新概念第二册Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise 是因祸得福吗？讲义

新概念英语第二册第58课 Lesson58 A blessing in disguise？是因祸得福吗？ The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a 'cursed tree'. Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper,the number of visitors to Frinley has now increased.The tree was planted near the church fifty years ago,but it is only in recent years that it has gained an evil reputation.It is said that if anyone touches the tree,he will have bad luck;if he picks a leaf,he will die.Many villagers believe that the tree has already claimed a number of victims.The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down,but so far he has refused. He has pointed out that the tree is a useful source of income,as tourists have been coming from all parts of the country to see it.In spite of all that has been said,the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk.So far,not one of them has been struck down by sudden death! New words and expressions生词和短语 blessing n.福分，福气 disguise n. 伪装 tiny adj.极 possess V. 拥有 cursed ad.可恨的 increase V. 增加 plant V. 种植 church n. 教堂 evil adj.坏的 reputation n. 名声 claim V. 以…为其后果 victim n.受害者，牺牲品 vicar n.教区牧师 source n. 来源 income n.收入 trunk n.树干 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 叫人把树欧掉，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千上。 然而到目前为止，还没有一个人暴死呢！ 课文解释 1.The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a'cursed tree'. 据说弗林利这个小村里有一棵“该诅咒的树”。 1)形容词tiny的意思是“非常小的、极小的(extremely small)”, 在程度上比smal还要小。既可以用来形容“物”，也可以用来 描写“人”。例如： a tiny living room 一个非常小的起居室 Though she was tiny,she had a very loud voice. 她虽然个头小，嗓音却非常洪亮。 2)介词of在这里既不表示“部分关系（如：some of them他 们中的一些人)”，或表示“关于”（如：a story of adventure 一个冒险故事)”，也不表示“所属关系（如：a friend of mine 我的一个朋友)”，而是用来表示“同位关系”，即：Of前后指 的是同一个人或物，两者是同等地位。例如： the city of London/New York/Beijing伦敦市/纽约市/北京 市 the language of English/Chinese英语/汉语这种语言 3)本句话采用的是被动语态，句型结构为：主语+be said +to do sth.这种结构通常译为“据说…”，是对不太有把握 的事发表看