新概念英语第二册第46课笔记

Lesson46Expensiveanduncomfortable既昂贵又受罪Whatdidthemaninthisstorydo?WhenaplanefromLondonarrivedatSydneyairport,workersbegantounloadanumberofwoodenboxeswhichcontainedclothing.Noonecouldaccountforthefactthatoneoftheboxeswasextremelyheavy.Itsuddenlyoccurredtooneoftheworkerstoopenupthebox.Hewasastonishedatwhathefound.Amanwaslyingintheboxontopofapileofwoodengoods.Hewassosurprisedatbeingdiscoveredthathedidnoteventrytorunaway.Afterhewasarrested,themanadmittedhidingintheboxbeforetheplaneleftLondon.Hehadhadalonganduncomfortabletrip,forhehadbeenconfinedtothewoodenboxforovereighteenhours.Themanwasorderedtopay$3,500forthecostofthetrip.Thenormalpriceofaticketis$2,000!参考译文当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时,工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱.其中有只箱子特别重,可谁也弄不清是怎么回事.突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看.看到的情景使吃惊,箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上.他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊,甚至都没有企图逃跑.此人被逮捕后,承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的.他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程,因为他在那木箱里闷了18个多小时.此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑,而正常票价是2,000英镑!Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语uunloadv.卸（货）woodenadj.木头的extremelyadv.非常，极其occurv.发生astonishv.使惊讶pilen.堆woolenadj.羊毛的goodsn.(常用复数)货物；商品discoverv.发现confinev.关注normaladj.正常的，通常的1.

load

[ləud]

1)

n.

负荷物，载荷物（尤指沉重的）

a

load

of

sand

运载的一批沙子

2)

n.（精神方面的）负担，重荷，忧虑，劳苦

a

heavy

load

of

guilty

沉重的负疚感

eg.

Her

recovery

took

a

load

off

my

mind.

她恢复健康使我卸下心中重担。

3)

v.

装载，使….负荷

load

a

lorry

with

bricks

往卡车上装砖

load

bricks

onto

a

lorry

把砖装上卡车

lorry

['lɔri]

n.运货汽车,

卡车/（美）truck

[trʌk]

n.货车,

卡车,

载重汽车

4)

v.

装（胶卷，弹药，数据或程序）

load

a

new

film

into

the

camera

把新胶卷装进照相机

eg.

Be

careful.

The

gun

is

loaded.

小心，这把枪子弹已经上膛。

unload

[,ʌn'ləud]

vt.

&

vi.从…卸下货物

vt.摆脱

eg.

Would

you

help

me

unload

my

car?

请你帮我把车上的货卸下来好吗？eg.

The

workers

were

unloading

the

cargos

from

the

ship.

那些工人正忙着把船上的货物卸下来。

un与动词结合，表示原词提及的行为过程或状态被逆转过来

unloosen

[ʌn'lu:sən]

（把结等）解开

uncover

掀开

unlock

开锁

unwrap

打开包装

untie

解开

unroll

[ʌn'rəʊl]

（把卷着的东西）展开，打开

undress

脱掉

download

下载

2.

wooden

['wudn]

adj.

1)

木制的，木造的

a

wooden

chair

一把木椅子

eg.

The

house

is

wooden.

这房子是木制的。

2)（动作等）笨拙的；（表情等）呆滞的，木然的

wooden

movements

僵硬的动作

wood

3)

n.

木材，木料

eg.

This

house

is

made

of

wood.

这所房子是木制的。

woods

n.

森林

(比forest小)

eg.

She

got

lost

in

the

woods.

她在森林里迷路了。4)

n.

柴，薪

gather

wood

捡拾柴火

woody

adj.

多树的，象木头的

3.

extremely

[iks’tri:mli]

adv.

非常，及其，极端（与adj.

,

adv.连用）

eg.

I’m

extremely

sorry.

我十分抱歉。

eg.

That’s

extremely

interesting.

那非常有意思。

eg.

It

was

an

extremely

difficult

and

dangerous

task.

这是一项极其困难和危险的任务。

extreme

[iks'tri:m]

adj.（常作定语）程度或强度最高的；最大可能的；极度的

in

extreme

pain

在极度痛苦之中

show

extreme

patience

表现出极为耐心

show

extreme

kindness

表现出极为和蔼

show

extreme

gentleness

表现出极为温柔

3)

n.

极度

experience

the

extremes

of

sadness

and

joy

经历极度的悲喜

in

the

extreme

极度地，极端地

4.

occur

[ə'kə:]

v.

发生

eg.

When

did

the

accident

occur?

这个事故什么时候发生的？

happen/occur

二者都是指偶然发生或未经筹划的事件，但occur比

happen更正式。

take

place

指按计划发生

eg.

The

funeral

took

place

on

24th

April.

葬礼于4月24日举行。11.

confine

[kən'fain]

v.

confine

sb/sth

to/in

把……限制在某空间以内

eg.

It

is

cruel

to

confine

a

bird

in

a

cage.

把鸟关在笼子里是残忍的。

eg.

After

the

operation,

he

was

confined

to

bed

for

a

month.

手术之后，他卧床一个月。

confine

oneself

in

bed

做月子

confined

[kən'faɪnd]

adj.(指空间)有限的,

受限制的

eg.

It

is

hard

to

work

in

such

a

confined

space.

