第24講lesson a skeleton in the cupboard家丑不可告人的

1、Lesson 24 A skeletonhe cupboard“家丑”1.We often read in novels how a seeminglyrespectableA skeletonhe cupboard 家丑，不可告人的or family has some terrible secret which has beenconcealed from strangers for years.I feelt she has a couple of skeletons in her cupboard.我覺得她有幾件不可告人的丑事。air/wash ones dirty linen in p

2、ublic 泄密skeleton at the feast 掃興的事Her story was really skeleton at the feast.故事真令人掃興。在小說中，經(jīng)常讀到一個(gè)表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，卻有著某種多年不為人所知的駭人聽聞的。respectrespectable: 令人尊敬的，體面地seeminglyadv. 看似（事實(shí)和表象不符）一般和形容詞連用He is really a respectablerespected: 受人尊敬的.He is seeminglyelligent, but in fact he isnt.He is well respectedh

3、e academic world.他看似聰明，實(shí)則不然。respectful: 表示尊敬的，充滿敬意的 We should be respectful of other cultures. respective:可觀的My parents salaries rise to 3000 and 5000 respectively.12. The English languagesesses a vivid saying to describeconcealvt.隱藏I did not conceal anything from him. hide vi. 隱藏this sort of situat

4、ion. The terrible secret is called a skeleton inthe cupboard. At some dramatic momenthe story, theterrible secretes known and a repuion is ruined.英語(yǔ)中有一個(gè)生動(dòng)的說法來(lái)形容這種情況。驚人的“柜中骷髏”。在小說的某個(gè)戲劇性時(shí)刻，可怕的稱作泄漏He is definiy hiding from the truth.出來(lái)，接著便是的聲譽(yù)掃地。vividdramaticadj.生動(dòng)的viv- 生命survive 存活，生存adj.戲劇化的，激動(dòng)人心的，夸張

5、的Dramatic changes have taken placehe past ten years.在過去的十年里，發(fā)生了激動(dòng)人心的變化。（exciting/surprising）He suddenly made a very dramatic gesture.revive，醒vivacious 活潑的他突然做了一個(gè)夸張的。（exaggerated）2蘇repuion n. 榮譽(yù)，名譽(yù)3. The readers hair stands on end when he readshefinal pages of the novelt thee a dear old ladyenjoy one

6、s repuionwho had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.當(dāng)讀者到小說 最后幾頁(yè)了解到書中女主人公，那位一gahe repuionlose ones repuionruin ones repuion向待大家很好的可愛的老婦人年輕時(shí)一連毒死了個(gè)丈夫時(shí)，不禁會(huì)毛骨悚然。5live up to the repuionhair stands on ende頭發(fā)倒豎起來(lái)（形容害怕或受驚嚇）n. 女主角Then. 女They sayt when

7、you are terrified, you tremble andehis novel is an artist.your hair stands on end.人們常說你害怕的時(shí)候，會(huì)發(fā)抖，連頭發(fā)汗毛都會(huì)從根部站起來(lái)。She was one of the great civil wares.注意區(qū)分：（）3poison4. It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we donot want even our closest f

8、riends to learn, but few ofn.It is saidt the young woman was removed by poison.us have skeletonshe cupboard.據(jù)說那個(gè)年輕婦女是被v. 下毒，毒害毒死的。這種事發(fā)生在小說中是無(wú)可非議的。盡管人人都有各種大小。連最親密的朋友都不愿讓他們知道，The rumours說她毒死了他的t she hoisoned him could never be proved.不可能得到證實(shí)。但當(dāng)中極少有人有柜中骷髏。occurv. 發(fā)生sth. occur to sb. It occurs to sb.Its

9、 all very well (for sb.) to do sth., but固然可以，但是（常用來(lái)表示不滿或譏諷）=Even if, but突然想到某事t突然想起t I could give mom a surprise.Its all very well for you to sayt, but what can I do?A good idea occurred to me你說的容易，可我又辦法？It occurred to met I could give mom a surprise.4【例1】（2012黑龍江雙鴨山一中高一月考，28）degreen. 程度To some degr

