新概念英语第3册课程讲义Lesson8

Lesson 8 A famous monastery

monastery

['mɒnəstri] / ['mɑ:nəsteri]

n. 修道院

monastery temple mosque

monk nun

nunnery / convent

church cathedral

St. Bernard

[seɪnt-bə:'nɑ:d]

圣伯纳德（地名）

St.  saint

St. Andrew’s Road

St. Paul’s Cathedral

St. Valentine’s Day

rashly ['ræʃlɪ]

adv. 莽撞地，冒失地

rash a rash decision

Don’t make rash promises.

reckless

He was fined $100 for reckless driving.

impulsive impulse

She's so impulsive—she saw the house for the first time and said she'd buy it straight away.

enclosure

[ɪn'kləʊʒə(r)]

n. 围场，圈地

enclose

be enclosed by …

The garden was completely enclosed by a high wall.

be surrounded by ...

She said that she wanted to die surrounded by the people she loves.

be besieged by ...

Troy was besieged by Greeks.

privacy

['prɪvəsi] ['praɪvəsi]

n. 清静，隐私，个人自由

protect / respect / invade sb.’s privacy

private

a private conversation / collector

connect A with / to B

The Channel Tunnel has connected Britain with mainland Europe for the first time.

link A with / to B

join A to B

The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island.

connect A with / to B

link A with / to B

There is no evidence to link / connect him with the murder.

associate A with B

relate A to B

There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with

food.

Switzerland pizza Nazi

at …

at an altitude of …

Being at 2,473 meters, ...

造句：4807 米的勃朗峰 (Mont Blanc) 是阿尔卑斯山脉 (the Alps) 的最高峰。

At 4,807 meters, Mont Blanc is the highest peak of the Alps. 造句：因为只有 35

岁，他是这所大学里最年轻的教授。

At the age of 35, he is the youngest professor at the university.

the Aegean island of Kea

the promontory of Ayia Irini

the tiny village of Perachora

the novel of Three Kingdoms X

the novel entitled Three Kingdoms

the movie entitled Da Vinci Code

the man named / called Vincent

The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C.

date from …

date back to …

can be traced back to …

…, which dates from the 11th

century, …

…, which dates back to the 11th

century, …

…, which can be traced back to the 11th

century, …

An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia

Irini.

St. Bernard Dog

cross the pass on foot

cross the pass in cars

cross + 宾语 + 方式状语

They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and tins of beer and rowed for a

few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.

row across the Caribbean

In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of ￡1000 to the first man who would fly across the

English Channel.

fly across the English Channel

动词 + across + 宾语

cross the pass on foot

= walk across the pass

cross the pass in cars =

drive across the pass

row across the Caribbean

= cross the Caribbean by boat

environment-friendly

ozone-friendly

bring … from …: 从……带来……

introduce … from …: 从……引进……

..., which were introduced from Asia, …

The grey squirrel was introduced into Britain from North America.

In the early days of the settlement of Australia, enterprising settlers unwisely introduced the

European rabbit.

be used as …

act / serve / function as …

…, acted / served / functioned as watchdogs even in Roman Times.

Now that a tunnel has been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous, but each

year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveller is in difficulty.

now (that) conj. 同时表示时间和原因

Now (that) you are a big boy you must behave better.

tunnel n. 隧道，地道

the Channel Tunnel

canal n. 运河

the Panama Canal

温故：疑问词 + ever 的含义

1. 表示“到底……” 引导疑问句。

'Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?' asked the vicar in surprise.

2. 表示“无论……”引导让步状语从句。

= no matter + 疑问词

Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.

No matter where it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.

…, the dogs are still sent out into the snow no matter when a traveller is in difficulty.

知新：“疑问词+ever”表示“无论”时还可以用于名词性从句，此时 ≠“no matter+ 疑问词”，

因为后者只能用于让步状语从句。

Whoever wants to sign up for the course is welcome. √

No matter who wants to sign up for the course is welcome. X

No matter who wants to sign up for the course, he is welcome. √

Whatever project he works on is always successful.

No matter what project he works on, it is always successful.

attempt to do sth.

try to do sth.

make an attempt to do sth.

make an effort to do sth.

seek to do sth. (fml.)

But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.

I made an attempt to apologize, but Brian wouldn't even talk to me.

Over a year passed before the first attempt was made.

It seems that man was making a real effort to understand the seasons 20,000 years earlier than

has been supposed.

… if, in a word, beauty means something, yet we must not seek to interpret the meaning.

During the summer months, the monastery is very busy, for it is visited by thousands of people

who cross the Pass in cars.

in cars = by car

表示“使用某种交通工具”的介词短语，“by”后要直接加单数名词； “in”后的名词要有人称

和数的变化。

You can go to the airport in my car.

We crossed the river in a boat.

As there are so many people about, the dogs have to be …

(With) so many people (being) about, the dogs have to be …

keep: confine 把……关起来

He was kept / confined in prison.

You shouldn't keep / confine the bird in a cage.

life at the monastery

life on a desert island

life in the army

life on campus

quite adv. completely 完全，截然

The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.

He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become

the ghost of Endley.

Long car journeys are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read.

We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones

like moths.

No two sorts of birds practise quite the same sort of flight; …

fall

The temperature falls to -30°…

Little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero.

plunge

The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.

The temperature plunges to -30°…

dive to ...

increase to ...

rise to ...

rocket to ...

soar to ...

The temperature drops by 10°.

─30°

minus 30 degrees

30 degrees below zero

─30°C

minus 30 degrees Centigrade / Celsius

─30°F

minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit

prefer A to B

I prefer mutton to beef.

prefer doing to doing

I prefer standing to sitting down.

(A) She doesn't like to go shopping.

(B) She went shopping yesterday.

(C) She doesn't live near the shops.

(D) She prefers shopping to studying.

W: Didn’t Marian go shopping with you yesterday?

M: Even if she hadn’t had a lot of studying, she would have preferred staying home to going

shopping.

Q: What does the man imply about Marian?

Answer: (A) She doesn’t like to go shopping.

prefer A rather than B

I prefer mutton rather than beef.

prefer to do rather than do

I prefer to stand rather than sit down.

would rather do than do

I’d rather stand than sit down.

… people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.

(A) She wants the man to be at the station when she arrives.

(B) She isn’t sure which train she’ll be on.

(C) The train will be an hour late.

(D) She’ll leave home at 6:30.

M: It says here the next train is due in at 6:30.

W: I know, but I don’t know whether I can make that one. I’d rather call you from the station than

have you waiting around for an hour.

Q: What does the woman imply?

Answer: (B) She isn’t sure which train she’ll be on.

permit sb. to do

allow sb. to do

give sb. permission to do

wander: to walk aimlessly

= roam

He is one of our restaurant’s regulars.

What’ll it be?

The usual, please.

a party of tourists

a search party

a rescue party

After being absent from The Gables for a week, my aunt unexpectedly returned one afternoon

with a party of guests and instructed Bessie to prepare dinner.

group / bunch / crowd / band

Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled

near Florence.

team

gang

delegation

galaxy

a galaxy of artists / scientists

on Christmas Day

on Easter Day

on weekends

at weekends

…, are always warmly welcomed ….

receive a warm welcome

Let’s all extend a warm welcome to our visitors.

receive + n. 受到……; 得到……；遭到……

No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.

receive insults

receive support

receive adequate treatment

receive good education

This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, …