新概念英语第二册 Lesson 34（视频+音频+单词+课文重点）

Lesson 34
Quick work
破案“神速”
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How long had the police taken to find his bicycle?
Dan Robinson has been worried all week.
丹.鲁宾逊焦虑了整整一个星期。
Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police.
上星期二他收到当地警察局的一封信，
In the letter he was asked to call at the station.
要他到警察局去一趟。
Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police,
丹奇怪警察为什么找他，
but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore.
但昨天还是去了，结果他不再担心了。

At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found.
在警察局里，一位面带笑容的警察告诉他，他的自行车找到了。

Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away.那位警察对他说，那辆自行车是5天前在400英里外的一个小村里发现的，
It is now being sent to his home by train.
现在正用火车给他运回家来。
Dan was most surprised when he heard the news.
丹听到这个消息后，惊奇万分，
He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found.
但又感到非常好笑，因为他从未指望那辆自行车还能找到。
It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen!
这是20年前丹还是一个15岁的孩子时被人偷走的！

 生字 

vocabulary

动词call与不同的小品词连用可以构成意义不同的短语动词。 

（1）call at表示“对（某个人家或地方）进行短暂访问”： 

He calls at every house in the street once a month. 

他每月对这条街上的每户人家光顾一次。 

He was asked to call at the police station. 

他被告知去警察局一趟。 

（2）call on 表示“拜访”、“探望”： 

Have you called on George recently? 

你最近去看过乔治吗？ 

（3）call out表示“大声叫喊”： 

Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat. 

岸上的一些人对着小船上的那人高喊。 

（4）call up在美国英语中表示“打电话（给某人）”：

Jane called me up the other day. 

前几天，简给我打过电话。 

If you want my help, just call up. 

你如果需要我的帮助，来个电话就行。 

（5） call off 可以表示“取消（某项活动）”： 

For some reason, they have called off the party / the meeting. 

由于某种原因，他们把晚会/会议取消了。 

2．most 

（1）adj．用于最高级，表示“最……”： 

This is the most beautiful can/ garden I've even seen. 

这是我见过的最漂亮的车/花园。 

The most intelligent girl in this class is Jane. 

这个班上最聪明的姑娘是简。 

（2）adj．大多数的，大部分的： 

Most doctors don't smoke. 

大多数医生不吸烟。 

Most women have to stay at home in this country. 

在这个国家，大部分妇女都得呆在家里。 

（3）adv．非常，很（相当于very，但通常用于表达主观感情、见解等）： 

This is a most interesting/ exciting story. 

这是个非常有趣/激动人心的故事。（说话者的观点） 

Dan was most surprised when he heard the news. 

丹听到这个消息后，惊奇万分。

语法

grammar 

被动语态（3）

在第10课的语法中，我们学习了被动语态的基本形式。一般说来，无论是主动语态还是被动语态，句子的主语往往是说话者认为比较重要或想要强调的。如果说话人想避免用不明确的词（如 someone， a person等）作主语，就常常使用被动语态。在“动词+宾语+不定式”结构中，既可以让动词用被动语态而不定式用主动语态，也可以让不定式用被动语态： 

Someone told Mary to meet us. 

有人通知玛丽来接我们。（主语不明确）