新概念英语2册第53课课文详解.docVIP

Lesson 53 Hot snake 【New words and expressions】（13） ★hot adj. 带电的, 充电的 hot adj. 热的；新鲜的；棘手的；带电的, 充电的 hot-hot-hot 麻辣烫；hot-wings 辣鸡翅；hot dog 热狗 hot-tempered 火暴(脾气)的 （temper n. 脾气） hot line 热线；hot topic 热门话题 hot cake 热蛋糕 It sells like a hot cake/cakes. 表示一个东西的畅销, 热销 best seller 畅销的东西 hot potato 棘手的问题 hot news 最热点的新闻 ★fireman n. 消防队员 hydrant n. 消防栓, 消防龙头 fire extinguisher 灭火器 （extinguisher n. 熄灭者, 灭火器） extinguish＝put out 灭火 ★cause v. n. 引起；原因 ① v. 引起 cause sth. 引起麻烦 Carelessness causes accidents. 粗心导致事故 Pride causes failure. 骄傲使人失败 cause sb. to do sth. 引起某人做某事, 导致某人做某事 Illness caused him to lose his temper. (lose one’s temper 发火) ② n. 原因，强调事情发生的直接原因(一个) because 因为 reason 理由，其他各种的理由(很多个) ★examine v. 检查 examine the soil check v. 核实, 核对 ★accidentally adv. 意外地, 偶然地 (但更趋向于 “偶然” 的意思) accident－accidental－accidentally accident n. 事故 unexpectedly adv. 出乎意料地(更趋向于 “意外” 的意思) ★remains n. 尸体, 残骸 remains指dead body ★solve v. 解决 solve the mystery solve the problem ★snatch v. 抓住 catch v. 抓，如抓鱼 hold v. 握着 snatch v. (突然抓起来)强调动作的突然性 seize v. 抓住(用力) seize my arm 【课文讲解】 1、Hot snake hot snake 触电的蛇 get an electric shock 触电 2、At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. at last 最后，终于 put out a fire 扑灭火（put out扑灭，熄灭，关掉） Please put the light/fire out. a fire 一场(堆)火 3、Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. since then 从那时起，到现在为止 find out （经过研究、努力等）找出，发现，查出……（这里find out的宾语是个从句） I’ll try and find out the name of the person who saved my life yesterday. 4、Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. broken glass 被打碎的玻璃片 cigarette ends 烟头 5、They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. be able to 能够 ；be not able to 没有能够 be sure that 对……很有把握；quite sure 相当的把握性 rather adv. 相当 fairly adv. 相当, 公正地, 诚实地 quite(＝completely)－rather－