新概念英语第二册笔记-第58课

Lesson58Ablessingindisguise【Text】ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.Hehaspointedoutthatthetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.Sofar,notoneofthemhasbeenstruckdownbysuddendeath!【课文翻译】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】bleessingn福分，福气disguisen伪装tinyadj极小的possessv拥有cursedadj可恨的increasev增加plantv种植churchn教堂eviladj坏的reputation名声claimv以…为其后果victimn受害者，牺牲品vicarn教区牧师sourcen来源incomen收入trunkn树干一．单词讲解：★Blessing(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，过后看来却是幸运的事；祸中福。塞翁失马焉知非福countone`sblessing知足(数自己的福分）blessv求神赐福于某人或某事；赐予某人健康，幸福及成功egegBlessthosewhoarehungry,lonelyorsick.求神赐福于那些饥饿，孤独或患病的人。Mrs.Whiteisblessedwith12children.太太有12个孩子，真有福气。egGodblessyou!上帝保佑你！（用作感叹词，表示谢意或情义，或当人打喷嚏的时候人打喷嚏时说）egYou`veboughtmeapresent?Blessyou!你给我买了个礼物是吗？太感谢你了。★Disguisen伪装wearabeardasadisguise带个络腮胡子来伪装egHewasindisguise,soIcouldn`trecognizehim.他乔装打扮过了，所以我没能辨认出来。egShemadenodisguiseofhercontempt.她毫不掩饰的表示轻蔑之意。v伪装，假扮egIcouldn`tdisguisemyanger.我无法掩饰自己的愤怒。egHedisuisedhimselfasawomanforfun.他男扮女装只为了好玩。disguiseone`svoice改变说话的强调，发假声音★Tinyadj极小的tiny—tiner—tinestSmalladj小的littleadj小的（含有可爱之意）mini-(构成复合词)minibusn小公共汽车miniskirtn超短裙minicabn小的出租车punyadj(贬义)弱小的，瘦小的，发育不全的，未充分发挥的egAtinylittlegirlwassingingverywellinTV.一个纤小的女孩在电视上唱的很好。★possessv拥有egTheypossessthreecars.他们有三辆小汽车。possesspatience有耐性possesscourage有勇气bepossesswithsth/bepossessbysth(尤指人的思想）被…控制，支配Shesuddenlypossessedwithfear.她突然被恐惧的情绪所控制。egShewassuddenlypossessedbyfear.她突然感到非常的害怕。possessionn[u](ownership)领有，持有，具有egI`vehadpossessionofthishousefor7years.我拥有这座房子已经7年了。[c]财产egHelostallhispossessionsinthefire.他在大火中丧失所有的财产。beinpossessionofsth拥有某物egHeisinlawfulpossessionofashotgun.他合法地拥有一支猎枪。possessorn拥有者（owner）possessedadj(被强烈的感情，恶魔等)缠附的，疯狂的egHestudiedlikeonepossessed.他拼命的用功。egHefoughtlikeamanpossessed.他进行了殊死的战斗。egPossessionisninepointsofthelaw.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（常做定语）相当于hateful,unpleasantacursedperson一个可恨的人cursen咒骂的话，咒语beunderacurse被咒骂的egThewitchlaidacurseupontheprincess.那个巫婆诅咒这个公主。Thewitchlaidtheprincessunderacurse.v诅咒egHecursed(at)hisbadluck.他诅咒他的坏运气。egIcursedherforspoilingmyplans.因为她破坏我的计划所以我诅咒她。★IncreaseV增加Increaseone’sspeed加速egThepopulationhasincreasedgreatly.人口急剧的增长。increasedprofits增大的利润increase['inkri:s]n增加的量awageincrease工资增加额eganincreaseofnearly50%overlastyear比去年差不多了50%。a50%increase50%的增长addto增加，增加到raisevt提高，增加growv增加，成长enlargedeclinedecreasevvv变大，扩大，增大(数量，力量，权利等)削减变少，变小reducev减少★Plantn.树木，植物1n植物，树木wildeplant野生植物gardenplant花园里的植物plantsandanimals动植物2.n工厂，生产achemicalplant化工厂apowerplant电厂3v种植，栽种egWearegoingtoplanttreesaroundthehouse.我们打算在房子周围种满树。egFarmersshouldknowthetimetoplant.农民应该知道种植的时间。4v布置，安顿，固定egPolicemenwereplantedalongtherouteoftheparade.警察被部署在游行的路线上。plantern种植者或花盆★Churchn教堂，礼拜，礼拜仪式，去教堂（church之前不加the）Churchgoern按时去教堂做礼拜的人Attendchurch去做礼拜Atchurch/inchurch在做礼拜egChurchbeginsat9o`clock.礼拜在9:00开始。egTheyareatchurch.他们在做礼拜。aspoorasachurchmouse.像教堂的老鼠一样穷，一文不名在church之前不加定冠词the,类似的短语有：gotoschool去上学gotouniversity/gotocollage去上大学beoutofhospital出院besenttoprison入狱beatwork在上班，在工作着★Evil1.adj道德败坏的，邪恶的anevilreputation一个恶名声2adj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egHehasagoodreputationasadoctor.他是一个名声很好的医生。egHehasabadreputationasadoctor.他是一个名声很差的医生。egShehasareputationforgenerosity.她以慷慨大方而出名。haveareputationforlaziness以懒惰出名egHehasthereputationofbeingspiteful.他的坏心眼是出了名的。2信誉establishareputation/buildupareputation/makeareputation树立声誉egHeiseagertowinareputation.他渴望获得声誉。egIfthefactispublished,itwillruinyourreputation.要是事实被公开的话，会毁了你的名声的。liveuptoone`sreputation不负盛名，行为与声望相符★claim1v要求，索要（应得的权利或财物）索赔claimtheinsurance索取保险金claimthereward要求奖赏2事故，灾难造成的人员伤亡现象egTheearthquakeclaimedthousandsofvictims.地震造成成千上万的人死亡3v声称，声言，断言claimtodo…(某人)声称曾经...egHeclaimedtohaveseentheMonaLisa.他宣称他曾经看过蒙娜丽莎(那幅画)。claimthat(宾语从句）…egThelawyerclaimedthatthedefendantwasnotguilty.那个律师声称被告是无罪的。4n索赔5n权利，资格egTheyhavenoclaimtothisproperty.他们没有资格取得这些财产。★victim1n牺牲者，受害者（同义词：sufferer)thevictimsofaplanecrash空难事件的受害者thevictimsofaswindler受骗者egThosechildrenaerthesadvictimsoftheirparentsdivorce.那些孩子是父母亲离婚的受害者。2n(祭神的)祭品，牺牲品fall(a)victimto…成为…的牺牲品egAmanlikeyoueasilyfallsvictimtothegreedofothers.像你这样的人很容