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§Lesson16Maryhadalittlelamb瑪麗有一頭小羔羊

[Newwordsandexpressions]生詞和短語

?prizeadj.珍貴的，寶貴的

?tiev.拴，系

?theftn.偷盜案

?accusev.指控

?denyv.否認(rèn)

?ashamedadj.感到羞恥，慚愧

?apologizev.道歉

?dyev.染

★prizeadj.珍貴的，寶貴的

可以表示“珍貴的，寶貴的”的詞包括：prize,valuable,precious,cherishable,dear

Eg.:Maryhasgotaprizelamb.

Thecatisprizetotheoldlady.

★tiev.拴,系

tiesthto

1.把…拴在…上

Eg:Itiethedogtoatree

2.與…有聯(lián)系

Eg:Heistiedtohisfamily

3.n.領(lǐng)帶：關(guān)系(強(qiáng)調(diào)血緣關(guān)系)

★theftn.偷盜行為，偷盜案

Eg.:Hereportsthethefttothepolice.

★accusev.指控

accusesbofdoingsth因?yàn)槟呈轮缚啬橙?，指控某人做了某?/p>

Eg.:Heacciusedhisneighbourofstealinghisbicycle.

=chargesbwithdoingsth

accuse比charge語意弱：accuse強(qiáng)調(diào)“嚴(yán)厲的指責(zé)"charge強(qiáng)調(diào)"控告”

★denyv.否認(rèn)

denydoingsth.否認(rèn)做了某事

Hedeniedstealingthelamb.

Hedeniedthetruth.

denysb.nothing百依百順

Eg:Hedenieshiswifenothing

denyoneself:克制自己

Eg:Onsomeoccasionswemustdenyourselves.

★ashamedadj.感到羞恥，慚愧

beashamedof

Heisashamedofbeingadustman.

shameful:可恥的

Thetheftisshameful.

shameless:無恥的

Thethiefisashamelessperson.

★apologizev.道歉

apologizetosb.(forsth.)

apologyn.

★dyev.染

Dyetheclothblack.

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§Lesson16Maryhadalittlelamb瑪麗有一頭小羔羊

Q:WasDimitririghttoapologizetohisneighbour?Whynot?

MaryandherhusbandDimitrilivedinthetinyvillageofPerachorainsouthernGreece.OneofMary'sprizepossessions

wasalittlewhitelambwhichherhusbandhadgivenher.Shekeptittiedtoatreeinafieldduringthedayandwentto

fetchiteveryevening.Oneevening,however,thelambwasmissing.Theropehadbeencut,soitwasobviousthatthe

lambhadbeenstolen.

WhenDimitricameinfromthefields,Hiswifetoldhimwhathadhappened.Dimitriatoncesetouttofindthethief.He

knewitwouldnotprovedifficultinsuchasmallvillage.Aftertellingseveralofhisfriendsaboutthetheft,Dimitrifoundout

thathisneighbour,Aleko,hadsuddenlyacquiredanewlamb.DimitriimmediatelywenttoAleko'shouseandangrily

accusedhimofstealingthelamb.Hetoldhimhehadbetterreturnitorhewouldcallthepolice.Alekodeniedtakingitand

ledDimitriintohisback-yard.Itwastruethathehadjustboughtalamb,heexplained,buthislambwasblack.Ashamed

ofhavingactedsorashly,DimitriapologizedtoAlekoforhavingaccusedhim.Whiletheyweretalkingitbegantorainand

DimitristayedinAleko'shouseuntiltherainstopped.Whenhewentoutsidehalfanhourlater,hewasastonishedtofind

thatthelittleblacklambwasalmostwhite.Itswool,whichhadbeendyedblack,hadbeenwashedcleanbytherain!

【課文講解】

inthetinyvillageof…在一個(gè)小小的山村

inthebigcityofBeijing

inthebeautifulcityofParis

possession:所有物

Eg:WhatIpossessisvaluable/Mypossessionsarevaluable.我所擁有的?切都很值錢。

belonging:隨身攜帶物（通常是用復(fù)數(shù)形式）

keep:使處于某種狀態(tài)

keep后的復(fù)合賓語（賓語補(bǔ)足語）可以是形容詞、介詞短語、分詞

keep和過去分詞搭配做賓語補(bǔ)足語，過去分詞和賓語之間是邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系。

Ikeepmywindowsclosed.

