新概念英语课件NCE3-lesson36（共27张）

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ChanceinaMillionachanceinamillion onechanceinathousand可能性小在这儿见到你可真是不容易呀Itisachanceinamilliontomeetyouhere.HeletoutascreamthatmustcanbeheardinPeru.典型的夸张,目的是加强语气Wearelesscredulousthanweusedtobe.Inthenineteenthcentury,anovelistwouldbringhisstorytoaconclusionbypresentinghisreaderswithaseriesofcoincidences----mostofthemwildlyimprobable.我们不再像以往那样轻易相信别人了。在19世纪，小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合--大部分是牵强附会，极不可能的。credulous

tooreadytobelievethingsadj.轻信的(多修饰人)区分credible:可信的,可靠的,多修饰事物eg.Thestoryhetoldusiscredible.incredulous/incredible这是明显现在与过去的对比are表示现在的情况/usedtobe过去的情况我们不像过去那么诚实了.Wearenotsohonestasweusedtobe.谓语动词是be动词的时候用usedtobe,而不用usedto谓语动词是使役动词的时候用usedtoeg.Heworkslesshardthanheusedto.improbablenotlikelytobetrueortohappen;notprobableadj.不大可能的失业率几无可能下降.Itisvery/mostimprobablethatthelevelofunemploymentwillfall.bringsth.toaconclusion结束eg.Theydecidedtobringthemeetingtoaconclusion.bringsth.toaclose(比较正式的)eg.Itwas...whobroughtmeetingtoaclose.presentsb.withsth.给某人提供…presentsth.tosb.Readershappilyacceptedthefactthatanobscuremaidservantwasreallythehero'smother.当时的读者却愉快地接受这样一些事实，一个低贱的女佣实际上是主人公的母亲。obscurenoteasilyorclearlyseenorunderstood;indistinct;hiddenadj.不易看清的;费解的;不分明的;隐藏的1)不起眼的，不出名的eg.Thebusstoppedatanobscurelittletown.2)令人费解的，模糊不清的Anobscurefigurecanbeseenthroughthefog. 通过大雾我们可以看到模糊不清的身影.Hisrealmotiveforthecrimeremainsobscure.他犯罪的真正动机仍不清楚.vague:多用于比喻意,指不明确说明而造成的模糊不清eg.whathesaidisvague.maidservantn.妇女仆,女佣Amanservantisamanwhoworksasaservantinaprivatehouse.Along-lostbrother,whowaspresumeddead,wasreallyaliveallthetimeandwickedlyplottingtobringaboutthehero'sdownfall.Andsoon.主人公一位长期失散的兄弟，大家都以为死了，实际上一直活着，并且正在策划暗算主人公；如此等等。presumev.假定takesth.astrue经常用的表达方式presumethat根据过去的经验或感觉作出推断assume与事实不相符合eg.Letusassumethatyourwordsarefact.suppose最普通的用词猜想\陈述自己的看法Isupposethatitwasmyfault.wickedlymorallybad;sinfuloreviladv.心眼坏地,居心叵测地（指人或人的行为）不道德的,缺德的,邪恶的plotv.密谋一人或多人秘密谋划伤害他人.eg.Thecriminalswereplottingtorobthebank.downfallfallfromapositionofprosperityorpowern.衰落;败落;垮台Tobringsomethingaboutmeanstocauseittohappen.Theonlywaytheycanbringaboutpoliticalchangeisbyputtingpressureonthecountry.=causeModernsciencehasbroughtaboutgreatchangesinlife.Modernreaderswouldfindsuchnaivesolutionstotallyunacceptable.现代读者会觉得这种天真的结局完全无法接受。naiveadj.

