【课文讲解】 Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people. L34-02 end 14’21” 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. L34-03 end 14’00” 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 L34-04 end 13’59” 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:2、7、10。 【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 L34-05 8’33” [ Lesson 34 56:42 ] |