新概念第三册39课

• give way to 为……所代替 --The great clouds gradually broke up and give way to blue sky. --He has no intention of giving way to your demands.
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• stretch n. 一大片（平地或水） at a stretch 连续的，一口气的， 不停顿的 a stretch of land a stretch of water --He worked for hours at a stretch.
• look back 回头看
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• What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.
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2.plague [pleɡ]vt.使染瘟疫； 使痛苦 (因病痛和类似的折磨而使人苦恼) --The terrible disease plagued him. 3.trouble vt.麻烦； 使烦恼； 折磨 --Sorry to give you trouble. / Sorry to trouble you.
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• ominously adv. 有预兆的，不祥的 ominous adj. ['ɑmənəs] 不祥的，坏兆 头的 --Look at those ominous black clouds. omen n. ['omən] 前兆； 征兆 --This is a good / bad omen. --The clouds omen rain.
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• Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding halt.
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• grind (ground, ground )v. 磨擦 grind wheat into flour grind sth to pieces 把……弄成碎片 grind one's teeth in anger 气得咬牙切齿
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• • • • • • • • rough boulder pit perturb underestimate swerve scoop hammer adj. 崎岖不平的 n. 大石块 v. 使得坑坑洼洼 v. 使不安 v. 低估 v. 争转变 v. 挖出 v. （用锤）击打，锤打
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Lesson 39
Nothing to worry about 不必担心
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• Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.
• be littered with=be pitted with 布满（本课意思）
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• The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. • rough adj. 崎岖不平的 --We’d better not take the rough road.
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• halt n. =stop停 --They halt for a few minutes. 对比： （1）stop; halt; cease [sis]停止， 终止，结束 --The heart will cease to beat when life ceases.
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（2）pause vi.[pɔz]暂时的停顿； 犹豫 --He paused for a breath. （3）halt n. [hɔlt]停止，中止； 暂 停 --They halted for a few minutes.
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• • • • • • • • • pleading n. 恳求 gear n. （汽车）排档 astride prep. 骑，跨 crack n. 缝隙 zigzag n. “之”字形 shallow adj. 浅的 grind (ground, ground ) v. 磨擦 halt n. 停 dashboard n. （汽车上的）仪表盘
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--We drove fast on a stretch of open field. --He is unable to work for long stretches. a stretch of hill 连绵不断的群山
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vt. --He stretched out his hand to get the apple. --There are forests stretching for hundreds of miles. --Transport was rather stretched in the Spring Festival.
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• The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car.
• scoop v. 挖出 n.铲，勺 --She sccped out some sugar. make a scoop 走运 --That guy made a scoop.
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4.worry v.担心，焦虑 --He is worried about his son’s safety. 5.fret [frɛt]v.磨损，腐蚀； 焦急； 使烦恼； --He freted himself all the time for news of her.
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6.upset vt.打乱，搅乱； 推翻，弄 翻； 使心烦意乱； 使翻倒 --I feel upset now because I am afraid I hurt you. 7.dismay vt.使惊愕，使焦虑，使气 馁
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be rough on sb. 对某人苛刻，无礼 --Don’t be rough on your friends. cut up rough 发脾气
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• get sb. to do sth.=persuade / advise sb. to do
劝说，建议某人做某事
--Please get them to finish the work as quickly as possible. --Please get him to give up smoking.
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• --This is a historic speech. • --We have to choose between leaving early and paying for taxi. • --I'll let you choose where we should go to eat.
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• In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.
• in response to : in reaction to
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• not in the least= not at all / not a bit/ not the least bit 一点也不 not a little = very much
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• perturb v. verp upset 使不安 be perturbed about sth 为…而心神不安 --His threats didn’t perturb her in the least 区分 1.disturb vt.打扰，妨碍； 使骚动(并非用心 去扰乱) --It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
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rip into 猛攻，抨击 rip off 偷窃 rip up the back 背后说坏话
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• Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
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• obstacle n. 障碍 --Lack of education is an obstacle to success. constitue an obstacle to 构成…的 障碍
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remove/ overcome an obstacle 克 服困难 put obstacle in sb's way 妨碍某人 的发展 obstacle to 介词to
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• We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.
• rip v. =tear划破，撕，扯 rip one's mask away 撕下某人的 假面具 let things tip=let things be 听其自 然