Lesson 28 Five? pounds too dear 五鎊太貴

【New words and expressions】生詞和短語

●wares n.貨物，商品

●anchor??? v.停航下錨

●deck? n.甲板

●silverware?? n.銀器

●tempt v.吸引，引誘

●bargain?? v.討價還價

●disembark?? v.下船上岸

●assail v.糾纏

●marble??? n.小玻璃球

●inscribe? v.刻寫，雕

●favour??? n.好處，優(yōu)惠

●gesticulate ?? v. （講話時）打手勢

●outrageous?? adj.出人預(yù)料的；令人不悅的

●thrust v.硬塞給

■wares n. 貨物，商品

wares:????? 貨郎隨身攜帶的貨物

? 復(fù)合詞、表示“器皿、器具”

silverware,ironware, glassware, software,hardware, chinaware

goods:????? 商店里出售的商品

commodity: （正式，總稱）商品

commodity price /economy / market / exchange

■anchor v. 停航下錨

■deck n. 甲板

■silverware n.銀器

■tempt v. 吸引，引誘

vt.? tempt sb. to do sth.吸引某人做某事

temptation n. 引誘

the temptation todo sth.

tempting adj. 有吸引力的

■bargain v. 討價還價

vi. & n.

a good bargain 好交易

make a bargain 達(dá)成協(xié)議，做成交易

drive a hard

bargain with sb 和某人費力的討價還價

bargain with sbfor sth? 和某人就……討價還價

bargain away : 討價出售，論價出售

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■disembark v. 下船上岸

=debark下船上岸

embark 上船

■assail v. 糾纏

vt.

He was assailedwith worries.

afflict:困擾

■marble n. 小玻璃球

■inscribe v. 刻寫，雕

■favour n. 好處，優(yōu)惠

in favour of???? 贊成，支持，有利于

in one'sfavour?? 受某人歡迎，得到歡心

out of favour??? 不利，失寵

The situation both

at home and aborad is in our favour.無論是國內(nèi)外的形勢均對我們有利。

by favour of: 煩請面交

do sb. a favour:給某人以恩惠

Eg.: Can you do me

a favour to dance with me？ 能賞光跳支舞嗎？

favourite: 受到優(yōu)惠的，優(yōu)待的

favourable:贊成的，稱贊的

■gesticulate v. （講話時）打手勢

■outrageous adj. 出人預(yù)料的；令人不悅的

He playedoutrageous joke.

outrage n. 暴行

rage 盛怒，發(fā)怒

fly into a rage 勃然大怒

■thrust v. 硬塞給

thrust sth. into 塞進(jìn)

thrust aside 推開

thrust oneself

forward 向前擠

thrust oneself in 探聽，干涉==thrust one’s nose into

Don’t thrustyourself in privacy.

thrust sth. upon

sb. 強(qiáng)加于人

Don’t thrust youridea upon me.

thrust sb. out 解雇

【Text】

§Lesson 28?Five pounds too dear五鎊太貴

Listen to the tapethen answer the question below.

Why was even fivepounds ‘too dear’?

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[endif]Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great lineras she was entering the harbour. Before she had anchored, the men from theboats had climbed on board and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugsfrom Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmadesilverware. It was difficult not to be tempted. Many of the tourists on boardhad begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decided not to buy anything untilI had disembarked.

I had no sooner gotoff the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I wasimpressed by the size of the diamonds. Some of them were as big as marbles. Theman went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real. As we werewalking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made adeep impression in the glass. It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.

The next man to

approach me was selling expensive pens and watches. I examined one of the pens

closely. It certainly looked genuine. At the base of the gold cap, the words

'made in the U.S.A.' had been neatly inscribed. The man said that the pen was

worth ￡50, but as a special favour, he would let

me have it for ￡30. I shook my head and held up five

fingers indicating that I was willing to pay ￡5.

Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he

eventually reduced the price to ￡10. Shrug-

ging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after meand thrust the pen into my hands. Though he kept throwing up his arms indespair, he readily accepted the

￡5 I gavehim. I felt espe-

cially pleased with my wonderful bargain----until I got back to the ship. Nomatter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with inkand to this day it has never written a single word!

