新概念第三册Lesson 2概要1.pptVIP

Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one 13=1 equal A equal B …与 … 相匹敌 eg: None of us can equal her, either in beauty or as a dancer. be equal to + n: 1. 与…相匹敌 eg: Mary is quite equal to John in brains. 2. 有能力做某事 eg: I am equal to running the company. 1. 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. 语言点1: raise v. 募集；筹（款） raise money 筹款 raise price 提高 raise a horse饲养 raise a family 供养 raise wheet 种植 raise an army 招募 raise a shout 发出喊声 语言点2: for one reason/cause or another表示说不清楚的原因或者不想一一说明的原因。 语言点3: 在have the church clock repaired中，have sth done表示“让别人做某事”。 我们教区的牧师总是为各种各样的事筹集资金，但始终未能筹组资金把教堂的钟修好。 2. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since. 语言点1: which引导定语从句，修饰clock。 语言点2: used to do sth表示过去常常做某事而现在不再做了。 区分：be/get used to doing be/get accustomed to doing 语言点3: day and night 日日夜夜地。 教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜打点报时，但在很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。 3. One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! 语言点1: with a start由于受到惊动 start: 惊跳、惊奇 Eg: The voice made him start. What a start you give me！ He stood up with a start. 语言点2: 由strike the hours还可以引申学习以下短语: strike the clock 敲钟 beat/play a drum 打鼓 ring the bell 摇铃 alarm clock 闹钟 一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！ 4. Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one oclock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. 语言点1: looking at his watch是现在分词短语，作伴随状语，其逻辑主语与主语一致 语言点2: but引导的分词可以转换成一个强调句式:It was not until the thirteenth stroke that the bell stopped. 他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一连敲了13下才停。 5. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. 语言点1: armed with a torch是过去分词短语作伴随状语，其逻辑主语与主句主语一致，且动作是被动的。 语言点2: armed with sth意思是“拿着/带着某物”。另外，arm oneself/sb with sth的意思是“某人用某物武装自己”。 E.g. He armed himself with a big stick while going out. 语言点3: go on表示“发生”，多用于进行时态。另外，日常口语中我们也可以用这个结构“打招呼”，例如