The longest suspension bride in the
world
世界上最長的吊橋
一．課文講解
1.suspension n.
⑴the removal of sb from a team, job or
School for a period of time esp. topunish
Them.
Eg: a three-mach suspension
停賽三場
Eg: the suspension of license
暫行吊銷駕照
⑵懸，吊
Eg: ①suspensionbridge?? 吊橋
②arch bridge??????? 拱橋
③swing bridge?????? 旋開橋
④floating bridge???? 浮橋
⑤fly-overs????????? 立交橋
⑥take-overs??????? 過街天橋
⑶suspend?v.
①to hang sth from?? 吊，懸掛
Eg: the pendent lamp is suspended from
the ceiling.吊燈懸掛在天花板之上。
⑵to make sb leave school, a job , an
organization temporarily.暫時(shí)使學(xué)生停學(xué)，工人停業(yè)。
①suspend sb from sth
Eg：the
footballer who had taken stimulant was suspended from the season.這個(gè)足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員被懷疑服用興奮劑，所以暫停這個(gè)季度的比賽。
⑷suspense?n.
?(a feeling of excitement or anxiety when youdon’t know what will happen; uncertainty)
①keep sb in suspense (keep sb worried)使某人擔(dān)心。
Eg: His way of driving kept us in
suspense.他開車的方式令我們擔(dān)心不已。
2.agreeable?? a. (please or acceptable)
Agreeable weather 宜人的天氣
An agreeable young man?討人喜歡的年輕人
To disagree in an agreeable way? 以溫和的方式表達(dá)不同的意見
An agreeable voice 聲音悅耳
Eg: that sounds like the music to my
ears.說出來的話讓我心花怒放。
3.Immortal adj . 不朽的，長生不死的的，流芳百世的（living or continuing forever ;that will never be forgotten）
①undying?adj.不滅的，不朽的
Undying love? 永不熄滅的愛情之火
Endless love?? 無盡的愛
②everlasting : existing for ever 持久的，綿長的
Everlasting marriage? 綿長的婚姻
③eternal?: having no end永恒的
Eternal love :永恒的愛情
④permanent?peace：永久的和平
⑴mortal adj.終有一死；致命的
Mortal wound 致命的傷
⑵fatal adj . 令人致死
A fatal attack 致命的一擊
⑶lethal?adj.致命的
Lethal weapons? 兇器
⑷moral?adj.道德的
Immoral?adj.不道德的
4.brooklyn 布魯克林
?An industrial and international port area of New York city, and one ofthe city’s 5 boroughs. It is known as an area where people of many differentraces live.
The other boroughs are : Manhattan, theBronx, Queens and Richmond.
5. span?n.
⑴a period of time between two dates or two
events.跨度
Eg: over a span of ten years , the
company has made great strides.經(jīng)過十年的時(shí)間，這家公司有了長足的發(fā)展。
①life span 一生，壽命
②enjoy a long life span?? 長壽
⑵ a short attention span 短期（短時(shí)間）注意力
①a short interest span? 一時(shí)興趣
②a short memory span 短的記憶力
Eg: Sabrina, my son has a very short
attention span. Sabrina,我的兒子是個(gè)朝三暮四的人?！肚闅w巴黎》
6.cable?n.
⑴海底或地下電纜
Cable television? 有線電視（CATV）
Cable channel? 有線電視頻道
Cable car?? 纜車
⑵a thick strong metal rope used on ship: 纜索，鋼索
①thread 細(xì)而長的棉線或絲線
A thread of hope : 一線希望
②cord : n. 粗線或細(xì)繩
Cordless telephone? 無繩電話
The telephone cord? 電話線
③chord （音）和弦，樂器的弦
Touch the right chord
觸動(dòng)心弦，引起共鳴
④string 結(jié)實(shí)的粗線
A string of 一系列的
A string of hit albums : 系列經(jīng)典歌曲唱片集
⑤rope ：繩子
At the end of one’s rope
失去耐心，精疲力竭
⑥stitch （縫）一針，一線
Eg: stitches come out tomorrow. 明日拆線
Eg: one stitch in time saves nine.一針及時(shí)省九針。
⑶越洋電報(bào)
Cablegram
Send a cablegram? 拍發(fā)越洋電報(bào)
7. concrete?? n./adj
n.?混凝土
cement 水泥（水門丁）
adj . 混凝土的
⑴concrete?mixer :混凝土攪拌機(jī)
⑵clearly based on fact rather than on
beliefs or guess : 具體
⑶abstract 抽象的
Eg: Beauty is an abstract concept. 美是一個(gè)抽象概念。
⑷entity 實(shí)體，獨(dú)立機(jī)構(gòu)
An independent political entity 政治上小組織
8. length? n.⑴長度
Breadth :寬度
A breadth of vision 寬闊的視野，有眼光（洞察力）
A breadth of mind? 心胸開闊
A breadth of out look 有真知灼見
A statesman with a breadth of vision
⑵width??n.（多用于具體意義上）
Wide??adj.
6 metres in width / 6 metres wide
Height?n.
High??adj.
3 metres in height/3 metres high ：3米高
①two dimensions : 二維空間
②three dimensions : 三維空間
⑵a piece of sth long and thin : 根，段
①A length of steel tube ：一根（段）鋼管
②go to any lengths to do sth
③go to all lengths to do sth
④go to great lengths to do sth
(to be willing to use any methods to
achieve sth that you are very determined to achieve)用盡氣力，用盡心血以得到什么
Eg: china, as the largest developing
country in the world, go to great lengths to develop its economy.中國，作為世界上最大的發(fā)展中國家，全力以赴致力于經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展。
At length: in great detail : 詳盡的
Eg: the book tells the life of princess
Diana at length.這本書詳盡的描述了戴安娜王妃的一生。
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From A to Z? 詳盡的
9. capacity ⑴容積，容量
Capacity crowd? 爆滿，座無虛席
Eg: the orchestra played to a capacity
crowd in the hall.這支管弦樂隊(duì)的表演座無虛席。
⑵ ability 能力
Capacity for sth 做某事的能力
Capacity to do sth
Eg: He has a great capacity for
learning = He has a great capacity to learn.他有很強(qiáng)的學(xué)習(xí)能力。
⑶capability 本領(lǐng)(thenatural ability, skill)
Capability to do sth
Eg: a willingness and a capability to
change are necessary to meet future needs.一個(gè)人愿意改變并且有能力改變是適應(yīng)未來的必然需要。
the efforts to be made
the right to refuse
the capability to change fate
a dream to be a poet
a desire to change one’s life
possibility to succeed
二．課文講解
1. Freud Sigmund, an Austrian doctorabout whom little is known in 1920s to the Americans, become a world renownedpsychologist and was famous for his idea libido.
