新概念英语第三册Lesson40一43课文注释
1.新概念英语第三册Lesson40课文注释
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1 It has never been explained why...,在这个句子中真正的主语是以why引导的主语从句。
2 specialize in,专门从事。
3 inviting ... fire,是动名词短语,此处作主语,put out作“扑灭”、“熄灭”讲。
4 dress up as,装扮成。
5 they were not to take him seriously,(他们)不要把他当回事。
take此处作“对待”、“接受”讲,多指对人、对事物的态度和反应。
6 grateful to the student for this piece of advance information,对这个学生事先通报情况表示感谢。be grateful to sb. for sth.,对某人因某事表示感谢。
7 as he pleased,是方式状语从句,后面省略了to do,可译作“随他的便”。
8 be under arrest,被逮捕,拘禁。
9 Only when…did he realize that...。在这句话中,only加上状语从句放在句首,因此主句的主谓语要用倒装的句式。
2.新概念英语第三册Lesson41课文注释
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1 city born and city bred,城里生城里长。
这是由“名词+过去分词”构成的合成形容词,此处作原因状语。
2 go into raptures,变得欣喜若狂起来。
at the mere mention of,一提到。
3 be under an illusion,作“有…的错觉”讲,that引起的是同位语从句。
4 beyond me,我所无法理解的。
5 do without...,没有…也行。
6 draw to a close,结束,告终。
7 you never have to make do with second best,你从来不必用二等品来凑合。
make do with...;奏合着用……。
3.新概念英语第三册Lesson42课文注释
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1 as it has come to be known,正如已逐渐为人所了解的那样,此处作插入语。
2 it is the desire…or the chance…that…
这是强调句式,被强调的部分是句子的主语the desire…or the chance…
3 rig up,装配,搭起。
4 Grenoble,格里诺布尔,是法国东南部伊泽尔河上的一座大城镇,尤以它的大学而著称。
5 The cave might never have been discovered had not the entrance been spotted by...如果不是...偶然发现这个洞口的话,这个洞也许永远不会为人所知。这是表示与过去事实不相符的虚拟语气结构,句中的非真实条件句had not the entrance been spotted by...由于省略了if,因此要用倒装句式。
6 edge one's way,此处作"侧身徐徐向前移动"讲。
7 which they found was caused…of the cave.
which was caused...of the cave是定语从句,修饰sound; they found此处作插入语。shooting down…of the cave是现在分词短语作定语,修饰waterspout。
4.新概念英语第三册Lesson43课文注释
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1 in the event of,作“倘若”、“万一”、“如果发生”讲。
2 the bigger the risk an insurance company takes, the higher the premium you will have to pay保险公司承担的风险越大,你付的保险费就越高。这里又是一个“the+形容词比较级,the+形容词比较级”的例子.汉语可译成"越...越..."
3 make a claim for... 作“要求得到……”讲。
4 put into operation,使…运转。
5 for one agonizing moment,在令人忐忑不安的瞬间。
6 set up,激起。