新概念英语-第二册-Lesson-38

Lesson38Everythingexcepttheweather唯独没有考虑到天气【Newwordsandexpressions】1except

[ik‘sept]prep.除了2Mediterranean[ˌmeditə‘reiniən]

n.(the～)地中海3complain[kəm‘plein]v.抱怨4continually[kən‘tinjuəli]adv.不断地5bitterly [‘bitəli]adv.刺骨地6sunshine['sʌnʃain]n.阳光exceptprep．除了，除了…外Exceptabrokenchair,theroomhasnofurniture.Heansweredallthequestionsexceptthelastone.exceptfor没有“所指项目类别”的限制Exceptforabrokenchair,theroomisempty.exceptthatIknownothingabouthiscareerexceptthatheisagraduateofOxfordUniversity.

[kə‘rɪə]职业

[’grædʒʊət]毕业除了他是牛津大学毕业生之外，我对他的职业一无所知。besides表示“除…以外，（还，也）”BesidesEnglish,theyalsostudymath,physicsandchemistry

apartfrom除…之外Apartfromafewfaults,heisatrustworthyteacher.信赖Apartfromthecost,thedressdoesn'tsuitme.butprep.除…之外(与no,nobody,all,anywhere等连用）Nobodyknewhernamebutme.除了我之外，没人知道她的名字。Theywereallthereontimebutthechairman.Mediterraneanadj./n.[ˌmeditə‘reiniən]n．地中海theMediterranean/theMediterraneanSeaadj.地中海的，地中海沿岸的，内陆的Mediterraneanclimate地中海气候（内陆气候）complainV．1)（常做贬义）抱怨，投诉，发牢骚complaintosbaboutsth

对某人抱怨某事complaintosbatsth

对某人抱怨某事complainabouttheterribleweatherYouarealwayscomplainingaboutyourfate![feɪt]命运complainof...诉说（病，痛等）complainofatoothache牙疼complainabout多用于对你不满意的事情“抱怨”complainof用于“生病或是身体某部分不适,疼痛”的抱怨。2)投诉Wecomplainedtothepoliceaboutthenoisefromthebar.洒吧问噪音人，我们向警方投诉。complaintn.continuallyadv.频繁地，屡次地，反复地Iamcontinuallylosingthings．Hewascontinuallylateforwork．continuev.1)继续，持续（用于不中断的继续或中断后的继续）Theraincontinuedtilllateatnight.Thediscussioncontinuedafterabreak.continuedoing/continuetodosth.继续做某事Howcanyoucontinuetoworkwithsomuchnoise?Howcanyoucontinueworkingwithsomuchnoise?2)继续存在或不断发生continue+adj.Theweathercontinuedcold．天气依然很冷tobecontinued未完待续：下期续刊bitterlyadv.苦苦地，惨痛地，严寒地Hewasbitterlydisappointed．他极度的失望。bebitterlycold刺骨的寒冷1)苦味的abittertaste-种苦的味道Thecoffeewastoobittertodrink.这个咖啡太苦了没法喝。2)痛苦的，令人悲伤的abitterlife痛苦的一生abitterexperience痛苦的经历bittertears痛苦的泪水Shehasabittermemory．她有一段痛苦的回忆。3)严寒的abitterwinter寒冷的冬天bitternessn．痛苦Whogoesthroughthehappinessandbitternesswithme?sunshinen.1)阳光[U]Catslikelyingdowninthesunshine．2)晴天，好天气[u]Afterraincomessunshine．3)快活，开朗

['prez(ə)ns]Herpresencealwaysgivessunshinetoallofus.她的出现总是让我们很开心。arayofsunshine-线光明（希望）(一线)sunrise日出beforesunrise日出前dawn黎明[dɔːn]sunset日落aftersunset日落后TEXT

Myoldfriend,Harrison,hadlivedintheMediterraneanformanyyearsbeforehereturnedtoEngland.HehadoftendreamedofretiringinEnglandandhadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.Almostimmediatelyhebegantocomplainabouttheweather,foreventhoughitwasstillsummer,itrainedcontinuallyanditwasoftenbitterlycold.Aftersomanyyearsofsunshine,Harrisongotashock.HeactedasifhehadneverlivedinEnglandbefore.Intheend,itwasmorethanhecouldbear.Hehadhardlyhadtimetosettledownwhenhesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.Thedreamhehadhadforsomanyyearsendedthere.Harrisonhadthoughtofeverythingexcepttheweather.我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住在地中海地区。过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。他刚一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了。因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。在阳光下生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇。他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。最后，他再也忍受不住，还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。他多年来的幻想从此破灭。哈里森把每件事情都考虑到了，唯独没想到天气。

Myoldfriend,Harrison,hadlivedintheMediterraneanformanyyearsbeforehereturnedtoEngland.HehadoftendreamedofretiringinEnglandandhadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.beforehereturnedtoEngland时间状语从句settledown定居dreamofsth./doingsth.梦想做某事IamalwaysdreamingoflivinginSpain.Hedreamsofbecomingamillionaire.country

1)国家Hesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.2)乡村，乡下Hehadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.countryside农村[vɪ'ɛnə]ThecountrysidearoundViennaisverybeautiful.Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.nosooner...than...一……就，assoonas一……就Hehadhardly

hadtimetosettledownwhenhesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.hardly…when几乎来不及……就主语hadnosoonerdone+than+一般过去时的句子主语hadhardlydone+when+一般过去时的句子Ihadnosoonerarrivedhomethanitbegantorain.Hehadnosoonerseenherthanhefellinlovewithher.Ihadnosoonerhungupthanitrangagain.HehadnosoonerarrivedinBeijingthanhefellill.Ihadnosoonercomebackthanheaskedmetogoonbusinessagain．出差。Hardlyhadwebegunwhenweweretoldtostop.Almostimmediatelyhebegantocomplainabouttheweather,foreventhoughitwasstillsummer,itrainedcontinuallyanditwasoftenbitterlycold.complainabout抱怨complaintosbaboutsth

对某人抱怨complainabouttheweather抱怨天气eventhough引导让步状语从句，相当于evenif“即使”Eventhoughheworkedhard,,hefailedintheexam.Aftersomanyyearsofsunshine,Harrisongotashock.getashock大吃一惊getasurprise吃了一惊getafright吓了一跳HeactedasifhehadneverlivedinEnglandbefore.虚拟语气表示所说的话只是一种主观的愿望，假想和建议等。虚拟语气的动词基本形式有其中，其中had+过去分词表示过去事实的相反的假想。WewouldhavecalledacabifHaroldhadn'tofferedusaridehome.假若哈罗德不说要驾车送我们回家，我们就会叫出租车了Ifwehadleftearlier,wewouldn’thavemissedthetrain.假若我们早点动身的话，我们是不会错过火车的。Intheend,itwasmorethanhecouldbear.Hecouldnotbearitanymore.Hecouldbearitnomore．Hehadhardlyhadtimetosettledownwhenhesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.Thedreamhehadhadforsomanyyearsendedthere