新概念英语第三册Lesson11一15课文注释
1.新概念英语第三册Lesson11课文注释
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 the Green Channel,绿色通道,指海关专供没有携带征税物品进关的旅客所走的通道。
2 hidden in his suitcase是过去分词短语作定语,修饰watches,它相当于一个定语从句:which were hidden in his suitcase.
3 looking me in the eye,直盯着我的眼睛,这是分词短语作状语,表示方式,修饰 asked。
4 The officer went through,这里go through作“检查”讲。
5 in a dreadful mess (或 in a mess),乱七八糟,混乱透了。
6 I saw the Officer's face light up.我看到那位官员的脸上露出了得意的神色。
7 You should have declared that.你早该申报了。“should +不定式的完成式”表示本该做而未做之事。
8 be exempt from 作“免除”、“豁免”解。
2.新概念英语第三册Lesson12课文注释
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 imagine…to be…,作“想像……是……”,“设想……是……”讲。不定式to be引起的短语作宾语补足语。
2 quite the opposite,完全相反,截然不同。
3 starve to death,饿死。
4 …wished they had stayed there longer.
……还真希望在那里多呆些日子。wish引起的宾语从句常用虚拟语气。
5 as one of them put it,正如其中一位所说的。
3.新概念英语第三册Lesson13课文注释
1 would be going, 是过去将来进行时,用来表示过去预计将要发生的动作。
2 fancy-dress party化装舞会。
3 dress up as, 化装成……。
4 try it on, it指costume, try on是“试穿”、“试戴”。
5 just as…, 正当……的时候。
6 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. 她曾告诉过他,如果她没去开门,他可直接进来,把面包放在厨房的桌子上。if ever在条件句中表示强调,可译作“任何时候”。to come straight in指“直接进来”。
7 Not wanting to frighten the poor man, 不想去吓唬这个可怜的人。这是现在分词短语的否定形式,作目的状语。
4.新概念英语第三册Lesson14课文注释
1 in return for…,作“作为……的报答”讲。
2 out of business, 倒闭,破产。
3 as long ago as, 作“追溯到”、“早在”讲。注意要与as long as分开,后面这个短语作“只要”或“长达……之久”讲。
4 people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters,人们情愿支付一大笔钱,也不愿自己毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。
5 made a name for himself, 出名了。
6 be at war with…, 与……处于战争状态。
7 in times of peace, 在和平时期。
8 a sort of hero, 某种英雄。sort of作“可以说是一种”讲。
5.新概念英语第三册Lesson15课文注释
1 with some children, 介词with此处作“对于”讲。
2 go a long way, 可以维持很久。
3 If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, 如果50便士的分币没有用来换糖果的话。exchange…for…作“以……换……”讲,注意英语中的便士有两种复数形式pence和pennies, 但用法不同。如:a fifty pence是指1个50便士的硬币,而fifty pennies是指50个1便士的硬币。
4 have found their way there, 其中there是指储蓄罐。find one's way在这里作“进入”讲,即放到“储蓄罐”里。
5 what is more, 更有甚者。是固定词组,此处用作插入语。