新概念第二册-lesson53-hot-snake

Lesson53触电的蛇

复习提问（1）我试图把我的新房间收拾整齐。（2）更糟糕的是房间还非常小。（3）他和往常一样胖。（4）显然他感到很尴尬。肯定回答(1)Ihavebeentryingtogetmynewroominorder.(2)tomakemattersworse,theroomisrathersmall.(3)Hewasstillasfatasever.(4)Itwasobviousthathewasveryembarrassed.1whatareforestsfiresoftencausedby?2Whohasjustsolvedthemysery?

（一）新词学习hotadj.带电的，充电的热的辣的hot-hot-hot:麻辣烫hot-wings:辣鸡翅hot-tempered:火暴（脾气）的hottopic:热门话题hotdog:热狗hotpotato:棘手的问题hotsnake

firemann.消防队员fireextinguisher灭火器extinguish=putout灭火causev.引起；n.原因causesth.:引起麻烦Carelessnesscausesaccidents.Examinev检查Exam=ExaminationnAccidentallyadc意外地；偶然地Accidentn事故；意外事件Accidentally=bychance=byaccident

wireless无线的solvev.解决solvethemystery解开谜团解决问题solvetheproblemsolutionn.mysteryn.谜mysteriousadj.snatchv.抓住AtlastfiremenhaveputoutabigforestfireinCalifornia.·atlast最终finally我们最终到达了山顶Wereachedthemountaintopatlast.Putput扑灭；熄灭；关掉extinguish

putoutafire:扑灭火afire:一场（堆）火Since

then,

they

have

been

trying

to

find

out

how

the

fire

began.

sincethen:从那时起；到现在为止重要：完成时的标志打那儿起，她就努力学习了。She‘sbeenstudyinghardsincethen.

自从3月前离开家，我就没吃过一次盛餐。Ileftmyhomethreemonthsago,sincethenIhaven’thadabigmeal.havebeentryingto现在完成进行时·findout(经过努力研究后）找出；发现；查明我们迟早会查出真相Wewillfindoutthetruthearlyorlate.警察们正试着找出罪犯Policemenaretryingtofindoutthecriminals.我将试着查出昨天那个救我人的名字Iwilltrytofindoutthenamewhosavedmylifeyesterday.比较：Ifoundmykey.从那时起，他们一直试图找出起火的原因。Forest

fires

are

often

caused

by

broken

glass

or

by

cigarette

ends

which

people

carelessly

throw

away.

becausedby…由…引起;由…造成；事故是由酒后驾车的司机造成的Theaccidentwascausedbythedrunkdriver.事故是粗心造成的Theaccidentwascausedbycarelessness.他的死亡是由高烧造成的Hisdeathwascausedbyahighfever.Brokenglass破碎的玻璃；碎玻璃Cigaretteends烟头Cigaretteendswhichpeoplecarelesslythrowaway.Which引导的定语从句which在从句中做宾语Throwaway扔掉；丢弃Yesterday

the

firemen

examined

the

ground

carefully,

but

were

not

able

to

find

anybroken

glass.

昨天，消防队员仔细检查了地面，但没有发现任何碎玻璃。were

not

able

to

find表示“没有发现”Beabletodo能够做某事Benotabletoso不能够做某事医生治不了这种病Thedoctorswerenotabletotreatthisdisease.我昨天无法和你联络上Iwasnotabletogetintouchwithyou.They

were

also

quite

sure

that

a

cigarette

end

did

not

start

the

fire.

他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。·besurethat:对…很有把握Startthefire=causethefire引发火灾重要：quiteafew:颇有几个（相当多的）manyThis

morning,

however，a

fireman

accidentally

discovered

the

cause.

然而今天上午，一个消防队觅偶然发现了起火的原因。Accidentally=bychance=byaccident偶然He

noticed

the

remains

of

a

snake

which

was

wound

round

the

electric

wires

of

a16,000-

vcrfl

power

fine.

语言点1本句中which引导定语从句。

语言点2

the

remains在表示“残骸”时必须使用复数形式。

语言点3

wound是wind的过去分词，在此不表示“蜿蜒”，而表示“卷在……上，缠绕”，常常与

round

/around

搭配使用。他发现了缠绕在16000伏高压线上的一条死蛇。

In

this

way,

he

was

able

to

solve

the

mystery.

就这样，他解开了起火之谜。

inthisway就这样；通过这种方式was

able

to

solve

the

mystery

=

could

solve

the

mysterySolvethemystery解开谜团The

explanation

was

simple

but

very

unusual.

解释简单，却异乎寻常。语言点这是一个省略句，补充完整为：The

explanation

was

simple

but

was

very

unusual.Explanationn解释ExplainvA

bird

had

snatched

up

the

snake

from

the

ground

and

then

dropped

it

on

to

thewires

一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来，然后把它扔到了电线上。…

drop

v.丢在，落下；投在drop

n.水珠；[复]眼药水，滴剂

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