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Lesson 42 Not very musical 阅读理解 1. Why did they stop at a square? They wanted to have a rest. 2. When did they have their first glimpse of the snake? When the charmer began to play a tune. 单词解析 musical adj. 精通音乐的 词组：musical instrument乐器 2. market n. 市场，市集 词组：flea market 跳蚤市场 stock market 股市 3. snake charmer n. 玩蛇人，耍蛇人 4. pipe n. 管子；笛子 5. tune n. 曲调 词组：in tune 合调 out of tune 走调 6. glimpse n. 一瞥 词组：have a glimpse of ?瞥了一眼 翻译：我瞥到一眼数学卷子的答案。 I had a glimpse of the key to the math exam. 近义词：glance at 扫了一眼 stare at 盯着，凝视 7. snake n. 蛇 8. movement n. 运动 9. continue v. 继续 = go on 词组1：continue sth. 把某事继续下去 词组2：continue to do / doing 继续做某事 翻译：他继续忽略父母的感受。 He continued to ignore/ignoring his parents’ feeling. dance v. 跳舞 11. obviously adv. 显然 = clearly difference n. 差别 派生：different adj. 不同的 结构：be different from与不同 13. Indian adj. 印度的 派生：India印度 课文解析 1. As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. 语法：as 引导时间状语从句 （详见语法重点） 词组：have a walk = walk （详见语法重点） 2. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. 词组：the other side表示（两边里的）另外一边 词组：have a look = look （详见语法重点） 3. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. 词组：as soon as引导时间状语从句 （详见语法重点） 词组：pick up 的不同用法 That bicycle was picked up in a small town. 意外地发现 He picked up Japanese when he was in France. （偶然地）学会 I picked up a little monster from the moon. （顺路）接 词组：be covered with 被覆盖 翻译：铁路被大雪覆盖了。 The railway is covered with heavy snow. 4. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. 语法：when 引导时间状语从句 （详见语法重点） 词组：play a tune 演奏一首曲子 5. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. 单词：rise – rose – risen vi. 升 raise – raised – raised vt. 提高 填空：The sun rises. We will raise workers’ salary at the end of this month.