新概念英语第三册学习笔记：第57 课 Back in the
old country
第一段词汇解析
①objective = destination。
②seemed alien = looked strange。
③lacked for nothing = had everything I needed。
④embedded = fixed firmly and deeply。
⑤mortally = fatally, leading to death。
第二段词汇解析
①这句话中有两个 which 引导的并列的定语从句修饰 book ，第二个定语从句中还有一个省略了关系代词 that 的从句作 think 的宾语。
②I should territory为宾语从句。
③comprehensive = complete, including a lot of different
ones。
④positive =absolutely sure。
⑤familiar territory = well-known land 。
⑥句中 well是感叹词作呼语。
第三段词汇解析
①on the horizon 原意为“在地平线上”，也引申为“即将来临的”，“初露端倪的”之意。另可表达为broaden/expand/widen one’s horizons ，开阔某人的视野。
Notes学习笔记
词组归纳
1.cool off
2.study the map
3.recover from
4.be full of
5.be brought up
ck for
7.the old folk
8.visit sb.’s grave
9.on someone’s own
10.over and over again
11.look at
12.according to
13.in the far distance
14.take a turning
15.take glances at
nd up
17.in sight
18.on the horizon
19.no longer
补充笔记
survive这个单词有“比活得长”之意，请掌握以下这个经典例句： His father survived his mother [by 18 years].
他的爸爸比他的妈妈多活了18 年。
