的幻想

Eg: Don''t cherish the illusion that your father will always pay your debts.

■amply adv. 足够地

ample/enough / sufficient / adequate

enough : 数量,程度足够 (可放在名词前或后)

ample : 充足而有余的

sufficent 比enough 正式,且只能放在名词前面

The bread is just enough for one meal.

He is old enough to go to the party.

We have sufficient food to last one week.

We have enough food / food enough to last one week.

sufficiently 只放在被修饰词前

old enough / sufficiently old

adequate 数量和质量上的满足

The performance is adequate.

Don’t be worried. They have gotten ample time.

ample / adequate / sufficient / enough

Whatever you do, you must put your heart into it. And then, someday you will be rewarded amply.

■masterpiece n. 杰作

■mere adj. 仅仅的

■prise v. 撬开

■carve v. 镌刻

■dagger n. 短剑,匕首

■miniature adj. 小巧的,小型的

■Composition n. 构图

【Text】要求全文背诵

§ Lesson 34 A happy discovery 幸运的发现

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

what was the ‘happy discovery’?

Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people. The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place. But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop. There is always hope that in its labyrinth of musty, dark, disordered rooms a real rarity will be found amongst the piles of assorted junk that litter the floors.

No one discovers a rarity by chance. A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it. To do this, he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.

My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person. He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere £50. One Saturday morning, Frank visited an antique shop in my neighbourhood. As he had never been there before, he found a great deal to interest him. The morning passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing case lying on the floor. The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it. Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluc- tantly prised it open. The contents were disappointing. Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it broken. Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box and suddenly noticed a miniature Painting at the bottom of the packing case. As its composition and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it. Glancing at it briefly, the dealer told him that it was worth £50. Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery. The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth thousands of pounds.

参考译文

古玩店对许多人来说有一种特殊的魅力。高档一点的古玩店为了防尘,把文物漂亮地陈列在玻璃柜子里,那里往往令人望而却步。而对不太装腔作势的古玩店,无论是谁都不用壮着胆子才敢往里进。人们还常常有希望在发霉、阴暗、杂乱无章、迷宫般的店堂里,从杂乱地摆放在地面上的、一堆堆各式各样的破烂货里找到一件稀世珍品。

无论是谁都不会一下子就发现一件珍品。一个到处找便宜的人必须具有耐心,而且最重要的是看到珍品时要有鉴别珍品的能力。要做到这一点,他至少要像古董商一样懂行。他必须像一个专心致志进行探索的科学家那样抱有这样的希望,即终有一天,他的努力会取得丰硕的成果。

我的老朋友弗兰克.哈利戴正是这样一个人。他多次向我详细讲他如何只花50英镑便买到一位名家的杰作。一个星期六的上午,弗兰克去了我家附近的一家古玩店。由于他从未去过那儿,结果他发现许多有趣的东西。上午很快过去了,弗兰克正准备离去,突然看见地板上放着一只体积很大的货箱。古董商告诉他那只货箱刚到不久,但他嫌麻烦不想把它打开。经弗兰克恳求,古董商才勉强把货箱撬开了。箱内东西令人失望。除了一柄式样别致、雕有花纹的匕首外,货箱内装满陶器,而且大部分都已破碎裂。弗兰克轻轻地把陶器拿出箱子,突然发现在箱底有一幅微型画,画面构图与纸条使他想起一幅他所熟悉的意大利画,于是他决定将画买了下来。古董商漫不经心看了一眼那幅画,告诉弗兰克那画值50英镑。弗兰克几乎无法掩饰自己兴奋的心情,因为他明白自己发现了一件珍品。那幅不大的画原来是柯勒乔的一幅未被发现的杰作,价值几十万英镑。

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【课文讲解】

Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.

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L34-03 begin 14’00”

exert a peculiar fascination on sb 对某人有一种特殊的魅力

Antique ships appeak to a great many people.

Shoe shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many ladies.

The more expensive kind of antique shop is usually a forbidding place.

rare objects 珍品

rarity

keep sb. or sth. free from

You can’t keep yourselves free from anxieties like tramps.

We put our books in bookcase to keep them free from dust.

The forbidding antique shop is pretentious.

The more expensive kind of clothing shop is usually a forbidding place. But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious clothing shop.

There is always hope that …… 人们还常常希望

We cherish the hope that ......

Pieces of paper litter the floor. / The floor is littered with pieces of paper.

paragraph 1 Key structure

exert a peculiar fascination on sb 对某人有一种特殊的魅力

keep sb. or sth. free from

muster up courage

a less pretentious shop

There is always hope that …… 人们还常常希望

by chance / by accident

dedicated / concentrated

Eg: He is a truly dedicated scholar.

