新概念英语第二册Lesson21一23词汇
1.新概念英语第二册Lesson21词汇
1.drive
(1)vt.，vi. 驾驶，驾车：
You must have been driving at seventy miles an hour.
你刚才一定是以每小时70英里的速度开车。
Mary drives(her car) very slowly.
玛丽开车开得很慢。
(2)vt. 赶，驱赶，围赶(猎物、敌人等)：
With the help of two dogs, he drove the sheep down the mountain.
在两只牧羊犬的帮助下，他把羊从山上赶了下来。
(3)vt. 逼迫，迫使：
Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.
飞机正在慢慢地把我逼疯。
The death of all her children has driven her mad.
她所有的孩子的去世把她逼疯了。
2.home与house
home 一般译为“家”、“家庭”，着重指所居住的人，常有爱、温暖、舒适、安全等隐含意义。house通常译为“房子”、“房屋”、“住宅”，指的是建筑物。试体会它们的区别：
They live in a large house.
他们住在一所大房子里。(不可用home)
My father is at home now.
我父亲现在在家。(不可用 house/at house)
Tom must be somewhere in the house.
汤姆肯定在这屋子里的某个地方。(不可用home)
I have a sweet home.
我有一个甜蜜的家庭。(不可用house)
2.新概念英语第二册Lesson22词汇
1.dream
(1)vt. 做梦，梦见：
I dreamt/dreamed I was in Scotland. 我梦见我在苏格兰。
(2)vt. 做梦，梦见(与of，about连用)：
I often dream of/about you.
我经常梦见你。
I dreamt of a large empty room.
我梦见一个很大的空房间。
(3)n.梦;梦想，幻想。
I dreamt/had an interesting dream last night.
昨晚我做了一个有趣的梦。
Have you heard of the American Dream?
你听说过美国之梦吗?
2.throw vt.
(1)投，扔，抛：
Don't throw stones at the dog.
别向那狗扔石头。
Throw the ball to Tom.
把球扔给汤姆。
Shall I throw this old newspaper away?
我把这旧报纸扔掉好吗?
(2)把……对准目标;向……作出举动：
George was very happy today. Julie had thrown a smile at him in the morning.
乔治今天很开心。早上朱莉朝他微笑了一下。
The boss threw him an angry look.
老板恼怒地看了他一眼。
3.新概念英语第二册Lesson23词汇
1.complete
(1)vt. 完成，结束：
The house was completed five months ago.
这栋房子是5个月以前竣工的。
Work on the new school will be completed next year.
新学校明年能竣工。
(2)adj. 完整的，全部的：
Do you know the complete story?
你知道整个故事吗?
This is a complete family.
这是个父母双全的家庭。
(3)adj. 十足的，彻底的，绝对的：
There is complete silence in the room.
房间里一点儿声音也没有。
That was a complete surprise.
那完全是件意外的事。
2.strange adj.
(1)外地的，异乡的：
Living in a strange land is not always a pleasant thing.
客居他乡并不总是一件令人愉快的事。
(2)陌生的，生疏的：
That morning, he saw a strange face in the classroom.
那天早上，他在教室里看到了一张陌生的面孔。
This city is quite strange to me.
我对这座城市很不熟悉。
(3)不平常的，奇特的，奇怪的，古怪的：
The house looks strange to some people.
这房子在有些人看来很古怪。
A strange thing happened this afternoon.
这天下午发生了一件奇怪的事。
