新概念英語第二冊+Lesson+58+Can+I+help+youmadam？講義

Lesson58CanIhelpyou，madam？??Part1:TextThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.Thetreewasplantednearachurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincomeastouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetourists-havebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.Sofar,notoneofthemhasbeenstruckdownbysuddendeath!??Part2:Newwordsandexpressions1blessing['blesi?]n.福分，福氣2disguise[dis'gaiz]n.偽裝3tiny['taini]a.極小的4possess[p?'zes]v.擁有5cursed['k?:sid]a.可恨的6increase[in'kri:s,'inkri:s]v.增加7plant[plɑ:nt]v.種值8church[t??:t?]n.教堂9evil['i:v?l]a.壞的10reputation[repju'tei??n]n.名聲11claim[kleim]v.以…為其后果12victim['viktim]n.受害者，犧牲品13vicar['vik?]n.教區(qū)牧師14source[s?:s]n.來源15income['ink?m]n.收入16trunk[tr??k]n.樹干★Blessing

神恩，福氣，福分，神的保佑；禱告

ask

for

God`s

blessing

求神保佑

say

a

blessing

做禱告

ablessingindisguise

初看似乎不幸，過后看來卻是幸運的事；禍中福。塞翁失馬焉知非福

count

one`s

blessing

知足(數(shù)自己的福分）??bless

v.求神賜福于某人或某事；賜予某人健康，幸福及成功

Bless

those

who

are

hungry,

lonely

or

sick.求神賜福于那些饑餓，孤獨或患病的人。

Mrs.

White

is

blessed

with

12

children.

懷特太太有12個孩子，真有福氣。Godblessyou!

上帝保佑你?。ㄓ米鞲袊@詞，表示謝意或情義，或當人打噴嚏的時候）eg.You`ve

bought

me

a

present

?

Bless

you!

你給我買了個禮物是嗎？太感謝你了?！顳isguise

n.偽裝wear

a

beard

as

a

disguise

帶個絡(luò)腮子來偽裝

eg.He

was

in

disguise

,

so

I

couldn`t

recognize

him.

他喬裝打扮過了，所以我沒能辨認出來。

eg.She

made

no

disguise

of

her

contempt.

她毫不掩飾的表示輕蔑之意。

v.偽裝，假扮

eg.

I

couldn`t

disguise

my

anger.

我無法掩飾自己的憤怒。

eg.

He

disuised

himself

as

a

woman

for

fun.

他男扮女裝只為了好玩。disguise

one`s

voice

改變說話的強調(diào)，發(fā)假聲音★Tiny

adj

極小的

tiny—tiner—tinest

Small

adj

小的

little

adj

小的（含有可愛之意）mini-(構(gòu)成復合詞)

minibus

n

小公共汽車

miniskirt

n

超短裙minicab

n

小的出租車

puny

adj

(貶義)弱小的，瘦小的，發(fā)育不全的，未充分發(fā)揮的

eg.A

tiny

little

girl

was

singing

very

well

in

TV.

一個纖小的女孩在電視上唱的很好★possess

v

擁有eg.They

possess

three

cars.

他們有三輛小汽車。possess

patience

有耐性possess

courage

有勇氣be

possess

with

sth/be

possess

by

sth

(尤指人的思想）被…控制，支配

She

suddenly

possessed

with

fear.

她突然被恐懼的情緒所控制。

eg

She

was

suddenly

possessed

by

fear.

她突然感到非常的害怕。

possession

n

[u](ownership)

領(lǐng)有，持有，具有

eg.I`ve

had

possession

of

this

house

for

7

years.

我擁有這座房子已經(jīng)7年了。n.財產(chǎn)

eg.He

lost

all

his

possessions

in

the

fire.

他在大火中喪失所有的財產(chǎn)。be

in

possession

of

sth

擁有某物

eg

He

is

in

lawful

possession

of

a

shotgun.

他合法地擁有一支獵槍。possessor

n

擁有者（owner）possessed

adj

(被強烈的感情，惡魔等)纏附的，瘋狂的

eg

He

studied

like

one

possessed.

他拼命的用功。

eg.

He

fought

like

a

man

possessed.

他進行了殊死的戰(zhàn)斗。

eg.

Possession

is

nine

points

of

the

law.

