新概念英语第二册第53课-hot-snack.ppt

★ accidentally adv. 意外地,偶然地 ?adj. accidental 意外的,偶然的 意外死亡 an accidental death accident ?n. 事故,意外 车祸 a car accident Accidentally=by chance=by accident 我偶然间发现了金矿 I found a gold mine by accident / accidentally. ★ remains 1）n. 剩余物,残余物 残汤剩饭 the remains of a meal 2）n. (古建筑等物)遗址,废墟 圆明园遗址 the remains of Yuanmingyuan 3）n. 遗体,遗骸 毛主席的遗体被保存在水晶棺材里。 The remains of Chairman Mao were kept well in a crystal coffin. ★ wire n. 金属线，电线 他用一根金属线把筐绑到了自行车上。 He tied a basket to the bicycle with a piece of wire. telephone wires 电话线 Electric wires 电线 wireless adj. 无线的 wireless telegraphy 无线电报 ★volt n. 伏特 voltage n. 电压,伏特数 ★ power 1）电力，动力 electric power 电力 water power 水力 2）力,能力 （自然的体力、智力） His power is failing. 他的体力在衰退。 3）权力,支配力,势力 political power 政治权力 solve v. 解决,解答,回答 =work out 解决问题 solve a problem 解开谜团 solve a mystery 我们必须解决经济危机。 We must solve the economic crisis. snatch 1）v. 抢,夺,掠取 snatch up 抓起来 贼把她的包抓起来逃跑了。 The thief snatched her bag and ran away. At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. This morning, however, a firemen accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The explanation was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires. The snake then wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire. Comprehension questions 1 Where was there a big forest fire? In California. 2 Have firemen put it out? Yes, they have. 3 What have t