新概念第二冊Lesson25(第25課)

1、Lesson 25 Do the English speak English?,1. railway,n.鐵路(BrE) = railroad(AmE) 表示道路的單詞：highway,freeway,expressway,motorway highway:公路 motorway(BrE) = freeway(AmE) :高速公路(主要指城市與城市之間的) express:除了v.表達以外，還可以用作adj,表示快速的、特快的 e.g. express service:快遞服務(wù) EMS express mail service expressway快速通道(主要指城市內(nèi)的，例如高架橋),BrE

2、 AmE 火車站 railway station train station 地鐵站 underground/tube station subway station 加油站 petrol station gas station,2.several adj., more than three but fewer than many. 修飾可數(shù)名字復(fù)數(shù) e.g.I repeated my questions several times. 各自的 Several men,several minds. 人各有志,3.foreigner n.外國人,e.g. a blue-eyed foreigner

3、藍眼睛外國人 entertain foreigners 款待外國人 foreign adj. 外國的，海外的 外國留學(xué)生：foreign students 洋貨：foreign goods 外交事務(wù)：foreign affairs 外交政策：foreign policy 陌生的 e.g. The subject is foreign to us. adj.+ern. strangestanger foreignforeigner lightlighter(打火機),4.wonder,n.奇觀 世界七大奇觀：the seven great wonders in the world What a

4、wonder!多么奇妙 Its a wonder that he survived the plane crash. 短語：No/little wonder No wonder that =Its no wonder that e.g.Shes jumping the rail.No wonder her husband dumped her.,wonderful:adj.奇妙的，精彩的，極好的 e.g.I would be a wonderful wife.,Do the English speak English? English：n.英語，英國人，英格蘭人 adj. 英國的，英格蘭的 t

5、he English:統(tǒng)稱英國人，所以助動詞用復(fù)數(shù) English指英語，謂語動詞用單數(shù) e.g. English is interesting. The English are friendly.,英國的全稱為：大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland（the Britainthe British）,1.I arrived in London at last.,arrive in + 大地點 arrive at + 小地點：arrive at my school 表示“到達”：get to ,

6、reach at last:強調(diào)通過努力最后。 e.g.At last,he succeeded in his business. compare:in the end,finally in the end:強調(diào)一種結(jié)果 e.g.They broke up several times,but married in the end. finally:一種次序上的最后 firstly,secondly,finally,2. The railway station was big, black and dark.,dark：adj.黑暗的light 皮膚黝黑的fair(white) 深的：dark

7、bluelight 憂郁的：dark expression 壞的：look on the dark side look on the bright side,3.I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.,the way to:to 是介詞，介詞短語充當(dāng)the way的定語，類似的如： 房門的鑰匙：the key to the door 問題的答案：the answer to the question 大樓的入口：the entrance to the building 都表示一種由此及彼的方向。,4.I not only

8、spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.,not onlybutas well意思等同于： =not onlybut (also) 這個句子我們可以換成： I not only spoken English very carefully,but also very clearly. e.g.He is not only clever,but also diligent. He is not only clever,but diligent as well.,5.He answered me, but he spoke nei

9、ther slowly nor clearly.,neither.nor.:表示兩者都不 e.g.I have neither time nor money to travel. She likes neither butter nor cheese. 當(dāng)neither.nor.連接兩個主語時，也應(yīng)遵循就近原則。例如： e.g.Neither dad nor mum is at home today. Neither you nor I am in. 若將neither.nor.句型變?yōu)榭隙ň?，只需把neither.nor.改為both.and.即可，同時謂語動詞必須用復(fù)數(shù)形式。 e.g.Bo

10、th dad and mum are at home today. 今天父母都在家。,6.My teacher never spoke English like that!,like: prep.像 He is very like his father. She looks nothing like her mother. Like father,like son.有其父必有其子 The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. 英語當(dāng)中一般都把第一人稱“我”放在并列主語后面,與中文剛剛相反。 e.g.My friend and I went

11、to the theatre yesterday.,The Compound Sentence,定義：并列句是由兩個或兩個以上的簡單句連接而成,意義和語法成分上不是從屬于任何一方。 并列連詞 并列連詞的分類：,并列關(guān)系(聯(lián)合關(guān)系) 連接詞：and, not onlybut(also), bothand，neithernor等 I help him and he helps me. Not only did we write to her but also we telegraphed her. Neither would I consult him nor would he ask me for advice.,轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,連接詞： but, yet, still, while, however He failed many times, but he