新概念英语第三册讲义：Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精§Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld世界上最长的吊桥【Newwordsandexpressions】生词和短语◆suspension n。悬，吊◆agreeable adj。宜人的◆situation n.地点，地方◆locate v.位于◆immortal adj。永生的,流芳百世的◆Brooklyn n。布鲁克林（纽约一区名）◆Staten n。斯塔顿（岛）◆span n.跨度◆cable n缆索◆concrete n。混泥土◆suspend v.悬挂◆length n。根，段◆estimate v.估计◆immensity n。巨大◆capacity n.承受量◆elegant adj。优美别致的◆faintly adv。微细地★suspensionn。悬，吊suspensionbridge吊桥suspend：悬挂Eg.:Thelightissuspendedfromtheceiling。暂停Eg。:Thetrainwassuspendedbecauseoftheheavyrain.suspense：n.担心，挂念，悬念Eg.：Thewonderfulfilmgivemeadeepimpressionbecauseofitssuspense。Hedidn'ttellusthetruthincaptomeinsuspenseallday。suspenders吊袜带★agreeableadj.宜人的Todayisagreeable.agreeablesituationHishouseisinaagreeablesituation。★situationn。地点，地方locationsituatev。locatev.BeijingislocatedintheNorthofChina。JapanislocatedtotheEastofChina.islocatedto.。.★locatev.位于★immortaladj.永生的，流芳百世的★Brooklynn。布鲁克林（纽约一区名）★Statenn。斯塔顿（岛）★spann.跨度★cablen缆索★concreten。混泥土★suspendv.悬挂★lengthn.根，段★estimatev。估计underestimate低估overestimate高估Eg.:Ataroughestimate,thecarisworth500thousandRMB。estimationn。判断inmyestimation★immensityn。巨大★capacityn.承受量Areyouclearaboutthecapacityofthecinema？做某事的能力haveacapacityfordoingsth.haveacapacitytodoability成功地做到了Wehaveabilitytofinishtheworkintwodays。capability内在的潜力havecapabilitytodohavecapabilityofdoingAnychilehascapabilityoflearningaforeignlaungugewell。Anychilehascapabilitytolearnaforeignlaungugewell。faculty侧重于“主观的能力”thefacultyofseeingthefacultyofhearingcompetence胜任工作的能力、资格Ihavecompetenceforthejob.★elegantadj。优美别致的Theladyiselegant。graceful:强调一个人的体型elegant：还表示人的举止很得体，大方delicate：精致的★faintlyadv.微细地【Text】§Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld世界上最长的吊桥Q：Howisthebridgesupported？Verrazano，anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewYorkHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditas’averyagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver。’ThoughVerrazanoisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer，hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal,foronNovember21st，1964,thegreatestbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim。TheVerrazanoBridge,whichwasdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStatenIsland.Ithasaspanof4260feet.Thebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner。Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables.Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsmadeofsteelandconcrete。Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea。Thesealonetooksixteenmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfaceofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet.Theysupportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended.Eachofthefourcablescontains26,108lengthsofwire.Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedwithcars,itwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity.However,sizeandstrengtharenottheonlyimportantthingsaboutthisbridge.Despiteitsimmensity，itisbothsimpleandelegant,fulfillingitsdesigner’sdreamtocreate'anenormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyaspossible'.【课文讲解】L17—01end1L17—02begin10'sailedinto..---—句子的主干aboutwhom—-——Italiandescribesth.as把。。..。。描绘成.。.。。.,认为..。..。常见的动词有：see，view，lookupon,recoginze,regard，treat，acceptEg。:Ishoulddescribetheattemptasafailure。Hismotherregardshimasgenius。Iaccepthiswordsastrue。locatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver位于两座小山之间，一条大河滔滔流过。located..。是过去分词短语作定语，修饰situation；inthemidstofwhich引导一个定语从句，which指twosmallhills.句子结构要倒装（flowed在agreatriver之前）inthemidstof，在。.。...之中。inthemidstoftwosmallhillsflowedagreatriverAgreatriverflowedinthemiddleofthetwohills。inthemiddleofthenight==atmidnightinthemiddleofthewinterinthemiddleofthesummerIlikethevillagelocatedwithintwosmallhills。