新概念英语第三册课文精解(41)

新概念英语第三册课文Lesson 41

一、【Text】课文

　　The quiet life of the country ahs never appealed to me. City born and city bred. I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a train window, or something you occasional visit during the weekend. Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country. Though they extol the virtues of the peaceful life, only one of hem has ever gone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months. Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life. He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere, the closeness to nature and the gentle pace of living. Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cockcrow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures. This idyllic pastoral scene is only part of the picture.(暂不提供全部内容)

　　二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语

　　●illusion n. 幻想，错觉

　　●pastoral adj. 田园的

　　●breed v. 培育

　　●rapture n. 欣喜

　　●extol v. 赞美，颂扬

　　●superior adj. 优越的

　　●cockcrow n. 鸡叫

　　●twitter v. (鸟)吱吱叫，喊喊喳喳叫

　　●glint v. 闪烁

　　●pasture n. 牧场

　　●idyllic adj. 田园诗的

　　●virtually adv. 几乎;差不多

　　●dubious adj. 可疑的，怀疑的

　　●privilege n. 特权

　　●misery n. 苦难

　　●acquaintance n. 熟人

　　●treat n. 难得的乐事，享受

　　●dweller n. 居住者

　　●stagger v. 摇晃;蹒跚

　　●exotic adj. 寻乎寻常的，外来的

　　●glow n. 白炽光

　　●descend v. 下落，降临

　　●tuck v. 缩进，隐藏

　　●obstinately adv. 固执地，顽固地

　　◆illusion n. 幻想，错觉

　　under illusion that / under the impression that

　　I am under the impression that you are honest.

　　We live under the illusion.

　　I am under the impression that he will help me every day.

　　under no illusion that

　　We live under no illusion that country life is beautiful.

　　have illusion about / have no illusion about

　　delusion 幻觉，(精神病人)

　　Eg: He is under the delusion that somebody will kill him tomorrow.

　　He lives under the delusion that he will be killed sometime.

　　vision 憧景

　　Eg: I live under the vision that I have a bright future.

　　illusioned adj.充满幻想的

　　Eg: The world of children is illusioned.

　　illusionary adj. 错觉的，幻觉的

　　Eg: Don’t believe in him. What he said is illusionary picture.

　　illusive adj. 虚假的，不可靠的

　　Eg: What he described was illusive. Don’t depend on him any more.

　　imaginary

　　imaging

　　Eg: I can’t imagine building Great Wall.

　　imaginary 虚构的

　　Eg: The story is imaginary, Don’t be taken in.

　　imaginary

　　The story is imaginary. Don’t be taken in.

　　imaginative 富有想像力的

　　Children are more imaginative than adults.

　　unimaginative 缺乏想像力的

　　imaginable 能想像得出的，(须放在被修饰词之后)

　　This is the idea / way imaginable.

　　imaginary / imaginative / imaginable / unimaginatice

　　We are imaginative

　　illusionary / imaginary 虚构的

　　◆pastoral adj. 田园的

　　◆breed v. 培育

　　vt. breed / bred / bred

　　breed / raise / bring up / rear

　　raise /breed pets

　　raise / breed dogs.

　　Do you raise dogs?

　　educate

　　As a mother, you must breed good manners into your child.

　　rear 抚养，

　　I must rear the child because I have the duty.

　　He rears / breeds / raises two dogs.

　　grow / plant tree

　　cause / lead / result in / give rise to

　　War breeds misery and ruin. 战争导致毁灭和悲惨。

　　Your carelessness bred the accident

　　breed in and in 近亲结婚，同种繁殖

　　breed out and out 非近亲结婚，异种繁殖

　　breed / raise / bring up / cause

　　◆rapture n. 欣喜

　　great joy / delight

　　At the news, they are in raptures.

　　At the news, they are great delighted.

　　in raptures(about/ over sth. ) (对……) 欣喜若狂

　　I am in raptures about the new book.

　　go into raptures(over/ about/ at sth. ) (对……)感到非常的高兴!

　　He went into raptures when he heard the good news.

　　joy / happiness

　　We have a good time and we are full of happiness.

　　delight 高兴，喜悦，程度强于joy, 但不如rapture，也不如rapture那么正式，

　　I feel delighted == I am in raptures

　　ecstasy 入迷;狂喜

　　He is in ecstasy.

　　enchant v enchantment 入迷，

　　He was enchanted in thoughts.

　　elation 兴高采烈;得意洋洋

　　He has got the feeling of elation.

　　bliss 极乐;无尚的幸福

　　Nothing in the world can make you happier than bliss.

