新概念英语第三册Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express 课堂笔记

Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express 开往威斯特海温的快车 1、We have learnt to expect （that trains will be punctual.宾语从句） After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. 我们已经习惯于相信火车总是准点的。经过多年的适应，大多数人对火车时刻表产生了一种不可动摇的信念。 · express (v.) 表达 (n.) 快递服务，特快列车 · punctual (adj.) 准时的 = on time · condition (n.) （1） 状况 eg. 他作为他这个年龄的男子，状态很好。 He is in excellent condition for a man of his age. （2） 条件 eg. 这份工作的条件之一就是要会开车。 One of the conditions of this job is that you can drive. （3） 环境（需用复数表示：conditions） eg. 在现有的环境下 under the existing conditions · be conditioned to sth. 习惯某事 = become conditioned to sth. = be used to sth. eg. 他们没花多久时间就习惯了新环境。 It took them no long time to be conditioned to the new environment. · develop a haibt 养成一个习惯 · faith (n.) 信任，信仰，信用 · have faith in 深信 lose faith in 失去信任 eg. 我对这门学科没多少信心。 I lost faith in this subject. = I didn’t have much faith in this subject. 2、Ships may be delayed by storms; flights may be cancelled because of bad weather, but trains must be on time. Only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services. 轮船船期可能因风暴而推延，飞机航班可能因恶劣天气而取消，唯有火车必然是准点的。只有非同寻常的大雪才可能暂时打乱铁路运行。 · on time = punctual (adj.) 准时 · exception （n.） 除外，例外 eg. This restaurant is exception. · without exception 无一例外 eg. 所有的学生无一例外都准时到了。 Without exception, every student arrived on time. · with the exception of 除了 = except eg. 除了Tom，所有的孩子都笑了。 Every child laughed with the exception of Tom. 我喜欢他所有的小说，除了他最后一部。 I like all of his novels with the exception of his last. · exceptionally (adv.) 特别地，格外地 = extremely = very = extraordinarily = deeply = really = greatly = highly eg. I am exceptionally interested in this programme. Her eyes are exceptionally big. · temporarily (adv.) 临时的，暂时的 反：permanently 永久地 · locate (v.) 定位 反：dislocate (v.) (1) 使（骨头）脱位 eg. 我打篮球的时候，肩膀脱臼了。 When I played basketball, I dislocated my shoulder. (2) 扰乱，干扰（计划等） eg. 航班被大雾干扰了。 Flights were dislocated by the heavy fog. 通讯被大风干扰了。 Communications were dislocated because of the strong wind. 3、It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities （when something does go wrong.时间状语从句） The truth is （that when mistakes occur,同位语从句/时间状语从句） they are more likely to be ours than theirs. 因此，一旦铁路上真出了问题，人们便不加思索地责备铁路当局。事实上，差错很可能是我们自己，而不是铁路当局的。 · too…to… 太…以致于不能… （否定） · 当出现all too, but too, only too, quite too的时候，后面跟动词不定式，没有否定意思。 · authority (n.) 权威 authoritties (n.) 当局（复数） · go (系动词) 变得 + adj. (贬义) = become + adj.(藵/贬) 4、（After consulting my railway timetable,） I noted with satisfaction （that there was an express train to Westhaven.宾语从句） It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted a mere hour and seventeen minutes. 我查看了列车时刻表，满意地了解到有一趟去威斯特海温的快车。这是趟直达车，旅途总共才需1小时17分钟。 · consult (v.) (1) 咨询（下级问上级） eg. consult the doctor/teacher (2) 查字典（工具书） eg. consult the dictionary/reference book = look up in the dictionary/reference book · note (n.) 笔记 (v.) 注意 = notice 5、（When I boarded the train,时间状语从句） I could not help noticing （that a great many local people got on as well.宾语从句） At the time, this did not strike me as odd. I reflected （that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service.宾语从句/定语从句） 上车后，我不禁注意到许多当地人也上了车。一开始，我并不感到奇怪，我想除我之外，想利用快车之便的也一定大有人在。 · can’t help doing sth. 忍不住做某事 · strike sb. as + adj. 给某人留下…印象，让某人感觉… eg. The picture struck me as funny. · reflect (v.) 想到，反射 · reflect on = think carefully 仔细地想 eg. 我需要时间思考你的建议。 I need time to reflect on your opinion. 树被映在窗户上。Trees are relected on the windows. · take (full) advantage of (充分)利用 6、Neither was I surprised （when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line.时间状语从句） 火车开出几英里即在一个小站威德里停了下来。对此，我不觉得奇怪。 · 否定词Neither置于句首，句子倒装 7、Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But （when the train dawdled at station after station,时间状语从句） I began to wonder. 因为即便是特别快车也可能被信号拦住。但是，当火车一站接着一站往前蠕动时，我便产生了怀疑。 · mighty (adj.) 强大的，有力的 eg. a mighty country/army 强大的国家/军队 mighty bond 强力胶 · hold up 阻碍，延误 eg. 我的申请被这次罢工延误了。 My application was held up because of the strike. · dawdle (v.) 磨蹭时间 eg. 别磨蹭了，快点，我们要晚了。 Don’t dawdle,and hurry up , we will be late! 他总是磨洋工。 He is always dawdling. 8、It suddenly dawned on me （that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour,） but barely chugging along at thirty. 我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速90英里的速度呼啸前进，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，时速仅30英里。 · dawn (n.) 黎明，破晓 · It dawns on sb. that + 主语从句： 某人意识到 = realize = It occurs to sb. that 某人突然想到 eg. 我开始意识到我处于危险中。 It dawned on me that I was in danger. · 象声词：roar (v.)咆哮声, chug (v.) （发动机）突突声 9、One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a passenger （if this was the Westhaven Express,宾语从句） but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a complaint （as soon as we arrived. 时间状语从句） 1小时17分过去了，走了还不到一半路程。我问一位乘客，这是不是开往威斯特海温的那趟快车，他说从未听说过有这么一趟快车。我决定到目的地就给铁路部门提意见。 · lodge sth. with sb. against sb. 向…提出 eg. 他向警方告邻居的状。 He lodged a complaint with the policeman against the neighbor. · lodge a complaint 投诉 10、Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven. （When he denied the train's existence,时间状语从句） I borrowed his copy of the timetable. There was a note of triumph in my voice （when I told him that it was there in black and white. 时间状语从句/宾语从句） 两小时后，我气呼呼地同威斯特海温站站长说起此事。他说根本没有这趟车。于是我借他本人的列车时刻表，我带着一种胜利者的调子告诉他那趟车白纸黑字，明明白白印在时刻表上。 · deny (v.) 否认 反：admit (v.) 承认 · There is a note of … 语调，口气 eg. 在他的演讲中有一种自满的口气。 There is a note of self-satisfaction in his speech. · in black and white 白纸黑字 11、Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: ‘This service has been suspended.' 他迅速地扫视了一眼，让我再看一遍。一个小小的星形符号把我的目光引到了那页底部一个说明上。上面写着：“此趟列车暂停运行。” · asterisk (n.) 星号（v.） 打星号 · conduct (v.) （1） 引导 = lead · conduct A to B eg. 服务员把我带到了餐桌边。 The waitress conducted me to the table. （2） 传导（热，电） eg. 水能导电。 eg. Water can conduct electricity. Supplementary exercises: · He reached the station exhausted, only that the train had just left. A. to have learnt B. to learn C. learn D. to have been learning 解析：正确答案 B 他筋疲力尽地赶到火车站，发现火车已经开走了。 不定式常用做目的状语，但only to do 常做结果状语，表示意外的结果。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$