2011-10-20 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 muster up courage，鼓起勇气。2 above all，最重要的。3 be bent on，决心要。4 pick up，在此处有“偶然发现”，“无意中获得”的意思。5 apart from…，除……以外。6 Correggi

2011-10-20 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 beyond doubt，确凿无疑。2 however wise or eminent，不管他们是多么精明、多么杰出。however 为连接副词，作“不管……如何”解，所引导的让步状语从句中经常可以省略某些词，此处省

2011-10-19 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 get out of control，失去控制。2 It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. 就好像一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。as if 引导的从句中用的是

2011-10-19 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 on its way home, 返航途中。2 for the sunken ship he was trying to find …, for作“因为”讲，引导并列句； he was trying to find是定语从句修饰主语 ship。3 under the impress

2011-10-19 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

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课文注释1 every time (=whenever) 作“每当……”解，引导时间状语从句。2 stay up，熬夜，不睡觉。3 In time, it became an accepted fact that…，最后，……已成为公认的一个事实。in ti

2011-10-19 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

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课文注释1 set out to do sth. , 打算，企图做某事。2 draw attention to . . . , 作“引起对……的注意”讲。3 without being conscious that . . . , 没有意识到……。这是介词短词作状语，

2011-10-18 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 whether we find a joke funny or not，这是一个名词性的从句，在句中作主语。2 be bound up with，与……联系在一起。3 you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie

2011-10-18 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

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课文注释1 in the light of，依据，按照。2 in terms of，从……方面（说来），按照。3 grudge paying 中，grudge作“吝惜”，“不愿”解，后面要接名词或动名词。这句话中的this service 指

2011-10-18 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed，我刚刚一下船就被……人纠缠住了。 no sooner… than…作“刚……就……”讲2 go to great lengths to do sth．，竭力做某事。

2011-10-18 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. 没有人能避免受广告的影响。avoid一词需接动名词作宾语， being influenced是动名词一般式的被动形式。2 Much as we may pride

2011-10-17 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

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课文注释1 Cutty Sark，“卡蒂萨克”号，19世纪一艘著名的帆船。现在这艘船在伦敦格林威治作为展品被保护了起来。在轮船时代以前，它是那时侯最快的帆船。2 both these ships，这两艘船。也可

2011-10-17 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

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课文注释1 A skeleton in the cupboard，直译为“柜中骷髅”，此系一成语，作“家丑”解。2 conceal sth, from sb. 作“对某人隐瞒某事”解。3 The reader's hair stands on end，读者感到毛

2011-10-17 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

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课文注释1 on end，连续不断的。2 in many ways，在许多方面。3 go on repeating，继续重复。 go on加上现在分词是“继续干”的意思。4 Yet this is not always the case. 然而情况并非总是

2011-10-17 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

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课文注释1 One man's meat is another man's poison. 这是英语的一句谚语，意思是“对一方有利的未必对另一方也有利”。有时可译作“各有所爱”，同时也有汉语俗语“萝卜青菜各有所爱”的意思

2011-10-16 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 the English Channel, 英吉利海峡。
大西洋延伸的部分，长约350英里（约560公里），将英法两国的领土分开。2 Over a year passed before the first attempt was made. 一年多时间之后

2011-10-16 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

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课文注释1 they were known as ‘prizefighters’，他们被称作“职业拳击手”。 be known as…，被称作……。2 until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules

2011-10-16 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 describe…as…作“把……描绘成……”、“认为……”讲。2 located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river, 位于两座小山之间，一条大河滔滔流过。loca

2011-10-16 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 The idea that… is mistaken. 此处that引导的从句作idea的同位语。2 take no interest in…，作“对……不感兴趣”解。3 cannot have failed to notice, 不至于没注意到。“cannot

2011-10-15 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 it would not prove difficult, 是不难做到的。prove是连系动词，作“证明是”讲，本句子与it would not be difficult相同。2 accuse sb. of (doing) sth. 作“指责、指控某人做某事”

2011-10-15 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 would be going, 是过去将来进行时，用来表示过去预计将要发生的动作。2 fancy-dress party化装舞会。3 dress up as, 化装成……。4 try it on, it指costume, try on是“试穿”、“试

2011-10-15 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 in return for…，作“作为……的报答”讲。2 out of business, 倒闭，破产。3 as long ago as, 作“追溯到”、“早在”讲。注意要与as long as分开，后面这个短语作“只要”或“长达

2011-10-15 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 with some children, 介词with此处作“对于”讲。2 go a long way, 可以维持很久。3 If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, 如果50便士的分币没有用来换糖果的话。exc

2011-10-14 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Notes on the text课文注释1 imagine…to be…，作“想像……是……”，“设想……是……”讲。不定式to be引起的短语作宾语补足语。2 quite the opposite，完全相反，截然不同。3 starve to death，饿死。4 …w

2011-10-14 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What would have happened if only two of the sixteen water-tight compartments had been flooded? The great ship, Titanic, sail

2011-10-14 所属栏目:新概念英语第三册自学导读

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What was the Customs Officer looking for? Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when y