現(xiàn)實占有，敗一勝九（占有或控制某物者打起官司來總占上風）★cursed

adj

可恨的，討厭的（常做定語）相當于hateful,

unpleasant

a

cursed

person

一個可恨的人curse

n.咒罵的話，咒語be

under

a

curse

被咒罵的eg

The

witch

laid

a

curse

upon

the

princess.

那個巫婆詛咒這個公主。The

witch

laid

the

princess

under

a

curse.

v.

詛咒eg

Hecursed(at)hisbadluck.

他詛咒他的壞運氣。eg

Icursedherforspoilingmyplans.

因為她破壞我的計劃所以我詛咒她。★Increase

V

增加Increase

ones

speed

加速eg.Thepopulationhasincreasedgreatly.人口急劇的增長。increased

profits

增大的利潤increase

['inkri:s]

n

增加的量a

wage

increase

工資增加額eg

an

increase

of

nearly

50%

over

last

year

比去年差不多了50%。a

50%

increase

50%的增長add

to

增加，增加到raise

vt

提高，增加grow

v

增加，成長★Plant

n.

樹木，植物1.n.

植物，樹木wilde

plant

野生植物garden

plant

花園里的植物plants

and

animals動植物2.

n.

工廠，生產(chǎn)a

chemical

plant

化工廠a

power

plant

電廠3.

v.

種植，栽種eg.

We

are

going

to

plant

trees

around

the

house.

我們打算在房子周圍種滿樹。eg.

Farmers

should

know

the

time

to

plant.

農(nóng)民應(yīng)該知道種植的時間。4.

v.

布置，安頓，固定eg.Policemen

were

planted

along

the

route

of

the

parade.

警察被部署在游行的路線上。planter

n.

種植者或花盆★Church

n

教堂，禮拜，禮拜儀式，去教堂(church之前不加the）

Churchgoer

n.按時去教堂做禮拜的人

Attend

church

去做禮拜At

church

/

in

church

在做禮拜eg.Churchbeginsat9o`clock.

禮拜在9:00開始。

eg.Theyareatchurch.

他們在做禮拜。as

poor

as

a

church

mouse.

像教堂的老鼠一樣窮，一文不名在church之前不加定冠詞the,類似的短語有：go

to

school

去上學go

to

university

/go

to

collage

去上大學be

out

of

hospital

出院be

sent

to

prison

入獄be

at

work

在上班，在工作著★Evil

1.adj.道德敗壞的，邪惡的

an

evil

reputation

一個惡名聲2.adj.

令人不快的，壞的，有害的

an

evil

smell

難聞的氣味

an

evil

temper

壞脾氣

evil

weather

惡劣的天氣

give

sb

the

evil

eye

惡毒的目光

an

evil

tongue

說人壞話的惡習★reputation

1.

名聲

eg

He

has

a

good

reputation

as

a

doctor.

他是一個名聲很好的醫(yī)生。eg

He

has

a

bad

reputation

as

a

doctor.

他是一個名聲很差的醫(yī)生。eg

She

has

a

reputation

for

generosity.

她以慷慨大方而出名。

have

a

reputation

for

laziness

以懶惰出名2.信譽establish

a

reputation/build

up

a

reputation/make

a

reputation

樹立聲譽eg.

He

is

eager

to

win

a

reputation.

他渴望獲得聲譽。eg.

If

the

fact

is

published

,

it

will

ruin

your

reputation.要是事實被公開的話，會毀了你的名聲的。live

up

to

one`s

reputation

不負盛名，行為與聲望相符★claim

1.

v

要求，索要（應(yīng)得的權(quán)利或財物）索賠

claim

the

insurance

索取保險金claim

the

reward

要求獎賞

2.

事故，災(zāi)難造成的人員傷亡現(xiàn)象

eg.The

earthquake

claimed

thousands

of

victims.地震造成成千上萬的人死亡

3.

v.

聲稱，聲言，斷言claim

to

do…

(某人)聲稱曾經(jīng)...

eg.He

claimed

to

have

seen

the

Mona

Lisa.

他宣稱他曾經(jīng)看過蒙娜麗莎(那幅畫)。3.claim

that(賓語從句）…eg.

The

lawyer

claimed

that

the

defendant

was

not

guilty.

那個律師聲稱被告是無罪的。4.

n.

索賠

5.

n.

權(quán)利，資格eg.Theyhavenoclaimtothisproperty.他們沒有資格取得這些財產(chǎn)?！飗ictim

1.n.

