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　　新概念英语第三册课文重点精讲解析Lesson19

　　1 Kidnappers are rarely interested in Animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs.

　　Eleanor Ramsay's cat.

　　rarely=seldom

　　take interest in=be interested in 一句话中用不同的词组表达同样的意思，是为了避免重复

　　take considerable interest in sth. interest之前可以加上写表示程度的形容词

　　take great interest in=take tremendous interest in=take enormous interest in

　　2 Mrs Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great

　　many years.

　　share sth. with sb.

　　eg. I share the room with my friend.

　　for a great many years=for a long time

　　3 Rastus leads an orderly life. He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by

　　seven o'clock.

　　lead an orderly life 过着很规律的生活

　　orderly 有秩序的，有顺序的，近义词：disciplined 受过训练的, regular 规律的

　　take a walk=go for a stroll=go for a walk 散步

　　4 Three day after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter.

　　after可以和名词搭配 e.g. three days after arrival

　　an anonymous letter 匿名信

　　5 The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs Ramsay

　　paid a ransom of &1000.

　　state 非常正式的声明

　　in safe hands 在可靠的人手中，意指“很安全”

　　6 Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.

　　be instructed to do sth. 受指示做某事

　　eg. The journalist was instructed to obtain the so-called important statistics.

　　7 At first, she decided to go to the police, but fearing that she would never see Rastus again --the

　　letter had made that quite clear--she changed her mind.

　　fearing 现在分词做原因状语

　　make it clear to sb. that

　　eg. The teacher has made it clear to us that we must read English aloud every day.

　　8 The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep

　　his word.

　　keep his promise=keep his promise 遵守承诺

　　word 表示诺言时，要采用单数形式

　　相关词组：

　　break his word 食言;go back on one's word 食言

　　give sb. one’s word 向某人保证; as good as one's word 表示守信用，侧重点在于强调一个结果

　　eg. I give you my word that I will return your money. 我保证我会把钱还给你。

　　eg. He promised to return my money and he was as good as his word. 他许诺会把钱还给我，正如他所言他

　　遵守了承诺。

　　9 Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock that evening.

　　sure enough 果然，无疑

　　eg. I said it would happen, and sure enough it did happen. 我说过会发生的，结果确实如此。

　　10 Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!

　　in more ways than one ( way )=in many ways

　　新概念英语第三册课文重点精讲解析Lesson20

　　1 In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of ￡1000 to the first man who would fly across the

　　English Channel.

　　the first man who would fly…=the first man to fly across...

　　序数词和动词不定式to搭配连用可以代替其后的定语从句

　　eg. She was the only one to survive the plane crash.

　　offer a prize of sth(指某种奖励) to sb 给予某人……奖励

　　2 Over a year passed before the first attempt was made.

　　如果before所引导的时间状语从句之前出现段时间，则翻译方法：

　　attempt n.&vt. 试图，尝试，其语气比try要强烈

　　相关词组：

　　(1)in one's attempt

　　eg. She failed in her attempt to swim the channel. 她横渡海峡的尝试失败了。

　　(2)make an attempt on 尝试，试图

　　eg. He made an attempt on the mountain. 他试图翻越那座山。

　　(3)make an attempt to do 尝试，试图

　　eg. She made any attempt to run away. 她想方设法逃走。

　　(4)make no attempt 没有……企图，尝试

　　eg. She made an attempt to run away. 她没有想逃走。

　　3 He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to

　　land on the sea.

　　when=at that moment

　　failed: 这里意思是：break down，失灵，出故障

　　fail 失败，忽视; fail to 未能

　　eg. She failed to win the prize.

　　eg. When I saw him, my words failed me.

　　be forced to do 被迫做……

　　4 The 'Antoinette' floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a ship.

　　pick up 这里意思是：save, rescue

　　5 Two days later, Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with a plane called 'No. XI'.

　　with a plane: with 具有、带有

　　6 It looks as if there would be an exciting race across the Channel.

　　It looked as if： 似乎，看起来，其中谓语动词would be 表示与未来的事实不相符的虚拟结构

　　eg. It looked as if there would be a heavy storm.

　　7 Latham, however did not give up easily.

　　give up 放弃，do not give up easily 不轻易作罢

　　8 After making a short test flight at 4.15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later.

　　make a short test flight 作了短暂的试飞后

　　新概念英语第三册课文重点精讲解析Lesson21

　　1、In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money.

　　fought with bare fists 赤手空拳的打斗

　　2、One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764.

　　One of the most colourful figures=one of the most famous people

　　3、The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the

　　first set of rules.

　　Introduce(vt.传入, 引进)=bring in(介绍引进)

　　Potatoes were introduced into Europe from South America.

　　draw up vt.制定、起草(draw up a plan)

　　4、In his day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike.

　　In his day=in his full time=in his good day 在他的全盛时期

　　He was adored by rich and poor alike.=He was not only adored by the rich but adored by the poor as

　　well.

　　5、Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old.

　　rise to fame=become famous

　　rise to power=become powerful

　　6、This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England.

　　attract somebody's attention=attract the attention of somebody

　　7、Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time.

　　he lost for a second time=he lost again

　　8、He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearance.

　　as much as 多达

　　9、Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt.

　　in debt 欠债, 负债

　　in private 私底下

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