新概念英語課件NCE3-lesson36（共22張）

Lesson36

Achanceinamillion

ByLisa【Newwordsandexpressions】

■credulousadj.輕信的(修飾人)Youmustbecredulousifshefooledyouwiththatstory.連她那種話都能把你騙倒,你一定是太容易相信別人了。incredulous表示懷疑的,不相信的

Iamwhollyincredulousofthetruthofhisstory.我根本不相信他說的是真話。credible:可信的，可靠的（修飾事物）

Thestoryhetoldusiscredible.incredibleadj.不可信的,難以置信的Oldsuperstitionsseemincredibletoeducatedpeople.舊的迷信對于受過教育的人來說是不可思議的?！綨ewwordsandexpressions】

■improbableadj.不大可能的

Thisishighlyimprobable.這是完全不可能的。Thesenewfactsmakethetheoryimprobable.這些新出現(xiàn)的事實(shí)使這一理論變得荒謬?！鰋bscureadj.1.不出名的，不起眼的

TherearemanyobscurepoetsintheageofElizabeth.伊麗莎白時(shí)代有許多不知名的詩人。2.費(fèi)解的，難以理解的;模糊不清的

Forsomeobscurereason,hedecidedtogiveuphiswell-paidjob.3.不易看清的,暗淡的

Theroomistooobscureforreading.【Newwordsandexpressions】

■presumev.假定(根據(jù)過去的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和感覺作出決斷)presumesb(tobe)+n./adj.presumethat.

Themissingchildwaspresumed(tobe)dead.人們認(rèn)為那失蹤的孩子肯定死了。Thehouseisempty,Ipresumethattheyareawayonholiday.

assume:武斷的，把尚未證實(shí)的作為依據(jù)，與事實(shí)不相符合

Wecan'tassumeanythinginthiscase.在這種情況下我們不可能做出假設(shè)。suppose:最普通的用詞，猜想、陳述自己的看法

Isupposethatitwasmyfault.【Newwordsandexpressions】

■maidservantn.女仆，女傭manservant

n.男仆

■wickedlyadv.心眼壞地，居心叵測地

Shesmiledwickedly.

她不懷好意地笑著。

wicked.邪惡的,惡劣的;缺德的

Thatwaswickedofhim.他真邪惡。Whatwickedweather!天氣真糟糕！Itiswickedtomakeotherpeoplesuffer.讓別人受罪就是作惡?！綨ewwordsandexpressions】

■plotv.密謀plotwithsb與某人密謀

plotagainstsb密謀反對某人

plottodo密謀做Thecriminalswereplottingtorobthebank.n.陰謀，密謀ThepoliceexposedacriminalplottoassassinatethePresident.警察破了一個(gè)行刺總統(tǒng)的陰謀。■downfalln.倒臺(tái)，垮臺(tái)Variousfactorscontributedtohisdownfall.多種因素導(dǎo)致了他的垮臺(tái)?！綨ewwordsandexpressions】

■na?veadj.天真的1.幼稚的;無經(jīng)驗(yàn)的;單純的

It'snaiveofyoutobelievehe'lldowhathesays.相信他會(huì)言行一致,你未免太單純了。2.天真的;輕信的Don'tbesonaiveasto

betakeninbytheirlies.不要太輕信,以免被他們的謊言所欺騙?！鰑nacceptableadj.不能接受的Suchbehaviouristotallyunacceptable.這種行為完全不能接受。【Newwordsandexpressions】

■conspirev.（事件）巧合促成Theweatherandcartroubleconspiretospoilourvacation.Webothlostourjobsinthesameweek,wefeltthateverythingwasconspiringagainstus.

■resemblancen.相似Abears/has/showsaresemblancetoB:A與B相似Thegirlbearsacloseresemblancetohermother.

Yourstoryhasnoresemblancetothefacts.你的敘述與事實(shí)完全/幾乎不符。resemble

v.相似，類似

AresembleBinsth：A與B在某方面相似【Newwordsandexpressions】

■scornn.嘲弄，挖苦pourscornon

Hepouredscornonhiswife’ssuggestion.thinkscornof=lookdownuponscornful

adj.輕蔑的Heopenedthedoorwithascornfullookonhisface.他面帶輕蔑地開了門。Hisvoicewasscornfulintheextreme.他的聲音聽起來極端地輕蔑。【Newwordsandexpressions】

■acquaintv.使了解sb.beacquaintedwithsth.對……有所了解acquaintsb.with/ofsth.告之某人某事ThisbookacquaintsthestudentswiththeancientculturesofEurope.這本書幫助學(xué)生了解歐洲的古代文化。acquaintancen.1.相識(shí)的人,熟人,泛泛之交

Weareonlycasualacquaintances.我們只是泛泛之交。2.對…有了解,熟知,認(rèn)識(shí)Ihavenoacquaintancewiththisbook.【Newwordsandexpressions】