He is a truly dedicated English learner.

above all : most important of all

To do this: in order to discover a rarity

be bent on/ bent upon doing sth/ be determined on doing sth/ be devoted to sth. /be engageed in doing

潜心于,专心于……

Eg: He is bent on winning the game.

He is bent on becoming a bridge player.

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L34-04 begin 13’59”

There is always hope that ...

cherish the hope that...

You must cherish the hope that one day you will be amply reward.

Paragraph 2 Key structure

by chance

a truly dedicated person

above all

the ability to do something

as knowledgeable as

bent on doing

cherish the hope that...

Paragraph 3

for 花费

a mere : only

He found a lot of interesting things.

be about to do sth.

be about to when…… 正要……的时候……(发生某事)

Eg: I was about to leave when the telehone rang.

He was about to lock door when his friend visited him.

bother: trouble

Don’t bother / trouble to come here tomorrow.

I would not like to be bothered / troubled by you every day.

disturb

The news has distured me very much

It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.

disturbing / disturbed

trouble在含义上介于disturb / bother 之间

apart from 除......之外,还有

in addtion to

except

Eg: Apart from a slight headache, I feel all right now.

the box was full of crockery, and much of it was broken.

Dish is done, he begged his wife not to sweep the floor.

She ran into the room, her face covered with tears.

He lay in bed, his face exposed.

at the bottom of 在底部

at the top of 在顶部

remind sb. of

conceal one’s excitement 掩饰激动心情

make a real discovery

hundreds of thousands of 几十万

Paragraph 3 Key structure

for a mere 50

im my neighbourhood

he found a great deal to interest him

was about to do when

The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it.

prised it open

Apart from

much of it broken

at the bottom of

reminded sb. of sth.

for he knew that he had made a real discovery

was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds

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L 34-05 begin 10’59”

Multiple choice questions

Comprehension

1 When Frank Halliday visited an antique shop in the writer’s neighbourhood _____ .

a. it was by no means the first time he had picked up a masterpiece for £50

b. he displayed the kind of perseverance needed to find a rarity

c. he spent a short time searching in the morning before deciding to leave

d. he found most of what he looked at rather boring

displayed the kind of perseverance 展现出坚韧不拔的毅力

过去分词做定语修饰perseverance

perseverance needed to do

perseverance needed to learn English well

Our students displayed the kind of perseverance needed to learn English well.

2 How did Frank come to discover the miniature by Correggio?

a. He was shown it by the dealer who did not realize its worth.

b. He persuaded the dealer to open the box in which it happened to be.

c. By concealing his excitement on being told the price wanted for it.

d. By lifting a box of crockery which had been concealing the painting.

happen to be 恰巧

3 Frank decided to buy the miniature because _____ .

a. it was an Italian painting he knew well

b. it only cost £50

c. he knew he had made a real discovery

d. it was similar to a painting he knew well

Structure

4 Rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases _____ them free from dust. (ll.2-4)

a. which are keeping b. which keep c. who keep d. and kept

原文: to keep them free from dust

which 引导定语从句,限定glass cases

5 But it is not necessary _____ up courage to enter an ordinary sho.(ll.4-5)

a. for nobody to muster b. to have mustered c. that one musters d. for anyone tomuster

ordinary ==> less pretentious

it is not necessary ...

6 A bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, _____ recognize the worth of … (ll.8-9)

a. can b. is able to c. ba able to d. be capable of

the ability

be able to do == have the ability to do

be capable of + 动名词

7 _____ there, he found a great deal to interest him. (ll.13-14)

a. This being his first visit b. Never having been before

c. This being his first time to visit d. Having never been before

he had never been there before ...

b选项应为:Never having been there before,

c选项:the first time to do sth. 要去做某事

8 The dealer told him it _____ him £50. (ll.20-21)

a. cost b. had cost c. will cost d. would cost

cost 的相应形式

Vocabulary

9 Frank visited an antique shop _____ . (l.13)

a. next door b. in my county c. near my home d. owned by my neighbour

in my neighbourhood == near my home

10 Frank was _____ leaving when … (ll.14-15)

a. almost b. just c. only d. hardly

just ...when...: 刚......就 ......; 正在...... 突然

11 A case which needs prising open has probably been _____ …(ll.15-17)

a. nailed down b. roped c. locked d. unlocked

nailed down: 用钉子钉住

rope:用绳子拴住,捆住

12 The dealer gave it a brief _____ and told him … (ll.20-21)

a. peer b. eye c. glance d. regard

Glancing at it briefly

give sth. a brief glance

peer :眯着眼睛看

重点习题:2710

Key to Multiple choice questions

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. C

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§ Lesson 35 Justice was done 伸张正义

