新概念英语第二册第二十八课笔记

新概念英语第二册第二十八课笔记 课文学习 No parking 禁止停车 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 What is Jasper White s problem? Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. 贾斯珀.怀特是少有的相信古代神话的人之一。 he has just bought a new house in the city, 他刚在城里买下一所新房子， but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners. 但自从搬进去后，就和汽车及车主们发生了摩擦。 When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. 当他夜里回到家时，总是发现有人把车停在他家大门外。 Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. 为此，他甚至一次也没能把自己的车开进车库。 Jasper has put up No Parking signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect. 贾斯珀曾把几块“禁止停车”的牌子挂在大门外边，但没有任何效果。 Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. 现在他把一个丑陋的石雕头像放在了大门上边， It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. 这是我见过的最丑陋的头像之一。 I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. 我问他那是什么？他告诉我那是蛇发女怪美杜莎。 jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. 贾斯珀希望她把汽车和车主们都变成石头。 But none of them has been turned to stone yet! 但到目前为止还没有一个变成石头呢！ 单词学习 rare 1) adj. 稀有的，罕见的，不寻常的（rarer, rarest） not often happening or seen, unusual eg. He is a rare person. 他是个少见的人。 a rare book 珍本 a rare plant 珍稀植物 a rare butterfly 一只罕见的蝴蝶 a rare visitor 稀客 a rare edition 珍藏本 It is rare + for (sb) + to do sth 某人很少做某事 eg. It is rare for him to be absent. 他很少缺席。 2) adj. （气体等）稀薄的，稀疏的 thin the rare air of the mountains 山里的稀薄空气 3）adj. 半熟的，煮得嫩的 I’d like my steak rare, please. 我要的牛排要三、四分熟。 half-done 半熟   well-done 全熟 rarity  ['reərɪti:] n. [c] 珍品，奇事 [u] 稀有 rareness  n. [u] (空气等)稀薄，稀有 rarely adv. 不常（否定含义） not often, seldom I rarely eat in restaurants. I often cook myself.  我很少到饭店里吃。我一般都是自己做。 ancient adj. 古代的，古老的 old adj. 老的，旧的，先前的 an old lady 一个老太太 an old church 一个古老的教堂 an old friend 老朋友 my old job 我以前的工作 senior ['si:njə] adj. 较年长的，资深的 ←→ junior ['dʒu:njə] adj.年少的, 较年幼的；资历较浅的, 地位较低的 senior citizen 老人，退休的人 the senior partner 大股东 aged adj. （正式）年老的，体衰的（人） a