新概念英语第三册esson 43 Fully insured课堂笔记讲义

Lesson 43 Fully insured 全保险 1、Insurance companies are normally willing to insure anything. Insuring public or private property is a standard practice in most countries in the world. 保险公司一般说来愿意承保一切东西。承办公共财产或私人财产保险是世界上大部分国家的正常业务。 · insurance (n.)保险，保险金 eg. travel/car/health/life insurance 旅行/汽车/健康/人寿险 · insurance + against 防…险 · insurance premium 保险费 · insure(v.) 给…上保险 · be willing to do sth. 愿意做某事 反：be unwilling to do sth. = be reluctant to do sth. 2、（If, however, you were holding an open air garden party or a fete条件状语从句：非真实条件句——虚拟语气）it would be equally possible to insure yourself in the event of bad weather. Needless to say, the bigger the risk（an insurance company takes定语从句）, the higher the premium（you will have to pay定语从句）. 如果你要举办一次露天游园会或盛宴，为避免碰上不好的天气而遭受损失也同样可以保险，不用说，保险公司承担风险越大，你付的保险费也就越高。 · hold a party/meeting 举办派对/举行会议 · fete (n.) 义卖会，游乐会（室外） · in the event of sth. 倘若，万一 = in the case of eg. in the event of an accident 万一发生事故 · Needless to say 无需多说，勿庸置疑 · risk (v.) 冒险 = take the risk(n.) 3、It is not uncommon to hear （that a shipping company has made a claim for cost of salvaging a sunken ship.主语从句） But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique. 航运公司为打捞沉船而提出索赔，这是常有的事，但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜的事儿。 · claim (1)(v.) 声称 = say eg. 战后，交战双方都声称赢了。 Both of the fighters claimed victory after the battle. (2) (v./n.) 索赔，索要（钱、财物） eg. 你索要保险金了吗？ Did you claim the insurance? · the cost of 花费，耗资 4、Admittedly it was an unusual pie dish,(for it was eighteen feet long and six feet wide.原因状语从句) It had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair. 这个馅饼盘子确实少见，有18英尺长，6英尺宽。某地方当局买下它用来焙制一个巨大的馅饼为一年一度交易会助兴。 · admit (v.) 承认 eg. 他承认偷了钱。 He admitted stealing the money. · admittedly (adv.) 不得不承认 eg. 不可否认，我没通过这次考试，但是我之前很努力。 Admittedly, I didn’t pass this exam, but I had been hardworking before. · purchase (v.) 购买 (formal) = buy · so that 为了（引导目的状语从句） = in order that · annual 年度的，每年的（adj.） eg. annual report 年度报告 annual meeting 年会 annual holiday 年假 · biannual (adj.) 一年两度的 5、The pie committee decided （that the best way to transport the dish would be by canal,宾语从句） so they insured it for the trip. Shortly after it was launched, the pie committee went to a local inn to celebrate. 馅饼委员会确认运输这只盘子的最佳方案是通过运河水运。于是，他们对这只盘子的运输安全投了保。盘子下水后不久，馅饼委员会成员们来到当地一家小酒店庆贺。 · by canal 用运河 by rail 用轨道交通 · launch (v.) 把…送上轨道 eg. launch a satellite 发射卫星 launch a missile 发射导弹 launch a torpedo 发射鱼雷 launch a ship 使船下水 6、At the same time, a number of teenagers climbed on to the dish and held a little party of their own. Dancing proved to be more than the dish could bear, （for during the party it capsized and sank in seven feet of water.） 就在这个时候，许多十几岁的孩子爬盘子举行他们自己的集会。他们跳起了舞，盘子难以承受。舞会进行过程中，盘子倾覆，沉入了7英尺深的水中。 · at the same time 同时 = meanwhile = in the mean time · a number of 一些 + （复数名词）+ （复数谓语动词） （a great/large/huge/small number of 大量的/少量的） the number of …的数量 + （复数名词）+ （单数谓语动词） · capsize (v.) 翻船 eg. 大海波浪汹涌，船翻了。 The sea was rough and the ship capsized. 