新概念英语第二册 Lesson56（视频+音频+单词+课文重点）
Not a gold mine
并非金矿
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What did the team find?
Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently.
最近，找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实。
A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground.
一种叫“探宝器”的新机器已经发明出来，并被人们用来探测地下埋藏的金子。
The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where -- it is said -- pirates used to hide gold.
在靠近海边的一个据说过去海盗常在里面藏金子的岩洞里，这种机器被派上了用场。
The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.
海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。
Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.
一支用这种新机器装备起来的探宝队进入了这个岩洞，希望找到埋藏着的金子。
The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.
当这个队的队长正在检查洞口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示出它的下面埋有金子。
Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep.
队员们异常激动，就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑，
They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless.
但最后找到的是一枚几乎一钱不值的小金币。
The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk.
队员们接着又把整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍，但除了一只空铁皮箱外什么也没找到。
In spite of this, many people are confident that'The Revealer'may reveal something of value fairly soon.
尽管如此，很多人仍然相信“探宝器”很快就会探出值钱的东西来。
生字
vocabulary
soundn.声音
explosionn.爆炸，轰响
excitementn.激动，兴奋
coursen.跑道，行程
handsomeadj.漂亮的，美观的
rivaln.对手
Rolls-Royce罗尔斯-罗伊斯
speedv.疾驰
Benzn.奔驰
downhilladv.下坡
wheeln.轮子
语法
grammar
【Letter writing】书写写作
常用开头语：
I am sorry it has taken me so long to write, but…
I was glad to hear from you at last and to learn that…
【Key structures】关键句型
比较关系的句型
as…as 和……一样
the same (…) as 与……相同/同样
You’ve made the same mistake as Tom.
有时the same可以单独使用：
My mother is much younger than yours.
She isn’t! They’re about the same age.
Those two dress are the same.
not so…as / not as…as 不如……
different from 与……不同（different前面可加very，much，a little等修饰语）
Is French food very different from Italian food?
A Frenchman could tell you better than I can!
We’re planning something different this year from what we did last year.
litte和few在口语中多用not much，not many代替：
There isn’t much sugar/aren’t many sweets, but you can have a little/few.
much和many通常用于否定句和疑问句（正式文体除外）。在日常谈话中，通常避免在肯定句中使用much和many，而用别的数量词。口语中用得最多的表示“许多”的数量词是a lot of，它既可以与复数可数名词连用也可以与不可数名词连用，后面的动词用单数还是复数取决于名词。比a lot of正式一些的表达方式有：a great/good deal of+不可数名词，a great/good/large number of+复数名词，a great/good many of+复数名词。
在what引导的感叹句中不用much/many：
What a lot of sweets Tom’s bought!
I am less lucky. 我还不如他们幸运.
more exciting 更激动 = not less exciting.