新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)第65課-Jumbo-versus-the-police7頁(yè)

1、新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)第65課:Jumbo versus the policeLesson 65 Jumbo versus the police小象對(duì)警察First listen and then answer the question.聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。Why did the police have to push Jumbo off the main street?Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children's hospital. Dresse

2、d up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a 'guard of honour' of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought

3、to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic. Though Jimmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move. Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street. The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused. 'Jumbo must weigh a few tons,' s

4、aid a policeman afterwards, 'so it was fortunate that we didn't have to carry him. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.'參考譯文去年圣誕節(jié)，馬戲團(tuán)老板吉米.蓋茨決定送些禮物給兒童醫(yī)院。他打扮成圣誕老人，在由6個(gè)漂亮姑娘組成的“儀仗隊(duì)”的陪同下，騎上一頭名叫江伯的小 象，沿著城里的主要街道出發(fā)了。他本該知道警察絕不會(huì)允許這類事情發(fā)生。一個(gè)警察

5、走過(guò)來(lái)告訴吉米，他應(yīng)該走一條小路，因?yàn)榻醋璧K了交通。雖然吉米同意馬 上就走，但江伯卻拒絕移動(dòng)。15個(gè)警察不得不用很大的力氣把它推離主要街道。警察雖然吃了苦頭，但他們還是感到很有趣。“江伯一定有好幾噸重，”一個(gè)警察 事后這樣說(shuō)，“值得慶幸的是它沒(méi)讓我們抬它走。當(dāng)然，我們應(yīng)該逮捕它，但由于它一貫表現(xiàn)很好，這次我們饒了它?！盢ew words and Expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)versusprep. 對(duì) (對(duì)抗的概念)Christmasn. 圣誕節(jié)circusn. 馬戲團(tuán)presentn. 禮物accompanyv. 陪伴, 隨行approachv. 走近ought modalverb. 應(yīng)

6、該weighv. 重fortunateadj. 幸運(yùn)的Lesson 65 自學(xué)導(dǎo)讀First things first課文詳注 Further notes on the text1Jumbo versus the police,（標(biāo)題）小象對(duì)警察。versus表了競(jìng)賽等中“對(duì)”：Have you watched the game last night? It was France versus Italy.昨天晚上的比賽你看了嗎？是法國(guó)隊(duì)對(duì)意大利隊(duì)。2Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by aguard of honourof six

7、 pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. 他打扮成圣誕老人，在由6個(gè)漂亮姑娘組成的“儀仗隊(duì)”的陪同下，騎上一頭名叫江伯的小象，沿著城里的主要街道出發(fā)了。（1）dress up as表示“裝扮成（的樣子）”，這里的 dressed 有表示狀態(tài)的含義。（2）在英國(guó)英語(yǔ)中，圣誕老人通常用 Father Christmas表示。Father大寫可表示對(duì)老人的一種尊稱：Father Baker（貝克大爺老爹）。（3）accompany (vt.)的主要含義

8、是“陪伴”、“陪同”：Jane accompanied her mother to the theatre last night.昨天晚上，簡(jiǎn)陪她母親去看戲了。When I saw her yesterday, she was accompanied by her boyfriend.昨天我見(jiàn)到她時(shí)，她正由她的男朋友陪著。（4）guard of honour指“儀仗隊(duì)”， guard可表示“（一隊(duì)）警衛(wèi)隊(duì)”、“（一隊(duì)）衛(wèi)兵哨兵”等。of six pretty girls中的 of表示“由組成的”：A group of six Chinese boys took part in the comp

9、etition.一個(gè)由6名中國(guó)男孩組成的小組參加了這次競(jìng)賽。（5）down在這里是介詞，表示“沿”、“順”、“循”的意思：Just walk down the street and you'll see the post office.一直沿著這條街走，你就會(huì)看到郵局。（6）baby可作形容詞，表示“幼小的”、“小的”、“小型的”等含義：She likes to watch baby dogs.她喜歡觀看小狗。She has a baby car.她有一輛微型汽車。3Jumbo was holding up the traffic. 江伯阻礙了交通。hold up 為固定短語(yǔ)，其含義之

10、一為“阻止”、“使停頓”、“延誤”、“阻礙”：If you park the car in the street, it'll hold up the traffic.如果你把車停在街上，它將會(huì)阻礙交通。4to get him off the main street, 把它推離主要街道。get off在這里表示“從移去除去”：Please get the box off the boat.請(qǐng)把那箱子從小船上弄下來(lái)。5they were most amused.他們感到很有趣。most 在這里相當(dāng)于very。6but as he has a good record, we shall l

