内容正文:
Lesson 74 Out of the limelight
阅读理解
1. Why was their disguise ‘too perfect’?
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2. Why it was a good place for them?
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单词详解:
1. limelight n. 舞台灯光
单词:the limelight 常用作比喻,表示:__________________
词组:be fond of the limelight _______________
steal the limelight _________________________
2. precaution n. 预防措施
词组:________________________ 防火措施
________________________ 采取措施做某事
3. fan n. 狂热者,迷
句式:A is a (big) fan of B ____________________________
4. shady adj. 遮阴的
派生:___________ n.
5. sheriff n. 司法长官
6. notice n. 告示
词组:_______________________________ 在墙上贴告示
7. sneer n. 冷笑
结构:_______________________
派生:_____________ adj. 冷笑着的
词组:a sneering look ___________________________
课文解析
1. An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off.
· 词组:river bed ___________ flower bed ___________
词组:a party of ____________________________
2. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them.
· 词组:be dressed in = _______ 表示一种状态,过去分词做状语(详见语法重点)
· 语法:so that 引导________从句
so that no one should recognize them (同义句转换)
= so as to ______________________________________
3. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect. ‘This is a wonderful place for a picnic,’ said Gloria Gleam.
· 句式:disguises can sometimes be too perfect
= disguises can sometimes be more perfect than ___________________
4. ‘It couldn’t be better, Gloria,’ Brinksley Meers agreed. ‘No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don’t we come more often?’
· 句式:It couldn’t be better. = ____________________________
· 语法:Why don’t we come more often? 这是一个否定的特殊疑问句,表示________
结构:______________________________ = why not do sth.?
5. Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.
· 单词:spot n. ________
翻译:There a