新概念英语第二册笔记 (7)

The question is not too difficult for me to answer. 副词前有all, only, but.修饰，表示肯定语气 They are all too satisfied to work with you. I always too glad to have someone to speak to. He was but too eager to get home.

2 fancy-dress party = costume party化装舞会 3 be impatient to do sth急于做某事，迫不及待地

impatient可用eager,anxious, hungry, thirsty, desterate, can't wait(口语)替换 4 She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear. 动词不定式to wear 修饰 comfortable 做状语 The book is difficult to read.

5 It would be comfortable (for her) to wear.主动形式表达被动概念 （一）不定式或动名词

The music is sweet to hear. The machine needs repairing. The dictionary is worth buying. （二）under

The house is under construction. The puma is still under control. The problem is under discussion. The thief is under arrest. （三）“使用”，“浪费”，“不用” The airport came into use again. Our time has already gone to waste. （四）“能够被。。。的”--able She is a respectable person.

（五）consist of , comprise本身有被动概念，“由。。。结构形式组成” 6有人敲门

There was a knock on / at the door. There was someone at the door. There was someone knocking the door.

7 if ever -- ever用于条件句中 “任何时间”，“任何场合” = whenever

If ever/ Whenever he is in trouble, I'll be on the spot.

8 Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.

Not wanting分词的否定结构形式做原因状语，多用在句首，也用于句中放在主谓间。

Not wanting to make her nervous, the doctor didn't fully explain the seriousness of her condition.

The doctor, not wanting to make her nervous, didn't fully explain the seriousness of her condition.

9 read the metre查电表 10 let out a cry = utter / give a cry

shout强调有目的的喊 shout to sb shout at sb

11 jump back several paces

12 When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him. slamming 现在分词做方式状语或伴随状语，说明逃离的情况 Special difficulties 形容词+动词不定式

He was delighted to learn that his offer had been accepted. 感情类的形容词放在动词不定式前，通常是表示原因，在句中做原因状语

如：happy, relieved, astonished, amazed, surprised,horrified, disappointed, sad, embarrassed, shocked

He was frightened to see the snake.

= He was frightened when he saw the snake. 不定式也可放在表语后，主语是不定式的实际宾语 The car is hard to park.

Some questions are awkward to answer.

在少数几个动词后，不定式可以表示结果 ( learn, find, see, hear, to told ) He lived to see his inventions come to success. He woke up to find everyone gone.

He went to his house only to find him out. 在不定式前加only表示意想不到的，出乎意料的结果

He hurried to the post office only to find it was shut ( closed ). Lesson 14 A noble gangster Text

There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protection money' is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.

Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at

the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a pictured with as dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.' Vocabulary

1 gangster歹徒，强盗 robber抢劫犯 bandit强盗，土匪

brigand（书）强盗，土匪，盗贼，草寇 hooligan流氓

hoodlum（口）罪犯，恶汉 rascal（口）淘气，捣蛋鬼 2 protection money保护费 protector保护者 protege被保护者

3 promptly = immediately punctually

4 destroy强调毁灭，消灭，完全地摧毁 damage可以被修复 break强调弄坏，弄断 spoil强调把事情搅了

5 remarkable: unusual, uncommon, extraordinary a remarkable event an extraordinary event

outstanding突出的，杰出的，卓越的

Our headmaster is an outstanding youth. distinguished杰出的，显赫的，不同非凡的 = eminent显赫的，杰出的，有名的，优良的 a distinguished physicist an eminent surgeon an eminent judge a distinguished lawyer 6 well-known强调众所周知 famous因卓越的贡献而流芳百世 notorious臭名昭著的 = infamous语气较弱

renowned某人或某事以独特的本质或个性而闻名 7 band

表示贬义色彩的团伙帮派的词还有 mob a mob of hooligans gang a gang of thieves nest a nest of bandits pack a pack of hoodlums 8 hire, rent, let, employ

hire out, rent out租给，租出 hire from, rent from租进来 let仅只出租房屋

employ长期雇佣体力劳动者或聘用脑力劳动者 hire短期雇佣体力劳动者

We employed her as our advisor. The factory employed 500 workers. He hired 2 helpers. 9 dedicate dedicate to

He dedicate his first book to his mother. 做献身，奉献解，比 devote 更正式而庄重 10 valiant英勇的

more valiant the most valiant brave fearless courageous 11 memory

in memory of / to the memory of in sb's honor/ in honor of sb

If my memory serves me well, you're Tom. Notes on the text

1 in return for目的是为了换取。。。作为对。。。的回报 He gave me some books in return for my help.

2 There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.' when 引导时间状语从句修饰 time

3 put a man out of business使某人失业 put sb./sth. out of...

You are putting me out of patience.

put it out of your mind = forget all about it 4 as long ago as 追溯回到 = dating back to

I knew Jane as long as the year 1980.

5 make the remarkable discovery做出不同寻常的发现 6 本课难点

would rather ... than ... ( 连接动词原形 ) would prefer to do ... than do ... would prefer doing ... to doing...

would rather / would sooner + that引导的宾语从句（从句用过去时） 7 life work毕生的工作

8 Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers（一帮士兵） and settled（定居在......） near Florence.

9 make a name for himself: become famous 10 come to / get to 渐渐地

I come to be known to my students. I got to know him. 11 at war at war with

12 in times of peace 13 march into 14 burn down烧毁 burn up烧光 burn out烧空

The house were burnt out left only empty walls. 15 would offer to go away : would promise to go away 16 in spite of this尽管如此

17 give sb. a state funeral给某人举行国葬

lesson15 Fifty pence worth of trouble

Text

Children always appreciate small gifts of money. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, but uncles and ants are always a source of extra income. With some children, small sums go a long way. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes. Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay for a nice big bar of chocolate.

My nephew, George, has a money box but it is always empty. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed is right arm through the drain cover. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could no get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter, but George was firmly stuck. The fire brigade was called and two fire fighter freed George using a special type of grease. George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with large box of chocolates. Vocabulary

1 Appreciate v.欣赏,感激

The poem is too difficult for me to appreciate. I appreciate your help.=be thankful/grateful to sb

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