新概念英语2册第53课课文详解

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

①v. 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)

②n. 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－>fairly 程度一个比一个轻

quite a few 颇有几个(相当多的)

start a fire＝cause a fire （start vt. 使……发生，引起）

6、This morning, however, a firemen accidentally discovered the cause.

accidentally =by chance 偶然地

discover本身含有偶然发现（某个已经存在的东西）的含义

I don’t know who discovered America.

7、He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.

notice 注意别人没注意的东西

the remains表示“尸体，残骸”，必须用复数形式：

The villagers were surprised to see the remains of an aeroplane near the lake.

16,000-volt power line 连字符“-”一旦加在两个词之间, 这个词之间就失去了加复数的资格, 能够加连字符的概念一定是做定语

★wind vt. 缠绕，卷在……上；盘旋，蜿蜒

①vt. 缠绕，卷在……上（常与around/round连用）

Did you wind this piece of wire round the tree?

②vt. 蜿蜒，盘旋

wind one's way 蜿蜒而行

8、In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.

in this way 就这样

9、A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires.