新概念英语第二册 Lesson 44 Through the forest 讲义

lesson 44Through the forest

🌻Part 1: Text

Mrs Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men. They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. Mrs Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away. 'The strap needs  mending,' said Mrs Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'

 

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 forest ['fɔrist] n.森林

2 risk [risk] n.危险，冒险

3 picnic ['piknik] n.野餐

4 edge [edʒ] n.边缘

5 strap [stræp] n.带，皮带

6 possession [pə'zeʃən] n.所有

7 breath [breθ] n.呼吸

8 contents['kɔ:ntents] n.(常用复数)内有的物品

9 mend [mend] v.修理

★risk      n. 危险，冒险

① n. 危险，风险

Is there much risk of losing money in doing football pools?

 赌球输钱有没有很大风险？

John took/ran the risk of damaging his bus and drove it into the back of the thieves' car. 

约翰冒着撞坏他开的那辆公共汽车的危险把它撞在了小偷们的车的后尾上。

John saved me at the risk of his own life.     

约翰冒着生命危险救了我。

② vt. 冒……危险，使……遭受危险

John risked his own life to save me.

John奋不顾身地救了我。

★breath    n. 呼吸

out of breath 上气不接下气

waste one's breath 白费口舌

hold one's breath屏住呼吸

bad breath口臭 

Breathe  [bri:ð] V. 呼吸

All American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air...

所有美国人都不必开车到城外去呼吸洁净的空气。

★contents      n. (常用复数)内有的物品(具体的东西)

contents of the bag     包里的书

More contents!(口语) 在吃饭时要求再加些饭菜时可以这样说.

content     n. 内容(抽象) 

content of the text  文章的内容

★mend  V. 修理;修补

They took a long time to mend the roof... 

他们花了很长时间修缮屋顶。

同义词辨析 知识讲解 mend\fix\repair三词    

1.repair常指损失重大或构造较复杂的事物，如房屋，汽车，桥梁的修理。也可指修鞋

如：  Mary repaired the radio just for the fun of it. 

玛丽修理收音机只是为了消遣。 

 I am going to have my bike repaired tomorrow. 我打算明天找人把自行车修理一下。 

2.mend着重指修补小至日常用具，大到较复杂的物体。很多时候可与repair互换。

如：Can you mend a broken dish? 你能修理破碟子吗？ 

 

She is mending her shoes. 她正在修理她的鞋子。 

3.fix则侧重于“安装”，有时也用作“修理”。

如： The workers are fixing the machine.工人们在安装机器。 

Have you had your watch fixed? 你已找人修你的表了吗？ 

🌻Part 3: Notes on the text

★Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of therisk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.

1.the risk she was taking: she was taking是一个定语从句，前面省略which

2.think of…   考虑，思考

Have you ever thought of settling down in this town?

你有考虑过在这个镇定居的风险吗？

3.take a risk（of doing）    冒……风险

4.run after      追赶；追随；追求 

The police are running after a thief.

5.run behind     在某人后面跑   

I ran behind him.

run to      跑向

★They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.

1.rush up to sb.     迎面冲向某人

up向上，面对面，与说话人相反方向；down方向相同，与说话人相同方向 

2.go down   接着往前走,不用回头