⑴harbour?(Br)? 海港
??Harbor?(Am)
Background notes :
?Perhaps no single monument in the USA is as famous as the statue ofliberty which stands on a small island in New York Harbor.（自由女神像）
?Most immigrants from Europe now pass through New York city via KennedyAirport.but for immigrants from Asia, the gateway to the USA is San Francisconot New York City.
harbour (Br)? 海港
pearl harbour? 珍珠港
An important US naval base in Hawaii,
Which was suddenly attacked by Japanese
planes in Dec 1941. many warships were destroyed and this caused great shock
and anger in the US, and made the US start fighting in world war Ⅱ.
Hiroshima
A city in Japan which was destroyed
In 1945 during world war Ⅱ, when a US unclear bomb was dropped on it, killing many people.
⑵name sth sth
?Call sb? sth
2.⑴describe
sth as sth : 把…描繪成
Eg: for millions of immigrants, the USAwas described as a promising land , but for many others, it was a bitter disillusionment.?? 對(duì)數(shù)百萬的移民來說，他們把美國描繪成了希望的土地；對(duì)其他許多人來說，他只是痛苦的幻想的破滅。
regard sth as : 把…看作
Eg: the statue of Liberty was regardedas a symbol of American democracy.
②address sb as : （正式）將…稱為
Eg: New York is addressed as Big Apple
紐約被稱作為大蘋果。
③refer to sth as : 管…叫
Eg: people who work in offices arereferred to as white-collar workers.
④think of sth as : 認(rèn)為…是
⑤appoint sb as : 任命某人為…
⑵in the midst of sth
In the midst of a period : 在…期間
In the midst of a place : 在…位置之間
In the midst of cold war : 在冷戰(zhàn)期間
In the middle of : 在位置正中間
In the middle of doing sth ：忙于(to be busy doing sth) (在…進(jìn)行之中)
Eg: can I call you back later ? 我可以晚點(diǎn)再給你打電話嗎？
①mid-???在中間的
Midautumn Day?? 中秋節(jié)
Midsummer Night’s dream : 仲夏夜之夢(mèng)
Midday??:? 正午
⑶某些地點(diǎn)狀語前置可引起句子倒裝。
Eg: under the big tree was sitting an
old farmer.大樹底下坐著一個(gè)老農(nóng)。= there was an old farmersitting under the big tree.
Eg: outside the classroom stood a boy.
Eg: behind the farmhouse was a rice
field.農(nóng)舍后面是一片稻田。
Eg: at the foot of the hill lies a beautiful
lake.山腳下面有一個(gè)美麗的湖泊。
3.⑴by nomeans : not at all
①in no way (used to say that you should
definitely not think about a situation in this way )無論如何也不…
②at no time 無論何時(shí)也不會(huì)
(used to say strongly that sth neverhappened or should never happen)
③on no account : 絕不
Eg: she is by no means a bad kid. 她無論如何都不是一個(gè)壞孩子。
Eg: In no way should it be seen as a
defeat.無論從哪個(gè)角度講也不能算失敗。
Eg:on no account can you tell him the truth.無論如何都不能告訴他實(shí)情。
Eg: At no time did I tell you that youcould use my car.
⑵be named after sb : 以…的名字來命名的
①be after sth : 追求的是…
Eg: the only thing she is after is fame
and fortune.他這個(gè)人只追求名利。
⑶eg: Everest rises to a height of8,848m
珠穆朗瑪峰高達(dá)8，848m
Eg: the hole extends to a depth of2m
這個(gè)洞深2米。
Eg: the road extends to a width of5m
這條路寬5米。
Eg: china covers an area of 9,600,000
square kilometers.中國有960萬平方公里的土地。
Eg: the old man enjoys a life span of100
這位老人享有100歲的高齡。
4.⑴account? n/v
①description : give an account of（書面語）
Eg: He gave us a vivid account of his
trip to paris.他繪聲繪色的描繪了他的巴黎之行。
②take account of sth : (仔細(xì)的)考慮到
=Take sth into account
Eg: the budget didn’t take account of
changes in the rate of inflation.預(yù)算并沒有考慮到通貨膨脹的變化。
③on account of : because of (esp.becauseof a problem or difficulty)
Eg: He can’t run very fast on accountof his wounded legs.
④??account for : to give explanation or reason for：解釋
Eg: probably, recent pressure at work
may account for his behavior.很明顯，最近的工作壓力在他的行為上有所顯現(xiàn)。
⑤accounting?:會(huì)計(jì)
Accountant :? 會(huì)計(jì)
Teller :? 出納員
ATM ： 自動(dòng)取款機(jī)（automated teller machine）
5.⑴alone
:僅就…，僅僅…就
Eg: the corn belt of American along
comprises as many as half of the world total output.美國玉米帶占世界總產(chǎn)量的1/2.
⑵①it is said that…據(jù)說
it is expected that …據(jù)期待
it is predicted that…據(jù)語言
it is assumed that …據(jù)設(shè)想
it is known that …據(jù)了解
it is written that …據(jù)描寫
it is felt that
it is report that …據(jù)報(bào)道
⑶be packed with
Eg: the road is packed with crowd.路上擠滿了人。
①be teeming with? 充滿
Eg: future is teeming with hope.未來充滿了希望。
②cram?塞，填（completely full of things or people）
③be crammed with
Eg: The house is crammed with people.房子里充滿了人。
④stuff?v.用…填充
Eg: the ice box is stuffed with food.冰箱里面填滿了食物。
Eg: I’m stuffed /I’m full.我吃飽了。
Duck-stuffing? 填鴨式教學(xué)
6.⑴fulfil（文學(xué)色彩）
①fulfil your destiny?? 完成宿命
②fulfil your dream???? 實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想
③fulfil your hope????? 實(shí)現(xiàn)希望
⑵realize : to achieve sth that you werehoping
realize an ambition
realize a goal
三．Popular phrases
1. I made a pass at her , but she
brushed me off.我曾經(jīng)追求她，但她拒絕了。
2．If you
look for a job ,you may study the want ads. 如果你打算找工作，就要看招聘廣告。
四．Supplementary exercises
1. Peter’s driving license was ______because he was caught drunk-driving.
A. stopped????? B.pulled
C.canceled????? D.suspened
分析：【D】
?A.停止????B.拉，拖
?C.取消????D.吊銷
Drunk-driving? 酗酒開車
2.You can’t be____ careful in makingthe decision as it was such a critical case.
