Lesson 33
生詞和短語
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1. a cuckoo in the nest 這句話在本課課文中的意思就是「鳥窩中的布穀鳥」,但作為固定短語,是指某人長期逗留在一個本不屬於他、也不受歡迎的地方。比喻「破壞他人家庭幸福的人」。
2.He’s also an enthusiastic birdwatcher. 他也是觀鳥愛好者。
enthusiastic「很感興趣的」,用作形容詞,修飾名詞或代詞,即後面跟名詞或代詞。
be enthusiastic to 對……感興趣;對……熱情的
People are enthusiastic to Spring Festival.
人們對春節感興趣。
Girls are enthusiastic to pretty clothes.
女孩熱衷於漂亮衣服。
enthusiastically 熱情地,副詞,修飾動詞、形容詞或副詞。
Everyone watched enthusiastically. 大家都很感興趣地觀看。
3. Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden.
去年春天,花園裡來了兩隻小鳥。
appear 「來到;露面,出現」主語多為人。
A rainbow appeared on the sea.
海上出現了一道彩虹。
Two men suddenly appeared at the door.
兩個男人突然出現在門口。
Johannes appeared a little late.
約翰尼斯來得晚了點。
4. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on.
肯安了一臺網絡攝像機,並讓鄰居上網觀看。
1) install 安裝;設置;給…安裝設備
常跟機器、設備、廚房、浴室等作賓語;在計算機英語中,常跟軟體作賓語。
They had installed a new phoneline.
他們裝了一條新的電話線。
I'm thinking of installing a new kitchen.
我在考慮把廚房重新安裝一下。
You need to install the software before running the program.
你得先安裝此軟體,然後才能運行程序。
2) invite
這裡的用法是invite someone to do something,邀請某人做某事。
A handsome gentleman invited a beautiful girl to dance.
一位英俊的紳士邀請一個漂亮女孩跳舞。
5. Suddenly, she had her chance. 突然,她的機會來了。
have 得到
You can have my ticket.
(你可以得到我的票。即)我可以把我的票給你。
6. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.
兩秒鐘後,3 個蛋旁邊多了一個蛋。
1)in 在(某段時間)之後;用於否定句或first、last等之後, 在(某段時間)內
It will be ready in a week's time (= one week from now) .
只需一周的時間就會準備好。
She learnt to drive in three weeks (=after three weeks she could drive) .
她花三個星期就學會了開車。
I haven't seen him in years.
我有好些年沒見過他了。
It's the first letter I've had in ten days.
這是我十天來收到的第一封信。
2)當序數詞表示「第幾」,強調順序和編號時,前面常用 the。如:
for the first/second time
who is the first one to come to school?
當表示「又(另、再)一」,即在原有的基礎上又多了一個,不強調順序時,常構成a/an +序數詞的用法。如:
He failed a fourth time。再一次失敗。不能說是第四次失敗。
an eighth time 又一次
7. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo.
小鳥急忙給小布穀鳥找食。
1)get 後跟名詞或代詞時,意為 「得到、獲得」=obtain。本文中的意思是
「去取;去帶來」
I came down this morning to get the newspaper.
我今天上午過來取報紙。
I have to go and get my mother from the airport (= pick her up) .
我得去機場接我的母親。
Get a drink for John. (= Get John a drink.)
給約翰拿杯飲料來。
2)baby 嬰兒;動物幼崽
The baby's crying! 嬰兒在哭!
The baby elephant is playing with water. 幼象在戲水。
8. The baby cuckoo picked up the other eggs easily with its back, and pushed them out of the nest.
小布穀鳥用後背輕易地抬起另外3 個蛋,把它們推出了鳥窩。
1) pick up 拿起,拾起,撿起
Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.
裡德利拿起一支鉛筆,不停地在手裡擺弄著。
2) with =by means of 用
Karen unlocked her house with the housekey.
9. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous!
20 天后,小布穀鳥長得非常大了!
enormous 巨大的,指體積、數量或程度遠遠超過一般標準,這是一個相對概念,是和一般的或普通的相比較而言的,也就是說,遠遠大於一般的或普通的。
The rear part of the ant queen is enormous. 蟻王的後部巨大無比。
(螞蟻是很小的,蟻王的後部也不會有多大,只是蟻王的後部遠遠大於普通螞蟻的後部,和普通螞蟻的後部相比,是巨大的。)
10. In a moment, the nest was empty. 一會兒,鳥窩空了。
In a moment 「片刻,立即,馬上,轉瞬」
In a moment he was gone
一轉眼他就不見了。
The job can be done in a moment.
這件工作馬上就能完成。
11. The show was over. 表演結束了
be over =finish 結束, (用於無線通話)完畢
Thank goodness that's over!
謝天謝地,事情總算過去了!
I was glad when it was over.
事情終告了結,我很高興。
Message received. Over.
消息收到。完畢。
Message understood. Over and out .
明白(消息聽懂了)。通話完畢。
12. Ken’s neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course! 當然,現在肯的鄰居都成了觀鳥愛好者了!
本句中,all 修飾主語。這時,all 的位置通常是放在系動詞、助動詞和情態動詞後,實義動詞前。
Paul and his friends are all footbal players.
保羅和他的朋友們都是足球隊員。
The boys all study well. (=All the boys study well.)
孩子們學習都很好。
Viki, Mary and Flora can all balance on a ball.
維基、瑪麗和弗蘿拉都能在球上保持平衡。
但是當be 動詞位於句末時,或 be 動詞是實義動詞時,all 要放在be 動詞前。
They will all be angry. 他們都會生氣的。
Are you reading story books? -- Yes, we all are.
你們在讀故事書嗎?- 對,我們都在讀。