新概念英語三 Lesson24

L24Askeleton

inthecupboardListentothepassageandtrytoanswerthequestion:WhowasSebastian?Key:SebastianwastheskeletonthatGeorgehadwhenhewasamedicalstudent.SkeletonAskeletoninthecupboard==Askeletoninthecloset櫥柜中的骷髏

引申為familyskeleton.家丑(口)You'reallskinandbones.在小說中，我們經(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秘密。seemingly

/?si?m??l?/

Ifsomethingis

seemingly

thecase,youmeanthatitappearstobethecase,eventhoughitmaynotreallybeso.好似;看上去Weoftenreadinnovelshowaseeminglyrespectablepersonorfamilyhassometerriblesecretwhichhasbeenconcealedfromstrangersforyears.respectable

[r?'spekt?b(?)l]

adj.值得尊敬的respect

[r?'spekt]

n.尊敬，尊重respectful

[r?'spek(t)f?l]adj.恭敬的；有禮貌的conceal

/k?n?si?l/

Ifyou

conceal

something,youcoveritorhideitcarefully.Conceal····from·····（對(duì)/向····）隱瞞······與hide相比，hide可指偶然的隱蔽，不一定含有”故意“Thesunishiddenbytheclouds.hideVSconcealhide可用作不及物動(dòng)詞，而conceal只能作及物動(dòng)詞Eg:Let’shidebehindthedoor.Thethieftriedtoconcealthestolenmoneyinhisshoes.TheEnglishlanguagepossessesavividsayingtodescribethissortofsituation.Theterriblesecretiscalled'askeletoninthecupboard'.英語中有一個(gè)生動(dòng)的說法來形容這種情況。驚人的秘密稱作“柜中骷髏”。possess

/p??z?s/

Ifyou

possess

something,youhaveitorownit.擁有vivid

/?v?v?d/

Ifyoudescribememoriesanddescriptionsas

vivid,youmeanthattheyareveryclearanddetailed.(記憶和描寫)清晰的;生動(dòng)逼真的Atsomedramaticmomentinthestory,theterriblesecretbecomesknownandareputationisruined.

在小說的某個(gè)戲劇性時(shí)刻，可怕的秘密泄漏出來，接著便是某人的聲譽(yù)掃地。dramatic戲劇性的：dramaticchangedramaticvictory

reputation

[repj?'te??(?)n]

n.名聲，名譽(yù)

Thereader’shairstandsonendwhenhereadsinthefinalpagesofthenovelthattheheroine,adearoldladywhohadalwaysbeensokindtoeverybody,had,inheryouth,poisonedeveryoneofherfivehusbands.當(dāng)讀者到小說最后幾頁了解到書中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可愛的老婦人年輕時(shí)一連毒死了她的5個(gè)丈夫時(shí)，不禁會(huì)毛骨悚然。thereader’shairstandsonend這里onend為介詞短語作狀語，表示“倒立著”，“豎著”。類似:one’sbloodrunscold/turnstoice某人被嚇僵了比較heroine

['her???n]

n.女主角；女英雄hero

['h??r??]

n.英雄；男主角，男主人公heroin

['her???n]

n.[毒物]海洛因whenhereads·····that引導(dǎo)一個(gè)賓語從句，一般that都緊跟在動(dòng)詞后，此句中賓語很長(zhǎng)（theheroine,adearoldladywhohadalwaysbeensokindtoeverybody,had,inheryouth,poisonedeveryoneofherfivehusbands）而地點(diǎn)狀語inthefinalpagesofthenovel很短避免頭重腳輕，所以賓語從句放在地點(diǎn)狀語后

Itisallverywellforsuchthingstooccurinfiction.Tovaryingdegrees,weallhavesecretswhichwedonotwantevenourclosestfriendstolearn,butfewofushaveskeletonsinthecupboard.

這種事發(fā)生在小說中是無可非議的。盡管我們?nèi)巳硕加懈鞣N大小秘密。連最親密的朋友都不愿讓他們知道，但我們當(dāng)中極少有人有柜中骷髏。fiction

小說或虛構(gòu)的事novel

長(zhǎng)篇小說Tovaryingdegrees在不同程度上：vary(變化）→varying不斷變化的，不同的tosomeextent

在某種程度上tosuchanextentthat.到了某種程度以致于---toagreatextent.在很大程度上TheonlypersonIknowwhohasaskeletoninthecupboardisGeorgeCarlton,andheisveryproudofthefact.我所認(rèn)識(shí)的唯一的在柜中藏骷嶁的人便是喬治.卡爾頓，他甚至引以為自豪。

Theonlyperson(that)Iknow

whohasaskeletoninthecupboard.

