新概念英语课文注释.docx

1、新概念英语课文注释新概念英语课文注释Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话I could not bear it 我无法忍受None of your business 不关你的事Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? on Sundays 指每个星期日What a day! 多么糟糕的天气！Im coming to see you 在这句话中现在进行时用来表示近期按计划或安排要进行的动作Dear me! 天哪！Lesson 3 Please send me a cardA few words 几句话Lent me a book, lent是“

2、借出”的意思。我们常说lend sb.sth 或lend sth.to sb.耿Borrow是“借入”的意思，常用的结构是borrow sth.或borrow sth.from sb.Lesson 4 An exciting tripHe has been there for six months. 他在那儿已经住了6个月了。a great number of 许多，用于修饰复数可数名词。in the centre of 在中部。Lesson 5 No wrong numbersfrom Silbury:介词from作“距”,“离”讲，常与away连用，如：It is far away fro

3、m here.up to now(=up till now) 到现在为止；作时间状语，句子的时态多用现在完成时。a great many 许多的，其中great表示数量很大，只能同可数名词的复数连用。a great number of 大量的（可数名词）the amount of 大量的（不可数名词）a lot of 大量的（可数&不可数名词）how many(可数) how much(不可数)lesson 6 Percy ButtonsHe asked me for a meal and a glass of beer 他问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒ask sb. for sth., 向某人索要某

4、物in return for this 作为报答，句中this 指上文的a meal and a glass of beer.stand on ones head 倒立He calls at every house in the street 他光顾街上的每一幢房子。went away 离开，走掉，远离make a call= pay a call 访问lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚detectives were waiting at the airport all morning 侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。keep guard 守卫to their surprise 使他们吃

5、惊的是expect sth. Expect to do sth.take off 拿下飞机be full of 充满，装满fill with 充满，装满Lesson 8 The best and the worstJoe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our townenter for 报名参加more flowers and vegetables 更多的花卉和蔬菜for the worst garden in the town 是介词短语作定语，修饰prizeLesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇a large crowd o

6、f 一大群in twenty minitestime 20分钟后Lesson 10 Not for jazzit is called a clavichord 它被称作古钢琴。这是一个被动语态a friend of my fathers 我父亲的一位朋友。Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 礼尚往来One good turn deserves another 这是句谚语，意思是对于别人的善意或帮助应作出相应的回报gets a good salary 有一份很高的薪水。never pays it back 从不归还neverany 从未任何see s

7、b. off = say goodbye=meet 送行Lesson 12 The Greenwood Boys 绿林少年all parts of the country 全国各地= all over the countrywill be arriving 将要到达by train 乘火车（来），以此类推，我们可以说by air ,by sea, by bus等as usual 和往常一样keep order 维持秩序at present=now 现在，目前get ready 准备好Lesson 14 Do you speak English during 在的期间reply=answer 回

8、答ask me for 要求我reach = arrive to 到达，达到apart from = except for = except 远离，除之外I drove on to the next town 我继续驶往下一个城镇on the way 在途中ask for a lift 要求搭车As I soon learnt , he was English himself 我很快就知道，他自己就是个英国人。in French 说法语Lesson 15 Good news 佳音Look up 抬头看Could not afford to 不可能支持，afford为“有能力做”，常和can,c

9、ould连用I knew that my turn had come 我知道这次该轮到我了in a weak voice 用微弱的声音说话Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有礼的要求impolite 不礼貌if the lets you go without a ticket 如果他没给你罚款单就放你走ticket 入场券，交通违规罚款单let(someone) go 是“放开”的意思“No Parking”area,禁止停放汽车的地段street signs 交通标志Lesson 17 Always young 青春常驻in spite of 不管,尽管She mus

10、t be at least thirty-five years old. 她至少也有35岁了must be 一定是，表示对现在情况的一种推测，带有一定的肯定程度。at least 至少in a bright red dress 穿一身鲜红色的裙子。介词 in表示“穿着”orange-coloured 橘红色的grown up 成熟的，成人的take part in 参加，进入（角色）Lesson 18 He often does this! 他经常干这种事！smile at 对微笑smile on 对赞许go/went out 走了出去pay the bill 付帐，买单he often do

11、es this 他经常干这种事in a few minutes 一下子工夫,几分钟工夫就，立刻Lesson 19 Sold out 票已售完salesman/salesgirl/sales person/sales clerk 售货员/女店员/售票员/售货员ticket office 售票处certainly(口语：当然行) = of course 当然the play may begin at any moment 剧马上就要开演了（ may + v.）Weve sold out 票已售完What a pity！ 真遗憾！at once 立刻,马上 = immediately (adv.)C

12、ould Iplease? 这里could是代替can的一种比较委婉地提出请求的用法。在时间上和can没有区别。might as well 作“还是好”、“不妨”讲，与may as well的意思完全相同，只是前者更为婉。Lesson 20 One man in a boat 独坐孤舟give up 放弃（念头、希望等），停止，抛弃，认输Fishing is my favourite sport 钓鱼是我最喜欢的一项运动I often fish for hours without catching anything 我经常一钓数小时却一无所获。After having spent whole

13、mornings on the river. 在河上呆了整整一个上午之后。be interested in doing sth. 对做感兴趣。Instead of 代替，而不是a waste of time 浪费时间whole n.全部，adj.所有的，adv.完全/整个rubbish = refuse 垃圾Lesson 21 Mad or not 是不是疯了？came into use 词组（启用）decide = determine v.决定sb. is determined to do sth. 某人非常坚定的要去做某事Aeroplanes are slowly driving me m

14、ad 飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯drive someone mad 逼疯passing planes can be heard night and day 过往飞机日夜不绝于耳over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得离家远去。情态动词must+完成时态，是对过去事情的推测Knocked down 撞倒away from 远离night and day 日夜/日日夜夜offer a large sum of money 提供一大笔钱however 然而，可是

