新概念英语第二册第86课:Out of control
Lesson 86 Out of control失控First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What was the danger?
As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes. Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water. Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle. It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed. In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away. After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return. They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably. The petrol had nearly all been used up. Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.
参考译文
当那人试图让快艇转弯时，方向盘脱手了。他绝望地向他的伙伴挥手，他的伙伴在过去的15分钟里一直在滑水。他们两个还没来得及意识到究竟发生了什么事情，就被猛地抛入了海里。快艇撞上了一个浮标，但它仍在水面上快速行驶着。两个人刚开始向岸边游去，就突然惊愕地发现快艇正在转着圈行驶，它现在正以惊人的速度直冲他们驶来。不到1分钟的工夫，它从离他们只有几英尺远的地方呼啸着驶了过去。快艇过去之后，他们以最快的速度向前游去，因为他们知道快艇马上就要转回来。他们刚刚来得及游出危险区，快艇就又转完了一
圈。然而这一次它的速度慢多了。汽油几乎已经用光。没过多久，噪音便彻底消失，快艇开始在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。
New words and expressions 生词和短语
swing
v. 转向
speedboat
n. 快艇
desperately
adv. 绝望地
companion
n. 同伙，伙伴
water ski
（由快艇牵引水橇）滑水
buoy
n. 浮标
dismay
n. 沮丧
tremendous
adj. 巨大的
petrol
n. 汽油
drift
v. 漂动，漂流
gently
adv. 缓慢地，轻轻地
Lesson 86 自学导读First things first 课文详注 Further notes on the text
1．Out of control，（标题）失控。
介词短语out of可以表示“失去”、“欠缺”等：
We are out of bread.
我们的面包吃完了。
Tony walked so fast that he was soon out of sight.
托尼走得很快，不久就无影无踪了。
He has been out of work for two months.
他失业两个月了。
The plane got out of control and crashed in the mountains.
飞机失控后在山区坠毁。
2．…the steering wheel came away in his hands.……方向盘脱手了。
come away表示“脱落”、“脱离”、“脱开”等：
When I tried to lift the suitcase, the handle came away.当我试图提起手提箱时，把手掉了下来。
3．Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea.他们两个还没来得及意识到究竟发生了什么事情，就被猛地抛入了海里。
hardly…when…表示“几乎未来得及……就……”，hardly用于主句中，并且主句通常用过去完成时。（cf．第38课语法）
4．they swam on as quickly as they could, 他们以最快的速度向前游去。
on在这里是副词，表示“向前”：
Walk on along this road for ten minutes and you'll see the railway station.
沿着这条路向前走10分钟你就会看见火车站。
I think he saw me, but he just marched on.
我觉得他看见了我，但他却径直往前走了。
5．They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. 他们刚刚来得及游出危险区，快艇就又转究了一圈。
just是个可以和各种完成时连用的时间副词，它与when连用时常用于过去完成时：
Jim had just left when you rang.
你打电话时吉姆刚走。
The patient had just died when the doctor arrived.
医生来时病人刚死。
6．The petrol had nearly all been used up. 汽油几乎已经用光。
use up表了“用完”、“用光”、“耗尽”：
They have just bought a house and a car. They must have used up all their money.
他们刚买了一所房子和一辆车。他们的钱肯定都用光了。
up表示“彻底地”、“完全地”，它也可以与其他一些动词连用：
The child soon ate up the cake.
孩子很快把蛋糕吃完了。
She burned up all his letters.
她把他的信都烧掉了。
Can you read up the book in two hours?
你用两小时就能把这书读完吗？
7．Before long, the noise dropped completely…
没过多久，噪音便彻底消失……
drop在这里为不及物动词，表示“减少”、“变弱”或“消失”：
When he saw that Mary was annoyed, his voice dropped.
他发现玛丽生气时，便降低了嗓门。
We had to stay at home before the wind had dropped.
风力减弱以前，我们不得不呆在家里。
词汇学习 Word study
1．swing vt. , vi.
（1）（使……）摆动/摇动：
He can't stand those who swing their legs while eating.
他受不了吃东西时晃腿的那些人。
She tried to swing the baby to sleep.
她试图把孩子摇得睡着。
（2）突然转向，使……转向/转身：
The man tried to swing the speedboat round.
那人试图让快艇转弯。
He swung round and looked at the two men.
