新概念英语第二册 Lesson 53 Hot snake 讲义

Lesson53 Hot snake

🌻Part 1: Text

At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest fire are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The explanation was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires. The snake then wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 hot [hɔt] a.带电的，充电的

2 fireman ['faiəmən] n.消防队员

3 cause [kɔ:z] v.引起 n.原因

4 examine [ig'zæmin] v.检查

5a ccidentally [ˌæksi'dentəli]ad.意外地,偶然地

6 remains [ri'meinz] n.尸体，残骸

7 wire['waiə] n.电线

8 volt[vəult] n.伏特(电压单位)

9 power line电力线

10 solve [sɔlv] v.解决

11 mystery ['mistəri] n.谜

12 snatch [snætʃ] v.抓住

13spark [spɑ:k] n.电火花

1）热的，炎热的

Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁

hot 炎热的        warm 温暖的 

cool 凉爽的       chilly 寒冷的    cold 寒冷的,严寒的
2）调味品辣的

辣椒和芥末是辣的.

Pepper and mustard are hot. 

3）强烈的,激烈的,热烈的.

have a hot temper 脾气暴躁

a hot potato    棘手或讨厌的事物或情况

fire extinguisher 灭火器   

Extinguish [ik`stiŋgwiʃ]＝put out 灭火

1）V. 引起

cause sth : 引起（麻烦）

Carelessness causes accidents.  粗心导致事故

Pride causes failure 骄傲使人失败

cause sb to do sth 

引起某人做某事, 导致某人做某事

2）n. 原因 

cause : 强调事情发生的直接原因(一个)

reason : 其他各种的理由(很多个)

1）v. 仔细观察,检查,调查

消防队员检查了森林的每一寸土地。

The firefighters examined every inch of the forest.

2）v. 诊查

医生仔细的诊察了病人。

The doctor examined his patient carefully 

3）v. 考试,测试

examine students in Englishn. exam 考试=examination

1. adj. accidental 意外的,偶然的 

意外死亡 an accidental death

2.accidentn. 事故,意外

车祸 a car accident

Accidentally=by chance=by accident我偶然间发现了金矿

I found a gold mine by accident / accidentally.

1）n. 剩余物,残余物 

the remains of a meal  残汤剩饭

2）n. (古建筑等物)遗址,废墟 

the remains of Yuanmingyuan 圆明园遗址

3）n. 遗体,遗骸 

毛主席的遗体被保存在水晶棺材里。

The remains of Chairman Mao were kept well in a crystal coffin.

1）v. 留下,剩下,遗留

大火之后，我的房子里什么也没剩下。