新概念 Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
【New words and expressions】生词和短语（7）
slip comedy present queue dull artiste advertiser
★slip n. 小错误，失误，疏漏
You’ve made some slips in your report.
When he was nervous, he would sometimes make a slip of tongue.
【课文讲解】
1、A slip of the tongue 口误，说走了嘴，失言
Are you sure that it was just a slip of tongue? 你确信那只是一时口误吗？
2.People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one.
anything用于肯定句时表示“不论什么，任何事情”，to see a free show 表示目的，也可以用for +名词形式：
He will do anything to save his child’s life. = He will do anything for the child.
3、When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. get round = get around/about 四处传遍，（消息、谣言等）传开 Bad news gets round quickly.
4、As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing. burst out 突然??起来（后面常接动名词，或in/into+名词） At the sight of the drunk, everyone burst out laughing/in laughter.
【Special Difficulties】 Free and Single free
① adj. 免费的，无偿的
She has got some free ticket to the comedy show. ② adj. 自由的，没束缚的，不受控制的，空闲的 I’m free on Friday evening.
single adj. 单身的，独身的，未婚的 Are you married or single?
a single parent 单亲（独自一人养育儿女的父亲或母亲）
Queue and Row queue
① vi. 排队
We had to queue for hours to get in.
② n.（按顺序等待的人、车等的）行列、队（通常为纵队） There’s a long queue/line of people waiting for the bus.
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row n.（人或物的）一排、一行（通常为横的）
You can see me in this old photo, standing in the back row.
Funny
① adj. 有趣的，滑稽的，逗人发笑的（与amusing同义） He included a large number of funny stories in his speech. ② adj. 反常的，古怪的，奇怪的（口语）
I thought there was something funny about the parcel, so I phoned the police.
Lesson 90 What's for supper?
【New words and expressions】生词和短语（15）
chip overfish giant terrify diver oil rig wit cage shark whale variety cod skate factor crew
★overfish v. 过度捕捞
over 做前缀，表示“过度的”;overdressed 打扮的过了份；well-dressed 打扮的很好 I overcook the rice. 我把饭做糊了。\\\\You overdid it. 你过分了。
★giant adj. 巨大的 giant = huge quantity
big/large/great/huge/immense/fantastic
tremendous adj. 巨大的（大的让人不相信，惊讶） enormous adj. 巨大的（大的让人不相信，惊讶） This is a tremendous shoe. This is tremendous and enormous. giant n. 巨人；adj. 像巨人一样的
★terrify v. 吓，使恐怖
terrify/horrify 恐惧（主语是吓人者，宾语是被吓者）
The thief/robber terrified me. The snake terrified me.
fear/be afraid of 害怕??（主语是人）
frighten/scare 吓了一跳（主语是物，吓了一跳，但很快就恢复了平静；主语是吓人者，宾语是被吓者）
You frighten me. 你吓了我一跳
★wit n.（复数）理智，头脑 out of one's wits 吓个半死
The snake terrified me out of my wits. Are you out of your wits? 你疯了吗？
beat sb. to mummy 打个半死，失去理智，惊慌失措
★variety n. 品种（品种的多样性）
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variety show 综艺节目 various = all kinds of adj. 各种各样的
★special
①adj. 特殊的，特别的，独特的 He received special care while in Paris.
② adj. 专门的，特制的，专用的 Special cages are made to protect them from giant fish.
【课文讲解】
1、Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive.
fish and chips（鱼和炸土豆片，传统英国食物，一道菜）被看作是一个整体，因此，虽然chips 是复数形式，它后面却要跟动词的单数形式。dish 在这里指“一盘菜”或“菜肴”、“食品”： I like French dishes. 我喜欢（吃）法国菜。
more and more 越来越??（多音节用more and more 加原级） more and more interesting
fatter and fatter 越来越胖（单音节直接加er,然后用and 连接）
2、So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs. it comes as a surprise + to do sth. /that 某事令人惊讶 It comes as a surprise that it rains/snows.
令人吃惊的表达： ①to one’s surprise
②The most surprising thing about it is that ③get a surprise
④What a surprise it is
⑤ It comes as a surprise + to do sth. /that
3、Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their wits by giant fight bumping into them as they work. bump into
① 碰上，撞上
Wandering in darkness, the drunk bumped into a policeman. 那醉汉在黑夜中闲荡时撞到了一个警察的身上。 ② 偶然遇见，碰见（多用于口语）
I bumped into Jane at the conference. 我开会时碰见了简。
4、Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters.
protect sb. from + n. 保护??使之不受侵害（protect 常与from或against 连用） This coat will protect you against the cold.
5、The fish are not sharks or killer whales, but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes, sometimes as much as twelve feet in length. not?but? 不是??而是?? eating adj. 供食用的；宜生食的
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favourite eating variety 深受人们喜爱的食用的品种 grow to 长到
as much as 像??一样（最大限度）+ 数字 as much as five meters tall as far as + 从句
长宽高深的表达方式 ① 数词+ 量词+adj. two feet deep
② 数词+ 量词+ in + 名词
long - length ；high - height ；wide – width ；deep - depth two feet in depth
6、Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large: the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea;the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs; the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs.
cause sb. to do sth. 导致?? grow + adj. 变得?? grow large
plentiful supply of? ??的充足供应 plentiful supply of money/workers throw sth. overboard = throw away 扔掉 throw the rubbish overboard
total 在这里表示“完全的，彻底的”（相当于complete） That girl is a total stranger to me. absence of 缺少，不存在\\\\These plants don’t grow well because of the absence of rain/sunshine. total absence of? 完全没有?? total absence of mind 心不在焉
The total absence of mind caused him to fail the exam. the total absence of order? 没有秩序
8、As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water. as a result = so 结果是，因此
He didn’t work hard at mathematics. As a result, he failed in the examination. as a result of = because of 因为?? As a result of his hard work, he succeeded.
【Special Difficulties】
被看作整体的、用and连接的两个名词
当主语是and连接的两个名词时，谓语通常用复数形式：
An umbrella and a suitcase are still needed.
有些名词由于经常在一起连用，就把它们看成一个整体（或一个单位），因而成了一种复合名词。它们不仅有固定的词序，且后面的谓语动词通常要用单数形式。这类复合名词有：bacon and eggs（咸肉和鸡蛋），bread and butter（面包和黄油），cheese and wine（奶酷和葡萄酒），fish and chips（鱼和油炸土豆片），a knife and fork（一副刀叉），sausage(s) and mash（香肠和土豆泥）。通常被作为单数看待的有一道菜和一套东西。 Fish and chips is a popular meal in Britain.
如果把两个名词看成是分开的单独的东西，动词就要用复数： Fish and chips make a good meal.
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