新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)++Lesson+74 Out+of+the+limelight 講義

Lesson74

Outofthelimelight

??Part1:TextAnancientbusstoppedbyadryriverbedandapartyoffamousactorsandactressesgotoff.Dressedindarkglassesandoldclothes,theyhadtakenspecialprecautionssothatnooneshouldrecognizethem.Butastheysoondiscovered,disguisescansometimesbetooperfect.

'Thisisawonderfulplaceforapicnic,'saidGloriaGleam.

'Itcouldn'tbebetter,Gloria,'BrinksleyMeersagreed.'Nonewspapermen,nofilmfans!Whydon'twecomemoreoften?'

Meanwhile,twootheractors,RockwallSlingerandMerlinGreeves,hadcarriedtwolargefoodbasketstoashadyspotundersometrees.Whentheyhadallmadethemselvescomfortable,astrangerappeared.Helookedveryangry.

'Nowyougutoutofhere,allofyou!'heshouted:'I'msheriffhere.Doyouseethatnotice?Itsays"NoCamping"-incaseyoucan'tread!'

'Look,sheriff,'saidRockwall,'don'tbetoohardonus.I'mRockwallSlingerandthisisMerlinGreeves.'

'Oh,isit?'saidthesheriffwithasneer.'Well,I'mBrinksleyMeers,andmyothernameisGloriaGleam.Nowyougetoutofherefast!'??Part2:Newwordsandexpressions1limelight['laimlait]n.舞臺(tái)燈光2precaution[pri'k?:??n]n.預(yù)防措施3

fan

[f?n]n.狂熱者，迷4

shady

['?eidi]a.遮蔭的5

sheriff

['?erif]n.司法長(zhǎng)官6

notice

['n?utis]n.告示7

sneer

[sni?]n.冷笑★limelight眾人注目的中心（原義-石灰光）Althoughheisagovernmentofficial,hetriestokeepoutofthelimelight.盡管他是位政府官員，他還是避免引人注意。她自從成為一位演員后一直引人注目。Shehas

beeninthelimelight

sinceshebecameanactress.

★precautionsafetyprecaution安全防范措施precautionsagainstfire

防火措施I’llkeeptheletterasaprecaution.我要保存這封信，以防萬(wàn)一?！飂an

n.（口）（電影，運(yùn)動(dòng)等）迷，狂熱愛(ài)好者（支持者）1.a

baseball

fan

棒球迷a

rock‘n'

roll

fan

搖滾迷eg.She

is

a

great

fan

of

the

Giants.

她是巨人隊(duì)的忠實(shí)球迷。2.n.風(fēng)扇a

folding

fan

折扇an

electric

fan

電扇3.v.扇風(fēng)，送風(fēng)fan

a

fire

扇火eg.He

fanned

his

face

with

a

magazine.

他用一本雜志向連上扇風(fēng)?！飐hady

adj.1）陰涼的，背陰的.Wewenttofindsomewherecoolandshadytohaveadrink.我們找了個(gè)陰涼地兒喝了一杯2）可疑的；非法的ashadydeal一宗有問(wèn)題的交易★notice1)注意；理會(huì)；察覺(jué).Don’ttakeanynoticeofwhatyoureadinthepapers.別在意你在報(bào)上看到的東西。別理會(huì)他說(shuō)的話Takenonoticeofwhathesays.2)告示anoticesaying”KeepofftheGrass”寫(xiě)著“勿踏草地”的公告牌★Sneer

v.嘲笑；譏諷1.sneeratsb./sth.

Hesneeredatpeoplewholikedpopmusic.他嘲笑喜歡流行音樂(lè)的人2.asneeringcomment/smile/laugh譏諷的話/笑容/笑聲3.sneeringly

adv.??Part

3:Notesonthetext★Anancientbusstoppedbyadryriverbedandapartyoffamousactorsandactressesgotoff.

1）ancient

在這里表示“老式的”、“古舊的”，與old

意思相近，

但比old

有幽默感：

eg.Where

did

you

find

that

ancient

dress?你在哪里找到這件老掉牙的衣服？

the

ancients（指古希臘及羅馬的）古2)

stopped

by

停在....地3）river

bed

指河床，名詞

river

作形容詞用，flower

bed

（花壇）等4）party

作量詞用時(shí)表示“一行”、“一伙”、“一群”等，如aparty

of

tourists/boys/schoolchildren（一群旅游者／男孩/小學(xué)生）等?！顳ressedindarkglassesandoldclothes,theyhadtakenspecialprecautionssothatnooneshouldrecognizethem.1.take

a

precaution

against/of

sth

2.sothat以便于....引導(dǎo)目的狀語(yǔ)從句sothatVSso.....that

Iwillspeakloudlysothatyoucanhearme.Johnisdohonestthatweallbelievehim.結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)從句★Butastheysoondiscovered,disguisescansometimesbetooperfect.1.disguise

sb/sth

with

sth

disguise

sb/sth

as

sb/sth.

用某種東西裝扮成某人/某物eg.The

theives

disguised

themselves

as

security

guards.

隱藏，遮掩

I

couldn't

disguise

my

anger我怒行于色2.in

disguise偽裝的，假裝的，假扮的

I

didn't

recognize

him

because

he

is

in

disguise.我沒(méi)認(rèn)出他來(lái)，因?yàn)樗麄窝b了?！?Nowyougetoutofhere,allofyou!'heshouted.getoutofhere

從這里走開(kāi)，滾出去，滾開(kāi)getfuckoutofhere

給我從這滾出去

★'I'msheriffhere.Doyouseethatnotice?Itsays"NoCamping"--incaseyoucan'tread!'1.I‘msheriffhere.（sheriff是一種職位，職位前面不加冠詞）Heispresident.

總統(tǒng)（職位）

Whoismonitor?

誰(shuí)是班長(zhǎng)（職位）

Iamateacher.

teacher不是官銜，加不定冠詞2.incase+從句

假使，萬(wàn)一……的話，免得，以防萬(wàn)一（常用于引導(dǎo)條件或目的狀語(yǔ)從句，當(dāng)句子表示將來(lái)的時(shí)間時(shí)，incase后面必須用現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)或should/might）incaseyoucan'tread

除非你們不識(shí)字。

I’mtakingaraincoatwithmeincaseIneedit.Incasehecomes/shouldcome,givehimthisletter.★When

they

had

all

made

themselves

comfortable許多動(dòng)詞都可以與賓語(yǔ)+賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)連用，drive,

get,

find,

keep,

leave,

like,

make,

open,

paint,

prefer,

pull,

want,

wipe

等：Aeroplanes

are

slowly

driving

me

mad.

飛機(jī)正在逐漸把我逼瘋。He

found

the

test

difficult.

他發(fā)現(xiàn)考試不容易。

??Part

4:Grammar&Difficultpoints一.as引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句1.As引導(dǎo)限制性定語(yǔ)從句the

same....as、as...as、such...as、so..aseg.It'sthesamepersonaswewantedtofindyesterday.2.as引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句as指代整個(gè)主句內(nèi)容、有“正如，好像”意思eg.Aseveryoneknows,Chinaisabeautifulcountrywithalonghistory二.否定詞+比較級(jí)=最高級(jí)1.Ican'tagreewithyoumore.not....more=most2.Wecan'thaveaworseday.not....worse=worst三.in

case

表示“假使”、“萬(wàn)一......的話”、“免得”、“以防萬(wàn)一”“除非”。

它通常用于引導(dǎo)條件或目的狀語(yǔ)從句。當(dāng)句子表示將來(lái)的時(shí)間時(shí)