新概念英语第二册 Lesson 20（视频+音频+单词+课文重点）

Lesson 20

One man in a boat
独坐孤舟

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why is fishing the writer's favourite sport?

Fishing is my favourite sport.
钓鱼是我特别喜爱的一项运动。

I often fish for hours without catching anything.
我经常一钓数小时却一无所获，

But this does not worry me.
但我从不为此烦恼。

Some fishermen are unlucky.
有些垂钓者就是不走运，

Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish.
他们往往鱼钓不到，却钓上来些旧靴子和垃圾。

I am even less lucky.
我的运气甚至还不及他们。

I never catch anything -- not even old boots.
我什么东西也未钓到过 -- 就连旧靴子也没有。

After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag.
我总是在河上呆上整整一上午，然后空着袋子回家。

'You must give up fishing!' my friends say. 'It's a waste of time.'
“你可别再钓鱼了！”我的朋友们说，“这是浪费时间。”

But they don't realize one important thing.
然而他们没有认识到重要的一点，

I'm not really interested in fishing.
我并不是真的对钓鱼有兴趣，

I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!
我感兴趣的只是独坐孤舟，无所事事！

 生字 

vocabulary

catch  /kætʃ/ (caught /kɔ:t/, caught) v. 抓到
waste   /weist/ n. 浪费
fisherman  /'fiʃəmən/ n. 钓语人，渔民
realize   /'riəlaiz/ v. 意识到
boot  /bu:t/ n. 靴子

语法

grammar

动名词（The Gerund）（1）

动名词和现在分词的形式完全一样，都是由动词+-ing构成。-ing 形式作名词时称为动名词。从广义上讲，动名词可以代替名词，尽管它像动词一样可带宾语。像名词一样，它可以作主语：

Dancing is fun. I love it.

跳舞有意思，我喜欢跳舞。

Walking quickly is difficult.

走快是很难的。（动名词+副词作主语）

Washing the car makes him dirty.

擦洗汽车把他身上弄脏了。（动名词+宾语作主语）

动名词也可以作宾语或介词宾语：

 Mary is keen on cooking.

玛丽热衷于烹调。（介词宾语）

Congratulations on passing your exams!

祝贺你通过考试！

可以带动名词的介词通常有 before，after，instead of，without 等。用介词+动名词结构可以将两个短句合为一句话，或者将一个从句变为动名词结构。动名词的否定式是在它前面直接加not： 

Tom always knocks before entering a room.

汤姆在走进一个房间前总要敲门。 

He apologized for not writing to you.

他为没给你写信而表示道歉。

动名词也可以用表示完成时的 having +过去分词结构：

You can't leave the restaurant without having paid the bill.

在没有付账之前你不能离开饭店。

语法练习

grammar exercise

Fishing _____1_____ （be）my favourite sport. I often fish for hours _____2_____ catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are _____3_____ ( lucky ). _____4_____ of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even ______5_____ ( little ) lucky. I never catch anything ---- not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with _____6_____ empty bag. “You must give _____7_____ fishing!” my friends say. It’s ____8_____ waste of time. But they don’t realize one important thing. I’m not _____9_____ ( real ) interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and _____10_____ ( do ) nothing at all!

1.    be --- is

考查时态和主谓一致的用法。fishing是不可数名词，作主语时其谓语动词单数；也有人把其看成动名词，动名词和不定式作主语，谓语动词都要用单数。文章通篇讲述的是经常发生的事情和存在的状态，所以用一般现在时。

2.    填入without

考查介词的用法, 此处动名词短语catching anything作without的宾语。否定的without与anything搭配，即：not ......any,符合文章的意思。

3.    lucky --- unlucky

考查构词法，此处un-为一否定的前缀。

4.    填入instead

考查短语介词instead of的用法。

If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing.

5.    little --- less

考查less构成比较级的用法。试比较下面两个句子：

This book is more interesting than that one.

This book is less interesting than that one.

6.    填入an

考查冠词的用法。

此处不特指具体的袋子，而是泛指总是拎一个空袋子回家，所以只能用不定冠词。另一个考点在于a和an的选择，只要所修饰的单词开首的英标发音为元音，就用an, 千万不能看是否是元音字母 ( a e i o u )开首。

7.    填入up

考查固定短语的用法，此处give up为“放弃”之意。

8.    填入a

考查 a waste of time：to be not worth the time that you use because there is little or no result 的用法, 例如：

We should never have gone – it was a total waste of time.

9.     real --- really

考查构词法之派生法，此处由形容词变为副词。

10.  do --- doing

考查动名词的用法, 此处doing与sitting并列作介词in的宾语。