新概念英语第二册笔记-第48课

Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something?你想对我说什么吗？

Why did the writer become very worried?

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled

out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was

full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was

growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In

answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was

busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not

say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell

him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

参考译文

牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。我突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不出来。当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。

一、New words and expressions生词和短语

v. 拔pull

cotton wool药棉

collectv. 搜集

n.collection收藏品，收集品

v. nod点头

adv.meanwhile同时

pull

1)v. 拔（草，瓶塞，钉子等），拔掉，拉开例: I spent a whole day pulling weeds.

我花一整天时间来拔草。pull out a nail拔出钉子pull out a stopper拔出塞子have the decayed tooth pulled out请（牙医）拔掉蛀牙

pull out the wrong tooth拔错了牙

eg. This kind of carrot won't pull easily.

这塞种胡萝卜不容易拔。

2) v.拖，扯，拉

eg. If you want something, pull this cord.

drag pull[pul]硬拉拉tug haul 拖拉用力拉

towstretch

硬拉长用链子（绳）拖引

pull up（使车辆）停下来

例: She didn't pull her car up at a red light.

pull on pull off)反义词穿上，戴上(

套头毛衣，套头棉衫pullover

药棉，脱脂棉cotton wool

cotton

棉花1)[u]

原棉raw cotton

棉田a cotton field

种棉花grow cotton

棉的，棉质的2)adj.

棉布cotton cloth

棉织品cotton goods

棉纺织行业cotton industry

the Cotton Belt14 州地产棉地带，称为：美国的棉花生产高居世界第一位，其生产地往南部

搜集collectv.

收集；搜集；（人）集合1)V .

eg. He collected foreign coins.他收集外国硬币。They collected up all the wastepaper after the picnic.在野餐之后，他们把所有的废物收集了起来

A lot of people collected at the concert.

演奏会上听众云集。

征收（租税）：募（捐）：收（款）：募集（捐款）2)v. collect for charity慈善募捐

collect taxes征收税金

collect rent from a tenant向房客收取租金

collect call由受话人付费的电话

collection

1)收藏品，收藏物，集合（的东西）n.

This gallery has a fine collection of modern pictures.eg.

这家美术馆收藏一批珍贵的现代画。

a large collection of stamps -大批收藏的邮票

收集，采集，（从邮筒）取信2)n.

eg.The collection of the data for this report took me a lot of time.

. 这个报告的资料的收集工作花费我很长时间make a collection of rare books收藏珍藏本