A. very????? B. quite
C. too?????? D. so
分析：【C】
Can’t be too…to do sth 表示“無論怎樣…也不過分”
五．歌欣賞
我相信孩子才是我們的未來，好好的教化他們以改變我們的生活。
向孩子們展示他們內(nèi)心深處擁有全部美好，要給他們一種榮譽(yù)感，從此生活就變得簡單。讓孩子們的微笑喚起我們的曾經(jīng)。
人人都在尋找英雄，但英雄也需要人們?nèi)ゾ囱觥?/p>
我從來沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)任何人能滿足我的需求，所以我的內(nèi)心充滿了孤獨(dú)感。同時(shí)，我也學(xué)會(huì)了依靠自已。
很久很久以前，我就下定決心，不再生活在別人的陰影之下。
無論失敗無論成功，我至少都會(huì)按照我希望的方式去生活。
無論他們從我這里奪走什么，他們也絕對(duì)拿不走我的尊嚴(yán)。
因?yàn)槲业男闹姓龘碛羞@種最偉大的愛，我終于在我的內(nèi)心深處找到了這種愛。這是很容易獲得的，學(xué)會(huì)愛你自己吧，這就是最偉大的愛。
1.歌曲中經(jīng)典表達(dá)及習(xí)慣用法：
①let them lead the way
②show them all the beauty: 向他們所有的美德
possess inside: 內(nèi)心所擁有的
a sense of pride: 榮譽(yù)感
remind us how we used to be ：問及我們的曾經(jīng)
search for hero : 尋找英雄
look up to someone : 敬仰某人
fulfil one’s needs : 實(shí)現(xiàn)某人的需要
never to walk in anyone’s shadow :永遠(yuǎn)不走在別人的陰影和庇護(hù)之下。
take away my dignity: 奪走我的尊嚴(yán)
?Electric currents in modern art?
現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)中的電流
1. current? n. /adj
⑴water current : 水流
⑵air current : 氣流
⑶electric current : 電流
⑷a stream of water : 水流
⑸a cold flow of air : 一股寒流
Eg: A cold current of air rushed
through the open door. 一股寒流從窗戶外刮了進(jìn)來。
⑹①a stream of traffic : 川流不息的車流
②a stream of tourists : 人流
③a gust of wind一陣風(fēng)
④a torrent of water : 湍急的水流
⑤a torrent of protest over the new tax .對(duì)新稅率的一陣反對(duì)浪潮。
⑺current?adj.流行的，時(shí)尚的，當(dāng)前的
(happening or existing now but notexpected to last for a long time)
current affairs????? 當(dāng)前時(shí)事
current fashion???? 流行時(shí)尚
current account???? 活期存款
the current animal year 本命年
⑻currency?n.貨幣
Hard currency?? 硬道理
2. Sculpure (the art of making solidobjects representing people or animals out of stone, wood)
①a piece of sculpture? 一件雕塑品
②ice carving 冰雕（carve陽刻）
（cutting words or pictures on metal, glass）
③be engraved in your memory ：銘刻于心
?Be engraved in your mind
?Be engraved in your heart
Eg: 泰坦尼克號(hào)下沉的日子應(yīng)被人們永遠(yuǎn)銘記在心。The day of the tragic sinking of titanic should be engraved inpeople’s memory for ever.
④inscribe?v.
(to write words on the surface of astone or coin)
Inscribe something with題上什么字
Eg:墳?zāi)股峡逃泻喍痰哪怪俱憽he tomb was inscribed with a short epitaph.
⑤model??v.塑造
Model oneself on : 把自己塑造成
Model oneself after
⑥mold (Am) 鑄造
Mould (Br)
Mold sth into ：把什么鑄造成
Eg: Her dress was molded to her body .這件裙子是為她量身定做的。
⑦chisel?v.鑿刻
3.art gallery (Br) 藝術(shù)館，美術(shù)館
Art museum (Am)
embassy 大使館
library?圖書館
restaurant?? 飯館
tea?house? 茶館
4.odd?adj.? (different from what is normalor expected)
Eg; It is odd that to be known by so
many and yet to be so lonely.奇怪的是為許多人所知卻又如此孤獨(dú)。
the odd thing is …奇怪的事情是
odd number : 奇數(shù)
even number :? 偶數(shù)
strange : unusual or surprising
eg: that’s strange . 實(shí)在是太奇怪了（口語）
eg: all alone in a strange city .孤身一人在一個(gè)陌生的城市。
⑤feel strange ( to feel unpleasantphysically or emotionally )
Eg: I feel a bit strange .我感覺有點(diǎn)不舒服。
⑥queer adj (貶義)
A queer laugh? 奇怪的笑
A queer bird?? 奇怪的鳥
# homosexual? 同性戀
⑦weird?adj .離奇古怪的
Weird dress? 奇裝異服
Weird hair-do 奇怪的發(fā)型
⑧bizarre?adj. (程度較深) 奇怪
⑨eccentric ( behaving or appearing in a way
that is unusual and different from being normal) 有個(gè)性的； 與眾不同的
【center中心,
concentric同心圓,eccentric超過中心的而非同心的，與中心和同心相異】
An eccentric old man : 一個(gè)怪老頭
5.attach to 依附
⑴ to connect one thing to another: 兩者相互聯(lián)系
Eg: attach a recent photograph to your
application form. 把你最近的照片附在你的申請(qǐng)表上。
①a house with a garden attached ：一個(gè)帶有花園的房子
⑵to like something very much : 非常喜歡某物
Eg: the old woman was sentimentallyattached to her old house since she and her husband have lived there for quitea few years.
⑶①attach significance to something
?②attach importance to something 重視（to believe that something is important）
Eg: In china , academic education isattached too much importance to while little attention is paid to practicalabilities.
⑷①be affiliated to
?②be affiliated with
(Usually used to define a smallerorganization connected with a larger one or controlled by it)
Eg: a high school affiliated to auniversity?? 附中
⑸①be wired with : 將收音機(jī)，電話，電腦安裝接通
②hook up
Eg: China has hooked up 6,000 computers
and 40,000 subscribers to the Internet through 6 international channels.中國只有6,000臺(tái)電腦，40，000的用戶，通過6條國際主渠道而連接到了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上。
③be soaked with ：與…密切相關(guān)
⑹eg: so everything is soaked with New Year
celebration.such as fire crackers, couplets, happiness character, New Year
painting , New Year cakes, lantern riddles, ancestral sacrifices, paying New
Year’s calls and so on.所有的一切都與新年有著密切的關(guān)系，放炮仗、春聯(lián)、貼福字、年畫、年糕、燈謎、祭祖活動(dòng)、拜年等等。
6. sphere? n. a ball shape
①hemisphere?? 半球
引申為范圍、領(lǐng)域（a particular area of activity or knowledge）
The sphere of her interest : 興趣范圍
The sphere of her power: 權(quán)力范圍
②globe?n.地球儀；世界
global fortune forum : 全球財(cái)富論壇
GPS-global positioning system? 全球定位系統(tǒng)（美軍）
③earth地球<->sky天空
7.magnetize ：v. 使磁化；（比喻）吸引
Eg: His dark flashing eyes magnetized
all the girls.他黑色閃亮的眼睛不知多少女孩子為他著迷。
⑴magnetic?adj.
magnetic force : 磁力
magnetic field : 磁場
magnetic pole :? 磁極
magnetic tape :? 磁帶
⑵magnet?n.磁鐵（石）
Eg: Funfair is like a magnet for littlechildren.
