新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)lesson24Askeletoninthecupboard

1、Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboarda skeleton in the cupboard = a skeleton in the closet a family skeleton 家丑Every family has a skeleton or two in its cupboard. 每個(gè)家庭都有一兩件見(jiàn)不得人的秘密。Skeleton n. 骨架，骨骼；綱要；骨瘦如柴的人How many bones does a human skeleton consists of?The human skeleton consists of 206 bones. 人的骨

2、骼由206塊骨頭組成。A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.留下了20名骨干人員。Her notes gave us just the bare skeleton of her theory. 她的筆記只給我們提供了她的理論的梗概.A long illness made a skeleton out of him. 長(zhǎng)期的臥病使他骨瘦如柴.Seemingly貌似. a seemingly stupid question 看似愚蠢的問(wèn)題Seemingly endlessSeemingly inconsumable natural resources Co

3、nceal sth. from sb.對(duì)(某人)隱瞞(某事) - He concealed his disappointment from his friends. Hide vt.vi.（hid, hidden, hiding）隱藏, 把藏起來(lái)I have nothing to conceal.我沒(méi)有什么事可保密的。Robert could not conceal his relief.羅伯特?zé)o法掩飾自己如釋重負(fù)的心情。Vivid詞根: viv =life,表示生命vivid 鮮艷的;生動(dòng)的,栩栩如生的viv生命+id的adj.鮮艷的;生動(dòng)的,栩栩如生的revival 復(fù)蘇,再生revive

4、v.恢復(fù);使復(fù)蘇+al表名詞n.復(fù)蘇,再生survival 幸存,生存survive幸免于+al狀態(tài)經(jīng)過(guò)事故活著幸存vivid redvivid greenvivid description生動(dòng)的描述；生動(dòng)的報(bào)導(dǎo)varying adj.不同的 vary vi.vt.改變, 變化 - The weather varies from day to day. 天氣一天天變化。The levels of tolerable pain vary greatly from individual to individual.對(duì)疼痛的耐受程度因人而異，差別很大。unpackHe began to unpack

5、 his briefcase.他開(kāi)始打開(kāi)公事包取出里面的東西.Stack v.（整齊地）堆放, 排放 n.堆- Stack up the books.a stack of bookspetrify v.使驚呆Petrified adj.感到震驚的 / Petrifying adj.令人震驚的零 - At the new I was petrified.詞根: petr =stone,表示石頭petrous 巖石的,巖石般的petr石頭+ous的adj.巖石的,巖石般的petroleum 石油petr石頭+oleum表示礦物n.石油petrify 石化,僵化,嚇呆petr石頭+ify化石化Chi

6、na National Petroleum CorporationPrison petrifies me and I dont want to go there.監(jiān)獄令我十分害怕，我不想去那兒。petrifying例：I found the climb absolutely petrifying.我覺(jué)得這次爬山太嚇人了。unsympathetic adj.不表同情的, 無(wú)動(dòng)于衷的be unsympathetic to sb. 對(duì)某人不表示同情- I told him about my experience but he was unsympathetic to me.dangleHuge ea

7、rrings dangled from her ears.她耳朵上掛著一對(duì)大耳環(huán)。swayDont ever be swayed by fashion.永遠(yuǎn)不要受潮流的影響。ones hair stands on end 某人感到毛骨悚然 = sb feel horrified （adj.帶有恐怖感的, 驚駭?shù)模? My hair stands on end. 我感到毛骨悚然It is all very wellbut 好到是好, 但是- It is all very well for you to suggest taking a few days rest, but how can fin

8、ish our work in time?- It is all very well for them to ask me to do it, but I am too busy.Occur vi.發(fā)生, 出現(xiàn)（某個(gè)事件出乎意料的、偶然的發(fā)生）- 比happen更正式- When did the accident occur?It occurred to me to do / It occurred to me that- It occurred to me to open the window.When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969 and said the now immortal words, “Thats one small step for man,