他突然掉转身，看着那两个人。
2．enough与fairly
enough表示“足够”，用在形容词或副词之后，有“为了某种目的”的含义；fairly表示“相当”，通常修饰表示肯定意义的词：
I'm old enough to know what I'm doing.
我已经大了，知道自己在干什么。
We haven't got enough time/chairs.
我们没有足够的时间/椅子。
I didn't arrive at the station early enough.
我到车站到得不够早。（我误了火车。enough指结果）
They had just had enough time to swim out of danger.
他们刚刚来得及游出危险区。（enough既可用于名词前，也可用于名词后）The water in the pool is fairly warm, but not warm enough to swim in.
池里的水相当暖和，但如要游泳则还不够暖。
He is fairly quick, but not quick enough to take part in the race.
他跑得相当快，但要参加比赛还不够快。
Lesson 86 课后练习和答案Exercises and Answer
新概念英语第二册第86课:Out of control Lesson 86 Out of control失控First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 What was the danger? As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes. Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water. Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle. It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed. In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away. After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return. They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably. The petrol had nearly all been used up. Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water. 参考译文 当那人试图让快艇转弯时，方向盘脱手了。他绝望地向他的伙伴挥手，他的伙伴在过去的15分钟里一直在滑水。他们两个还没来得及意识到究竟发生了什么事情，就被猛地抛入了海里。快艇撞上了一个浮标，但它仍在水面上快速行驶着。两个人刚开始向岸边游去，就突然惊愕地发现快艇正在转着圈行驶，它现在正以惊人的速度直冲他们驶来。不到1分钟的工夫，它从离他们只有几英尺远的地方呼啸着驶了过去。快艇过去之后，他们以最快的速度向前游去，因为他们知道快艇马上就要转回来。他们刚刚来得及游出危险区，快艇就又转完了一
新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点第87课(3) Lesson 87 A perfect alibi 极好的不在犯罪现场的证据 'At the time the murder was committed, I was travelling on the 8 o'clock train to London,' said the man. 'Do you always catch such an early train?' asked the inspector. 'Of course I do,' answered the man. 'I must be at work at 10 o'clock. My employer will confirm that I was there on time.' 'Would a later train get you to work on time?' asked the inspector. 'I suppose it would, but I never catch a later train.' 'At what time did you arrive at the station?' 'At ten to eight. I bought a paper and waited for the train.' 'And you didn't notice anything unusual?' 'Of course not.' 'I suggest,' said the inspector, 'that you are not telling the truth. I suggest that you did not catch the 8 o'clock train, but that you caught the 8.25 which would still get you to work on time. You see, on the morning of the murder, the 8 o'clock train did not run at all. It broke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the line.' 句子讲解：
单词学习 tent n.帐篷 put up a tent搭帐篷 /pitch [pit?] a tent peg down a tent用木桩固定帐篷 pull down a tent拆帐篷 /strike a tent eg. We always sleep in a tent when we go camping.我们宿营时，总是睡在帐篷里。 field n.天地，田野，领域，专业，视野 in the field在田地里 develop unexplored fields of industries开发未曾探索的工业领域 one’s special field某人的专业 a wide field of vision广阔的视野 smell v.闻起来 smelled/smelt 1)（感官动词）+ adj.
2)不用于被动语态，不用于进行时态 eg. The fish smells good.这鱼闻起来不错。 eg. The fish smells delicious.这鱼闻起来就好吃。 这类动词很常见： eg. The story sounds interesting.这故事听起来很有趣。(sound听起来) eg. The girl looks charming.那女孩看上去很有魅力。(look看起来) eg. The material feels soft.这布料摸上去很柔软。 (feel摸起来) smell v.嗅到（实意动词） eg. I can smell trouble coming.我凭直觉感到要有麻烦了。eg. I smelled something burnt.我闻到有什么东西烧糊了。smell round/smell about东嗅西嗅，到处打听 /nose around eg. The dogs were smelling round, perhaps they smelt the thief. 这些狗到处闻，也许它们闻到贼的气味了。
新概念英语第二册:第64课课文详解及语法解析 课文详注 Further notes on the text 1.a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel，建造一条长 21英里的隧道的计划。 twenty-one-mile作 tunnel的修饰语，注意 mile为单数。plan for +名词/动名词表示“……的计划”： They always make plans for their holidays, but, in the end, they always stay at home. 他们总是为假期制订各种计划，但是，末了，他们总是呆在家里。 He came with a plan for (building) a bridge over the river. 他带来了在这条河上建一座桥的计划。 2.serve as，充当，起……的作用(也可以说 serve for)。 The books on the floor may serve as/ for a carpet. 地板上的书可充当地毯用了。 This sofa can serve as/ for(a) bed. 这张沙发可以当床用。 3.a better plan was put forward, 提出了一项更好的计划。 put forward为固定短语，可分开用，其含义之一是“提出(计划、建议等)”： You know they wouldn't accept your plan. Why did you put it forward? 你知道他们不会接受你的计划。你为什么要提出来呢? Has he put forward any suggestion? 他提出什么建议了吗?