賓語補(bǔ)足語和賓語是主謂關(guān)系，那么賓語補(bǔ)足語是現(xiàn)在分詞結(jié)構(gòu)

Ikepttheboystandingoutside.

Itisobviousthat…顯而易見

setouttodosth.開始著手做某事

itwouldnotprovedifficult,是不難做到的

prove是連素動(dòng)詞，作“證明是”講，本句子與itwouldnotbedifficult相同。

tellsb.aboutsth.把某事告知某人

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Eg.:Hetoldthepoliceaboutthetheft.

or:否則

Eg.:Hecan'tbeillorhewouldn'thavecome.

orelse:（Cl?）否則...

Eg:Yourroomissodirty.Clearitpromptly,orelse--.

Itistruethat...,but...誠(chéng)然...，但是...

Eg.:Itistruethattheworkishard,butwellfinishitahead.

Ashamedofhavingactedsorashly,...其前省略了being,現(xiàn)在分詞結(jié)構(gòu)（形容詞結(jié)構(gòu)）做狀語，此處相當(dāng)于原因狀語，放

在主句前后均可。

Angryateverybodyhere,heleftsuddenly.

Anxiousforaquickdecision,hecalledhisfriends.

Nervous,themanopenedtheletter.

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[Specialdifficulties]

hadbetterdosth.

hadbetternotdosth.

ExerciseP76

Rewritethefollowingsentencesusinghadbettersplaceofitwouldbeadvisable.

1Itwouldbeadvisableforustohavelunch.

2Itwouldbeadvisableforhertorenewherpassport.

3Itwouldnotbeadvisableforyoutoasksomanyquestions.

4Itwouldnotbeadvisableforustostayanylonger.

5Itwouldbeadvisableforthechildrentogetanearlynight.

6Itwouldbeadvisableformetoconsultmysolicitor.

Key:

1Wehadbetterhavelunch.

2Shehadbetterrenewherpassport.

3Youhadbetternotasksomanyquestions.

4Wehadbetternotstayanylonger.

5Thechildrenhadbettergetanearlynight.

6Ihadbetteroconsultmysolicitor.

注:solicitor律師，法律顧問

[Multiplechoicequestions]P76

Comprehension

1Everyevening,Maryusedtogoand.

a.cutthelambfromtheropeithadbeentiedon

b.untiethelambsoitcouldwanderinthefieldatnight

c.bringherlambbackhomeforthenight

d.makesurethatherlambwasnotmissing

1.C

2Itwouldnotbedifficulttofindthethiefbecause.

a.thelambhadbeenoneofMar/sprizepossessions

b.newstravelsfastinasmallcommunity

c.Dimitrihadalotoffriendsinthevillage

d.therainwouldsoonwashtheblackdyeoffthelamb

2.B

community:社區(qū)village

3WhenAlekofirstshowedDimitrithelambinhisbackyard.

a.hewastruthfulabouthowhehadacquiredhelambbutnotaboutitscolour

b.Dimitriadmittedthatthelambcouldnotbehiswife's

c.itwasclearthatthelambhadbeendyedblack

d.itstartedtorainbeforeDimitrihadtimetoidentifythelambashis

3.B

Structure

4MaryandherhusbandDimitrilivedinPerachora,tinyvillageinsouthernGreece.(11.1-2)

a.inab.thec.inthed.a

4.D

5--wasalittlewhitelambwhichhadbeenfromherhusband.(11.2-3)

a.presentb.presentedc.presentingd.apresent

present->absent

presented+to/with

WhenMrBrownleftfirm,thedirectorpresentedagoldwatchtohim.

apresentfromsb.

Eg.;Thegoldwatchwaspresentfromthedirector.

