新概念英语第三册教案 Lesson1-2.doc

Lesson 01 A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮

Part One: New words and expression 生词和短语

1、puma n.美洲狮a large cat-like animal

lion, tiger, leopard豹, jaguar美洲虎, cougar美洲豹, cheetah猎豹, lynx大山猫, panther黑豹

2、spot v.看出, 发现 to see or find sth with difficulty不易察觉

= see, pick out, recognize, catch sight of强调结果, 辨别出, 看见, 识别, 发现

同意词：-- find：强调发现的结果/ find out：查出事实真相-- discover：做出重大发现/ notice：注意到

-- observe：观察/ watch：观察活动中的人或画面

observe: to see and notice sth(正式) 观察，观测

discover: to find sth already in existence

recognize: to figure out sth/sb known already

detect: to disclose sth hidden or in disguise 探测

explore: to examine sth thoroughly in order to test of find about it Internet Explorer

Spot 点，斑点a beauty spot, solar spot, -- There is a white spot on the shirt.

spotlight, be in the spotlight Tom Cruse is in the spotlight in American film industry.

A leopard will not change its spot. 江山易改，本性难移

on the spot有两个含义：

1> 立刻, 马上（at once, immediately）-- Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.

2> at the place of the action 在现场-- Wherever she is needed, she is quickly on the spot.

3、Evidence n.证据（不可数名词）Evident adj.明显的, 显然的/ evidently adv.明显地, 显然

Evidence = proof (n.证据)-- When the police arrived, he had already destroyed the evidence.

in evidence 显而易见的-- He was in evidence at the party.

witness 证人，judge法官，jury陪审团，court of law法庭

self-evident a.不言自明的The Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 我们认为以下事实是不言自明的：所有的人都是生而平等的，他们天生就被上帝赋予了不可剥夺的权利，人有生存的权利，获得自由的权利，追求幸福的权利。

4、Accumulate v.积累, 积聚（强调积累的过程）

-- As the evidence accumulates, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.

Gather vt.聚集, 把某人召集在某处-- The teacher gathered his students in the class

Collect vt.搜集, 采集-- Do you collect stamps? Yes, I collect stamps as my hobby.（n.业余爱好）

Assemble v.集合, 集会/ 装配-- A large number of people assemble on the square.

Hoard vt.大量的储存（-- hoard up = store up 储藏）-- The squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter.

amass vt.积聚（主要用于诗歌和文学作品）-- The clouds amassed above the hills

5、Oblige v.使…感到必须feel obliged to do sth 感觉有必要做某事-- I feel obliged to say no to his demand

be obliged to do sth 被迫做某事-- They were obliged to sell their car to pay their debts off.（debt n.债务）

compel: to make people have a particular feeling or attitude 9-year’s compulsory education

drive: to make someone feel or do sth bad or unpleasant drive sb nuts 把人逼疯了

6、hunt v.n.追猎, 寻找（hunt for 搜寻，寻找）hunt for a job, job hunter, head hunter, bargain hunter, go hunting for search 搜寻某处为了寻找到某人或某物-- The police were searching the forest for the missing boy.

run after 强调追赶, 追求-- look, a dog is running after a cat-- what are you run after in your life

seek = pursue v.追寻(理想)

chase v.追赶（-- They are chasing a thief / They are running after a thief）

7、blackberry n.黑莓/ berry n.浆果

8、human being 人类mankind in the long history of the mankind human race men

be动词存在to be or not to be 是生存呢，还是灭亡？

being 1) –creature god being, animal being

2) –existence come into being形成，成立for the time being眼下，目前

9、corner v被逼到墙角里，使走投无路, 使陷入困境作为动词, 经常使用被动语态

-- The thief was cornered at last -- The problem cornered me. A cornered beast will do something desperate.

corner n.角落-- at the corner of the street -- in the corner of the room -- on the corner of the desk

around the corner: is coming cut corners 走捷径，抄近路

10、Trail n.一串, 一系列a trail of a trail of mud/blood

Wherever he went, the playboy left behind him a trail of broken hearts.