新概念英语第二册第27课:A wet night Lesson 27 A wet night雨夜First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 What happened to the boys in the night? Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. 傍晚时分，孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷 As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. 这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭 They were all hungry and the food smelled good. 他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味 After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. 他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌 But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. 但过了一阵子。天下起雨来，于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷 Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. 睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他们都睡得很香 In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water!
Lesson 84 On strike 罢工 【Text】 Busmen have decided to go on strike next week. The strike is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it will last. The busmen have stated that the strike will continue until general agreement is reached about pay and working conditions. Most people believe that the strike will last for at least a week. Many owners of private cars are going to offer 'free rides' to people on their way to work. This will relieve pressure on the trains to some extent. Meanwhile, a number of university students have volunteered to drive buses while the strike lasts.All the students are expert drivers, but before they drive any of the buses, they will have to pass a special test. The students are going to take the test in two days' time. Even so, people are going to find it difficult to get to work. But so far, the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in letters to the Press. Only one or two people have objected that the students will drive too fast! 【课文翻译】 公共汽车司机决定下星期罢工。罢工定于星期二开始，谁也不知道会持续多久。司机们声称此次罢工将一直持续到就工资和工作条件问题达成全面协议的时候为止。多数人认为此次罢工至少会持续一个星期。很多私人汽车的车主正准备为乘车上班的人们提供“免费乘车”的服务，这将在某种程度上减轻对火车的压力。与此同时，有一部分大学生自愿在罢工期间驾驶公共汽车。所有的学生都是开车的能手，但在驾驶公共汽车之前，他们必须通过一项专门测验。学生们准备在两天后就接受测验。即使这样，人们仍会感到上班有困难。但到目前为止，公众已经向新闻界写信表达他们对学生们的感激之情了。只有一两个人提出反对意见，说学生们会把车开得太快！ New words and expressions 生词和短语
2015.5.23 L64 The Channel Tunnel 英吉利海峡隧道 一、课文原句 1、a plan for a ****的计划 2、serve as 用作= serve for 3、put forward 提出***计划 4、draw in fresh 抽进新鲜空气 5、connect sth to sth 把***和***连起来 二、单词讲解 ★tunnel 1)n.隧道 the Channel Tunnel 海峡隧道（英法之间） eg:The train passed through several tunnels. 火车穿过了几个隧道。 Eg:light at the end of the tunnel 在隧道尽头的灯光(苦尽甘来的含义) 2)v. 开隧道，掘地道 ★port n.港口，港，入港 enter a port / make a port 入港 lever a port / clear a port 出港 a free port 自由港 ★ventilate v.通风 well-ventilated 通风良好 eg：Our classroom is well-vantilated. 我们的教室通风良好。poorly-ventilated 糟糕地通风 eg：Our classroom is poorly-vantilated. 我们的教室通风不好，比较闷热。 ventilation n.空气流通；畅谈 eg:put a problem to ventilation 提出问题以供公开讨论 ★chimney n.烟囱 短语：sweep a chimney / clean a chimney 清扫烟囱 Eg:The smoke poured out of the chimney. 烟从烟囱里冒出来。 a blocked chimney 堵塞的烟囱
