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1、Lesson 36 Lesson 36 A chance in a million A chance in a million obscure adj. 1)不起眼的,不出名的 -The bus stopped at an obscure little town. 2)模糊不清的 (not clearly ) -An obscure figure can be seen through the fog. 同: vague 多用于比喻意,指不明确说明而造成的模糊不清 -what he said is vague. credulous adj.轻信的 -He is more credulous t
2、han me. 【辨】credulous/credible/believable比较: credulous (多修饰人) credible 可信的,可靠的(多修饰事物 ) -The story he told us is credible. believable以已知事实为根据 - He demanded for believable explanation. 反: incredulous / incredible/unbelievable plot v.密谋 plot against 密谋反对 plot to do sth. 密谋做某事 -犯罪分子正在密谋抢银行。 -The criminal
3、s were plotting to rob the bank. n.情节 故事情节 plots of the story presume v.假定 (take sth. as true) presume that 根据过去的经验或感觉作出推断 presumption n.假定 【辨】1)assume 与事实不相符合 - Let us assume that your words are fact. 2)suppose 猜想、陈述自己的看法(最普通的用词) - I suppose that it was my fault. downfall n.倒台,垮台 同: collapse 垮台 ste
4、p down 倒台 bankruptcy 破产 词根rupt=break 断裂 rupture n 破裂;断绝(rupt+ure) interrupt v 打断(inter 在中间+rupt在讲话中间打断) disrupt v 分裂;瓦解(dis 分开+rupt分开断分裂) erupt v 爆发;喷出(e 出+rupt断裂而喷出) corrupt a 腐败的(cor 全部+rupt 断全断了腐败了) naive adj.天真的,幼稚的 naive person 幼稚的人 naive remark 幼稚的话 同: lovable 可爱的 cute (尤指孩子)可爱的 adorable 可爱的(口
5、语常用) unacceptable adj.不能接受的 be unacceptable to sb. 对某人来说不能接受 -他没法接受失败。 -Failure is unacceptable to me. 反:acceptable conspire v.(事件)巧合促成;密谋 1)conspire to do sth. 事件凑在一起促成 -Pollution and neglect have conspired to ruin the city. -污染加之疏于管理毁了这座城市。 2)conspire to do sth. 共谋做某事 -They conspired to steal the
6、car. 【辨】 plot/conspire比较: plot v.密谋 一人或多人秘密谋划伤害他人 -The criminals were plotting to rob the bank. conspire 众多人合谋做重大的犯法勾当 尤指反叛 incredible adj.难以置信的,惊人的,极妙的 -The hotel is incredible. -这家酒店太棒了。 credible adj. 可靠的,可信的 scorn n.嘲弄,挖苦 pour scorn on (=pour contempt on ) 鄙视. - He poured scorn on his wifes sugge
7、stion. 同:look down upon 瞧不起,蔑视 【辨】 contempt 蔑视,强烈谴责某人或某事低贱、卑鄙,语气强于scorn despite 语气较弱,表示嘲弄 -His suggestion was dismissed with scorn. -His face showed the scorn/despite he felt. acquaint v.使了解 acquaint sb. with/of sth. 使某人认识/熟悉 -I will acquaint him with modern art. be acquainted with sth. - I have bee
8、n acquainted with the secret. make a person acquainted with sb. 介绍某人同另一个人认识 -Let me make Tom acquainted with you. Acquainted adj.知晓的,认识的 acquaintance 熟人 resemblance n.相似的(=likeness) bear a strong resemblance to sb. or sth. 极其相似 -The girl bears a strong resemblance to her sister. have a close resembl
9、ance to sb. or sth. resemble v.像 【辨】 resemblance/likeness/similarity比较: resemblance 特别是指外观或外在性质的相似 likeness比resemblance意味要强(最普通的用语) similarity 性质物色程度的相似 similar to sth. /sb. reunite v.使团聚 be reunited with 与.团聚 -台湾迟早要和大陆团聚。 -Taiwan will be reunited with our mainland sooner or later. unite v. 合并 Unite
10、d Nations 联合国 (联合王国)英国 The United Kingdom 美利坚合众国 The United States of America assume v.假定,认为(=suppose) -He assumed that I moved my house. v.采取,承担 assume office 就职 承担义务 assume obligation Text: (L1)We are less credulous than we used to be. 注:谓v.是be动词时用used to be , 不用used to -We are not so genuine than
11、 we used to be. 谓v.是使役动词时用used to -He works less hard than he used to. Text: (L1)In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -most of them wildly improbable. (L2)bring to a conclusion 结束= Bring sth. to a close(较正
12、式) -It is time to bring our meeting to a close. “conclusion”搭配 In 总而言之= in a word ;最后 -In ,I would like to thank our guest speaker.(演讲嘉宾) Draw/ reach / arrive at / come to a 得出结论Jump to a 贸然断定 -He jumps to a to go abroad. Text: (L4)Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maid-servant was r
