新概念英语第三册课文及详解第2课

Lesson2Thirteenequalsone十三等于一之蔡仲巾千创作Ourvicarisalwaysraisingmoneyforonecauseoranother,buthehasnevermanagedtogetenoughmoneytohavethechurchclockrepaired.Thebigclockwhichusedtostrikethehoursdayandnightwasdamagedmanyyearsagoandhasbeensilenteversince.Onenight,however,ourvicarwokeupwithastart:theclockwasstrikingthehours!Lookingathiswatch,hesawthatitwasoneo'clock,butthebellstruckthirteentimesbeforeitstopped.Armedwithatorch,thevicarwentupintotheclocktowertoseewhatwasgoingon.Inthetorchlight,hecaughtsightofafigurewhomheimmediatelyrecognizedasBillWilkins,ourlocalgrocer.'WhateverareyoudoinguphereBill?'askedthevicarinsurprise.'I'mtryingtorepairthebell,'answeredBill.'I'vebeencomingupherenightafternightforweeksnow.Yousee,Iwashopingtogiveyouasurprise.''Youcertainlydidgivemeasurprise!'saidthevicar.'You'veprobablywokenupeveryoneinthevillageaswell.Still,I'mgladthebellisworkingagain.''That'sthetrouble,vicar,'answeredBill.'It'sworkingallright,butI'mafraidthatatoneo'clockitwillstrikethirteentimesandthere'snothingIcandoaboutit.''We'llgetusedtothat,Bill,'saidthevicar.'Thirteenisnotasgoodasone,butit'sbetterthannothing.Nowlet'sgodownstairsandhaveacupoftea.'LanguagepointsAttention:Thepointsherearenotcoveredbythemp3.Itisbetterforyoutolistentothemp3firstandtrytotakenotesonyourown.1,Ourvicarisalwaysraisingmoneyforonecauseoranother,buthehasnevermanagedtogetenoughmoneytohavethechurchclockrepaired.现在进行时和always等频度副词的搭配--暗示说话人带有的情感色彩Tomisalwaysdoinghomework.Heisalwaysmakingnoises.oneoranother暗示某种、这样或那样getenoughmoney筹集足够的资金来做某事havesth.done找某人来做某事e.g.havetheplanerepaired修飞机havehaircut剪头发tip:在翻译中，纷歧定要把"找人"这两个字翻译出来，但是读者可以据常理推断这件事不是句中的主语做出的。让我们来下下面这两句话：Hiswalletwasstolen.Hehadhiswalletstolen.某人所遭受到的意外某种情况-----主语必须是发出动作的人2,Thebigclockwhichusedtostrikethehoursdayandnightwasdamagedmanyyearsagoandhasbeensilenteversince.usedto:过去经常做，而现在不再发生的事情了e.g.Heusedtosmokeeveryday.3,Onenight,however,ourvicarwokeupwithastart.however用于口语，主要用于句首；用于作文中时，最好用在句中、句尾，要用逗号分隔开来e.g.Iknowhisstory,however,Iwouldn'tliketotellyou.Iknowhisstory,I,however,wouldn'tliketotellyou.however可用nevertheless,nonetheless替换start:惊跳、惊奇Eg:Thevoicemadehimstart.那声音吓了他一跳。Whatastartyougiveme.你真吓了我一跳4,Thebellstruckthirteentimesbeforeitstopped.before...才e.g.Nearlyaweekpastbeforehecouldexplainwhathadhappentohim.文中的例句，我们也可以这么表达：Thebelldidnotstopuntilitstruckthirteentimes.Itwasnotuntilthethirteenthstrokethatthebellstopped.tip:体会用分歧的搭配表达同种意思,not...until...\Itwasnotuntil...that...知道...才...5,Lookingathiswatch,hesawthatitwasoneo'clock.Armedwithatorch,thevicarwentupintotheclocktowertoseewhatwasgoingon.分词做状语时，一定要注意它和逻辑主语要呼应一致。第一个句子中，动作look和主语he之间是主动关系，因而用了现在分词。第二个句子中，动作arm和主语thevicar之间是主动关系，所以用了过去分词。我们可以将状语还原成句子：Thevicarwasarmedwithatorchthenhewentupintotheclocktower.6,Inthetorchlight,hecaughtsightofafigurewhomheimmediatelyrecognizedasBillWilkins,ourlocalgrocer.Inthetorchlight在电筒光下非正式用语中whom可以省略掉recognizesbas认出某人是搭配相近的词组有：regardsbas把某人认作thinkofsbas把某人看作treatsbas(把某人对待为)haveonsbas（把某人尊敬为）7,WhateverareyoudoinguphereBill？whatever用于疑问句中，加强what的语气，作"究竟什么"解释。8,I'vebeencomingupherenightafternightforweeksnow.nightafternight一夜连着一夜，这里也可用everynight代替，暗示没有一夜例外。after在这里暗示：一个接着一个这种AafterA的词组还有：dayafterday/yearafteryear/weekafterweek/busafterbus9,Youcertainlydidgivemeasurprise!肯定句中经常使用助动词do,did,does加强语气和情感色彩，一定要位于动词原形之前。文中在did之前，还用了副词certainly，意思是"的确"，进一步加强了语气。e.g.Youdolookbeautifultoday.你今天看起来真漂亮。10,You'veprobablywokenupeveryoneinthevillageaswell.aswell用在句尾相当于too,主要用在肯定句中，但比too所表达的语意更优秀。11,Still,I'mgladthebellisworkingagain.still用于句首，用逗号分隔开来，表达一个转折的关系。意思是尽管如此，依旧，仍然这里still=Justthesame，本句也可这样表达：Allthesame,Iamgladthebellisworkingagain.12,We'llgetusedtothat,Bill.getusedto,beusedtodo,beaccustomedto,getaccustomedto都暗示习惯于get强调渐进的过程，be强调习惯了的状态e.g.Weareusedtothecoldweatherhere.Youwillgetusedtothecoldweatherhere.你很快会适应这寒冷的天气的。这里的to都是介词，后面接名词或动名词e.g.Youwillgetusedtojoggingdayafterday.Itisreallyagoodhabit.你会习惯每天跑步的。这真是一个好习惯。tip:在暗示过去经常做某事的useto句型中，后面接动词的原型，请大家注意区别。13，Thirteenisnotasgoodasone,butit'sbetterthannothing.13下是不如1下好，但是比一下也不敲强。tip:这是个很好的抚慰人的句子。作者用了...notasgoodas,butitisbetterthan...来表达情况其实不是很糟。keystructure&difficulies现在进行时（youcancheckNCE2L74）文中用了很多动词现在时,暗示：现在正在做什么。但是现在进行时，还可以表达：（1）长期习惯性的动作持续,尤其与always连用的时候。大家体会下例句用了现在时，其语气是不是比一般时表达的要强烈呢？e.g.Ourvicarisalwaysraisingmoney.Heisalwayswritingletters.（2）暗示将来时。e.g.Iamgonnago.我要走了。（gonna是goingto的缩写，在口语中很经常使用。）In的用法总结：1．prep表达惊奇，恐惧，失望或生气等感情色彩的名词搭配连用,在句中起状语的作用insurprise;inastonishment;inalarm;inembarrassment;inamazement;indespair;indismay;inanger;indisappointment2．prep表达以、用:用于语言，书写资料，色彩或声音等方面inEnglish;inpencil;inink;inafewwords;insuchahighvoice;inoil;inred;incode3,用于状态、情况或处境introuble;indifficulty;inbed;inahurry;indebt