ThatIknow修飾限定Theonlyperson.Who修飾限定TheonlypersonIknow.雙層定語從句:Georgestudiedmedicineinhisyouth.Insteadofbecomingadoctor,however,hebecameasuccessfulwriterofdetectivestories.喬治年輕時(shí)學(xué)過醫(yī)，然而，他后來沒當(dāng)上醫(yī)生，卻成了一位成功的偵探小說作家。detective

[d?'tekt?v]

adj.偵探的n.偵探inhisyouth年輕時(shí)IoncespentanuncomfortableweekendwhichIshallneverforgetathishouse.有一次，我在他家里度周末，過得很不愉快。這事我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記。Georgeshowedmetotheguestroomwhich,hesaid,wasrarelyused.

喬治把我領(lǐng)進(jìn)客房，說這間很少使用。hesaid是個(gè)插入語

Hetoldmetounpackmythingsandthencomedowntodinner.他讓我打開行裝后下樓吃飯。pack

n.包裝；一副vi.包裝貨物；被包裝unpack

vt.卸下…；解除…的負(fù)擔(dān)vi.打開包裹AfterIhadstackedmyshirtsandunderclothesintwoemptydrawers,IdecidedtohangoneofthetwosuitsIhadbroughtwithmeinthecupboard.

我將襯衫、內(nèi)衣放進(jìn)兩個(gè)空抽屜里，然后我想把隨身帶來的兩套西服中的一套掛到大衣柜里去。stack

[st?k]

n.堆；堆疊vt.使堆疊Iopenedthecupboarddoorandthenstoodinfrontofitpetrified.Askeletonwasdanglingbeforemyeyes.我打開柜門，站在柜門前一下驚呆了。一具骷髏懸掛在眼前。petrified

['petr?fa?d]

adj.驚呆的；目瞪口呆的v.使石化；變僵硬（petrify的過去分詞）dangle

['d??g(?)l]

vi.搖晃地懸掛著=IwaspetrifiedwhenIstoodinfrontofit.

stoodinfrontofitpetrified:句中stood表示處于某種狀態(tài),起到一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞的作用

如果動(dòng)詞后面緊跟的是形容詞，有時(shí)這個(gè)形容詞并不修飾動(dòng)詞，而是修飾主語，描述主語的狀態(tài)或性質(zhì)。

①Leifengdiedyoung.

②Leifengworkedhard.①

Young,形容詞，修飾雷鋒，說明LeiFeng的本性。

=Leifengwasyoungwhenhedied.②

Hard,副詞，修飾動(dòng)詞worked，說明worked的行為特征。Thesuddenmovementofthedoormadeitswayslightlyanditgavemetheimpressionthatitwasabouttoleapoutatme.由于柜門突然打開，它也隨之輕微搖晃起來，讓我覺得它好像馬上要跳出柜門朝我撲過來似的。gavemetheimpression:=impressedmesway

[swe?]

vt.影響；統(tǒng)治；使搖動(dòng)vi.影響；搖擺itwasabouttoleapoutatmeBeabouttodo用于表達(dá)“即將做某事”，”就要做某事“，表明現(xiàn)在或馬上的將來，而非長(zhǎng)久的將來，類似于immediately,verysoon,atonceleap

[li?p]

n.飛躍；跳躍vt.跳躍，跳過Droppingmysuit,IdasheddownstairstotellGeorge.Thiswasworsethan'aterriblesecret';thiswasarealskeleton!我扔下西服沖下樓去告訴喬治。這是比“駭人聽聞的秘密”更加驚人的東西，這是一具真正的骷髏啊!droppingmysuit現(xiàn)在分詞短語，作伴隨狀語dash

[d??]

n.破折號(hào)；沖撞vi.猛沖；撞擊ButGeorgewasunsympathetic.'Oh,that,'hesaidwithasmileasifheweretalkingaboutanoldfriend.'That'sSebastian.YouforgetthatIwas