新概念第二冊第58課

Lesson58Ablessingindisguise?Lesson58Ablessingindisguise?blessing

['blesi?]n.福分，福氣

disguise

[dis'ɡaiz]n.偽裝

tiny

['taini]adj.極小的

possess

[p?'zes]v.擁有

cursed

['k?:sid]adj.可恨的

increase[in'kri:s]v.增加

plant[plɑ:nt]v.種植

church

[t??:t?]n.教堂

evil

['i:v?l]adj.壞的

reputation

[.repju'tei??n]n.名聲

claim

[kleim]v.以......為其后果

victim['viktim]n.受害者，犧牲品

vicar

['vik?]n.教區(qū)牧師

source

[s?:s]n.來源

income

['ink?m]n.收入

trunk

[tr??k]n.樹干WordsNewwordsandexpressions:★blessingn.福氣,福分ablessingindisguise塞翁失馬blessv.v.保佑Godblessyou!=Blessyou!上帝保佑你Blessmycountry.保佑我的國家★

disguisevt.掩飾；假裝；隱瞞n.偽裝；假裝；用作偽裝的東西Hetriedtodisguisehisrealfeelings.indisguise穿著偽裝的awolfindisguise披著羊皮的狼,被偽裝的狼

Eg.Ithoughtmaybeyouwasapolicemanindisguise.★possess[p?'zes]vt.控制；使掌握；擁有；迷住possessoneself自制，鎮(zhèn)靜sb.possesssth.某人有某物possessionn.擁有,占有,所有,著迷,領(lǐng)土,領(lǐng)地,財產(chǎn)(常用復(fù)數(shù)),自制inone’spossession某人有某物★cursedadj.可恨的，被詛咒的curse

n.咒罵；詛咒vt.詛咒；咒罵vi.詛咒；咒罵★increasevt.增加add為vt；grow為vi★plantv.種植強(qiáng)調(diào)把東西給種下去planttree種樹(只是種,活不活不管)TreePlantingday植樹節(jié)growv.生長growsth.種莊稼(不但種,還要讓它生長)★churchn.教堂加the表示地點；church不加the和功能有關(guān)gotothechurch去教堂玩Iamatthechurch.在教堂玩gotochurch去教堂做禮拜Iamatchurch.做禮拜★eviladj.壞的=wickedadj.邪惡的★reputation[.repju'tei??n]n.名聲，名譽(yù)；聲望goodreputation良好聲譽(yù)badreputationn.壞名聲，臭名Synonymscredit(信用）,name,fame（好名聲）,celebrity（名聲，名人）,prestige（聲望，威望）★

claim[kleim]vi.提出要求vt.要求；聲稱；需要；認(rèn)領(lǐng)；索取，奪走n.要求；主張；索賠Theaccidentclaimedafewlives.★

source[s?:s]n.來源；水源；原始資料lightsource光源watersource水源datasource數(shù)據(jù)源，數(shù)據(jù)發(fā)送器resourcen.資源(一次又一次的來源，re-又)★income[‘ink?m]n.收入，收益；所得incometax所得稅incomegap收入差距personalincome個人所得，個人收入lowincome低收入DINK-丁克家族:D－double，I－income，N－no，K－kidsrevenue收入,國家的收入,稅收rentv.租，租借，出租；n.租金interestn.利息，利益bonusn.獎金,紅利allowancen.津貼,補(bǔ)助Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.Whydoesthevicarrefusetocutdownthetree?Probablybecausehedoesn’tbelievethestory,andanyway,thetreeisausefulsourceofincomeforthevillage.ThetinyvillageofFrinley

issaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.

Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.Sofar,notoneofthemhasbeenstruckdownbysuddendeath!【課文講解】1、ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.There/名詞主語/代詞主語+besaidtodosth.據(jù)說…（對不太有把握的事發(fā)表看法時一種謹(jǐn)慎的說法）ThereissaidtobeagreatdealofoilinAfrica.It’snotasoldasit’ssaidtobe.它并不像人們所說的那么古老。itissaidthat…據(jù)說……用于這種結(jié)構(gòu)的動詞除了say之外，還有believe，know，find，fear，think等：thetinyvillageofFrinley弗林利這個小村莊，其中介詞of表示的是同位關(guān)系：thecityofBeijing名叫北京的城市attheageoftwenty20歲時aheightofthreefeet三英尺的高度2、Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.mentionvt.提到,提及inanewspaper強(qiáng)調(diào)報紙里面的內(nèi)容onthenewspaper與報紙內(nèi)容無關(guān),如你自己在報紙上記了什么東西時用“on”anumberof…＝lotsof…許多……（后跟可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)，做復(fù)數(shù)看待，從前往后翻,強(qiáng)調(diào)后面的東西）thenumberof…的數(shù)量/總數(shù)（后跟可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)，但做單數(shù)看，從后往前翻,強(qiáng)調(diào)數(shù)量）3、Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.itis/was…（被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分that/who(m)+從句）萬能強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)gain＝get得到4、Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.英語中分號可以斷開兩個句子anyone任何人，與he相對應(yīng)Ifanyonewantedtogothere,hewilldosth.5、Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.sb.beaskedtodosth.被請求做某事，sb.做事havesth.done使某事被做，叫別人完成某事makesth.done讓某事被做Couldyoumakeyourselfknown?你能讓別人知道你嗎?(你的自我介紹)=Couldyouintroduceyourdself?你能自我介紹一下嗎?make的用法：make+賓語+賓補(bǔ)；make+sb.+do讓某人做某事；make+sth.+done讓別人做某事sofar迄今為止（常與現(xiàn)在完成時連用）6、Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.pointout=explain指出，解釋7、Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.inspiteof盡管，雖然；不顧，不管inspiteofallthat…=inspiteofwhat盡管……8、Sofar,notoneofthemhasbeenstruckdownbysuddendeath!notoneof＝noneof一個人也沒有……，單數(shù)≠nooneof（noone不能加of）bestruckdown被打倒（stikedown使……生重病，殺死）poverty-struck窮困潦倒（povertyn.貧窮,貧困,貧乏,缺少）【Specialdifficulties】IncreaseandGrowincreasevt.&vi.增加，增大，增長，增強(qiáng)Thefirmhasincreasedhissalary.growvi.增長，長，成長，生長grow＝increase(表示數(shù)量增長)Thenumberisincreasing/growing.GainandEarn