新概念英语第二册笔记 (6)

Stamp Duty印花税 duty free免税的 同义词 tax

income tax所得税 10 baggage行李 = luggage Text

Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare. Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned form abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.

'Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye. 'No', I answered confidently.

'Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?' 'Not at all,' I answered.

The Officer went through the case with great care. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.

'Perfume, eh?' he asked sarcastically. 'You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'

'But it isn't perfume,' I said. 'It's hair gel.' Then I added with a smile, 'It's a strange mixture I make myself.'

As I expected, he did not believe me. 'Try it!' I said encouragingly.

The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage. Notes on the text

1 Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days 表示程度的副词

完全地completely, entirely, fully, thoroughly thoroughly有“仔仔细细地，彻彻底底地”意 绝对地absolutely 真地，确实really

Even really honest people ... 尤其地，特别的particularly

a particularly officious young Costoms Officer .... 极端地，极其，非常extremely, excessively fairly “一般般”

very“非常”语气强烈 rather 语意接近 faily

注意rather, faily修饰形容词，副词，特别是修饰形容词同时修饰名词时，不定式冠词的位置不同 a faily good book a rather good book = rather a good book rather too = quite

quite right quite wrong quite mistaken quite sure 2 the Green Channel = the Customs Office 3 looking me in the eye

look sb in the eye = look sb in the face = stare sb in the eye = look directly at sb 4 The Officer went through the case with great care. = The officer examined the case carefully. 5 in a mess 乱作一团 in 和名词搭配表示状态 in good order in good health in a good mood in good temper

6 light up: suddenly looks pleased and happy容光焕发 ，喜气洋洋 His face lighted up at the small triumph. light的过去式，过去分词：lit , lighted a lighted cigar

a lighted stick一根点燃的火炬

7 with + 抽象名词 表示内心充满了一种感情 with confidence with care with pride with dilight with surprise

8 pounce on 向。。。猛扑过来|| 对。。。大做文章 The policeman pounced on the thief. Don't pounce on my mistake. 9 You should have declared that.

should have + P.P.本应该作某事而没做，具有谴责性意思 本不该作某事shoudn't have done 10 exempt免除的，

be exempted from被免除的

11 As I expected, he did not believe me.

as 作关系代词，引导非限制性定语从句，指代主句的整个句子的含义 关系代词as和which的区别

as引导的非限制性定语从句，可以用在主句前 which引导的非限制性定语从句，只能用在主句后

12 greet问候，向。。。致敬；觉察到；呈现在。。。眼前，在。。。耳边

He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth.

I woke up and was greeted by a bird's song. Inside the room a dreadful mess greeted us.

When he went into the kitchen, a smell greeted him.

Lesson 12 Life on a desert island

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Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few us have had the opportunity to find out.

Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave. New words and expressions 生词和短语 1 desert island 荒岛 desert沙漠n. 背弃，遗弃v. dessert 甜点n. 2 paradise 天堂，乐土 heaven天堂，天国，死亡

3 wretched = miserable可怜的，艰苦的

lead a wretched / miserable / terrible / dog life 4 starve挨饿

be starved to death饿死 5 opportunity机会 golden opportunity

Opportunity knocks only once.千载难逢的机会 opportunity + of, to

chance 表示机会时可与opportunity互换，表示可能性则不可互换 6 genuinely由衷地

He is genuinely thankful to me.

genuine adj. genuiness n. 7 coral n. 珊瑚 8 dinghy n. 救生筏，小船 9 spear gun 捕鱼枪 10 lobster n. 龙虾 11 tanker n. 油轮

12 Robinson Crusoe

鲁滨孙.克鲁索（小说《鲁滨孙漂流记》主人公） Notes on the text

1 form an unrealistic picture of sth对。。。抱有不切实际的幻想 A large number of people have formed an unrealistic of the job. 2 imagine sth to be / imagine sth as 3 quite the opposite 恰恰相反

4 either ...or...句型中谓语动词跟与它临近的主语一致 Either you or I am going to the party. an element of truth = a bit of truth 5 wish 做谓语动词，其后的宾语从句用虚拟语气

如果表达对现在的遗憾或与现在相反的情况，从句中的谓语动词用过去时，be动词用were代替 如果表达对过去的遗憾或与过去相反的情况，从句中的谓语动词用过去完成时

如果表达与将来事实相反的情况或将来不可能实现的愿望，用情态动词的过去时would, could I wish you could drive a car.

I wish I hadn't spent so much money. I wish that I could go abroad tomorrow.

6 if only用法同wish, 但wish比更富有戏剧性和感情色彩 If only the weather would change. If only you hadn't said that.

If only you would come here tomorrow. 7 load with 往上...装载...

The workers are loading the trucks with goods. unload 卸载

8 hardly any几乎没有: very little, very few You hardly eat anything , what's wrong? 9 as one of them put it put: express

10 fend for oneself独立地照顾某人 11 unduly过分地，过度地

unduly optimistic or unduly pessimistic[/size]

Lesson13 \only me.\ Text

After her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre. She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him. Vocabulary 1 costume化装服 2 consist由。。。组成 consist of（表示被动的概念） =be made up of

= comprise整体由部分所构成

be composed of强调由。。。部分所组成 constitué(e) 由部分构成整体 3 effective有明显效果的，有作用的 influential有潜移默化影响力的 efficacious（医药）有效的 fruitful有成效的（试验等）

4 flee ( fled, fled ) vt.&vi.（总称）泛泛强调逃离危险境地 escape vt. 逃出监狱，逃出牢笼 || vi.逃掉，逃出 5 slam = bang 6 metre 电表 Notes on the text 1 too ...to

not / never too ...to 并不太。。。，所以能。。。 One is never too old to learn.

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