新概念第三冊(cè)第22課

Lesson

22ByHeart

熟記臺(tái)詞新概念第三冊(cè)第22課runv.（戲劇，電影等）連演，連映Someplaysaresosuccessfulthattheyrunforyearsonend.(l.1)(=continuetobeperformedforyears)Thefilmissosuccessfulthatitrunsforseveralweeks.ArecentcaseconcernsJaneButlinwhosefiancé,John,runsasuccessfulfurniturebusiness.（=manages）v.經(jīng)營(yíng)Thechildhasarunningnose.Mr.Browndidnotwanttorunforgovernorofthestatelastyear.（=competefor）競(jìng)選新概念第三冊(cè)第22課linesn.(劇本中的）臺(tái)詞Inmanyways,thisisunfortunateforthepooractorswhoarerequiredtogoonrepeatingthesamelinesnightafternight.(l.3)這樣一來(lái)，可憐的演員們可倒霉了。因?yàn)樗麄冃枰灰惯B著一夜地重復(fù)同樣的臺(tái)詞。memorizeone'slinesreadbetweenthelines體會(huì)言外之意afishinglineontheline

在打電話Holdtheline,please.lineofbusiness行業(yè)、業(yè)務(wù)范圍Whatlineofbusinessishein？新概念第三冊(cè)第22課partn.劇中的角色，臺(tái)詞Onewouldexpectthemtoknowtheirpartsbyheartandneverhavecausetofalter.

(l.4)人們以為，這些演員一定會(huì)把臺(tái)詞背得爛熟，絕不會(huì)臨場(chǎng)結(jié)巴的。falterv.支吾，結(jié)巴說(shuō)Hehaspractisedthepoemseveraltimes,sohehasnocausetofalter.WhenitcomestospeakEnglish,Ibegintofalter.stammerv.口吃n.結(jié)巴Hestammeredouthisneed.Now

scientists

have

discovered

why

singing

isso

effective

attreating

a

stammer.新概念第三冊(cè)第22課castv.(cast,cast)

選派……扮演角色AfamousactorinahighlysuccessfulplaywasoncecastintheroleofanaristocratwhohadbeenimprisonedintheBastillefortwentyyears.（l.6）有一位名演員曾在一出極為成功的劇目中扮演一個(gè)貴族角色，這個(gè)貴族已在巴士底獄被關(guān)押了20年。rolen.角色imprisonv.關(guān)押aristocratn.貴族（noble,blueblood）Bastillen.巴士底獄新概念第三冊(cè)第22課這個(gè)演員曾扮演一個(gè)英雄的角色。Theactorwascastintheroleofahero.Unitednationsplaysanimportantroleininternationalaffairs.扮演重要角色Thecandlecastadimlightonthetable.(v.投,擲)Thehighbelltowercastalongshadowonthegrass.高高的鐘樓在草地上投下長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的影子。Americanselectapresidenteveryfouryears,andonlycitizensover18cancastavote.美國(guó)每四年選出一位總統(tǒng)，但只有年滿18歲的公民才能

投票。新概念第三冊(cè)第22課rolen.角色theleadingrole主角theleadingcharacterthesupportingrole配角thesupportingcharacterpositiverole正面角色，積極作用negativeroleWe

hope

and

believe

such

dialogue

and

communication

will

play

a

positive

role

inpromoting

thebilateral

relations

and

enhancing

mutual

understanding.

我們希望并相信，這種對(duì)話與交流將對(duì)促進(jìn)兩國(guó)關(guān)系發(fā)展、增進(jìn)相互理解發(fā)揮積極作用。新概念第三冊(cè)第22課imprison

v.關(guān)押（=put

sb

inprison）He

was

imprisoned

for

10

years.HeimprisonedhimselfontheholidaystudyingEnglish.Imprisonthemindoftheyoung.imprisonment

n.關(guān)押sentence

sb

to

life

imprisonment

判某人終生監(jiān)禁prison,jail=gaoln.監(jiān)獄send

sb

to

prison/put

sb

in

prison/throw

sb

into

prison（不加the）He

is

in

prison

/jail/gaol.=He

is

behind

bars.他在鐵窗之后。新概念第三冊(cè)第22課gaoler(Br)n.監(jiān)獄長(zhǎng)，看守jailer(Am)

jail=gaol看守所jailbird(tospendalotoftimeinprison)慣犯Inthelastact,agaolerwouldalwayscomeontothestagewithaletterwhichhewouldhandtotheprisoner.

(l.7)在最后一幕中，獄卒手持一封信上場(chǎng)，然后將信交給獄中那位貴族。act

n.（戲劇，歌劇的）一幕，段新概念第三冊(cè)第22課colleaguen.同事（co-worker,workfellow,workmate)Onenight,thegaolerdecidedtoplayajokeonhiscolleaguetofindoutif,aftersomanyperformances,hehadmanagedtolearnthecontentsoftheletterbyheart.(l.10)一天晚上，獄卒決定與他的同事開(kāi)一個(gè)玩笑，看看他反復(fù)演出這么多場(chǎng)之后，是否已將信的內(nèi)容記熟了。He

