讲解新概念三 Lesson44 Speed and comfort.ppt

Lesson 45 The power of the press新闻报道的威力 Lesson 44 Speed and comfort又快捷又舒适 Learning Objectives 掌握一些单词的具体用法； 学习课文； 进行一些口语训练。 New words and expressions positively adv. 绝对地，完全地 in positive way. The food is positively uneatable. 那些食物绝对不能吃。 Can you really do it positively? 你真的可以完全做到吗？ 相当于 surely, absolutely, certainly, indeed compartment n. 分隔间或单间 The first-class compartments are in the front of the train. 头等车室在列车的前面。 cramped adj.窄小的 I feel cramped by the limitations of my job. 我觉得受工作束缚，没有什么奔头儿。 同义词： narrow adj.有限的,狭窄的 overcrowded adj. 过度拥挤的; cramp n. 抽筋，痉挛，夹钳 I got a cramp while swimming and almost drowned. 我游泳时痉挛，差点溺水。 v. 束缚，使痉挛，用夹钳夹紧 All these difficulties cramped his progress. 所有这些困难阻碍了他的进步。 stuffy adj. 憋气的，闷气的 Our office is really stuffy. 我们的办公室很闷。 同义词: airless monotonous adj. 枯燥的，乏味的 Mary is finding life deadly monotonous . 玛丽感到生活非常单调。 同义词： dull adj.呆滞的,钝的 tedious adj.单调乏味的,沉闷的 boring adj.令人厌烦的,乏味的 dreary adj. 沉闷的,令人沮丧的 dull, tedious, monotonous, dreary, dull: 指缺乏新鲜、吸引力或情趣而显得乏味、沉闷。 tedious: 侧重指文章、演讲、演出等冗长乏味或环境等单调、沉闷，缺乏活力，使感到不舒服。 monotonous: 指没有变化、重复单调的。 dreary: 侧重无趣味的，不活泼的事或思想状态。 rhythm n. 有节奏的运动 Stress and rhythm are important in speaking English. 说英语时，重音和节奏是很重要的。 click v. 发出咔哒声 He saluted with a click of his heels. 他立正敬礼，鞋后跟发出咔嗒一声。 lull v. 催人欲睡 lull to sleep轻摇或轻哼使之入睡 The mother lulled the baby to sleep. 母亲哄着孩子入睡了。 What a good day, the wind lulled! 天气真好，风和日丽！ lullaby n. 摇篮曲， 催眠曲， 任何轻柔的音乐 She was singing a lullaby to her child. 她正在给孩子唱摇篮曲。 snatch n. 短时，片段 snatch at sth 抓取,设法夺取 John made a brave snatch at victory but failed at last. 约翰奋力求胜，但最后失败了。 snatch up 抓起 He snatched up his gun and fired. 他突然拿起枪来射击。 in/by snatches 断断续续地(间或地) It rains in snatches. 雨断断续续的下。 sleeper n. 卧铺，睡眠者，爆冷门 He usually goes home on the sleeper. 他通常乘卧铺车回家。 hard sleeper 硬卧 soft sleeper 软卧 fumble v.乱摸，摸索 He fumbled in his pocket for the key. 他在口袋里摸索着钥匙。 fumble about 瞎摸;摸弄 She fumbled about in her handbag for a pen. 她在手提袋中搜寻钢笔。 fumble around 笨手笨脚地寻找 No one