Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard
New words and expressions
skeleton 骷髏,素描
seemingly 表面上地
respectable 受人尊重的
conceal 隱藏
vivid 生動(dòng)的
dramatic 扣人心弦的
ruin 毀壞(名譽(yù)等),使破產(chǎn)
heroine 女主人公
fiction 小說(shuō)
varying 不同的
medicine 醫(yī)學(xué)的
guestroom 客房
unpack 取出
stack (整齊地)堆放
underclothes 內(nèi)衣
drawer 抽屜
petrify 使驚呆
dangle 懸掛
sway 搖擺
unsympathetic 無(wú)動(dòng)于衷的
medical 醫(yī)學(xué)的
Notes on the text
A skeleton in the cupboard(英)
=closet(美)家丑
Don’t wash your dirty linen(內(nèi)衣).別自爆其丑
seemingly important表面重要
l The ② young man respects the ③ old man.
?、賠especting(無(wú)此型)
②respectful尊重他人的
?、踨espectable受人尊重的
He concealed the fact that he was married.
l flesh-and-blood有血有肉的
├realistic真實(shí)的
├vivid生動(dòng)的
├colorful多彩的
├lively /ai/ 鮮活的,生動(dòng)的
└active活潑的
live broadcasting現(xiàn)場(chǎng)廣播
picturesque活靈活現(xiàn)的
l dramatic扣人心弦的
└drastic急劇的
We often read in novels how a poor man succeeded in getting rich.
The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.
hair stands on end豎立恐懼
My hair stands on end at the news of his death.
in my youth=when I was young
l 經(jīng)典口語(yǔ)
1. Just be yourself. = relax放松點(diǎn)
2. They are playing house.= cohabit同居
3. No cutting in our conversation
= Don’t interrupt me別打斷我
4. He is out with flu. 感冒沒(méi)上班
5. The TV play is just a waste of time.
電視劇浪費(fèi)我的時(shí)間
6. You look a little down.你的情緒不高
7. Are you going to be around.你想出去走走嗎
How nice of you.你真好
It’s very nice of you to say so.你一張好嘴
l ruin sb. reputation毀…名譽(yù)
hero, Negro, potato, tomato復(fù)數(shù)需加“es”
┌detective story偵探小說(shuō)
├essay散文
├novel小說(shuō)
├poem詩(shī)
├article未發(fā)表的文章
└fiction小說(shuō)
l various各種各樣的
├varying不同的
├variable變化多端的
└varied不同的,已經(jīng)變的
medicine藥品,醫(yī)學(xué),醫(yī)生
┌guesthouse賓館
├inn客棧
├m(xù)otel汽車(chē)旅館
└Holiday Inn假日酒店
┌underwear內(nèi)衣
├underclothes
└brief(男)內(nèi)衣,簡(jiǎn)單明了
l panic驚慌的
├dismay驚愕的
├shocked震驚的
└petrify驚呆了
I’m in panic.
To one’s dismay.
l Don’t keep me dangling.別吊我胃口
dangle懸掛
sway ┐
swing ┴?fù)u擺
l indifferent ┐
├I don’t care ┴不在乎
└unsympathetic(強(qiáng)烈)無(wú)動(dòng)于衷的
┌intimate friend ┐
└closest friend ┴密友
I’m proud of you all.為你自豪
Let me show you around.到處轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)
show sb. to+地點(diǎn)=參觀
l stay to dinner表目的to
└come down to dinner
┌pile堆(無(wú)規(guī)律)
└stack堆放(整齊)
I arrived in Shanghai excited / exhausted.補(bǔ)充主語(yǔ)狀態(tài)(分詞)
He stood in the rain bare-headed and bare-footed.
l impression印象
I was deeply impressed by your perfect performance.很深印象
It gave me an impression that the guy is kind to everybody.表示給我一種印象,實(shí)際并非
leave sb. an impression留下真實(shí)的印象
He always lives under the impression that he is a saint(圣徒).
l shoot at瞄準(zhǔn)某人
├shoot sb.射死
├be mad at對(duì)…生氣
└aim at目的
He said with a smile as if仿佛 he were talking about his old friend.
You forget現(xiàn)在時(shí) that I was your classmate.
l 文化:Traveling in the U.S.A
1. Air Travel: “round ticket”往返票 “one-way ticket”單程票
2. airlines: Northwest西北 /
Unite聯(lián)合
3. Check in: smoking /
unsmoking seat
4. City-buses: tokeas輔幣 /
transfers轉(zhuǎn)換證
5. long-distance Bus: Grey hound (toilet) transfer for free免費(fèi)轉(zhuǎn)換