新概念第二册课文翻译及知识点【Lesson16、17、18】
Lesson16
【课文】
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
What was the polite request?
If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car: 'sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a "No Parking" area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our street signs. This note is only a reminder.' If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!
【课文翻译】
一旦你把汽车停错了地方,交通警很快就会发现。如果他没给你罚单就放你走了,算你走运。然而,情况并不都是这样,交通警有时也很客气。有一次在瑞典度假, 我发现我的车上有这样一个字条:“先生,欢迎您光临我们的城市。此处是‘禁止停车’区。如果您对我们街上的标牌稍加注意,您在此会过得很愉快的。谨此提请 注意。”如果你收到这样的恳求,你是不会不遵照执行的!
【生词和短语】
park v 停放(汽车)
traffic n. 交通
ticket n. 交通违规罚款单
note n. 便条
area n. 地段
sign n. 指示牌
reminder n. 提示
fail v. 无视,忘记
obey v. 服从
【知识点讲解】
1 park [动词]停放,停车
park作动词表示停车,例如:
Excuse me, can we park the car here?
请问这里能停车吗?
对于park这个词大家应该都很熟悉了,作名词时可表示公园,庭园,复合词parkland是指有草丛的开阔草地,parkway是指林荫大道。
2 You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket.
如果他没开你罚单就让你走,算你幸运。
这个句子里,let (someone) go是“放开”的意思。
短语扩展:let sb go可表示释放;解雇;松开
let go (of sb/sth) 放开;松手
let it go (at that):不再多说或多做;就到此为止;就那样吧
3 traffic police,即交通警察,police是集合名词,是指警察这一群体,所以后面的谓语动词用复数形式。
集合名词是指一群相似也相关的个体结合而成的集合体的名称。同类型的词如family,家庭成员;staff,全体员工等。
4 note [名词]便条,短信
例句:He left a note on my desk.
他在我桌上留了张字条。
note作名词可表示很多意思,比如笔记、摘记;注释;纸币等。
note还可以作动词,表示注意,观察,也可表示记录,一般为词组note sth. down。
例句:He noted that she was smiling when hearing this news.
他注意到她听到这个消息时笑了。
5 fail 课文里表示忘记,忽视,一般搭配为fail to do sth.
例句:Jerry never fails to write a letter to his mother every month.
杰里从不会忘记每个月给他妈妈寄一封信。
fail也可表示失败,不及格。
例句:Mary failed in the driving test.
玛丽没通过驾照考试。
6 If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!
这是一个if引导的真实条件状语从句。
凡是假设的情况发生性可能很大,就是真实条件句。
例句:If I have time, I will go to Tibet.
如果我有时间,我就会去西藏。
当假设是不大可能实现时,就是虚拟条件句。
例句:If I were you , I would have attended the party.
如果我是你的话,就去参加派对了。(但事实上,“我”不可能是“你”,所以假设不可能。)
Lesson17
【课文】
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
Why doesn't Aunt Jennifer tell anyone how old she is?
My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'
【课文翻译】
我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员,她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此,她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次,她将扮演一个17岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时,她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪,她总是回答:“亲爱的,长成大人真可怕啊!”
【生词和短语】
appear v. 登场,扮演
stage n. 舞台
bright adj. 艳丽的
stocking n. (女用)长筒袜
sock n. 短袜
【知识点讲解】
1 in spite of 虽然,尽管
该短语用作介词,后面一般接名词(短语)或动名词,它与despite意义相同,但程度比despite深。
例句:They finally got to the railway station on time in spite of the bad weather.
尽管天气恶劣,他们最后还是准时到达了火车站。
2 appear [动词]出现;呈现;露面
例句:When the music came on, the host appeared.
当音乐声响起时,主持人露面了。
另外,appear还可表示显得,似乎,好像。
例句:It appears that he has confused me with someone else.
他似乎认错人了,把我当成了别人。
短语扩展:it appears /appeared as if /as though......
3 take part in 参加,参与
take part in, join, join in三者的区别
这几个短语或词语是我们常见的表示“参加”的词,他们的区别如下:
take part in 参加群众性活动、会议等并在其中起积极作用
例句:Paul often takes part in volunteer work.
保罗经常参加志愿者工作。
join 及物动词,加入(某群体、组织参军);和...一起做同样的事;和...作伴
例句:Jerry joined the army two months ago.
杰里两个月前参军了。
join in 参加(某些活动)
例句:Can I join in this game?
这场游戏我能加入吗?
4 in a bright red dress 穿一身鲜红色的裙子
这个短语里,介词in表示“穿着‘。形容词bright既可指(光线)明亮的;发亮的;(天气)晴朗的,也可指(颜色)鲜亮的,鲜明的。而指颜色深沉的则可用形容词dark。
例句:Vera likes bright red, while Annie likes dark blue.
薇拉喜欢鲜红色,而安妮喜欢深蓝色。
5 She must be at least thirty-five years old.
这个句子里must be表推测,译为“一定”“肯定”。
例句:You must be drinking a lot.
你肯定喝了很多酒。
当然,must be有时也不一定表示推测,而是表示“必须”。
例句:Everybody must be here when the teacher comes in.
老师进来时每个人必须都在。