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

●justice n. 正义,公正;司法

●coust n. 法院

●law n. 法律

●innocence n. 无辜

●undertake v. 承担,着手做

●arduous adj. 艰苦的,艰难的

●abstract adj. 抽象的

●concept n. 概念,观念

●mete out 给予,处置

●interference n. 干涉

●accord n. 一致

●premises n. 房屋

●convert v. 转变,改变

●disused adj. 不再用的,废弃的

●fireplace n. 壁炉

●muffle v. 捂住,厌抑

●chip v. 砍,削,凿

●bkacken v. 不变黑

●emerge v. (从某处)出现

●justice n. 正义,公正;司法

Justice is done 正义得到伸张

bring justice to the criminal 把罪犯缉拿归案

do justice to sb 公正地对待某人

give oneself up to justice 自首

in justice to sth/ sb. 为了对……公正起见

Eg: They decided to investigate the case in justice to person.为了对这件案件公正起见,他们决定调查这个案件

L34-05_35-01 end 10’59”

L35-02 begin 10’07”

injustice 不公平,不公正

●coust n. 法院

●law n. 法律

take law into one's own hand 无法无天

take the law of sb 控告

at law 在诉讼中

within the law 合法

outside the law 不合法

lawyer 律师

lawful 有法可依的

laefully adv.

lawless 无法可依的

lawlessly adv.

●innocence n. 无辜

inocent adj. 无辜的

●undertake v. 承担,着手做

take up

undertake to do 承担,开始做

开始做…………

start to do sth/ take off doing sth / be engaged in sth / set out to do / set about doing / perform sth.

... on the way 在进行中

The discuss on the way.

●arduous adj. 艰苦的,艰难的

Study English is an arduous job.

-ous adj.

industrious,

laborious,

strenuous

●abstract adj. 抽象的

●concept n. 概念,观念

●mete out 给予,处置

●interference n. 干涉

●accord n. 一致

==agree with

in accord with 和……一致

out of accord with 和……不一致

of one's own accord 自然而然的

Justice is down of it’s own accord.

according t 依据,根据

in accordance with 依据(法律,规章,制度),比较正式

●premises n. 房屋

residence 住处,居留地(正式用法)

dwelling 供人居住的地方

house 住房

housing 房(总称)

The housing problem

●convert v. 转变,改变

●disused adj. 不再用的,废弃的

misused 弄错了的

used 用过了的

second hand 二手的

●fireplace n. 壁炉

●muffle v. 捂住,厌抑

●chip v. 砍,削,凿

chop 砍

●blacken v. 不变黑

●emerge v. (从某处)出现

【Text】

§ Lesson 35 Justice was done 伸张正义

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

The word ‘justice’ is given two different meanings in the text. What is the distinction between them?

The word justice is usually associated with courts of law. We might say that justice has been done when a man's innocence or guilt has been proved beyond doubt. Justice is part of the complex machinery of the law. Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it. Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes.

There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract conception. Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference. At such times, justice acts like a living force. When we use a phrase like it serves him right, we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord.

When a thief was caught on the premises of a large fur store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'. The shop was an old converted house with many large, disused fireplaces and tall, narrow chimneys. Towards midday, a girl heard a muffled cry coming from behind one of the walls. As the cry was repeated several times, she ran to tell the manager who promptly rang up the fire brigade. The cry had certainly come from one of the chimneys, but as there were so many of them, the fire fighters could not be certain which one it was. They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries. After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney. As it was extremely narrow, the man was unable to move, but the firemen were eventually able to free him by cutting a huge hole in the wall. The sorry-looking, blackened figure that emerged, at once admitted that he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney. He had been there for nearly ten hours. Justice had been done even before the man was handed over to the police.

参考译文

正义这个词常常是同法庭连在一起的。当某人被证据确凿地证明无罪的时候,我们也许会说正义得到了伸张。正义是复杂的法律机器组成部分。那些寻求正义的人走的是一条崎岖的道路,从来没有把握他们最终将到正义。法官无论如何聪明与有名,毕竟也是人,也会出差错的。

在个别情况下,正义不再是一种抽象概念。奖惩的实施是不受人意志支配的。在这种时候,正义像一种有生命的力量行使其职能。当我们说他罪有应得这句话的时候,我们部分承认了某种特定的环境使得正义自动地起了作用。

一天上午,当一个小偷在一家大型珠宝店里被人抓住的时候,店员一定会忍不住说:他罪有应得。那是一座老式的、经过改造的房子,店里有许多废置不用的大壁炉和又高又窄的烟囱。快到中午的时候,一个女售货员听见从一堵墙里传出一种闷声闷气的叫声。由于这种喊叫声重复了几次,她跑去报告经理,经理当即给消防队挂了电话。喊叫声肯定是从烟囱里传出来的,然而,因为烟囱太多,消防队员无法确定到底是哪一个。他们通过叫击烟囱倾叫声而确定传出声音的那个烟囱。他们凿透了18英寸厚的墙壁,发现有个人卡在烟囱里。由于烟囱太窄,那人无法动弹。消防队员在墙上挖了个大洞,才终于把他解救出来。那个看来满脸沮丧、浑身漆黑的家伙从烟囱里一出来,就承认头天夜里他企图到店里行窍,但让烟囱卡住了。他已经在烟囱里被困了将近10个小时。甚至在那人还没被送交给警察之前,正义就已得到了伸张。

