新概念英语3 - Lesson1 逃遁的美洲狮

Lesson 1 A puma at large

单词解析

spot：名词 - 斑点，污点；动词 - 发现，看出
- scenic spot：景点
  - A great many of scenic spots are being spoilt by the ill-behaved tourists.
- on the spot: 在现场
  - Ten minutes after calling 911, a police car arrived on the spot.
- A leopard won't change its spots: 本性难移
- spot of sth: 有点...
  - you seem to be having a spot of bother(发生了一点小麻烦) with your car, can i help?
- 同义词(动词)：see / find / observe
evidence：名词 - 证据
- a piece of evidence: 一条证据
evident：形容词 - 明显的，清楚的
- self-evident: 不言自明的
- All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
court: 名词 - 法庭
- go to court: 打官司
- settle sth. out of court: 再法庭外解决
accumulate：动词 - 积累
- 同义词：amass；pile up；collect；gather；hoard
oblige：动词 - 使....感到必须
- [be | feel] [obliged| compelled | impel ] to do: 必须要做某事
  - Many parents feel obliged to pay for at least part of the wedding: 责任，义务
  - President Nixon felt compelled to resign: 迫于外界压力
  - He felt impelled to point out that they were making a dangerous mistake: 出自内心
human being: 短语 - 人类(可数)
- 同义词(但都不可数)：man; mankind; humankind; human race; humanity
somehow：副词 - 不知道怎么搞地
- somewhat: 有点
- somewhere: 在某个地方
  - somewhere around here: 这附近的某个地方
disturb：动词 - 打扰
- Sorry to disturb you, but....: 口语用的

And I couldn't remember what it felt like when I could not walk down on the street without holding her hand. I mean she was the same woman I fell in love with, she hadn't changed. But somehow everything was different. We've lost something along the way.

课文解析

at large: 在逃的
名词-like：像什么一样的
- cat-like; bear-like; lady-like; child-like; crystal-like; flu-like
be found in: 产于/生存在某地
- Many plant and animal species are found only in the rainforests.
in / on / to the south of：根据位置和距离选择
- Shanghai is in the south of China.
- Vietnam is on the south of China.
- Indonesia is to the south of China.(如果没有介词，比如 forty-five miles south of London. 那就是用的 to)
give/make descriptions: 做描述
claim to have done: 声称做过某事
- claim to do: 声称要做某事
[were extraoradinarily similar | were particularly alike | had a log in common | had considerable commonalities]：非常相似
prover (to be) + [adj | n]: 被证明是
- The operation proved to be a success.
turn out to be + [adj | n]: 原来是(表示出乎意料)
疑问词 + ever
1. 表示 无论.... 引导让步状语从句。 == no matter + 疑问词
  - Wherever it went == no matter where it went
2. 表示 到底.... 用于疑问句中加强语句
  - Whatever are you doing up here Bill?
  - Whenever am I going to see you again?
对于宾语比较长的情况，如果有状语可以前置，保证句式平衡
- It left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbit.

介词的使用

the winter in ShenZhen：深圳的冬天
the entrance to the parking lot: 停车场的路口
a witness to the accident: 事故的目击证人
a longing for love: 对爱的渴望
the reason for the disaster: 灾难的原因

拓展点

时间 + after/before + 动名词
- Four days after setting out
- Ten minutes after calling 911
be 动词还表示存在：
- to be, or not to be: that is a question.
- I think therefore I am. 我思故我在