新概念英语第二册73课.ppt

Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. 逃学的孩子们都缺乏想象力。 A quiet days fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. 他们通常能够做到的，至多也就是安静地钓上一天鱼，或者在电影院里坐上八个小时，一遍又一遍地看同一部电影。 over and over again = again and again 一次又一次，一再地， as far as +从句 最大程度……，到……程度，就……而言 As far as I know, his operations are successful. This is as far as I can do for you. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while (he was) playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles. 而有一个小男孩，他在逃学期间旅行了1600英里，从而使上述所有逃学的孩子相形见绌。 put…to shame 使……蒙羞，使……相形见绌 What he has done put his parents to shame. He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame. He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. 他搭便车到了多佛，天快黑时钻进了一条船，想找个地方睡觉。 hitchhike to… 搭便车去…… He plans to hitchhike to Tibet. Dover n. 多佛(英国著名的港口) towards evening 快到晚上 somewhere to sleep 可以睡觉的地方(不定式做后置定语) I have something to tell you. He has lots of homework to do. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. 第二天早上他醒来时，发现船在这段时间已经到了加来。 No one noticed the boy as he crept off. 当男孩从船里爬出来时，谁也没有发现他。 creep off = creep away There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. pick up 逮捕，拘捕 After the accident, he was picked up by the police. The record-holder record-holder record-holder记录保持者 record-breaker破记录者 truant? n. 逃学的孩子，逃学者 The three boys who are fishing over there are truants and ought to be sent back to school. play truant 逃学(英) play hooky 逃学(美) evade school 逃学 unimaginative adj. 缺乏想象力的 imagine v. 想象，设想 imaginative adj. 有想象力的 imagination n. 想象力 -tive 一般是形容词的后缀；active, attractive -tion 一般是名词后缀 description, collection imaginative/imaginary/imaginable 1. imaginative 充满想象力的 an imaginative boy 2. imaginary假想的 an imaginary enemy 3. imaginable能够想象出的 (常作后置定语) This is the worst result