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【课文讲解】

be associated with == be connected with, be related to 与......相联系

we might say that: 我们也许会说

L35-02 end 10’07”

L35-03 begin 10’39”

beyond prep. 超出某种范围,限度(与名词搭配)

beyond believe 难以相信

beyond words 难以形容

beyond description 难以描述

beyond question 难以置疑

beyond hope 没有希望

beyond recovery 康复无望

beyond dispute 无可争议

beyond contention 无可争辨

beyond imagination 难以想像

beyond meature 难以度量

beyond understanding 无法理解

beyond comparing

beyond one’s +名词 超出了某人的......

beyond his power.

You are beyond his recognition.

Your beauty is beyond my description.

The text is beyond the student comprehension.

part of 部分(+单数名词)

pars of 几部分,若干部分(+单数名词)

背熟:Those who seek it, undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it.

however== no matter how

judges:

There are rare instances when+从句 : 在极个别的情况下

There are rare instances when women are not equal to men.

cease (正式)彻底的停止,暗示动作的突然性

His heart suddenly cease to beat.

sease to do

stop:(广泛,不正式)不强调方式,只强调结果

L35-03 end 10’39”

L35-04 begin 10’32”

quite independent of human interference ----形容词短语做定语,说明主句的状况

He deserves it / It serves him right 罪有应得

At such times: 在有的时候

we are, in part, admitting that

enabled sb. to do

of its own accord

When a thief was caught on the premises of a large fur store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right'.

found it impossible to resist the temptation to say ...(双否)

I found it impossible to resist the temptation to buy the beauty dress.

come from behind 从后面

promptly = immediately

located the right chimney

by tapping at the walls and listening for the man’s cries

Eg: We are listening for the clock to announce the New Year.

get stuck 被卡住了

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L35-05 end 9’34”

Multiple choice questions

Comprehension

1 In what circumstances may justice take effect outside the courts of law?

a. When a judge has proved neither eminent nor wise.

b. When it has not been possible to prove a man’s guilt beyond any doubt.

c. When justice has been done without the interference of a human agent.

d. When, for example, a man is caught and handed over to the police.

take effect 起作用

请背熟题干

2 Why did the manager ring up the fire brigade?

a. He thought that one of the chimneys was on fire.

b. He expected them to be of most help in the circumstances.

c. He had not realized there was a criminal on the premises.

d. He thought whoever was stuck might be a member of the fire brigade.

3 The fire fighters ascertained which chimney the man was in by _____ .

a. deciding which of the many cries came from the right chimney

b. listening for the man’s response th their taps on the walls.

c. chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick

d. cutting a hige hole in the wall

ascertained

Structure

4 ____ wise or eminent, judges arehiman and can make mistakes. (ll.5-6)

a. Whether b. Either c. How much d. No matter how

5 In our use of a phrase like ‘it serves him right’ _____ , in part, admitting … (ll.8-10)

a. is b. it is c. we are b. and in

6 The staff must have found it impossible _____ to say ‘it serves him right’. (ll.11-12)

a. they were not tempted b. for them not to be tempted

c. to be tempted d. not to be tempted

be tempted to do

7 _____ several times, she ran to tell the manager. (l.14)

a. Repeating the cry b. While the cry was repeated

c. The cry being repeated d. Having repeated the cry

8 ---- admitted that _____ to break into the shop during the night, he had got stuck in the chimney. (ll.20-21)

a. although he had tried b. while he has tried c. in trying d. it was he who had tried

In speaking to him, I found him nervous.

Vocabulary

9 She _____ the cry several times, so she ran … (ll.14-15)

a. heard b. listened to c. listened for d. earmarked

10 They located the chimney _____ by tapping …(ll.16-17)

a. on the right b. well c. right away d. correctly

11 The blackened figure that emerged was _____ sight. (l.20)

a. an ugly b. a sorry c. an apologetic d. a poor

12 The sorry-looking blackened figure that _____ , admitted at once … (l.20)

a. came to light b. came up c. went out d. got out

emerge (侧重强调公布于众) : come to light

本文表示出来

come up 意外发生

Key to Multiple choice questions

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. D

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§ Lesson 36 A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

