裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记-第58课

1Lesson58Ablessingindisguise?是因祸得福吗？Whydoesthevicarrefusetocutdownthetree?ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.Sofar,notoneofthemhasbeenstruckdownbysuddendeath!参考译文据说弗林利这个小村里有一棵“该诅咒的树”。就因为报上提到过这棵树，所以现在来弗林利参观的人越来越多。该树是50年前栽在教堂附近的，但只是近几年才得到了一个坏名声。据说，谁要是触摸了这棵树，谁就会交上恶运；如果谁摘了一片树叶，谁就会死去。很多村民相信此树已经害了不少人。人们曾请求教区的牧师叫人把树砍掉，但他直到现在也没有同意。他指出，由于人们从全国各地纷纷前来参观这棵树，它成了一个有用的财源。尽管有上述种种说法，但游客们还是照常摘树叶和把他们的名字刻在树干上。然而到目前为止，还没有一个人暴死呢！【Newwordsandexpressions】（16）1blessing['blesiŋ]n.福分，福气2disguise[dis'gaiz]n.伪装3tiny['taini]a.极小的4possess[pə'zes]v.拥有5cursed['kə:sid]a.可恨的6increase[in'kri:s,'inkri:s]v.增加7plant[plɑ:nt]v.种值8church[tʃə:tʃ]n.教堂9evil['i:vəl]a.坏的10reputation[repju'teiʃən]n.名声11claim[kleim]v.以…为其后果12victim['viktim]n.受害者，牺牲品13vicar['vikə]n.教区牧师14source[sɔ:s]n.来源15income['inkʌm]n.收入16trunk[trʌŋk]n.树干一、单词讲解blessing1)n.(single)神恩，福气，福分，神的保佑，祷告askforGod'sblessing求神保佑sayablessing做祷告ablessingindisguise初看似乎不幸，过后看来却是幸事，祸中福countone'sblessings知足bless-blessed（过去时）-blessed（过去分词）2)v.求神赐福于某人或某事；赐予某人健康、幸福及成功2eg.Blessthosewhoarehungrylonelyorsick.求神赐福于那些饥饿、孤独或患病的人。Mrs.Whiteisblessedwith12children.Mrs.White太太有12个孩子，真有福气。Godblessyou!（用作感叹，表示谢意或情义或别人打喷嚏时说）You'veboughtmeapresent?Blessyou!你给我买了个礼物是吗？太感谢你了！disguise1)n.伪装wearabreadasadisguise带个络腮胡子来伪装一下eg.Hewasindisguise,soIcouldn'trecognizehim.他乔装打扮过了，所以我没认出他来。Shemadenodisguiseofhercontempt.她很露骨地表示轻蔑之意。2)v.伪装，假扮eg.Icouldn'tdisguisemyanger.我掩饰不住自己的愤怒Hedisguisehimselfasawomanforfun.他男扮女装，只为了好玩。disguiseone'svoice改变说话腔调，发假声音tiny['taini]adj.极小的tiny-tinier（比较级）-tiniest（最高级）small小的little小的（含有可爱之意）mini-构成合成词minibus小公共汽车miniskirt迷你裙minicab小出租汽车puny（贬义）弱小的，瘦小的，发育不完全的，未充分发挥的eg.AtinylittlegirlwassingingverywellonTV.一个纤小的女孩在电视上唱得很好。possessv.拥有eg:Theypossessthreecars.他们有三辆汽车。possesspatience有耐心possesscourage有勇气bepossessedwith（尤指人的思想）被……控制，支配bepossessby（尤指人的思想）被……控制，支配eg.Shewassuddenlypossessedwithfear.她突然被恐惧的情绪所控制。eg.Shewassuddenlypossessedbyfear.3她突然被恐惧的情绪所控制。Possessionn.1)[u](ownership)领有，持有，具有eg.I'vehadpossessionofthishousefor7years.我拥有这房子己经七年了。2)[c]财产eg.Helostallhispossessioninthefire.他在大火中丧失所有的财产。beinpossessionof拥有eg.heisinlawfulpossessionofashotgun.他合法的拥有一支猎枪。possessorn.拥有者(owner)possessedadj.（被强烈的感情，恶魔等）缠附的，疯狂的eg.Hestudiedlikeonepossessed.