naturalandinnocentinspeechandbehaviour;unaffected（言行）自然而天真的,不做作的.tooreadytobelievewhatoneistold;credulous（对他人的话）过於相信的,轻信的:Youweren'tsonaiveastobelievehim,wereyou?unacceptableadj.不能接受的findsth.interesting觉得什么有意思findsb.beautiful觉得某人漂亮Yet,inreallife,circumstancesdosometimesconspiretobringaboutcoincidenceswhichanyonebutanineteenthcenturynovelistwouldfindincredible.不过，在现实生活中，有时确实会出现一些巧合，这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也不会相信。do—加强语气,reallyconspire~(withsb)(againstsb);~(together)(againstsb)makesecretplans(withothers),esptodowrong（与他人）密谋（尤指干坏事）:conspirewithothersagainstone'sleader与他人共谋反对上司~againstsb/sth(ofevents)seemtoacttogether;combinedisadvantageouslyforsb/sth（指事情）似乎同时发生对某人[某事物]不利:circumstancesconspiringagainstoursuccess阻碍我们成功的各种情况凑在一起eventsthatconspiredtobringabouthisdownfall导致他垮台的种种事件同时发生.WhenIwasaboy,mygrandfathertoldmehowaGermantaxidriver,FranzBussman,foundabrotherwhowasthoughttohavebeenkilledtwentyyearsbefore.当我是个孩子的时候，我祖父给我讲了一位德国出租汽车司机弗朗兹巴斯曼如何找到了据信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。whowasthought…….who所引导的定语从句修饰brotherWhileonawalkingtourwithhiswife,hestoppedtotalktoaworkman.一次，他与妻子徒步旅行。途中，停下来与一个工人交谈。hewasonawalkingtour………..省略了heAftertheyhadgoneon,MrsBussmancommentedontheworkman'scloseresemblancetoherhusbandandevensuggestedthathemightbehisbrother.接着他们继续往前走去。巴斯曼夫人说那工人与她丈夫相貌很像，甚至猜测他可能就是她丈夫的兄弟。commentonsth就...作出评论\评价--remarkoneg:Ican'texplainhowitisthatheisstillhere.resemblance(betweenAandB)thefactofbeingorlookingsimilartosb/sthn.相似的bearastrongresemblancetosb.orsth.haveacloseresemblancetosb.orsth.eg.Thegirlbearsastrongresemblancetohersister.TherewasaremarkableresemblancebetweenhimandPete...sucharesemblancelikeness最普通的用语,比resemblance意味要强resemblance特别是指外观或外在性质的相似similarity性质\物色\程度的相似similartosth.sb.Franzpouredscornontheidea,pointingoutthathisbrotherhadbeenkilledinactionduringthewar.弗朗兹对此不屑一顾，指出他兄弟已经在战争中阵亡了。scornn.嘲弄,挖苦短语pourscornonpourcontemptoneg.Hepouredscornonhiswife'ssuggestion.lookdownupon瞧不起，蔑视contempt:蔑视,强烈谴责某人或某事低贱\卑鄙,语气强于scorndespite语气较弱,表示嘲弄Hissuggestionwasdismissedwithscorn.Hisfaceshowedthescorn/despitehefelt.ThoughMrsBussmanwasfullyacquaintedwiththisstory,shethoughtthattherewasachanceinamillionthatshemightberight.尽管巴斯曼夫人熟知这个情况，但她仍然认为自己的想法仍有百万分之一的可能性。acquaint~sb/oneselfwithsthmakesb/oneselffamiliarwithorawareofsthv.使了解beacquaintedwithsth.eg.Ihavebeenacquaintedwiththesecret.AreyouacquaintedwiththeworksofShakespeare?acquaintsb.withsth.acquaintsb.ofsth.makeapersonacquaintedwithsb:介绍某人同另一个人认识Letmemake...acquaintedwithyou.acquaintance熟人Afewdayslater,shesentaboytotheworkmantoaskhimifhisnamewasHansBussman.Needlesstosay,theman'snamewasHansBussmanandhereallywasFranz'slong-lostbrother.几天后，她派了一个男孩去问那人是否叫汉斯.巴斯曼。出巴斯曼夫人所料，那人的名字真是汉斯.巴斯曼，他确实是弗朗兹失散多年的兄弟。SomethingthatisneedlessiscompletelyunnecessaryNeedlesstosay,learningwithoutthinkingisuseless.不用说，学而不思则罔。Whenthebrotherswerereunited,Hansexplainedhowitwasthathewasstillalive.兄弟俩团聚之时，汉斯说明了他活下来的经过。Afterhavingbeenwoundedtowardstheendofthewar,hehadbeensenttohospitalandwasseparatedfromhisunit.战争即将结束时，他负伤被送进医院，并与部队失去联系。ThehospitalhadbeenbombedandHanshadmadehiswaybackintoWesternGermanyonfoot.医院遭到轰炸，汉斯步行回到了西德。Meanwhile,hisunitwaslostandallrecordsofhimhadbeendestroyed.与此同时，他所在部队被击溃，他的所有档案材料全部毁于战火。Hansreturnedtohis