新概念英语第三册 Lesson58 A spot of bother 课堂笔记

Lesson 58 A spot of bother 一点儿小麻烦 · a spot of sth. 少量的某事物 （Bri infml 口语） eg. 你想吃点儿午饭？ Would you like a spot of lunch? eg. 做点儿功课怎么样？ What about doing a spot of homework? · have a spot of bother with sth. 在某事上遇到点儿麻烦 eg. 我考试的时候遇到点儿麻烦。 I had a spot of bother with my examination. 1、The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived. Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home. In the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her sudden discovery that her front door was open. 老妇人回到了她居住的公寓楼，心里很高兴。去商店买东西把她搞得筋疲力尽；在回家的路上，她每走一步，就感到手里的篮子又重了一点。她乘上电梯后，只想着午餐和好好休息一下。但她到自己的楼层走出电梯后，就把这两件事忘了个干净，因为她突然发现她家的大门开着。 · the block of flats 公寓大楼 = apartment building · with every step of the way home 回家的每一步路 （介词短语，作伴随状语） 2、She was thinking that she must reprimand her home help the next morning for such a monstrous piece of negligence, when she remembered that she had gone shopping after the home help had left and she knew that she had turned both keys in their locks, She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet following her regular practice she had shut them before going out. 她心想明天上午一定要好好训斥那个干家务的帮手，她竟如此疏忽大意。但突然记起来了，帮手是在她出去买东西之前走的，她还记得曾用了两把钥匙把大门锁上了。她慢慢地走进前厅，立即发现所有的房门都敞开着，而她记得在出门买东西前，她按老规矩是把房门一一锁上的。 · reprimand sb. for doing sth. 训斥（正式） eg. 军事法庭训斥他疏于职责。 The military court reprimanded him for failing to do his duty. · scold sb. for doing sth. 训斥（对小孩） eg. 别因他在学校的不佳表现责骂他，他已经尽力了。 Don’t scold him for his bad behave at school, he has done his best. · reproach sb. for doing sth. 训斥 eg. 妈妈为弟弟一整天没做作业温和地训斥了他。 Mum gently reproached my brother for not doing his homework the whole day. · monstrous (adj.) 令人震惊的，赅人听闻的 · negligence (n.) 疏忽大意 neglect (v.) 忽略，遗漏（客观） ignore (v.) 忽视，无视（主观） eg. 这起事故是由于他的疏忽大意。 This accident was because of his negligence. 别忽略你父母的生日。 Don’t neglect your parents’ birthdays. Sam对这个问题置之不理。 Sam ignored this problem. 3、Looking into the drawing room, she saw a scene of confusion over by her writing desk. It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence. Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement. 她往起居室里看去，写字台边一片狼籍。事情很清楚，在她外出时，窃贼曾闯进家门。她第一个条件反射是各个房间搜寻一下窃贼，但转念一想，像她这个年纪，最好找个人一起去。于是她到地下室去找看门的人。 · Looking into the drawing room （非谓语动词doing作状语） · confusion （n.）混乱，混淆 · as clear as daylight 像日光一样清晰，明显地，一清二楚地 = clear / obvious / apparent eg. 我已非常清楚地告诉你，我明天离开，而不是后天。 I told you as clear as daylight that I was leaving the next day, not the day after. · burglar (n.) 入室盗贼 · entry (n.) 进入 —— enter (v.) 进入 · absence (n.) 缺席 —— absent (adj.) 缺席的 eg. 由于没有会议室，会议被取消了。 The meeting was cancelled because of the absence of the meeting room. · impulse (n.) 冲动 · sb’s first impulse is to do sth. 某人的第一反应是做某事 · prudent (adj.) 小心的，慎重的 反：imprudent (adj.) 鲁莽的，草率的 eg. a prudent decision 慎重的决定 在签署合同之前仔细阅读是慎重的。 It is prudent to read a contract carefully before signing it. eg. an imprudent investment 一次冒险的投资 4、By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while he telephoned the police. Then, her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porter's assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat. 