●credulous adj. 轻信的

●improbable adj. 不大可能的

●obscure adj. 不起眼的

●maidservant n. 女仆,女佣

●presume v. 假定

●wickedly adv. 心眼坏地,居心叵测地

●plot v. 密谋

●downfall n. 倒台,垮台

●naïve adj. 天真的

●unacceptable adj. 不能接受的

●conspire v. (事件)巧合促成

●incredible adj. 难以置信的

●resemblance n. 相似

●scorn n. 嘲弄,挖苦

●acquaint v. 使了解

●reunite v. 使团聚

●assume v. 假定,认为

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L36-02 begin 9’32”

■credulous adj. 轻信的 (修饰人)

credible: 可信的,可靠的 (修饰事物)

Eg: The story he told us is credible.

incredulous

incredible

believable

Eg; He demanded for believable explanation

unbelievable

■improbable adj. 不大可能的

■obscure adj. 不起眼的

Eg: The bus stopped at an obscure little town

令人费解的

An obscure figure can be seen through the fog.

vague 多用于比喻意,指不明确说明而造成的模糊不清

■maidservant n. 女仆,女佣

■presume v. 假定

vt.

presume that

presume: 假定 (根据过去的经验和感觉作出决断)

assume : 武断的,把尚未证实的作为依据,与事实不相符合

Eg: Let us assume that your words are fact

suppose : 最普通的用词,猜想、陈述自己的看法

Eg: I suppose that it was my fault.

■wickedly adv. 心眼坏地,居心叵测地

■plot v. 密谋

The criminals were plotting to rob the bank.

conspire: 众多人合谋做重大的犯法勾当,犹指反叛,不用于修饰单个人

scheme: 某人暗中设计狡诈的手段来谋求自己的私利

The man is scheme for power.

■downfall n. 倒台,垮台

■naïve adj. 天真的

■unacceptable adj. 不能接受的

■conspire v. (事件)巧合促成

vi.

The weather and car trouble conspire to spoil our vacation.

■incredible adj. 难以置信的

■resemblance n. 相似

likeness: 最普通的用语,比resemblance意味要强

bear a strong resemblance to sb. or sth.

The girl bears a strong resemblance to her sister.

such a resemblance

resemble 特别是指外观或外在性质的相似

similarity:性质、特色、程度的相似

The two envents which happened at the same time have got similarity

similar to sth. or sb.

They have got close likeness.

L36-02 end 9’32”

L36-03 begin 9’14”

■scorn n. 嘲弄,挖苦

pour scorn on

pour contempt on

pour ridicule on 对……嘲弄,挖苦,斥之以鼻

pour heap

Eg: He poured scorn on his wife’s suggestion.

look down upon / think scorn of 藐视

contempt: 蔑视,强烈谴责某人或某事低贱、卑鄙,语气强于scorn

despite: 语气较弱,表示嘲弄

Eg: His suggestion was dismissed with scorn.

His face showed the scorn he felt.

■acquaint v. 使了解

be acquainted with sth. 对……有所了解

acquaint sb. with sth. / acquaint sb. of sth. 告之某人某事

make a person acquainted with sb. 介绍某人同另一个人认识

Let me make ... acquainted with you (正式用法)

acquaintance n. 熟人

■reunite v. 使团聚

■assume v. 假定,认为

【Text】

§ Lesson 36 A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

What was the chance in a million?

We are less credulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences ---- most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother. A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers would find such naive solutions totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.

When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs Bussman commented on the workman's close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. Franz poured scorn on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war. Though Mrs Bussman was fully acquainted with this story, she thought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right. A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman, Needless to say, the man's name was Hans Bussman and he really was Franz's long-lost brother. When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive. After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family home, but the house had been bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what had become of the inhabitants. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.

参考译文

我们不再像以往那样轻易相信别人了。在19世纪,小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合——大部分是牵强附会,极不可能的。当时的读者却愉快地接受这样一些事实,一个低贱的女佣实际上是主人公的母亲;主人公一位长期失散的兄弟,大家都以为死了,实际上一直活着,并且正在策划暗算主人公;如此等等,现代读者会觉得这种天真的结局完全无法接受。不过,在现实生活中,有时确实会出现一些巧合,这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也不会相信。

当我是个孩子的时候,我祖父给我讲了一位德国出租汽车司机弗朗兹。巴斯曼如何找到了据信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。一次,他与妻子徒步旅行。途中,停下来与一个工人交谈,接着他们继续往前走去。巴斯曼夫人说那工人与她丈夫相貌很像,甚至猜测他可能就是她丈夫的兄弟。弗朗兹对此不屑一顾,指出他兄弟已经在战争中阵亡了。尽管巴斯曼夫人熟知这个情况,但她仍然认为自己的想法仍有百万分之一的可能性。几天后,她派了一个男孩去问那人是否叫汉斯.巴斯曼。不出巴斯曼夫人所料,那人的名字真是汉斯.巴斯曼,他确实是弗朗兹失散多年的兄弟。兄弟俩团聚之时,汉斯说明了他活下来的经过,战争即将结束时,他负伤被送进医院,并与部队失去联系。医院遭到轰炸,汉斯步行回到了西德。与此同时,他所在部队被击溃,他的所有档案材料全部毁于战火。汉斯重返故里,但他的家已被炸毁,左邻右舍谁也不知原住户的下落,汉斯以为全家人都在空袭中遇难,于是便在距此50英里外的一座村子里定居下来,直至当日。

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【课文讲解】

It is a chance in a million to meet you here.