游樂場對(duì)孩子們非常有吸引力。
⑶magnate?n.大亨， 大腕
A tobacco magnate : 煙草巨商
⑷tycoon???商業(yè)巨子，大亨
Eg: Bill Gates , computer tycoon : 比爾. 蓋茨是電腦大亨。
⑸fat cat (口語) 有錢人
⑹baron?n.大實(shí)業(yè)家，大王
An oil baron ：石油大王
A press lord ：媒體大亨
8.fl- 移動(dòng)的光
⑴Flicker : to shine with unsteady light?搖曳
Eg： the
candle flickered in the wind.蠟燭在風(fēng)中搖曳。
⑵flash : to shine suddenly and brightly for
a short time.閃爍
Flash on and off : 忽明忽暗
A flash of lighting : 閃電
A flash of pan : 曇花一現(xiàn)，美景不長
⑶flare v. to suddenly begin to burn or to
brightly for a short time.突然燃著，變得異常明亮。
Flare up : （火）突然燃燒起來；
（暴動(dòng)）突發(fā)；爆發(fā)怒氣
Eg: Violence has flared up again in the
Middle East.中東再度暴動(dòng)。
⑷flame : to become suddenly bright withlight or color , esp. red or orange.
Eg: Her face flamed red with
embarrassment.她的臉難過的都紅起來了。
Eg: Hatred flamed in his eyes .他的眼睛爆發(fā)怒火。
⑸flames : 火焰；火海
Eg: The house was in flames. 房子起火了
A flame of rage : 怒火
Old flame : 舊情人
9.gl-??不移動(dòng)的光
⑴Glare v. (even hurt your eyes) 令人眩目的光
Eg： The
wet sand was glaring in the sun .濕潤的沙子在陽光的照耀下發(fā)出令人炫目的光。
①glare at sb ( to look angrily at sb for along time)
⑵glow 鮮艷奪目，照耀，閃亮著
①Glow with pride : 春風(fēng)得意，洋洋得意
②Glow with pleasure (to look very happy)看起來非常高興
③sun-set glow ：落日余暉
⑶glint : v.閃亮，閃閃發(fā)光
Eg: The gold bracelet glinted in the
sunlight.金手鐲在陽光下閃閃發(fā)光。
Eg: The wolf’s eyes glinted in the darkness.惡狼的眼睛在黑暗中閃閃發(fā)光。
⑷glitter v.(在陽光照耀下)閃閃發(fā)光（不強(qiáng)烈）
Eg: All is not gold that glitters .（諺語）閃光的不一定都是金子。
⑸gleam 發(fā)出微光
Eg: The crops gleamed in the autumn sun.麥田在秋日陽光的照耀下閃閃發(fā)光。
①a gleam of pride : 驕傲的神采
⑹glisten : (to shine and look wet or oily)看上去濕漉漉，油漬漬的。
Eg: His brow glistened with sweat.他額頭上的汗閃閃發(fā)亮。
⑺glimmer : 朦朧閃爍
Eg: The candle glimmered. 燭光朦朧。
10.emit 發(fā)射，放出
Emit light ：發(fā)出光
Emit heat ：放熱
Emit smoke ：排放出煙霧
Emit sound ：發(fā)出聲響
Emit sparks ：迸出火花
Eg: The chimney emits clouds of smoke.煙囪排放出一大堆煙霧。
⑴表放出、發(fā)出的短語：send out, give out ,give out
⑵eject （突然）噴出
Eg：Lava
was ejected from volcano熔巖突然噴發(fā)出來了。
Eg: launch a man-made satellite .發(fā)射人造衛(wèi)星
⑶project v.(technical saying) 發(fā)射
Eg: project a missile 發(fā)射導(dǎo)彈
11. prehistoric adj. 史前的，過時(shí)的
Prehistoric animals ：史前的動(dòng)物
Eg: The strict father’s ideas about
educating girls are prehistoric。這位嚴(yán)格的父親教育女兒的方式太過時(shí)了。
⑴pre- : before
Preschool : 學(xué)齡前
Pre-marriage : 婚前
Prewar : 戰(zhàn)前
⑵post：later than;after
Postwar : 戰(zhàn)后
Postpone: 拖延
Postgraduate: 研究生
Postmodern: 后現(xiàn)代
⑶ante : before
Antenna : 觸角
Anteroom : 診室
⑷fore （位置）before
Fore name （given name）
Foreleg : 前腿
Foreword : 前言
Foretell : 預(yù)告
Forecast: 預(yù)報(bào)
⑸hind
Hind legs : 后腿
⑹ex-: former or still living
Ex-girl friend : 前任女友
Ex-wife : 前妻
Ex-president : 前總統(tǒng)
⑺late : used to talk about someone who hasdied
Her late husband :剛剛過世的丈夫
The late president: 剛剛過世的總統(tǒng)
二．講解課文
1. Modern sculpture rarely surprises usany more.
①Rarely : (頻度副詞) 很少，幾乎不
?副詞，特別是具有否定意義的副詞置于句首，會(huì)引起部分倒裝。
Eg: Rarely has he been so happy foryears.
②scarcely ： 幾乎不，幾乎沒
Eg: scarcely did he borrow money fromother people.
③seldom?很少
Eg: Seldom have I watched a film sotouching as Titanic.
④barely : 很少，幾乎從不
Eg: Barely does she go back on her own
words.她幾乎很少失言
（go back on one’s own words： 失言）
⑤hardly : 幾乎不
Eg: Hardly can I ever trust him!
⑥never 永不
Eg: never could I resist the temptationof chocolates.
⑦often
Eg: often would he go there and have atalk with someone.
⑧a little ：有一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)
Eg: in nature’s infinite book of
secrecy , a little can I read.在大自然的懷抱中我只讀懂了一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。
2.①even…cannot
have failed to do something 就連…也不可能沒
Eg: Even the stupidest students cannothave failed to pass such an easy test.
Eg: even students who take no interestin English can not have failed to be attracted by the book New Concept English.
②couldn’t agree more (used when you completelyagree with sb)
⑴couldn’t be better ：好的不能再好
⑵couldn’t be worse ：壞的不能再壞
?( used to emphasize how good or bad sth is)
Eg: Things couldn’t be worse; everythingseems to be going wrong at the same time.
③⑴can not have done something 不可能，不會(huì)
⑵might have done sth：本可能就（差一點(diǎn)，幾乎）
Eg: The flashing car might have killed
the boy! 這輛疾馳地車險(xiǎn)些要了這孩子的命
④should have done something ：本應(yīng)該…
Eg: The clever boy should have gone touniversity.