Lesson 86 Out of Control 失去控制 【Text】 As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes. Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water. Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle. It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed. In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away. After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return. They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably. The petrol had nearly all been used up. Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water. 【课文翻译】 当那人试图让快艇转弯时，方向盘脱手了。他绝望地向他的伙伴挥手，他的伙伴在过去的15分钟里一直在滑水。他们两个还没来得及意识到究竟发生了什么事情，就被猛地抛入了海里。快艇撞上了一个浮标，但它仍在水面上快速行驶着。两个人刚开始向岸边游去，就突然惊愕地发现快艇正在转着圈行驶,它现在正以惊人的速度直冲他们驶来。不到1分钟的工夫，它从离他们只有几英尺远的地方呼啸着驶了过去。快艇过去之后，他们以最快的速度向前游去，因为他们知道快艇马上就要转回来。他们刚刚来得及游出危险区，快艇就又转完了一圈。然而这一次它的速度慢多了。汽油几乎已经用光。没过多久，噪音便彻底消失，快艇开始在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。 New words and expressions 生词和短语
新概念英语第二册第27课 书面练习参考答案摘要写作 The boys put up their tent in the middle of a field and cooked a meal. After their meal they told stories and sang songs, but it began to rain, so they crept into their tent. The boys woke up in the middle of the night. The tent was full of water, so they rushed outside. A stream had formed in the field and flowed right under their tent. (69 words) 作文 I am very tall so I must be careful. Doorways are often low and I usually knock my head against them. My head always hurts. I have never met a tall architect. Have you? 书信写作 21 Brook St., Woodside, California, U. S. A. 21st Feb, 19 ____ 难点 1 Mrs. Bowers told her children to put their toys away and go to bed. 2 You can stay here tonight. We can put you up in the spare room. 3 I'm not ready yet. I haven't put my shoes on. 4 ‘Open your exercise books and put down the following,’ the teacher said. 5 Father is putting out the fire he lit in the garden. 6 When they have put up that new building, it will spoil the view. 7 I have put off my trip to Japan until next month. 8 I am getting a divorce. I can't put up with him any longer. 多项选择题讲解 1. 选（d）。 根据课文第5～6行But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent… 只有（d）it had begun to rain and they felt tired才是孩子们去睡觉的原因。（a）it was late是事实，但不是他们睡觉的直接原因；（b）they had sung songs不符合逻辑；（c）it began to rain 只是一方面原因，但不够完整。 2. 选（c）。 根据课文后两行The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under the tent! 只有（c）had camped in the path of a stream（在一条小溪穿过的地方露营）与课文实际情况相符，其它三个选择（a）had a good night's sleep（睡了一晚上好觉）、（b）stayed in their tent all night（整晚呆在他们的帐篷里）、（d）had camped beside a stream（在一条小溪旁露营）都与事实不符。 3. 选（d）。 （a）it put up和（b）their tent put up语序错误，宾语应该放在谓语动词的后面；（c）put up it也不正确，当宾语是代词时应该放在动词和副词之间；只有（d）put their tent up语序正确，宾语tent是名词，既可以放动词和副词之间，也可以放副词之后，所以要选（d）。 4. 选（d）。 （a）As soon不能引导状语从句，因为后面缺少as； （b）Just as（正当）可以引导从句，但它强调两件事情同时发生，而这个句子是表示两件事一前一后发生；（c）Until（直到……为止）词义不对；只有（d）Just after（刚刚……之后）时间正确，也符合语法。 5. 选（d）。 （a）they had hunger不符合英语习惯；（b）they had hungry语法错误，hungry是形容词，它前面应该是连系动词be，而不是had；（c）they were hunger也不符合语法，连系动词were后面应跟形容词，不能跟名词hunger；只有（d）they felt hungry是正确的，动词fell后面既可以跟形容词hungry，也可以跟名词hunger。 6. 选（b）。 只有选（b）near（在……旁）才能同前一句中的by the campfire（在篝火旁）意思相同；（a）close 是形容词，后面要加上介词to；（c）besides是介词，但表示“除……之外”，词义不对；（d）at（在……）没有“在……旁”的意思。 7. 选（a）。 本句是一般过去时的疑问句，需要选正确的谓语动词。只有选（a）flow是正确的；（b）flowed是过去式，在疑问句中已经用助动词did提问了，就不应该再用过去式了；（c）flew是fly（飞）的过去式，时态和词义都不对；（d）fly词义不正确。 8. 选（d）。 （a）sing songs（唱歌）、（b）tell stories（讲故事）、（c）play（玩）这三个选择都不能同前面的They cooked a meal构成因果关系，因此不符合逻辑；只有（d）eat（吃）才是They cooked a meal的原因，所以是正确答案。 9. 选（d）。 本句是对前一句The boys had put out the campfire （孩子们扑灭了篝火）的解释说明。（a）switched on （打开电源开关）不符合题义：（b）on fire（着火）意思不通；（c）on（打开的）指电源而不是指火，be动词和on连在一起还有“上演”的意思；三者都不对。只有（d）alight（着火的，照亮的）是表语形容词，在这里作表语，并同前一句意思相同，是正确的。 10. 选（c）。 只有选（c）were very quiet（很安静）才与前面的They crept into their tent（他们钻进帐篷）的意思相符，因为creep有“蹑手蹑脚”的含义。而（a）made a lot of noise（制造很多噪音）、（b）ran quidkly（快 跑）、（d）were very noisy（非常吵闹）这三个选择都不符合creep的含义。 11. 选（c）。 只有（c）comfortable（舒适的）最符合句子的要求，因为连系动词were后面应该跟形容词作表语，说明sleeping bags的状况。（a）a comfort是名词、（b）in comfort是介词短语、（d）comfortably是副词，词性都不对。 12. 选（c）。 只有（c）deeply（深深地）修饰sleep才与前一句的soundly（香甜地）意思相近；而（a）noisily（吵闹地）、（b）fast（快）都不符合题义；（d）good（好的）是形容词，不能修饰动词sleep。 1
