新概念英語3 Lesson 30 The death of a ghost

1、Lesson 30 The death of a ghostLets see some pictures about farms!There are some horrible pictures!Would you like to see?New Words and Expressions labourer n.勞動(dòng)者(也做laborer) overnight ad.一夜期間 hay n.干草 corn n.谷物 moonlight n.月光 conscientiousa.認(rèn)真的 suspect v.懷疑 desert v.(軍隊(duì)中)開小差 regiment n.(軍隊(duì))團(tuán) action n.

2、戰(zhàn)斗 recluse n.隱士Lesson 30 The death of a ghost For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story. Farm la

3、bourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight. 相當(dāng)于“whenever”，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句be ready to doNotes on the Text labourer n.勞動(dòng)者（勞工） 強(qiáng)調(diào)使用體力, 而不是技能, 在戶外工作。 workman n.技工, 工匠 具有某種工藝技能的半熟練工人 worker n.工人（泛指） 具有更高水平的工人 white-collar worker 白領(lǐng)職員(指非體力勞動(dòng)者) blue-collar worker 藍(lán)領(lǐng)工人(指體力勞動(dòng)者)

4、a factory worker 工廠工人 / farm worker 雇農(nóng), 農(nóng)業(yè)工人 farmhand（n.農(nóng)業(yè)工人, 農(nóng)場工人）= farm labourers = farm worker Notes on the Text overnight adv.在晚上；在夜里；突然；很快 adj.一整夜的；晚上的；突然的；很快的 e.g: The weather remained calm overnight. e.g: Hes realistic enough to know hes not going to succeed overnight. e.g: Almost overnight,

5、she had aged ten years and become fat.Notes on the Text haunt vt.時(shí)?？M繞心頭，常到（某地）； 以鬼魂形式出現(xiàn)； vi.尤指鬼魂重回或常去 n.方鬼或其它超自然物體； 常去的地方 e.g: The decision to leave her children now haunts her. He haunted this cinema. phantom和ghost 詞譯成中文可以一個(gè)意思 只不過Ghost常見于形容比較可怕 恐怖時(shí)，Phantom則是比較神秘，虛幻的感學(xué)。就像中文的鬼和魍魎Notes on the Text emp

6、loy 和 hire hire是短期雇傭 employ是長期，正式雇傭 兩者均可表示“雇用”，但有區(qū)別： 1. hire 為非正式用詞，主要強(qiáng)調(diào)受雇者為工錢而被雇用。 e.g: He hired a dozen men to do the work. 2. employ 指正式雇用，工作相對穩(wěn)定，有固定薪水，還可能晉升職務(wù)等。 e.g: We employed five waiters. Notes on the Text possess 和 own possess占有(物理上擁有)，也指通過努力獲得的有，即一種客觀的擁有，只是指目前屬于某人,并沒有講清是如何得到的 e.g: He alone

7、 is poor who does not possess knowledge . 沒有知識(shí)才是貧窮 own擁有(所有權(quán))，則是先天就擁有的，基本上是與生俱來的，比如天賦，性格等等，主觀意識(shí)比較強(qiáng)的，而且own含有“對.合法占有” e.g: He likes do something in his own wayLesson 30 The death of a ghost Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned. A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a fi

8、gure cutting corn in the moonlight. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.遲早; 最后;及時(shí); 經(jīng)過一段時(shí)間之后Notes on the Text hay n.干草 Make hay while the sun shines. 曬草要趁太陽好。 Corn n.谷物 - Corn n.英谷物, 五谷, 小麥 美、加、澳玉米 蘇、愛燕麥 Notes on the

9、 Text moonlight n.月光 ray of moonlight/moonbeam 一道月光 a walk by moonlight / in the moonlight 月下漫步 a new moon 新月 a crescent moon 彎月，弦月 a full moon 滿月Notes on the Text conscientious adj.認(rèn)真的，憑良心的, 謹(jǐn)慎的 a conscientious teacher / a conscientious worker conscious adj.有意識(shí)的, 神志清醒的 e.g: He is hurt but still con

10、scious. 他受了傷, 不過神志還清醒。 adj.了解的, 察覺的 be conscious of sth 意識(shí)到. e.g: She was not conscious of his presence in the room. e.g: I was conscious of her presence. conscience n. 良心，道德心 e.g: have a clear /guilty conscience 問心無愧/問心有愧Notes on the Text claimed to do聲稱（要做的） e.g: Seamen claimed to have seen monste

11、rs. stay up 不睡覺, 留在原地，原地不動(dòng) = sit up 坐起, 端坐, 熬夜 Wait up for 等候著不睡 e.g: Dont wait up for me; Ill be home very late. burn the midnight oil 開夜車 e.g: I have to burn the midnight oil to tonight to complete work.Lesson 30 The death of a ghost No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm wh

12、o had never been seen. This was indeed the case. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died. Everyone went to the funeral, for the ghost was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man. After the funeral, Joe and

13、Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.For(= as)引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句, 對主句補(bǔ)充說明。Notes on the Text Suspect v.懷疑 Suspect vt.懷疑, 猜疑, 疑心 e.g: I suspected her motives. suspect sb to be 懷疑某人. e.g: I suspect him to be a spy. suspect sb of doing/n 懷疑某人做. e.g: I suspect him of stealing the car. sus

14、pect sb. of a crime 懷疑某人犯罪 suspect that. e.g: I suspect that his girlfriend hide her true feelings.Notes on the Text suspicion n.猜疑, 懷疑 suspicious adj.可疑的, 引起懷疑的 e.g: Cats are suspicious of human beings. doubt vt.懷疑, 不信, 拿不準(zhǔn)（用 that, 往往表示非常懷疑） e.g: I doubt the truth of it. 我懷疑它的真實(shí)性。 e.g: I doubt that

