新概念英语第二册 Lesson 38 Everything except the weather 讲义

新概念英语第二册第38课 Lesson 38 Everything except the weather 唯独没有考虑到天气 My old friend,Harrison,had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England.He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather,for even though it was still summer,it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock.He acted as if he had never lived in England before.In the end,it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.The dream he hadhad for so many years ended there.Harrison had thought of everything except the weather. New words and expressions生词和短语 except prep.除了 Mediterranean n. 地中海 complain V. 抱怨 continually adv. 不断地 bitterly adv. 刺骨地 sunshine n. 阳光 参考译文 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。 课文解释 1.He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. 过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。 1)这句话用的是过去完成时，表明句中的动作发生在“他”回到 英国之前，是“过去的过去”。 2)动词短语dream of在这里不是指做梦，而是“梦想、幻想、 向往”的意思。例如： Frank used to dream of having a car of his own. 弗兰克过去常幻想拥有一辆自己的车。 我们在Lesson22中接触过这个短语，大家可同时参看该课 的相关课文解释或“重点词汇”中的相关内容。 3)当我们要表示“计划做某事”时，可以用plan to do sth.或plan+名词性从句（但不能用plan doing sth.)。例如： He planned to leave Baghdad on Monday. 他计划周一离开巴格达。 If you plan what you're going to eat,you reduce your chances of overeating. 如果计划一下要吃什么，就有可能不会吃得过多。 4)短语动词settle down在这里的意思是“定居、安顿下 来”。例如： One day I'll want to settle down and have a family. 总有一天，我会想安定下来，成个家。 Before she settled down in Portugal,she had run her own antiques shop in London. 在定居葡萄牙之前，她在伦敦经营一家自己的古董店。 这个短语还可以用来表示“（局势等）平静下来；（人）安静下来”， 或“集中精力准备做某事”。例如： It