He let out a scream that must can be heard in Peru.

背熟:We are less credulous than we used to be.

We are not so honest as we used to be.

谓语动词是be动词的时候用used to be,而不用used to

谓语动词是实义动词的时候用used to

He works less hard than he used to.

bring sth to a conclusion 结束 == bring sth to a close(更正式)

Eg: They decided to bring the meeting to a conclusion.

It was ... who brought meeting to a close.

present sb with sth. 向某人提供了……== present sth to sb.

背熟:who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall.

L36-03 end 9’14”

L36-04 begin 9’40”

bring about 产生,影响

Modern science has brought about great changes in life.

背熟:find such naive solutions totally unacceptable

find sth. interesting 觉得某事有趣

find sth. beautiful 觉得某物漂亮

背熟:Mrs Bussman commented on the workman's close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother.

comment on sth 就……作出评论,评价-- remark on

Hans explained how it was that he was still alive.

Eg: I can’t explain how it is that he is still here.

make one’s way

become of ==happen to 发生遭遇,不幸的事件,多用于疑问句,主语必须是what / whatever

Eg: Whatever became of that girl?

Please explain what became of you yesterday.

用assuming, 而不用presuming;主观上的臆断、无事实根据的。

L36-04 end 9’40”

L36-05 begin 9’15”

Multiple choice questions

Comprehension

1 What would a modern reader find totally unacceptable in a novel today?

a. having for a hero a man once presumed dead.

b. The happiness a hero might feel on being reunited with his mother.

c. Any character beign so wicked as to plot against the hero.

d. Two brothers, each presuming the other long since dead, meeting again by chance.

2 When Mrs. bussman suggested that the workman might be Franz’s brother _____ .

a. she was told for the first time that Hans had been killed

b. Franz objected to the idea of being associated with a workman

c. Franz was so sure his brother was dead he did not take her seriously

d. they were both too shy to ask the workman if this was so themselves

3 What did Hans Bussman do immediately after the war was over?

a. He went to hospital to have his woulds attended to.

b. He deserted his unit and walked back to his home town.

c. He inquired after his family’s where abouts but found no trace of them.

d. He settled in a village near his home, hoping his family would find him.

Structure

4 ---- his readers with a series of coincidences _____ wildly improbable. (ll.2-4)

a. mostly being b. most of which were c. most of them were d. which would be most

5 A long-lost brother had not in fact died and _____ to bring about the hero’s downfall. (ll.5-7)

a. wickedly plotting b. wickedly plotted c. been wickedly plotting d. had been wickedly plotting

6 He stopped _____ . (ll.11-12)

a. in order to talk to a workman b. a workman for a talk

c. talking to a workman d. so that he talked to a workman

7 She sent a boy to ask the workman _____ . (l.16)

a. what was he called b. what he was called c. how he was called d. if he was called

8 Meanwhile his unit was lost and _____ had been destroyed. (ll.20-21)

a. each of his records b. all records of him c. all records of his d. every record of his

Vocabulary

9 he found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years _____ . (ll.10-11)

a. ago b. back c. before hand d. previously

previously ==before

10 Mrs. bussman told her husband that he and the workman _____ … (ll.12-13)

a. had a close look b. had the same look c. looked very alike d. looked the same way

look表示人的外貌,长相应该采用复数形式

11 ---- there was the _____ chance she might be right. (l.15)

a. remotest b. scarcest c. greatest d. lightest

remote 既表示“遥远、偏僻的”,也表示“微弱的”,特别用来修饰chance, possibility

12 ---- how it had _____ that he was still alive. (l.18)

a. become b. arrived c. resulted d. come about

come about: happen

become of ==come about

多用于疑问句,尤其是How does it come about that?结构中

Key to Multiple choice questions

1. D 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. D

L36-05 6’47” [ Lesson 36 36:11 ]

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§ Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express 开往威斯特海温的快车

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

●express n. 快车;adj. 高速的

●punctual adj. 准时的;

●condition v. 使习惯于

●unshakable adj. 不可动摇的

●faith n. 信任

●cancel v. 取消

●exceptionally adv. 例外地

●dislocate v. 打乱(计划等)

