裕兴版新概念英语第三册笔记Lesson2.docxVIP

Lesson 2? ?Thirteen equals one一.??单词讲解New words and expressionsequal??[?i:kw?l]? ?? ?? ?? ? v.等于vicar??[?vik?]? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?n.牧师raise??[reiz]? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? v.募集,筹(款)torchlight [?t??t?la?t]? ?? ?? ?? ?n.电筒光equal? ?v./adj.??与...相等adj.? ? be equal to?与...相等Wealth is not equal to happiness.?财富不等同于幸福.EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunities Commission??平等就业机会委员会??(A US government organization whose aim is to make sure that people are not prevented from getting jobs because of their race, religion, age, sex etc, and to make sure that all workers are treated fairly and equally.)中国学生易犯的错误:vt.?及物动词equal to : (“to” is unnecessary)vicar?英国教区的小牧师?(of the Church of England)rector : of the Catholic Church?小牧师priest?神父(特别是指罗马天主教的神父)curate?副牧师curate’s egg?有好有坏The book is something of a curate’s egg.?这本书好坏掺半.bishop?主教? ?(chess)象:?圆棋子为教士帽形archbishop?红衣大主教Pope (Roman Catholic)?罗马教皇Is the Pope (a) catholic?? ?(a humorous way to say sth is clearly true and certain)?说什么事情是非常明显正确的---Do you think they’ll win?---Is the Pope Catholic? (当然)clergyman??n.神职人员raise??vt.raise kidsraise money?筹集钱财raise the roof?怒发冲冠rise??vi.The Sun Also Rises? ?太阳照常升起?(written by Ernest Hemingway)A Farewell to Arms?再见A Farewell to Concubine?霸王别姬torch??n.手电筒carry a torch for sb? ?暗恋Why not carry on ? (那就继续努力吧)二.?课文讲解Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since. One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one oclock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.??Whatever are you doing up here Bill ? asked the vicar in surpris