Eg:?you should have declared the perfume
⑤would have done sth ：本來會(huì)…
Eg: If it hadn’t rained yesterday, wewould have gone picnic.
3.⑴inresponse to? ：作為回答；作為對(duì)…的反應(yīng)
Eg: The law was passed in response topublic pressure.
Eg: move in response to a gust of wind：隨風(fēng)而動(dòng)
⑵引導(dǎo)比較的介詞和介詞短語（也可以用來表原因）
In regard to? ：關(guān)于；考慮到
Eg: In regard to the great demands ofthe product, the manufacturers promised to produce more.
⑶in respect to 關(guān)于，考慮到
Eg: In respect to her begging, herhusband bought her a new dress.
⑷in relation to ： 關(guān)于，與…相比
Eg: woman’s earning are still low inrelation to man.
⑸in opposition to 與之相反
Eg: In opposition to your opinion, Ithink quite the opposite.
三．Popular phrases
1. This is a fashion you to the
minute/second..這是最新時(shí)尚。
2. Sunday Mr. Right （心上人）will come along and sweep off （橫掃）your feet.星期日，你的心上人就會(huì)使你神魂顛倒。
四．Supplementary exercises
1. This is middle school is attached_____ a normal college.
A. for????????? B. by
C. to?????????? D. in
分析：【C】
C.be attached to? 附屬的，隸屬于
2. Your failure in the finalexamination is due to the fact that you didn’t ____ enough importance to yourstudy.
A. attend?????? B. attack
C.attach??????? D.obtain
分析：【C】
C.attach importance to 把重點(diǎn)放在…，認(rèn)為…很重要
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?A very dear cat :一只貴重的寶貝貓
1. dear?親愛的
⑴daring?
[if !vml][endif]⑵honey
⑶sugar
⑷sweetheart
⑸candy
⑹Mr. right?如意郎君
⑺sugar report? 情書
2.kidnapper : 綁匪
① kidnap : 綁架
② hold sb for ransom ：以勒索贖金為目的綁架某人
put a price on sb’s head ：懸賞捉拿
abduct women and kids ：拐賣婦女兒童
swindle money out of sb ：拐騙錢財(cái)
defraud sb of money ：從某人那詐騙錢財(cái)
swindler ：騙子
⑴ political swindler ：政治騙子
imposter : sb who pretends to be someone
else.：冒名頂替者
cheat ：sb who is dishonest?
不誠實(shí)的人；騙子
⑴cheat on sb ：
?To be unfaithful to one’s husband or wife
對(duì)丈夫（或妻子）不忠
⑵trickster （耍把戲的）騙子
A fast-talking trickster ：油嘴滑舌的騙子
3. considerable adj. 相當(dāng)多的
⑴Considerable income : 收入可觀
Handsome income <-> meagerincome? ：收入菲薄
⑵Considerate ：very
thoughtful 體貼細(xì)致的
Eg: It is so considerate of you not toplay the piano while I was sleeping.
⑶tolerable?：可容忍的
??Tolerate? ：寬容大度
⑷respectable
A respectable old lady ：值得尊敬的老婦人
⑸respectful :
Be respectful to sb ：對(duì)…表示尊敬
⑹respective ：各自的
Eg: These ambitious young men have
their respective future dreams .這些有抱負(fù)的年輕人都有自己的夢(mèng)想。
4.wealthy 有錢的，有資產(chǎn)的
⑴ rich （口）
Rich in Vitamin C
富含維他命C的
Protein-rich food ：高蛋白事物
Rich blue ：a beautiful strong color 靚麗的藍(lán)色
⑵ opulent adj. 富足的
⑶ luxurious adj. 豪華奢侈的
A luxurious dining room
⑷well-off : to have enough money to have agood standard of living.
生活小康的，生活富裕的
⑸better-off
??Best-off? ：生活很富裕的
Eg: The government claims that peopleare better-off than they were five years ago.
⑹be loaded 腰纏萬貫的
⑺fat cat?有錢人
⑻have deep pockets? 有錢人
5. disappear v. 消失
⑴Disappear from view ：消失在視野中
Disappear from sight : 消失在視線中
Eg: Peter目送他心愛的人乘船慢慢消失在視野之中。Peter watched the boat with his sweet heart on it until itdisappeared from view.
⑵vanish?v.（突然）消失
Vanish into the air ：消失的無影無蹤，一掃而光
Eg: The little boy’s sorrow vanishedinto the air when he saw his prize dog come back.
當(dāng)這個(gè)小男孩看到他心愛的小狗回來后，他的煩惱一掃而光。
⑶gone with the wind ：隨風(fēng)而逝
6. anonymous adj.
（unknown by name ）沒署名的；匿名的
①An anonymous phone call 一個(gè)匿名的電話
②An anonymous letter ： 一個(gè)匿名信
③An anonymous donation ：沒有署名的捐贈(zèng)
⑴anonymity?n.
Under the anonymity ：沒有署名
⑵autonym: n. 真名
⑶pseudonym : 筆名
⑷an-（否定）not,without
anemia ：wand of blood? 貧血
anarchy ：without a monarch? 無政府
anecdote ：（not given out ）a story in private life ：奇聞異事
7.ransom? n.贖金
Hold sb for ransom
⑴bail n./v. 保釋金（人）
Pay （money）in bail for sb ：花錢保釋
v. bail sb out ：保釋出獄
⑵premium n. 保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)
⑶pension n. 退休金
⑷mortgage 抵押金（房產(chǎn)等）
8.withdraw? v.撤銷，取回
⑴withdraw the troops from the front
從前線撤軍
⑵withdraw oneself from society
隱退（不在社交界露面）
⑶withdraw a child from school
接孩子放學(xué)
⑷withdraw from the election
退出選舉
⑸withdraw a bill ：取消一項(xiàng)議案
⑹withdraw an order ：取消一項(xiàng)命令
⑺withdraw money ：取錢
⑻deposit v. 存款
Deposit money in the bank
⑼overdraw ：透支
⑽hot money : 短期貸款
⑾interest rate ：利率
9.Punctually adv. 準(zhǔn)時(shí)地
⑴Punctual adj
Be punctual for appointments ：準(zhǔn)時(shí)赴約
Be late for school
Be early for party
Break an appointment ：失約
Stand sb up ：放了某人的鴿子
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二． 課文講解
1. Be interested in sth
Show interested in sth
Take interested in sth
Lose interested in sth
Arouse sb’s interested in sth ：激起某人對(duì)某事的興趣= stimulate sb’s interested in sth
⑴supplement of oral English
How to ask if sb is interested is in
sth ：
Eg: Does bull fight appeal to you ?
