新概念英语第二册第三课笔记

lesson 75 SOS 呼救信号

New words and expressions

thick adj.

①厚的（反义词thin 薄的）

eg. This board is the thickest of all. 这木板是最厚的。

a thick book 一本厚书； thick walls 厚墙壁； ice ten centimeters thick 十厘米厚的冰

②粗的，粗大的 （反义词thin 纤细的）

a thick line 粗线； thick fingers 粗大的手指

③ (液体，气体) 浓的，浓厚的 （反义词thin 稀薄的）

eg. This source is too thick. 这调味汁太浓了。

thick soup 浓汤； a thick fog 浓雾，大雾

④（树林，树叶，毛发等）密的，浓密的 （反义词thin 稀疏的）

a thick forest 茂密的森林； thick hair 浓密的头发

thick adj.相关短语：

give a person a thick ear （英口语）把（某人）耳朵打肿

through thick and thin 经历过艰难困苦，无论什么状况

thicken v.使…变厚 （粗，浓）

thickness n.

thickhearded adj. 笨头笨脑的，傻里傻气的

signal

①n. 信号，暗号

a distress signal 遇难信号； a danger signal 危险信号

eg . She gave the signal of emergency. 她发出紧急情况的暗号。

③n. 信号器，交通信号

eg. The traffic signal wasn’t working.. 交通信号失灵了。

1 Nce-2-73：The record-holder 1、Little boys who play truant from school are unimaginative. 1）Play truant from school：逃学（上下文清楚时，可以省略from school） 例：As a boy, Tom used to play truant ( from school). 汤姆小时候常逃学。 2）Truant： A、n. 逃学者,旷课者；逃避责任者,玩忽职守者；【旧】懒散的人 例：The truants were caught and sent back to school. 逃学者都被捉住并送回学校去。 B、adj. 逃学的；玩忽职守的；懒散的 C、vi. 逃学；逃避责任 3）Unimaginative：adj：缺乏想象力的 Un：前缀，作用是对后面的形容词进行否定 例：Imaginative：富于想象力的，爱想象的――Unimaginative 缺乏想象力的 Happy：幸福――Unhappy：不幸福 Able：能干――Unable：不能干 Acceptable：可以接受的――Unacceptable：不可以接受的 例：Painters should be imaginative. 画家应当富于想象力。 He is an imaginative painter. 他是富有想象力的画家。 2、A quiet day’s fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over an over again, is usually as far as they get。他们通常能做的就是这些了。 1）A quiet day’s fishing：安静的钓一天鱼 2）Over and over again：一再地，反复多次地 例：As he can’t hear very well, I had to say it over and over again. 3）As far as……：到……程度；就……而言 例：As far as I know, his operation is successful. 就我所知，他的手术是成功的。 4）As far as …… be concerned：就……而言，至于（亦可So far as …… be concerned） 例：As far as the whether is concerned：至于天气，就天气而言 As far as the students are concerned：就学生而言 He has a reasonable similarity to you, at least as far as the head and face is concerned. 他和你还是很像的，至少（特别，尤其）是头和脸。 I’m not really perceptive as far as literature goes，I much prefer history. 2 就文学而言，我的感觉并不十分敏锐，我更喜欢文学。 注：As far as …… be concerned与As far as …… goes可以互换 例：As far as this machine goes：就机器而言 3、They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant，travelled 1600 miles。 1）时态：现在完成时； 语态：被动语态 2）Put …… to shame：使……蒙羞，使……相形见绌 例：He saved that child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame. 他冒着生命危险救了那个孩子，使那些旁观者都相形见绌。 4、He hitch-hiked to Dover and , towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. 1）Hitch-hike to + 地点：搭便车到……（地点） 2）Towards evening：快到晚上，天快黑的时候 * Towards：向（朝）着；接近、将近（指朝着……方向，不一定到达） To：指朝着……方向，还有到达的意思 5、When he woke up next morning, he discovered the boat, in the meantime, had travelled to Caro. 1）Wake up：醒来，叫醒，振作起来（不及物动词词组） * Wake：vi 醒，醒来；vt 唤醒、激发；使认识到；n 航迹、痕迹 Wake to ……：认识到……、意识到……； In the wake of ……：紧紧跟随，随……而来，作为……的结果 例：It is time you woke up to the fact that you are not very popular. 你早该明白你没有人缘 Waken up：（使）醒，唤醒（及物动词词组），waken：vt 使醒，唤醒 vi 醒来 2）Discover：vt 发现；暴露、显示 Discovery：n 发现（物），发觉 辨：Discover、invent、creat * Discover：发现早已经存在但尚未被人知晓或发现的东西。 例：C discovered America in 1492. C在1492年发现了美洲 * Invent：通过实验或研究，创造发明出前所未有产品或装置。 例：Who invented the TV set? 谁发明了电视？ * Creat：指从无到有或创造出原来不存在的东西 例：The wealth of the society is created by the working people. 社会财富是劳动人民创造 3）In the meantime：自此期间，同时，在这段时间里（等于Meanwhile） 例：I feel tired and would like to take a nap, in the meantime, you can do some reading. 3 我觉得累了，想打个盹，在这段时间里，你可以看看书。 * At long last + 句子：很久以后终于 例：At long last we were released，很久以后我们终于被释放了 4）Travel to + 地点：to是介词。 6、No one noticed the boy as he crept off. 1）Creep：vi A、爬行、匍匐，（象爬行一样）慢慢的前进 例：The old car crept along the country road. 