15、 he will come. 我看他不見得會(huì)來。 doubt+if/whether 是否會(huì)怎樣 e.g: I doubt whether if he is at home. doubtful adj.懷疑的；不信任的 e.g: It is doubtful that he will come. suspect表示一種肯定的語義, doubt 表示一種否定的語義 e.g: I suspect him to know everything about that. e.g: Do you doubt what I say?Notes on the Text Be astonished = be su

16、rprised 類似的詞：amaze, astound, dumbfounded be astonished to do sth（可代替do的詞：see, learn, hear, find, know, discover） e.g: I am not surprised to see he is still as fat as before.Notes on the Text none other than = no other than 不是別的, 正是. （強(qiáng)調(diào)人） e.g: The man who spoke to her was none other than her husband

17、. 和她說話的不是別人正是她丈夫。 e.g: It was no other than my old friend. nothing else than 只不過, 僅僅（強(qiáng)調(diào)事物） e.g: His failure was due to nothing else than his own careless. 他的失敗不因?yàn)槠渌? 僅僅因?yàn)樗拇中?。Notes on the Text a + 序數(shù)詞表示又一個(gè)，the + 序數(shù)詞表示第. be supposed = be thought e.g: He was supposed to have died twenty years ago. b

18、e supposed to 的用法 1： be supposed to. 其中to是動(dòng)詞不定式符號，不是介詞，其后要跟動(dòng)詞原形。 當(dāng)be supposed to. 的主語是“人” 時(shí)，意為“應(yīng)該 ”；“被期望”，它可以用來表示勸告、建議、義務(wù)、責(zé)任等，相當(dāng)于情態(tài)動(dòng)詞should。 e.g：Everyone is supposed to wear a seat-belt in the car. Notes on the Text 2: 當(dāng)be supposed to. 的主語是“物”時(shí)，它表示“本應(yīng)；本該”，用于表示“某事本應(yīng)該發(fā)生而沒有發(fā)生”。 e.g：The train was suppos

19、ed to arrive half an hour ago. 3： be supposed to后面接“have + 過去分詞”時(shí)，表示“本應(yīng)該做某事而沒做”。 e.g：You are supposed to have handed in your homework by now. 4： be supposed to. 的否定結(jié)構(gòu)為be not supposed to.,它常用于口語中，意為“不被許可；不應(yīng)當(dāng)”。 e.g：You are not supposed to smoke on the bus. Notes on the Text keep secret 保密 （= keep sth

20、to oneself） reveal secret 揭露秘密（= make known） e.g: The press reveal the scandal. e.g: He kept secret for a long time. = He kept it to himself for a long time.Lesson 30 The death of a ghost Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers. He had been obliged to join t

21、he army during the Second World War. As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment. When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his father hid him until the end of the war. Much用來加強(qiáng)語氣Notes on the Text desert v.（軍隊(duì)中）開小差 The soldier deserted his army. 這個(gè)士兵開小差。 v

22、t.vi.遺棄, 拋棄, 舍棄（= abandon vt.放棄, 遺棄） (違背法律、道義、責(zé)任、信仰) e.g: desert the army, desert school, desert his duty, desert his family abandon vt.拋棄, 舍棄, 離棄 （被迫放棄所喜愛的或所負(fù)責(zé)的東西） e.g: He had to abandon his favorite research because of the war. e.g: He abandoned his wife and went away with all their money.Notes on

23、 the Text forsake vt.(-sook, -saken ) 舍棄, 放棄, 背棄, 和.脫離關(guān)系 e.g: He has forsaken his wife and children. 他遺棄了他的妻子和孩子。 革除(舊風(fēng)習(xí)等), 拋棄(壞習(xí)慣) e.g: You must forsake your bad habits. 你必須革除你的壞習(xí)慣。 discard vt.放棄, 丟棄, 拋棄（= give up as useless） e.g: Everyday we discard a large amount of rubbish.Notes on the Text regi

24、ment n.（軍隊(duì)）團(tuán) army 軍 division 師 brigade旅 battalion btlin 營 company 連 platoon pltu:n 排 squad skwd班Notes on the Text be obliged to do = be force to do 被迫做某事 e.g: They were obliged to sell their house in order to pay their debts feel obliged to do 有義務(wù)做某事 e.g: I felt obliged to leave after such an unplea

25、sant quarrel. be obliged to do 的那個(gè) do, 如果變成了sb. 意思就變了，be obliged to sb. 意思變成了感謝某人。 e.g: Im much obliged to you for helping us. Notes on the Text be obliged to do和feel obliged to do 意思一樣，指 “不得不，只能，必須，有義務(wù)去做某件事?！钡窃谟玫臅r(shí)候，有細(xì)微差別。 be obliged to do 更強(qiáng)調(diào)后面跟的具體事件； 而feel obliged to do 則略帶有主觀色彩，側(cè)重前面接的那個(gè)人的感受，那個(gè)人（

26、 比如I , you ）覺得有義務(wù)做某事，感到有必要做某事。Notes on the Text duty n.指道義上的責(zé)任，強(qiáng)調(diào)自覺性，作可數(shù)名詞時(shí)指本職工作的任務(wù)。 e.g: His duty is to see that the business runs well. obligation n.指合同或法律上規(guī)定的責(zé)任，義務(wù)，強(qiáng)調(diào)其約束力。 e.g: Parents have a legal obligation to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education suitable to their age. responsibility n.職責(zé)，強(qiáng)調(diào)對后果要負(fù)責(zé)任的意思。 e.g: His father is ill, and he has the responsibility of caring for him.Lesson 30 The death of a ghost Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well. His father told everybody that Eric had bee