新概念英语第二册55课

1、.,Lesson 55 Not a gold mine,.,in a short while,He is a thief. That means he has _ fingers. Its a piece of cake. That means its easy as_. He was dismayed _ the words that his friend said. at B. to C. form D. in 4. The kitchen is at sixes and sevens. That means the kitchen is in a _.,sticky,pie,A,mess

2、,.,in a short while,5. Please sign_ this registered letter! in B. for C. at D. on 6. in a short time _ 7. She tries to persuade her husband to buy a new car. (同义句) She tries to persuade her husband into buying a new car. (反义句) She tries to persuade her husband out of buying a new car. 8.他一回来就买了一幢房子。

3、 He had _ returned _ he bought a house. He had _ returned _ he bought a house.,B,in a short while,no sooner,than,hardly,when,.,New words and expressions,gold mine treasure revealer invent detect bury cave seashore pirate,金子 矿 财宝 探测器 发明 探测 埋藏 山洞 海岸 海盗,武装 泥土 入口 最后 毫无价值的 彻底地 行李箱 有信心的 价值,arm soil entran

4、ce finally worthless thoroughly trunk confident value,.,Listen to the text and answer,1. What has been invented and what has it been used for? 2. Where was the machine used recently? 3. What did the search party hope to find? 4. What did the machine show at the place where they were searching throug

5、h? 5. What did the party find? 6. Do you think the machine useful?,.,New words and expressions gold n. 金子 gold watch；gold ring golden adj. 金色的, 宝贵的 golden sun 金色的太阳 golden opportunity 宝贵的机会 I am glad to have the golden opportunity to stay with you. goldfish n. 金鱼,.,treasure n. 财宝 (为总称, 没有复数) jewel n

6、. 宝石 珠宝, (可数) jewelry n. 珠宝, 珠宝类 珠宝(总称, 不可数) I have some jewels. = I have some jewelry. diamond n. 钻石 jade n. 碧玉 (不可数名词),.,revealer n. 探测器 reveal v. 揭示 invent v. 发明 invention n. 发明 detect v. 探测 detective n. ? pirate n. 海盗, 盗印者, 盗版者, 侵犯专利权者 vt. 盗印, 盗版, 掠夺, 翻印 vi.做海盗,.,arm n. 手臂；武器 Farewell to Arms！ 永

7、别了, 武器 farewell 再会,别了!(常含有永别或不容易再见面之意) v. 武装 Soldiers should be armed well. be armed with 用来武装 The youth should be armed with knowledge. The teacher should be patient. =The teacher should be armed with patience. army n. 军队,.,soil n. 泥土 soil n. 土壤 (能生长植物的地方) earth n. 泥土 (泥巴) entrance n. 入口 entrance o

8、f/to 的入口 entrance of the park entrance to the park exit n. 出口, 太平门, 退场, 去世； vi. 退出, 脱离, 去世,.,thoroughly adv. 彻底地 completely/thoroughly/totally confident n. 有信心的 be confident of doing sth. 有信心做 be confident that +从句 有信心做 confidence n. 信心,.,【Text learning】 1、Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came

9、 true recently. dream n. 梦想 dreams come true 梦想成真 dreams ended 梦想破灭了, 梦断了 dream of 的梦 Dream of flying in the sky comes true. v. 做梦 dream of doing sth. I dream of flying in the sky. come true 变成现实，（预言、期望等）成为事实，（愿意）实现 His dream to travel around the world at last came true.,.,2、A new machine called The

10、 Revealer has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. 过去分词做定语, 表示 “被” n. +called 被称之为的 a boy named/called xxx be used to do sth. 被用来 used to do 过去常常 in the ground (更习惯于用 “under the ground” ),.,3、The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where - i

11、t is said - pirates used to hide gold. it is said是插入语，当“据说”讲。 where = in which翻译时译为 “在那儿”，修饰 cave；一个地点状语从句 This is the river where I swim.,.,4、The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. (simple or compound?) would表示过去的习惯性动作, 但此处表示 “used to” 过去常做 fail to do sth. 未能、不能、

12、忘记做某事项 （fail后面接动词不定式表示否定） He failed to see the reason why they sent him away. collect的含义之一为“（去）取，接” Dont fail to collect me before you go to the party. Ill collect my post on my way home.,.,5、Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The boy went h

13、ome. The boy was crying. The boy was beaten. =Beaten by sb, the boy went home, crying. arm(ed) with 可以表示“带着、装着、穿着”等 Dont worry. Im armed with an umbrella. Youd better arm yourself with a warm coat.,.,6、Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. Very excited 形容词短语做状语 Tired of sleeping on the f

14、loor, Tired, I went home./ I went home tired.句子顺序不同, 表达的意思也不同 two feet deep“数词+量词+形容词”结构可以做定语； 也可以做表语 I am five years old. The street is five meters wide. long/wide/high/deep， 人有多高用 “tall”,.,7、In spite of this, many people are confident that The Revealer may reveal something of value fairly soon. in

15、 spite of / though / even if 尽管 something of value of表示其所修饰的名词具有某种性质、状况，of加名词往往让人联想这名词对应的形容词 The news is of great importance to us. of valuevaluable 有价值的 of small value 价值很小(= almost worthless) (review)形容词要放在不定代词的后边 something important =something of importance someone patient =someone of patience,.,

16、【Key structures】 表示过去习惯性动作 当我们提到过去某一特定时间时, 我们有时可用 would来代替used to，有时则不可以，而且 would需要指出具体时间，used to则不需要。 当used to暗示与现在的对照时，不可用would替换： I used to drink heavily, but I have given up drinking now. I never used to eat a large breakfast, but I do now.,.,当used to描写过去的状态时，也不可与 would互换，would只表示过去特有的习惯或行为： Thi

17、s sort of novel used to be very popular. 这种小说过去很流行. I used to be a waiter, but now Im a taxi-driver. 当used to不强调与现在的对比时，可与would互换。但一个故事开头时不用would，必须首先用一般过去时或used to描述背景，然后用would表示习惯性动作： When I was a boy we always spent/used to spend our holidays on a farm. We would get up at 5 and we would help milk

18、 the cows.,.,【Special difficulties】 use, be used to, used to use vt. 用，使用，运用，应用 May I use your dictionary/car? I dont know how to use the word. be used to 习惯于（后面跟名词或动名词，be也可用get等代替） I soon got used to getting up early when I started working as a baker. Im used to shopping alone. used to 过去习惯（表示过去有而现在通常已不存在的习惯，只用于一般过去时，后面只能跟动词不定式） I used to get up early when I worked as a baker, but I dont have to get up early now. You didnt use to smoke.,.,Gold and Golden glod n. 金，黄金，金币，金块 He loves gold more than anything else. adj. 金的 When Frank retired, they gave him a gold watch. A