10、ee, they look upon them as slaves.n. 學(xué)位He has received his doctors degree from Cambridge.n. 度Its over 80 degrees outside.Tom was thinking about how to explao theswhy he was late for work, when a good idea him.A. happenedC. occurredB. broughtD. strucklearnwe do not want even our closest friends to le

11、arn learn=find outHow long have you been learning English?(學(xué)習(xí))5.The onlycupboard is GeI know who has a skeletonhee Carlton, and he is very pound ofthe fact. Gee studied medicine in his youth.我認(rèn)識(shí)的唯一的在柜中藏骷嶁的人便是.，他甚至引以為自豪。年輕時(shí)學(xué)過醫(yī)。Where did you learnt news?(得知)learn the contents of the letter by heart()5

12、study學(xué)proudadj. 驕傲be proud of sth./sb. 因感到自豪v.教育體系中規(guī)律性地學(xué)習(xí)）He turned to the study and practice of medicine.他致力于醫(yī)學(xué)的研究和實(shí)踐。He should learn how to conduct a meeting.他應(yīng)當(dāng)學(xué)習(xí)如何主持會(huì)議。Im proud of what you areng now.take pride in以為傲detective6. Instead ofing a doctor, however, he became asucansful writer of detec

13、tive stories. I onpendn.&adj.的，fortablekend which I shall never fetDetective Conan 名Sherlock Holmes is Arthur Conan Doyles classic detective novel.at his house.然而，他后來(lái)沒當(dāng)上醫(yī)生，卻成了一位成功的小說作家。有一次，我在他家里度周末，過得很不是爾的經(jīng)典小說。愉快。這事我不會(huì)忘記。67.Gee showed me to the guestroom which, he said,8. After I had stacked my shir

14、ts and underclothes intwo empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the towwas rarely used. He told me to unpack my things and then come down to dinner.把我領(lǐng)進(jìn)客房，說這間很少使用。他讓我打開行裝后下樓吃飯。suits I had brought with mehe cupboard.我將襯衫、放進(jìn)兩個(gè)空抽屜，然后把隨身帶來(lái)的兩套西服中的一套掛到大衣柜里去。stackv. &n. 堆積，一堆There were stacks of books on

15、 the bedside table and floor.床頭桌上和地板上有一摞摞的書。She was stacking her books onto the shelf.她正把書堆放到架子上。under- 下面的，的 underage 未成年的 underclothes underemployment 就業(yè)的 underestimate 低估undergraduate 本科生underline 強(qiáng)調(diào)，在下劃線undantsunderground的7面里hanghang off 掛斷9.I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of

16、it petrified. A skeleton was dangling before my eyes. Thesudden movement of the door made it sway(21) slightly andhang onhang up緊握,(打掛斷時(shí))不掛斷,堅(jiān)持下去,密切注意,推遲,暫停it gave me the impresme.t it was about to leap ouhaner 伸過去,(從某一時(shí)間)延續(xù)下來(lái),遺留下來(lái)我打開柜門，站在柜門前一下子驚呆了。一具骷髏懸掛在眼前，由于柜門突然打開，它也隨之輕微搖晃起來(lái)，讓我覺得它好像馬上要跳出柜門朝我撲過來(lái)似的

17、。hang to 纏住,緊貼著hang on to緊緊握住petrify使swayv.，使呆住v.擺動(dòng)=stun/stupefyPrison petrifies me and I dont want to go there.令我十分害怕，我不想去那兒。sw- 轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng) swing 搖擺 swift 迅速的 switch 轉(zhuǎn)換器swerve 急轉(zhuǎn)彎810. Dropmy suit, I dashed downstairs tol Gee.unsympatheticThis was worsen “a terrible secret”; this was aadj.無(wú)同情心的real skeleton

18、! But Gee was unsympathetic(22).sym-表示“共同”sympathy同情（sym+pathy感情） symphony交響樂（sym+phony聲音）symmetry對(duì)稱（sym+metry測(cè)量?jī)蛇厹y(cè)量一樣對(duì)稱）symbiosis共生（sym+bio生命+sis共同生命）我扔下西服沖下樓去告訴。這是比 “駭人聽聞的” 更加驚人的東西，這是一具真正的骷髏??！但卻無(wú)動(dòng)于衷?！纠?】The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as11. Oh,t, he said wisas if he were talkingabout an old friend. ts Sebas