2011-10-11 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．How did your clothes get into such a mess? 你的衣服怎么搞得一塌糊涂？mess 表示“臟亂狀態”時通常與in連用或與 get into連用（cf．第54 課課文詳注）：When she returned

2011-10-11 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．… the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. ……據說死去的人要回到他們的家里來，活著的人則對他們表示歡迎。（1）the dead與the

2011-10-11 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．…children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk．……孩子們甚至在還沒有學會走路時就已經能熟練地在水下屏住呼吸了。（1）expert

2011-10-10 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．One of the most famous monuments in the world, the Statue of Liberty, was presented to… by the people of France. 世界上最著名的紀念碑之一的自由女神雕像是……由法國

2011-10-10 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．ask for trouble，自找麻煩，自討苦吃（多用于口語）。You shouldn't have been so rude to her. You are asking for trouble.你不該對她那么粗魯。你這是自找麻煩。The boss

2011-10-10 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain…油煎魚加炸土豆片一直是英國人喜愛的一道菜……fish and chips被看做是一個整體，因此，雖然chips是復數形式，

2011-10-10 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby. 一個飛行員發現了一只氣球，它像是正飛往附近的一個皇家空軍基地。（1）to be

2011-10-09 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．A slip of the tongue，（標題）說走了嘴，失言。slip在這里表示“不經心的錯誤”、“失誤”、“疏漏”：You've made some slips (of the pen) in your report.你的報告中有一

2011-10-09 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．A perfect alibi，（標題）極好的不在犯罪現場的證據。alibi為法律用語，含義是“不在場證明”、“當時不在場的申辯”，是可數名詞：Ian had an alibi/alibis for that mornin

2011-10-09 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion.為了紀念這個日子，學校的學生——無論老同學還是新聞學——將送他一件禮物。（1）

2011-10-09 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．Out of control，（標題）失控。介詞短語out of可以表示“失去”、“欠缺”等：We are out of bread.我們的面包吃完了。Tony walked so fast that he was soon out of sight.托

2011-10-08 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

b1．The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. 前首相溫特沃茲·萊恩先生在最近的大選中被擊敗。（1）former在這里表示“以前的”、“從前的”或“前任的”，后面需要

2011-10-08 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．go on strike，罷工。on strike表示“在罷工”：The workers are on strike.工人們在罷工。It is not clear yet when the teachers on strike will return to their classroom

2011-10-08 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. 漁夫和水手們有時聲稱看見過海里的妖怪。to have seen是不定式的完成式結構。不定式的完成式用于不

2011-10-08 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．…he soon changed into the dead man's clothes.……（他）很快就換上了死者的衣服。change into 在這里表示“換（衣）”：He changed into his new dress and went to the

2011-10-07 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1． which was built in Hyde Park…這是一個非限定性關系從句，修飾逗號前的 the Crystal Palace。這個從句如果去掉并不影響主句的意思。2．It was one of the biggest building

2011-10-07 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1. an article entitled‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health’,一篇題為《吸煙與健康》的文章。在英語中，文章名與書名中的每個單詞的第一個字母均大寫，不在開頭位置的連詞、冠

2011-10-07 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1． A flight attendent would take charge of me…我總是由一位空
中乘務員照管……would表示過去經常發生的事，它與 used to的區別參見第55 課語法。 take charge(of)為固定短

2011-10-07 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1． The mummy is that of Shepenmut…這是……賽潘姆特的木乃伊。that用以指代前面的 the mummy，以避免重復。在指代特指的事物時，尤其是在比較狀語從句中，常用that和those指代

2011-10-06 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1． flew off course,飛離航線。off表示“偏離”，為介詞：Our office is off the main street.我們的辦公室不靠大街。During the storm, the ship went off course.在暴風雨中，

2011-10-06 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注
Further notes on the text1．…we're going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.……我們現在到克拉布利亞的通心粉田里。（1）go over表示“往……走過去”，暗示中間原有一段距離：I went over

2011-10-06 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1． Out of the limelight,（標題）舞臺之外。limelight的原義為舞臺照明用的“石灰光”，其引申意義為“眾人注目的中心”：She has been in the limelight since she became an

2011-10-05 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. 逃學
的孩子們都缺乏想像力。
（1）play truant from school表示“逃學”，上下文清楚時也可以省略 from schoo

2011-10-05 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. 杰出的賽車選車馬爾
科姆·坎貝爾爵士是第一個以每小時超過300

2011-10-05 所屬欄目:新概念英語第二冊自學導讀

課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．…the drunk was unaware of the danger.……醉漢沒有意識到危險。While she read the book, she was unaware of the noise around her.她看那本書時沒有覺察到周圍的噪音。I