lesson58a spot of bother一點(diǎn)兒小麻煩

1、Lesson 58 A spot of bother一點(diǎn)兒小麻煩1.The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where shelived. Her shophad tired her and her basket and growna spot of bother 一點(diǎn)小麻煩heavier with every step of the way home.he lift herYou seem to be having a spot of bother with your carcan I help?thoughts were

2、 onch and a good rest;老婦人回到了她居住的公寓樓，心里很高興。去商店買東西把她看來(lái)你的汽車有點(diǎn)讓你傷腦筋了-要我?guī)兔?搞得筋疲力盡；在回家的，她每走一步，就感到手里的籃子I goto a spot of bother with mys when I was late agahis又重了一點(diǎn)。她乘上電梯后，只想著午餐和好好休息一下。morning.今天早晨我又了，跟鬧了一點(diǎn)小麻煩。【例1】（2013卷，29）block of flats 公寓樓(1) n. 街區(qū)；大塊；大樓a large office block 一棟辦公大樓When we saw the road wi

3、th snow, we decided to spendthe holiday at home.A. blockB. to block(2) vt. 堵塞，堵住；The road was com le；擋?。ㄒ暰€）C. blockingD. blockedblocked because MiceObama was visiting Beijing.1When we saw the road with snow, we decidedto spend the holiday at home.2.but when she ot ouher own floor both were for otten

4、 inher sudden discoveryt her front door was open. She wasA. blockB. to blockthinkingt she must reprimand her home help the nextC. blockingD. blockedmorning for such a monstrous piece of negligence,但她到自己的樓層走出電梯后，就把這兩件事忘了個(gè)干凈，因?yàn)樗蝗话l(fā)現(xiàn)她家的大門開著。她心想明天上午一定要好好訓(xùn)斥那個(gè)干家務(wù)的幫手，她竟如此疏忽大意。monstrous= very shocking 駭人聽聞的

5、monstrous news 駭人聽聞的monstrous monster 怪獸nencen. 粗心大意，疏忽medical negligence 醫(yī)療事故slight negligence 輕微過(guò)失 ; 輕微過(guò)失monstrous behaviors 怪異的行文Her mother accused her of negligence unless she phones homeevery day.Its monstrous to charget much for a single pair shoes. 單單這么一雙鞋就賣這么貴實(shí)在駭人聽聞。2neglectn. （1）忽視，忽略（2）被忽略

6、的狀況vt. （1）忽視，忽略3.when she rememberedt she hae shoin after thehome help had left and she knewheir locks. She walked slowlyt she had turned both keyso the hall and at oncenoticedt all the room doors were open, yet following herregular practihe had shut them before going out.但突然記起來(lái)了，幫手是在她出去買東西之前走的，她還記得

7、曾（2）（由于粗心或健忘而）未能做（某事）用了兩把把大門鎖上了。她慢慢地走進(jìn)前廳，立即發(fā)現(xiàn)所有辨析：neglect和ignore的房門都敞開著，而她記得在出門買東西前，她按老規(guī)矩是把房門一一鎖上的。practice 練習(xí)，實(shí)踐in practice 實(shí)際上out of practice生疏的，荒廢的 He has long been out of practice on th他已經(jīng)很久沒(méi)有練習(xí)彈鋼琴了。4. Lookino the drawin room she saw a scene of confuover by her writing desk. It was as clear as d

8、aylight thenburglars had forced an entry during her absence. Hertimpulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves,她往起居室里看去，寫字臺(tái)邊一片狼籍。事情很清楚，在她外出時(shí)，竊賊曾闖進(jìn)家門。她第一個(gè)條件反射是各個(gè)房間搜尋一下竊賊，ano.(3) put in/It is saido practice實(shí)行，實(shí)施t a new olic is beinuto ractice inour forei ntrade.據(jù)說(shuō)正在實(shí)施一種新的對(duì)外貿(mào)易政策。3as cle

9、ar as da li ht一清二楚，明明白白Its as clear as daylight. She just wants to marry youfor your money.scene n. 場(chǎng)景a scene of confu的場(chǎng)面When she opened the door, she was greeted bya scene of utter confu她開開門，一片.的景象呈現(xiàn)在眼前。這不是明擺著嘛，她只是為了你的錢才想你的。on the scene當(dāng)場(chǎng)；在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)From the back of the cinema came a childs voice as clear