Lesson 87 A perfect alibi 极好的不在犯罪现场的证据 【New words and expressions】（7） alibi n. 不在犯罪现场commit v. 犯（罪、错）inspector n. 探长employer n. 雇主 confirm v. 确认，证实suggest v. 提醒 truth n. 真相 ★alibi n. 不在犯罪现场 prove an alibi ＝establish an alibi ＝set up an alibi [法] 提出不在犯罪现场的辩护 eg：They all had alibis for that night . ★commit （1）v. 犯（罪、错） eg：He must have committed a crime . 他一定是犯了什么罪 eg：A robbery was committed near here . commit suicide 自杀；commit murder 杀人 commit a blunder 犯了大错 （2）把……委托于…….交付、投入……. eg：They committed the patient to the mental hospital . 他们把病人送往精神病院. eg：He was committed to prison . 他被关入监狱。 commit on sth ；commit to do sth ；commit to doing sth 承诺某人某事 eg：She didn’t want to commit herself on that matter . 她不愿意对那件事情做出任何的承诺。 eg：The government committed itself to reduce / reducing taxes. 政府承诺减少税款。 eg：He committed himself to the antiwar movement . 他献身于反战运动。★inspector （1）视察员 an inspector of factories 工厂的视察员 （2）n. 探长 inspect （1）v. 详细调查、检查 eg：You should inspect the car well before you buy it . 买车之前你应该检查它。 （2）视察 eg：The Minister of Education inspected our school. 教育部长视察我们学校 inspection n. 检查、审查 undergo a medical inspection 接受健康检查 eg：They made an inspection of the factory .他们视察工厂。 ★employer n. 雇主←→employee employment 就业、雇用←→unemployment
新概念英语第二册(英音新版) 第86课：千钧一发的危 险瞬间 Lesson 86 Out of control 第八十六课失控 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 What was the danger? 危险是什么? As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. 当那人试图让快艇转弯时，方向盘脱手了。 He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes. 他绝望地向他的伙伴挥手，他的伙伴在过去的15分钟里一直在滑水。 Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. 他们两个还没来得及意识到究竟发生了什么事情，就被猛地抛入了海里。 The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water. 快艇撞上了一个浮标，但它仍在水面上快速行驶着。
Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle. 两个人刚开始向岸边游去，就突然惊愕地发现快艇正在转着圈行驶， It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed. 它现在正以惊人的速度直冲他们驶来。 In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away. 不到1分钟的工夫，它从离他们只有几英尺远的地方呼啸着驶了过去。 After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return. 快艇过去之后，他们以最快的速度向前游去，因为他们知道快艇马上 就要转回来。 They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. 他们刚刚来得及游出危险区，快艇就又转完了一圈。 On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably. 不过这个次它的速度慢多了。 The petrol had nearly all been used up. 汽油几乎已经用光。 Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water. 没过多久，噪音便彻底消失，快艇开始在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。
新概念英语第二册第84课:On strike Lesson 84 On strike.罢工First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Who will be driving the buses next week? Busmen have decided to go on strike next week. The strike is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it will last. The busmen have stated that the strike will continue until general agreement is reached about pay and working conditions. Most people believe that the strike will last for at least a week. Many owners of private cars are going to offer 'free rides' to people on their way to work. This