新概念第三冊 37課課件

TheWesthavenExpress

開往威斯特海溫的快車15070120Lesson37新概念第三冊37課Wehavelearnttoexpectthattrainswillbepunctual.Afteryearsofconditioning,mostofushavedevelopedanunshakablefaithinrailwaytimetables.Shipsmaybedelayedbystorms;flightsmaybecancelledbecauseofbadweather,buttrainsmustbeontime.Onlyanexceptionallyheavysnowfallmighttemporarilydislocaterailwayservices.Itisalltooeasytoblametherailwayauthoritieswhensomethingdoesgowrong.Thetruthisthatwhenmistakesoccur,theyaremorelikelytobeoursthantheirs.

Afterconsultingmyrailwaytimetable,InotedwithsatisfactionthattherewasanexpresstraintoWesthaven.Itwentdirectfrommylocalstationand

新概念第三冊37課thejourneylastedmereahourandseventeenminutes.WhenIboardedthetrain,Icouldnothelpnoticingthatagreatmanylocalpeoplegotonaswell.Atthetime,thisdidnotstrikemeasodd.Ireflectedthattheremustbeagreatmanylocalpeoplebesidesmyselfwhowishedtotakeadvantageofthisexcellentservice.NeitherwasIsurprisewhenthetrainstoppedatWidley,atinystationafewmilesalongtheline.Evenamightyexpresstraincanbeheldupbysignals.Butwhenthetraindawdledatstationafterstation,Ibegantowonder,Itsuddenlydawnedonmethatthisexpresswasnotroaringdownthelineatninetymilesanhour,butbarelychuggingalongatthirty.Onehourandseventeen新概念第三冊37課minutespassedandwehadnotevencoveredhalfthedistance.IaskedapassengerifthiswastheWesthavenExpress,buthehadnotevenheardofit.Ideterminedtolodgeacomplaintassoonaswearrived.Twohourslater,IwastalkingangrilytothestationmasteratWesthaven.Whenhedeniedthetrain'sexistence,Iborrowedhiscopyofthetimetable.TherewasanoteoftriumphinmyvoicewhenItoldhimthatitwasthereinblackandwhite.Glancingatitbriefly,hetoldmetolookagain.Atinyasterisk

conductedmetoafootnoteatthebottomofthepage.Itsaid:'Thisservicehasbeensuspended.'新概念第三冊37課NewwordsandexpressionsTheWesthavenExpress

#express

n.

快車；adj.

高速的

express

way:

高速公路

express

train快車

special

express

特快

through

express

直快

stopping/

local

train

慢車新概念第三冊37課2.Wehavelearnttoexpectthattrainswillbepunctual.

#punctual

adj.

準時的

be

punctual

in

doing

sth.

在做……方面非常準時

be

punctual

to

the

minute

非常準時punctually

adv.

unpunctual

ant.

punctualityn.嚴守時間

辨析：punctuationn.標點#We'velearnttoexpectthat……我們已經(jīng)習慣于期盼……

新概念第三冊37課3.Afteryearsofconditioning,mostofushavedevelopedanunshakablefaithinrailwaytimetables.#condition

v.

使習慣于

==form

a

habit

in

Eg:

This

society

has

conditioned

each

of

us.

be

conditioned

to

習慣了……

Eg:

Each

of

us

has

been

conditioned

to

the

society.

新概念第三冊37課#condition

n.條件

on

condition

that

在……條件下如果

*on

no

condition

在任何情況下，用在句首句子要倒裝

Eg.On

no

condition

must

you

be

late.

in

good/

bad

condition

情況良好/情況糟糕

change

one's

condition

結(jié)婚

新概念第三冊37課#faith

n.

信任

keep

faith

with

sb.

對……守信用

put

one's

faith

in

sth

對……有信心

on

the

faith

of

在……的保障下，憑……的信用辨析：faith

深信不疑，信仰，比belief

程度重一點

belief可信賴，可接受

conviction

堅定的信念

trust

相信，依賴

credit

對……完全相信新概念第三冊37課3.Onlyanexceptionallyheavysnowfallmighttemporarilydislocaterailwayservices.只有非同尋常的大雪才可能暫時打亂鐵路運行。#exceptionally異常地；特殊地；例外地#dislocate

[?d?sl?ke?t]vt.使關(guān)節(jié)脫位;使（交通，事務(wù)等）混亂新概念第三冊37課4.Itisalltooeasytoblametherailwayauthoritieswhensomethingdoesgowrong.一旦鐵路上真出了問題，人們便不加思索地責備鐵路當局。#too...to句型中，在too前出現(xiàn)了all,only,but,not等詞的時候，to就有肯定意義

Eg:Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.活到老，學到老

#blamesb.forsth.因為…責怪某人

blamesth.onsb.

betoblame

該受責備；應(yīng)承擔責任新概念第三冊37課5.Atthetime,thisdidnotstrikemeasodd.一開始，我并不感到奇怪。#strikesb.as給某人…印象；使某人感到

as后面可以跟分詞或者形容詞6.Ireflectedthattheremustbeagreatmanylocalpeoplebesidesmyselfwhowishedtotakeadvantageofthisexcellentservice.

#reflect

v.

細想

reflect

on

sth

細想……

reflect

upon

oneself

自我反省新概念第三冊37課6.Evenamightyexpresstraincanbeheldupbysignals.即便是特別快車也可能被信號攔住。#mighty

adj.

強大的，有力的#holdup==holdback,hinder,prevent阻攔；攔截；舉起新概念第三冊37課7.Itsuddenlydawnedonmethatthisexpresswasnotroaringdownthelineatninetymilesanhour,butbarelychuggingalongatthirty.我突然感到這趟快車并沒以時速90英里的速度呼嘯前進，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，時速僅30英里。#dawn

[d?:n]n.拂曉;醒悟vi.破曉;開始出現(xiàn)vt.（開始）被理解；被想到

dawnonsb漸漸被某人明白#roar[r?:(r)]v.吼叫n.吼叫聲，咆哮聲;大笑chug英[t??g]vi.發(fā)出突突聲;（火車、汽船等）咔嚓咔嚓地前進n.突突聲

roardown,chugalong

呼叫向前,慢慢向前(形式一致)#barely==only新概念第三冊37課8.Ideterminedtolodgeacomplaintassoonaswearrived.#lodge

[l?d?]v.

提出

make/

lodge

complaint

提出抱怨lodgevi.存放;暫住;埋入

vt.提出（報告、要求、申訴等）;容納;寄存;把（權(quán)利、權(quán)威等）授予

n.<古>小屋，草屋;（北美印第安人的）帳篷;（森林、獵場等的）看守小屋;（學校、工廠等的）傳達室新概念第三冊37課9.