新概念英語三講義44speed and comfort

Lesson

44Michael張明華positively

adv.positive

adj."It

was

him

-

Isaw

him

take

it."

"Are

youpositive

about

that?""Are

you

sure

it's

okay

forme

to

use

yourmother's

car?"

"Positive."Some

diets

may

be

positively

dangerous.The

instructions

were

not

just

confusing,they

were

positively

misleading.升級(jí)：sure升級(jí)：surelypositive

adj.最常見用法積極的，正面的She

tried

to

be

more

positive

abouthernew

job.His

family

have

been

a

very

positiveinfluence

on

him.反義詞：negativecompartment隔間交通工具上的包里的He

found

an

empty

first-class

compartment.The

bag

is

divided

into

separatecompartments.luggage

compartmentglove

compartmentcramped

adj.cramp

v/n.痙攣，束縛to

get

cramp

in

your

legTighter

trade

restrictions

might

crampeconomic

growth.We

have

six

desks

in

this

room,

so

we'rerather

cramped詞匯升級(jí)？crowdedstuffy

adj.stuff填，塞My

nose

is

stuffed

up.The

fridge

is

stuffed

to

bursting.It's

really

hot

and

stuffy

in

here

-

let's

openthewindow.詞匯升級(jí)？hot

(a

room)Which

place

do

you

think

is

cramped

andstuffy?monotonous

adj.It's

monotonous

work,

like

most

factoryjobs...All

they

had

to

offer

was

some

low-paidunskilled

monotonous

work.mono-=單獨(dú)11

世紀(jì)建造的著名的圣伯納德修道院位于離山口1

英里遠(yuǎn)的地方。The

famous

monastery

of

St.

Bernard,which

was

founded

in

eleventh

century,lies

about

a

mile

away.修道士們喜歡冬天，而不太喜歡夏天。因?yàn)樵诙?，他們可以更多地過無人打擾的生活。The

monk

prefer

winter

to

summer

forthey

have

more

privacy.It's

monotonous

work,

like

most

factoryjobs...All

they

had

to

offer

was

some

low-paidunskilled

monotonous

work.mono-=單獨(dú)壟斷

monopolymonotonous

adj.反義詞？variedrhythmI've

got

no

sense

of

rhythm,

so

I'materrible

dancer.The

boat

rocked

up

and

down

inrhythmwith

the

sea.lull

v.使……安靜，緩和She

was

lulled

to

sleep

by

thegentlerhythm

of

the

boat

in

thewater.The

motion

of

the

car

almost

lulled

her

tosleep.搖籃曲

lull+babylullabyWhat

will

lull

you

to

sleep

on

a

train?The

monotonous

rhythm

of

the

wheelsclicking

on

the

rails

can

lull

me

tosleep.click

v.擬聲詞Click

the

OK

button

to

start.I

clicked

on

the

link

to

the

next

page

of

theweb

site.The

monotonous

rhythm

of

the

wheelsclicking

on

the

rails

can

lull

me

to

sleep.擬聲詞+副詞/介詞短語咔噠咔噠地……How

was

your

sleep

last

night?snatch

n/v.一只鳥把蛇從地上抓起來，然后把它扔到了電線上。A

bird

had

snatched

up

the

snake

fromthe

ground

and

then

dropped

iton

to

thewires.a

snatch

of

musicI

only

caught

snatches

of

the

conversation.小片段During

the

day,

sleep

comes

in

snatches.白天是忽睡忽醒。sleeper

n.睡覺的人臥鋪車

沙發(fā)床

臥鋪枕木fumble

v.亂翻She

fumbled

in

her

pocket

for

ahandkerchief.She

was

fumbling

around

in

thedarklooking

for

the

light

switch.不及物動(dòng)詞在口袋里翻找某物fumble

in

the

pocket

for

sthinspection

n.“您總是趕這樣早的火車？”探長(zhǎng)問。'Do

you

always

catch

such

an

early

train?'asked

the

inspector

.After

the

crash

both

drivers

got

out

andinspected

their

cars

for

damage.She

held

the

bank

note

up

to

the

light

andinspected

it

carefully.可用于上級(jí)對(duì)下級(jí)的檢查inevitably

adv.inevitable

adj.in

+

evit

+

ableIt

was

an

inevitable

consequence

of

thedecision.The

accident

was

the

inevitableconsequence

of

carelessness.Their

arguments

inevitably

end

in

tears.destination

n.destiny

n.He

wants

to

be

in

control

of

his

owndestiny.We

arrived

at

our

destination

tired

andhungry.exhaust

v.Even

a

short

walk

exhausted

her.I'm

exhausted!詞匯升級(jí)？tiretired一旦抵達(dá)目的地，你總是疲憊不堪。.Inevitably

you

arrive

at

your

destinationalmost

exhaustedmotorway

n.=freeway

n.motor各種發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)engine交通工具的發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)The

