加载中…Lesson 11 ★★Not guilty
Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare.
The green channel 绿色通道
小专题：关于绿色的文化含义
a green winter 暖冬
a green eye 嫉妒的
green with envy 十分嫉妒的
a green wound 未愈合的伤口
a green hand 新手
Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare.
green as grass
幼稚的，毫无经验的
in the green of one’s years
年轻力壮
be ripe in years but green in heart
老当益壮；人老心不老
Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty.
sb be made to do sth 由make sb to do sth转化
Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty.
She made the little boy cry.
=The little boy was made to cry.
I heard him sing.
=He was heard to sing.
The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.
Never trouble by sth.
=play it cool;
=be as cool as cucumber
When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
smuggler
smuggle n. v. 走私
smog 烟雾
smoke
'Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye.
look sb in the eye直视某人
be in the public eye 很受关注.
see eye to eye with sb. 与谁看法一致
'No,' I answered confidently.
'Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please ?'
'Not at all,' I answered.
confidently=with confidence
The Officer went through the case with great care. All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess.
with great care = carefully, 但是更加正式和书面化
delightedly= with delight
smilingly= with a smile
The Officer went through the case with great care. All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess.
proudly= with pride
attentively= with attention
confidently= with confidence
我们轻松地赢得了那场足球比赛。
We won the football match easily=with ease.
I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up.
eye light up / face light up
He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.
pounce on an opportunity
把握机会
'Perfume, eh?' he asked sarcastically. 'You should have declared that.' Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'
sb. Should have done sth. 虚拟语气的一种。
你不应该和他那么亲密，你应该保持距离。(2000/6-CET4)
You shouldn’t have been following him so closely; you should have kept your distance.
'But it isn't perfume,' I said.' It's hair-jel.' Then I added
with a smile,' It's a strange mixture I make myself.' As I
expected, he did not believe me.
'Try it!' I said encouragingly.
The Officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils.
He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth.
=he smelled something unpleasant which convinced him that I was telling the truth.
一个恐怖的景象呈现在他的面前。
She saw a terrible sight.
= A terrible sight greeted her eyes.
He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth.
他听见了音乐声。
He heard the sound of music.
= The sound of music greeted his ears.
A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk-marks on my baggage.
Lesson 12 ★★Life on a desert island
Life on a desert island
desert n.沙漠，这里指代荒凉 v. 放弃=abandon
dessert n. 甜点
Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
现在很多年轻人对西方世界有一种不切实际的想法。
Countless youngsters have formed unrealistic picture of the western world.
Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
小专题：照相
Photography 摄影
我给你拍照：let me get a shot of you.= I will take a picture of you.
别动：Hold that pose. 不能说freeze.
笑一笑：say ‘Cheese’
看镜头：Look in the camera
太做作：That is too pretentious.
这样有点僵硬：That is too rigid.
眨眼睛：Oh, no, I blinked.
还挺上相：You are so photogenic. 【来自基因gene, genesis 】
不上相：The picture does not do your justice.
We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good.
Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
Soon ripe, soon rotten
来的快，去的也快。
成熟的小伙子：a mature lad.
一只成熟的猫：the full-grown / adult cat (身体发育成熟)
一个成熟的公司：the full-fledged company
The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat which never comes.
starve to death
我想死你了！
I’m dying to see you!
Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
An element of… 一点点的，少许的
元素：element
配料：ingredients.
Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
Wish引导虚拟语气：
1.对现在虚拟，从句用过去时态。
2.对过去虚拟，从句用过去完成。
3.对将来虚拟，从句用would/could+动词原形。
Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
真希望我会飞啊！
I wish I could fly!
How I wish I could fly!
要是知道她的电话就好了！
I wish I knew her phone number.
Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
我经常想当时要学英语专业就好了！
I often wish that I had majored in English.
我希望你闭嘴！
I wish you could shut up!
They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and tins of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
Load with 装载
Row 划船 row across
开车开过 drive across
飞越：fly across
There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
The men collected rain-water in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day, and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
Lesson 13★★★It's only me
After her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.
She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband.
她激动得说不出话来。
She was too excited to say anything.
Words failed me here.
Fancy-dress party
Dress up: 穿着正式
She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband.
Dress down=dress casual 穿着随意， casual clothes.
I think we are over dressed. 穿的过分正式了，太花哨了。
She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on.
Intent to 想= be proposed to
dress up as=disguise as
be impatient to do sth急于做某事，迫不及待地
impatient可用如下替换：eager,
anxious,
Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs.
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
小专题：主动形式表达被动概念 ：
（一）不定式或动名词
The music is sweet to hear.
The machine needs repairing.
The dictionary is worth buying.
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
（二）under
The house is under construction.
The puma is still under control.
The problem is under discussion.
The thief is under arrest.
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
（三）“使用”，“浪费”，“不用”
The airport came into use again.
Our time has already gone to waste.
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
（四）“能够被…的”--able
She is a respectable person.
This statue is colorable.
（五）consist of , comprise本身有被动概念，“由…组成”
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
If 和whether 区别
if 一般只引导宾语从句，whether可以引导一切。
Eg. 不能说：If he comes or not makes no difference.
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
2. if or not是错误的。If … or not 可以，whether没有限制
3. if 不用在介词后面
4. if 不用在不定式前面
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining room, there was a knock on the front door.
dining room 餐厅
dining table 餐桌
kitchen table 餐桌
正当他要脱夹克衫，他听到一声巨响。
Just as he was putting off his jacket, a terrible voice was heard.
She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table.
Come straight in 直接进入，不用主人允许
Direct collision 直接冲突
Fly nonstop直飞
Immediate cause 直接原因
Meet sb in person直接会面
Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered.
Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.
The man from the electricity board
The expert from the zoo 动物园的专家
The editors of newspapers and magazines
Spokeswoman for the bank of England 英国银行的发言人
Life at the monastery 修道院的生活
Read the metre.
The thermometer 30.
I can read you.
I am your mind reader.
Can you read music?
= can you understand the staff and the music notes?
She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out cry and jumped back several paces.
Pace和step区别
Step只用walk搭配；
pace强调步幅，可以任意行走方式搭配。
jump several paces
run several paces
move several paces.
keep pace （常与with连用）跟上，与…同步；并驾齐驱
Are wages keeping pace with inflation?
Let out a cry= utter / give a cry
Let out a sigh 叹口气
She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out cry and jumped back several paces.
shout强调有目的的喊
shout to sb
shout at sb
Jump back
take aback
=
be shocked
be astonished
你的要求使我大吃一惊。
Your request took me aback.
每个人都被Kevin的发型吓了一跳。
Everyone was taken aback by Kevin’s hairstyle.
When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.
Slam the door 把门摔上
Slam the brake 急刹车
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