新概念第二冊-lesson53-hot-snake

Lesson53觸電的蛇

復習提問（1）我試圖把我的新房間收拾整齊。（2）更糟糕的是房間還非常小。（3）他和往常一樣胖。（4）顯然他感到很尷尬?？隙ɑ卮?1)Ihavebeentryingtogetmynewroominorder.(2)tomakemattersworse,theroomisrathersmall.(3)Hewasstillasfatasever.(4)Itwasobviousthathewasveryembarrassed.1whatareforestsfiresoftencausedby?2Whohasjustsolvedthemysery?

（一）新詞學習hotadj.帶電的，充電的熱的辣的hot-hot-hot:麻辣燙hot-wings:辣雞翅hot-tempered:火暴（脾氣）的hottopic:熱門話題hotdog:熱狗hotpotato:棘手的問題hotsnake

firemann.消防隊員fireextinguisher滅火器extinguish=putout滅火causev.引起；n.原因causesth.:引起麻煩Carelessnesscausesaccidents.Examinev檢查Exam=ExaminationnAccidentallyadc意外地；偶然地Accidentn事故；意外事件Accidentally=bychance=byaccident

wireless無線的solvev.解決solvethemystery解開謎團解決問題solvetheproblemsolutionn.mysteryn.謎mysteriousadj.snatchv.抓住AtlastfiremenhaveputoutabigforestfireinCalifornia.·atlast最終finally我們最終到達了山頂Wereachedthemountaintopatlast.Putput撲滅；熄滅；關掉extinguish

putoutafire:撲滅火afire:一場（堆）火Since

then,

they

have

been

trying

to

find

out

how

the

fire

began.

sincethen:從那時起；到現(xiàn)在為止重要：完成時的標志打那兒起，她就努力學習了。She‘sbeenstudyinghardsincethen.

自從3月前離開家，我就沒吃過一次盛餐。Ileftmyhomethreemonthsago,sincethenIhaven’thadabigmeal.havebeentryingto現(xiàn)在完成進行時·findout(經過努力研究后）找出；發(fā)現(xiàn)；查明我們遲早會查出真相Wewillfindoutthetruthearlyorlate.警察們正試著找出罪犯Policemenaretryingtofindoutthecriminals.我將試著查出昨天那個救我人的名字Iwilltrytofindoutthenamewhosavedmylifeyesterday.比較：Ifoundmykey.從那時起，他們一直試圖找出起火的原因。Forest

fires

are

often

caused

by

broken

glass

or

by

cigarette

ends

which

people

carelessly

throw

away.

becausedby…由…引起;由…造成；事故是由酒后駕車的司機造成的Theaccidentwascausedbythedrunkdriver.事故是粗心造成的Theaccidentwascausedbycarelessness.他的死亡是由高燒造成的Hisdeathwascausedbyahighfever.Brokenglass破碎的玻璃；碎玻璃Cigaretteends煙頭Cigaretteendswhichpeoplecarelesslythrowaway.Which引導的定語從句which在從句中做賓語Throwaway扔掉；丟棄Yesterday

the

firemen

examined

the

ground

carefully,

but

were

not

able

to

find

anybroken

glass.

昨天，消防隊員仔細檢查了地面，但沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)任何碎玻璃。were

not

able

to

find表示“沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)”Beabletodo能夠做某事Benotabletoso不能夠做某事醫(yī)生治不了這種病Thedoctorswerenotabletotreatthisdisease.我昨天無法和你聯(lián)絡上Iwasnotabletogetintouchwithyou.They

were

also

quite

sure

that

a

cigarette

end

did

not

start

the

fire.

他們還十分肯定火災也不是由煙頭引起的。·besurethat:對…很有把握Startthefire=causethefire引發(fā)火災重要：quiteafew:頗有幾個（相當多的）manyThis

morning,

however，a

fireman

accidentally

discovered

the

cause.

然而今天上午，一個消防隊覓偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了起火的原因。Accidentally=bychance=byaccident偶然He

noticed

the

remains

of

a

snake

which

was

wound

round

the

electric

wires

of

a16,000-

vcrfl

power

fine.

語言點1本句中which引導定語從句。

語言點2

the

remains在表示“殘骸”時必須使用復數(shù)形式。

語言點3

wound是wind的過去分詞，在此不表示“蜿蜒”，而表示“卷在……上，纏繞”，常常與

round

/around

搭配使用。他發(fā)現(xiàn)了纏繞在16000伏高壓線上的一條死蛇。

In

this

way,

he

was

able

to

solve

the

mystery.

就這樣，他解開了起火之謎。

inthisway就這樣；通過這種方式was

able

to

solve

the

mystery

=

could

solve

the

mysterySolvethemystery解開謎團The

explanation

was

simple

but

very

unusual.

解釋簡單，卻異乎尋常。語言點這是一個省略句，補充完整為：The

explanation

was

simple

but

was

very

unusual.Explanationn解釋ExplainvA

bird

had

snatched

up

the

snake

from

the

ground

and

then

dropped

it

on

to

thewires

一只鳥把蛇從地上抓起來，然后把它扔到了電線上?！?/p>

drop

v.丟在，落下；投在drop

n.水珠；[復]眼藥水，滴劑

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