裕兴新概念英语第三册笔记 第二课 单词学习与课文讲解
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equal ['i:kwəl] v./adj. 与...相等
adj. be equal to
eg. Wealth is not equal to happiness. 财富不等同于幸福。
EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunities Commission 平等就业机会委员会
(A US government organization whose aim is to make sure that people are not prevented from getting jobs because of their race, religion, age, sex etc, and to make sure that all workers are treated fairly and equally.)
[中国学生易犯的错误]
vt. 及物动词 equal to (“to” is unnecessary) (作动词时equal后面不能接to)
vicar ['vikə] 英国教区的小牧师 (of the Church of England)
rector ['rektə] 小牧师 (of the Catholic Church)
Catholic ['kæθəlɪk, 'kæθlɪk] adj. 天主教的
priest [pri:st] n.(基督教和罗马天主教的)神父, 牧师
curate ['kjuərit] 副牧师
equals不等于curate's egg 有好有坏
eg. The book is something of a curate's egg. 这本书好坏参半。
bishop ['biʃəp] 主教
(chess) 象:圆棋子为教士帽形
archbishop [ɑ:tʃ'bɪʃəp] 红衣大主教
Pope (Roman Catholic) 罗马教皇
eg. Is the Pope (a) Catholic? (a humorous way to say sth is clearly true and certain) 非常明显是正确的。
eg. ------Do you think they'll win? 你认为他们会赢吗?
------Is the Pope Catholic? (sure) 当然会赢。
clergyman ['klɜ:dʒi:mən] n. 神职人员
raise [reiz] vt.
raise kids 养育小孩子
raise money: collect money 筹集钱财
raise the roof 怒发冲冠
rise [raiz] vi.
The Sun Also Rises 太阳照常升起 (written by Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms 永别了,武器
A Farewell to Concubine 霸王别姬
concubine ['kɔŋkjə,baɪn, 'kɔn-] n.妾, 妃子
torch [tɔ:tʃ] n. 手电筒
carry a torch for sb. 暗恋
eg.------Don’t you know I have carried a torch for you for a long time?
你知道吗——我暗恋你已很久了?
------Why not carry on? 请继续。
Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one 十三等于一
Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike
the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.
One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.
'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'
'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'
That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it."
We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'
Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, 我们教区的牧师总是为各种各样的事筹集资金。
be always doning sth 一直不停地在做某事
(说话人的态度不满意,不高兴,not satisfied)
eg. He is always finding faults with me. 他总是不断地挑我的小毛病。
eg. Things are always keeping coming up at the last minute.
所有的事情总是赶到最后一刻才一起出现。
be forever doing (不像be always doning sth.含有贬义)不厌其烦
eg. Peter is forever talking about his girl friend.
彼得总是不厌其烦地谈论他的女朋友。
cause [kɔ:z] n.
1) 原因,缘故
cause and effect 因果范畴
2) sth you support (支持的)事业,事项
eg. It's for a good cause. 做善事。
for one cause or another 为了各式各样的事情
/for one thing or another
eg. He can't come for one thing or another. 他不能来是因为这样或那样的事情。 /由于种种原因,总之他不能来了。
but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.
但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。
have sth. done (被动)叫...做
have sb do 让某人做某事
have sth. to do 有...要做
eg. I have another fish to fry. (I have to go.) 我得走了。
take a French leave 不辞而别
enough a. 足够的
eg. I have enough of it! 我受够了! (I hate it so much!)
eg. I've had it up to here with him! 忍无可忍
cannot do sth. enough 怎么做…不会充足
can never do sth. enough 怎么做…永远不会充足
eg. I cannot thank you enough. 感激不尽。
The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since. 教堂的钟很大,以前不分昼夜打点报时,但很多年前遭到毁坏,从此便无声无息了。
used to do (did a lot in the past but has been given up now) 过去常做现在不做了
be/get used to doing 习惯于做...
be used to do (被动) 被用做...
strike v.
strike, struck, struck
strike, struck, stricken
strike hours 敲钟、打点、报时
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