新概念英语第二册Lesson-82

Lesson82Monsterorfish?是妖还是鱼？By:LynnwarmingupDoyouknowmermaids?andbelieveitornot?Doyoubelievemonstersinthesea?Haveyoueverheardanystoryaboutmonster?NEWWORDSANDEXPRESSIONSmonstern.怪物sailorn.海员sightv.见到creaturen.动物，生物peculiaradj.奇怪的，不寻常的shiningadj.闪闪发光的oarfishn.桨鱼★monster（1）n.怪物aone-eyedmonster独眼怪物eg：Adragonisafabulousmonster.龙是一個传说中的怪物（2）巨大物、（作形容詞）巨大eg：Thespaceshipwasarealmonster.巨大的宇宙飛船amonsterpumpkin南瓜★sailor（1）n.海员、水手eg：Hisfatherisasailor.（2）乘船的人（与adj.连用）agoodsailor不晕船的人abadsailor晕船的人sailclosetothewind冒风险，几乎犯法★sight（1）v.见到eg：Theysightedlandatlast.他们终于见到陆地（2）n.视力、视觉near/shortsighted近视far/longsighted远视loseone’ssight失明（3）n.视野gooutofsight从视线消失comeinsight映入眼帘（4）n.名胜dothesightofParis＝seethesightofParis在巴黎观光★creature1）n.（包含人类的）动物，生物dumbcreatures畜生（不说话的动物）ahumancreature人2）人、家伙（与表爱情或轻蔑等形容词连用；多用于女性）alovelycreature惹人喜欢的生物、多么美丽的女人哪!Eg：Thepoorcreaturehassufferedalotduringthattime.★peculiar（1）adj.奇怪的，不寻常的apeculiarbehavior奇异的行为apeculiartaste怪味道（2）独特的、固有的eg：ThiscustomispeculiarinScotland.这种风俗是在苏格兰特有。★shining=blazingadj.闪闪发光的shiningstars闪烁的星星、明星shine（1）v.照耀、发光（亮）（shone、shone）eg：Herfacewasshiningwithjoy.她的臉上閃耀著喜悅（2）n.光（辉）、光泽theshineofgold黄金的光泽rainorshine无论晴雨、不管怎样★oarfishn.桨鱼oar桨；pullagoodoar船划得很好putone’soarin＝shove/stickone’soarin多管闲事eg：IknowhowtostudyandIdon’tneedyoushovingyouroarin.Whatwasthemonstercalled?Fishermenandsailorssometimesclaimtohaveseenmonstersinthesea.Thoughpeoplehaveoftenlaughedatstoriestoldbyseamen,itisnowknownthatmanyofthese'monsters'whichhaveattimesbeensightedaresimplystrangefish.Occasionally,unusualcreaturesarewashedtotheshore,buttheyarerarelycaughtoutatsea.Sometimeago,however,apeculiarfishwascaughtnearMadagascar.Asmallfishingboatwascarriedmilesouttoseabythepowerfulfishasitpulledontheline.Realizingthatthiswasnoordinaryfish,thefishermanmadeeveryeffortnottodamageitinanyway.Whenitwaseventuallybroughttoshore,itwasfoundtobeoverthirteenfeetlong.Ithadaheadlikeahorse,bigblueeyes,shiningsilverskin,andabrightredtail.Thefish,whichhassincebeensenttoamuseumwhereitisbeingexaminedbyascientist,iscalledanoarfish.Suchcreatureshaverarelybeenseenalivebymanastheyliveatadepthofsixhundredfeet.★Fishermenandsailorssometimesclaimtohaveseenmonstersinthesea.※claim（1）v.要求（获得权利），要求报酬eg：CanIclaimpaymentforhimforthedamage？（2）v.声称、断言eg：Thelawyersclaimedthatthedefendantwasnotguilty.★Thoughpeoplehaveoftenlaughedatstoriestoldbyseamen,※laughv.大笑、笑出声eg：Everybodylaughedwhenthecircusclownmadehisappearance.laughat（1）嘲笑eg：Don’tlaughatapersonwhoisintrouble.（2）因…而发笑laughatafunnystorylaughaway付之一笑eg：Helaughawayherfears.他对她的恐惧付之一笑laughabitterlaugh苦笑laughtern.笑声burstintolaughter＝breakintolaughter放声大笑itisnowknownthatmanyofthese'monsters'whichhaveattimesbeensightedaresimplystrangefish.※itisknownthat众所周知……itissaidthat据说；itisreportedthat据报道eg：Itisknownthatheisagoodplayer.※attimes＝sometimes有時候eg：AttimesIgoouttothebeach.atatime一次、同时、连续的eg：Wecannotdotwothingsatatime.在同一时间我们不能做两件事情。sleepforhoursatatime连续睡了几个小时★Occasionally,unusualcreaturesarewashedtotheshore,buttheyarerarelycaughtoutatsea.※bewashedtotheshore被冲到岸上来eg：Themanwaswashedoverboardbyabigwave.卷入水里※becaughtout被捕捉到★Sometimeago,however,apeculiarfishwascaughtnearMadagascar.★Asmallfishingboatwascarriedmilesouttoseabythepowerfulfishasitpulledontheline.※becarriedmilesouttosea被拖到了几英里以外的海面carryout（1）搬出eg：Wouldyoupleasecarrythechairoutthegarden？（2）实行、执行、完成,实现carryoutone’sduty履行职责eg：Theplanshouldbecarriedoutimmediately.该计划应立即实行★Asmallfishingboatwascarriedmilesouttoseabythepowerfulfishasitpulledontheline.※pullontheline咬住钩pullon用拉的方式穿上（衣服等）（pulloff）line（1）绳子、线（2）行、排（3）简短的信（4）职业What’syourline？readbetweenthelines领悟言外之意★Realizingthatthiswasnoordinaryfish,thefishermanmadeeveryeffortnottodamageitinanyway.noordinaryfish＝notanordinaryfish（no的否定意味更強）makeeveryefforttodo尽一切努力做某事makeaneffort努力makenoeffort根本不努力★Whenitwaseventuallybroughttoshore,itwasfoundtobeoverthirteenfeetlong.Ithadaheadlikeahorse,bigblueeyes,shiningsilverskin,andabrightredtail.★Thefish,whichhassincebeensenttoamuseumwhereitisbeingexaminedbyascientist,iscalledanoarfish.※定语从句套定语从句：eg：ThiswasthefirsttimethatIhadserioustroublewithmybosswhogotintoatemper.※callsb认为、看做、叫做eg：Icallhimafool.我叫他傻瓜eg：Doyoucallthatahat？你把那個叫帽子嗎？★Suchcreatureshaverarelybeenseenalivebymanastheyliveatadepthofsixhundredfeet.※rarelyadv.很少（seldom）eg：Irarelymeethimnow.我很少見到他副词放在句首倒裝：eg：RarelydoIdreamthesedays.這些天我很少做夢。※atadepthof……..的深度被动语态：be+v.–ed时态通过be表现出來（1）一般现在时eg：You’rewantedonthephone.有你的电话（2）一般过去时eg：TheconferencewasheldinAugust.这次会议是八月召开的。（3）一般将来时eg：Youwon’tbeallowedtotakesomuchluggagewithyou.（1）现在（过去去）进行时eg：Anewrailwayisbeingbuilt.eg：Therodswerebeingwidened.路那时正在加宽（2）现在完成时或过去完成时eg：Thebookhasbeentranslatedintomanylanguages.这本书已被译成多种语言。eg：Productioncostshadbeengreatlyreduced.生产成本这时大大的降低