Lesson 2
Thirteen equals one
十三等于一
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
Was the vicar pleased that the clock was striking? Why?
Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.
One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.
'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'
'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'
That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it."
We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
equal
v. 等于
vicar
n. 牧師
raise
v. 募集,籌(款)
torchlight
n. 電筒光
我們教區(qū)的牧師總是為各種各樣的事籌集資金。但始終未能籌足資金把教堂的鐘修好。教堂的鐘很大,以前不分晝夜打點報時,但很多年前遭到毀壞,從此便無聲無 息了。 一天夜里,我們的牧師突然被驚醒了,大鐘又在“打點”報時了!他一看表,才1點鐘,可是那鐘一邊敲了13下才停。牧師拿著一支電筒走上鐘樓想去看看究竟發(fā) 生了什么事情。借著電筒光。他看見一個人,馬上認(rèn)出那是本地雜貨店主經(jīng)比爾.威爾金斯。 “你究竟在這上面干什么,比爾?”牧師驚訝地問。 “我想把這口鐘修好,”比爾回答說。“好幾個星期了,我天天夜里到鐘樓上來。嗯,我是想讓你大吃一驚。” “你確實使我大吃了一驚!”牧師說,“也許同時你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。不過,鐘又能報時了,我還是很高興的。” “問題就在這里,牧師,”比爾回答說。“不錯,鐘能報時了,但是,恐怕每到1點鐘,它總要敲13下,對此我已無能為力了。” “大家慢慢就習(xí)慣了,比爾,”牧師說。“13下是不如1下好,但總比1下也不敲強。來,咱們下樓去喝杯茶吧。”
★equal
v. 等于
A equals B
與...相匹敵 None of us can equal her,either in beauty or as dancer
Mary is quite equal to John in brains.
be equal to: 有能力、有力量來做某事 to- 介詞
★vicar
n. 牧師
★raise
v. 募集,籌(款)
提高、飼養(yǎng)、供養(yǎng)、種植、召集、招募、提出、發(fā)出
★torchlight
n. 電筒光
現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時和always等頻度副詞的搭配——表示說話人帶有的情感色彩
Tome is always doing homework.
Tom always does his homework.
He is always making noises.
one or another: 表示某種,這樣或那樣
I have to get enough money to have my house repaired
have the church clock repaired——have something done
找某人來做某事
have the plane repaired have hair cut
某人所遭受到的意外某種情況——主語必須是發(fā)出動作的人
His wallet was stolen. He had his wallet stolen.
used to:過去常常做,而現(xiàn)在不再發(fā)生的事情了
He used to smoke every day.
however——用于口語,主要用于句首,作文中,最好用在句中、句尾,
要用逗號分隔開來
He said that it was so ,he was mistaken,however
He said that it was so,however,he was mistaken.
I know his story,however,I wouldn't like to tell you.
I know his story,I,however,wouldn't like to tell you
nevertheless nonetheless
start: 驚跳,驚奇
before:...才
Armed with a torch...
現(xiàn)在分詞和過去分詞的用法 looking
分詞做狀語/定語的時候,一定要注意它和邏輯主語要呼應(yīng)一致
in the torchlight
非正式用語中whom可以省略掉
recognized somebody as: 認(rèn)出某人是
regard somebody as,think of somebody as,treat somebody as
have on somebody as
whatever: ever用來加強語氣
night after night: 一夜連著一夜
day after day year after year
week after week bus after bus
did 肯定句中常用do,did,does加強語氣和情感色彩,一定要位于動詞原形之前
as well 用在句尾相當(dāng)于to,主要用于肯定句中,但比to所表達(dá)的語意更優(yōu)秀 stil用于句首,用逗號分隔開來——表達(dá)一個轉(zhuǎn)折的關(guān)系:雖然如此,但是
get used to,be used to,be accustomed to,get accustomed to 都表示習(xí)慣于 get強調(diào)漸近的過程, be強調(diào)習(xí)慣了的狀態(tài)
1... because ___the bell had been out of order...(was damaged)__
2... because ___it was an unusual time..._______
3... because ___he was grateful for...____
為……表示感謝:be grateful for/be thankful for
不辭辛勞地做某事:take the trouble to do sth.
【Structure】
4...B...
in the past 是過去時態(tài)的標(biāo)志;always用在實意動詞之前
5...D...
強調(diào)句式結(jié)構(gòu)it was not until...that... — 直到……才……
It was not until midnight that snow stopped.
6...B...
賓語從句的語序是陳述句語序
7. ...C...
突出結(jié)果或者對現(xiàn)在的影響,現(xiàn)在完成時
8...A...
to介詞,表示習(xí)慣于
9...B...
fund 基金; cash 現(xiàn)金; scholarship 獎學(xué)金;investment 投資
10...A...
run a shop 經(jīng)營商店
11...A...
night after night=every night
12...C...
still 盡管如此,依舊,仍然—just the same
It's raining,still I must go out
still連接性副詞,相當(dāng)于in spite of that,even though,just the same
yet 但是,然而
I have failed,yet I shall try again.
This picture is not too valuable,still I like it
我們正在學(xué)習(xí)的是新概念美音版,
傳統(tǒng)版本(英式發(fā)音)的音頻:音頻播放
2
本課的視頻講解: 點擊觀看
全部:新概念英語第三冊視頻
3
詞匯速記:新概念英語詞匯隨身聽速記手冊3 第1-3課
相關(guān)文章:
“新概念”介紹
學(xué)英語為什么要選新概念?
新概念第3冊——掌握英語的關(guān)鍵
為什么專家提倡背誦新概念
相關(guān)下載:
音頻和文本下載,請看播放器右側(cè)。
新概念英語第三冊電子書下載:新概念第三冊pdf電子書
學(xué)習(xí)交流:
新概念學(xué)習(xí)交流:https://bbs.tingclass.net/forum-79-1.html
下載錄音軟件:https://bbs.tingclass.net/thread-11915-1-1.html
如何上傳音頻:https://bbs.tingclass.net/thread-11917-1-1.html