新概念英语第二册笔记_第48课

Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something? 你想对我说什么吗？

Why did the writer become very worried?

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

参考译文

牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。我突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不出来。当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。

一、New words and expressions 生词和短语

pull

1) v. 拔（草，瓶塞，钉子等），拔掉，拉开

例: I spent a whole day pulling weeds.

我花一整天时间来拔草。

pull out a nail 拔出钉子

pull out a stopper 拔出塞子

have the decayed tooth pulled out请（牙医）拔掉蛀牙

pull out the wrong tooth 拔错了牙

eg. This kind of carrot won't pull easily.

这塞种胡萝卜不容易拔。

2) v. 拖，扯，拉

eg. If you want something, pull this cord.

pull[pul] 拉drag硬拉

haul 拖拉tug 用力拉

stretch 硬拉长tow 用链子（绳）拖引

pull up（使车辆）停下来

例: She didn't pull her car up at a red light.

pull on穿上，戴上(反义词pull off)

pullover 套头毛衣，套头棉衫

cotton wool药棉，脱脂棉

cotton

1)[u]棉花

raw cotton 原棉

a cotton field 棉田

grow cotton 种棉花

2)adj. 棉的，棉质的

cotton cloth 棉布

cotton goods 棉织品

cotton industry棉纺织行业

美国的棉花生产高居世界第一位，其生产地往南部14州地产棉地带，称为：the Cotton Belt

collect v. 搜集

1) V. 收集；搜集；（人）集合

eg. He collected foreign coins. 他收集外国硬币。

They collected up all the wastepaper after the picnic.

在野餐之后，他们把所有的废物收集了起来

A lot of people collected at the concert.

演奏会上听众云集。

2)v. 征收（租税）：募（捐）：收（款）：募集（捐款）

collect for charity 慈善募捐

collect taxes 征收税金

collect rent from a tenant向房客收取租金

collect call 由受话人付费的电话

collection

1) n. 收藏品，收藏物，集合（的东西）

eg. This gallery has a fine collection of modern pictures.

这家美术馆收藏一批珍贵的现代画。

a large collection of stamps -大批收藏的邮票

2)n. 收集，采集，（从邮筒）取信

eg. The collection of the data for this report took me a lot of time.

. 这个报告的资料的收集工作花费我很长时间

make a collection of rare books收藏珍藏本

collector 收藏家，采集者，收款人

a stamp collector 一个邮票收藏者

tax collector 收税员