1、新概念第三册课文精读详解 50 篇 标签： 新概念英语Lesson 1 A puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮一、【Text】 课文Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to ac
2、cumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat only five yards away from her. It immedia
3、tely ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a
4、trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people complained of cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the ani
5、mal was a puma, but where had it come from? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think th
6、at a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.二、【New words and expressions】 生词和短语puma n. 美洲狮spot v. 看出，发现evidence n. 证据accumulate v. 积累，积聚oblige v. 使 感到必须hunt n. 追猎；寻找blackberry n. 黑莓human being 人类corner v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境trail n. 一串，一系列print n. 印痕cling (clung, clung ) v. 粘convin
7、ce v.使信服somehow adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因disturb v. 令人不安学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的，要把单词放在语句中体会其应用学习关键句型结构时则要把它放在段落结构或文章里spot v. 看出，发现pick out / see / recognize / catch sight of eg: A tall man is easy to spot in the crowd.He has good eye for spotting mistakes. 他有敏锐的识别错误的能力。spot(做动词时候) = see:强调结果、辨别出、看见、识别、发现。find 强调发
8、现的结果。find out 查出事实真相。discover 做出重大发现notice 注意到observe 观察watch 观察活动中的人或画面spot n. 斑点eg: There is a white spot on the shirt.on the spot 1,立刻，马上（at once, immediately ）Anyone breaking the rules will be asked to leave on the spot.2,at the place of the action 在现场Wherever she is needed , she is quickly on t
9、he spot.evidence un. 证据When the police arrived, he had already destroyed the evidence.evidence=proofin evidence:显而易见的.He was in evidence at the party.evidently adv.evident adj.accumulate vt,vi. 积累，积聚accumulate 强调积累的过程As the evidence accumulates, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.gathe
10、r vt. 聚集，把某人召集在某处collect 收集，采集assemble 集合，集会， vt. 装配hoard 大量地贮存The squirrel hoards up nuts for the cold winter.hoard up= store upamass 积聚（主要用于诗歌和文学作品）oblige v. 使 感到必须feel obliged to do sth.感觉有必要做某事be obliged to do sth 被迫做某事hunt n. 追猎；寻找run after 强调追赶、追求.seek 追寻（梦想，理想） = pursuechase 追赶.hunt forsearch
11、 搜寻某处为了寻找到某人或某物corner v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境corner n. 角落at the corner of the streetin the corner of the roomon the corner of the deskbe cornered 被逼得走投无路常用于被动语态：The thief was cornered at last.The problem cornered me.这个问题把我难例了。trail n. 一串，一系列trail=follow vt. 跟踪eg: The police trailed the criminal to the place
12、where he was hiding.cling (clung, clung ) v. 粘eg: She is always clinging to her mother.He clung to the hope that he would succeed.(抱有，怀有)stick 粘住 stick to 坚持 sticky adj. 粘的convince vt. 使信服convince sb. of sth 使 sb 相信 sth和宾语从句 that 搭配使用没有宾语的情况下要采用主系表结构：be convincedsb be convicned sb 相信somehow adv. 不知怎
13、么搞地，不知什么原因by some means, in some way, for some reason unknownsomewhat =a littledisturb v. 令人不安disturbing adj. 令人不安的 disturbed 感到不安的surprising 令人吃惊的 surprised 感到吃惊的exciting 令人激动的 excited 感到激动的三、【课文精析】at large 1：逃遁的，没有被控制的。2：详细的(in detail)3：总体来讲（as a whole）Key sentence: Pandas are large cat-like anima
14、ls which are found in Asia.life-like: 栩栩如生的一般来讲定语从句和同位语从句紧随在被修饰名词后面，但为了保持句子平衡，也可以把谓语动词放到从句之前定语从句只是对于被修饰词的补充说明、修饰。同位语从句则是讲述被修饰名词的内容定语从句的引导词：指人：主语 who; 宾语 who/whom; 定语 whose表达事物：that(也可指人)/ which时间状语：when; 地点状语：where; 原因状语： why同位语从句：名词做主语、宾语时，关系词用 that 而不是 which时间 when; 地点 whereeg: An idea came to her
15、 that she might do the experiment in another way.I have no idea what has happened to him.定语从句中没有 what 这个关系词，但它可以引导同位语从句(An idea)come to sb.某人突然想到了take sth. seriously=deal with sth. seriously 认真（严肃）对待某事take sth. lightly: 草率对待某事as 随着过去分词做定语claim to have done sth：声称曾经作过某事confirm: be sure, be certainsea
16、rch=huntleave behind：把某物留在后面Wherever he went, the wound soldier left behind him a trail of blood.伤员所到之处，都留下道道血迹。英文的表达方式重点在于突出客观事实，而中文则善于运用动作的执行者complain of / about :抱怨on + 名词： 强调动作正在进行on the rise:在上升on the increase: 在增加on the watch: 在观看on the match:在比赛中on the fishing trip:在钓鱼的途中on holiday: 在度假fully:
17、 completely, entirely in the possession of sb=in sbs possession 归某人所有in possession of sth. 拥有某物take possession of 拥有eg: The beautiful car is in my possession / in the possession of me.I am in possession of the beautiful car.The person in possession of the big house is excited.It is disturbing to thi
18、nk that 一想到 就心里不安eg: It is disturbing to think that I felt my examination.Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one 十三等于一一、【Text】 课文Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the ho
19、urs day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one oclock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar w
20、ent up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.Whatever are you doing up here Bill ? asked the vicar in surprise. Im trying to repair the bell, answered Bill. Ive been coming up her
21、e night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.You certainly did give me a surprise! said the vicar. Youve probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, Im glad the bell is working again.Thats the trouble, vicar, answered Bill. Its working all right, but
22、Im afraid that at one oclock it will strike thirteen times and theres nothing I can do about it.Well get used to that, Bill, said the vicar. Thirteen is not as good as one, but its better than nothing. Now lets go downstairs and have a cup of tea.二、【New words and expressions】 生词和短语equal v. 等于raise v
23、. 募集；筹（款）vicar n. 牧师torchlight n.电筒光equal v. 等于A equal B与 相匹敌 None of us can equal her, either in beauty or as a dancer.eg:Mary is quite equal to John in brains.be equal to + n: 1. 与相匹敌2. 有能力做某事 to- 介词eg: I am equal to running the company.raise v. 募集；筹（款）raise money 筹款raise price 提高raise a horse 饲养raise a family 供养raise wheet 种植小麦raise an army 招募raise a shout 发出喊声vicar n. 牧师torchlight n.电筒光三、【课文精析】现在进行时和 always 等频度副词的搭配表示说话人带有的情感色彩Tom is always doing homework.Tom is always does his homework.He is always making noises.one or another： 表示某种、这样或那样