5.D

6Onherhusband'sreturn,whathadhappened.(11.7-8)

a.hiswifetoldhimb.shetoldDimitric.Marytoldhimd.Dimitriwastold

6.C

7--itwouldnotprovedifficultinavillageofsize.(11.8-9)

a.asuchsmallb.sosmallc.thesmallestd.sosmalla

sosmallasizeorsuchasmallsize

7.D

8Hetoldhimifheit,hewouldcallthepolice.(1.11)

a.wasnotreturningb.didnotreturnc.hasnotreturnedd.hadnotreturned

8.B

Vocabulary

9OneofMary'smostpossessions...(I.2)

a.valuedb.worthwhilec.worthyd.expensive

9.A

valuedadvice寶貴的忠告

valuedfriend珍貴的朋友

worthwhile值得的

Eg.:Anyexerciseisworthwhile.

Studyinghardisworthwhile.

worthy:配得上的

Eg.:Thechainisworthyofthewatch.

Hisdeedsareworthyofourpraise.他的行為值得我們表?yè)P(yáng)。

10Afterthethefttoseveralofhisfriends...(I.9)

a.tellingb.reportingc.expressingd.counting

tellsomebodyaboutsomething

10B

reportsomethingtosomebody

11Duringtheir,itbegantorain.(11.13-14)

a.chatb.argumentc.conversationd.speech

11.C

talk==conversation

12Whenhewent____halfanhourlater...(11.14-15)

a.outofdoorsb.intotheopenc.intheopenaird.insideout

12.A

outofdoors-outside反義詞：indoors

intheopenair在野外,在露天

insideout:里外反穿

Eg.:Heputhissocksoninsideout他把襪子穿反了。

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§Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld

世界上最長(zhǎng)的吊橋

[Newwordsandexpressions）生詞和短語

?suspensionn.懸，吊

?agreeableadj.宜人的

?situationn.地點(diǎn)，地方

?locatev.位于

?immortaladj.永生的，流芳百世的

?Brooklynn.布魯克林（紐約一區(qū)名）

?Statenn.斯塔頓（島）

?spann.跨度

?cablen纜索

?concreten.混泥土

?suspendv.懸掛

?lengthn.根，段

?estimatev.估計(jì)

?immensity巨大

?capacityn.承受量

?elegantadj.優(yōu)美別致的

?faintlyadv.微細(xì)地

★suspensionn.懸，吊

suspensionbridge吊橋

suspend:懸掛

Eg.:Thelightissuspendedfromtheceiling.

暫停

Eg.:Thetrainwassuspendedbecauseoftheheavyrain.

suspense:n.擔(dān)心，掛念，懸念

Eg.:Thewonderfulfilmgivemeadeepimpressionbecauseofitssuspense.

Hedidn'ttellusthetruthincaptomeinsuspenseallday.

suspenders吊襪帶

★agreeableadj.宜人的

Todayisagreeable,

agreeablesituation

Hishouseisinaagreeablesituation.

★situationn.地點(diǎn)，地方

location

situatev.

locatev.

BeijingislocatedintheNorthofChina.

JapanislocatedtotheEastofChina,

islocatedto...

★locatev.位于

★immortaladj.永生的，流芳百世的

★Brooklynn.布魯克林（紐約一區(qū)名）

★Statenn.斯塔頓（島）

★spann.跨度

★cablen纜索

★concreten,混泥土

★suspendv.懸掛

★lengthn.根，段

★estimatev.估計(jì)

underestimate低估

overestimate高估

Eg.:Ataroughestimate,thecarisworth500thousandRMB.

estimationn.判斷

inmyestimation

★immensityn.巨大

★capacityn.承受量

Areyouclearaboutthecapacityofthecinema?

做某事的能力

haveacapacityfordoingsth.

haveacapacitytodo

ability成功地做到了

Wehaveabilitytofinishtheworkintwodays,

capability內(nèi)在的潛力

havecapabilitytodo

havecapabilityofdoing

Anychilehascapabilityoflearningaforeignlaungugewell.

