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

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。How do cats try to protect themselves when falling from great heights? Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can b

2011-10-13 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 are the St. Bernard dogs used for? The Great St. Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy. At 2, 473 metres, it is

2011-10-13 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。How did Mr. Taylor try to stop the thieves?The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At thi

2011-10-13 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。Why did Jane cook John's wallet?Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and t

2011-10-13 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 consequence of the editor's insistence on facts and statistics?Editors of newspapers and magazines often go t

2011-10-12 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。Why did Alf want a white-collar job?These days, people who do manual work often receive tar more money than people who work

2011-10-12 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。How did the archaeologists know that the statue was a goddess?Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeolo

2011-10-12 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。Where must the puma have come from? Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into Lo

2011-10-12 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。Was the vicar pleased that the clock was striking? Why? Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he

2011-10-11 所属栏目:新概念英语第二册自学导读

课文详注 Further notes on the text1．How did your clothes get into such a mess? 你的衣服怎么搞得一塌糊涂？mess 表示“脏乱状态”时通常与in连用或与 get into连用（cf．第54 课课文详注）：When she returned

2011-10-11 所属栏目:新概念英语第二册自学导读

课文详注 Further notes on the text1．… the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. ……据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来，活着的人则对他们表示欢迎。（1）the dead与the