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Lesson 19 A very dear cat 一条贵重的宝贝猫
1、Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's cat.
绑架者很少对动物感兴趣。最近,绑架者却盯上了埃莉诺.拉姆齐太太的猫。
· kid (n.) 小孩子
nap (n.) 打瞌睡
(take a rest 休息一会儿; take a nap 打瞌睡)
· kidnap (v.) 绑架
kidnapping (n.) 绑架
kidnapper (n.) 绑架犯
· be interested in 对…感兴趣
= take interest in
· rarely (adv.) 几乎不(否定词)
= seldom = hardly = scarcely
· considerable (adj.) 相当多的 + [c]/[u]
2、Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years. Rastus leads an orderly life.
He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by seven o'clock.
埃莉诺.拉姆齐太太是一个非常富有的老妇人,多年来,一直同她养的猫拉斯一起住在一所公寓里。拉斯特斯生活很有规律,傍晚常常出去溜达一会儿,并且总是在7点钟以前回来。
· a very wealthy old lady在句子中作插入语,同位语。
· wealthy (adj.) 富有的 —— wealth (n.) 富有
healthy (adj.) 健康的 —— health (n.) 健康
eg. h/w —— height 身高/weight 体重
· flat = apartment 公寓
· lead a … life 过着…的生活
eg. lead a busy/peaceful/ normal life
lead a double life
lead a life of luxury/poverty
· order (n.) 秩序 (v.) 命令,订购
orderly (adj.) 有序的
· -ly后缀是形容词的:
(1) friendly, fatherly,motherly, brotherly, sisterly, lively, lonely
(2) weekly , daily, yearly
· take a (short) walk 去散步
= go for a (short) walk
3、One evening, however, he failed to arrive. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried.
She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.
可是,有一天晚上,它出去后再也没回来。拉姆齐太太急坏了,四处寻找,但没有找着。
· fail to do sth. 未能做某事
反: manage to do sth. 成功做某事
= succeed in doing sth.
· get (系动词) 变得 + adj.
get worried = be worried
get married = be married
get excited = be excited
get lost = be lost
· look for 寻找
· could not find him
= failed to find him
4、Three days after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter.
拉斯特斯失踪3天后,拉姆齐太太收到一封匿名信。
· disappearance (n.) 消失 —— appearance (n.) 出现
disappear (v.) 消失 —— appear (v.) 出现
· anonymous (adj.) 匿名的
5、The writer stated(that Rastus was in safe hands and wou