新概念第二册51

Lesson 51 Reward for virtue 阅读理解

1. What did Hugh do when he decided to go on a diet?

He wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.

2. What did Hugh do when the writer entered his room?

He hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk.

单词详解

1. reward n. 酬谢，酬劳

派生：reward sb. for sth. v. 因为某事给某人奖励或报酬

2. virtue n. 美德

翻译：It is our traditional virtue to respect and honor the aged.

尊老敬老是我们的传统美德。

3. diet n. 节食

翻译：他在一星期前开始节食。

He went on a diet a week ago.

扩展：lose one’s weight / keep fit减肥

4. forbid v. 禁止(forbid – forbade – forbidden)

结构：forbid sb. to do / forbid doing sth. 禁止某人做某事翻译：我的父母不许我在外面过夜。

My parents forbid me to stay out at night.

反义词：allow / permit

5. hurriedly adv. 匆忙地

= in a hurry

翻译：我们不得不匆忙吃完早餐，不然就要迟到了。【趣味知识1】

谚语：Virtue is its own reward. 有德便是有报。

【思考1】

猜猜diet drinks什么意思？低热量饮料

【趣味知识2】

There was no hurry. I had all the time in the world.

We have to finish our breakfast hurriedly, or we are late.

6. embarrass v. 使尴尬

翻译：我要他好看！

I want to really embarrass him.

派生：embarrassed / embarrassing adj.

翻译：他们问她的年龄时，她非常尴尬。

She was embarrassed when they asked her age.

我不喜欢在公开场合演说，太令人尴尬了。

I don’t like making speeches in public. It’s so embarrassing.

7. guiltily adv. 内疚地

e.g. I took one cigarette guiltily.

猜猜上句中的“I”在什么阶段：give up smoking

派生：guilty adj. 内疚的，guilt n. 内疚

词组：a sense of guilt 内疚感

8. strict adj. 严格的

结构：be strict with = be hard on 对……严格

翻译：老师对他的学生非常严格。

The teacher is very strict with his students.

9. occasionally adv. 偶尔地

课文解析

1. My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. 【复习】

还记得我们第13课学过的occasion词性和含义吗？

名词，场合

●语法：so … that …如此……以至于……

●词组：go on a diet节食

2. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.

●词组：first of all表示首先

写作：用于表达个人观点时：首先/其次/再次/最后：first of all/ in addition / moreover / finally

●词组：write out = list

●语法：which引导定语从句

3. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolateand sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit.

●以上食物用一个词形容：fattening

●词组：pay sb. a visit = pay a visit to sb. / visit sb.

翻译：我一个月拜访我老师一次。

I pay my teacher a visit/pay a visit to my teacher once a month.

4. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.

●语法：that引导宾语从句

●词组：as … as ever 跟以往一样……

翻译：你还是跟以前一样能说啊。

You are as talkative as ever.

5. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. 【趣味知识3】

最容易使人发胖的食物：1. 巧克力饼干；2. 巧克力棒；

3. 罐装果汁；

4. 普通可乐；

5. 啤酒

【思考2】

尝试理解这段话：

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。