參考譯文

當(dāng)一艘大型班船進(jìn)港的時候，許多小船載著各種雜貨快速向客輪駛來。大船還未下錨。小船上的人就紛紛爬上客輪。一會兒工夫，甲板上就擺滿了色彩斑斕的波斯地毯。印度絲綢。銅咖啡壺以及手工制作的漂亮的銀器。要想不為這些東西所動心是很困難的。船上許多游客開始同商販討價還價起來，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不買。

我剛下船，就被一個人截住，他向我兜售一枚鉆石戒指。我根本不想買，但我不能掩飾這樣一個事實：其鉆石之大給我留下了深刻的印象。有的鉆石像玻璃球那么大。那人竭力想證明那鉆石是真貨。我們路過一家商店時，他將一顆鉆石使勁地往櫥窗上一按，在玻璃上留下一道深痕。我花了半個多小時才擺脫了他的糾纏。

向我兜售的第二個人是賣名貴鋼筆和手表的。我仔細(xì)察看了一枝鋼筆，那看上去確實不假，金筆帽下方整齊地刻有“美國制造”字樣。那人說那支筆值50英鎊，作為特別優(yōu)惠，他愿意讓我出30英鎊成交。我搖搖頭，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5鎊錢。那人激動地打著手勢，仿佛我的出價使他不能容忍。但他終于把價錢降到了10英鎊。我聳聳肩膀掉頭走開了。一會兒，他突然從后追了上來，把筆塞到我手里。雖然他絕望地舉起雙手，但他毫不遲疑地收下了我付給他的5鎊錢。在回到船上之前，我一直為我的絕妙的討價還價而洋洋得意。然而不管我如何擺弄，那枝漂亮的鋼筆就是吸不進(jìn)墨水來。直到今天，那枝筆連一個字也沒寫過！

【課文講解】

five pounds toodear

dear ==expensive,costly

Small boats sped

to the great liner----主干

loaded with----過去分詞作定語，“裝載，運(yùn)載” （= filled with ）

speed :迅速駛向

speed down hill 向山下疾駛

speed up??????? 向山上疾駛

speed by??????? 迅速駛過

Our holiday speedby.

anchor:停航下錨

the men from the

boats 小船上的人們

be covered with 堆滿了

重點句型：It was difficult not to tempted.(雙重否定)

It was difficultnot to tempted by the beautiful shoes.

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bargain with 與......討價還價

?on board----介詞短語，修飾thetourists

not ... until

Eg.: I decided notto do anything until I had got home.

??? They didn’t reach the school until they hadalready pass to by two villages.

背熟：I had no sooner got off the ship than I wasassailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.

had no sooner ...

than句型 （no sooner 位于句首，要倒裝）

表示“一…就…”的句型有：as soon as, the moment that, on doing, had no soonerthan, had hardly when

have no intention

of doing sth 不打算做某事

Eg.: I have nointention of changing my mind.

He said that hehad no intension of looking for another job.

the fact that----同位語從句，不能更改為which

I can not conceal

the fact that... 我不能隱藏這一事實

impress: 給......極深的印象

be most impressedby? 某人被留下了極深的印象

What impressed me

most was 給我印象最深的是

Eg.: Whatimpressed me most was beauty here.

create / give a

bad impression on sb. 給......以不良印象

Eg.:If the shop isuntidy, it creates a bad impression on potential of customers.

??? If you don’t work hard, it will create abad impression on your boss

make a quite

impression on sb. 給某人留下極深的印象

Eg.: Your speechmade a quite impression on me.

impression n. 印痕

Eg.: He made adeep impression in glass.

記住：but I could not conceal the fact that I wasimpressed by the size of the diamonds.

as...as? 象......一樣

go to

great(considerable, any) lengths 竭盡全力，不惜一切代價

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Eg.: He went togreat lenghts to pass the examination.

real:???? 真的，不是捏造出來的，非人工制造的（= genuine）

true:???? 與事實或現(xiàn)實符合 ( ≠false )

genuine:? 不是偽造的，非人工制造的（常用來修飾金銀、字畫、古董 ≠fake）

real reason, realfears, real / genuine money, real / genuine diamond

past ==by 走過

It take sb. sometime

to do sth. 花費某人時間做某事

get rid of 擺脫，除去；治好=cure

He can never get

rid of his debts. （~ debt ==pay off:還清）

stain ==wash off洗凈

The next man to

approach me:第二個向我兜售的人，靠近我的人

at the base of 在……的底部

as a special

favour 作為一種特殊的優(yōu)惠

for 出價錢

hold up fivefingers indicating that...

indicating:分詞作狀語，“意思是說......”

Eg.: I held up tenfingers indicating that I was willing to pay $10.

Gesticulating: 現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨情況狀語

act as if (行為、舉止)好像

as if ==as though

outrageous: 感到出乎意料的，令人不能容忍的

eventually ==atlast

shrugging----現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀況狀語

readily

==willingly 心甘情愿地

be pleased with=

be satisfied with 對……感到滿意

No matter how==however

fill with

to this day==up

till now, until now, so far 到目前為止

課文雖然簡單，但務(wù)必要牢記幾種句子結(jié)構(gòu)在心中。

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【Multiple choice questions】P136

Comprehension

1? At what point did the tradensmen start tryingto sell their merchandise?

a. Once it had benbrought to them by the small boats.

b. While they werelaying it out on the decks.

c. As soon astheliner had anchored in the harbour.

d. Once thetourists had arrived on board.

merchandise: 商品

lay out 擺設(shè)

2? What happened once the writer got on shore?

a. A man who hadfollowed him off the ship tried to sell him a diamond.

b. He was made tolook at some diamonds against his will.

c. A man startedpestering him to buy a diamond.

d. On his way to ashop, he met a man who was selling diamonds.

pester: 糾纏（=assail）

afflict: 折磨

3? What made the writer finally buy the pen?

a. He had beenunable to make the man understand he did not want it.

b. The man eventuallyagreed to his original offer.

c. He decided itwas the only way to get rid of the man.

d. He was afraidthe man might otherwise become violent.

Structure

4? But I decided to disembark _____ anything.(ll.7-8)

a. before I wouldbuy??? b. until I was buying??? c. until I had bought??? d. before buying

not ...until

before

5? I was assailed by a man who wanted _____ adiamond ring.(l.9)

a. that Ibought??? b. for me to buy??? c. me to buy??? d. my buying

6? ---- of buying one, but the man _____ that Iwas impressed … (l.10)

a. must havenoticed??? b. had to notice??? c. must notice??? d. could notice

7? The man said that although the pen was worth￡50, as a special favour, _____ for ￡30. (ll.16-17)

a. he would let itto me??????? b. he could have let me haveit

c. it would havebeen mine???? d. he might give me

a改為he would let me have it

Vocabulary

8? It was difficult to _____ temptation.(ll.5-6)

a. avoid??? b. fight???c. resist??? d. stand

resist temptation 抗拒

9? _____ I was approached by a man who wasselling… (l.14)

a. The later??? b. On the next time??? c. Afterwards??? d. After

after 多用于具體的時間名詞之后two days after

afterwards常常單獨使用??? soonafterwards? shortly afterwards

the later 表示后者

10? ---- and held up five fingers indicating I_____ to pay five pounds. (l.17)

a. wished??? b. was ready to??? c. intended??? d. expected

intend to do 有意圖、有打算，但不表示心甘情愿

11? The man acted as if he found my offer _____ …(l.18)

a. irritating??? b. preposterous??? c. hilarious??? d. unspeakable

irritating: 令人煩惱的

preposterous: 荒謬的

hilarious:充滿歡聲笑語的

unspeakable==terrible

12? _____ hard I tried, it was impossible to fillthe pen. (ll.21-22)

a. However??? b. Whatever??? c. Whichever??? d. So ever

原文：no matter how

【Key to Multiple choice questions】

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

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（L28-05_29-01? 6’43”）?????? [ Lesson 29? 43:16 ]

§ Lesson 29 Funny or not? 是否可笑？

【New words and expressions】生詞和短語

●largely?? adv.在很大程度上

●comic???? adj.喜劇的，可笑的

●universal adj.普遍的

●comedian??? n.滑稽演員，喜劇演員

●distasteful ??? adj. 討厭的

●pester v.一再要求，糾纏

●dread v.懼怕

●recovery n.康復(fù)

●plaster??? n.熟石膏

●console?? v.安慰，慰問

●hobble??? v.瘸著腿走

●compensate v.補(bǔ)償

●mumble? v.喃喃而語

■largely?adv.在很大程度上

Eg.: He successwas largely due to luck.

■comic adj. 喜劇的，可笑的

■universal adj. 普遍的

universal agent 全權(quán)代理人

universal time 世界時

universal joint 萬向接頭

universality n. 普遍性

universally adv.