11、et him off this time. 但由于它一貫表現(xiàn)很好，這次我們饒了它。letoff 表示“放過(guò)”、“饒過(guò)”、“對(duì)從輕處理”。record 可表示“履歷”、“歷史”或“成績(jī)”等：Her record as a secretary in the firm isn't very good.她在這家公司當(dāng)秘書時(shí)表現(xiàn)不太好。Dan made a good/ poor record in school.丹上學(xué)時(shí)成績(jī)很好不佳。The thief has a long record.這小偷有一長(zhǎng)串犯罪記錄。語(yǔ)法 Grammar in use表示“應(yīng)該”和“必須”的情態(tài)助動(dòng)詞 should,

12、 ought, have to 與must（1）在第17課的語(yǔ)法中，我們學(xué)習(xí)了表示不可逃避的義務(wù)或表示“必須”的must。must通常只用于現(xiàn)在時(shí)和將來(lái)時(shí)，其他時(shí)態(tài)則用 have to代替。have to比 must往往更強(qiáng)調(diào)客觀的要求或外在的原因：In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.演出時(shí)她必須穿一條鮮紅色的裙子和黑色的長(zhǎng)筒襪。Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-

13、coloured dress.去年在演另一個(gè)劇時(shí)，她不得不穿短襪和一件鮮艷的橘紅色的衣服。（2）should 和 ought to都可譯為“應(yīng)該”，表示義務(wù)、責(zé)任或某個(gè)正確的行為。ought to比 should語(yǔ)氣略強(qiáng)些，多用于肯定句；疑問(wèn)句與否定結(jié)構(gòu)則多用 should。與它們相比， must和 have to 的語(yǔ)氣要強(qiáng)得多，沒(méi)有選擇余地：I should/ought to shop smoking.我應(yīng)該戒煙。I msut stop smoking.我必須戒煙。（3）had to表示過(guò)去必須做某事，而 shouldought to+have+過(guò)去分詞則表示過(guò)去應(yīng)該做（或完成）而沒(méi)有做的

14、事:I had to stop smoking.我不得不把煙戒掉。I should / ought to have stopped smoking.我本該戒煙。(實(shí)際未戒)詞匯學(xué)習(xí) Word study1letlet 一般作及物動(dòng)詞，主要含義是“允許”、“讓”，后面可以跟不同的小品詞，有時(shí)意義變化不大，有時(shí)則變化較大。（1）let in的含義之一是“允許進(jìn)來(lái)”：The woman who let me in had a baby in her arms.開門讓我進(jìn)來(lái)的那位婦女抱著一個(gè)孩子。（2）let out的含義之一是“放走”、“釋放”、“放出去”：You shouldn't hav

15、e let the thief out.你不該把小偷放走。Every evening they let the dog out.他們每天傍晚把狗放出去。（3）let off可以表示“放過(guò)”、“饒過(guò)”、“寬恕”、“對(duì)從輕處理”：I think we shall let him off this time.我想這次我們饒了他。The thief never dreamt that the police would let him off.小偷從未想到警察會(huì)對(duì)他從輕處理。（4）let down可以表示“使失望”或“（在緊要關(guān)頭）拋棄”等：They need your help. Don't

16、let them down.他們需要你的幫助。別讓他們失望。He failed in the exam again and his parents felt let down.他考試又沒(méi)及格，他父母覺(jué)得很失望。2agree 與 accept（1）agree(vi.) 的主要含義是“同意（計(jì)劃、建議等）”，常與to和with連用：I agree with you.我同意你的意見(jiàn)。They invited me to their wedding and I've agreed to go.他們邀請(qǐng)我參加他們的婚禮，我已同意參加。（2）accept主要作及物動(dòng)詞，表示“接受”、“收受”等：S

17、he offered me some of her children's clothes and I accepted them.她給了我一些她孩子們的衣服，我接受了。（3）當(dāng) accept 表示“同意”、“接受”時(shí)，其含義與agree有相似之處，但用法不同：I don't accept your opinion/ agree with your opinion.我不同意你的觀點(diǎn)。3dress 與dress up（1）dress (vt., vi.)表示“穿衣”、“打扮”：He did not like the way she was dressed.他不喜歡她的那副打扮。She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat.第二天上午，她又來(lái)到這家商店，穿了一