pump

is

powered

by

a

small

electricmotor.Our

washing

machine

needs

a

new

motor.ferry

n.從撈起的一門大炮來看，船長(zhǎng)認(rèn)為那艘船一定是艘巡洋艦。cruiseWe

were

cruising

in

the

Caribbean

allwinter.詞匯升級(jí)travel

v.v.

乘交通工具游玩From

a

heavy

gun

that

was

raised,

thecaptain

realized

that

the

ship

must

havebeen

a

cruiser

.cruise

n.乘船去很多國(guó)家的旅行I'd

love

to

go

on

a

round-the-world

cruise.He

and

his

wife

were

planning

to

go

on

aworld

cruise...civilcivi=citizencivil

rightscivil

lawMany

a

rough

man

has

been

civilized

byhis

wife.Some

people

think

that

nuclear

war

wouldmean

the

end

of

civilization.civilservantcivilwarcivilize

v.這座古城肯定一度很繁榮，因?yàn)樗碛懈叨鹊奈拿鳎琓he

city

at

one

time

must

have

beenprosperous,

for

it

enjoyed

a

high

level

of

civilization

.翻譯賞析坐船旅行或環(huán)游可以得到文明世界的各種享受。Ferry

trips

or

cruises

offer

a

great

varietyof

civilized

comforts.spacious

adj.space

+iousThe

hotel

rooms

are

spacious

andcomfortable.The

house

has

a

spacious

kitchen

anddining

area.=roomyseasick

adj.I

felt

seasick,

so

I

went

up

on

deck

forsome

freshair.暈船vbe

seasickfeel

seasickWhat’s

the

matter

with

the

man

in

white?lose

one’s

sea

legspositivepositivelycompartmentcrampcrampedstuffstuffymonotonousrhythm積極的，正面的斷然地隔間痙攣，束縛擁擠的塞，東西窒悶的

單調(diào)的

節(jié)奏l(xiāng)ullclicksnatchsleeperfumbleinspectioninevitableinevitably使…安靜、緩和咔噠咔噠地…小片段臥鋪車亂摸（上對(duì)下）檢查不可避免的

不可避免地destinydestinationexhaustmotorwayferrycruisecivilizespaciousseasick命運(yùn)

目的地使精疲力竭高速路渡船乘船去很多國(guó)家的旅行使開化寬敞的暈船的positivepositivelycompartmentcrampcrampedstuffstuffymonotonousrhythm積極的，正面的斷然地隔間痙攣，束縛擁擠的塞，東西窒悶的

單調(diào)的

節(jié)奏l(xiāng)ullclicksnatchsleeperfumbleinspectioninevitableinevitably使…安靜、緩和咔噠咔噠地…小片段臥鋪車亂翻（上對(duì)下）檢查不可避免的

不可避免地destinydestinationexhaustmotorwayferrycruisecivilizespaciousseasick命運(yùn)

目的地使精疲力竭高速路渡船乘船去很多國(guó)家的旅行使開化寬敞的暈船的TextWhat

is

it

like

in

a

train

compartment?Why

is

it

difficult

to

read

on

a

train?What’s

the

usual

situation

of

carjourney?In

what

premise

can

you

enjoy

ferrytrips

orcruises?Are

people

willing

to

sacrifice

holidaytime

for

the

pleasure

of

travelling

bysea？People

travelling

long

distances

frequentlyhave

to

decide

whether

they

wouldprefer

to

go

by

land,

sea,

or

air.出遠(yuǎn)門的人常常需要決定是走旱路、水路，還是坐飛機(jī)。=by

train/

ship/

planeHardly

anyone

can

positively

enjoy

sittingin

a

train

for

more

than

a

few

hours.很少有人能夠真正喜歡坐幾個(gè)小時(shí)以上的火車。It

is

almost

impossible

to

take

yourmindoff

the

journey.想擺脫開旅途的困擾是很難的。take

A’s

mind

off

B使A不想B我整天想你。I

can’t

take

my

mind

off

you.窗外的景色使她忘記了上課The

scenes

outside

the

window

took

hermind

off

the

class.周末的旅游可以讓你暫時(shí)忘記工作壓力。A

trip

over

weekend

can

take

your

mind

offthe

working

pressure.Reading

is

only

a

partial

solution,

for

themonotonous

rhythm

of

the

wheelsclicking

on

the

rails

soon

lulls

youtosleep.看書只能解決部分問題。車輪與鐵軌間單調(diào)的嘎喳聲很快就會(huì)送你進(jìn)入夢(mèng)鄉(xiāng)。partial