Eg.: Ituniversally acknowledged that English is getting more and more important.

universe 宇宙

■comedian n. 滑稽演員，喜劇演員

comedy 喜劇

tragedy 悲劇

tragic 悲劇的

comic 喜劇的

■distasteful adj. 討厭的

Eg.: The idea isdistasteful to me.

distastefully adv.

■pester v. 一再要求，糾纏

==assail (l28)

pester sb. to do

pester sb. with

Eg.: Hecontunually pesters his boss with demands.

pester sb. forsth.

■dread v. 懼怕

后面可以跟名詞、動名詞、不定式搭配連用

Eg.: We were

dreading his arrival.我們正擔(dān)心他來呢。

I dread to thinkwhat will happened if she find out.

He dread having tomeet his parents.

dreadful adj.

dreaded

in dread of

fear 一般的恐懼

horrify 使恐怖，使極度恐懼

■recovery n. 康復(fù)

■plaster n. 熟石膏

■console v. 安慰，慰問

Eg.: He isconsoling his friend in grief for the loss of child.

■hobble v. 瘸著腿走

■compensate v. 補(bǔ)償

■mumble v. 喃喃而語

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【Text】

§ Lesson 29 Funny or not? 是否可笑？

Listen to the tapethen answer the question below.

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[endif]What is the basis of ‘sick’ humour?

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[endif]Whether we find ajoke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. The senseof humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A Frenchman,for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. In the same way, aRussian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishmanlaugh to tears.

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[endif]Most funny storiesare based on comic situations. In spite of national differences, certain funnysituations have a universal appeal. No matter where you live, you would find itdifficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films. However, a newtype of humour, which stems largely from the U.S., has recently come intofashion. It is called' sick humour '. Comedians base their jokes on tragicsituations like violent death or serious accidents. Many people find this sortof joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you tojudge for yourself.

A man who hadbroken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas. Fromthe moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him whenhe would be able to go home. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slow. On Christmasday, the man still had his right leg in plaster. He spent a miserable day inbed thinking of all the fun he was missing. The following day, however, thedoctor consoled him by telling him that his chances of being able to leavehospital in time for New Year celebrations were good. The man took heart and,sure enough, on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party. Tocompensate for his unpleas-

ant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody howmuch he hated hospitals. He was still mumbling some-

thing about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of iceand broke his left leg.

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參考譯文

我們覺得一則笑話是否好笑，很大程度取決于我們是在哪兒長大的。幽默感與民族有著神秘莫測的聯(lián)系。譬如，法國人聽完一則俄國笑話可能很難發(fā)笑。同樣的道理，一則可以令英國人笑出淚來的笑話，俄國人聽了可能覺得沒有什么可笑之處。

大部分令人發(fā)笑的故事都是根據(jù)喜劇情節(jié)編寫的。盡管民族不同，有些滑稽的情節(jié)卻能產(chǎn)生普遍的效果。比如說，不管你生活在哪里，你看查理.卓別林的早期電影很難不發(fā)笑。然而，近來一種新式幽默流行了起來，這種幽默主要來自美國。它被叫作“病態(tài)幽默”。喜劇演員根據(jù)悲劇情節(jié)諸如暴死，重大事故等來編造笑話。許多人認(rèn)為這種笑話是低級庸俗的。下面是個“病態(tài)幽默”的實例，你可據(jù)此自己作出判斷。

圣誕節(jié)前幾周，某人摔斷了右腿被送進(jìn)醫(yī)院。從他進(jìn)醫(yī)院那一刻時，他就纏住醫(yī)生，讓醫(yī)生告訴他什么時候能回家。他十分害怕在醫(yī)院過圣誕。盡管醫(yī)生竭力醫(yī)治，但病人恢復(fù)緩慢。圣誕節(jié)那天，他的右腿還上著石膏，他在床上郁郁不樂地躺了一天，想著他錯過的種種歡樂。然而，第二天，醫(yī)生安慰他說，出院歡度新年的可能性還是很大的，那人聽后振作了精神。果然，除夕時他可以一瘸一拐地去參加晚會了。為了補(bǔ)償住院這一段不愉快的經(jīng)歷，那人喝得稍許多了一點。在晚會上他盡情娛樂，一再告訴大家他是多么討厭醫(yī)院。晚會結(jié)束時，他嘴里還在嘟噥著醫(yī)院的事，突然踩到一塊冰上滑倒了，摔斷了左腿。

【課文講解】

I found itdifficult to finish the work in a day.