has

told

me

about

the

new

colleague.John

chanced

upon

a

former

colleague

of

his

at

the

airport.約翰在機(jī)場(chǎng)偶然碰到一個(gè)以前的同事。新概念第三冊(cè)第22課curtainn.（舞臺(tái)上的）幕布Thecurtainwentuponthefinalactoftheplayandrevealedthearistocratsittingalonebehindbarsinhisdarkcell.(l.11)最后一幕戲開(kāi)演，貴族獨(dú)自一人坐在鐵窗后陰暗的牢房里。revealv.使顯露celln.單人監(jiān)房,監(jiān)號(hào),細(xì)胞acurtainofsmoke一層煙霧acurtainofmist一層薄霧ablanketofsnow一層雪asheetofrain一場(chǎng)大雨新概念第三冊(cè)第22課The

secret

hasn't

been

revealed.A

curtain

was

up

and

revealed

the

beautiful

scenery.A

very

tight

dress

reveals

the

beautiful

figure.revealern.探測(cè)器Anewmachinecalled‘TheRevealer’hasbeeninventedandithasbeenusedtodetectgoldwhichhasbeenburiedintheground.

一種叫"探寶器"的新機(jī)器已經(jīng)發(fā)明出來(lái),并被人們用來(lái)探測(cè)地下埋藏的金子.

新概念第三冊(cè)第22課blankadj.空白的Butthecopyhegavehimhadnotbeenwrittenoutinfullasusual.Itwassimplyablanksheetofpaper.

(l.14)但這回獄卒給貴族的信沒(méi)有像往常那樣

把全文寫(xiě)全，而是一張白紙。goblank變得一片空白AssoonasIenteredtheexamclassroom,mymindwentblank.ablankheart空虛的心靈ablankfuture渺茫的前途A

reporter

asked

him

what

he

thoughtabout

the

country’s

high-speed

trains.Ligave

a

blank

look

andsaid,“I’venever

heard

about

them.（茫然地看了一眼）新概念第三冊(cè)第22課squintv.瞇著（眼）看，瞄（lookwithalmostclosedeyes）Thenoblestaredattheblanksheetofpaperforafewseconds.Then,squintinghiseyes,hesaid:'Thelightisdim.Readthelettertome'.(l.16)貴族盯著紙看了幾秒鐘，然后，眼珠一轉(zhuǎn)，說(shuō)道：“光線太暗，請(qǐng)給我讀一下這封信?！盚e

squinted

his

eyes

and

looked

at

the

letter.dimadj.昏暗（fairlydark）inthedimlight在昏暗的燈光下

Futurechancesaredim.未來(lái)機(jī)會(huì)渺茫。Herbeautywouldmakethebrightworlddim.她的美貌使整個(gè)世界黯淡無(wú)光。新概念第三冊(cè)第22課siren.（古用法）陛下Findingthathecouldnotrememberawordofthelettereither,thegaolerreplied:'Thelightisindeeddim,sire,Imustgetmyglasses.’(l.18)獄卒發(fā)現(xiàn)自己連一個(gè)字也記不住，于是便說(shuō)：“陛下，這兒光線的確太暗了，我得去眼鏡拿來(lái)?！盰ourMajesty（talkingtoakingorqueen）YourHighness（toaddressroyalperson）對(duì)除王、后以外的王室成員的尊稱MyLord（aaddressajudge）法官大人YourExcellency（addresspeoplewhoholdhighpositioninthestate）閣下（多用于稱呼大使）An

ambassador

is

entitled

“Your

Excellency”.新概念第三冊(cè)第22課proceedv.繼續(xù)進(jìn)行Muchtothearistocrat'samusement,thegaolerreturnedafewmomentslaterwithapairofglassesandtheusualcopyoftheletterwhichheproceededtoreadtotheprisoner.(l.20)貴族感到非常好笑的是：一會(huì)兒工夫，獄卒重新登臺(tái)，拿來(lái)一副眼鏡以及平時(shí)使用的那封信，然后為那囚犯念了起來(lái)。proceedtodo接著做proceedtoone’smasterdegreeproceedagainstsb訴訟（法律程序）proceedsn.營(yíng)業(yè)額新概念第三冊(cè)第22課ComprehensionQuestions1.Howlongdosomeplaysrun？Foryearsonend.2.Whoisthissometimesunfortunatefor？Thepooractors.3.why？Becausetheyarerequiredtogoonrepeatingthesamelinesnightafternight.

(l.3)4.Wouldyouexpectthemtoknowtheirpartsbyheart？Yes,youwould.新概念第三冊(cè)第22課5.Isthisalwaysthecase？No,

itisnot.6.Whatrolewasthefamousactorcastin?Hewas

oncecastintheroleofanaristocrat.(l.7)7.Howlonghasthearistocratbeenimprisonedfor?Fortwentyyears.8.Whatwouldthegaolerhandtotheprisonerinthelastact?

Aletter.新概念第三冊(cè)第22課9.Whenwasthenobleexpectedtoreadtheletter？Ateachperformance.10.Whatdidtheactoralwaysinsist?Thatthelettershouldbewrittenoutinfull.(l.9)11.Whatdidthegaolerdecidetodoonenight?Hedecidedtoplayajokeonhiscolleague.12.Whatwastheactordoingwhenthecurtainwentuponthefinalact?Hewassittingalonebehindbarsinhisdarkcell.新概念第三冊(cè)第22課13.Whathappened