新概念英语三 Lesson24

L24Askeleton

inthecupboardListentothepassageandtrytoanswerthequestion:WhowasSebastian?Key:SebastianwastheskeletonthatGeorgehadwhenhewasamedicalstudent.SkeletonAskeletoninthecupboard==Askeletoninthecloset橱柜中的骷髅

引申为familyskeleton.家丑(口)You'reallskinandbones.在小说中，我们经常读到一个表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，却有着某种多年不为人所知的骇人听闻的秘密。seemingly

/ˈsiːmɪŋlɪ/

Ifsomethingis

seemingly

thecase,youmeanthatitappearstobethecase,eventhoughitmaynotreallybeso.好似;看上去Weoftenreadinnovelshowaseeminglyrespectablepersonorfamilyhassometerriblesecretwhichhasbeenconcealedfromstrangersforyears.respectable

[rɪ'spektəb(ə)l]

adj.值得尊敬的respect

[rɪ'spekt]

n.尊敬，尊重respectful

[rɪ'spek(t)fʊl]adj.恭敬的；有礼貌的conceal

/kənˈsiːl/

Ifyou

conceal

something,youcoveritorhideitcarefully.Conceal····from·····（对/向····）隐瞒······与hide相比，hide可指偶然的隐蔽，不一定含有”故意“Thesunishiddenbytheclouds.hideVSconcealhide可用作不及物动词，而conceal只能作及物动词Eg:Let’shidebehindthedoor.Thethieftriedtoconcealthestolenmoneyinhisshoes.TheEnglishlanguagepossessesavividsayingtodescribethissortofsituation.Theterriblesecretiscalled'askeletoninthecupboard'.英语中有一个生动的说法来形容这种情况。惊人的秘密称作“柜中骷髅”。possess

/pəˈzɛs/

Ifyou

possess

something,youhaveitorownit.拥有vivid

/ˈvɪvɪd/

Ifyoudescribememoriesanddescriptionsas

vivid,youmeanthattheyareveryclearanddetailed.(记忆和描写)清晰的;生动逼真的Atsomedramaticmomentinthestory,theterriblesecretbecomesknownandareputationisruined.

在小说的某个戏剧性时刻，可怕的秘密泄漏出来，接着便是某人的声誉扫地。dramatic戏剧性的：dramaticchangedramaticvictory

reputation

[repjʊ'teɪʃ(ə)n]

n.名声，名誉

Thereader’shairstandsonendwhenhereadsinthefinalpagesofthenovelthattheheroine,adearoldladywhohadalwaysbeensokindtoeverybody,had,inheryouth,poisonedeveryoneofherfivehusbands.当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。thereader’shairstandsonend这里onend为介词短语作状语，表示“倒立着”，“竖着”。类似:one’sbloodrunscold/turnstoice某人被吓僵了比较heroine

['herəʊɪn]

n.女主角；女英雄hero

['hɪərəʊ]

n.英雄；男主角，男主人公heroin

['herəʊɪn]

n.[毒物]海洛因whenhereads·····that引导一个宾语从句，一般that都紧跟在动词后，此句中宾语很长（theheroine,adearoldladywhohadalwaysbeensokindtoeverybody,had,inheryouth,poisonedeveryoneofherfivehusbands）而地点状语inthefinalpagesofthenovel很短避免头重脚轻，所以宾语从句放在地点状语后

Itisallverywellforsuchthingstooccurinfiction.Tovaryingdegrees,weallhavesecretswhichwedonotwantevenourclosestfriendstolearn,butfewofushaveskeletonsinthecupboard.

