新概念英語第二冊(cè)-38課

Lesson38

everythingexcepttheweatherwarmingupWhatisyourfavouritecity?Howistheweatherthere?HaveyoueverbeentoEngland?DoyouknowtheclimateinEngland?IfyouhaveeverbeentoEngland,youmustbeimpressedbythebeautifulscenery.However,everyhingthereisperfectexcepttheweather.Asisknowtoall,atypicalEnglishgentlemanusuallytakesanumbrellawithhim.Similarly,whenpeopletheremeetothers,theyusuallybeginwiththeweather.Letushaveatest

Herearesomeproverbs,guesstherightmeaning.It'srianingcatsanddogs.下得傾盆大雨Amistymorningmayhaveafineday.早晨有霧露，可能是晴天。Agoodwinterbringsagoodsummer瑞雪兆豐年Readthetextandfindanswerstothesequestions:1.Wherehadharrisonspontmanyyears?2.Whatdidhewanttodo?wahtdidhebuy?3.Wasthesummerthatyeargood,orwasitverybad?4.Whatwashimcomplainabout?5.Didharrisonsellhishouseatlast?6.Didhelefthiscountry?★complainv.抱怨complaintosb.向某人抱怨complainof/aboutsth.抱怨某事★continuouslyadv.不斷地，連續(xù)地（指動(dòng)作中間沒有間斷）Youmustn’twatchTVforsuchalongtimecontinuously.Thisplanecanflycontinuouslyfortwentyhours.continuallyadv.頻繁地，反復(fù)地（指動(dòng)作中間有間斷但又持續(xù)很久）Itrainedcontinually.天頻繁地下雨。Theriverflowsunderthisbridgecontinuously.河水不停地從橋下流過.★bitterlyadv.刺骨地bitterlydisappointed徹底的失望（disappointvt.使失望）Iambitterlydisappointed.bitterlycold刺骨地寒冷It’sbitterlycold.（chillyadj.寒冷的）nosooner…than…一……就……（關(guān)聯(lián)詞，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，主句里常用過去完成時(shí)，than后面的從句用一般過去時(shí)hadnosoonerdone…than+一般過去時(shí),固定用法(時(shí)態(tài)結(jié)構(gòu):完成時(shí)態(tài)+than+一般過去時(shí))Hehadnosoonerarrivedthanhecalledmeup.nosooner放在句首就要倒裝Nosoonerhadhearrivedthanhecalledmeup.(倒裝)Nosoonerhadhebegunspeakingthanhewasinterrupted.morethan表示“超過……的范圍”ThispieceofnewsismorethanIcanbelieve.ItwasmorethanIcouldunderstand.Ican'taffordit.＝ItismorethanIcanafford.hardly…when…還沒來得及……就……，用法同nosooner…thanhardlyhadsb.donewhen…(hardly在句首,要倒裝)Hehadhardlyopenedhiseyeswhenhewasknockedout.（knockout:打暈,擊倒）Hardlyhadhegotintothebuswhenitbeganmoving.asif(sometimessubjunctivemood)Heactsasifheknewme.(事實(shí)上并不知道我)TheytreatmeasifIwereastranger.（我并不是陌生人）Itlooksasifitisgoingtorain(天要下雨)連詞asif/though引導(dǎo)方式狀語從句，通常跟在描述行為舉止的動(dòng)詞之后，如act，appear，feel，look，smell，sound等后面：Sheactedasifsheweremad.（虛擬語氣）Itfeelsasif/thoughit’sgoingtorainimmediately1.advHelaydownandwasasleepimmediately.Allthosewhoareimme