新概念英语第二册 Lesson73（视频+音频+单词+课文重点）

Lesson 73
The record-holder
纪录保持者First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Did the boy go where he wanted to?
Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.
逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。
A quiet day s fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get.
他们通常能够做到的，至多也就是安静地钓上一天鱼，或在电影院里坐上8个小时，一遍遍地看同一部电影。
They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles.
而有那么一个小男孩，他在逃学期间旅行了1,600英里，从而使上述所有逃学的孩子们都相形见绌了。
He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep.
他搭便车到了多佛，天快黑时钻进了一条船，想找个地方睡觉。
When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais.
第二天早上他醒来时，发现船在这段时间已经到了加莱。
No one noticed the boy as he crept off.
当男孩从船里爬出来时，谁也没有发现他。
From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry.
从那里他又搭上卡车到了巴黎。The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city.
司机给了他几块饼干和一杯咖啡，就把他丢在了城外。

The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.
男孩截住的下一辆车，没有像他希望的那样把他带到巴黎市中心，而是把他带到了法国和西班牙边界上的佩皮尼昂。
There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities.
他在那儿被一个警察抓住了，之后被当局送回了英国。
He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.
他无疑为成千上万梦想逃避上学的孩子们创造了一项纪录。

 生字 

vocabulary

1. record-holder /ˈrekɔːd həʊldə/ 记录保持者

2. truant /ˈtruːənt/ n. 逃学的孩子

3. unimaginative /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv/ adj. 缺乏想象力的

4. shame /ʃeɪm/ n. 惭愧，羞耻

5. hitchhike /ˈhɪtʃhaɪk/ v. 搭便车旅行

6. meantime /ˈmiːntaɪm/ n. 其间

7. lorry /ˈlɒri/ n. 卡车

8. border /ˈbɔːdə/ n. 边界

9. evade /ɪˈveɪd/ v. 逃避，逃离

语法

grammar 

动名词复合结构

通常情况下，动名词的逻辑主语为谓语动词的主语。

I enjoy reading.如果动名词动作的发出者不是谓语动的主语时，则需要有自己的逻辑主语结构：my/his/one’s/…+doingWould you mind my opening the window？

逻辑主语是有生命的名词作主语时，必须用名词或代词所有格；作宾语时，也可用名词普通或人称代词宾格。　　

这位学生通晓英语对他学法语很有帮助。The student’s knowing English well helps him in learning French.你介意我抽烟吗？Do you mind my/me smoking?

他们坚持要玛丽跟他们一起去那儿。They insist on Mary’s/Mary going with them there.

逻辑主语是无生命名词是，通常只用名词普通格。如：

Is there any hope of our team winning the match

方式状语从句

常用连接词：as（依照）, just as（正如）, as if, as though（似乎，好像）, (in) the same way (that)（和…一样的方式）

我正是按照你说的办的。 I did it just as you told me.Leave it as it is. 维持原状。Always do to others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。We must manage to make it work in the way that we want it to.我们一定要设法让它按照我们所想的那样去做。