10、as a bell, I want to go home.His instructions about how to get to his place were as clear as mud.behind the scenes 幕后；不公開steal the scene 搶鏡頭come on the scene出現(xiàn)；卷進(jìn)forcev.強(qiáng)迫asasas cold as ice 冷若冰霜forb. to do sth./ong sth. 強(qiáng)迫做某事as firm as a rock磐石force the door open 強(qiáng)行打開門n. 力 force of gravity 重力as heav

11、y as lead 沉重如鉛as strong as a horse 健壯如馬as dark as pitch 漆黑一團(tuán)e，；o forceby force 用the air force使生效as greedy as a wolf 貪婪如狼as swift as lightning 快如閃電as light as a feather 輕若鴻毛o force 生效，實(shí)施例: Our plan cameo force eventually.45.but then she decidedher a e it mi ht be more rudentprudent adj. 謹(jǐn)慎的，精明的a prud

12、ent businessman/deci精明的商人/審慎的決定/投資prudencen. 謹(jǐn)慎，精明to have someith her, she went to fetch the porter from his/investmentbasement. By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, soshe sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while heephoned the.imprudent adj. 魯莽的，輕率的imprudence n. 魯莽，輕率但轉(zhuǎn)念，她這個(gè)

13、年紀(jì)，最好找個(gè)人一起去。于是她到室去找看門的人。這時(shí)她兩腿累得開始發(fā)抖，于是坐了下來(lái)，喝了一杯濃茶。與此同時(shí)，看門的人給掛了。6. Then, her comure regained, she was ready to set off with the辨析：careful/cautious/attentive/prudentcareful：側(cè)重做事留心，特別注意細(xì)節(jié)porters assistance to search for anyruders who might still belurkin in her flat. The went throu h the rooms bein car

14、efulcautious：側(cè)重考慮事情的，防止出差錯(cuò)to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder theintheir search for fingrs.attentive：指認(rèn)真注意，留意別人的需要此刻老婦人也鎮(zhèn)定了下來(lái)，準(zhǔn)備在看門人的協(xié)助下搜尋可能仍prudent：指遇事謹(jǐn)慎，思考周密，不貿(mào)然行動(dòng)躲藏在她房里的竅賊。他倆搜遍這每一個(gè)房間，翼翼地不接觸任何東西，因?yàn)樗麄兣路恋K尋找。5comure n.沉靜，冷靜regain v. 取回，重獲lose ones comkeep oneure 失去冷靜保持冷靜regain freedom 重獲

15、regain consciousness 恢復(fù)知覺(jué)recover ones comure 恢復(fù)平靜To cool herself and regaof the room and had a walkental balanhe went outhe e v. 使平靜She finally stopped crying and com她停止了哭聲，平靜下來(lái)ed herself.為了使自己冷靜下來(lái)并重新得到心理上的平衡，她走出室外去花園散步。He took a few seconds to com ose his thouhts before he startedthe speech.他停頓了幾秒整

16、理了一下思路，開始了。rude強(qiáng)迫接受，強(qiáng)使rude ones views upon others強(qiáng)迫他人采納自己的意見(jiàn)闖入，強(qiáng)行進(jìn)入An unidentified military planelurk v. 埋伏，潛伏lurk in/around/beneath/belowWhy are you lurking around outside my house?你在我房子外鬼鬼祟祟想干啥？lurking doubts/ suspicion 隱藏在心里的懷疑/猜忌rudedo the airspace of ourcountry.一架國(guó)籍不明的飛機(jī)侵入我國(guó)領(lǐng)空。近義詞：encroach, inf

17、ringe,erfere6hinder v.，妨礙辨析： revent/hinder/im ede/obstructhinder sb. fromng sth. 妨礙做某事prevent：，事先安排好Heavy snow hindered the construction work.大雪妨礙了建筑工程的進(jìn)行。impede：阻礙，某事因?yàn)橹型居龅蕉黄韧Ｖ筯inder：由于一時(shí)干擾或事故，暫時(shí)推遲hindrance n. 妨礙，物obstruct：阻擋，設(shè)置物而妨礙完成某事be a hindrance to sb./sth. 幫倒忙Lack of funding was a major hind