7、The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner （who arrived in a recovery truck to salvage the pie dish.） Shivering in their wet clothes, the teenagers looked on （while three men dived repeatedly into the water to locate the dish.时间状语从句） 馅饼委员会给当地汽车修理库老板打电话，他闻讯后开着一辆急修车前来打捞盘子。那些孩子们穿着湿衣服哆嗦，看着3个工人轮潜入水中以确定盘子的位置。 · shiver (v./n.) 发抖（因寒冷或惊恐） eg. 他们穿着单薄的衣服发抖，祈祷公交车快点来。 They shivered in their thin coats, praying that the bus would come soon. · look on 旁观 8、They had little difficulty in finding it, but hauling it out of the water proved to be a serious problem. The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it. 他们没费多大事儿就找到了盘子。可是把盘子捞出却是一个很大的难题。盘子四边十分光滑，要在盘边拴上绳索或链条而同时又不损坏它是很难办到的。 · have difficulty/trouble in doing sth. 做某事有麻烦/困难 · draw (v.) （慢慢）拉 eg. draw the curtain 拉窗帘 · haul (v.) （用力）拉 eg. 他帮他们把车拉上了斜坡。 He helped them to haul the car up to the slope. · pull (v.) 拉（万能） · so…that… 如此…以致于（结果状语从句） · hawser (n.) 粗绳索 rope(n.) 绳索 string(n.) 绳子 · rim (n.) 边儿 （v.） 给…镶边 edge(n.) 边儿 （v.） 侧身移动 eg. the edge of the trousers/blackboard/knife/table the rim of the hat/cap/glasses/cup eg. rimless glasses 无框眼镜 9、Eventually chains were fixed to one end of the dish and a powerful winch was put into operation. The dish rose to the surface and was gently drawn towards the canal bank. For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water. 不过，他们终于将链条固定在盘子的一端，一台大功率的绞车开动起来。盘子慢慢浮出水面，被轻轻地拽向运河岸边。在令人忐忑不安的瞬间，盘子晃晃悠悠地上了岸，但它突然失去了平衡，又跌回水中。 · eventually = at last =in the end =finally 最后，终于 · agony (n.) （精神或肉体上的）痛苦 · agonize (v.) 极度忧虑，费尽心思 · agonize about … eg. 对买哪种壁纸，我们伤了几个小时的脑筋。 We agonized for hours about which wallpaper to buy. · perch on sth. （鸟）停留，栖息 eg. 鸟停在了树枝上。 The birds perched on the branch. · be perched on 座落于，位于（转义） eg. 这个村庄位于山顶之上。 The village is perched on the top of the mountain. 10、The men were now obliged to try once more. This time they fixed heavy metal clamps to both sides of the dish so that they could fasten the chains. The dish now had to be lifted vertically （because one edge was resting against the side of the canal.）The winch was again put into operation and one of the men started up the truck. 工人们只得再来一次。这次，他们用沉重的金属夹子把盘子夹住，以便往盘子上安装铁链。这次，盘子必须垂直吊出水面，因为盘子的一边紧靠着运河河岸。绞盘机再次启动，一位工人发动了急修车的引擎。 · be obliged to do sth. 有义务做某事 = have to do sth. · fix A to B 把A固定在B上 · vertically (adv.) 垂直地 · vertical (adj.) 垂直的 eg. vertical line 垂线 11、Several minutes later, the dish was successfully hauled above the surface of the water. Water streamed in torrents over its sides with such force that it set up a huge wave in the canal. There was danger that the wave would rebound off the other side of the bank and send the dish plunging into the water again. By working at tremendous speed, the men managed to get the dish on to dry land before the wave returned. 几分钟后，盘子被成功地拽出了水面。波浪从盘子两侧急涌而出，在运河里掀起一股大浪。但是当波浪从河对岸折回来时，就有再次把盘子拖进水里的危险。工人们动作迅速，终于赶在那股大浪返回之前把盘子拽到了岸上。 · torrent (n.) 急流，湍流 · rebound (v./n.) 弹回 Supplementary exercises: · Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but slightly in the afternoon. A. recovered B. restored C.regained D. retained 解析：正确答案 A 股价上午暴跌，下午略有回升。 A. recover 回升，恢复；(vi.vt.) B. restore 恢复；(vt.) C. regain 恢复；(vt.) D. retain 保持，保留。 12 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$