新概念第三册 Lesson58

,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,听 写,Lesson,57,Multiple Choice,1.d 2.d 3.b 4.a,5.c 6.b 7.c 8.d,9.a 10.c 11.c,12.b,Lesson 58 A spot of trouble,Ling,What did the old lady find when she got home?,She found that burglars had broken into her flat and ransacked it.,Why was the old lady surprised to find her front door open?,Because she knew that she had locked the front door properly herself.,What made her realize that burglars had entered the flat?,Because all the room doors were open and everything was in a mess.,Why did she go down to the basement?,She went down to the basement to fetch the porter.,lift,monstrous,negligence,prudent,composure,intruder,lurk,New words and expressions,hinder,fingerprint,chaos,inconceivable,veritable,magpie,toss,discard,constable,ransack,balcony,fussy,lift,n.,电梯,; NAmE:,elevator,escalator,lift,n./v.,举起，升高,sb/sth (,up,),e.g - John lifted his eyes from his book.,- Her eyebrows lifted. Apologize? Why?, sth (from sb/sth) 偷盗；盗窃,shoplifter n./ shoplifting n.,not ,/raise,a finger,/a hand to do sth (informal),袖手旁观,；一点也不帮忙,e.g - 孩子们从不帮着做家务。,- The children never lift a finger to help around the house.,give sb. a lift,/ride (NAmE),帮某人一把，让某人搭车,prudent adj.,sensible and careful when you make judgements and decisions; avoiding unnecessary risks,be to do sth.,e.g - 妈妈告诉她的孩子们对待陌生人要谨慎。,-The mother told her kids to be to deal with strangers.,e.g - It is more prudent to hide and bide your time than to fight.,-韬光养晦等待时机方为上策。,prudence n.,反：,imprudence/rashness,composure n.,镇静，沉着,keep ones ,同：,calm down,be as cool as,a,cucumber,keep/lose/regain ones ,e.g - 在危机时刻，他反而显示除了极大的沉稳。,- In times of crisis, he showed great composure.,fingerprint n. 指纹,chaos n. 混乱；杂乱；无秩序,e.g - economic/political/domestic ,- 经济/政治/国内混乱,cause 引起混乱,e.g - 大雪导致道路交通一篇混乱,- Heavy snow has,caused total chaos,on the roads.,in 一片混乱,e.g -The house was in after the party.,toss v.,扔；摇摆；辗转反侧, a coin/ toss up,扔硬币决定,-Lets up to decide what to do now.,【俚】,A toss-up,一半的机会，没准的事, and turn,翻来覆去,e.g - He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.,fussy adj.,大惊小怪；过分装饰的，挑剔的, parents 瞎操心的父母,b,e about,过于讲究；过分挑剔,e.g,-,Are you about what you wear?,-,你介意自己的穿着吗？,e.g,-,Dont be so about the food., dress,讲究的衣服,eater,挑剔的食客,Close your book and listen again.,Text:,The old lady was glad to be back at,the block,of flats where she lived.,block n. 大楼；一栋楼房 （BrE）,n. (NAmE) 一段街区；一大片土地,flat n. 一套公寓 (BrE),apartment n. (NAmE),Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier,with every step of the way,home.,In the lift,her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest,; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her sudden discovery that her front door was open.,译：,小宝宝一直盯着厨房桌上的布丁和蛋糕，但当他看到地上的玩具火车，前两者都被他抛到了脑后。,The baby kept staring at the puding and cake on the kitchen table，but both were forgotten when he saw the toy car on the floor.,She was thinking that she must,reprimand her,home help,the next morning for,such a,monstrous,piece of,negligence, when she remembered that she had gone shopping after the,home help,had left and she knew that she had turned both keys in their locks,.,monstrous adj. (gigantic; ugly and frightening; very wrong,immoral or unfair),e.g - a wave,- a figure/creature,- injustice,reprimand sb for sth,. .,piece of,negligence, when she,. .,negligence n. 疏忽；玩忽行为；,e.g - 事故还是部分起源于司机的疏忽大意。,- The accident was partly due to the drivers .,negligent adj.,be about/in/of 对.漠视、疏忽、忽略,She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet,following her regular practice,she had shut them before going out.,Looking into the,drawing room, she saw a scene of confusion over by her writing desk.,drawing room n. 起居室，客厅,(formal/old-fashioned English),living room,It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had,forced an entry,during her absence.,Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more,prudent,to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement.,force v. 用力，强行（把.移动）,e.g - to a lock/window/door,- 强行打开锁/窗/门,to an entry = to enter a building using force, ones way.,Then, her,composure,regained, she was ready to set off with the porters assistance to search for any,intruders,who might still be,lurking,in her flat.,intrude v. 闯入；侵入；扰乱；侵扰, into/on/upon,e.g - on peoples private lives,- 侵犯他人的私人生活,e.g - The sound of the telephone intruded into his dreams.,- 电话铃声把他从梦中扰醒了。,. .,who might still be,lurking,in her flat.,lurk v. (尤指为做不正当的事而)埋伏、潜伏,e.g - 你在我的房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的想干什么？,- Why are you lurking around outside my house?,隐藏,e.g - At night, danger lurks in these streets.,潜水,:to read or discuss in a chat room, etc. on the internet, without taking part in it yourself,They,went through,the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to,hinder,the police in their search for fingerprints. The chaos was inconceivable.,hinder sb/sth (from sth/doing sth),e.g - a political situation that hinders economic growth,- 妨碍经济发展的政治局面,e.g - 受伤后他无法发挥出最高水平。,- An injury was hindering him from playing his best.,hinderance n. A is a to B,The chaos was,inconceivable,.,She had lived in the flat for thirty years and was a,veritable magpie,at,hoarding,; and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been tossed out and turned over and over.,inconceivable adj. = unimaginable 不可思议的，无法想象的,conceivable adj. 可想象的，可信的,conceive v. 想出（主意、计划等）；想象，构想,. .,was a,veritable magpie,at,hoarding,; and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been,tossed,out and turned over and over.,magpie n.,喜鹊,起强调作用,At least sorting out the things she should have,discarded,years ago was now being made easier for her.,Then a police inspector arrived with a,constable,and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat.,discard 丢弃，抛弃, sth/sb (as sth) （因.）而丢弃., the thought of. 打消.的念头,e.g - 她现在可以打消晋升的念头了。,- She could now all thought of promotion.,Then a police inspector arrived with a,constable,and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat.,The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked that the front door locks had not been forced, thereby proving that the burglars had either used skeleton keys or entered over the,balcony,.,porch,deck,terrace,There was no trace of fingerprints, but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers.,So their entry into this flat was apparently not the burglars first job that day and they must have been disturbed.,The inspector then asked the old lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alone in the flat for a few nights.,The old lady thought he was a fussy creature, but since the porter agreed with him, she,rang up,her daughter and asked for her help in what she described as a little spot of bother.,ring sb/sth (up),e.g - Ill ring you later.,- He rang up the police station.,Close your book and listen again.,Tell us about any occasion when a relative or a neighbour has been burgled.,Topics for discussion,How would you feel if you went back home to find that your room, flat or house had been burgled? What would you do? What would you want to do?,People who burgle other peoples homes should be punished very heavily. What do you think?,单词背诵,课后习题,听抄（第,二,段）,Homework,THE,END,