新概念3 Lesson 1 A puma at large.doc

Lesson 1 A puma at large at large 逍遥自在的，行动自由的；未捕获的（通常用来指具有危险性的人或事物位被控制的状态）the escaped murderer at large 仍然逍遥法外的在逃杀人犯The disease is still at large. 此种疾病仍在蔓延。The woman in black is his mother. 身着蓝色衣服的那位女士是他的母亲。Experts from the Zoo began their investigation. 动物园的专家们开始了他们的调查。 cat-like 为派生词，由词根（n.）+后缀 (-like) 构成形容词。后缀-like表示“像似的”、“有特征的”。dog-like womanlike manlike 同位语从句的结构通常直接用于某些名词（如idea, fact, news, hope, thought, proof, message等）之后。如：There can be no doubt that she is qualified for the job.The thought came to him that she once told him so. take sth. seriously 认真对待Nearly everyone had warned him of the danger, but he didnt take it seriously. oblige sb. to do sth. 迫使某人做某事be / feel obliged to do sth. 被迫做某事The police obliged the onlookers to leave. He felt obliged to let her in. for作为并列连词，可用来表示因果关系，通常用来引导一事后想起的原因，更类似于置于括号内的说明性文字。For I was feeling quite hungry, I decided to stop and have lunch. I decided to stop and have lunch, for I was feeling quite hungry. give / make a description of sth. / sb. 对某事/某人进行描述She gave a vivid description of the match.Could you make a detailed description of the thief? 此处will用来表示习惯性或动作特征的情态助动词，通常表示“就”、“就会”、“总是”之意，如：He will never let anybody know what he is doing. 他从不让任何人知道他在干什么。 corner (v.) (a) get (a person or an animal) into a position from which it is hard to escape 使（某人或某动物）走投无路The escaped prisoner was cornered at last. 那逃犯最后走投无路了。(b) put (sb) into a difficult situation 使（某人）陷于困境The interviewer cornered the politician with a particularly tricky question. unless = if notCome tomorrow unless I phone. the way ahead 前面的路his trip abroad 他的出国旅行the sentence below 下面的句子the meeting yesterday 昨天的会议their stay overnight 他们整夜的逗留 leave sth. behind 把留在身后；忘带；在之后She went out in a hurry and left the keys behind her at home.她匆匆出门，把钥匙忘在了家中。The storm left a heap of destruction behind it. a number of 若干，许多 + （Nc.） many, a lot of, lots ofmuch, a lot of, lots of, a great deal of, a large amount of 作补足语使用的分词结构常见于see, hear, notice, watch, keep, find, get, have, feel, smell等动词之后, 如:Do you smell something burning?She could feel her heart beating violently.He acknowledged himself defeated.此外，在上述动词后还可使用不带to的动词不定式。注意其意义的差异。I saw her cross the road. 我看到她穿过了马路。I saw her crossing the road. 我看到她正在过马路。 clingclungclungcling (to sth) 附着于某物e.g. The smell of smoke clings (to ones clothes) for a long time. 烟味长久附着（在衣服上）不散。a dress that clings to the body 紧贴身体（显出体形）的连衣裙cling (on) to sb/sth; on; together 紧抓住或抱住某人某物Cling on tight! 抓紧!They clung to each other/clung together as they said goodbye. 他们告别时, 紧紧地拥抱在一起.。cling (on) to sth舍不得放弃某事物; 拒绝放弃某事物cling to a belief, an opinion, a theory, etc 坚持一种信仰 意见 理论等 She clung to the hope that he was still alive. 她始终抱着一个希望, 就是他仍活着。 complain (vi.) 抱怨；诉苦complain about / of 抱怨/埋怨 complain to sb. about / of 向某人抱怨/埋怨You indeed have nothing to complain of.Shes now complaining to the manager about the plain (vt.) complain that 抱怨She complained that he had always been rude to her. convince sb. of convince sb. + that 使某人确信; 使某人明白I couldnt convince him of his mistake.I couldnt convince him that he was mistaken. because, as, since, for 辨析这四个连词都表示原因，但内涵不同。because重点在于说明原因或理由的从句，一般位于主句之后。如：You want to know why Im leaving? Im leaving because Im fed up.as重点在主句，原因或理由，只是附带的说明，所以不能用来回答why提问的问句。since和as接近，但语气较as强和正式，用来表示显然的、已知的理由。As you are busy, you need not go with me.Since you refuse to co-operate, I shall be forced to take legal advice.for是并列连词，引导的分句不能放在句首，其前面一般用逗号将主句隔开。for所说的理由或原因是一种补充说明，是一种比较有文气的说法，有时相当于because，可以表示直接原因，有时则不可。如：The ground is wet this morning, for/because it rained last night.It is morning, for the birds are singing in the trees. must have been 表示对过去事情的推测You must have seen him yesterday. 你昨天肯定见到了他。I dont think he can have heard you. Call again.我想他肯定没听到你的声音，再喊他。 be in the possession of 属于；为所有（含被动意味，主语应为物）be in possession of 拥有（含主动意味，主语应为人）He was born in New York, while the city was still in the possession of the British troops. The chief was in possession of a large quantity of stolen property. manage to do sth. 设法（成功）做成某事He managed to persuade her but failed. (tri