Night watch专用课件.ppt

Night Watch Roy Popkin Para 1 The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had collapsed while crossing the street，an ambulance rushed him to Kings Country Hospital. There,when he regained consciousness now and again，the man repeatedly called for his son. 故事发生在布鲁克林商业区一条街的拐角处。一位老人在过马路时突然晕倒在地；一辆救护车把他赶紧送往金司县医院。在医院里他不时地苏醒过来，一醒过来他就不断呼唤他的儿子。 1. downtown: 市中心 uptown : 在住宅区；（美）在城镇非商业区 2. Brooklyn 布鲁克林区（纽约市西南部的一区） 3. on……corner 在拐角处 4. elderly（adj.）年老的，上了年纪的； e.g. Many elderly people live an idle life.许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。 elder adj 同辈之间的长幼关系 e.g. He is no less clever than his elder brother.他和他的大哥一样聪明。 older adj 指年龄大点儿 e.g. The manager urged older staff to take up early retirement. 经理敦促年纪 较大的职员提前退休。 5. collapse （因病、累等）晕倒倒塌, 崩溃, 瓦解, 折叠 e.g. The wind caused the tent to collapse.风把帐篷吹塌了。 6. regain 恢复，重新获得 e.g. It took him a while to regain his composure. 他过了一会儿才恢复镇定。 7. now and again 时而，不时地 e.g. He threw in a word or two now and again. 他不时插一两句话。 8. call for 打电话, 访问, 召唤, 呼叫, 把... 看作 Para 2 From a worn letter found in his pocket, an emergency-room nurse learned that his son was a Marine stationed in North Carolina. It seemed there were no other relatives. 急诊室的护士从老人的衣服口袋里发现了一封很旧的信，从这封信看他儿子是驻扎在北卡罗来纳州海军陆战队的一名战士。看样子（这位老人）没有别的亲人。 1.worn adj 疲倦的；用旧的 e.g. The shoe has worn, and his big toe comes through. 鞋已破了，他的大脚趾露出了。 2. found in his pocket 过去分词短语，作定语 3. learn 获悉，了解到 4. it seemed there were no other relatives it 为形式主语后面的从句为真正主语 e.g. It seem that everybody like the dog. 似乎每个人都喜欢小狗。 e.g. It seems there are a good many people out of work. 看来有好多人失业。 5.station（n.）值班处，台，站， power station 发电站；发电厂 railway station 火车站 train station 火车站 bus station 公交车站 gas station 加油站 TV station 电视台 subway station 地铁车站