●blame v. 责怪

●consult v. 请教,查阅

●direct adv. 径直地

●odd adj. 奇怪的,异常的

●reflect v. 细想

●advantage n. 优势

●mighty adj. 强大的,有力的

●dawdle v. 慢吞吞的动或做

●chug v. 咔嚓咔嚓地响

●lodge v. 提出

●comlaint n. 抱怨

●triumph n. 胜利

●asterisk n. 星号(*)

●conduct v. 引向,引导

■express n. 快车;adj. 高速的

express way: 高速公路

express train快车

special express 特快

through express 直快

stopping/ local train 慢车

■punctual adj. 准时的;

be punctual in doing sth. 在做……方面非常准时

be punctual to the minute 非常准时

L36-05_37-01 end 9’15”

L37-02 begin 8’35”

Eg: He is a man who’s punctual to the minute.

punctually adv.

unpunctual ant.

punctuality n.

■condition v. 使习惯于

==form a habit in

Eg: This society has conditioned each of us.

be conditioned to 习惯了……

Eg: Each of us has been conditioned to the society.

The plants has been conditioned to the cold weather here.

The cold weather has conditioned the plants here.

condition 条件

on condition that 在……条件下如果

on no condition 在任何情况下,用在句首句子要倒装

On no condition must you be late.

in good/ bad condition 情况良好/情况糟糕

change one's condition 结婚

in the interesting condition : 怀孕 pregnant

■unshakable adj. 不可动摇的

■faith n. 信任

keep faith with sb. 对……守信用

put one's faith in sth 对……有信心

on the faith of 在……的保障下,凭……的信用

faith 深信不疑,信仰,比belief 程度重一点

belief: 可信赖,可接受

conviction 坚定的信念

trust 相信,依赖

credit 对……完全相信

■cancel v. 取消

call off == cancel 可以互相替换

abolish 废除

rescind 撤销,废止

write off 注销,勾销

cross out 划掉

■exceptionally adv. 例外地

■dislocate v. 打乱(计划等)

■blame v. 责怪

■consult v. 请教,查阅

■direct adv. 径直地

■odd adj. 奇怪的,异常的

■reflect v. 细想

reflect on sth 细想……

reflect upon oneself 自我反省

■advantage n. 优势

take advantage of sb/sth 欺骗……并利用

of great/no advantage to sb/sth 对……有(没有)好处

to advantage 更有效地

have advantage over sb 胜过某人,比某人有优势

L37-02 end 8’35”

L37-03 begin 9’42”

interest 个人的利益,好处

benefit 通过正当手段谋求的好处

profit 金钱上的获益

good 个人或集体的利益

■mighty adj. 强大的,有力的

■dawdle v. 慢吞吞的动或做

■chug v. 咔嚓咔嚓地响

■lodge v. 提出

make/ lodge complaint 提出抱怨

■comlaint n. 抱怨

■triumph n. 胜利

■asterisk n. 星号(*)

■conduct v. 引向,引导

【Text】

§ Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express 开往威斯特海温的快车

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

What was the mistake the author made?

We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. Ships may be delayed by storms; air flights may be cancelled because of bad weather; but trains must be on time. Only an exceptionally heavy snow fall might temporarily dislocate railway services. It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong. The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs.

After consulting my railway timetable, I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven. It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted a mere hour and seventeen minutes. When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well. At the time, this did not strike me as odd. I reflected that there must be a great many people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. Neither was I surprised when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder. It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven. When he denied the train's existence, I borrowed his copy of the timetable. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: 'This service has been suspended.'


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我们已经习惯于相信火车总是准点的。经过多年的适应,大多数人对火车时刻表产生了一种不可动摇的信念。轮船船期可能因风暴而推延,飞机航班可能因恶劣天气而取消,唯有火车必然是准点的。只有非同寻常的大雪才可能暂时打乱铁路运行。因此,一旦铁路上真出了问题,人们便不加思索地责备铁路当局。事实上,差错很可能是我们自己,而不是铁路当局的。

我查看了列车时刻表,满意地了解到有一趟去威斯特海温的快车。这是趟直达车,旅途总共才需1小时17分钟。上车后,我不禁注意到许多当地人也上了车。一开始,我并不感到奇怪,我想除我之外,想利用快车之便的也一定大有人在。火车开出几英里即在一个小站威德里停了下来。对此,我不觉得奇怪,因为即便是特别快车也可能被信号拦住。但是,当火车一站接着一站往前蠕动时,我便产生了怀疑。我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速90英里的速度呼啸前进,而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行,时速仅30英里。1小时17分过去了,走了还不到一半路程。我问一位乘客,这是不是开往威斯特海温的那趟快车,他说从未听说过有这么一趟快车。我决定到目的地就给铁路部门提意见。两小时后,我气呼呼地同威斯特海温站站长说起此事。他说根本没有这趟车。于是我借他本人的列车时刻表,我带着一种胜利者的调子告诉他那趟车白纸黑字。明明白白印在时刻表上。他迅速地扫视了一眼,让我再看一遍。一个小小的星形符号把我的目光引到了那页底部一个说明上。上面写着:此趟列车暂停运行。

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【课文讲解】

背诵:We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual.

