新概念英语第2册第33课

❤ After the rain stopped, the workers went
ahead with their work.
• 雨停后，工人们继续干活了。
• ahead of time 提前
• Luckily, she finished her homework ahead
of time.
* 构词法
adj. + ness = n. dark + ness = darkness good + ness = goodness careful + ness = carefulness
2. explain
v. 解释；叙述
• explanation n. 说明，解释 • explain sth. to sb. 向某人解释某事 • explain + that/wh- (从句)
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore
2. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat
and was caught in a storm.
• 一天下午，她乘小船从海岸出发，遇上了风暴。 • (1) 我们已经学过 set out表示“出发”，set out from表示“从 ……出发”： • Captain Alison will set out at eight o'clock. • 艾利森船长将于8点钟启航。 • (2) be caught in表示某人“(突然)遇到/上(风暴等)”： • He was caught in a heavy rain on the way home.
3. coast n. 海岸
E.g. 海滨城市 a town on the coast 辨析：coast，shore，beach，bank →→→→→→→→ 范围渐渐变小 • coast: 临近海的比较宽阔或狭长的地域 • shore：湖或者海的边缘或水边的狭长陆地， 比coast范围小 • beach：（shore的倾斜部分）往往在涨潮 时候被漫过 • bank: （江河，溪流的）岸
spent the whole night in the water。
4. During that time she covered a distance of eight
miles. • 在那段时间里，她游了8英里。 • (1) that time指上句话中提到的the whole night。 • (2) cover可以笼统地表示“行过(一段路程)”，根据上 下文可具体译为“走过”、“飞过”、“游过”等： • The bird covered the distance in three minutes. • 这只鸟用3分钟飞完了全程。 • (3) 表示具体的距离可以用“a distance of+ 具体长度
after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she
covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered.
• towards prep. 朝，向，接近 • struggle v.挣扎 • rock n.岩石 • hospital n. 医院
Analysis
1.darkness n. 黑暗
E.g. out of the darkness 冲出黑暗 ❤ 当夜幕降临，这间房屋就陷入一片黑暗之中。 As night came, the house faded into darkness.
When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.
New words
• darkness n.黑暗 • explain • coast • storm v. 解释，叙述 n.海岸 n. 暴风雨 • shore • light • ahead • cliff n.海岸 n.灯光 adv.在前面 n.峭壁
”这个结构。
5. high up on the cliffs 在高高的峭壁上
• up为形容词，表示“在上面的”、“高高 的”、“在较高处的”，high为副词，修 饰up。
6. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. • 到达岸边后，姑娘朝着她看到的灯光方向挣扎着往峭壁上爬去。 • (1)“on+ 动名词”相当于 as soon as或 when 引导的时间状语从句：
* Why was the girl
in hospital?
the whole night in the water.
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First listen and then answer the question~
• Her boat had hit a rock and she had spent
❤ 因为汤姆迟到了，他不得不向老师解释原因。 • Because Tom was late, he had to explain the reason to the teacher. ❤ Tom was late and he explained that the bus had broken down.
• 他在回家途中遇到了大雨。
3. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water.
• 她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸边。
• 介词after的宾语是动名词spending及这个动名词的
宾语、状语，这个结构在意义上等于 after she had
7. That was all she remembered.
• 她所记得的就是这些。
• that指前面(从第2句话开始)描述的内容。
she remembered为all 的定语从句，关系代词 that(不能用which)被省略了。
Exercise on Page 157
1. d 2. b 3. d 4. a 5. c
6. b 7. b 8. c 9. c 10. c
11. a 12. c
• ahead of…
在…之前
Further notes on the text
1. Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. 几乎过了一个星期，那姑娘才能讲述自己的遭遇 。 (1) 这句话有两个从句。Before一直到结尾是句子的时间状语从句。在 这个从句中，explain又有自己的宾语从句，what为这个从句的主语。 (2) before在引导时间状语从句时，有时不一定译为“在……之前”，虽 然表达的是这个意思，如文中的这句话。类似的情况有： • It will be months before he can come back. 要过好几个月他才能回来。 • He ran off before his mother could stop him. 他母亲还没来得及阻止他，他就跑掉了。
• On reaching the airport, he was arrested by the police.
• 他一到机场就被警察逮捕了。 • (2) she had seen为 the light的定语从句，关系代词 that/which省略了。 • (3)up 在此处为介词，表示“沿着……往上”。
After a storm comes a calm.
5. towards prep. 向，朝；接近
❤ 下了公车，他向着他的公司走去。 • After getting off the bus, he walked towards his company. ❤ You should know that your attitude towards study is not correct. ❤ We have to try hard towards success. 我们要努力朝成功前进。