第1句話是文章的topic

be based on:以……作為基礎(chǔ)

It was difficultnot to be tempted

Stem from, comefrom, arise from, originate from

His feeling ofhate stems from envy

Her interest inflowers stemed from her childhood in the country

come into fashion 開始流行

come into being? 開始形成

come into power 開始執(zhí)政

Comedians basetheir jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.

Some funny storiesare based on tragic situations.

A man whose rightleg had been broken...

From the moment hearrived at party, he enjoyed himself very much.

keep doing sth. 不間斷的，不停的做某事

keep on doing sth.反復(fù)、重復(fù)干某事(中間可以有短暫的暫停) (keep: vi.)

Don’t keep onasking silly questions.

He kept smokingall the while.

He kept on smokingall the while.

keep +賓語+動詞ing形式，keep on 不能用于該句型

He kept me waitingfor an hour.

I’m sorry to havekept you waiting so long.

dread to do==dread doing

a miserable day: aterrible day

think of 想到，想起，想著

When I saw you Ithought of my sister.

think of doingsth.

He is thinking ofsetting up a school.

spend time doingsth.

by 通過某種方式手段

dread to do =dread doing

a miserable day: aterrible day

think of:想到，想起，想著

When I saw you Ithought of my sister.

think of doingsth.

He is thinking ofsetting up a school.

spend time doingsth.

by:通過某種方式手段

I arrived here bytrain.

在表達(dá)可能性這個語句的時候，經(jīng)常采用復(fù)數(shù)形式

chances of

My chances ofpassing the examination are good.

It is quitepossible for me to pass the examination.

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His chances ofbeing dismissed are good.

記熟：his chances of doing sth. are good. / remote? 做……可能性極大/極小

remote

His chances ofarriving here by bicycle are remote.

slight

He took heart whenhe got the good news.

lose heart :失去信心，失去勇氣

The cake is morethan I can eat.

mecessary, gook,possible, anticipate, expect, feel, suggest, report, require, think

He eats more thanis good for him.

as

He arrived as Iexpected. / He arrived as was expected.

He eats just asmuch as is good for him.

He eats more thanis good for him.

The man drank justas much was good for him.

She is quite fat.==She isn’t right fat.

Yesterday I wentswimming. In the process, I had a very good time.

I was lookingforyourhouse and got lostin the process.

keep telling==keep on telling

how much ----towhat extent

How much can Itrust him?

when: at thatmoment

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L29-04? begin

【Multiple choice questions】

Comprehension

1? Whether you find ‘sick humour’ funny or notwill depend on _____ .

a. your havingbeen brought up in America

b. the joke beingrelated to a fundamentally comic situation

c. your ability tosee the funny side of an unpleasant event

d. your ability tolaugh until you cry

the funny side of…

2? The man spent Christmas Day feeling miserablebecause _____ .

a. the doctor hadfailed to attend to him

b. he was not ableto be with his friends.

c. being unable towalk, he did not enjoy the celebrations at the hospital

d. he thought hemight also miss the New Year’s Eve celebrations

He spent amiseable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.

3? The point of the joke taken to illustrate‘sick humour’ is that _____ .

a. no sooner wasthe man out of hospital than he had to go back in again

b. the man shouldnot have said how much he hated hospitals

c. the man wouldbe unable to walk for the rest of his life

d. the man had notgot a leg to stand on

taken to illustrate…過去分詞

Structure

4? _____ , for instance, might find it hard to …(ll.3-4)

a. The French??? b. A French??? c. A man in Frnace??? d. If you were French

缺少主語

任意一個法國人a french man

a man in France 法國有那么一個人

5 _____ amusingstories are based on comic situations. (l.7)

a. Most??? b. Most of??? c. The majority??? d. Mostly

most of the (art.)+n.

most of thestudents

the majority of …大多數(shù)