斗牛能吸引你嗎？
Eg: Do you think golfing attracting?
你熱衷于高爾夫球運(yùn)動(dòng)？
Eg: Are you a film goer?
你是不是電影迷？
Eg: Are you keen on bowing?
你對(duì)保齡球很熱衷嗎？
Eg: Do you go for basketball ?
你喜歡打籃球嗎？
Eg: what turns you on ?
到底什么才能吸引你？
⑵be interested in ：同…有利害關(guān)系
Eg: Being interested in the matter , he
cannot arbitrate. 由于他與這件事有厲害關(guān)系，他不能裁決。
2.⑴avery wealthy old lady …
形容詞的修飾順序：越能描述事物本質(zhì)的詞就越要放到離中心名詞近的位置。
①a Chinese writing desk ： 一張中式寫字臺(tái)
②a dark brown Chinese writing desk：一張深褐色的中式寫字臺(tái)
③a big dark brown Chinese writing desk：一張寬大的深褐色的中式寫字臺(tái)
⑵a wonderful example of early Chinese architecture一個(gè)早期的中式的精美建筑物展示。
⑶share sth with sb
①share the same interest with sb ：二者有共同的興趣愛好。
②share the sorrow as well as joy with sb ：與某人分擔(dān)快樂與憂傷。
③shares?n.? （Br）股，股份
?Stock????? （Am）
Eg: He holds 50% shares in this
company. 他在公司里享有50%的股份。
3.⑴lead
an orderly life :過著有規(guī)律的生活
Lead a colorful life ：過著精彩的生活
Lead a mysterious life ：過著神秘的生活
⑵orderly?adj
orderly market ：規(guī)范的市場
a man with an orderly mind ：頭腦清晰的一個(gè)人
& Lead an orderly life
?同源賓語是英語在詞組層次上的一種特殊的同義重復(fù)。某些動(dòng)詞經(jīng)過名詞化，變成名詞而充當(dāng)原來動(dòng)詞的賓語。同源賓語在音韻上給人和諧之感，在修辭上給人以平衡之感。
dream a sweet dream ：做了一個(gè)美夢(mèng)
sleep a sound sleep : 甜甜的睡了一覺。
laugh a hearty laugh ：開懷大笑
smile a faint smile ：微微一笑
sigh a deep sigh ：深深嘆息
⑶①in the evenings ：inevery evening
每個(gè)晚上
②on Sundays ：每個(gè)星期天
at nights : 每個(gè)夜晚
in the mornings ：每天一大早晨
4.⑴be
home : 回家
Home adv.
①Strike home ：擊中要害
②Hit the nail on its head ：一針見血
③drive home ：tomake sb understood
??????????????講清楚，講透徹
④home free ：大獲成功
Eg: The whole project is now home free.
??整個(gè)工程告捷。
home page ：個(gè)人主頁
home crowd ：家鄉(xiāng)父老
⑵Eg ：Even it wasrather late, the cat could not have failed to come back home.
5.⑴hand? n.
①writer ：寫信人
②be in safe hands / be in good hands
在可靠人手中，（悉心照顧）
③hand ：in control/care
Eg: Don’t worry the kids are in goodhands
A firm hand ：嚴(yán)厲的管教
Eg: The naught boy needed a firm hand.
A free hand ：全權(quán)負(fù)責(zé)
A green hand ：生手
A help hand ：幫手
A right hand ：得力助手
A china hand ：中國通
⑵①but fearing 擔(dān)心，惟恐（表示原因狀語）
② afraid of …
Eg: But fearing to frighten the poorman,Mrs Richards quickly hid herself in the small storeroom under the stairs.
6.⑴“that”refers to ：
??“If she didn’t pay a ransom, she would
never see the cat again”
Eg: I’ve made it clear that I’m against
the plan 關(guān)于這一點(diǎn)我已說的很清楚了，我反對(duì)這個(gè)計(jì)劃。
⑵ follow one’s instructions ：聽從某人的指示
Follow one’s orders ：聽從某人的意愿
Follow one’s wishes
Follow one’s advice :聽從某人的建議
Follow one’s promise:信守諾言
Follow one’s nose ：跟著感覺走
7.⑴the
next morning =the following morning ：第二天早晨
The very next morning ：轉(zhuǎn)天大清早
⑵keep one’s word / promise ：信守諾言
Make a promise ：許諾
Carry out a promise ：履行諾言
Keep a promise
Break a promise :食言
⑶character 方塊字（象形文字）
3-charater scripture ：三字經(jīng)
Calligraphy ：書法
‘happiness’character：福字
⑷word ：字母文字
a man of his word ：信守諾言的人
a woman of her word
4-letter words ：strong language which is often made of 4 letters. 罵人的粗話
Fart 、shit、fuck、jerk
④ carry out to the letter ：事實(shí)照辦
Eg: The henpecked husband carried out
everything to his wife’s letter.這個(gè)“妻管嚴(yán)”的丈夫?qū)λ钠拮友月犛?jì)從。
8. ⑴lookwell
Well adj .healthy
Look healthy
Look fit
Fitness centre ：健身中心
Eg: How are you?
I’m very well.
I’m very good.（wrong）
⑵be dear to sb
Expensive and lovely
雙關(guān)語pun：
不同詞源在長期演化過程中，碰巧變得形式相同，意義不同，于是形成特有的pun，產(chǎn)生無窮無盡的humor,但譯成漢語很難同時(shí)保留原有的幽默感。
①同音同形異義
Eg: customer: This soup is spoiled?
?? Water:??who told you?
??customer: A little swallow.我嘗了一小口。
Eg: A: I thought the guy was gay.我認(rèn)為這個(gè)人蠻有意思的。
??B: He is not a gay .他好像不是一個(gè)同性戀。
??A: It’s not a gay, it’s just gay.
②同音異形異義（更具有不可翻譯性）
Eg: Seven days without water make one
weak（week）.七天不喝水會(huì)使人變得虛弱。
⑶considering …
就…而論，考慮到（介詞）
according to 根據(jù)
concerning 關(guān)于
regarding關(guān)于
respecting關(guān)于，鑒于
Eg: Respecting his serious illness, thedoctor decided to make an operation on him.
⑶in more ways than one 不僅如此（還有別的意義）
Eg: Education is paid too muchattention to, for the simple reason that it is important for anyone who wantsto find a job. But, actually it is essential in more ways than one.
