新概念第二册课文翻译及学习笔记【Lesson40、41、42】

1、新概念第二册课文翻译及学习笔记【Lesson40 、 41 、42 】【课文】First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Was Mrs. Rumbold a good companion at dinner?Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even l

2、ook up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.A new play is coming to The Globe soon, I said. Will you be seeing it?No, she answered.Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year? I asked.No, she a

3、nswered.Will you be staying in England? I asked.No, she answered.In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.Young man, she answered, if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!【课文翻译】在上星期的一次宴会上，女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁。兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大、表情严肃的女人，穿一件紧身的黑衣服。当我在她身旁坐下来的时候，她甚至连头都

4、没有抬一下。她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子，不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。我试图找个话题和她聊聊。“一出新剧要来环球剧场上演了，”我说，“您去看吗?”“不，”她回答。“您今年去国外度假吗?”我又问。“不，”她回答。“您就呆在英国吗?”我问。“不，”她回答。失望之中我问她饭是否吃得满意。“年轻人，”她回答说，“如果你多吃点，少说点，我们两个都会吃得好的 ! ”【生词和短语】hostess n. 女主人unsmiling adj. 不笑的，严肃的tight adj. 紧身的fix v. 凝视globe n. 地球despair n. 绝望【知识点讲解】1 Last week at a dinner party,

5、 the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold.在上星期的一次宴会上，女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁。seat, sit 辨析 这两个动词均含“坐”之意。seat ： 及物动词，常与反身代词连用，seat 一定要加宾语, 如果后面没宾语 , 后面就用seat 的被动形式。seat yourself be seatedsit ： 多用作不及物动词，是主动, 没有被动语态, 后面不能加宾语。用作及物动词时，可与seat 换用。 sit downThe farm sits on the side of the hill.农场位于山坡上。He s

6、eated himself at a writing table.他在写字台前坐下。2 She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.当我在她身旁坐下来的时候，她甚至连头都没有抬一下。look up 查阅 , 好转 , 仰视 , 看望You can look up this word in the vocabulary.你能够在词汇表里查这个词。When looking up suddenly , Henry saw a rainbow in the sky .亨利突然举目仰视时, 发现天空有一道彩虹。Do look me up

7、 next time you are in town. 下次进城请一定来看我。3 Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating.她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子，不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。做动词时表示“使 . 固定 , 修理 , 确定 , 准备”，做名词时，表示“困境 , ( 船只、飞机等的) 定方位”常见短语有：fix up 安排 , 解决 , 修理 fix on 固定 , 确定 , 决定 .fix with vt. 固定Weve fixed the date for the wedding.我们已决定

8、了结婚的日子。Shes got herself fixed up with a cosy flat.她弄到了一套舒适的公寓。4 I tried to make conversation.我试图找个话题和她聊聊。(1) 词义辨析conversation, dialogue, talk, chat这些名词均含“交谈”之意。conversation ： 一般用词，指两个或更多人互相交换意见的交谈。dialogue ： 指“对话”。talk ： 普通用词，可与conversation 换用，指正式交谈。chat： 指熟人之间非常随便的交谈，强调谈话的亲密和非正式性。The professor invi

9、ted his students to his home for conversation.教授邀请学生们到自己家里会晤。They dialogue for three hours failed to come to an agreement.他们谈了三个小时，没有达成一致。(2) 常见短语conversation piece 话题 , 可作话题的东西have a conversati. 和 . 交谈5 Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year? I asked.“您就呆在英国吗?”我问。用将来时实行提问，尤其是提出问题但又不想迫使

10、对方作出明确答复时，将来实行时能够显得比一般将来时will 更委婉客气。Will you be coming to the party tomorrow?你明天会来参加我们的聚会吗?新概念英语第二册第41 课 Do you call that a hat 你把那个叫帽子吗 ?【课文】First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What kind of shopping does the writer enjoy, do you think?Do you call that a hat? I said to my wife.You

11、 neednt be so rude about it, my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.We mustnt buy things we dont need, I remarked suddenly.

12、 I regretted saying it almost at once.You neednt have said that, my wife answered. I neednt remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.I find it beautiful, I said. A man can never have too many ties.And a woman cant have too many hats, she answered.Ten minutes later we walked out of the sh

13、op together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!【课文翻译】“你把那个叫帽子吗?”我对妻子说。“你说话没必要这样不客气，”我的妻子边回答边照着镜子。我坐在一个新式的满是网眼儿的椅子上，等待着。我们在这家帽店已经呆了半个小时了，而我的妻子仍在镜子面前。“我们不应该买我们不需要的东西，”我突然发表意见说，但马上又后悔说了这话。“你没必要这么说，”我妻子回答说，“我也不必提醒你昨天买的那条糟糕透了的领带。”“我觉得它好看，”我说，“男人有多少领带也不会嫌多。”“女人有多少帽子也不嫌多她回答10分钟以后，我们一道

14、走出了商店。我妻子戴着一顶像灯塔一样的帽子。【生词和短语】rude adj. 无礼的mirror n. 镜子hole n. 孔remark v. 评说remind v. 提醒lighthouse n. 灯塔【知识点讲解】1 You neednt be so rude about it, my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.“你说话没必要这样不客气，”我的妻子边回答边照着镜子。need：需要，可做实义动词和非实义动词。(1)neednt ：非实义动词，情态动词，无时态变化，也没有人称dont need ：实义动词有任意一

15、种时态，有人称变化need I.?(情态 )do I need.?实义动词情态动词后面一定要加动词原形在实义动词后面再加一个实义动词，就在后面加to doneed I go out?do I need to go out?2 2) 情态动词后面不能直接用名词做宾语实义动词后面能够直接加名词we dont need things( 名词 ).you dont need to beneednt have done ：过去不必做，但是做了mustnt 不准cant ：不可能You mustnt drive a car after you drink wine.酒后禁止驾车。I cant believ

16、e what you said.我不相信你所说的。I feel a need to talk to you about it.我觉得有必要跟你谈谈那件事。2 We mustnt buy things we dont need, I remarked suddenly.“我们不应该买我们不需要的东西，”我突然发表意见说，但马上又后悔说了这话。(1)must 可能等于have to 表示必须，不等于have to 时表示推测In England traffic must keep to the left.在英国，车辆必须靠左行驶。The girl was back in a pigs whispe

17、r. She must have run all the way.那个女孩一会儿就回来了。她肯定是跑着去跑着回的。(2)remark 做名词时是指“评论 , 备注 , 注意”做动词时是指“评论 , 注意到”remark on 对实行评论 make a remark upon 谈论，就. 表示意见They made rude remarks about her appearance.他们对她的外表横加粗暴的评论。I couldnt help remarking on her youth.我脱口而出说她那麽年轻。we made a remark on drama.我们对戏剧实行了评论。3 My w

18、ife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!我妻子戴着一顶像灯塔一样的帽子。辨析： wear/dress/put on/have on 穿wear（ 状态）dress， dress sb ：给某人穿衣服，强调动作put on（ 动作 ）have sth on（ 状态 ）be in+ 衣服 （ 状态 ）In such cold weather I wear my overcoat all day.在这样的寒冷天气里，我一整天都穿着外套。Put on your coat, it is cold outside.穿上外套，外面很冷。she

19、is in a green coat她穿着绿色外套。4 I neednt remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.我也不必提醒你昨天买的那条糟糕透了的领带。remind :使想起，提醒remind有“remind+主语+不定式”的格式，表示提醒某人做某事。He reminded me to write the letter.他提醒我写信。(2)remind.of.表示“某物或某人使我们想起过去，或是想起忘掉的事情”， of 后加名词或动名词。She reminded me of writing the letter.她使我想起写

20、过那封信。The smell of hay always reminds me of our old house in the country.甘草的味道总是令我想起了我们在乡村的老房子。remind的宾语后能接that或how引导的从句。He reminded me that I ought to do it at once.他提醒我应该现在就去做这件事。He reminded me how careful I ought to be in doing it.他提醒我在做这事的时候应如何小心。新概念英语第二册第42课 Not very musical 并非很懂音乐【课文】First list

21、en and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What happened when the snake charmer began to play jazz?As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the squa

22、re, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very

23、much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to dance slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!【课文翻译】当我们穿过旧德里的市场时走了很长一段路，我们在一个广场上停下 来休息。过了一会儿，我们注意到广场的那一边有一个带着两个大筐 的耍蛇人，于是就走过去看看。他一见我们，就拿起了

24、一个长长的上 面镶有硬币的管乐器，并掀开了一个筐的盖子。当他开始吹奏一支曲 子时，我们才第一次看到那条蛇。它从筐里探出身子，随着乐器的摆动而扭动。当耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士乐和现代流行乐曲时，我们感到非常惊奇。不过那蛇却还是缓慢地“舞动”着。显然，它分辨不出印度音乐和爵士乐!【生词和短语】musical adj. 精通音乐的market n. 市场，集市snake charmer 玩蛇者 （通常借音乐控制）pipe n. （ 吹奏的 ） 管乐器tune n. 曲调glimpse n. 一瞥snake n. 蛇movement n. 动作continue v. 继续dance v. 跳舞obvio

25、usly adv. 显然difference n. 差别Indian adj. 印度的【知识点讲解】1 we stopped at a square to have a rest.我们在一个广场上停下来休息。stop at停留，住宿在，对有些踌躇He stopped at the convenience store, and bought a magazine.他在便利店稍作停留，买了本杂志。stop to do sth.停下来去做某事stop doing sth.停止做某事2 after a time 一段时间后，过了片刻She left the bar after a time.片刻之后，她离开了酒吧。3 have a walk/rest have a+ 名词，这个名词能够与动词同型，即如果该名词也能够作动词，那么have a+名词这种结构就等于它的动词意义。类似的结构还有：have a swim/bath have a bath=bathe , have a swim=swimhave a look = lookAfter a long walk on a hot day, I really want to have a b