裕兴新概念第二册笔记 lesson 5.doc

§Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞 【New words and expressions】生词和短语 ★pigeon n. 鸽子（信鸽，肉鸽） dove / dove of peace 和平鸽 homing-pigeon / carrier-pigeon 信鸽 one’s pigeon = one’s business or responsibility 某人的职责或责任 That’s not my pigeon. 不关我的事。/ 这不是我的过错。＝ None of my business. ★message n. 信息，口信 [c] an oral / written message? 口信便条messenger，意为“送信人”、“信使”等eg. A pigeon carried the urgent message from the front. 一只鸽子从前线捎回的紧急信息。 take a message for sb. 为……捎口信 leave sb. a message 为……留口信 get the message （俚）明白，理解，领悟（别人的暗示） eg. She said it was getting late; I got the message and left. 她说天已经晚了，我立刻就明白然后离开了。 区别： information [u] 情报，资料，信息 eg. a piece of information 一条信息 IT: information technology 信息技术 information science信息科学 news [u] 消息，新闻，报道 eg. a piece of news 一条信息 / 新闻 newspaper 报纸 [c] ★cover 1）n.（书刊的）封皮 eg. cover-girl 封面女郎 read a book from cover to cover = read a book from beginning to end 一本书从头读到尾 2）n. 掩盖物，覆盖物，罩子，套子 3）v. 掩盖或遮盖某物 eg. He laughed to cover his nervousness. 他大笑起来来掩饰自己的紧张。 4）v. 走过一段路程，越过，完成，看完 eg. I covered 50 pages in an hour. 我一个小时看完了50页书。 The Red Army covered 25,000 Li during the Long March. 在长征期间红军走过了2万5千里的路程。 He covered 50 miles in a little under two hours. 他差一点两小时走完了50公里。 ②包括，涉及；处理Some people are covered in this scandal. 有几个人涉及到这件丑闻。（指新闻记者）报道（审判、选举、动乱之类的大事）The Times covered the Labour Partys annual conference. 泰晤士报报道了工党年会的新闻。distance n. 距离，间距 eg. It’s a great distance from here. 那里离这很远。 It’s some distance from here. 那里离这相当远。 It’s no distance from here. 那里离这不远。 The church is within walking distance from my home. 那个教堂离我家走路就到了。 If you have friends who know your heart, distance can not keep you apart. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 keep one’s distance from others 保持距离 in the distance：far away 远方，远处；在远方 distant adj. 远隔的，遥远的或远亲的 eg. He is my distant nephew. 他是我的远房侄子。 a distant village：a remote village 一个遥远的小村庄 ★request n. / v. 要求，请求 1）n. request for sth. 对……的要求，请求…… make repeated requests for help 一再发出求救的要求 at sb’s request 应……的请求 at sb’s