13、eally the heros mother. A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the heros down- fall. And so on. Modern readers would find such naive solutions totally unacceptable. (L7)solution n.解决方法;溶液 A to the problem/ crisis Answer to the p
14、roblem Key to the problem Soluble adj. 可溶解的;可解决的 Text: (L8)Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible. 4、(L9)bring about= Cause/ lead to / result in -Computer lead to great conveniences to pe
15、oples work. Text: (L10)When I was boy , my grandfather told me how a German taxi-driver, Franz Bussman, recently found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before. Text: (L10)While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs Bus
16、sman commented on the workmans close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. (L13)comment n./v. 评论,意见 on 对作出评论 -My sister always s on my what Im wearing. Make on/ upon Fair 公正的评语 Commentator n. 评论员;讲解员 Commentary n. 实况报道;电影解说词;评论文章 Text: (L13)Franz poured scorn on
17、 the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war. Though Mrs Bussman was fully acquainted with this story, she thought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right. Text: (L15)A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was
18、Hans Bussman, Needless to say, the mans name was Hans Bussman and he really was Franzs long-lost brother. Text: (L17)When the brothers were re-united, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive. After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separat
19、ed from his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. Text: (L20)Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family home, but the house had been bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what had
20、 become of the inhabitants. (L22)become of (happen to) 发生、遭遇不幸的事件,多用于疑问句,主语必须是what或whatever -Do you know what become of that car on the road. -Whatever become of you yesterday? Text: (L22)Assuming that his family had been killed during an air-raid, Hans settled down in a Village fifty miles away whe
21、re he had remained ever since. 我们不再像以往那样轻易相信别人了。在19世纪,小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合大部分是牵强附会,极不可能的。当时的读者却愉快地接受这样一些事实,一个低贱的女佣实际上是主人公的母亲;主人公一位长期失散的兄弟,大家都以为死了,实际上一直活着,并且正在策划暗算主人公;如此等等,现代读者会觉得这种天真的结局完全无法接受。不过,在现实生活中,有时确实会出现一些巧合,这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也不会相信。 当我是个孩子的时候,我祖父给我讲了一位德国出租汽车司机弗朗兹。巴斯曼如何找到了据信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。一次,他与妻子徒
22、步旅行。途中,停下来与一个工人交谈,接着他们继续往前走去。巴斯曼夫人说那工人与她丈夫相貌很像,甚至猜测他可能就是她丈夫的兄弟。弗朗兹对此不屑一顾,指出他兄弟已经在战争中阵亡了。尽管巴斯曼夫人熟知这个情况,但她仍然认为自己的想法仍有百万分之一的可能性。几天后,她派了一个男孩去问那人是否叫汉斯.巴斯曼。不出巴斯曼夫人所料,那人的名字真是汉斯.巴斯曼,他确实是弗朗兹失散多年的兄弟。兄弟俩团聚之时,汉斯说明了他活下来的经过,战争即将结束时,他负伤被送进医院,并与部队失去联系。医院遭到轰炸,汉斯步行回到了西德。与此同时,他所在部队被击溃,他的所有档案材料全部毁于战火。汉斯重返故里,但他的家已被炸毁,左邻
23、右舍谁也不知原住户的下落,汉斯以为全家人都在空袭中遇难,于是便在距此50英里外的一座村子里定居下来,直至当日。 -She is more shy than timid. -她是害羞,而不是胆怯。 -He is more good than bad. -与其说他坏,倒不如说他好。 7、(L1)We are less credulous than we used to be.比较级 1)基本用法:不同比较对象之间就相同项目进行比较,形式“adj.或adv.的比较级+than” -The box is bigger than that one. -Jack runs faster than Tom. 2)同一对象不同项目或性质的比较,不用形容词比较级,多用“morethan”,表“是而不是;与其说倒不如说” -She is more shy than timid. -她是害羞,而不是胆怯。 -He is more good than bad. -与其说他坏,倒不如说他好。 (注:这儿不能说He is better than bad , 但可以说He is better than good.“他再好不过了”。) 该结构还可用于两个名词比较 -Tom is more (of) a scholar than a teacher. -与其说汤姆是个老师,倒不如说他是个学者。
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