新概念3第二周.doc

Lesson 3 An Unknown Goddess 无名女神 课文注释 1、Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. 翻译：不久前，考古工作者在爱琴海的基亚岛上有了一个很有趣的发现 用法： (1) some time ago意为“不久前”等于a long time ago。Some time指“一段时间”，sometimes指“某个时候”，sometime指“有时”。 Eg I will need some time to finish my homework. 我需要一段时间来完成我的作业 After the explosion it was some time before the town resumed its everyday routines. 爆炸后经过相当一段时间，这个城镇才恢复了正常的生活秩序。 These ideas have been in circulation for some time. 这些想法已经流行了一段时间。 I saw him sometime in April. 我曾在四月份见到过他 It is reported that the car accident took place sometime yesterday. 据报导，那场车祸是在昨天某个时候发生的。 I sometimes have letters from him. 我有时收到他的来信。 注意：ago与before的区别：ago是指现在以前，常常与过去时连用；before是指过去以前，常常与过去完成时连用。 (2) make a discovery(=discover) 意为“发现”。An interesting discovery was made意为：discovered something interesting. Make a close study of…对…作仔细研究 Make a detailed analysis of… 对…作详尽分析 Make a comprehensive summary of… 对…作详细总结 Make an exhaustive（彻底的） investigation of… 对…作深入调查 2、An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. 翻译：一个美国考古队在阿伊亚.依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座庙宇 用法：a temple which stands in an ancient city中stand表示“位于，坐落在”。 Eg The house stands next to the river. 那房子坐落在河边 A row of willows stands on the riverside. 沿河长着一行柳树 The school stands on a hill. 那个学校坐落在小山上。 Stand 矗立（常指较高物体） lie 位于（海拔较低的物体，像河流） Be situated in… 坐落于 be located in… 坐落于 Be sited in… 坐落于（指人为因素） 3、The city at one time must have been prosperous,… 翻译：这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，…. 用法：at one time意为“曾经，一度”，特别应当注意此短语中要使用数次one。不可使用不定冠词a。at a time表示“每次”之意。At one time仅可用于过去时态中。 Eg The two continents were connected by a land mass at one time. 这两个大洲曾经有一个时期由一大片陆地连接着 I’m away a couple of weeks at a time. 我每次外出总要两星期不回家。 4、The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow street. 翻译：城里甚至还铺设了排水系统，因为在狭窄的街道下面发现了许多陶制的管道。 用法： (1) equip用作动词 ① 表示“装备，