新概念英语第三册笔记第37课资料讲解

新概念英语第三册笔记第37课

Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express 开往威斯特海温的快车

New words and expression 生词和短语

1. Express n.快车；a..高速的（ad. 快递地 send it ~ vt 1、表达 2、(想法、情感) 流露; 呈现）

Express way 高速公路 / Express train快车

Special express特快 / express coach长途汽车

express service快车 express post快件 express mail快件express delivery快递

express company 快递公司

2. Punctual a. 准时的( = neither early nor late )

--In the modern society, we must be punctual in what we are doing .

Be punctual to the minute非常的准时--He is a man who is punctual to the minute.

副词：Punctually

反义词：Unpunctual

名词：Punctuality [,pʌŋktjʊ'ælɪtɪ]

Promptly adv.准时地 [‘prɒmptli] 1、迅速地（quickly）；立即（immediately） 2、及时地；准时地

-- He was so sleepy that he went to sleep promptly.

on time 准时／in time 及时

punctual（adj.严守时刻的, 准时的） [‘pʌŋktʃuəl] punctually adv.守时地

prompt 1、引起、促使、推动、导致 to make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen provoke 1、[VN] 激起；引起；引发 to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect 2、~ sb (into sth/into doing sth) 挑衅；激怒；刺激

3. Condition vt.使习惯于(=Form a habit in)（习惯于 (以某种方式做事或思考) [usu passive] 使适应；以…为条件）

--Society has conditioned each one of us. 这个社会已经使我们大家都适应了。

Be condition to sth

--Each one of us has been conditioned to society.

--the plants have been conditioned to the cold weather here.. ( plant 做主语)

--The cold weather has conditioned the plants here. (cold weather 做主语)

1) (专业或贬义)训练，使…有反应condition to do sth

eg. The animals are conditioned to expect food at the sound of the bell. 被训练得习惯一听到铃声就想吃食物。

eg. People are conditioned by the society they live in. 人们都习惯于适应所生活的社会空间。2) to control or decide 决定，取决

eg. The amount of money I spend is conditioned by the amount I earn. 我花多少钱要看我收入多少而定。

adapt v.渐渐适应

adapt to适应

eg. It is hard for a person who lives in northern countries to adopt to octopus.

adapt for 改编，改作（他用）

eg. The original has been adapted for a soap opera. 原著被改编成了一部肥皂剧。

eg. An old house was adapted for a garage. 一间旧房子被改成了车库。

adjust v. 调整，校准，以适应（to make small changes especially to its position to make it more effective）

eg. My eyes haven’t adjusted to the dark yet. 介词to

eg. The desks and seats must be adjusted to the height of any child. 桌椅必须调整以适应孩子们得高度。

settle in/settle into 适应，融入新环境（to become used to a new home, job, surroundings）

eg. It took me 3 weeks to settle into life at college.

n. 条件（情况，状态，条件）

on condition that 在……条件下如果

on no condition 在任何情况下都不 (用在句首句子必须采用倒装)

--On no condition must you be late. 在任何情况下都不能迟到。

in good/bad condition情况良好(不好)

4. unshakable a. 不可动摇的（坚定不移的）

adj. 不可动摇的；坚定不移的 unalterable , unpersuadable

shakable 可动摇的；可震动的；可摇动的

shake ( shaking, shook, shaken, shakes )

vt. 动摇；摇动；震动；握手 vi. 动摇；摇动；发抖 n. 摇动；哆嗦milk shake

tremble 颤抖，发抖，指因寒冷、情绪变化、体弱多病而不由自主轻微地抖动。

如：A poor old woman stood at the corner, trembling with age.

shake 颤抖，颤动，指任何短促而急促的摇动，有时喻指对决心，信念的动摇。

如：He was shaking with fear.(他吓得发抖。) Nothing can shake our determination.

shiver 战栗，寒战，指因寒冷，恐惧或体弱多病而引起的抖动。

如：The old man stood shivering in the wind-swept street.(这位老人站在寒风凛冽的街上发抖。)

5. faith n.信任=strong belief/trust 深信不疑，信仰，信心（n. 信仰；信念；信任；忠实）