　　A sound sleep is my bliss

　　glee 欢乐，高兴，欢心 (诗歌中)

　　rapture / in raptures / go into raptures / joy / happiness / delight / ecstasy

　　/ enchantment / elation / bliss / glee

　　◆◆◆extol v. 赞美，颂扬

　　vt. praise

　　I can’t find a good word to praise you / your ability.

　　I want to extol the virtues of human beings.

　　compliment v. & n. 恭维

　　Do you often compliment ...?

　　exalt 赞扬，歌颂，吹捧

　　You disgust me. why do you extol such a stupid person.

　　laud 赞美

　　I want to do nothing but laud you.

　　What do you want to laud me?

　　I want to laud your beauty, ability and your wealth.

　　extol / praise / compliment / exalt / laud

　　◆superior adj. 优越的

　　better than the average

　　无比较级和最高级

　　be superior to 比…优越

　　In my opinion, town life is superior to country life.

　　interior

　　be interior to 比…低，不如…

　　Country life is superior to city life

　　superior / interior

　　senior

　　senior high school

　　junior

　　The word is basic

　　junior high school

　　senior /junior

　　posterior / prior 后于/ 先于

　　This work is prior to that one.

　　of no confidence / importance / significance

　　It should be inferior to that one.

　　superior / inferior / senior / junior / posterior / prior

　　be prior to

　　◆cockcrow n. 鸡叫

　　◆twitter v. (鸟)吱吱叫，喊喊喳喳叫

　　◆glint v. 闪烁

　　shine / flash / glitter

　　flash 表示忽明忽暗的闪光，也可以指反光镜反出来的光线

　　Eg: A lighthouse is flashing in the distance.

　　glim 表示透过某种媒介而透出来的光线，比如透过茫茫大雾的光芒

　　Eg: Through the fog, we saw a lighthouse glimming.

　　glint 表示迅速闪烁的微弱的光，比如阳光下闪烁的露水光

　　Eg: The sun glinted through the leaves.

　　glisten 潮湿的物体上所反射的光泽，或是柔弱的光辉

　　Eg: The white snow glistened in all the colors of rainbow.

　　flicker 表示蜡烛或油灯在即将熄灭时的所发出的摇曳的光

　　Eg: On the cold night, I sat in front of the only one candle which was flickering.

　　flash / glim / glint / glisten / flicher

　　◆pasture n. 牧场

　　◆idyllic adj. 田园诗的

　　He is leading an idyllic life

　　◆virtually adv. 几乎;差不多

　　◆dubious adj. 可疑的，怀疑的

　　doubtful / uncertain / questionable / suspicious / sceptical

　　dubious

　　be dubious about/of 对…怀疑,对…不肯定，主要表示不肯定的，不确定的

　　doubt / suspect

　　Eg: I suspect that he stole the car last night. 语气较肯定的猜疑

　　I doubt whether he stole the car. 语气不太肯定

　　suspicious / doubtful

　　Cats are suspicious of human beings.

　　I am not sure about your ability to do so.

　　I am doubtful of your ability.

　　I am dubious about your ability.

　　questionable强调质疑，有问题的，值得争议的

　　This is a questionable conclusion / decision.

　　sceptical 怀疑论的，怀疑的 (正式用法)

　　suspicious

　　Your idea is sceptical.

　　dubious / dubious about ( of ) / doubtful / uncertain / suspicious / sceptical / questionable

　　◆privilege n. 特权

　　◆misery n. 苦难

　　◆acquaintance n. 熟人

　　◆treat n. 难得的乐事，享受

　　be one's treat

　　1.…请客 == sb. stand treat

　　Eg: Let's go to have dinner. It's my treat

　　treat sb. to

　　take sb. to dinner

　　Eg: It’s my pleasure to take you to dinner.

　　stand treat

　　I stand treat 我作东。

　　2. 对待

　　treat sb. as

　　I treat him as my best friend.

　　treat with sb. 跟某人商谈

　　I can’t bring it to a conclusion. I want to treat with you.

　　treat of sth. / sb. ==speak of

　　We speak / treat of tramps contemptuously.

　　2. 荣幸,享受

　　Eg: Having dinner with you is my treat.

　　treat sb. to 宴请某人…

　　Eg: It's my pleasure to treat you to dinner.

　　treat sb as 按…对待某人

　　Eg: I treat him as my best friend.

　　treat with sb. 跟某人商谈

　　Eg I can't bring it to a conclusion. I want to treat with you.

　　treat of sth./sb. 关于…，提及到…，==speak of

　　Eg: We treat of tramps contemptuously.

