新概念英語第三冊(cè) Lesson 19 A very dear cat 講義

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Part1:Text

KidnappersarerarelyinterestedinAnimals,buttheyrecentlytookconsiderableinterestinMrsEleanorRamsay'scat.MrsEleanorRamsay,averywealthyoldlady,hassharedaflatwithhercat,Rastus,foragreatmanyyears.Rastusleadsanorderlylife.Heusuallytakesashortwalkintheeveningsandisalwayshomebyseveno'clock.Oneevening,however,hefailedtoarrive.MrsRamsaygotveryworried.Shelookedeverywhereforhimbutcouldnotfindhim.

ThreedayafterRastus'disappearance,MrsRamsayreceivedananonymousletter.ThewriterstatedthatRastuswasinsafehandsandwouldbereturnedimmediatelyifMrsRamsaypaidaransomof撤退到

Shewithdrewtoaninnerroom.她退入內(nèi)室。

Theyhavewithdrawntoasaferarea.他們已經(jīng)撤退到更為安全的地帶。

★punctuallyad.準(zhǔn)時(shí)地

Punctuallyattheappointedtime,thegongwassounded.

到了指定的時(shí)間，鑼聲準(zhǔn)時(shí)地響了起來。

形容詞：punctualadj.

punctualtotheminute準(zhǔn)時(shí),一分不差

★astound[s'taund]v.使吃驚

beastounded

Jerrywasastoundedtoreadyourletter.

Jerry看了你的信大吃一驚。

Part3:Notesonthetext

★KidnappersarerarelyinterestedinAnimals,buttheyrecentlytookconsiderableinterestinMrsEleanorRamsay'scat

beinterestedinsth.對(duì)····感興趣

*considerable，在形容人時(shí)，表示某人的重要性；修飾事物時(shí)，表示相當(dāng)多，大量的，一般接不可數(shù)名詞。

★MrsEleanorRamsay,averywealthyoldlady,hassharedaflatwithhercat,Rastus,foragreatmanyyears.

1.MrsEleanorRamsay,averywealthyoldlady同位語，指同一個(gè)人

2.agreatmany+復(fù)數(shù)形式許多，大量的

★Rastusleadsanorderlylife.Heusuallytakesashortwalkintheeveningsandisalwayshomebyseveno'clock.

1.leada+adj+life過···的生活

leadasimplelife過著簡(jiǎn)單的生活

Janeledasimplelifeandsheenjoyedit.

2.takeawalk散步

Jerrytakesawalkeverymorning.

★Oneevening,however,hefailedtoarrive.MrsRamsaygotveryworried.Shelookedeverywhereforhimbutcouldnotfindhim.

1.failto+v原形失敗做某事，沒有···

2.lookfor尋找

Iamlookingforanolddress.

★ThewriterstatedthatRastuswasinsafehandsandwouldbereturnedimmediatelyifMrsRamsaypaidaransomof&1000.

1.beinsafehands

beinsafehands在可靠人手中，此處hands用來指人。

2.payarandomof交多少贖金

★MrsRamsaywasinstructedtoplacethemoneyinacardboardboxandtoleaveitoutsideherdoor.

1.intructsb.todosth吩咐/囑咐···做某事，文中用了此結(jié)構(gòu)的被動(dòng)語態(tài)。to后面一般接補(bǔ)足語。

例：HismotherintructedhimtofinishthehomeworkbeforeMonday.

HewasintructedtofinishthehomeworkbeforeMonday.

2.cardboard硬紙板

Theboxismadeofcardboard.

★Atfirst,shedecidedtogotothepolice,butfearingthatshewouldneverseeRastusagain--theletterhadmadethatquiteclear--shechangedhermind.

1.atfirst首先，最開始

2.decidetodosth.決定做某事

Jerrydecidedtogotothemarketlatertoday.

否定形式：decidenottodosth.

★Shewithdrew&1000fromherbankandfollowedthekidnapper'sinstructions.Thenextmorning,theboxhaddisappearedbutMrsRamsaywassurethatthekidnapperwouldkeephisword.

1.withdraw參考前面單詞用法

follow跟隨，聽從；最簡(jiǎn)單的用法，followme！跟我來

2.thenextmorning第二天早上

nextmorning是明天上午的意思，用于一般時(shí)態(tài)；

thenextmorning是第二天上午，可用于過去和將來時(shí)。

3.keepone'sword遵守承諾

★Sureenough,Rastusarrivedpunctuallyatseveno'clockthatevening.Helookedverywell,thoughhewasratherthirsty,forhedrankhalfabottleofmilk.ThepolicewereastoundedwhenMrsRamsaytoldthemwhatshehaddone.

1.sureenough果真，果然，可以單獨(dú)使用

Isaidhe’dforget,andsureenoughhedid.我說他會(huì)忘記，他果然就忘了。

2.arriveat到達(dá)

3.astound參考前面單詞用法

★SheexplainedthatRastuswasverydeartoher.Consideringtheamountshepaid,hewasdearinmorewaysthanone!

1.dear用法

2.condidering考慮到

同樣的用法還有accordingto等

3.inmorewaysthanone

inmorewaysthanone不僅如此，還有別的意思/方面/方式