Anychilehascapabilitytolearnaforeignlaungugewell.

faculty側(cè)重于“主觀的能力”

thefacultyofseeing

thefacultyofhearing

competence勝任工作的能力、資格

Ihavecompetenceforthejob.

★elegantadj.優(yōu)美別致的

Theladyiselegant.

graceful:強(qiáng)調(diào),個(gè)人的體型

elegant:還表示人的舉止很得體，大方

delicate:精致的

★faintlyadv.微細(xì)地

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§Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld世界上最長(zhǎng)的吊橋

Q:Howisthebridgesupported?

Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.He

describeditas'averyagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver.'Though

Verrazanoisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer,hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal,foronNovember

21st,1964,thegreatestbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim.

TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof

4260feet.Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner.Twogreattowers

supportfourhugecables.Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmadeofsteelandconcrete.The

platformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurface

ofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeen

suspended.Eachofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepacked

withcars,itwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.However,sizeandstrengtharenottheonlyimportant

thingsaboutthisbridge.Despiteitsimmensity,itisbothsimpleandelegant,fulfillingitsdesigner'sdreamtocreate*an

enormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible'.

【課文講解】

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sailedinto..-一句子的主干

aboutwhom--Italian

describesth.as把...描繪成認(rèn)為

常見的動(dòng)詞有：see,view,lookupon,recoginze,regard,treat,accept

Eg.:Ishoulddescribetheattemptasafailure.

Hismotherregardshimasgenius.

Iaccepthiswordsastrue.

locatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver位于兩座小山之間,一條大河滔滔流過。

located...是過去分詞短語作定語，修飾situation;

inthemidstofwhich引導(dǎo)一個(gè)定語從句，which指twosmallhills。句子結(jié)構(gòu)要倒裝（flowed在agreatriver之前）

inthemidstof,在...之中。

inthemidstoftwosmallhillsflowedagreatriver

Agreatriverflowedinthemiddleofthetwohills.

inthemiddleofthenight==atmidnight

inthemiddleofthewinter

inthemiddleofthesummer

Ilikethevillagelocatedwithintwosmallhills.

Eg.:我們來到了一個(gè)農(nóng)莊，在這個(gè)農(nóng)莊的前面有一座大山。

Wearrivedatafarmhouse.infrontofwhichisamountain.動(dòng)詞位于主語之前

though/although/eventhough引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句

用了though,although不能使用but,yet可以用強(qiáng)調(diào)轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

bynomeans決不，絕對(duì)不（加強(qiáng)語氣）

E.:Itisbynomeanspleasanttotakeacrowdedbus.乘坐一輛擁擠的公交車無論如何不是一件令人高興的事。

notbyanymeans

notatall

Heisn'tsatisfiedwithajobatall.

innoway

innocase

innosense

innocircumstances

remainimmortal

benamedafter

benamedfor

takeone'snamefrom

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aspanof:跨度,橋長(zhǎng)

takeintoaccount/takeintoconsideration/takeaccountof考慮至ij

Eg.:Wehavetotakethedateintoaccountwhenwehavethemeeting.

support:holdup支撐

extend延伸，伸展

arailwayextendstothenextcity

extendtoadepthof深度

extendtoalengthof長(zhǎng)度

extendtoawidthof寬度

riseto上升的高度

which指代先行詞cables

Ithasbeenestimated/expectedthat…據(jù)估計(jì)

Itissaid

Itisreported

Ithasbeenestimated/expected

bepackedwith...作“擠滿……；裝滿……”解

were虛擬語氣

carry承載

athird三分之一

immensity--size

despite==inspiteof

fulfilling:分詞做狀語表結(jié)果

Thebuswasheldupbythesnowstorm,causingthedelay.

herhusbanddiedin1970,leavingherwithtwochildren.

Atlasthepassedhisexamination,fulfillinghisdreamtogoabroad.他終于通過了這次考試，實(shí)現(xiàn)了出國(guó)的夢(mèng)想(現(xiàn)在分

詞做結(jié)果狀語，表示一種主動(dòng)的概念。)

[Specialdifficulties]P80

Heisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer.(ll.4-5)動(dòng)詞不定式(compareISD84)(對(duì)比第二冊(cè)第84課難點(diǎn))

Insteadofsaying:Ifindthatheisquiteunsuitableforthejob.