车在乡间小路上慢慢行驶 The snake crept into the gardon while he was reading。一条蛇爬进花园 B、悄悄地 / 蹑手蹑脚地走；渐渐产生 / 出现 例：We crept upstairs so as not to wake him. 为了不吵醒他，我们蹑手蹑脚的上了楼 He noticed that age had crept on him。他发觉自己在慢慢变老。 7、The next car did not take him into the centre of Paris,but to P on the French-Spanish border. 1）Take sb into ……：送sb进入…… 2）The centre of + ……：……的中心（中部） 3）On the French-Spanish border：在法国－西班牙边境 8、From there, he hitch-hiked to Paris in lorry. 他从那里搭上一辆货车去巴黎。 9、He was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. 1）Pick up： A、拾起、捡起（吧某物从一个地方拾起） 例：The telephone rang and Judy picked it up. 电话铃响了，Judy把电话拿了起来。 B、（偶然）获得 C、逮捕、拘捕 例：He was picked up by government agents for questions.他被政府官员带走，对他提问题 D、到某处去接sb 例：I might get my brother to come and pick me up. 我可能让我兄弟来接我。 2）Send back to ……：送回（遣送回）…… 3）The local authority（authorities）：地方当局 10、He has surely set up a record for the thousands of boys who dream of evading school. 1）Surely：adv 确实 4 2）Set up a record：创造了一个纪录 Set up a record for ……：（为……）创造了一个纪录 3）Dream of doing sth：梦想做…… 4）Evade ：vt A、（巧妙地）逃脱、躲开 例：They ran after the thief quickly, but the thief managed to evade them. 他们迅速地追赶小偷，但小偷设法逃脱了。 She evaded a bow from the man and then call out for help. 她躲过了那人的一拳，然后大声呼救。 * A bow from the man：那个人的一拳； * Call out for help：大声呼救 B、回避、逃避（指不正当地） 例：He always tries to evade paying taxes. 他总是试图逃税。 Many people dream of evading school. 许多孩子梦想逃避上学。 5）Thousands of ……：成千上万的…… Tens of ……：成十上百的…… Hundreds of ……：成百上千的…… Millions of ……：数百万的（数以百万计的）…… Billions of ……：数亿的（数以亿计的）…… 11、Risk 1）n 风险、冒险 At risk：有危险； At the risk of ……：冒……的危险 At all risks 或 At any risk：无论冒什么风险，无论如何 At one’s own risk：由自己负责 Run a risk：冒风险 2）v 冒……风险；使……遭受危险 Risk doing sth：冒风险做……（只能加动名词，不能使用不定式） 3）Risky：adj 危险的、冒风险的 5 Nce2-74：Out of the lime-light 1、Out of the lime-light 1）Out of ……：在……之外 2）Lime-light：（舞台照明用）石灰光，此引申为：众人瞩目的中心 例：She has been in the lime-light since she became an actress 自从她成了一个演员，一直以人注目。 Although he is a government officer, he tries to keep out of the lime-light. 尽管他是政府官员，但还是避免引人注意。 2、An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off. 1）Ancient：adj 古代的；古老的、旧式的（同old） 例：Where did you find that ancient dress? 你在哪里找到这件老掉牙的衣服？ We were impressed by the ruins of an ancient building. 我们对一处古建筑废墟印象颇深。 Ancient bus：老爷车 辨：Ancient：古代、古时，很久以前就已经有或者发生 Antique：书面用语，古老并暗示有残破，或不一定古老但很珍贵： n 古董（物、玩）；adj 古老的、古时的 Old：通俗而笼统，泛指已有或者使用较长时间的东西 2）River bed：河床（River：名词做形容词用） 例：Flower bed：花坛 Dry river bed：干涸了的河床 3）Party：做量词，一行、一伙、一群 A party of ……：一群…… 例：A party of boys / tourists：一群男孩 / 旅游者 4）Get短语 （1）Get与out、into A、Get out：（使）出去 / 出来； ――反义词： 例：Every time that dog wanted to get out, it would bark. 每次那条狗想出去时它就叫。 * Get out用在祈使句，表示“走开、滚开” Now you get out of here fast. 你们赶快滚开这里吧。（Get out of ……） B、Get into：（使）进来、进去（Get out的反义词 例：It can get into the gardon quite easily now. 它现在进花园很容易。 C、Get into：养成……(习惯)

NCE II Lesson 3

一、单词及词组

1. send vt. (1) 发送，寄 (可接双宾语 send sb. sth. / send sth. to sb.)

I have sent Lisa two pieces of messages(信息，消息). He sent me two letters.

(2) 派遣，打发(某人去某地) I have sent the children to school.

2. postcard [c] 明信片 People always send postcards during the New Year.

card 卡片 namecard 名片 ID card 身份证

3. spoil vt. 损坏；糟蹋，把…搞糟 Please spoil food, children! My holiday was spoiled by bad weather.

宠坏，溺爱 The boy was spoiled by his parents. Parents shouldn’t spoiled their children too much.

vi. （食物等）变坏，腐败 Lucy, Don’t eat that bread! It has spoiled.

4. public adj. 公众的；公共的，公用的 — private You mustn’t do that in a public place.

public garden/toilet in public adv. 公开地；当众 Lucy is going to make a speech in public.

the public 公众，民众

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