新概念3 Lesson 1 A puma at large.doc

Lesson 1 A puma at large at large 逍遥自在的，行动自由的；未捕获的（通常用来指具有危险性的人或事物位被控制的状态） the escaped murderer at large 仍然逍遥法外的在逃杀人犯 The disease is still at large. 此种疾病仍在蔓延。 The woman in black is his mother. 身着蓝色衣服的那位女士是他的母亲。 Experts from the Zoo began their investigation. 动物园的专家们开始了他们的调查。 cat-like 为派生词，由词根（n.）+后缀 (-like) 构成形容词。后缀-like表示“像…似的”、“有…特征的”。 dog-like womanlike manlike 同位语从句的结构通常直接用于某些名词（如idea, fact, news, hope, thought, proof, message等）之后。如： There can be no doubt that she is qualified for the job. The thought came to him that she once told him so. take sth. seriously 认真对待 Nearly everyone had warned him of the danger, but he didn’t take it seriously. oblige sb. to do sth. 迫使某人做某事→be / feel obliged to do sth. 被迫做某事 The police obliged the onlookers to leave. He felt obliged to let her in. for作为并列连词，可用来表示因果关系，通常用来引导一事后想起的原因，更类似于置于括号内的说明性文字。 For I was feeling quite hungry, I decided to stop and have lunch. × I decided to stop and have lunch, for I was feeling quite hungry. √ give / make a description of sth. / sb. 对某事/某人进行描述 She gave a vivid description of the match. Could you make a detailed description of the thief? 此处will用来表示习惯性或动作特征的情态助动词，通常表示“就”、“就会”、“总是”之意，如： He will never let anybody know what he is doing. 他从不让任何人知道他在干什么。 corner (v.) (a) get (a person or an animal) into a position from which it is hard to escape 使（某人或某动物）走投无路The escaped prisoner was cornered at last. 那逃犯最走投无路了put (sb) into a difficult situation 使（某人）陷困境The interviewer cornered the politician with a particularly tricky question. unless = if not Come tomorrow unless I phone. the way ahead 前面的路 his trip abroad 他的出国旅行 the sentence below 下面的句子 the meeting yesterday 昨天的会议 their stay overnight 他们整夜的逗留 leave sth. behind 把…留在身后；忘带；在…之后 She went out in a hurry and left the keys behind her at home. 她匆匆出门，把钥匙忘在了家中。 The storm left a heap of destruction behind it. a number of 若干，许多 + （Nc.） many, a lot of, lots of much, a lot of, lots of, a great deal of, a large amount