犧牲者，受害者（同義詞：sufferer)

the

victims

of

a

plane

crash

空難事件的受害者the

victims

of

a

swindler

受騙者eg.

Those

children

aer

the

sad

victims

of

their

parents

divorce.

那些孩子是父母親離婚的受害者。

2.

n.

(祭神的)祭品，犧牲品

fall

(a)

victim

to…

成為…的犧牲品

eg.A

man

like

you

easily

falls

victim

to

the

greed

of

others.

像你這樣的人很容易成為別人貪婪的犧牲品。

★vicar

教區(qū)牧師vicar

minister

(英國國教的)教區(qū)牧師,基督教的牧師priest-基督教會的神職人員，牧師，神父rector

curate

(英國國教的)牧區(qū)長；(天主教的)教區(qū)首席神甫(英國國教會的)助理牧師black

coat

牧師★source

1.n.

河流的發(fā)源地(starting

point

of

a

river）

the

source

of

the

Nile

尼羅河的發(fā)源地

eg.

This

stream

has

its

source

in

Qinghai.這條河起源于青海2.

n.來源，出處

a

limited

source

of

income

有限的收入來源

news

from

a

reliable

source

來源可靠的消息eg.

Idlenessisthesourceofallevil.

(諺)

懶惰是萬惡之源。the

source

of

the

trouble

紛爭的原因3.

n.

消息來源，出處，可靠的根據(jù)

historical

source

史料

eg.

I

got

the

news

from

a

reliable

source.

我的消息非?？煽?。a

source

book

原始資料★income收入（最通用的詞）

eg.

what`syourincome?

你的工資怎么樣？eg

I

have

an

income

of

200

dollars

a

week.

我每周的收入是200美元。earned

income

工作所得unearned

income

非工作所得eg.

My

income

isn`t

enough

to

support

my

family.我的收入不夠養(yǎng)家糊口。

wage

n

周薪

salary

n

月薪

bonus

n

獎金，紅包★trunk

1.n.

樹干eg.

The

trunk

of

that

fir

is

about

2

meters

thick.

那顆冷杉的樹干有2米那么粗。2.n.

軀干eg.

Hehadapowerfultrunk.他身材偉岸。3.

n.

衣箱eg.Shepackedhertrunk.

他把衣箱填滿了。4.

n.

干線，主流the

trunk

of

the

Nile

尼羅河的主流trunk

call

(英）長途（long

distance

call）??Part

3:Notesonthetext★ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.

1.主語+besaidtodosth.=Itbesaidthat

據(jù)說……Itissaidthatheisverygood.

＝Heissaidtobeverygood.據(jù)說他人非常好2.thetinyvillageofFrinley

弗林利這個小村莊，of表同位關(guān)系

thecityofBeijing

名叫北京的城市

attheageoftwenty

20歲時

aheightofthreefeet

三英尺的高度

★Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.

1.inanewspaper

在報紙上（強調(diào)報紙里面的內(nèi)容）2.anumberof…＝lotsof=alotof…許多…anumberofstudents

許多學生

3.thenumberof……的數(shù)量/總數(shù)thenumberofstudents

學生的數(shù)量

Thenumberofstudentsis40.★Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.

1.

itis/was+被強調(diào)部分+that/who(m)+

從句）強調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)

ItisIthatamlookingforyou.

強調(diào)

“I”

ItisJackwho(m)Frankphonedlastnight.

ItwasNewYorkthatJohnvisitedlastmonth.

ItwaslastmonththatJohnvisitedNewYork.

2.

gain＝get

得到

Nopain,nogain.

Ineedtogainexperience.

★Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.

Itissaidthat據(jù)說英語中分號斷開兩個句子

anyone

任何人，與he相對應(yīng)

Ifanyonewantedtogothere,hewilldosth.

★Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.claim疾病、意外等“奪去（生命）”：

Theaccidentclaimedafewlives.

Shewasthevictimofaroadaccident.

★Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.

sb.beaskedtodosth.

某人被請求做某事sofar

迄今為止（常與現(xiàn)在完成時連用）

Hehasn’treturnedmybookssofar.

★Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.

pointout=explain

指出，解釋

Irealizedthathehadmakeamistake,soIpointeditouttohimimmediately.★Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.inspiteof=despite盡管，雖然Hesetoff