新概念第二册课文翻译及学习笔记:Lesson53

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  At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. This morning, however, a firemen accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The explanation was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires. The snake then wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.

  【课文翻译】

  消防队员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。从那时起,他们一直试图找出起火的原因。森林火灾时常由破碎的玻璃或人们随手扔掉的香烟头引起。昨天,消防队员仔细查看了地面,但未能发现碎玻璃。他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。然而今天上午,一个消防队员偶然发现了起火的原因。他发现了缠绕在16,000伏高压线上的一条死蛇。就这样,他解开了起火之谜。解释很简单,却异乎寻常。一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来,然后把它扔到了电线上。于是蛇就缠住了几根电线。当它这样做时,把火花送到了地面,这些火花立刻引起了一场大火。

  【生词汇总】

  hot adj. 带电的,充电的

  fireman n. 消防队员

  cause v. 引起; n. 原因

  examine v. 检查

  accidentally adv. 意外地,偶然地

  remains n. 尸体,残骸

  wire n. 电线

  volt n. 伏特(电压单位)

  power line 电力线

  solve v. 解决

  mystery n. 谜

  snatch v. 抓住

  spark n. 电火花

  【短语汇总】

  put out扑灭

  in this way 就这样

  be able to有能力做某事,能够做某事

  【知识点讲解】

  1,与put相关的几个重要短语(At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California)

  1,put on穿上,也指“长胖”2,put off推迟3,put away收拾起来4,put out扑灭

  例1:you put on weight recently.你最近长胖了。

  例2:the meeting is put off because of the rain.因为阴雨会议被推迟了。

  例3:put out your cigarette,now!马上把烟给我灭掉!

  2,be able to 与can 的区别( he was able to solve the mystery)

  两者意思一致,主要的区别是词性区别,前者是动词短语,后者是情态动词,所以前者遵循一般be动词的原则,后者则要遵循情态动词的使用规则。我们可以说can be able to,但是绝对不可以说be able to can。

  3,try to 与try doing的区别(they have been trying to find out how the fire began)

  try doing侧重于过程,不强调结果,所以仅仅是“试试看”“尝试着”的意思;而 to do则注重结果,意思是“竭尽全力”“力争”的意思。


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