裕兴新概念英语第三册笔记 第二课 单词学习与课文讲解

裕兴新概念英语第三册笔记第二课单词学习与课文讲解

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equal ['i:kw?l] v./adj. 与...相等

adj. be equal to

eg. Wealth is not equal to happiness. 财富不等同于幸福。

EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunities Commission 平等就业机会委员会

(A US government organization whose aim is to make sure that people are not prevented from getting jobs because of their race, religion, age, sex etc, and to make sure that all workers are treated fairly and equally.)

[中国学生易犯的错误]

vt. 及物动词equal to (“to” is unnecessary) (作动词时equal后面不能接to) vicar ['vik?] 英国教区的小牧师(of the Church of England)

rector ['rekt?] 小牧师(of the Catholic Church)

Catholic ['k?θ?l?k, 'k?θl?k] adj. 天主教的

priest [pri:st] n.(基督教和罗马天主教的)神父, 牧师

curate ['kju?rit] 副牧师

curate's egg 有好有坏

eg. The book is something of a curate's egg. 这本书好坏参半。

bishop ['bi??p] 主教

(chess) 象：圆棋子为教士帽形

archbishop [ɑ:t?'b???p] 红衣大主教

Pope (Roman Catholic) 罗马教皇

eg. Is the Pope (a) Catholic? (a humorous way to say sth is clearly true and certain) 非常明显是正确的。

eg. ------Do you think they'll win? 你认为他们会赢吗？

------Is the Pope Catholic? (sure) 当然会赢。

clergyman ['kl?:d?i:m?n] n. 神职人员

raise [reiz] vt.

raise kids 养育小孩子

raise money: collect money 筹集钱财

raise the roof 怒发冲冠

rise [raiz] vi.

The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起(written by Ernest Hemingway)

A Farewell to Arms 永别了，武器

A Farewell to Concubine 霸王别姬

concubine ['k??kj?,ba?n, 'k?n-] n.妾, 妃子

torch [t?:t?] n. 手电筒

carry a torch for sb. 暗恋

eg.------Don’t you know I have carried a torch for you for a long time?

你知道吗——我暗恋你已很久了？

------Why not carry on? 请继续。

Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one十三等于一

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. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.

One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.

'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'

'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.' That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it."

We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, 我们教区的牧师总是为各种各样的事筹集资金。

be always doning sth 一直不停地在做某事

（说话人的态度不满意，不高兴，not satisfied）

eg. He is always finding faults with me. 他总是不断地挑我的小毛病。

eg. Things are always keeping coming up at the last minute.

所有的事情总是赶到最后一刻才一起出现。

be forever doing （不像be always doning sth.含有贬义）不厌其烦

eg. Peter is forever talking about his girl friend.

彼得总是不厌其烦地谈论他的女朋友。

cause [k?:z] n.

1) 原因，缘故

cause and effect 因果范畴

2) sth you support （支持的）事业，事项

eg. It's for a good cause. 做善事。

for one cause or another 为了各式各样的事情

/for one thing or another

eg. He can't come for one thing or another. 他不能来是因为这样或那样的事情。/由于种种原因，总之他不能来了。

but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. 但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。

have sth. done （被动）叫...做

have sb do 让某人做某事

have sth. to do 有...要做

eg. I have another fish to fry. (I have to go.) 我得走了。

take a French leave 不辞而别

enough a. 足够的

eg. I have enough of it! 我受够了! (I hate it so much!)

eg. I've had it up to here with him! 忍无可忍

cannot do sth. enough 怎么做…不会充足

can never do sth. enough 怎么做…永远不会充足

eg. I cannot thank you enough. 感激不尽。

The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since. 教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜打点报时，但很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。

used to do (did a lot in the past but has been given up now) 过去常做现在不做了

be/get used to doing 习惯于做...

be used to do (被动) 被用做...

strike v.

strike, struck, struck

strike, struck, stricken

strike hours 敲钟、打点、报时

strike matches 划火柴

strike sb. 打人

eg. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。

strike sb. as odd 给某人留下了奇怪的印象；让某人觉得很奇怪

eg. His death strikes us as odd. 他的死让我们觉得十分蹊跷。

be struck by her beauty 被她的美貌打动/深深地吸引住

day and night 不分日夜，日日夜夜

知识点：反义词词组表示对照，通过相反的概念而强调整体。

up and down 上上下下

back and forth 前前后后

blank and white 黑与白

ever since 引起完成时------自此…..