Wecansay:Ifindhimtobequiteunsuitableforthejob.

findsb.tobe好多動(dòng)詞后面既可以跟賓語從句，又可以和動(dòng)詞不定式to搭配連用，其意義無差別。常見的動(dòng)詞如下：

believe,consider,find,declare,feel,know,suppose,think,presume,estimate,understand

Eg.:Iconsiderthatheisthebestcandidate.

Iconsiderhimtobethebestcoadidate.

Weestimatedthatthispictureisworthatleast500pounds.

Weestimatedthispicturetobeworthatleast500pounds.

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[Multiplechoicequestions]P80

Comprehension

1Verrazano'snamewillprobablyremainimmortalbecause.

a.itwasafterhediscoveredNewYorkHarbourthatabridgewasbuilt

b.henamedtheriverthatthenewbridgecrosses

c.hewasanexploredofconsiderablemeans

d.ithasbeengiventotheworld'slongestsuspensionbridge

1.D

thelongestsuspensionbridgewasnamedafterVerrazaro.

2TheVerrazanoBridgewasbuiltwithsowideaspanbecause.

a.ithadtocoverawidestretchofwater

b.oftheunusualshapeoftheeartharoundBrooklynandStatenIsland

c.thewaterthatliesbetweenBrooklynandStatenIslandisverydeep

d.thenumberofwiresineachcableissogreat

2.A

awidestre忙hofwater連續(xù)不斷的水域

3IndesigningtheVerrazanoBridge,OthmarAmmann.

a.hadtoaccountforthecurvatureoftheearth'ssurface

b.spentoverayearbuildingtheplatformsthatformthebridge'sbase

c.hadtoconsiderthenumberofvehiclesthatmightcrossthebridgeasmuchaspossible.

d.wishedtoreducethesizeofthebridgeasmuchaspossible

3.A

Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner.

accountfor考慮

takeaccountof/takeintoaccount

curvature彎曲度

Structure

4Hedescribeditsituated.(11.2-3)

a.asbeingveryagreablyb.wasveryagreeabletobe

c.veryagreeablyhavingbeend.veryagreeablyasbeing

describesth.as

4.A

situatied動(dòng)詞過去分詞接受agreeably的限定

5TheVerrazanoBridge,thedesignofOthmarAmmann.(1.8)

a.isb.wasc.wered.hasbeen

5.A

6Thelengthofthebridgeistheshaeoftheearth.(11.9-10)

a.sothatb.suchthatc.thatwhichd.thus

6.B

強(qiáng)調(diào)橋梁的長(zhǎng)度就是如此，所以地球的形狀被考慮

suchthat

7Thetowersarebuiltonwhicharesunkbeneaththewater.(11.0-11)

a.ferro-concreteimmenseplatformsb.immensemadeofferro-concretelatforms

c.andmadeofferro-concreteimmenselatformsd.imenseferro-concreteplatforms

重點(diǎn)突出platforms

7.D

不能用連接詞and

immenseadj.描述性形容詞用于物質(zhì)名詞的前面

8Evenifthebridgewerepackedwithcars,itcouldstillthreetimestheload.(11.14-15)

a.becarryingb.beabletocarryc.onlycarryd.carry

thoload:thetotalcapacity

can不能與beableto能配連用

can+動(dòng)詞原形，表示一般的能力

8.D

Vocabulary

9'averyagreeablesituationwithtwosmallhillslying/(II.3-4)

a.oneithersideb.oneverysidec.besidesd.sidebyside

9.A

either表示兩者中的每一方的

Hesatinthecarwithapolicemanoneithersideofhim.

oneithersideofthestreet

eitheradj.修飾名詞的單數(shù)形式

bothadj.修飾名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式

everyadj.用于三者或三者以上，all

ineverydirection/inalldirections

sidebyside肩并肩的,并排

Thetwobottlesstoodsidbysideonthetable.

walksidebyside

10TheVerrazanoBridgeBrooklynwithStatenIsland.(1.8)

a.attachesb.unifiesc.linksd.relates

10.C

linkwith/jointo

attachto把……牢牢地系上

Sheattachedachecktotheorderform.

relateto(with)表示在……之間建立聯(lián)系

Ican'trelatewhatyousayhappenedwithwhatIsaw.