Eg.:我们来到了一个农庄，在这个农庄的前面有一座大山。Wearrivedatafarmhouse。infrontofwhichisamountain.动词位于主语之前though/although/eventhough引导让步状语从句用了though，although不能使用but，yet可以用——强调转折关系.bynomeans决不，绝对不(加强语气)E。:Itisbynomeanspleasanttotakeacrowdedbus.乘坐一辆拥挤的公交车无论如何不是一件令人高兴的事。notbyanymeansnotatallHeisn’tsatisfiedwithajobatall。innowayinnocaseinnosenseinnocircumstancesremainimmortalbenamedafterbenamedfortakeone’snamefromL17—02end10’L17-03begin11’aspanof:跨度，桥长takeintoaccount/takeintoconsideration/takeaccountof考虑到Eg。：Wehavetotakethedateintoaccountwhenwehavethemeeting。support：holdup支撑extend延伸，伸展arailwayextendstothenextcityextendtoadepthof深度extendtoalengthof长度extendtoawidthof宽度riseto上升的高度which指代先行词cablesIthasbeenestimated/expectedthat…据估计ItissaidItisreportedIthasbeenestimated/expectedbepackedwith。。。作“挤满..。.。.；装满。。.。。。"解were虚拟语气carry承载athird三分之一immensity----sizedespite==inspiteoffulfilling：分词做状语表结果Thebuswasheldupbythesnowstorm,causingthedelay。herhusbanddiedin1970，leavingherwithtwochildren.Atlasthepassedhisexamination，fulfillinghisdreamtogoabroad.他终于通过了这次考试，实现了出国的梦想（现在分词做结果状语，表示一种主动的概念.)【Specialdifficulties】P80Heisbynomeansconsideredtobeagreatexplorer。（ll。4-5)动词不定式（compareISD84）（对比第二册第84课难点）Insteadofsaying：Ifindthatheisquiteunsuitableforthejob.Wecansay：Ifindhimtobequiteunsuitableforthejob.findsb。tobe好多动词后面既可以跟宾语从句，又可以和动词不定式to搭配连用，其意义无差别。常见的动词如下：believe，consider,find,declare，feel，know，suppose,think,presume,estimate,understandEg。:Iconsiderthatheisthebestcandidate。Iconsiderhimtobethebestcoadidate。Weestimatedthatthispictureisworthatleast500pounds.Weestimatedthispicturetobeworthatleast500pounds.L17-03end11’L17—04begin9’【Multiplechoicequestions】P80Comprehension1Verrazano’snamewillprobablyremainimmortalbecause_____。a。itwasafterhediscoveredNewYorkb。henamedtheriverthatthenewbridgecrossesc。hewasanexploredofconsiderablemeansd.ithasbeengiventotheworld’slongestsuspensionbridge1。DthelongestsuspensionbridgewasnamedafterVerrazaro。2TheVerrazanoBridgewasbuiltwithsowideaspanbecause_____。a。ithadtocoverawidestretchofwaterb.oftheunusualshapeoftheeartharoundBrooklynandStatenIslandc。thewaterthatliesbetweenBrooklynandStatenIslandisverydeepd。thenumberofwiresineachcableissogreat2。Aawidestretchofwater连续不断的水域3IndesigningtheVerrazanoa.hadtoaccountforthecurvatureoftheearth’ssurfaceb。spentoverayearbuildingtheplatformsthatformthebridge’sbasec。hadtoconsiderthenumberofvehiclesthatmightcrossthebridgeasmuchaspossible.d。wishedtoreducethesizeofthebridgeasmuchaspossible3．AThebridgeissolongthattheshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoaccountbyitsdesigner。accountfor考虑takeaccountof/takeintoaccountcurvature弯曲度Structure4Hedescribedit_____situated.(ll.2—3)a。asbeingveryagreablyb.wasveryagreeabletobec.veryagreeablyhavingbeend.veryagreeablyasbeingdescribesth.as4。Asituatied动词过去分词接受agreeably的限定5TheVerrazanoBridge,_____thedesignofOthmarAmmann。（l。8）a。isb.wasc.wered.hasbeen5．A6Thelengthofthebridgeis_____theshaeoftheearth。（ll。9—10)a.sothatb。suchthatc.thatwhichd.thus6。B强调桥梁的长度就是如此,所以地球的形状被考虑suchthat7Thetowersarebuilton_____whicharesunkbeneaththewater.(ll。0-11）a。ferro—concreteimmenseplatformsb.immensemadeofferro-concretelatformsc.andmadeofferro-concreteimmenselatformsd。imenseferro—concreteplatforms重点突出platforms7.D不能用连接词andimmenseadj。描述性形容词用于物质名词的前面8Evenifthebridgewerepackedwithcars，itcouldstill_____threetimestheload。（ll。14—15）a.becarryingb.beabletocarryc。onlycarryd.carrythoload：thetotalcapacitycan不能与beableto搭配连用can+动词原形，表示一般的能力8．DVocabulary9‘averyagreeablesituationwithtwosmallhillslying_____。’（ll。3—4）a.oneithersideb.oneverysidec.besidesd.sidebyside9．Aeither表示两者中的每一方的Hesatinthecarwithapolicemanoneithersideofhim.oneithersideofthestreeteitheradj.修饰名词的单数形式bothadj.修饰名词的复数形式everyadj.用于三者或三者以上，allineverydirection/inalldirectionssidebyside肩并肩的，并排Thetwobottlesstoodsidbys