新概念英语三 Lesson24.ppt

Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George. This was worse than a terrible secret; this was a real skeleton! 我扔下西服冲下楼去告诉乔治。这是比“骇人听闻的秘密”更加惊人的东西，这是一具真正的骷髅啊! dropping my suit现在分词短语， 作伴随状语 dash??[d??]?? n. 破折号；冲撞 vi. 猛冲；撞击 But George was unsympathetic. Oh, that, he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend. Thats Sebastian. You forget that I was a medical student once upon a time.‘ 但乔治却无动于衷。“噢，是它呀!他笑着说道，俨然在谈论一位老朋友。“那是塞巴斯蒂安。你忘了我以前是学医的了。” unsympathetic?/??ns?mp??θ?t?k/ ?If someone is?unsympathetic, they are not kind or helpful to a person in difficulties. 无同情心的 sympathetic??[s?mp?θet?k]?? adj. 同情的 as if he were talking about an old friend as if引导虚拟语气 （1）如果从句表示与现在事实相反，谓语动词用一般过去时。如： You look as if you didn’t care． He walks as if he were drunk. （2）从句表示与过去事实相反，谓语动词用“had＋过去分词”。 ?The girl listened as if she had been turned to stone．? （3）从句表示与将来事实相反，谓语动词用“would／could／might＋动词原形”。 ?He opened his mouth as if he would say something． L24 A skeleton in the cupboard Listen to the passage and try to answer the question: Who was Sebastian? Key: Sebastian was the skeleton that George had when he was a medical student. Skeleton A skeleton in the cupboard ==A skeleton in the closet 橱柜中的骷髅 引申为family skeleton. 家丑 (口) Youre all skin and bones. 在小说中，我们经常读到一个表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，却有着某种多年不为人所知的骇人听闻的秘密。 seemingly?/?si?m??l?/?? ?If something is?seemingly?the case, you mean that it appears to be the case, even though it may not really be so. 好似; 看上去 We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years. respectable??[r?spekt?b(?)l]? adj. 值得尊敬的 respect??[r?spekt]?? n. 尊敬，尊重 respectful??[r?spek(t)f?l] adj. 恭敬的；有礼貌的 conceal?/k?n?si?l/?? ?If you?conceal?something, you cover it or hide it carefully. Conceal····from·····（对/向····）隐瞒······ 与hide相比，hide可指偶然的隐蔽，不一定含有”故意“ The sun is hidden by the clouds. hide VS conceal hide可用作不及物动词，而conceal 只能作及物