11Abridgewhichishungfromcablesisknownasabridge.(11.12-13)

a.susendedb.suspensec.susensiond.suspender

11.C

suspensionbridge吊橋

suspended推遲的，延期的

Thejudgegavehimasuspendedsentence.法官判了他緩刑。

suspense擔(dān)心，不安，懸念

Thecompetitorsinthebeautycontestwerekeptinsuspensewaitingfortheresult,

suspender吊索，吊襪帶

12Ifthebridgewereloadedwithasmanycarsasitcould,itwouldstill...(II.14-5)

a.sustainb.endurec.received.take

12.D

take容納,裝載

Thetankwilltakeabouttwelvegallons.

sustain支撐，承受住

Idon'tthinkthisfloorwillsustaintheweightofthegrandpiano.

endure經(jīng)受，承受痛苦、苦難

receive收至ij

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§Lesson18Electriccurrentsinmodernart現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)中的電流

[Newwordsandexpressions）生詞和短語

?currentn.電流

?sculpturen.雕塑

?mistakenadj.錯(cuò)誤的

?galleryn.美術(shù)館

?exhibitn.展品，陳列品

?oddlyadv.古怪的

?attachv.連，系

?spheren.球體

?magnetizev.使磁化

?repelv.排斥

?flickerv.閃爍

?emitv.放射

?flashV.閃光

?prehistoricadj.史前的，老掉牙的

?electronicadj.電子的

?peculiaradj.奇異的

?shockv.令人震驚，刺激人

?emotionallyadv.感情上

★currentn.電流

currentn.theflowofelectricity?電流

acontinuousmovementofwater水流

adj.目前的,現(xiàn)在的；currentaffairs時(shí)事

currencyn.流通（貨幣）

currentlyadv.普遍地，通常地，現(xiàn)在，當(dāng)前

★sculpturen.雕塑

sculpturaladj.雕刻的，雕刻般的

sculptorn.雕刻家

★mistakenadj.錯(cuò)誤的

mistakenadj.incorrect;wrong;misunderstood

Eg.:Theteacherhasmistakenopinionofhispupil.Hedoesn'tusesimpleplainlanguageandheisoftenmistaken,

makeamistake/bymistake弄錯(cuò)了

Hetookmyumbrellabymistake.

andnomistake確實(shí)如此（口語）

Eg:Heishonestandnomistake.

mistakevt.

mistakesb.for把某人誤認(rèn)為

Eg.:Yesterday,Imistookhimformyclassmate.

★galleryn.美術(shù)館

★exhibitn.展品，陳列品

exhibit:showinpublic

exhibitionn.展覽會(huì)

Eg.:Yesterdaywewenttoanexhibitiontovisitexhibits.

★oddlyadv.古怪的

oddly:strangely

oddadj.古怪的

strangeadj.因?yàn)槟吧婀值?/p>

queeradj.藉特的

Eg.:Look,heiswearingaqueerhat.

fantasticadj.奇妙的

eccentricadj.怪癖的；Heisaneccentricperson.

★attachv.連，系

attachvt.系，拴,粘上,貼上

attachto

Eg.;heattachedthelambtoatree.

attachtosb.forsth.因?yàn)槟呈露选釉谀橙松砩?/p>

Eg.:Wedidn'tattachblametohimforhisfailure.

attachimportancetosth.對(duì)某事非常重視

Eg.:Weattachimportancetoeducation.

beattachedtosth.喜歡，喜愛

Eg.:I*mveryattachedtoher.

attachmentn.固定，愛慕，友情，附著

★spheren.球體

★magnetizev.使磁化

magnetizedvt.

Eg.:Theironwasmagnetized.