adj.part

+

ial不全面客觀的The

patient

may

only

make

a

partialrecovery.A

newspaper

made

an

entirely

partialreport

on

theconflict.Reading

is

only

a

partial

solution,

for

themonotonous

rhythm

of

the

wheelsclicking

on

the

rails

soon

lulls

youtosleep.看書只能解決部分問題。車輪與鐵軌間單調(diào)的嘎喳聲很快就會(huì)送你進(jìn)入夢(mèng)鄉(xiāng)。During

the

day,

sleep

comes

in

snatches.白天是忽睡忽醒，If

you

are

lucky

enough

to

get

a

sleeper,you

spend

half

the

night

staring

at

thesmall

blue

light

in

the

ceiling,

or

fumblingto

find

you

ticket

forinspection.即使你走運(yùn)弄到一個(gè)臥鋪，夜間有一半時(shí)間你會(huì)盯著車頂那盞小藍(lán)燈而睡不著覺；要不然就為查票摸索你的車票。stare

v.Don't

stare

at

people

like

that,

it's

rude.During

the

press

conference,

each

boxertried

to

stare

the

other

down.用力盯著近義詞？

gazeInevitably

you

arrive

at

your

destinationalmost

exhausted.一旦抵達(dá)目的地，你總是疲憊不堪。成分？分詞做狀語結(jié)果狀語理查茲夫人朝他走去，只見他“砰”的一聲關(guān)上門逃走了。When

Mrs.

Richards

walked

towardshim,he

fled,

slamming

the

door

behindhim.我打開柜門，站在柜門前一下驚呆了。I

opened

the

cupboard

door

and

thenstood

in

frontof

it

petrified

.Long

car

journeys

are

even

less

pleasant,for

it

is

quite

impossible

even

to

read.乘汽車作長(zhǎng)途旅行則更加不舒服，因?yàn)檫B看書都幾乎不可能。給比較級(jí)加強(qiáng)語氣給不定式加強(qiáng)語氣On

motorways

you

can,

at

least,

travelfairly

safely

at

high

speeds,

but

moreoften

than

not,

the

greater

part

of

thejourney

is

spent

on

roads

withfewservice

stations

and

too

much

traffic.在公路上還好，你至少能以相當(dāng)快的速度安全地向前行。但旅行的大部分時(shí)間都花在路上，而且只有很少的服務(wù)設(shè)施，交通也很擁擠。Behind

many

successful

men

there

is,more

often

than

not,

a

womanwhomakes

this

success

possible.詞匯升級(jí)？usually他上班往往遲到。More

often

than

not,

he

is

late

forwork.OOOOO

XXXOOOOO

XXXXXas

often

as

notBy

comparison,

ferry

trips

or

cruises

offera

great

variety

of

civilized

comforts.相比之下，坐船旅行或環(huán)游可以得到文明世界的各種享受。他堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為，凌晨雄雞第一聲啼叫，黎明時(shí)分小鳥吱喳歡叫，冉冉升起的朝陽(yáng)染紅樹木、牧場(chǎng)，此番美景無與倫比。Nothing

can

be

compared

,

he

maintains,with

the

first

cockcrow,

the

twittering

ofbirds

at

dawn,

the

sight

of

the

rising

sunglinting

on

the

trees

and

pastures.comparison

n.compare

v.My

problems

are

almost

nothingbycomparison

with

yours.The

UK

is

tiny

by

comparison

with

the

US.與……相比by

comparisonwith…可以不用考慮主動(dòng)被動(dòng)

paring/compared

with…You

can

stretch

your

legs

on

the

spaciousdecks,

play

games,

meet

interestingpeople

and

enjoy

good

food

--

alwaysassuming,

of

course,

that

the

sea

iscalm.你可以在甲板上伸展四肢、做游戲，還能也很見到各種有趣的人，能享用各種美味佳肴——當(dāng)然，這一切只有在大海風(fēng)平浪靜的情況下才有可能。assuming

