新概念第三册37课

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,The Westhaven Express,开往威斯特海温的快车,15070120,桑雨婷,Lesson37,We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual.After years of,conditioning,most of us have developed an unshakable,faith,in railway timetables.Ships may be delayed by storms;flights may be cancelled because of bad weather,but trains must be on time.Only an,exceptionally,heavy snowfall might temporarily,dislocate,railway services.It is,all too easy to,blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong.The truth is that when mistakes occur,they are more likely to be ours than theirs.,After consulting my railway timetable,I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven.It went direct from my local station and,the journey lasted mere a hour and seventeen minutes.When I boarded the train,I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well.At the time,this did not,strike me as odd,.I,reflected,that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service.Neither was I surprise when the train stopped at Widley,a tiny station a few miles along the line.Even a,mighty,express train can be held up by signals.But when the train dawdled at station after station,I began to wonder,It suddenly,dawned,on me that this express was not,roaring down,the line at ninety miles an hour,but barely,chugging,along at thirty.One hour and seventeen,minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance.I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express,but he had not even heard of it.I determined to,lodge,a complaint as soon as we arrived.Two hours later,I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven.When he denied the trains existence,I borrowed his copy of the timetable.There was a note of,triumph,in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white.Glancing at it briefly,he told me to look again.A tiny,asterisk,conducted,me to a footnote at the bottom of the page.It said:This service has been,suspended,.,New words and expressions,The Westhaven,Express,#,expressn.,快车；,adj.,高速,的,expressway:,高速公路,expresstrain,快车,specialexpress,特快,throughexpress,直快,stopping/localtrain,慢车,2.We have learnt to expect that trains will be,punctual,.,#,punctualadj.,准时的,bepunctualindoingsth.,在做,方面非常 准时,bepunctualtotheminute,非常准时,punctually adv.unpunctual ant.,punctuality n.,严守时间,辨析：,punctuation n.,标点,#We ve learnt to expect that,我们已经习惯于期盼,3.After years of,conditioning,most of us have developed an unshakable,faith,in railway timetables.,#conditionv.,使习惯于,=formahabitin,Eg:Thissocietyhasconditionedeachofus.,beconditionedto,习惯了,Eg:Eachofushasbeenconditionedtothesociety.,#conditionn.,条件,onconditionthat,在,条件下如果,*,onnocondition,在任何情况下，用在句首句子要倒装,Eg.Onnoconditionmustyoubelate.,ingood/badcondition,情况良好,/,情况糟糕,changeonescondition,结婚,#faithn.,信任,keepfaithwithsb.,对,守信用,putonesfaithinsth,对,有信心,onthefaithof,在,的保障下，凭,的信用,辨析：,faith,深信不疑，信仰，比,belief,程度重一点,belief,可信赖，可接受,conviction,坚定的信念,trust,相信，依赖,credit,对,完全相信,3.Only an,exceptionally,heavy snowfall might temporarily,dislocate,railway services.,只有非同寻常的大雪才可能暂时打乱铁路运行。,#exceptionally,异常地；特殊地；例外地,#dislocate,dslket vt.,使关节脱位,;,使（交通，事务等）混乱,4.It is,all too easy to,blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong.,一旦铁路上真出了问题，人们便不加思索地责备铁路当局。,#too.to,句型中，在,too,前出现了,all,only,but,not,等词的时候，,to,就有肯定意义,Eg:One is never too old to learn.,活到老，学到老,#blame sb.for sth.,因为,责怪某人,blame sth.on sb.,be to blame,该受责备；应承担责任,5.At the time,this did not,strike me as odd,.,一开始，我并不感到奇怪。,#strike sb.as,给某人,印象；使某人感到,as,后面可以跟分词或者形容词,6.I,reflected,that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service.,#reflectv.,细想,reflectonsth,细想,reflectupononeself,自我反省,6.Even a,mighty,express train can be,held up,by signals.,即便是特别快车也可能被信号拦住。,#mightyadj.,强大的，有力的,#hold up=hold back,hinder,prevent,阻拦；拦截；举起,7.It suddenly,dawned on me,that this express was not,roaring down,the line at ninety miles an hour,but barely,chugging,along at thirty.,我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速,90,英里的速度呼啸前进，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，时速仅,30,英里。,#dawn,d:n n.,拂晓,;,醒悟,vi.,破晓,;,开始出现,vt.,（开始）被理解；被想到,dawn on sb,渐渐被某人明白,#roar r:(r)v.,吼叫,n.,吼叫声，咆哮声,;,大笑,chug,英,tg vi.,发出突突声,;,（火车、汽船等）咔嚓咔嚓地前进,n.,突突声,roar down,chug along,呼叫向前,慢慢向前,(,形式一致,),#barely=only,8.I determined to,lodge,a complaint as soon as we arrived.,#lodge ld v.,提出,make/lodgecomplaint,提出抱怨,lodge,vi.,存放,;,暂住,;,埋入,vt.,提出（报告、要求、申诉等）,;,容纳,;,寄存,;,把（权利、权威等）授予,n.,小屋，草屋,;,（北美印第安人的）帐篷,;,（森林、猎场等的）看守小屋,;,（学校、工厂等的）传达室,9.There was a note of,triumph,in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white.,#triumph tramf,n.,胜利,;,心满意足,vi.,战胜,;,获胜,;,克服,;,打败,Eg.Her sense of triumph was short-lived,她只感受了片刻成功的喜悦。,10.A tiny,asterisk,conducted,me to a footnote at the bottom of the page.It said:This service has been,suspended,.,一个小小的星形符号把我的目光引到了那页底部一个说明上。上面写着：“此趟列车暂停运行。”,#asterisk,strsk n.,星号，星状物,vt.,加星号于,#conductv.,引向，引导,#suspend v.,暂停,;,悬,;,挂,;,延缓,Eg.The union suspended strike action this wee