15、，无论如何，仍然，究竟，不管用何种方法Lesson 22 A glass envelopeHave a good dream 祝你做个好梦dreamed of receiving a letter 想到会收到一封信。dream of 作“梦想”，“幻想”讲；receiving是动名词，作介词of的宾语。Last year,we were travelling across the Channel and 去年，当我们横渡英吉利海峡时with her name and address on it 用来进一步说明a piece of paper.可译作“写有她姓名和地址的（一张纸条）put int

16、o a bottle 放进瓶子里think of = think about 想起regularly 有规律地，有规则地 adv.Lesson 23 A new house 新居complete = finish 完成get a surprise中的surprise这里作“使人惊奇、意外的事物”解，是可数名词。Work on it had begun，住宅的建设在就开始了。Work 是名词，作主语，it指房屋。The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.这栋房子里有许多房间，还有一个漂亮的花园。Lesson 24 It

17、 could be worse 不幸中的万幸Everyones losing money these days. 现在大家都在丢钱Lesson 25 Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗？at last 终于the way to my hotel 去（我住的那家）饭店的路not onlybutas well, 不但而且，与not onlybut also是同样意思，所连接的前后两部分的成分必须一致。Example:I not only spoke English very carefully, but very cleary as well.我的英语讲

18、得不但非常认真，而且咬字也非常清楚。Neithernor,既不又不，这个结构所连接的两个否定概念也必须是对等的成分Example: He answered me ,but he spoke neither slowly nor clealy.他回答了，但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。like that 像那样，介词短语作状语，修饰动词the English 英国人each other 彼此，互相Lesson 26 The best art critics 最佳艺术评论家art student 学美术的学生They always tell you what a picture is about.他们总是

19、告诉你一张画的意思是什么。很明显，作者认为那些自以为懂得现代艺术的人的评论根本不着边际。因此，把about（对画的分析）这个记号放在引号里，以示一种讽刺的口吻。Its a new one. 这是一幅新画。句中的one用来代替前一句中的名词picture，以免重复。Lesson 27 A wet night 雨夜As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire.这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭。late in the afternoon 快到今晚的时候put up = set up 搭起put out 熄灭（灯，火

20、）wake up 醒来wonderful 极好的comfortable 舒适的，安逸的Lesson 28 No parking 禁止停车trouble 麻烦owners 业主one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths,少有的相信古代神话的人之一。其中who believes in ancient myths是一个从句，起定语作用，修饰one；由于one是单数，因此，从句中需用单数动词。Of those rare people是另一个定语，也用来修饰one.he has not been able to get his own c

21、ar into his garage even once,他甚至一次也未能把自己的车开进他的车库。虽然be able to这个短语与can表达相同的意思，但这个短语可以用在各种不同的时态中。Even用来修饰once,加强语气。stone head 石雕头像It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen.这是我见过的最丑陋的头像之一。这句话中也有一个定语从句I have ever seen,引导词that 被省略了。Lesson 29 Taxi! 出租汽车！desert 废弃The most surprising thing about it,is

22、 that it can land anywhere.然而，最令人惊奇的是它能在任何地方降落。在这句话中that it can land anywhere 是一个从句，起表语作用，被称为表语从句。on another occasion 还有一次car park 汽车停车场a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean 大西洋中的一个孤岛。Lesson 30 Football or polo? 足球还是水球？nearly 几乎 own 自己的，特有的，adj.sight 眼界，视域a small river that cuts across the park. 横穿公

23、园的一条小河。其中，以that引导的定语从句用来修饰a small river.cut across 抄近路通过on fine afternoons,天气晴朗的下午。当morning,afternoon,evening 这些词的前面或后面有修饰词时要用介词on.as usual 像往常一样called out to the man in the boat,对船上的人高喊，call out 大声叫唤The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.球重重地打在他身上，使他差点落入水中。“so + 形容词 + that从句

24、”往往表达“如此以至于”的意思。in sight (被看到， 可以看到)，反义词为out of sight（在看不见的地方）.Lesson 31 Success story 成功者的故事but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. 但他小时候却在一家小铺里工作。used to do 表示“过去经常做，而现在已经停止，不再重复的动作”。in his twenties 20多岁的时候Lesson 32 Shopping made easy 购物变得很方便People are not so honest as they once were. 人们不再像以

25、前那样诚实了。其中的句型“not so + 形容词 + as”是比较状语从句，可以译成“不如那样”。The temptation t steal is greater than ever before. 偷窃的诱惑力比以往任何时候更强烈。To steal 是动词不定式，用来作temptation的定语。well-dressed 穿着入时的，这是复合形名词。than usual 比平常so it was easier for the detective to watch her,因此，侦探比较容易监视她。在这句话中，it只是一个先行词，实际主语是后面的不定式短语for the detective

26、 to watch her.wrap up 包起来。asas possible 尽可能without paying 没有付款，这里用介词短语作状语，表示方式，其中的动名词paying作介词without的宾语。Do you remember these sentences? 你还记得这些句子吗？Lesson 33 Out of the darkness 冲出黑暗set out 出发，动身was caught in a storm 遇上了暴风雨。catch 此处作“突然遇上”讲。During that time the covered a distance of eight miles.在那段时间里，她游了8英里。cover 作“行过”、“走过”、“游过”等讲。a light ahead,前面一盏灯。ahead 是形容词，此处作宾语，放在所修饰的名词的后面。On arriving at the shore，一到岸边。on + 动名词相当于一个由as soon as引导的时间状语从句。That was all she remembered.她所记得的就是这些。all 是句中的表语，she remembered是定语从句，用来修饰all,引导词that因在从句中作宾语而被省略。P6/6