Lesson-55----Not-a-gold-mine

1、Lesson 55 Not a gold minegold n. 金子 sth. be made of gold 由金子做成的 gold watch；gold ring；golden sun 金色的太阳 golden adj. 金色的, 宝贵的 golden opportunity 宝贵的机会I am honoured to have the opportuneity to do sth. I am glad to have the golden opportunity to do sth. I am glad to have the golden opportunity to stay wi

2、th you. goldfish n. 金鱼 platinum 'plætnm n. 白金, 铂 treasure n. 财宝 (为总称, 没有复数) 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 n. 钻石 jade  ded n. 碧玉 (不可数名词) revealer n. 探测器 reveal v. 揭示 invent v. 发明 inven

3、tion n. 发明 detect v. 探测 detective n. 侦探 pirate n. 海盗 n.海盗，强盗； 海盗船； 侵害版权者； 盗版者vt.抢劫（海上船只）； 剽窃，盗用vi.当海盗； 从事劫掠行为arm v. 武装 n. 手臂；武器 hold one's arm 抓住某人的胳膊Farewell! Arms 永别了, 武器 Farewell int. 再会,别了!(常含有永别或不容易再见面的意思) v. 武装 Soldiers should be armed well. 士兵应该要很好的武装。 be armed with 用来武装 The youth should

4、be armed with knowledge. 年轻人应该用知识武装自己 The teacher should be patient. =The teacher should be armed with patience. army n. 军队 辨析：  earth soil ground landearth意为：“地”，“地球”，“泥土”。它着重指“大地”以别于天空，但它也往往指地面，以别于海洋，大气和天空。作“泥土”理解时，它常用以别于坚硬的岩石。 soil意为：“土地”“土壤”，尤指生长植物的土地。ground意为：“地、地面”，主要指大地表面，不论是泥地，沙地或水

5、泥地，均可用这个词表示；也可用指土壤，场地。 land意为：“陆地，土地”。与海洋和河流相对，也可指“田地”，可耕种的田地就叫做 land，它可以指“国士”、“国家”。entrance n. 入口 entrance of/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.

6、 有信心做 be confident that +从句 有信心做 confidence n. 信心 【课文讲解】 1、Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. dream n. 梦；v. 做梦 n. 梦想 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.(dream v) come true 变成现实，（预言、期望等）成为事实，（愿意）实现 His drea

7、m to travel around the world at last came true. 2、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；一个地点状语从句 This is the river where I swim. 3、The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and t

8、hen fail to collect it. would表示过去的习惯性动作, 它后面跟动词原形。fail to do sth. 未能、不能、忘记做某事项 He failed to see the reason why they sent him away. 他不了解他们把他打发走的原因。collect的含义之一为“（去）取，接” Dont fail to collect me before you go to the party. 去参加晚会之前别忘了接我。 Ill collect my post on my way home. 我将在回家时顺路取我的邮件。5、Armed with the

9、 new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. 如果几个句子的主语是同一事物, 则可以把几个句子合并为一个句子。保留一个句子做主句, 其他的变成非谓语动词。非谓语动词采用何种形式, 则根据其与主语的关系, 如果是主动关系, 用-ing, 被动关系, 则用动词的-ed形式 主句与其他句子的位置安排要保持句子的平衡, 还要注意动作的连贯 The boy went home. The boy was crying. The boy was beaten. =Beaten by sb, th

10、e 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 feel deep. Very exciting, 形容词短语做状语 ，表示主语所处的状态Very worried about his child, he phoned the police. two feet deep“数词+量词+形容词”结构

11、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 spite of / though / even if 尽管 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 new

12、s is of great importance to us. 这个消息对我们非常重要。of valuevaluable 有价值的 of small value 价值很小(= almost worthless) 形容词要放在不定代词的后边 something important =something of importance someone patient =someone of patience 【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

13、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： This 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.

14、 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 the cows. 【Special difficulties】 use, be used to, used to use vt. 用，使用，运用，应用 May I use your diction

15、ary/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. All that