新概念英语第二册-38课

Lesson38

everythingexcepttheweatherwarmingupWhatisyourfavouritecity?Howistheweatherthere?HaveyoueverbeentoEngland?DoyouknowtheclimateinEngland?IfyouhaveeverbeentoEngland,youmustbeimpressedbythebeautifulscenery.However,everyhingthereisperfectexcepttheweather.Asisknowtoall,atypicalEnglishgentlemanusuallytakesanumbrellawithhim.Similarly,whenpeopletheremeetothers,theyusuallybeginwiththeweather.Letushaveatest

Herearesomeproverbs,guesstherightmeaning.It'srianingcatsanddogs.下得倾盆大雨Amistymorningmayhaveafineday.早晨有雾露，可能是晴天。Agoodwinterbringsagoodsummer瑞雪兆丰年Readthetextandfindanswerstothesequestions:1.Wherehadharrisonspontmanyyears?2.Whatdidhewanttodo?wahtdidhebuy?3.Wasthesummerthatyeargood,orwasitverybad?4.Whatwashimcomplainabout?5.Didharrisonsellhishouseatlast?6.Didhelefthiscountry?★complainv.抱怨complaintosb.向某人抱怨complainof/aboutsth.抱怨某事★continuouslyadv.不断地，连续地（指动作中间没有间断）Youmustn’twatchTVforsuchalongtimecontinuously.Thisplanecanflycontinuouslyfortwentyhours.continuallyadv.频繁地，反复地（指动作中间有间断但又持续很久）Itrainedcontinually.天频繁地下雨。Theriverflowsunderthisbridgecontinuously.河水不停地从桥下流过.★bitterlyadv.刺骨地bitterlydisappointed彻底的失望（disappointvt.使失望）Iambitterlydisappointed.bitterlycold刺骨地寒冷It’sbitterlycold.（chillyadj.寒冷的）nosooner…than…一……就……（关联词，引导时间状语从句，主句里常用过去完成时，than后面的从句用一般过去时hadnosoonerdone…than+一般过去时,固定用法(时态结构:完成时态+than+一般过去时)Hehadnosoonerarrivedthanhecalledmeup.nosooner放在句首就要倒装Nosoonerhadhearrivedthanhecalledmeup.(倒装)Nosoonerhadhebegunspeakingthanhewasinterrupted.morethan表示“超过……的范围”ThispieceofnewsismorethanIcanbelieve.ItwasmorethanIcouldunderstand.Ican'taffordit.＝ItismorethanIcanafford.hardly…when…还没来得及……就……，用法同nosooner…thanhardlyhadsb.donewhen…(hardly在句首,要倒装)Hehadhardlyopenedhiseyeswhenhewasknockedout.（knockout:打晕,击倒）Hardlyhadhegotintothebuswhenitbeganmoving.asif(sometimessubjunctivemood)Heactsasifheknewme.(事实上并不知道我)TheytreatmeasifIwereastranger.（我并不是陌生人）Itlooksasifitisgoingtorain(天要下雨)连词asif/though引导方式状语从句，通常跟在描述行为举止的动词之后，如act，appear，feel，look，smell，sound等后面：Sheactedasifsheweremad.（虚拟语气）Itfeelsasif/thoughit’sgoingtorainimmediately1.advHelaydownandwasasleepimmediately.Allthosewhoareimme