Hespeechmagnetizedthelisteners.

★repelv.排斥

repelvt.:todriveback;causefeelingsofdislike

Eg.:thedifferentsexesattracteachotherandthesamesexesrepelonthecontrary.

Letmegoatonce,yourepelme.讓我走，你真讓我惡心。

★flickerv.閃爍

★flashv.閃光

flickerv.shineunsteadily

flashv.shineforamoment

★emitv.放射

emitv.giveoff

emitsound/emitsmell/emitlight/emitheat/emitsmoke

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★prehistoricadj.史前的，老掉牙的

peculiaradj.strangeandunusual

Eg.:Thefoodhaspeculiartaste.

I'mfeelingratherpeculiar.

★electronicadj.電子的

?peculiaradj.奇異的

peculiaradj.stangeandunusual

Eg.:Thefoodhaspeculiartaste.

I'mfeelingratherpeculiar.

?shockv.令人震驚，刺激人

getshocked受震動(dòng)

Atthenews,hegotshocked.

shockn.震驚；getabigshock

?emotionallyadv.感情t

emotionaladj.易激動(dòng)的，情緒的，感情脆弱的

Eg.:Ithinkyouagreewithme,womenareoftensaidtobemoreemotionalthanmen.

反義詞unemotional

emotion:n.感情：

Eg.:love,hatred,andgriefareemotions.

feelingn.某時(shí)的內(nèi)心感受

Eg.:Ican*tdescribemyfeelingnow.

emotiveadj.引起情緒反應(yīng)的

Thewordhomeismoreemotivethanhouse.

emotionally;emotional;unemotional;emotive;emotion;feeling

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§Lesson18Electriccurrentsinmodernart現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)中的電流

Q:Howmightsomeoftheexhibitshavebeendangerous?

Modernsculpturerarelysurprisesusanymore.Theideathatmodernartcanonlybeseeninmuseumsismistaken.Even

peoplewhotakenointerestinartcannothavefailedtonoticeexamplesofmodernsculptureondisplayinpublicplaces.

Strangeformsstandingardens,andoutsidebuildingsandshops.Wehavegotquiteusedtothem.Someso-called

'modern'pieceshavebeenondisplayfornearlyfiftyyears.

Inspiteofthis,somepeople-in-cludingmyself-weresurprisedbyarecentexhibitionofmodernsculpture.Thefirst

thingIsawwhenIenteredtheartgallerywasanoticewhichsaid:'Donottouchtheexhibits.Someofthemare

dangerous!'Theobjectsondisplaywerepiecesofmovingsculpture.Oddlyshapedformsthataresuspendedfromthe

ceilingandmoveinresponsetoagustofwindarequitefamiliartoeverybody.Theseobjects,however,weredifferent.

Linedupagainstthewall,therewerelongthinwiresattachedtometalspheres.Thesphereshadbeenmagnetizedand

attractedorrepelledeachotherallthetime.Inthecentreofthehall,therewereanumberoftallstructureswhich

containedcolouredlights.Theselightsflickeredcontinuouslyliketrafficlightswhichhavegonemad.Sparkswereemitted

fromsmallblackboxesandredlampsflashedonandoffangrily.Itwasratherlikeanexhibitionofprehistoricelectronic

equipment.ThesePeculiarformsnotonlyseemeddesignedtoshockpeopleemotionally,buttogivethemelectricshocks

aswell!

【課文講解】

rarely:seldom

Wearenotsurprisedatmodensculpture...

that引導(dǎo)同位語從句，修飾限定theidea的內(nèi)容。

Eg.:TheideathatonecanlearnEnglishwellinEnglish-speakingcountryesismistaken.

重點(diǎn)句式結(jié)構(gòu)

whotakenointerestinart修飾說明people

takeinterestin對(duì)...感興趣

takedelightin對(duì)...感到高興

takepridein對(duì)……感到驕傲

showinterestin顯示對(duì)...的興趣

cannot;failedto雙重否定意味著肯定：加強(qiáng)語氣

hemusthavepassedhisexaminationlastweek.