that…引導(dǎo)條件assuming

that…Assuming

that

your

application

is

accepted,are

you

going

to

quit

the

presentjob?假定你在這件事上是對(duì)的，我們?cè)撛趺崔k？Assuming

that

you

are

right

about

this,what

shall

we

do?詞匯升級(jí)？ifIf

it

is

not,

and

you

are

likely

to

get

seasick,no

form

of

transport

could

be

worse.如果大海肆虐起來，你就可能暈船，那種難受勁兒是任何一種別的旅行的方式都不會(huì)帶來的。間接表示最高級(jí)的方法？否定比較級(jí)If

it

is

not,

and

you

are

likely

to

get

seasick,no

form

oftransport

could

be

worse.如果大海肆虐起來，你就可能暈船，那種難受勁兒是任何一種別的旅行的方式都不會(huì)帶來的。間接表示最高級(jí)的方法？否定比較級(jí)Even

if

you

travel

in

ideal

weather,

seajourneys

take

a

long

time.即使風(fēng)平浪靜，坐船旅行也要占用很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。Relatively

few

people

are

prepared

tosacrifice

holiday

time

for

the

pleasure

oftravelling

by

sea.沒有多少人會(huì)為享受坐船旅行的樂趣而犧牲假期的時(shí)間。洞穴勘查——或洞穴勘探——是一項(xiàng)比較新的體育活動(dòng)。Cave

exploration,

or

pot-holing,

as

it

hascome

to

be

known,

is

a

relativelynew

sport.他的新電影中相對(duì)來講沒有什么暴力。There

is

relatively

little

violence

in

hisnewfilm.Relatively

few

people

are

prepared

tosacrifice

holiday

time

for

the

pleasure

oftravelling

by

sea.沒有多少人會(huì)為享受坐船旅行的樂趣而犧牲假期的時(shí)間。People

are

not

really

prepared

to

talkabout

this

kind

of

personal

problems.=be

willing

to…Paragraph

2intimidate

v.in

+timid+ateThey

were

accused

of

intimidating

peopleinto

voting

forthem.She

refused

to

be

intimidated

by

theirthreats.詞匯升級(jí)？frighten,

scaretimid

adj.He

stopped

in

the

doorway,

too

timid

to

goin.膽小如鼠as

timid

as

a

rabbitdisadvantage

n.我想除我之外，想利用快車之便的也一定大有人在。I

reflected

that

there

must

be

a

great

manylocal

people

besides

myself

who

wishedto

take

advantage

of

this

excellentservice.exhilarating

adj.Speed

had

always

exhilarated

him.Dan

felt

strangely

exhilarated

by

the

day'sevents.My

first

parachute

jump

was

an

exhilaratingexperience.exhilarated

adj.exhilarate

v.ex

+

hilar

+

ate（hi啦）excitingexcitedexciteescapist

n.escape

v.No

doubt,

some

will

say

it

is

dreamy,escapist,

or

utopian.毫無疑問,有人會(huì)說這是不切實(shí)際、逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)或?yàn)跬邪钍降南敕?。sip

