新概念英語第三冊lesson+49筆記

新概念英語第三冊Lesson49Theidealservant（一）書本ItisagoodthingmyauntHarrietdiedyearsago.我的姑媽哈麗特好多年前就去世了，這倒是件好事。Ifshewerealivetodayshewouldnotbeabletoairherviewsonherfavouritetopicofconversation:domesticservants.如果她活到今天，她將不能就她熱衷的話題“傭人”發(fā)表意見了。AuntHarrietlivedinthatleisurelyagewhenservantswereemployedtodohousework.哈麗特生活在一個悠閑的年代，家務(wù)事都由雇來的傭人代勞。Shehadahuge,ramblingcountryhousecalledTheGables.她在鄉(xiāng)下有一幢巨大雜亂的房子，叫作“山墻莊園”。Shewassentimentallyattachedtothishouse,foreventhoughitwasfartoobigforherneeds,她對這幢房子在感情上難舍難分。房子實(shí)在太大了，shepersistedinlivingtherelongafterherhusbandsdeath.但在丈夫去世多年后，她仍然執(zhí)意長年住在那兒。Beforeshegrewold,AuntHarrietusedtoentertainlavishly.哈麗特姑媽年輕時，喜歡大擺宴席，招待賓客。IoftenvisitedTheGableswhenIwasboy.我小時候常去“山墻莊園”作客。Nomatterhowmanyguestswerepresent,thegreathousewasalwaysimmaculate.不管去多少賓客，大房子里總是收拾得干干凈凈。Theparquetfloorsshonelikemirrors;鑲木地板潔如明鏡，highlypolishedsilverwasdisplayedingleamingglasscabinets;擦得發(fā)亮的銀器陳列在明亮的玻璃柜里，evenmyuncleshugecollectionofbookswaskeptmiraculouslyfreefromdust.連姑夫的大量藏書也保存得很好，奇跡般地一塵不染。AuntHarrietpresidedoveraninvisiblearmyofservantsthatcontinuouslyscrubbed,cleaned,andpolished.哈麗特姑媽統(tǒng)率著一支看不見的傭人大軍，他們不停地擦拭、清掃、刷洗。Shealwaysreferredtothemastheshiftingpopulation,她稱這些傭人叫“流動人口”，fortheycameandwentwithsuchfrequencythatIneverevengotachancetolearntheirnames.因?yàn)樗麄儊泶掖?，所以我甚至都沒有機(jī)會知道他們的姓名。Thoughmyauntpursuedwhatwas,inthosedays,anenlightenedpolicy,inthatsheneverallowedherdomesticstafftoworkmorethaneighthoursaday,shewasextremelydifficulttoplease.姑媽待傭人在當(dāng)時算是開明的，從來不讓傭人每天工作超過8小時，但他們很難使她稱心如意。Whileshealwayscriticizedtheficklenessofhumannature,她一方面總是批評人的本性朝三暮四，shecarriedonanunrelentingsearchfortheidealservanttotheendofherdays,evenaftershehadbeensadlydisillusionedbyBessie.另一方面她又持之以恒地尋找一個理想的傭人。即使在貝西大大地傷她的心之后，她還在找，一直到她死去。BessieworkedforAuntHarrietforthreeyears.貝西在哈麗特家干了3年。Duringthattimeshesogainedmyauntsconfidence,thatshewasputinchargeofthedomesticstaff.在此期間，她贏得了姑母的賞識，甚至當(dāng)上了大管家。AuntHarrietcouldnotfindwordstopraiseBessiesindustriousnessandefficiency.哈麗特不知該用什么言辭來贊揚(yáng)貝西的勤奮與高效。Inadditiontoallherotherqualifications,Bessiewasanexpertcook.貝西除了有各種本領(lǐng)以外，還是一個烹飪大師。SheactedtheroleoftheperfectservantforthreeyearsbeforeAuntHarrietdiscoveredherlittleweakness.她擔(dān)任“理想仆人”角色3年之后，哈麗特終于發(fā)現(xiàn)她有“小小的弱點(diǎn)”。AfterbeingabsentfromTheGablesforaweek,一次，姑媽有一個星期沒在“山墻莊園”住。myauntunexpectedlyreturnedoneafternoonwithapartyofguestsandinstructedBessietopreparedinner.一天下午，她出其不意地回來了，帶來一大批客人，吩咐貝西準(zhǔn)備晚飯。Notonlywasthemealwellbelowtheusualstandard,butBessieseemedunabletowalksteadily.結(jié)果，不僅飯菜遠(yuǎn)不如平時做得好，而且貝西走起路來似乎東倒西歪。Shebumpedintothefurnitureandkeptmumblingabouttheguests.