新概念英语第二册笔记第75课复习过程

Lesson 75 SOS 呼救信号

【Text】

When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

【课文翻译】

不久前，一架轻型客机偏离了航线，在山区坠毁，飞行员丧生。机上仅有的乘客，一位年轻的妇女和她的两个女婴却平安无事。此时正值隆冬季节，地上积着厚厚的雪。这位妇女知道，即使最近的村庄也有数英里远。天黑下来的时候，她把提箱当作小床，把两个孩子放了进去，又把所有能找到的衣服都盖在了孩子们身上。夜里，天冷得厉害。这位妇女尽可能地靠近孩子，甚至自己也想钻进箱子里去，只是箱子太小了。第二天一大早，她听到头顶上有飞机飞过，但不知道怎样才能发个信号。后来她有了一个主意。她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”这3个字母。幸运得很，一位飞行员看到这个信号，用无线电给最近的城镇发了报。不久，一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场，来搭救这几个幸存者。

New words and expressions 生词和短语

【生词讲解】

1.thick adj.

1）厚的（反义词thin 薄的）

eg. This board is the thickest of all.

这木板是最厚的。

a thick book 一本厚书；

thick walls 厚墙壁；

ice ten centimeters thick 十厘米厚的冰

2）粗的，粗大的（反义词thin纤细的）

a thick line 粗线；

thick fingers 粗大的手指

3）(液体，气体) 浓的，浓厚的（反义词thin稀薄的）

eg. This source is too thick.

这调味汁太浓了。

thick soup 浓汤；

a thick fog 浓雾，大雾

4）（树林，树叶，毛发等）密的，浓密的（反义词thin稀疏的）

a thick forest 茂密的森林；

thick hair 浓密的头发

thick adj.相关短语：

give a person a thick ear （英口语）把（某人）耳朵打肿

through thick and thin 经历过艰难困苦，无论什么状况thicken v.使…变厚（粗，浓）

thickness n.

3. signal

1）n. 信号，暗号

a distress signal 遇难信号；

a danger signal 危险信号

eg . She gave the signal of emergency.

她发出紧急情况的暗号。

2）n. 信号器，交通信号

eg. Th e traffic signal wasn’t working.

交通信号失灵了。

3）v. 发信号，以信号通知

signal + n.

eg. How can we signal that row-boat.? 我们怎样才能发信号通知那条划艇呢？

signal orders 以信号下达命令；signal a message 用信号发送消息

signal to + sb + to do（向…）发信号示意要…

eg. He signal to the band to start playing.他向乐队做出手势开始演奏。

4）v. 发信号，以信号通知

signal to + sb + that （向…）发送信号称…，发信号说

eg. She signaled to the other girls that everything was all right.

她对其他女孩发信号说一切正常。

3. stamp

1）v. 跺（脚，地板等），跺脚

eg. He stamped his feet in anger. / He stamped his feet with anger.