v.小口喝She

sat

there,

sipping

at

her

tea.He

slowly

sipped

his

wine.詞匯升級(jí)？drink茶很燙，慢點(diǎn)喝。The

tea

is

very

hot,

so

sip

it

slowly.champagne

n.refinement

n.refine

v.re

+finethe

process

of

refining

oil

/sugarShe

has

refined

her

playing

techniqueovertheyears.These

refinements

have

increased

themachine's

accuracy

by

25%.詞匯升級(jí)？refinement

n.What

do

you

think

can

be

a

refinement

ofa

long

journey?Watching

a

film

or

sipping

champagne

canbe

a

refinement

of

a

long

journey.breathtaking

adj.讓人大喘氣的（可褒可貶）take

abreatha

breathtaking

view

of

the

mountainsThe

scene

was

one

of

breathtaking

beauty.動(dòng)詞詞組反向重組(L7)？safekeepinghorse

ridingsoar

v.騰飛soaring

costs

/

prices

/

temperaturesAll

night

long

fireworks

soared

into

the

sky.詞匯升級(jí)？flyWhat

can

you

think

of

when

referring

tothe

word

“soar”?effortlessly

adv.effortless

adj.effort

n.Youcan't

expect

to

have

any

friends

if

youdon't

make

any

effort

with

people.When

you

watch

her

dance

it

looks

soeffortless.She

runs

so

effortlessly

as

if

it's

theeasiest

thing

in

the

world.easyeasilylandscape

n.-scape

=

view/sceneseascapemoonscapecityscapefresh

adj.Is

this

milk

fresh?Fresh

towels

are

provided

every

day.I

managed

to

sleep

on

the

plane

andarrived

feeling

as

fresh

as

a

daisy.uncrumpled

adj.crumple

v.（使）扭曲，（使）褶皺She

crumpled

the

letter

up

into

a

ball

andthrew

it

on

thefire.Her

face

crumpled

up

and

she

burst

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the

advantage

anddisadvantage

of

travelling

by

air?What

else

can

keep

you

occupiedbesides

the

service?Why

can

you

read

and

have

agoodsleep

during

a

plane

journey?What’s

the

biggest

advantage

oftravelling

by

air?Aeroplanes

have

the

reputation

of

beingdangerous

and

even

hardened

travellersare

intimidated

by

them.飛機(jī)以危險(xiǎn)而著稱，連老資格的旅行者也怕飛機(jī)。A以B而著稱A

have

the

reputation

of

(being)

BThe

company

has

a

worldwide

reputationofquality.They

also

have

the

disadvantage

of

beingan

expensive

form

of

transport.飛機(jī)另一個(gè)缺點(diǎn)是昂貴。A的缺點(diǎn)是BA

have

the

disadvantage

of

(being)BBut

nothing

can

match

them

for

speed

andcomfort.但就速度與舒適而言，飛機(jī)是無與倫比的。就B而言，A是無與倫比的nothing

can

match

A

for

B“卡蒂薩克”號(hào)是帆船制造史上建造的最快的一艘帆船。唯一可以與之一比高低的是

“塞姆皮雷”號(hào)帆船。The

Cutty

Sark

was

one

the

fastest

sailingships

that

has

ever

been

built.

The

onlyother

ship

to

match

herwastheThermopylae.Travelling

at

a

height

of

30,000

feet,

farabove

the

clouds,

and

at

over

500

milesan

hour

is

an

exhilarating

experience.騰云駕霧，在30，000

英尺高空以500

英里的時(shí)速旅行，這種經(jīng)歷令人心曠神怡。You

do

not

have

to

devise

ways

of

takingyour

mind

off

the

journey,

for

anaeroplane

gets

you

to

your

destinationrapidly.你不必想辦法去擺脫旅途的困擾，因?yàn)轱w機(jī)會(huì)迅速地把你送到目的地。他們?cè)O(shè)計(jì)數(shù)以百計(jì)的競(jìng)賽，競(jìng)賽中有人可贏得巨額獎(jiǎng)金。They

devise

hundredsofcompetitionswhich

will

enable

us

to

win

huge

sumsofmoney.For

a

few

hours,

you

settle

back

in

adeeparmchair

to

enjoy

the

flight.幾小時(shí)之內(nèi)，你躺在扶手椅上，享受著旅途的歡樂。與sit區(qū)別？半坐半躺(為了舒服)Settle

down

on

the

sofa,

and

I’ll

bring

youa

cup

ofcoffee.He

settle

in

front

of

the

television

afterdinner.The

real

escapist

can

watch

a

film

and

sipchampagne

on

some

services.真正會(huì)享受的人還可以在某些航班上看一場(chǎng)電影和喝香檳。There

is

a

train

service

to

Londoneverythirty

minutes.But

even

when

such

refinements

arenotavailable,

there

is

plenty

to

keepyouoccupied.即使沒有這些消遣條件，也總是有事可做。He

kept

himself

occupied

with

playingcomputer

games

during

the

journey.He

is

now

fully

occupied

with

writinghisreport.相隔不一會(huì)兒，一個(gè)男子也帶來一個(gè)大餅干，那個(gè)餅干把汽車的行李箱擠得滿滿的。A

little

later,

a

man

came

along

with

abiscuit

which

occupied

the

whole

bootof

his

car.What’s

your

spare-time

hobby?To

keep

myself

occupied,

I

often…If

the

landscape

is

hidden

from

view,

youcan

enjoy

the

extraordinary

sight

ofunbroken

cloud

plains

that

stretch

outfor

miles

before

you,

while

the

sunshines

brilliantly

in

a

clear

sky.如果這種景色被遮住了，你可以觀賞一下展現(xiàn)在你面前的、一望數(shù)英里的、連綿不斷的