这时她两腿累得开始发抖，于是坐了下来，喝了一杯浓茶。与此同时，看门的人给警察挂了电话。此刻老妇人也镇定了下来，准备在看门人的协助下搜寻可能仍躲藏在她房里的窃贼。 · composure (n.) 冷静，沉着 · keep/lose/regain one’s composure 保持/失去/恢复冷静 eg. 在困难的形势面前，他显示出了强大的冷静。 He showed great composure in difficult situation. · intruder (n.) 闯入者，侵入者 · lurk (n./v.) 潜伏 5、They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder the police in their search for fingerprints. The chaos was inconceivable. 他俩搜遍这每一个房间，小心翼翼地不接触任何东西，因为他们怕妨碍警察寻找指纹。房间里的紊乱状况是无法想像的。 · go through 通过， 仔细检查 · hinder (v.) 妨碍，阻挠 · hinder sb. from sth./doing sth. 妨碍某人做某事 prevent sb. from sth./doing sth. 阻止某人做某事 · chaos (n.) 混乱，无序 · be in a state of chaos 处于混乱状态 · inconceivable （adj.） 难以想象的，难以置信的 6、She had lived in the flat for thirty years and was a veritable magpie at hoarding; and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been tossed out and turned over and over. 老妇人在这套公寓里住了30年，她又是个名副其实的收藏家。看来她的每一件东西都被翻了出来，并且被里里外外看了遍。 · veritable (adj.) 名副其实的，真正的 · magpie (n.) 喜鹊，收集癖好的人 · hoard sth. up 储藏，积存 · as though 仿佛，好像（虚拟语气） · toss （v.）扔，掷 · turned over and over 翻来覆去，倒腾 7、At least sorting out the things she should have discarded years ago was now being made easier for her. Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat. 这样一来，她倒是容易将那些几年前就该扔掉的东西找出来了。过了一会儿，一位巡官带着一名警察来了。她向他们讲述了发现公寓遭劫的经过。 · sort out 分类，整理 · discard 打出的牌（n.），丢弃（v.） = throw away · ransack (v.) 洗劫 8、The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked that the front door locks had not been forced, thereby proving that the burglars had either used skeleton keys or entered over the balcony. There was no trace of fingerprints, but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers. 巡官开始搜寻指纹，警察经检查发现大门锁头并无撬过的迹象。由此可以证明，窍贼或者是用万能钥匙，或者是翻越阳台进来的。巡官没有发现指纹，却发现了一个装有珠宝的、肮脏的红包袱。老妇人说那不是她的。 · proving that… （现在分词短语，作非限定性定语，修饰that the front door locks had not been forced） · bundle (n.) 包，捆扎物 9、So their entry into this flat was apparently not the burglars' first job that day and they must have been disturbed. The inspector then asked the old lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alone in the flat for a few nights. 很明显，闯进这套公寓的窃贼那天并不是首次作案，而且他一定受了惊吓。巡官请老妇人在次日之前设法查清丢了些什么，并劝她几夜之内不要独自一人在公寓过夜。 · ask sb.(not)to do sth. 叫某人（不要）做某事 advise sb.(not) to do sth. 建议某人（不要）做某事 10、The old lady thought he was a fussy creature, but since the porter agreed with him, she rang up her daughter and asked for her help in what she described as a little spot of bother. 老妇人觉得巡官大惊小怪，但既然看门人也同意他的意见，她只得打电话向女儿求援，说她碰到了一点儿小麻烦。 · fussy (adj.) 大惊小怪的，对小事过分紧张的、神经兮兮的 eg. fussy parents 瞎操心的父母 fussy eater 挑食的人 我们的老师对发音非常挑剔。 Our teacher is very fussy about our pronunciation. · fuss (n.) 大惊小怪 · make a fuss about sth. 对…大惊小怪 eg. Why are you making a fuss about it? 别再大惊小怪了，和同事们友好相处吧。 Don’t make a fuss about your workmates and get on well with them. 9 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$