新概念英语第二册46_Expensive and uncomfortable

Lesson 46: Expensive and uncomfortable
既昂贵又受罪

Key words and expressions

• unload 卸（货）
• account for 说明，作出解释
• occur 发生
• be astonished at 对。。。感到非常吃饭
• pile 堆
• goods 货物，商品
• admit 承认
• confine 使局限于
• normal 正常的，通常的

as·ton·ish v. /əˈstɒnɪʃ/ to surprise sb very much使十分惊讶；使大为惊奇；使吃惊
SYN amaze
——note atsurprise
[ VN ]
•The news astonished everyone.这消息使大家十分惊讶。
•She astonished us by saying she was leaving.她说她要离开，令我们大为惊奇。
[ VN (that) ]
• It astonishes me (that) he could be so thoughtless.我真没有料到他会如此轻率。

Questions on the text

1. Where did the plane from London arrive and what did workers unload from it?
   1. The plane from London arrived at Sydney airport. The workers unloaded from the plane a number of wooden boxes that contained clothing.
2. What did the workers find when they opened up one of the boxes that was extremely heavy?
   1. They found a man lying in the box.
3. Why had the man had a long and uncomfortable trip? How much did he have to pay?
   1. He had been confined to the wooden box for 18 hours.
   2. He was orderd to pay 3500 pounds.

Language points

1. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavly.

   1. account for : to provide an explanation or justification.对。。。作出说明解释
      1. How do you account for all the accidents in series?对一连串的事故你怎么解释呢？
      2. I want you to account for each sum of the money you spent.我要你说明你所花的每一笔钱的用途。
   2. that引导的同位语从句，用来说明the fact

2. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.

   1. occur to… 。。。什么事情被人想起来
      1. This idea never occurred to me.我从来没想到过这个念头。
      2. Did it ever occur to you that he might have done that?你有没有想到过他有可能做过那件事。

3. He was astonished at what he found.

   1. be astonished at 对。。。感到吃惊
   2. 介词at后面跟了一个名词性从句作宾语。
      1. I can’t remember what he said.

4. He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.

   1. be surprised at …（名词、动名词短语） 对。。。感到吃惊

5. After he was arrested, the man admitted hidding in the box before the plane left London.

   1. admit 后跟动名词、that引导宾语从句
      1. He never admits that he is wrong.

6. He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.

   1. 连词for 表因为，对前句的解释
   2. be confined to … 被局限于。。。
      1. She was confined to bed with a cold.
   3. confine …
      1. He confined himself to five cigarettes a day.

Key structures and usage

动词+介词

1. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
2. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
3. He had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
4. The man was ordered to pay 3,500 for the cost of the trip.

例句：

• I don’t agree with you.
• It is rude to stare at people.
• Somebody is knocking at the door.
• Whom does this book belong to?
• I must apologize for keeping you waiting.
• He has some important business to attend to.
• She hasn’t replied to my letter yet.

Extension

Go for wool but come home shorn.
偷鸡不成蚀把米，弄巧成拙

shear v. /ʃɪə®/
( sheared or shorn sheared /ʃɔːn/ )

1. [ VN ] to cut the wool off a sheep给（羊）剪（羊毛）
   • It was time for the sheep to be shorn.是剪羊毛的时节了。
   • sheep shearing剪羊毛