One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! 一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！

wake up with a start 惊醒

startled [‘stɑ:tld] 受惊吓的(suddenly or slightly surprised)

surprised [s?’pra?zd] 感到惊奇的;表示震惊的(general saying)

astounded [?'sta?ndid] 非常惊讶、惊奇、惊愕(very surprised)

astonished [?s't?ni?t] 惊异的(very surprised)

amazed [?’meizd] (extremely surprised) 惊叹

eg. You're amazing. 你实在是太不可思议了。（夸人“非常出色能干”）

stunned [st?nd] (程度最深) 极度震惊

Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. 他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一边敲了13下才停。Before 直到…才；足足…才

eg. It didn’t stop until it struck thirteen times.

before you know it (spoken: sth. will happen soon)

eg. We'd better set off or it will be dark before you know it.

我们最好赶快出发，天马上就要黑下来/天说话就黑了。

Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. 牧师拿着一支电筒走上钟楼想去看看究竟发生了什么事情。

eg. What's going on？出什么事了？（熟人之间。别说What’s the matter?）What's up? 出什么事了？（更为省略的表达）

What gives? （现代英语里更为时髦的说法，非常熟人之间的表达）

怎么啦？/你有什么事吗？

回答：Nothing much./Not much. 没什么

In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. 借着电筒光。他看见一个人，马上认出那是本地杂货店主经比尔.威尔金斯。

in the torchlight 借着手电筒的光

in the moonlight 借着月光

Excuse me. 借光，劳驾

May I use your bathroom? 我能借用一下洗手间吗？

catch sight of 一眼瞥见，一下子瞅见了，一下子看见了

in singt …出现在视力范围之内

eg. The victory is in sight. 胜利在望。

fall in love at the first sight 一见钟情

Hit it right off 两个人一下子就谈得来。

'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise. “你究竟在这上面干什么，比尔？”牧师惊讶地问。

whatever:

Whatever are you doing up here? 你究竟在这里做什么?

/What on earth are you doing up here?

/ What the hell are you doing up here?

on earth / the hell 究竟，到底

eg. Whatever it is? 管他呢! （不屑一顾）

and whatever 等等

eg. We had a party, drink, dance and whatever.

我们开了一个派对，喝酒、跳舞，还有其它一些活动。

'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.' “我想把这口钟修好，”比尔回答说。“好几个星期了，我天天夜里到钟楼上来。嗯，我是想让你大吃一惊。”

try

eg. Have a try! 试一试

/Have a go!

《Graduates》

Mrs. Robison: I’ll tell her everything.

Ben: I don’t think you can do that.

Mrs. Robison: Try me! 试试看！

night after night 夜夜（重复修饰，加强效果）

day after day / day in day out 日复一日

year after year / year in year out 年复一年

'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. “你确实使我大吃了一惊！”牧师说，

句中助动词did为了加强语气：意为“确实”，若为省略，只用说：You certainly did. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.' “也许同时你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。不过，钟又能报时了，我还是很高兴的。”

still 仍然，不过，还

all the same

eg. Thank you all the same. 不过还是要谢谢你。

just the same 不过，仍然，还是要

That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it." “问题就在这里，牧师，”比尔回答说。“不错，钟能报时了，但是，恐怕每到1点钟，它总要敲13下，对此我已无能为力了。”

nothing I can do about it 我可是无能为力了

nothing can help 什么事都帮不上忙

We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. “大家慢慢就习惯了，比尔，”牧师说。“13下是不如1下好，但总比1下也不敲强。

as good as和...一样

Lion King:

eg. He is as good as dead there. （他都跑到荒野之中了）简直就像死了一样。

as long as 只要, 如果

eg. As Long as You Love Me 只要你爱我(sung by Back Street Boys)

eg. I don't care who you are, what you did, where you're from, as long as you love me ! 我不在乎你是谁，你曾经做过什么，你从哪里来，只要你爱我。

better than nothing 总比没有强得多

eg. Better late than never. 亡羊补牢未为晚也

eg. Better safe than sorry. 安全比后悔强。

Twelfth Night:

eg. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. 一个聪明愚人比愚蠢的智人要好得多/ 与其做愚蠢的智人不如做聪明的愚人。

Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'来，咱们下楼去喝杯茶吧。”

a cup of tea 最喜爱的东西

eg. Pop music isn't my cup of tea. 我不特别喜欢流行音乐。