　　◆dweller n. 居住者

　　◆stagger v. 摇晃;蹒跚

　　◆exotic adj. 寻乎寻常的，外来的

　　◆glow n. 白炽光

　　◆descend v. 下落，降临

　　Eg: darkness descends very soon because winter is coming.

　　descend from 从 ...... 传下来

　　Eg: The watch descended from his grandfather.

　　descend on / upon 突然袭击，

　　He visited me suddenly.

　　He looked me up suddenly.

　　He called on me suddenly.

　　Yesterday, my best friend descended on me.

　　descend to 传给......

　　descend from...to

　　descend / descend from / descend to / descend on / descend upon

　　drop

　　I dropped the glass onto the floor.

　　ascend ant.

　　The aeroplane is ascending at tremendous speed.

　　◆tuck v. 缩进，隐藏

　　◆obstinately adv. 固执地，顽固地

　　obstinate adj. 顽固而不易被别人所改变

　　Eg: If you are an obstinate person, nobody can change your mind.

　　stubbom 倔强

　　Eg: He is such a stubborn person that he insists on finishing what he wants to do.

　　Don’t try to persuade him because he is an obstinate person.

　　persistent

　　persist

　　Eg: If you always follow your friends around, I should say, you are a persist person.

　　strong minded 顽强的，意志力强

　　Eg: If you are a strong minded person, you can do everything well.

　　obstinate / stubborn

　　as stubborn as mule 像牛一样倔强 (骡子)

三、【课文精析】

　　Key sentence:

　　The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me.

　　city born and city bred ==as One was born and bred in a city 独立主格结构

　　regard as

　　think of ...as / refer to ...as

　　go into raptures 变得欣喜若狂起来

　　Key sentence:

　　Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.

　　at the mere mention of 一提到

　　at the sight of 一看到

　　at the touch of 一触及到

　　at the news of 一听到

　　at the sound of 一听到

　　at the nemtion of 一提到

　　exalt / laud

　　hypocritical 虚伪

　　Key sentence:

　　The country life never appeals to me, and never appeals to others, either.

　　keep on doing sth.

　　Key sentence:

　　Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.

　　under the illusion that

　　live under the illusion that

　　Country life is somehow superior to town life.

　　Every picture has got two sides. 凡事都有两方面

　　Key sentence:

　　Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me.

　　be beyond me = is beyond my understanding …是我无法理解的

　　stand / bear / put up with / endure / tolerate

　　privilege: advantage

　　dubious : doubtful / uncertain

　　Country life never appeals to me.

　　Key sentence:

　　If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country, you will find the city can provide you with the best that life can offer.

　　There are advantages of living in the country, but there are few advantages living in the country than living in the big city.

　　Key sentence:

　　There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best.

　　never have to ==need not ==don’t have to

　　do without

　　make do with 凑合者用

　　do without / manage without / go without 没有......也行

　　I can do / manage without a car.

　　available : able to be used anytime 随时可以应用的

　　主语做表语或定语，做定语时要放在被修饰词的后边。

　　I am availble to have a chat with you.

　　The books in our classroom are available for you.

　　be available for sb.

　　I have a dictionary available for you.

　　inconvenience of living in the country

　　major : great / demanding

　　draw to its close = near its end 临近结束/尾声

　　Key sentence:

　　The city dweller never experiences anxieties of this sort.

　　We can keep ourselves free from the anxieties of this sort which afflict the country dweller.

　　Eating food with different tasts is also a pleasure.

　　run wild 发疯

　　Key sentence:

　　Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city and stagger home loaded with as many of the necessities of life as they can carry.

　　nor ... without 双重否定

　　The city has got its own beauty.

　　Don’t shed blood

　　deserted : enpty

　　all these things: all the pleasures of the city / all the advantages of living in the city

　　There are fewer advantages of the country than in the city.

　　There are more disadvantages of the country than those of the city.

　　extol the virtues

　　extol = praise highly

　　praise 比extol 的语义要弱得多

　　virtue 美德 = advantage

　　illusion 幻觉，错觉 = false idea

　　superior 比......有优势， ==better than

　　maintain == hold

　　glinting 闪烁 = glisten

　　tolerate 忍受 == endure, bear, stand, put up with, suffer without complaining

　　beyond me == can not be understood by me

　　beyond my understanding

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