新概念第二册第四单元第74课课件

Lesson 74 out of the limelight
舞台之外
limelight n. 舞台灯光；引人注目的中心
•EE英释:public attention and interest
•例句：他在娱乐圈一直都很受关注。

•He has long held the limelight in the
entertainment circle.
•我姐姐就喜欢受人关注。

•My sister enjoys being in the limelight.
•例句：她害怕新的演员会抢走她的光彩。

•She's afraid this new actor will steal the
limelight from her.
•夺走注意力steal the limelight
•词组拓展：fond of the limelight喜欢引人注目,
爱出风头in the limelight成为引人注目的中心;
处于显要地位
precaution n 预防措施
•EE: an action which is done to prevent something unpleasant or dangerous happening •他们已经采取必要的预防措施防止疾病的传播•They have taken necessary precautions to avoid the spread of the disease.
•谨防火灾！
•Take precautions against fire!
•安全预防措施防火办法
•safety precaution fire precaution
•同意词组：cautious adj. 小心的
•记忆点拨：pre之前—caution小心（之前就小心－预防）
fan n. 狂热者，迷
•他是个狂热的球迷。

•He's a big fan of basketball.。

•成百上千的歌迷挤在入口处想要见到那个著名的歌星。

•Hunderds of fans crowed at the entrance to see the famous singer.
•sheriff n. 司法长官【美】县的行政司法长官;警长【英】名誉郡长;(某些城市的)行政司法长官•他被选为县警长。

•He was elected sheriff of the county.
•是司法长官强迫他们离开草地的。

定语从句~•It was the sheriff who forced them off the grass.
shady adj. 遮荫的；阴凉的
•那个乞丐躺在大街的阴面。

•The beggar was lying the shady side of the street.
•词组：[美]避开人眼, 藏匿keep shady •阴凉的草地shady grass •关联词：sunny adj.阳光充足的；快乐的•shadiness n.阴凉
•shadily adv.阴凉地
•记忆：shad（阴凉）—y（形容词后缀）
notice n. 告示，通知
例句：墙上有个通知，上面写着煤气公司将在周五晚上来查煤气表。

•There is a notice on the wall saying the gas company will come and read the gas meter on Friday evening.
•sneer n. 冷笑
to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something冷笑，嘲笑
•我丈夫总是嘲笑我做的菜。

•My husband always sneers at the dishes I made. •我的朋友嘲笑我对衣服的品味。

•My friends sneered at my taste in clothes.
【课文讲解】
1、Out of the limelight
limelight 的原义为舞台照明用的“石灰光”，其引申意义为“众人注目的中心”，这里的limelight 是指舞台。

She has been in the limelight since she became an actress.
2、An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off.
river bed指河床，名词river 作形容词用，类似的还有flower bed（花坛）
party作量词用时表示“一行，一伙，一群”等，如
3、Why don't we come more often?
“Why +don’t/doesn’t +主语+动词？”结构可用来提出建议：Why don’t you change
a watch?
4、'Now you get out of here, all of you!' he shouted.
•get out of here 从这里走开，滚出去，滚开get fuck out of here 给我从这滚出去
5、'I'm sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No Camping" --in case you can't read!' I'm sheriff here.
（sheriff 是一种官衔，官衔前面不加冠词）•He is president. 总统（官衔）
•Who is monitor? 谁是班长（官衔）
•I am a teacher. teacher 不是官衔，加不定冠词•翻译：I’m taking a raincoat with me in case I need it.
•In case he comes, give him this letter.
•in case ---除非..
•.in case you can't read 除非你们不识字。

6、'don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall
Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.'
•be hard on… 对……（过分）严厉•Don’t be too hard on that child.
•He is always hard on his employee.
【Special Difficulties】与get 有关的一些短语动词get out get off
get into get on
get…off get though get over get out①（使）出去/出来（反义词为get into）Why don’t you get the dog out?
②走开，滚开（常用于祈使句）
Now you get out of here fast!
get into 进来
I’ve lost my key. I can’t get into the house
•get on①前进，进展（与get along同义）•He is getting on quite well in his new job.•②继续干；相处融洽（常与with 连用）•Tom talked with his brother for a while, and then got on with his homework.
•He’s so difficult. I can’t get on with him. •他这个人这么别扭，我无法和他相处。

•get…off 脱下，除去/取下
•Please help me to get the box off the boat.•When he got the lid off the box, he saw a man lying in it.
•get off 没受重伤/重罚而逃（常与with连用）•Tom was punished, but Jim go off lightly.
•I can hardly believe that the thief got off with just a warning.
•get over①恢复过来，痊愈
•Has your mother got over her illness?
•②解决/结束（某件不愉快但必要做的事）•（常与with 连用）
•They wanted to get the job over as quickly as possible.
•get though ①通过（考试、测验等）•Have you got through your driving test last week?
•②吃掉，喝完，用光
•Fancy Helen getting through all the food!
用于公共标语的NO
•公共标语通常字数很少，语言精练。

在表
示“禁止……”时往往用no+名词/动名词
或名词短语，如
No Camping（禁止野营），No Smoking
（禁止吸烟），No Parking（禁止停车），No Left Turn（禁止左转弯）。

•在真正的公告牌上，这些标语往往全部用
大写字母，不加标点，如NO SMOKING等。