18、rance to the environmental protection.缺乏是妨礙環(huán)保的主要。7. The chaos was inconceivable. She had livedhe flat for thirtychaos n.，無(wú)秩序years and was a veritable magpie at hoarding; and it seemed as=disorder/confua chaos of sth. 一堆亂七八糟的東西leave sth. in chaos 使陷入though everything shesessed had been tossed out and

19、turned over and over.房間里的紊亂狀況是無(wú)法想像的。老婦人在這套公寓里住了30年，be in a se of chaos 處于狀態(tài)她又是個(gè)名副其實(shí)的收藏家。看來(lái)并且被里里外外看了遍。每一件東西都被翻了出來(lái)，chaotic adj.的，無(wú)秩序的7inconceivableadj. 難以=unimaginableveritable，難以置信的adj. 名副其實(shí)的，真正的a veritable disaster 真正的When I came back from holiday my garden hadIt is inconceivablete a veritable jungl

20、e.當(dāng)我度假回來(lái)，花園變成了一個(gè)真正的叢林。It is inconceivablet he has changed his mind.他竟然改變了注意，實(shí)在難以置信。hoard up=collecting，囤積toss v. 拋，使搖擺argue the toss 無(wú)謂的爭(zhēng)執(zhí) lose the toss 在擲硬幣中失敗 toss for sth. 擲硬幣決定某事hoard food up 囤積食物hoard money up 囤積錢財(cái)hoard drugs up 囤積藥品toss off 一口氣做完Because people expected pristarted to hoard good

21、s up.to rise raly, theyLets toss a coo see wholl go.88.east sortin out the thin s she should have discarded earssort out 分類，ago was now being made easier for her. Then aWere in a se of complete chaos here and I need a little time toinspector arrived wiconstable and she told them of hersort myself ou

22、t.這兒處于一片discovery of the ransacked flat.這樣一來(lái)，她倒是容易將那些幾年前就該扔掉的東西找出來(lái)了。之中，我需要一些時(shí)間讓自己平靜下來(lái)。Sort out any books you want to throw away and give them to me.過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，一位巡官帶著一名現(xiàn)公寓遭劫的經(jīng)過(guò)。來(lái)了。她向他們講述了發(fā)discard v. 拋棄，丟掉=throw awaydiscard a house 廢棄了一所房子discard old clothes 丟棄破衣服ransack v. 洗劫She ransacked the desk drawers

23、 for old family photos.她把抽屜翻個(gè)底朝天，尋找家人的老。The house had been ransacked by burglars.discard an old newspr 扔掉一張破報(bào)紙這房子遭過(guò)盜賊的洗劫。99.The ins ector be an to look for fin er rs while the10.There was no trace of fin er rs but the ins ector found aconstable checkedt the front door locks had not beendirty red bun

24、dlet contained jewellery which the old ladyforced, thereby provingt the burglars had either usedsaid was not hers. So their entryo this flat was apparentlyskeleton keys or entered over the balcony.not the burglarsdisturbed.jobt day and they musve been巡官開始搜尋，經(jīng)檢查發(fā)現(xiàn)大門鎖頭并無(wú)撬過(guò)的跡象。由此可以證明，竅賊或者是用，或者是翻越陽(yáng)臺(tái)進(jìn)來(lái)的。

25、巡官?zèng)]有發(fā)現(xiàn)，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)裝有珠寶的、骯臟的紅包袱。老婦人說(shuō)那不是。很明顯，闖進(jìn)這套公寓的竊賊那天并不是首次作案，而且他一定受了驚嚇。The inspector then asked the old lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alonehe flat for a few ni hts. The old lad thou h he was a11.fuss n. 大驚小怪，小題大做t make so much fuss over losing不要為丟了一支鋼筆而大驚小怪。n.fussy creature, but since the porter agreed with him, she rangut know what all the fuss is about.daughter and asked for her help in what shedescribed as a little spot of bother.我不知道這一切無(wú)謂的忙乎是怎么回事。f