新概念英语第二册 Lesson 46 A clear conscience 讲义

lesson 46 A clear conscience

🌻Part 1: Text

When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods. He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away. After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London. He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was ordered to pay &345 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is &230 !

🌻Part 2: New words and expression

1 unload [ʌn'ləud] v.卸(货)

2 wooden ['wudn] a.木制的

3 extremely [ik'stri:mli] ad.非常，极其

4 occur [ə'kə:] v.发生

5 astonish [ə'stɔniʃ] v.使惊讶

6 pile [pail] n.堆

7 woollen ['wulən] n.羊毛的

8 goods [gudz] n.(常用复数)货物，商品

9 discover[dis'kʌvə] v.发现

10 admit [əd'mit] v.承认

11 confine [kən'fain] v.关在(一个狭小的空间里)

12 normal ['nɔ:məl] a.正常的，通常的

★unload    v.卸 （货） 

His job is to unload the goods from the truck.

★extremely：[iks'tri:mli]非常

extremely 把一个形容词或副词推到了极限,达到了无以复加的程度.

extremely beautiful

I am tired. 我累了

I am extremely tired.我累极了

★occur [ə'kə:] v.发生

1.vi. 发生  ( happen, take place；三者都不能用被动态)
When did the accident occur？
2.vi. 被想起，被想到 

sth. occurs to sb.某想法出现在某人脑海中或被某人想到

It occured to sb. that…   某人想起、想到、意识到…

我突然想起我没完成作业。

It occured to me that I didn't finish my homework. 

我有一个好主意。

A good idea occured to me. = I have a good idea. 

★astonish  使惊讶

The animals astonish us very much.

astonishing/astonished

surprise/shock/astonish三者中surprise 最常用,但意思最浅显

shock 不快的事情

astonish 难以置信的事

I am surprised/astonished/shocked 惊讶程度递增

★pile  堆

a pile of….        

piles of…

★woollen  羊毛的

I have a woollen sweater.

★goods 货物 商品

possessions   财产

belongings     所属物

Chinese goods  国货

★discover 发现

look for, find, find out 和discover

1）look for意为“寻找”，强调找的动作，是延续性动词

 你去哪了？我一直在找你！

Where have you been? I have been looking for you!

2）find意为“找到、发现、感到”，强调找的结果，非延续性动词。

 He can’t find his watch.  

I find it difficult to learn English well. 

3）find out意为“查明、发现、了解”，指经过认真观察、调查或研究把某事、某物查出来、搞清楚，多用于复杂而不容易直接查出的情况 。

请找出问题的答案。

Please find out the answer to the question.

Do you find out why Tom was late? 

4）discover意为“发现、发觉”，指发现某种情况或发现早已存在而未为人知的东西。

Scientists around the world are working hard to discover a cure for AIDS. 

★admit    vt.承认

He had admitted his rude action.

admit sth/ admit doing sth

他们承认做错了。

They  admitted having done wrong.

★confine：v. 关在或局限在某个地方(一个狭小的空间里)