新概念英语二册超详教案讲义笔记Lesson 38 Everything except the weather 唯独没有考虑到天气

Lesson 38 Everything except the weather 唯独没有考虑到天气 【New words and expressions】（6） 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 ★except prep. 除了，除了…之外 eg. Except a broken chair, the room has no furniture. (chair与furniture性质相同） · except for 除了（减法） besides 除了（加法） · apart from 除…之外（加法）（减法） · but prep. 除…之外（强调未被排除的其他事物或人） （与no, nobody, all, anywhere等连用） eg. Nobody knew her name but me. ★Mediterranean n. (the ~)地中海 · n. 地中海 the Mediterranean/ the Mediterranean Sea · adj.地中海的 Mediterranean climate 地中海气候 ★complain v. 抱怨 · v.（常做贬义）抱怨，投诉，发牢骚 complain to sb. about sth. 向某人抱怨某事 = complain to sb. at. sth. · n. complaint [u] 抱怨，埋怨 ★continually adv. 不断地 · continually adv. 连续地, 频繁地(时断时续) eg. The baby cry continually. continual adj. 一再重复的，连续的 · continuously adv. 连续不断地 continuous adj. 连续不断的 · continue v. 继续, 连续, 延伸 (用于不中断的继续或中断后的继续） continue doing sth. = continue to do sth. ★bitterly adv. 刺骨地 · bitter adj. 苦味的，痛苦的 eg. The coffee was too bitter to drink. taste: sour , sweet, bitter, hot ,salty eg. a bitter experience 痛苦的经历 · bitterly adv. 苦苦地，惨痛地，严寒地 eg. I am bitterly disappointed. 我极度地失望。 It’s bitterly cold. 刺骨地寒冷 · bitterness n. 苦味，痛苦 ★sunshine n. 阳光 (1) 阳光[u] (复合名词） eg. a drop of sunshine 一缕阳光 （a drop of 一缕） (2) 晴天，好天气 [u] eg. After rain comes sunshine. 雨过天晴，苦尽甘来。（谚） 也可直接用 “sun” 表示阳光 eg. sunrise 日出 sunset 日落 sunbath 日光浴 【Text】 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 ofte