Eg: The sticky business could have been
dealt with in more ways than one.這棘手的事情應(yīng)該多用一些方法解決它。
三．Popular phrases
1.play cat and mouse with ：對(duì)…搞貓戲老鼠的把戲；對(duì)…欲擒故縱
Eg: The police decided to play cat and
mouse with the thief.警察決定對(duì)那個(gè)小偷實(shí)行欲擒故縱的方法。
2.dog days? ：伏天；酷暑期
四．Supplementary exercise
1. Digestion _____ the necessarychemical changes in the food which must occur before it can be absorbed.
A. consists of????? B. consists in
C. consists with??? D. consists
?分析：【B】
B．consistin : lie in
A. consists of: be made up of 由…組成
C．consists
with：accord with
??消化的過程主要在于在食物被吸收之前的一系列必要的化學(xué)變化。
?Pioneer Pilots?????? 飛行員的先驅(qū)
一、單詞講解
1.pioneer n.先驅(qū)，先鋒，（軍）工兵
Eg: The pioneers of the women’s
Liberation Movement 女性解放運(yùn)動(dòng)的先驅(qū)
⑴-eer??…人（做某事）
①An auctioneer ：拍賣者
②A profiteer : （在戰(zhàn)時(shí)，混亂之際）囤積居奇者
③Frontier?: n.邊境，邊疆
Frontier disputes : 國際紛爭
The Frontier: 邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)
??An area where people have never lived there before, that not much isknown about, esp. in the western US before the 20th century.
以前從來沒有人居住過的，鮮為人知的。
Frontiersman ：拓荒者
④Father： n.創(chuàng)始者，鼻祖
Eg: Freud is the father ofpsychoanalysis.
弗洛伊德是心理學(xué)的創(chuàng)始者。
二．課文講解
1. offer a prize of ：提供（…錢）的獎(jiǎng)酬
Eg: The police offered a reward for any
information .警方懸賞獲取信息。
①Put money on sb’s head 懸賞捉拿
②Offer one’s hand to sb （to shake hands with）
Offer one’s life to the country ：把生命獻(xiàn)給祖國
Offer identity card ：出示身份證
Offer $500 for the horse ：出價(jià)500買這匹馬
③fly across ：飛越
④sail across ：橫渡
Eg: Titanic sailed across the icywaters of the north Atlantic.
⑤swim across 游過
⑥come across : 通過；遇上；碰到
Eg: I came across a new word .我遇到了一個(gè)生詞。
Eg: I came across an acquaintance.
我遇到了一個(gè)熟人。
2. Eg: The first attempt was not made untilover a year passed.
?Eg: The bell struck thirteen times before it stopped.
?Eg: He ran out of the room before they could stop him.他們還沒有來得及阻止他，他已經(jīng)跑出了屋子。
①over ：超過，…多（了）
Eg: You don’t seem a day over 20. 你看上去連20都沒有。
Eg: You don’t seem your age .
你看上去沒那么大。
②take off
⑴ 脫掉
①Take years off sb ：使之看上去年輕
Eg: Her slimming course seems to take
years off her. 她的減肥課程使她看上去年輕了許多。
②put years on sb : 使某人看上去老了許多。
Eg: His broken marriage put years on
him. 他的那場破碎的婚姻使他看上去老了許多。
⑵ 起飛（off：離開，動(dòng)身）
Draw off 撤離
Lift off （火箭，飛船）起飛，發(fā)射，升空
Set off : 出發(fā)
Kick off ：離開（口）（足球賽）開始比賽
Fly off : （輪子等）飛脫
3⑴.coast
n. the area where the land meets the sea （陸地與海岸相接）海岸
①Pacific coast ：太平洋海岸
②seashore /seaside : 海濱
③a seaside sanatorium ：海濱療養(yǎng)院
⑵Beach ：海灘，沙灘
Marine nature reserve ：海洋自然資源保護(hù)區(qū)
⑶? Hehad travelled only seven miles across the channel when his engine failed此句也可以改寫為：
He had travelled only seven milesacross the channel before his engine failed
⑷fail ：失敗，壞了
Eg: Words failed me when I met my
long-lost sister.我見到了多年未見的妹妹，激動(dòng)的說不出來話了。
Eg: The peace-talk failed .和談失敗
①fail to see ：used
to show that you are annoyed by something 我不明白，我不覺得
Eg: I fail to see anything wrong. 我覺得沒有什么錯(cuò)
②be broken ：出故障
?Break out
Something sucks （Am）（口語）什么東西壞掉了
Eg: The car sucks.我的車壞掉了。
Eg: Their marriage sucks. 他們的婚姻破裂了
Eg: My English sucks. 我的英語太糟糕了。
③force to land ：迫降
Forced landing （航空）緊急降落
Force a smile ：勉強(qiáng)一笑
Force sb’s hand ：不得不，被迫
?Tomake someone do something unwillingly or earlier than they had intended.
Eg: We didn’t want to raise our prices
but the fall in the dollar forced our hand.我們本不打算談價(jià)的，可是美元下跌使得我們不得不出此下策。
4.float on the water ：漂浮
Float ：to stay or move on the surface of water without sinking
⑴float on air ：興高采烈
?float on cloud：興高采烈
⑵fluctuate ：v. 價(jià)格波動(dòng)
Fluctuate wildly ：大幅波動(dòng)
⑶drift ：to moveslowly on water or in the air
漂流，漂移
Eg: The raft was drifting down the
river.木筏順著水流向下漂。
★drifter ：漂泊者，流浪漢
⑷pick up
★1. pick yourself up ：to get up from the ground after a fall. 摔倒后爬起來
Eg: Pick yourself up where you fall
down. 從哪里摔倒便從哪里爬起來。
★2. pick up after sb ：to tidy things that someone else has left untidy.
Eg: Who wants to get married and spendlife time picking up after some men?
★3. pick me up at 7：to collect sb 在7點(diǎn)鐘接某人
★4. pick up Lesson-20 ：學(xué)習(xí)了第二十課
Pick up a wallet lying on the ground ：撿起地上的錢包
5.⑴ ◆with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)
Eg1: Now he could walk only with
someone supporting him.他要靠別人的攙扶才能走路。
Eg2：Shesaid good-bye with tears in her eyes.
Eg3：Don’t
speak with your mouth full.說話的時(shí)候嘴里面不要塞滿了東西。
Eg4: He was thinking for a while with
eyes shuts. 他閉上眼睛想了一會(huì)。
Eg4：She
ran with beads of sweat running down her face. 他搞的滿天大汗。
6.■overland
adj. 陸上的
Overland flight :陸上飛行
⑴Overseas?adj.海外的
Overseas students ：海外學(xué)生
Overseas Chinese ：華僑
⑵overman?監(jiān)工，工頭
7.▲coverv.
⑴to travel a distance ：行走了…
①cover a lot of ground ：（travel a long way）走了很長的一段路
⑵覆蓋
②to spread over an area ：覆蓋的面積
Eg: China covered 9.6 million squarekilometers.