6? A man _____ broken was taken to hospital …(l.13)

a. whose right leghad been?? ?b. who had the right leg

c. with one rightleg??????????? d. to whom the right leghad been

who 引導(dǎo)定語從句

a man who hadbroken his…

7? He had no sooner arrived there _____pestering his doctor … (ll.13-14)

a. and then hebegan???b. than he gegan??? c. he began??? d. to begin

no sooner than

8? The man compensated for his unpleasantexeriences in hospital _____ a little more than … (ll.19-20)

a. drinking??? b. to drink??? c. by drinking??? d. and drunk

by drinking

by 表示通過某種手段

Vocabulary

9? Though the doctor _____ … (l.15)

a. worked verywell??? b. could not have beenbetter?? c. was extremely skilled??? d. did all he could

try one’s best /doone’s best? 竭盡全力

10? The doctor him by _____ … (l.17)

a. felt??? b. advised??? c. pleased??? d. comforted

comfort:安慰

11 ----and kepttelling everyone _____ hehated hospitals. (l.21)

a. at greatlengths that??? b. to their cost??? c. to what extent??? d. why

how much…多么（痛恨）

to what extent =how much

at geat lengths =

in great detail 詳細(xì)的

to one’s cost 通過痛苦的體驗

Eg.: Wasp’s stingsare serious as I know to my cost.

12? He was still mumbling something _____ at theend … (ll.21-22)

a. in the sameway??? b. to the same effect??? c. of comon sense?? d. of some sort

in the same way 強(qiáng)調(diào)使用相同的方式

【Key to Multiple choice questions】

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

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（L29-04_30-01? 2’20”）????? [ Lesson 30? 39:13 ]

§ Lesson 30 The death of a ghost 幽靈之死

【New words and expressions】生詞和短語

●labourer n. 勞動者

●overnight adv. 一夜之間

●hay n. 干草

●corn n. 谷物

●moonlight n. 月光

●conscientious adj. 認(rèn)真的

●suspect v. 懷疑

●desert v. （軍隊中）開小差

●regiment n. （軍隊）團(tuán)

●action n. 戰(zhàn)斗

●recluse n. 隱士

■labourer n. 勞動者

labourer 特別強(qiáng)調(diào)使用體力，而不是技能；戶外工作

workman??? 指具有某種工藝技能的半熟練工人

worker???? 泛指，暗示具有更高的技術(shù)水平，通常指腦力勞動者

farmhand?? 農(nóng)場雇工，農(nóng)業(yè)工人; farmlabourer

■overnight adv. 一夜之間

■hay n. 干草

■corn n. 谷物

■moonlight n. 月光

■conscientious adj. 認(rèn)真的

a conscientiousteacher

conscious adj. 意識到的，清楚的

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■suspect v. 懷疑

suspect vt. 懷疑? to believe tobe true or likely

I suspected him ofstealing the car.

suspected that…

He suspected thathis girlfriend tried to hide her true feelings.

suspect sb. to be

I suspect him tobe a spy.

doubt 懷疑, 表示否定的語意

I doubt whether heis a liar. / I suspect that he is a liar.

I doubt the truthof his statement.

suspicious adj.

Cats aresuspicious of human beings.

suspicion n. 猜疑，懷疑

■desert v. （軍隊中）開小差

desert vt. runaway without permission

The soldierdeserted his army.

We sheltered fromthe storm in a deserted hut.

abandon 放棄

desert 違背法律、道義、責(zé)任、信仰

desert the army,desert school, desert his duty, desert his family

abandon 被迫放棄所感興趣或所負(fù)責(zé)任的東西。

He had to abandonhis favorite research because of the war.

forsake vt.? 放棄，拋棄，與……脫離關(guān)系

Eg.: He forsookhis family.

discard v. 放棄，丟棄：give up as useless

Eg.: everyday wediscard a large amount of rubbish.

■regiment n. （軍隊）團(tuán)

■action n. 戰(zhàn)斗

■recluse n. 隱士

【Text】

§ Lesson 30 The death of a ghost 幽靈之死

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[endif]?Listen to thetape then answer the question below.

Why did the twobrothers keep the secret?

[if !vml][endif]For years villagers believed that Endleyfarm was haunted. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox. Theyemployed a few farm hands, but no one was willing to work there long. Everytime a worker gave up his job, he told the sam story. Farm labourers said thatthey always woke up to find the work had been done overnight. Hay had been cutand cow sheds had been cleaned. A farm worker,who stayed up all night, claimedto have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight. In time, it became anaccepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that didmost of their work for them.

No one suspectedthat there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen. This wasindeed the case. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that theghost of Endley had died. Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' wasnone other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as ayoung man. After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had keptfor over forty years.

