新概念英语第三册Lesson55~57逐句精讲

1、新概念英语第三册Lesson55-57逐句精讲新概念英语第三册Lesson55逐句精讲1 .Recent developments in astronomy have made it possible to detect planets in our won Milky Way and in other galaxies.天文学方面最新发展使得我们能够在银河系和其他星系发现行星。语言点：make it possible to do sth.的意思是“使做某事成为 可能。”2 .This is a major achievement because, in relative terms, pla

2、nets are very small and old not emit light.这是一个重要的成就，因为相对来说，行星很小，而且也不发光。语言点：句子结构分析：because引导原因状语从句，说明“为什 么是重要的成就。”3 . Finding planets is proving hard enough, but finding life on them will prove infinitely more difficult.寻找行星证明相当困难，但是要在行星上发现生命会变得无比艰 难。语言点:is proving hard enough的意思是“证明是困难的。”4 .The fir

3、st question to answer is whether a planet can actually support life.第一个需要解答的问题是一颗行星是否有能够维持生命的条件。语言点：句子结构分析： whether a planet can actually support life充当表语从句。5 . In our won solar system, for example, Venus is far too hot and Mars is far too cold to support life.举例来说，在我们的太阳系里，对于生命来说，金星的温度太高， 而火星的温度则太低

4、。语言点：句子结构分析：t。t。结构表示“太以致不能。”6 .Only the Earth provides ideal conditions, and even here it has taken more than four billion years for plant and animal life to evolve.只有地球提供理想的条件，而即使在这里，植物和动物的进化也 用了 40亿年的时间。语言点：句子结构分析：take more thanto do的意思是“用了 超过的时间做。”7 . Whether a planet can support life depends on

5、the size and brightness of its star, that is its 'sun'.一颗行星是否能够维持生命取决于它的恒星一即它的“太阳”一 的大小和亮度。语言点：句子结构分析：whether a planet can support是主语 从句。8.1 magine a star up to twenty times larger, brighter, brighter and hotter than our own sun.设想一下，一颗恒星比我们的太阳还要大，还要亮，还要热20倍。新概念英语第三册Lesson56逐句精讲1. The river

6、which forms the eastern boundary of our farm has always played an important part in our lives.形成我们农场东部边界的一条河流一直在我们生活中发挥着重要 作用。语言点L句子结构分析：which引导定语从句。语言点 2： play an important part 相当于 play an important role in,意思是“在中起重要作用。”2. Without it we could not make a living.要是没有这条河，我们就无法生存下去。语言点1： without it实际上

7、是提出一个先决条件。语言点2： make a living的意思是“谋生，维持生活。”3. There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the houses, so we have to pump from the river for farm use.泉水只能满足家庭生活用水，所以我们必须从河里抽水以用于农 业生产。语言点：pump from the river for的意思是“为而从河里抽 水。”4. We tell river all our secrets.我们向那条河倾诉我们的秘密。语言点：句子结构分析：向河倾诉？

8、这是典型的拟人修辞格。5. We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.我们本能地懂得，就像养蜂人和他的蜜蜂那样，要是我们不把生 活中的重大的事件告诉那条河，就可能大祸临头。语言点 1 ： just as beekeepers with their bees.是类比修辞格。语言点2: relate sth. to sb.的意思是“将某事

9、告诉某人。”6. We have special river birthday parties in the summer.夏天，我们为这条河举办特殊的生日宴会。7. Sometimes we go upstream to a favourite backwater, sometimes we have our party at the boathouse, which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.有时，我们溯流而上来

10、到我们喜爱的回水河汉举办；有时在船坞 举办。那船坞是农场一位前辈在一块草地上盖的，草地紧挨着一个专 供游泳、跳水的深水池。语言点：句子结构分析：两个sometimes后面是两个并列关系的 主句，由逗号隔开，这种用法比较少见。8. In a heat wave we choose a midnight birthday party and that is the most exciting of all.天气炎热时，我们便选择在半夜举办生日聚会，这种聚会是最令 人激动的。语言点：句子结构分析：heat wave的意思是“热浪。” that指 代前面的部分。新概念英语第三册Lesson57逐句精讲

11、1. I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map.我停下车，让汽车发动机冷却一下，同时查看一下地图。语言点：句子结构分析：to let the car cool off and to study the map.作目的状语。7. In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve.在这个新的国家里，父亲专心致志地为我们俩开创一种新的生活, 慢慢地不伤心了。语言点:become absorbed in doing sth.的意思是“专心致志的 做某事。”8. He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman's care; but I la