1、 The Westhaven Express 開往威斯特海溫的快車 15070120 桑雨婷Lesson37 We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. Ships may be delayed by storms; flights may be cancelled because of bad weather, but trains

2、must be on time. Only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services. It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong. The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs. After consulting my railway timeta

3、ble, I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven. It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted mere a hour and seventeen minutes. When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well. At the time, this did not str

4、ike me as odd. I reflected that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. Neither was I surprise when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. Bu

5、t when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder, It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a

6、passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven. When he denied the trains existence, I borrowed his copy of the timetable. There was a not

7、e of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: This service has been suspended.New words and expressions1. The Westhaven Express #express n

8、. 快車；adj. 高速的 express way: 高速公路 express train快車 special express 特快 through express 直快 stopping/ local train 慢車2.We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. # punctual adj. 準(zhǔn)時(shí)的 be punctual in doing sth. 在做方面非常 準(zhǔn)時(shí) be punctual to the minute 非常準(zhǔn)時(shí) punctually adv. unpunctual ant. punctuality n.

9、嚴(yán)守時(shí)間 辨析：punctuation n.標(biāo)點(diǎn)# We ve learnt to expect that 我們已經(jīng)習(xí)慣于期盼3.After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables.# condition v. 使習(xí)慣于 =form a habit in Eg: This society has conditioned each of us. be conditioned to 習(xí)慣了 Eg: Each of us has been conditione

10、d to the society. # condition n.條件 on condition that 在條件下如果 *on no condition 在任何情況下，用在句首句子要倒裝 Eg. On no condition must you be late. in good/ bad condition 情況良好/情況糟糕 change ones condition 結(jié)婚 # faith n. 信任 keep faith with sb. 對(duì)守信用 put ones faith in sth 對(duì)有信心 on the faith of 在的保障下，憑的信用辨析：faith 深信不疑，信仰，比

11、belief 程度重一點(diǎn) belief 可信賴，可接受 conviction 堅(jiān)定的信念 trust 相信，依賴 credit 對(duì)完全相信3.Only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services. 只有非同尋常的大雪才可能暫時(shí)打亂鐵路運(yùn)行。# exceptionally 異常地；特殊地；例外地# dislocate dslket vt. 使關(guān)節(jié)脫位;使（交通，事務(wù)等）混亂4. It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities whe

12、n something does go wrong. 一旦鐵路上真出了問(wèn)題，人們便不加思索地責(zé)備鐵路當(dāng)局。# too.to句型中，在too前出現(xiàn)了all, only, but, not等詞的時(shí)候，to就有肯定意義 Eg: One is never too old to learn.活到老，學(xué)到老 # blame sb. for sth. 因?yàn)樨?zé)怪某人 blame sth. on sb. be to blame 該受責(zé)備；應(yīng)承擔(dān)責(zé)任5. At the time, this did not strike me as odd. 一開始，我并不感到奇怪。# strike sb. as 給某人印象；使某

13、人感到 as后面可以跟分詞或者形容詞6. I reflected that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. # reflect v. 細(xì)想 reflect on sth 細(xì)想 reflect upon oneself 自我反省6. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. 即便是特別快車也可能被信號(hào)攔住。# mighty adj. 強(qiáng)大的，

14、有力的 # hold up=hold back, hinder, prevent 阻攔；攔截；舉起7. It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty.我突然感到這趟快車并沒(méi)以時(shí)速90英里的速度呼嘯前進(jìn)，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，時(shí)速僅30英里。# dawn d:n n. 拂曉;醒悟 vi. 破曉;開始出現(xiàn)vt. （開始）被理解；被想到 dawn on sb 漸漸被某人明白 #

15、roar r:(r) v. 吼叫n. 吼叫聲，咆哮聲; 大笑 chug 英tg vi. 發(fā)出突突聲; （火車、汽船等）咔嚓咔嚓地前進(jìn) n. 突突聲 roar down ,chug along 呼叫向前, 慢慢向前 (形式一致) # barely=only 8. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived.# lodge ld v. 提出 make/ lodge complaint 提出抱怨 lodge vi. 存放;暫住;埋入 vt. 提出（報(bào)告、要求、申訴等）;容納;寄存;把（權(quán)利、權(quán)威等）授予 n. 小屋，草屋;（北美印第安人的）帳篷; （森林、獵場(chǎng)等的）看守小屋;（學(xué)校、工廠等的） 傳達(dá)室9. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white.# triumph tramf n. 勝利; 心滿意足 vi. 戰(zhàn)勝;獲勝;克服;打敗Eg. Her sense of triumph was short-lived 她只感受了片刻成功的喜悅。10. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at t