⑶ to report the details of sth for a
newspaper, television or radio.報(bào)道
Eg: cover the winter Olympics
⑷to pay money for ：付賬
①cover the bill ：買單
8. It looked as if there would be an excitingrace across the Channel.
▼as if/though
????⑴行非事實(shí)的比喻與夸張，所以它們引導(dǎo)的從句通常使用虛擬語氣。
Eg1:He works very hard as if he never intended
to sleep a wink.他工作的太賣力了，好像他根本就不需要睡覺。
Eg2:Those flowers looked as if they were
asleep in the hot sun.這些花在太陽下好像都要睡著了。
Eg3：He
talks as if he were a hero. 他說話的語氣好像他是個(gè)英雄似的。
⑵但as if /though 引導(dǎo)的從句表示一種實(shí)現(xiàn)可能性較大或說話人認(rèn)為接近事實(shí)，往往也用陳述語氣。
Eg: It looks as if the little twins aregoing to have another fight with each other.
●give up
Eg: He was willing to give up a long,normal life for a short, exciting life as a flier.
他愿用漫長的而平庸的一生去換取做一個(gè)飛行員的短暫而激動(dòng)人心的生活。
9.▲test
flight ：試飛
①take an IQ test ：接受智力測試
（IQ：intelligence
quotient）
②a nuclear test ：核試驗(yàn)
③test drive ：試車
④test pilot ：試飛員
⑤test match ：國際錦標(biāo)賽
★ local policeman ：當(dāng)?shù)鼐?/p>
① local time ：當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間
② local custom ：當(dāng)?shù)亓?xí)俗
③ local government ：當(dāng)?shù)卣?/p>
④ local news ：當(dāng)?shù)匦侣?/p>
local color ：地方特色
local anesthesia ：局部麻醉
10.◆withinhalf a mile of Dover
⑴with ：no more than
① within a mile of the town ：離城鎮(zhèn)一英里的地方
②45 miles south of? London：離倫敦城45英里的地方
三．Adage ：箴言
A well-known phrase that says somethingwise about human experience.
★1.If I saw further than other men, it wasbecause I stood on the shoulders of giants.
如果我看的比別人遠(yuǎn)的話，那是因?yàn)槲艺驹诰奕说募绨蛏稀?/p>
?????????? ———————Isaac Newton
★2. Jackie Cochran：
??She was the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.第一個(gè)進(jìn)行超音速飛行的女飛行員。
??※“Earth-bound souls know only thatunderside of the atmosphere in which they live. But go up higher, and the skyturns dark. High up enough and one can see the starts at noon.”I have. I havetraveled with the wind and the stars.
那些束縛在地面上的人只知道大氣層以下的世界，但是請(qǐng)往更高處走，天空就會(huì)變的黑暗，當(dāng)達(dá)到高度足夠高時(shí)，你可以在這里看到群星，我看到了。我曾經(jīng)和風(fēng)、星星一起旅行。
四、Supplementary exercises
1. American newspapers_____ from thesensational, which feature crime, sex, and gossip, to the serious, which focuson factual news and the analysis of world events.
A. cover?????? B.rate
C. range?????? D.rank
分析： 【C】
C. range from …to… 在…的范圍內(nèi)變化
題意為: 美國報(bào)紙范圍很廣，既有犯罪、性、傳言等聳人聽聞的消息，也有新聞及對(duì)世界大事進(jìn)行分析的嚴(yán)肅文章。
2. Just as the builder is skilled inthe handling of his bricks_____ the experienced writer is skilled in thehandling of his words.
A. as??????? B.thus
C. so??????? D. like
分析：【C】
C. 這是比較狀語從句
??Just as…so…是詞組，表示“正像…一樣也…”
題意為 ：正如建筑工人砌磚鋪瓦時(shí)得心應(yīng)手一樣，有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的作家遣詞造句時(shí)也應(yīng)用自如。
五、影片欣賞
Listening-------《Kramer vs. Kramer 》
??This is a movie about a family crisis which finally leads to a legalbattle over the custody of a child. It reflects the changes in a woman’s senseof her new social identity.
??Ted throws Billy into bed. The boy finally cries himself to sleep. Latein the evening, Ted comes into Billy’ room.
☆1.BILLY：Daddy?
☆2.TED：yep？（什么事？）
☆3.BILLY：I’m sorry.
☆4.TED：I’msorry.,too. I want you to go to sleep, because it’s really late.
☆5.BILLY：Daddy?
☆6.TED：Now what is
it ？（什么事？）
☆7.BILLY：Are you
going away?（你會(huì)離開我嗎？）
☆8.TED：No, I’m
staying right here with you. You’re not going to get rid of me that easy.（不會(huì)的，我會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)在你身邊陪著你。你才沒那么容易把我甩掉呢。）
☆9.BILLY：That’s why
Mommy left, isn’t it? Because I was bad? （這就是母親離開我的原因嗎？是不是因?yàn)槲也还?。?/p>
☆10.TED：Is that
what you think? No, no. That’s not it, Billy. Your Mom loves you very much.The
reason she left doesn’t have anything to do with you.（你真的是這么想的嗎？不是這么一回事，Billy。你媽媽非常愛你，你母親的離開和你一點(diǎn)關(guān)系都沒有。）
●have nothing to do with 與…沒關(guān)系
☆11.TED：I don’t know
whether this is going to make any sense, but I’ll try to explain it to you,
Okay?（我不知道這么說是不是能說得清楚，可是我還是要向你解釋一下。）
☆12.TED：I think
reason why Mommy left was because for a long time now I’ve kept trying to make
her be a certain kind of person, Billy.（我想你母親離開的原因是一直以來我都想把他塑造成某一類型的人）
☆13.TED：A certain
kind of wife that I thought that she was supposed to be, and she just wasn’t
like that.（她應(yīng)該成為一個(gè)賢妻良母式的人，可她并不是那樣的。）
☆14.TED：And now
that I think about it, I think that she’d tried for so long to make me happy.
And when she couldn’t, she tried to talk to me about it, see? But I wasn’t
listening because I was too busy or just too wrapped-up.（不過我在想你的母親正努力的使我高興，你知道嗎？當(dāng)她做不到這一點(diǎn)時(shí)，她就想和我一起交談，但是我不想聽，因?yàn)槲覍?shí)在是太忙了）
☆15.TED：Justthinking about myself and I thought that if I was happy that meant she washappy. But I think that underneath she was very sad.
（我只想到了我自己，我只以為我自己高興，她就會(huì)高興。但現(xiàn)在我想她的外表之下一定十分難過）
☆16.TED：Mommystayed here longer than she wanted to, I think, because she love you so much .And the reason why Mommy couldn’t stay any more was because she couldn’t standme , Billy. She didn’t leave because of you. She left because of me.
☆17.TED：Go to sleepnow because it is really late.
☆18.BILLY：Goodnight
☆19.TED：Sleeptight.
☆20.BILLY：Don’t letthe bedbugs bite
21.TED：See you in the morning light.