Hecannothavefailedtopasshsiexaminationlastweek.

Youmustkeepyourpromise.

Youcan'tfailtokeepyourpromise.

Ondisplay/onshow

Wecanseesculptureseverywhere.

用夸張的口吻表明事實(shí)

inspiteofthis盡管如此

作者表明了自己的觀點(diǎn)

重點(diǎn)句型

ThefirstthingIsawwhenIenteredtheartgallerywasanoticewhichsaid:

Thefirstthing...wasanoticewhichsaid...

定語從句省略that

Thesculpturecanmove

Oddly...

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Oddlyshapedformsthataresuspendedfromtheceilingandmoveinresponsetoagustofwindarequitefamiliarto

everybody.

Oddly...that...

that引導(dǎo)的定語從句用來限定shapedforms

are...familiarto...謂語

句子主干：Oddlyshapedformsarefamiliartoeverybody

that定語從句中：inresponseto/inreactionto作為對(duì)..的反應(yīng)

befamiliartosb.對(duì)某人來說很熟悉

Eg.:Thehouseisfamiliartohim.

Idon'treallyrememberwhereIhaveseenhimbefore,buthelooksveryfamiliartome.

befamiliarwith熟悉，熟知

Eg.:AreyoufamiliarwiththeplayofShakespeare?

I'mfamiliarwiththatbooktoo.

befamiliartosb./befamiliarwithsth.

linedup過去分詞做狀語，與longthinwires為被動(dòng)關(guān)系

attachedtometakspheres過去分詞做定語，修飾longthinwires

定語從句

therewerelongthinwiresthatwereattachedtometalspheres.

thercenterofthehall展廳的中央

colouredlights彩色燈泡

continuouslyadv.不停止的

gamad發(fā)瘋，發(fā)狂runmad

Eg.:hemusthavegonemadtodosuchathing.

onandoff:continuously

Eg:Ithasbeenrainingonandoffsincenoon.

Itwasratherlike===ltwasmorelike看起來更像

Keystructure

...notonlyseemeddesignedtodosth.

notonly...but...aswell

seem系動(dòng)詞+名詞/形容詞/分詞

Keystructure

介詞（IKS94）（參見第二冊(cè)第94課關(guān)鍵句型

Exercise

Supplythemissingwordsinthefolowingsentences.Donotrefertothepassageuntilyoufinishtheexercise.

1Evenpeoplewhotakenointerestartcannothavefailedtonoticeexamplesofmodernsculpturedisplay

inpublicplaces.

2Wehavegotquiteusedthem.

3Oddlyshapedformsthataresuspendedtheceilingandmoveresponseagustofwindarequite

familiareverybody.

4Therewerelongthinwiresattachedmetalspheres.

Key:1.in/on;2.to3.from/in/to4.to

SpellinginSpecialdifficulties

以元音加y結(jié)尾的名詞，加s時(shí)，y不做任何改變；動(dòng)詞也是如此

day—daysway-waysenjoy-enjoysbuy-buys

以輔音加y結(jié)尾的詞,加s時(shí)，v改作-ies

lady-ladiesberry-berriesreply—replies

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[Multiplechoicequestions]

Comprehension

1Modernsculpturerarelysurrisesusanymorebeause.

a.evenifnotinmuseums,weseeitinandaroundotherpublicplaces

b.despitepeople'slackofinterestinart,itisutondisplay

c.peoplenotonlydisplayitintheirhousesbutintheirgardensalso

d.museumshavebeenexhibitingiffornearlyeightyyears

1.A

2Whatsurprisedthewriterwhenhevisitedarecentexhibitionofmodernsculpture?

a.Thefactthatpeoplewereforbiddentotouchtheexhibits.

b.Theoddlyshapedformsthatweresusendedfromtheceiling.

c.Thewayinwhichelectricalenergywasusedtoproducemobileeffects.

d.Theprehistoricelectronicequipmentusedtoactivatetheexhibits.

2.C

3Thepiecesofsculptureondisplayattheexhibitionwere.

a.noticedbecausetheyweredangero