新概念英語課件NCE3-lesson17（共29張）

Lesson17ThelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworldNewwordsandexpression

Suspensionn.懸，吊suspensionbridge吊橋suspendvt.吊，懸掛Thelightissuspendedfromtheceiling.suspendvt.暫停，暫緩Thetrainwassuspendedbecauseoftheheavyrain.suspense

n.擔心，掛念，懸念Thewonderfulfilmgavemeagoodexpressionbecauseofitssuspense.suspendern.吊襪帶，背帶Agreeableadj.宜人的agreeablesituation宜人的地方Hishouseisaagreeablesituation.Situationn.地點，地方situatevt.使位于，使處于Locatev.位于BeijingislocatedintheNorthofChina.Immortaladj.永生的，流芳百世的Brooklynn.布魯克林Statenn.斯塔頓Spann.跨度Cablen.纜索Concreten.混凝土Suspendv.懸掛Lengthn.根，段Estimatev.估計--Underestimate低估/Overestimate高估--Ataroughestimate,thecarisworth500thousandRMB.粗略的估計以下…Estimationn.判斷=judgement=judgmentn.審判,判決--inmyestimation=inmyview=inmyopinion在我看來Capacity

n.承受量（容量,生產量,接受力）--Areyouclearaboutthecapacityofthecinema?Capacityn.做某事的能力haveacapacityfordoingsomething/haveacapacitytodoability--wehaveacapacitytostudyEnglishwell.Abilityn.能力,才干（已經做到了）--Wehaveabilitytofinishtheworkintwodays.=wemanagetofinish…Capabilityn.潛在的能力havecapabilitytodo/havecapabilityofdoing--Everychildhascapabilitytostudyaforeignlanguage.Facultyn.先天的智能或能力Competencen.勝任工作的能力、資格--Ihavecompetenceforthisjob.Immensity

n.巨大Elegantadj.優(yōu)美別致的Elegant還表示人的舉止很得體、大方--Theladyiselegant./elegantbehaviorGracefuladj.優(yōu)美的（強調一個人的體型優(yōu)美）Delicateadj.精巧的,精致的Faintly

adv.微細地withinprep.在...之內,不越出n.內部,里頭

adj.里面的,內部的adv.在內部,在內心里midstn.中間prep.在...中間flowvi.流動n.流動shapen.外形,形狀,形態(tài)accountn.計算,說明,帳目designern.設計家,制圖師,陰謀家towern.塔,城堡

underwateradj.在水下的,在水中的adv.在水下

n.(海洋等)水面下的水

platformn.平臺,(車站)月臺,講臺,講壇

depthn.深,深度

surfacen.表面,外表,水面adj.面的,膚淺的

wiren.金屬絲,電線packvt.塞滿,擠進,擠滿

strengthn.強度,力量

fulfillvt.履行,實現,完成(計劃等)

fulfilvt.完成,達到

drawvt.vi.（drew,drawn,drawing）拉,曳,牽,畫,繪制

createvt.創(chuàng)造,創(chuàng)作,引起,造成Text

Howisthebridgesupported?Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.sailedinto...是句子的主干aboutwhom（whom指代Italian）Hedescribeditas'averyagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver.'describesomethingas…把某物描述成…--Ishoulddescribetheattemptasafailure.我把這次嘗試描述成失敗。后面可以加as的動詞：see,view,lookupon,recognize,regard,treat,accept--Hismotherregardshimasgenius.（geniusn.天才,天賦）--Iacceptedhiswordsastruth.我對他的話信以為真。Located過去分詞做定語修飾situationInthemidstof=inthemiddleofinthemidstofwhich...--Agreatriverflowedinthemiddleofthetwohills.--Ilikethevillagelocatedwithintwosmallhills.=Ilikethevillagewhichislocatedwithintwosmallhills.Inthemiddleof不僅可以表示方位上的中間,還可以表示時間上的中間。--inthemiddleoftheriver/inthemiddleofthenight/inthemiddleofthewinter介詞短語在which前,which引導的從句要倒裝。

--Wearrivedatafarmhouseinfrontofwhichwasamountain.ThoughVerrazanoisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer,hisnamewillprobablyremainmmortal,foronNovember21st,1964,thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim.Though/although/eventhough引導讓步狀語從句用了though,although不能使用but但可以用yet來強調轉折關系--Thoughtheymanagetotakephotographs,yettheygotintotroublesoon.Evenreallyhonestbynomeans

（=notbyanymeans=notatall）--Itisbynomeanspleasanttotakeacrowdedbus.乘坐一輛擁擠的公共汽車絕對不是一件讓人高興的事。--Heisn'tsatisfiedwithajobatall.=Heisn'tsatisfiedwithajobbyanymeans.innoway,innocase,innosense,innocircumstances（circumstancen.環(huán)境,詳情,境況）onnoaccount,atnotime都表示’決不’benamedafter…,benamedfor…,takeone'snamefrom…都表示用…來命名TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4,260feet.aspanof跨度、橋長Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner.takeintoaccount=takeintoconsideration=takeaccountof考慮到--Wehavetotakethedateintoaccountwhenwehavethemeeting.Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables.Support=holdup舉起,支撐Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmadeofsteelandconcrete.Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Extend（延伸,伸展）=reach,stretch--arailwayextendstothenextcity.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.=Ittooktheworkerssixteenmonthstobuildtheplatforms.Abovethesurfaceofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.extendtoadepthof…伸展的深度extendtoalengthof…伸展的長度extendtoawidthof…伸展的寬度（widthn.寬度,寬廣）risetoaheightof…伸展的高度Theysupportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.which指代先行詞cablesEachofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedwithcars,itwouldstillonlybecarrying

athirdofitstotalcapacity.Ithasbeenestimatedthat...（Itissaidthat…Itisreportedthat…）Ithasbeenestimated,Ithasbeenexpectedwere虛擬語氣（橋上不可能擺滿汽車）carryv.承載athirdof……的1/3However,sizeandstrengtharenottheonlyimportantthingsaboutthisbridge.

Despiteitsimmensity,itisbothsimpleandelegant,fulfillingitsdesigner'sdreamtocreate'anenormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible'.Immensity指代sizeDespite=inspiteofFulfillvt.履行,實現,完成(計劃等)Fulfilling分詞做狀語表示結果--Thebuswasheldupbythesnowstorm,causingthedelay.（holdup阻擋,攔截）

--Herhusbanddiedin1970,leavingherwithherchildren.

--Atlasthepassedhisexamination,fulfillinghisdreamtogoabroad.Special