Eric had been theeldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers. He had beenobliged to join the army during the Second World War. As he hated army life hedecided to desert his regiment. When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, hereturned to the farm and his farther hid him until the end of the war. Fearingthe authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well. His father toldeverybody that Eric had been killed in action. The only other people who knewthe secret were Joe and Bob. They did not even tell their wives. When theirfather died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding. All theseyears, Eric had lived as a recluse.He used to sleep during the day and work atnight, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley. Whenhe died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret anylonger.

參考譯文

多年來，村民們一直認(rèn)為恩得利農(nóng)場在鬧鬼。恩得利農(nóng)場屬于喬.考科斯和鮑勃.考科斯兄弟倆所有。他們雇了幾個農(nóng)工，但誰也不愿意在那兒長期工作下去。每次雇工辭職后都敘述著同樣的故事。雇工們說，常常一早起來發(fā)現(xiàn)有人在夜里把活干了，干草已切好，牛棚也打掃干凈了。有一個徹夜未眠的雇工還聲稱他看見一個人影在月光下收割莊稼。隨著時間的流逝，考科斯兄弟雇了一個盡心盡責(zé)的鬼，他們家的活大部分都讓鬼給干了，這件事成了公認(rèn)的事實。

誰也沒想到農(nóng)場竟會有一個從未露面的人。但事實上確有此人。不久之前，村民們驚悉恩得利農(nóng)場的鬼死了。大家都去參加了葬禮，因為那“鬼”不是別人，正是農(nóng)場主的兄弟埃里克.考科斯。人們以為埃里克年輕時就死了。葬禮之后，喬和鮑勃透露了他們保守了長達(dá)50多年的秘密。

埃里克是這家長子。年齡比他兩個弟弟大很多，第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間被迫參軍。他討厭軍旅生活，決定逃離所在部隊。當(dāng)他了解自己將被派遣出國時，他逃回農(nóng)場，父親把他藏了起來，直到戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束。由于害怕當(dāng)局，埃里克戰(zhàn)后繼續(xù)深藏不露。他的父親告訴大家，埃里克在戰(zhàn)爭中被打死了。除此之外，只有喬與鮑知道這個秘密。但他倆連自己的妻子都沒告訴。父親死后，他們兄弟倆認(rèn)為有責(zé)任繼續(xù)把埃里克藏起來。這些年來，埃里克過著隱士生活，白天睡覺，夜里出來干活，一點不知道自己已成了恩得利家場的活鬼。他死后，他的弟弟們才覺得無法再保守這個秘密了。

【課文講解】

It is said thepublic house was haunted.

haunt: visitsomewhere very often

He haunted thiscinema.

own == possess

the farm waspossessed by two brothers.

be willing to ==beready to do

every time

==whenever引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句

Every time Ilisten to his advice, I get into trouble.

Whenever I listento his advice, I get into trouble.

wake up to findthat? 醒過來的時候，結(jié)果卻發(fā)現(xiàn)……

to 不定式做結(jié)果狀語

He woke up to findthat he was surrounded by a large crowd of people.

He hurried to thepost office only to find that it was shut.

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and 平行句式結(jié)構(gòu)

hay 干草

A farm worker,who…, claimed to …

句子主干：A farm worker claimed to …

claim to have done

claim to have done聲稱做過某事

Eg: He claimed tohave seen the puma.

Seamen claimed tohave seen monsters.

see sb. doing sth.看見某人正在做某事

who 引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，補(bǔ)充說明a farm worker

These youngpeople, who love the peace of the moutains, always receive a warm welcome atSalnt Bernard Monastery.

stay up : not togo to bed

I stayed up lastnight

The boy sat up tosee the film.

wait up for/sit up

for 為了等待某人回來而不睡覺

Don’t wait up forme, I’ll be home very late.

burn the midnight

oil 開夜車

Eg: I have to burnthe midnight oil tonight to complete work.

in time 最后，終于

It became anaccepted fact that…

變成一個大家都接受的事實

that 引導(dǎo)同位語從句，補(bǔ)充說明fact

同位語補(bǔ)充說明先行詞的內(nèi)涵

An idea came toher that she might do the experiment in another way.

Everybody hadalready accepted the fact that the puma is still at large.

It becomes anaccepted fact that eht puma is still at large.

that引導(dǎo)定語從句

No one suspectedthat…

someone else whohad neer been seen

be astonished = besurprised

astonish,surprise, amaze, astound

be astonished todo sth.