他拼命用功。Hefoughtlikemanpossessed.他进行了殊死的战斗Possessionisninepointsofthelaw.现实占有，败一胜九。（占有或控制某物者打起官司来总占上风）cursedadj.可恨的，讨厌的（定）(hateful，unpleasant)acursedperson-个可恨的人curse1)n.咒骂的话，咒语beunderacurse被诅咒的eg.thewitchlaidacurseupontheprincess.这个巫婆诅咒这个公主thewitchlaidtheprincessunderacurse.这个巫婆诅咒这个公主2)n.脏话，咒骂之词GotohellConfounditYoushit!3)v.诅咒eg.Hecursed(at)hisbadluck.他诅咒他的坏运气Icursedherforspoilingmyplans.因为他破坏我的计划，所以我诅咒他。increase1)[in'kri:s]v.增加，增长increaseone'sspeed加速eg.Thepopulationhasincreasedgreatly.人口急剧增长。increasedprofits增大的利润2)['inkri:s]n.增加的量awageincrease工资增加额4anincreaseofnearly50%overlastyear.比去年差不多增加百分之五十a50%increase百分之五十的增长同义词：addto增加，增加到raise提高，增加grow增加，成长enlarge变大，扩大，增大反义词：decline（数量，力量，权力等）削减decrease变少，变小reduce减少plant1)n.植物，树术wildplant野生植物gardenplant花园里的植物plantsandanimals动植物2)n.工厂，生产设备achemicalplant化工厂apowerplant电厂3)n.（在犯罪，阴谋等集团卧底的）眼线，坐探eg.Theydiscoveredthathewasapoliceplant.他们发现他是警察的卧底。4)V.种植，栽种eg.We'regoingtoplanttreesaroundthehouse.我们打算在房子周围种满树eg.Famersshouldknowthetimetoplant.农民应该知道种植的时间。5)布置，安顿，固定eg.Policemenwereplantedalongtherouteoftheparade.警察被部署在旅行的路线上。planter种植者或花盆churchn.教堂，礼拜，礼拜仪式gotochurch去教堂churchgoer按时去教堂做礼拜的人attendchurch去做礼拜atchurch在做礼拜inchurch在做礼拜eg.Churchbeginat9o'clock.礼拜在9点开始。Theyareatchurch..他们在做礼拜5aspoorasachurchmouse一文不名类似：gotoschool去上学gotouniversity去上大学gotocollege去上大学beoutofhospital出院besenttoprison入狱beatwork在上班evil1)adj.道德败坏的，邪恶的anevilreputation一个恶名声2)adj.令人不快的，坏的，有害的anevilsmell难闻的气味aneviltemper坏脾气evilweather恶劣的天气givesbtheevileye恶毒的目光aneviltongue说人坏话的恶习reputation1)[C]名声eg.Hehasagoodreputationasadoctor.他是个名声很好的医生。Hehasabadreputationasadoctor.他是个名声很差的医生。Shehasareputationforgenerosity.他因慷慨大方而出名。haveareputationforlaziness以懒惰出名Hehasthereputationofbeingspiteful.他的坏心眼是出了名的。2)信誉establishareputation树立声誉buildupareputationmakeareputationeg.Heiseagertowinareputation.他渴望获得名声。Ifthefactispublished,itwillruinyourreputation要是事实被公开了，会影响你声誉的。Liveuptoone，sreputation不负盛名，行为与声望相符claim1)V.要求，索要（应得的权力和财物）；索赔claimtheinsurance索取保险金claimthereward要求奖赏2)v.（指灾难，事故等）使（某人）失踪或死亡eg.Theearthquakeclaimedthousandsofvictims.6地震造成成千上万的人死亡。3)v.声称，声言，断言3)V.声称，声言，断言claimtodo--（某人）声称曾经…eg.HeclaimedtohaveseentheMonaLisa他宣称曾看过蒙娜丽莎（那幅画）。claimthat--,例:Thelawyerclaimedthatthedefendant(被告)wasnotguilty.那个律师声称这个罪