We' ve learnt to expect that …… 我们已经习惯于期盼……

背诵:After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables.

develop an unshakable faith in sth 对……产生了……样的信念

背诵:Only an exceptionally heavy snow fall might temporarily dislocate railway services.

It is all too easy to blame......

too...to句型中,在too前出现了all, only, but, not等词的时候,to就有肯定意义

Eg:He was but too eager to get home.

One is never too old to learn.活到老,学到老

be likely to do 有可能 ...

Eg: You are likely to get success if you work hard.

It is likely that...

It is likely that he arrived here in time.

probable 不能与不定式搭配 比possible 可能性大

Eg: It is probable / possible that...

Eg: It is probable / possible that he will speak to you.

It is possible for us to finish the work in an hour.

L37-03 end 9’42”

L37-04 begin 9’01”

go direct from ... to ...

strike sb as 给某人以……印象,使某人感到;as后面可以接分词、名词、形容词搭配连用。

Eg: The activity atroke me as wasting time.

背熟:I reflected that there must be a great many people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service.

hold up==hold back, hinder, prevent

dawn on sb 渐渐被某人明白

barely==only

in black and white 白纸黑字

Key structure

We' ve learnt to expect that …… 我们已经习惯于期盼……

We' ve learnt to expect that …… 我们已经习惯于期盼……

It is all too easy to blame......

too...to句型中,在too前出现了all, only, but, not等词的时候,to就有肯定意义

be likely to do 有可能 ...

It is likely that...

The first paragraph is important

go direct from ... to ...

strike sb as 给某人以……印象,使某人感到;as后面可以接分词、名词、形容词搭配连用。

hold up==hold back, hinder, prevent

dawn on sb 渐渐被某人明白

in black and white 白纸黑字

L37-04 end 9’01”

L37-05 begin 11’40”

【Multiple choice questions】

Comprehension

1 When the writer consulted his railway timetable _____ .

a. he wanted to find out how long the express train to Westhaven took

b. he wanted to know the quickest way of getting to Westhaven by rail

c. he did not notice how many stations there were on the way to Westhaven

d. he misread the information concerning the time the journey took

by rail ==by train

2 At what point did the writer realize that the train was not travelling at the speed of an express train?

a. When the train had reached the station after Widley.

b. When the train had been held up by signals.

c. After the train had stopped at several small stations.

d. After the train had covered a distance of thirty miles.

at the speed of 以……的速度

express train 特快列车

3 When the writer went to the station master, he complained about _____ .

a. the train scheduled as an express train having in fact been a slow one

b. the lack of colour in the timetable

c. the lack of any express trains from his local station to Westhaven

d. the fact that the Westhaven express had been suspended from service

complain about/of 抱怨

Structure

4 We have learnt to expect _____ punctual. (l.1)

a. trains being b. trains to be c. of trains being d. trains are going to be

5 _____ exceptionally heavily might railway services be temporarily dislocated. (ll.5-6)

a. If only it smowed b. Only in case it snows c. Only were it to snow d. Only when snow

only所引导的状语从句用在句首,句子必须倒装, if条件句,如果if省略,were要前置

6 The express train went direct from my local station to Westhaven _____ a mere hour and seventeen minutes. (l.10)

a. in b. lasting c. a journey which lasted d. a journey of

7 One hour and seventeen minutes passed _____ still to cover half the distance. (ll.16-17)

a. before we had b. before having c. when we had d. and we had

用a选项,则题干中的still应去掉。

8 When he denied the train’s existence, I asked if I _____ borrow his copy. (ll.19-20)

a. can b. may c. might d. was able to

Vocabulary

9 Even a mighty express train can be _____ by signals. (l.14)

a. halted b. retarded c. slowed up d. delayed

held up == delayed

halt 停止

retard 防止

slow up 减慢

10 I determined to lodge a complaint _____ on arrival. (l.18)

a. firstly b. punctually c. straight d. immediately

11 _____ , I told him that it was there in black and white. (ll.20-21)

a. Noting my triumph b. Sounding triumphant c. On a triumphant note d. In my triumphant voice

12 Glancing at it briefly, he told me I should _____ . (l.21)

a. take another look b. review it c. oerlook it d. have second sight

review 复习

overlook 忽视,宽恕,检查,监督

Key to Multiple choice questions

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. B 12. A

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