新概念英语第二册第55课课件

1、 Lesson 55Not a gold mine 并非金矿gold n. 金子金子sth. be made of gold 由金子做成的gold watch；gold ring； golden adj. 金色的, 宝贵的golden sun 金色的太阳golden fish 金鱼golden opportunity 宝贵的机会(opportunity n. 机会, 时机)eg. I am glad to have the golden opportunity to study with you.Silence is golden. 沉默是金treasure n. 财宝财宝 (为总称, 没有复

2、数)treasure island 金银岛jewel /du:l/ n. 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 /daimnd/ n. 钻石(可数）revealer n. 探测器探测器reveal v. 揭示The doctor did not reveal the truth to him. invent v. 发明发明invention n. 发明inventor n. 发明家detect v. 探测探测detective n. 侦探侦探 dete

3、ctor n. 探测器探测器pirate n. 海盗，海盗，盗印者盗印者, 盗版者盗版者a pirate ship/ flag海盗船/ 旗帜 vt. 盗印盗印, 盗版盗版, 掠夺掠夺, 翻印翻印 arm v. 武装武装 n. 手臂；武器hold ones arm搀着某人的胳膊 v. 武装be armed with 用来武装The youth should be armed with knowledge.soil n. 泥土泥土soil n. 土壤 (能生长植物的地方)earth n. 地球，大地（相对于天空而言）ground. 地面land 陆地（与江河湖海相对）field 田地，田野entr

4、ance n. 入口入口entrance of/to 的入口entrance of the park = entrance to the park 公园的入口thoroughly adv. 彻底地彻底地completely/thoroughly/totallythorough adj彻底的; 完全的; 细致的; 深入的They searched the whole cave thoroughly.他们把整个洞彻底地搜寻了一遍。confident n. 有信心的有信心的 confidence n. 信心 be confident of doing sth. 有信心做某事 I am confide

5、nt of studying English well. be confident that +从句 有信心做 She is confident that she will win the race .1. Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. dream n. 梦；v. 做梦 n. 梦想dreams come true 梦想成真dreams ended 梦想破灭了, 梦断了做梦dream of doing sth Dream of flying in the sky comes e true 变成现实，（预言、期

6、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 calledThe Revealerhas been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. n. +called 被称之为的be used to do sth. 被用来做某事used to do 过去常常做某事be used to doing sth 习惯于做某事in the ground (更习惯

7、于用“under the ground” )3. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where-it 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；是一个地点状语从句This is the river where I swim.4.The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. would表示过去

8、的习惯性动作, 它后面跟动词原形（bury和fail）。fail to do sth. 未能、不能、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.Very excited, 形容词短语做状语（位于句首，多用于说明原因或说明动作发生时主语的状态）two feet deep“数词+量词+形容词”可以做定语； 也可以做表语I am five years

9、old.The street is five meters wide.long/wide/high/deep，人有多高用“tall”.5.Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless.6. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. but 与 altho

10、ugh/though,不连用so 与because 也不连用eccept 与 besides, except for eg. All of us will go except Tom. eg. All of us will go besides Tom. eg. The composition is good except for some gramma mistakes. except表示“除了没有”，强调所排除的“不包括在内”besides表示“除了还有”，强调所排除的“包括在内”except for表示“除之外 ”后接的词同句子中的整体词不是同类的，指从整体中除去一个细节，一个方面。7.

11、 In spite of this, many people are confident thatThe Revealermay reveal something of value fairly soon. in spite of / though / even if 尽管something of value= something valuable有价值的东西of表示其所修饰的名词具有某种性质、状况。of valuevaluable 有价值的形容词要放在不定代词的后边something important =something of importance表示过去习惯性动作：表示过去习惯性动作：used to 与与 would would 常和often , always, sometimes等时间频度副词及具体时间连用，而used to 则不必。would不可用于一个故事或叙述开始，used to 可用于开始，然后在用would来描述习惯性动作。在强调与现在的对比时，用used to 合适. uesd to 表示过去的状态和情况，would 只表示过去的习惯和行为。 Exercise 1. He _ smoke a lot , but now he has give up .2. The pirates _ o