新概念英语第二册 Lesson 21（视频+音频+单词+课文重点）

Lesson 21

Mad or not?

是不是疯了？

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why do people think the writer is mad?

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.
飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。

I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
我住在一个机场附近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。

The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then.
机场是许多年前建的，但由于某种原因当时未能启用。

Last year, however, it came into use.
然而去年机场开始使用了。

Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去，

I am one of the few people left.
我是少数留下来的人中的一个。

Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.
有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞倒。

I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.
他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走，但我决定留在这儿。

Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
大家都说我肯定是疯了，也许他们说的是对的。

 生字 

vocabulary

mad  /mæd/adj. 发疯
sum  /sʌm/n. 量
reason   /'ri:zən/n. 原因
determined  /di'tə:mind/adj. 坚定的，下决心的

语法

grammar

被动语态

被动语态可以和大部分情态动词连用（包括具有情态功能的will和would）。

He may have been told the news.

The shops must have been closed now.

动词+宾语+不定式结构中既可以动词用被动语态，也可以在不定式中用被动语态：

Mary was told to meet us.= They told Mary meet us.

在句型“动词+间接宾语+直接宾语”中，这两个宾语都可以成为被动句的主语。但由于间接宾语通常是人，所以间接宾语成为被动句主语的时候要多些：

Sam was given a gold watch. = A gold watch was given to Sam.

语法练习

grammar exercise

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and _____1_____ ( pass ) planes can be heard night and day. The airport ______2_____ ( build ) years ago, but _____3_____ some reason it could not be used then. Last year, _____4_____, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away _____5_____ their homes by the noise. I am one of _____6_____ few people _____7_____ ( leave ). Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large _____8_____ of money to go away, but I am _____9_____ (determine ) to stay here. Everybody says I _____10_____ be mad and they are probably right.

1.    pass --- passing

考查现在分词的用法，现在分词表“主动和进行”，此处passing作前置定语，表示“掠过的飞机”。

2.    build --- was built

考查一般过去时的被动语态用法。被动语态的构成be + done, “ years ago ”决定了用一般过去时，“The airport”决定了用单数。

3.    填入for

考查介词for的用法，此处for表示“出于（some reason某种原因）”。

4.    填入however

考查转折副词however的用法。上下文逆转，“不过，去年......”。

5.    填入from

考查介词from的用法，此处为away from。

6.    填入the

考查冠词的用法，此题是一个难点。few为“为数不多的几个”，前面加the特指“为数不多的那几个人”，就是有了限定的范围。再如，Mary is one of the many students who support you.。

7.    leave --- left

考查过去分词的用法，此处left为过去分词作后置定语，修饰the few people, 表示“剩下的、留下的”。

8.    填入sum

考查 a sum of的用法。a sum of money就是an amount of money，所以不考虑原文，我们也可以填入amount

9.     determine --- determined

考查过去分词的用法，此处be determined to do something：having a strong desire to do something, so that you will not let anyone stop you，表示“我意已决”之意，是“横下一条心、谁也拦不住”的状态，不是被动语态。

10.  填入must

考查情态动词的用法。此处能不能填入may / might等情态动词呢？情态动词实际只是个语气问题，这里用must最肯定地猜测。