will relieve pressure on the trains to some extent. Meanwhile, a number of university students have volunteered to drive buses while the strike lasts. All the students are expert drivers, but before they drive any of the buses, they will have to pass a special test. The students are going to take the test in two days' time. Even so, people are going to find it difficult to get to work. But so far, the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in letters to the Press. Only one or two people have objected that the students will drive too fast! 参考译文 公共汽车司机决定下星期罢工。罢工定于星期二开始，谁也不知道会持续多久。司机们声称此次罢工将一直持续到就工资和工作条件问题达成全面协议的时候为止。多数人认为此次罢工至少会持续一个星期。很多私人汽车的车主正准备为乘车上班的人们提供“免费乘车”的服务，这将在某种程度上减轻对火车的压力。与此同时，有一部分大学生自愿在罢工期间驾驶公共汽车。所有的学生都是开车的能手，但在驾驶公共汽车之前，他们必须通过一项专门测验。学生们准备在两天后就接受测验。即使这样，人们仍会感到上班有困难。但到目前为止，公众已经向新闻界写信表达他们对学生们的感激之情了。只有一两个人提出反对意见，说学生们会把车开得太快！
Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel 海峡隧道 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why was the first tunnel not completed? In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel. He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel. This platform would serve as a port and a railway station. The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level. In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low. He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built. This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it. Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun. If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed. The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel. It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent. 1. tunnel ['t?n?l] n. 隧道 2. port [p?:t, p?ut] n. 港口 3. ventilate ['ventileit] v. 通风 4. chimney ['t?imni]n. 烟囱 5. sea level ['lev?l] 海平面 6. double ['d?bl] adj. 双的 7. ventilation [,venti'lei??n] n. 通风 8. fear [fi?] v. 害怕 9. invasion [in'vei??n] n. 入侵，侵略 10.officially [?'fi??li] adv. 正式地 11.connect [k?'nekt] v. 连接 12.European [,ju?r?'pi:?n] adj. 欧洲的 13.continent ['k?ntin?nt] n. 大陆 参考译文： 1858年，一位名叫埃梅.托梅.德.干蒙的法国工程师带着建造一条长21英里、穿越英吉利海陕的隧道计划到了英国。他说，可以在隧道中央建造一座平台，这座平台将用作码头和火车站。如果再建些伸出海面的高大的烟囱状通风管，隧道就具备了良好的通风条件。1860年，一位名叫威廉.洛的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。他提议建一条双轨隧道，这样就解决了通风问题。因为如果有列火车开进隧道，它就把新鲜空气随之抽进了隧道。42年以后，隧道实际已经开始建了。如果不是因为那时英国人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。世界不得不再等将近100年才看到海峡隧道竣工。它于1994年3月7日正式开通，将英国与欧洲大陆连到了一起。 （标题生词讲解） channel ['t??n?l] Channel:频道 teaching channel教学频道 communication channel交流频道 Can we change another channel? We can't get channel 4 on our television。我们的电视收不到4频道。 The Channel Tunnel 海峡隧道 channel v 传递 She channel her information to me. 她把她的信息传递给我
新概念英语第二册课堂笔记第86课 1.Out of control 失控 介词短语out of可以表示“失去”、“欠缺”等： We are out of petrol.我们的汽油用完了. He has been out of work for two months.他失业两个月了。 2.As...the steering wheel came away...方向盘脱手了 (1)swing round 突然掉转方向 (2)come away表示“脱落”、“脱离”、“脱开”等： When I tried to drive the car, the wheels came away. 当我正要开动汽车的时候，轮子掉了。 3.desperately adv. 绝望地 He shouted desperately, but no one can hear him. 他绝望的叫喊着,但是没有人能听见他. 4.who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes.... 在过去的15分钟里一直在滑水 这里用了一个过去完成进行时,表示过去的一段时间正在进行的一个持续动作。比如有这样的一句话： In the past 15 years, he had been working to save up for a house. 在过去15年中，他一直在努力的挣钱以便可以买个房子。 5.Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. 他们两个还没来得及意识到究竟发生了什么事情，就被猛地抛入了海里。