她撞到了家具上，嘴里還不斷咕咕噥噥?zhàn)h論客人。Whenshecameinwiththelastcourse--ahugepudding--shetrippedonthecarpet當(dāng)她端著最后一道菜--一大盤布丁--走進(jìn)屋來時，在地毯上絆了一跤。andthepuddingwentflyingthroughtheair,narrowlymissedmyaunt,andcrashedonthediningtablewithconsiderableforce.布丁飛到半空，從姑母身邊擦過，然后狠狠地砸在餐桌上。Thoughthiscausedgreatmirthamongtheguests,AuntHarrietwashorrified.這件事引起了客人們的歡笑，但哈麗特卻著實(shí)嚇了一跳。ShereluctantlycametotheconclusionthatBessiewasdrunk.她不得不認(rèn)定貝西是喝醉了。Theguestshad,ofcourse,realizedthisfromthemomentBessieopenedthedoorforthemand,longbeforethefinalcatastrophe,hadhadadifficulttimetryingtoconcealtheiramusement.客人們自然從貝西為他們開門那一刻起就看出來了，在好長一段時間里，即最后這個亂子發(fā)生前，他們努力克制才沒笑出聲來。Thepoorgirlwasdismissedinstantly.貝西當(dāng)即被解雇了。Afterherdeparture,AuntHarrietdiscoveredthattherewerepilesofemptywinebottlesofallshapesandsizesneatlystackedinwhathadoncebeenBessieswardrobe.貝西走后，哈麗特姑媽發(fā)現(xiàn)在貝西以前用過的衣柜里整整齊齊地放著一堆堆形狀各導(dǎo)、大小不一的酒瓶子。Theyhadmysteriouslyfoundtheirwaytherefromthewinecellar!這些酒瓶神不知鬼不覺地從酒窖來到了這里。筆記Newwordsandexpression生詞和短語Ramblevi.閑逛,漫步(troll,goforawalk/haveawalk,goforastroll/haveastroll);rambleabout,漫談,聊天(talkorwriteinthedisorderway);植物的蔓延生長Theyrambledthroughthewood.Theoldladybegantorambleaboutheryouth.Thewildroserambledoverthefence.Ramblinga.雜亂無章的Sentimentallyadv.感情上,多情地,sentiment(n.)Sentimentsn.情操Feelingn.指某人某時候內(nèi)心的感受Thesentimentsofpity惻隱之心Asstudents,wemusthavdnoblesentiments.高尚從情操Emotionn.感情Iamsoworriedthatyoumightdoitoutofsentiments.出于同情，Sentimental=emotionalLavishlya.慷慨地,大方地（***）Lavisha.揮霍的,浪費(fèi)的,奢侈的=extravagant;vt亂花錢lavishmoneyonsb/sth在某人或某事上亂花錢Theladyalwayslavishhermoneyonbeautifulclothes..Lavishpraisesonsb.;大肆吹捧=nevergrudgedoing從未舍不得Grudgevt.舍不得給Lavishcareonsb過度關(guān)心/寵愛Generousa.慷慨大方的Liberala.開明的Prodigala.浪費(fèi)的,揮霍無度的Wastefula.浪費(fèi)的(反)thrifty,.economical,frugalimmaculatea.清潔的,無污點(diǎn)的spotlesspresideat指揮whowillpresideattheparty?Yesterday,myfriendvisitedme,soIpresidedatthetea.招待invisible關(guān)注“新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)英語”,免費(fèi)同步輔導(dǎo)，免費(fèi)海量資源Scrubv.擦拭,刷洗(用水,肥皂等擦洗)brush/polish:擦光、潤色Pleasescrubyourcoat.Polishv.使之閃閃發(fā)光,引申為潤色(文章)AcarefullypolisharticleEnlighteneda.開明的Fickleness變化無常的Unrelentinga.不屈不撓的,不松不懈的=Strong-minded(堅強(qiáng)的)+ContinuousDisillusionvt.使幻想破滅Industriousnessn.勤奮Mirthn.歡笑,高興Happiness,joy,merriment,fun,amusement,entertainment,delight,rapture,glee(歡欣),bliss(極樂)Text課文airone’sviewsonsth./sb.beattachto迷上，不可分割的persistin堅持，longbefore/shortbeforekeepfreefromdustreferto/regardsb.as把人看成，Shepursueswhatisfashioninthesedays.Shewasextremelydifficulttoplease.carryon展開，putsb.inchargeof:安排某人負(fù)責(zé)Ican’tfindwordstopraiseyourclothes