■reunitev.使團(tuán)聚reunitewithsb

/

getreunitedThemissingchildwasfoundbypoliceandreunitedwithhisparents.Thelong-lostbrothersgotreunitedafterhavingbeenseparatedforsomanyyears.1.Herattemptsto____herfathermayendveryunhappy.2.Theywere_____theoverthrowofthegovernment.3.Todayyouarepoor,_____anddisheartened,buttomorrowtheworldmayberingingwithyourname.4.Forsuchatinywomanshehadan____appetite.5.Thelawyer____himselfwiththedetailsofhisclient’sbusinessaffairs.6.InEnglishlaw,anaccusedmanis___tobeinnocentuntilheisprovedguilty.7.Wecanallleavetogether___thattheothersaren’tlate.8.Thereissome____betweentheaccountsoftheincident.1.reunite2.plotting3.obscure4.incredible5.acquainted6.presumed7.assuming8.resemblance【Text】

Wearelesscredulousthanweusedtobe.1)本句話=Wearenotsogullibleasweusedtobe.2)

are表示現(xiàn)在的情況

usedtobe過去的情況注意:謂語動(dòng)詞是be動(dòng)詞的時(shí)候用usedtobe,而不用usedto謂語動(dòng)詞是使役動(dòng)詞的時(shí)候用usedto對比：

Heworkslesshardthanheusedto.（使役動(dòng)詞）Wearenotsohonestasweusedtobe.（be動(dòng)詞）【Text】Inthenineteenthcentury,anovelistwouldbringhisstorytoaconclusionbypresentinghisreaderswith

aseriesofcoincidences--mostofthemwildlyimprobable.1)

bringsth.toaconclusion結(jié)束

擴(kuò)充：bringsth.toaclose(比較正式的)Theydecidedtobringthemeetingtoaconclusion.Itwasthemanagerwhobroughtthemeetingtoaclose.2)

presentsb.withsth.給某人提供某物=presentsth.tosb.

3)

aseriesofcoincidences：一系列巧合4)

wildlyimprobable=extremelyimprobable

【Text】Readershappilyacceptedthefactthatanobscuremaidservantwasreallythehero'smother.Along-lostbrother,whowaspresumeddead,wasreallyaliveallthetimeandwickedlyplottingto

bringaboutthehero'sdownfall.1)

這里的hero不是英雄的意思，而是“主人公”2)

Along-lostbrother

一個(gè)長期失散的弟弟3)

whowaspresumeddead=whowaspresumed（tobe）dead4)

wickedlyplotto…--居心叵測的密謀做某事5)bringabout:產(chǎn)生,引起

Modernsciencehasbroughtaboutgreatchangesinlife.【Text】Modernreaderswouldfindsuchnaivesolutiontotallyunacceptable.Yet,inreallife,circumstancesdosometimesconspiretobringaboutcoincidenceswhichanyonebutanineteenthcenturynovelistwouldfindincredible.1)

findsthtotallyunacceptable：覺得某事完全不能令人接受

findsth.interesting

覺得什么有意思

findsb.beautiful

覺得某人漂亮2)inreallife：在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中3)

do—加強(qiáng)語氣,really_4)

anyonebut除了

Theydidn’ttellthesecrettoanyonebuttheirwives.(只有妻子知道)【Text】WhenIwasaboy,mygrandfathertoldmehowaGermantaxidriver,FranzBussman,foundabrotherwhowasthoughttohavebeenkilledtwentyyearsbefore.Whileonawalkingtourwithhiswife,hestoppedtotalktoaworkman.1)

wasthoughttohavedone：被認(rèn)為已經(jīng)…2)

Whileonawalkingtour

=

Whilehewasonawalkingtour……

while后面省略了主謂結(jié)構(gòu)hewas在表示時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、條件、讓步等的狀語從句種，從句的主語如與主句的主語相同，常常省略從句的主語和謂語。3)

stoptodosth：停下來做某事【Text】Aftertheyhadgoneon,Mrs.Bussmancommentedontheworkman'scloseresemblancetoherhusbandandevensuggestedthathemightbehisbrother.

1)

commentonsth就...作出評論\評價(jià)--remarkon2)

closeresemblanceto與。。。極其相似3)

suggest在這里不表“建議”，不是”suggestthatsbshoulddo”在這里suggest表示“暗示，提醒說”，是用法’suggestthat’

【Text】Franzpouredscornontheidea,pointingoutthathisbrotherhadbeenkilledinactionduringthewar.ThoughMrs.Busssmanwasfullyacquaintedwiththisstory,shethoughtthattherewasachanceinamillionthatshemightberight.1)

pourscornon：嘲弄，看不起。。2)

pointoutthat：指出。。。。3)

bekilledinaction：陣亡4)

befullyacquaintedwith：對。。。相當(dāng)熟悉，對。。。耳熟能詳5)

therewasachanceinamillionthat：某事非常難得

onechanceinathousand可能性小Itisachanceinamilliontomeetyouhere.在這兒見到你可真是不容易呀【Text】Afewdayslater,shesentaboytotheworkmantoaskhimifhisnamewasHansBussman.Needlesstosay,theman‘snamewasHansBussmanandhereallywasFranz’slong-lostbrother.Whenthebrotherswerereunited,Hansexplainedhowitwasthathewasstillalive.1)sendsbtodosth：派遣某人去做某事2)

Needlesstosay自不必說

3)

bereunited：團(tuán)結(jié)4)

explainhowitwas…..解釋是怎么一回事

Ican’texplainhowitis(that)heisstillhere.【Text】Afterhavingbeenwoundedtowardstheendofthewar,hehadbeensenttohospitaland