新概念英语第2册Lesson70~72课文详注

新概念英语第2册Lesson70~72课文详注

新概念英语第2册Lesson70课文详注

1.…the drunk was unaware of the danger.……醉汉没有意识到危险。

While she read the book, she was unaware of the noise around her.

她看那本书时没有觉察到周围的噪音。

I was unaware that you were coming.

我不知道你要来。

2.it suddenly caught sight of the drunk,突然它看见了醉汉。

catch sight of是个固定短语，意为“看见”、“发现”：As I came out of the shop, I caught sight of Dan in the crowd.

当我从商店里出来时，我在人群中看到了丹。

3.sensitive to criticism,对挑衅/批评敏感。

sensitive表示“敏感的”、“神经过敏的”、“易生气的”或“介意的”等，通常与to+名词连用，也可作定语：Mary is sensitive to smells.

玛丽对气味很敏感。

Mary has a sensitive ear.

玛丽的耳朵很灵敏。

You’re too sensitive.

你太敏感了(太容易生气了)。

4.The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself.可这醉汉像是很有把握似的。

be/ feel sure of oneself 表示“有自信心”：

She’s always so sure of herself.

她总是这么自信。

5.The crowd broke into cheers…观众欢呼起来……

break into 的含义之一是“突然发出/做出”、“突然……起来”，有控制不住的含义：

On hearing the news, she broke into tears.

听到消息后，她大哭起来。

When Sally saw the woman wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse, she broke into laughter.

当萨莉看到那妇女戴着一顶像灯塔一样的帽子时，她大笑起来。

6.Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador. 好像连牛也在为他感到遗憾，因为它一直同情地看着醉汉，直到他的背影消逝，才重新将注意力转向斗牛士。

这个句子很长。for引导的句子与它前面的分句为并列

句。for引导的分句中有两个时间状语，一是until引导的从句，二是before引导的动名词短语，其作用也相当于一个从句，由于主语也是it，用动名词形式更简洁些。

(1)look on可以表示“观看”、“旁观”：

Mary people just looked on while the two men robbed a woman.

当那两个人抢劫一位妇女时，许多人只是旁观。

(2)out of the way为固定短语，可以表示“不挡道”、“不碍事”：

While making meat pies, I always order the children to keep out of the way.

我做肉馅饼时，总是命令孩子们不要碍事。

新概念英语第2册Lesson71课文详注

1.If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. 如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话，这座大钟永远也不会建造。

(1)这句话用的是虚拟语气，即第3类条件句，表示与过去的事实

相反的一种假设。(cf.第64课语法)

(2)the Houses of Parliament,国会大厦。由于英国议会是由上议院(House of Lords)和下议院(House of Commons)

组成的，所

以Houses为复数形式。

(3)burn down为固定短语，在这里表示“(使)烧成平地”、“烧毁”：

The hospital was burned down last month.

那家医院上个月被烧毁了。

2.Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was respon- sible for the making of the clock…“大本”钟得名于本杰明·霍尔爵士，……他负责建造大钟。

(1)Sir用于英国人的全名(或名字)之前时表示“爵士”(不单独用

于姓之前)，如 Sir John Gilbert(约翰·吉尔伯特爵士)或 Sir John(约翰爵士)，但不能称 Sir Gilbert。

(2)responsible for表示“对……需负责任/承担责任的”：

Who is responslble for the accident?

谁应对这起事故负责?

John is responsible for the building of the bridge.

约翰负责修建这座桥。

(3)-ing形式前面无冠词时可直接跟宾语：making the clock; -ing 前有冠词时则其后不能直接跟宾语，而必须用of;the making of the clock.

3.It is not only of immense size…此钟不仅外型巨大……