这种事发生在小说中是无可非议的。尽管我们人人都有各种大小秘密。连最亲密的朋友都不愿让他们知道，但我们当中极少有人有柜中骷髅。fiction

小说或虚构的事novel

长篇小说Tovaryingdegrees在不同程度上：vary(变化）→varying不断变化的，不同的tosomeextent

在某种程度上tosuchanextentthat.到了某种程度以致于---toagreatextent.在很大程度上TheonlypersonIknowwhohasaskeletoninthecupboardisGeorgeCarlton,andheisveryproudofthefact.我所认识的唯一的在柜中藏骷嵝的人便是乔治.卡尔顿，他甚至引以为自豪。

Theonlyperson(that)Iknow

whohasaskeletoninthecupboard.

ThatIknow修饰限定Theonlyperson.Who修饰限定TheonlypersonIknow.双层定语从句:Georgestudiedmedicineinhisyouth.Insteadofbecomingadoctor,however,hebecameasuccessfulwriterofdetectivestories.乔治年轻时学过医，然而，他后来没当上医生，却成了一位成功的侦探小说作家。detective

[dɪ'tektɪv]

adj.侦探的n.侦探inhisyouth年轻时IoncespentanuncomfortableweekendwhichIshallneverforgetathishouse.有一次，我在他家里度周末，过得很不愉快。这事我永远不会忘记。Georgeshowedmetotheguestroomwhich,hesaid,wasrarelyused.

乔治把我领进客房，说这间很少使用。hesaid是个插入语

Hetoldmetounpackmythingsandthencomedowntodinner.他让我打开行装后下楼吃饭。pack

n.包装；一副vi.包装货物；被包装unpack

vt.卸下…；解除…的负担vi.打开包裹AfterIhadstackedmyshirtsandunderclothesintwoemptydrawers,IdecidedtohangoneofthetwosuitsIhadbroughtwithmeinthecupboard.

我将衬衫、内衣放进两个空抽屉里，然后我想把随身带来的两套西服中的一套挂到大衣柜里去。stack

[stæk]

n.堆；堆叠vt.使堆叠Iopenedthecupboarddoorandthenstoodinfrontofitpetrified.Askeletonwasdanglingbeforemyeyes.我打开柜门，站在柜门前一下惊呆了。一具骷髅悬挂在眼前。petrified

['petrɪfaɪd]

adj.惊呆的；目瞪口呆的v.使石化；变僵硬（petrify的过去分词）dangle

['dæŋg(ə)l]

vi.摇晃地悬挂着=IwaspetrifiedwhenIstoodinfrontofit.

stoodinfrontofitpetrified:句中stood表示处于某种状态,起到一个系动词的作用

如果动词后面紧跟的是形容词，有时这个形容词并不修饰动词，而是修饰主语，描述主语的状态或性质。

①Leifengdiedyoung.

②Leifengworkedhard.①

Young,形容词，修饰雷锋，说明LeiFeng的本性。

=Leifengwasyoungwhenhedied.②

Hard,副词，修饰动词worked，说明worked的行为特征。Thesuddenmovementofthedoormadeitswayslightlyanditgavemetheimpressionthatitwasabouttoleapoutatme.由于柜门突然打开，它也随之轻微摇晃起来，让我觉得它好像马上要跳出柜门朝我扑过来似的。gavemetheimpression:=impressedmesway

[sweɪ]

vt.影响；统治；使摇动vi.影响；摇摆itwasabouttoleapoutatmeBeabouttodo用于表达“即将做某事”，”就要做某事“，表明现在或马上的将来，而非长久的将来，类似于immediately,verysoon,atonceleap

[liːp]

n.飞跃；跳跃vt.跳跃，跳过Droppingmysuit,IdasheddownstairstotellGeorge.Thiswasworsethan'aterriblesecret';thiswasarealskeleton!我扔下西服冲下楼去告诉乔治。这是比“骇人听闻的秘密”更加惊人的东西，这是一具真正的骷髅啊!droppingmysuit现在分词短语，作伴随状语dash

[dæʃ]

n.破折号；冲撞vi.猛冲；撞击ButGeorgewasunsympathetic.'Oh,that,'hesaidwithasmileasifheweretalkingaboutanoldfriend.'That'sSebastian.YouforgetthatIwas