在这样一个受限制的场所很难工作。

12.

normal

['nɔ:məl]

adj.正常的,

平常的；正规的;

标准的（usual

or

regular）the

normal

price

正常价格

the

normal

method

通常的方法the

normal

place

老地方

the

normal

thinking

正常的想法

the

normal

view

通常的观点

normal

temperature

正常的温度

normal

school

师范学校

it

is

normal

for

(sb)

+

to

do

做…..是普通的事

eg.

It

is

normal

for

us

not

to

want

to

work

on

Sunday.

我们星期天不想工作是正常的。

abnormal

[æb'nɔ:məl]

adj.反常的,

异常的;

变态的

abnormal

weather

反常的天气

abnormal

behavior

反常的举止

三、课文讲解Test1.

Expensive

and

uncomfortable

既昂贵又受罪

expensive

[iks'pensiv]

adj.昂贵的,

花钱多的

反义词：cheap

dirt

cheap

贼便宜，特别便宜

reasonable

['ri:zənəbl]

adj.通情达理的,

合理的；适度的;

公道的

uncomfortable

[ʌn'kʌmfətəbəl,

-'kʌmftə-]

adj.不舒服的；令人不舒服的;令人不舒适的；不安的;不自在的

unpleasant

[ʌn'plezənt]

adj.使人不愉快的,

不合意的；讨厌的；不客气的

2.

When

a

plane

from

London

arrived

at

Sydney

airport,

workers

began

to

unload

a

number

of

wooden

boxes

which

contained

clothing.

a

number

of

许多，大量（后面跟名词复数）

which

引导定语从句修饰boxes

3.

No

one

could

account

for

the

fact

that

one

of

the

boxes

was

extremely

heavy.

account

for

说明（理由等）；足以说明

(explain)

eg.

How

can

you

account

for

the

accident?

你如何解释这次事故呢？

eg.

Her

headache

accounts

for

her

bad

humor.

头疼是她情绪不佳的原因。humor

['hju:mə]

n.幽默,心情,诙谐

vt.迎合,牵就,顺应

the

fact

that…同位语从句

同位语从句：一般跟在某些表示抽象概念的名词后，用以说明名词的具体内容。

常跟同位语从句的名词有：

idea,

news,

fact,

promise,

answer,

belief,

condition,

doubt,

fear,

hope,

problem,

proof,

question,

reply,

report,

suggestion,

through,

truth

eg.

We

heard

the

news

that

our

team

had

won.

我们听说了我们队获胜的消息。eg.

We

hear

the

news

that

he

told

us.

我们听说了他告诉我们的消息。eg.

We

must

face

the

fact

that

we

have

spent

all

the

money.

我们必须面对我们已花光所有钱的事实。

eg.

The

question

thatwhether

we

need

it

has

not

yet

been

decided.

我们是否需要它这个问题还没有决定。

eg.

The

question

that

you

asked

was

too

difficult.

你问的问题太难了。

（注：这个that引导的是定语从句，that是asked的宾语，可略）eg.

I

have

no

idea

where

he

has

gone.

我不知道他去哪儿了？

4.

It

suddenly

occurred

to

one

of

the

workers

to

open

up

the

box.

用it作形式主语，避免句子头重脚轻。

eg.

It

is

impossible

for

her

to

buy

the

car

with

cash.

对她来讲用现金买车是不可能的。

eg.

How

much

would

it

cost

to

send

this

parcel?

寄这个包裹要花多少钱？

eg.

It

was

kind

of

you

to

send

me

a

present.

你送我礼物，客气了。

eg.

It

is

said

that

haste

makes

waste.

常言道：欲速则不达。

haste

[heist]

n.急忙,

匆忙

eg.

It’s

no

use

crying

over

spilt

milk.

覆水难收

固定词组：cry

over

sth.是指为而哭泣,

cry

for

sth.是指哭闹着要什么东西

spilt

[spilt]

spill的过去式及过去分词

spill

[spil]

vt.

&

vi.溢出;

泼出

vt.使跌落；泄露机密

5.

He

was

astonished

at

what

he

found.

以what引导的名词性从句作介词的宾语。

eg.

What

is

most

important

in

life

isn’t

money.

（主语）生命中最重要的并不是钱。eg.

Will

you

show

me

what

you

bought?

（宾语）给我看一下你买的东西，好吗？

eg.

She

is

no

longer

what

she

was

five

years

ago.

（表语）她不再是五年前的她了。6.

A

man

was

lying

in

the

box

on

top

of

a

pile

of

woolen

goods.

top

n.

顶端，上面

反义词：bottom

['bɔtəm]

n.底部,

基部,

下端,

末尾;

水底；尽头,

末端；臀部,

股at

the

top

of

a

mountain

在山顶

at

the

top

of

a

page

书页的上方

eg.

We

put

our

skis

on

the

top

of

our

car.

我们把滑雪橇放在车顶上。

ski

[ski:]

vi.滑雪

n.滑雪板

eg.

She

is

at

the

top

of

her

class

in

English.

在班里数她的英语最好。

at

the

bottom

of

a

hill

在山脚下

at

the

bottom

of

the

class

在班里垫底

eg.

Bottoms

up!

干杯！

7.

He

was

so

surprised

at

being

discovered

that

he

did

not

even

try

to

run

away.

run

away

逃跑

being

discovered

动名词的被动形式作介词at的宾语

so…that…

如此……以至于…..

try

to

do….企图做…..

8.

After

he

was

arrested,

the

man

admitted

hiding

in

the

box

before

the

plane

left

London.

He

had

had

a

long

and

uncomfortable

trip,

for

he

had

been

confined

to

the

wooden

box

for

over

eig