I’m not surprisedto see he is still as fat as before.

for == as 是對全句的補(bǔ)述

none other than ==no other than? 強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)，表示不是別人而正是……

Eg: The man whohad sent the flowers was none other than the man she had spoken to the nightbefore.

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It was no otherthan my old friend Johnson.

The man who spoketo her was none other than her husband.

nothing else than 僅僅

Eg: His failiurewas due to nothing else than his own carelessness.

a third brother 又一位兄弟

who was supposed =who was thought

He was supposed tohave died 20 years before.

keep secret??? 保密

reveal secret?? 揭露秘密，披露秘密

The press revealedthe scandal.

He kept secret fora long time.

he kept it tohimself for a long time.

very much : much 用來加強(qiáng)語氣

be obliged to do =

be forced to do 被迫做某事

He had been inhiding...

Fearing the authorities...現(xiàn)在分詞引導(dǎo)原因狀語

in hiding = inconcealment

he remained in hidingat home...

the only other

people who knew the secret 僅知道的人

the only other

people who finished the work 僅完成這項工作的人

they thought ittheir duty to...

it 形式賓語

I thought it verydifficult to pass this examination.

We all think itour duty to support our parents.

形式賓語it和賓語補(bǔ)足語直接搭配連用，賓語補(bǔ)足語可以是名詞或形容詞

形容詞短語做狀語，進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充說明全句

?quite unaware of the fact that...

that 引導(dǎo)同位語從句

We amassrequisites quite unaware of the fact.

amass? 收藏，積聚

his brothers foundit impossible to do...

it形式賓語

It is quite impossibleto finish the hard work in 2 hours.

I found it quiteimpossible to finish the hard work in 2 hours.

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【Multiple choice questions】

Comprehension

1? While farmhands stayed at Endley Farm _____ .

a. they woke up duringthe night to find their work had been done for them

b. they often sawa figure working in the fields at night

c. they did nothave any work to do

d. it neveroccurred to them that there was someone in hiding on the farm

it never occur tothem that...

it 在這兒是形式主語

2? Eric remained in hiding after the war because

a. he feared thepenalty he might receive for his desertion

b. his father hadtold everyone he had died

c. he was afraidof being sent abroad by the authorities

d. he was fond ofthe life of a recluse

penalty

==punishment 懲罰

3? When did the identity of the ‘ghost’ becomeknown?

a. When theillagers attended the funeral.

b. Fifty yearsafter the outbreak of the Second World War.

c. when the fatheror me three Cox brothers died.

d. When Joe andBob felt they would have to have their brother buried.

Structure

4? Farm labourers said that on waking up _____work had been done.(ll.4-5)

a. to find??? b. they would find??? c. and finding??? d. they had found

5? ---- employed a conscientious ghost, _____ mostoftheir work for them. (ll.8-9)

a. doing??? b. to have done??? c. which did??? d. so as to do

6? As he hated _____ , he decided to desert …(l.16)

a. the life ofarmy??? b. life in the army??? c. life of the army??? d. the army for life

軍隊生活：army life; life in the army

學(xué)校生活：school life; life in the school

7? ---- Eric had been killed _____ fighting withhis regiment. (ll.18-19)

a. while??? b. during???c. as if??? d. because

8? Joe and Bob were the only other people whoknew the secret _____ their wives. (ll.19-20)

a. and did noteven tell??? b. which they did not eventell

c. who did nottell???????? d. yet did not tell it to

Vocabulary

9??? _____ , it became an accepted fact. … (1.8)

a. At thetime??? b. On time??? c. With time??? d. At times

at times ==

occasionally 有時

on time 準(zhǔn)時

10? He was _____ during the Second World War.(ll.15-16)

a. recruited??? b. conscripted??? c. armed???d. regimented

recruit 招募軍隊 可指非法招募

Eg: Can't yourecruit more members to the music society?

conscript 根據(jù)法律或憲法征兵，與介詞into 連用，在美語中用draft

regiment n. 軍團(tuán)；vt. 使受訓(xùn)練

arm vt. 武裝

11? All these years, Eric had lived _____ .(ll.20-21)

a. out of thisworld??? b. a secret life??? c. without a companion??? d. the life of a hermit

12? He used to work at night, _____ that he hadbecome the ghost of Endley. (ll.21-22)

a. neverrealizing??? b. quitemisunderstanding??? c. quiteignoring??? d. never accounting for

realize == becomeaware of

never realizing =quite unaware of

【Key to Multiple choice questions】

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

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