1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上新概念英語第二冊復(fù)習(xí)筆記 第五課 單詞學(xué)習(xí)New words and expressions 生詞和短語1.pigeon n. 鴿子（信鴿，肉鴿）dove 和平鴿dove of peace和平鴿homing-pigeon信鴿carrier-pigeon 信鴿ones pigeon: 某人的職責(zé)或責(zé)任or: ones business or responsibility某人的職責(zé)或責(zé)任eg. I dont care where the money comes from. Thats not my pigeon. 我可不關(guān)心錢是從哪里來的，那不是我的責(zé)任。2. messa

2、ge n. 信息，口信 Ceg. A pigeon carried the urgent message from the front. 一只鴿子從前線捎回緊急信息。eg. Pigeons carried messages between his two garages. 一些鴿子在兩個修車鋪之間傳遞信息。take a message for sb 為.捎口信leave sb a message 為.留口信get the message 俚 明白，理解，領(lǐng)悟（別人的暗示）eg. She said it was getting late, I got the message and left.她

3、說天已經(jīng)晚了，我立刻明白然后就離開了。區(qū)別：1. message C2. information U 情報，資料，信息a piece of information 一條信息information technology ( IT ) 信息技術(shù)information science 信息科學(xué)3. news U 消息，新聞，報道a piece of news 一條消息newspaper C 報紙3. cover1) n. （書刊的）封皮cover-girl 封面女郎read a book from cover to cover read a book from beginning to end.把一

4、本書從頭讀到尾。2) n. 掩蓋物，覆蓋物，罩子，套子eg. The seatcover is made of leather. 這個座套是皮革的。3) v. 掩蓋或遮蓋某物eg. Cover the table with a table cloth. 用一塊桌布把桌子蓋上。eg. She covered her face with hands. 她用手把臉捂上了。eg. He laughed to cover his nervousness. 他大笑起來以掩蓋自己的緊張。4) v. 走過一段路程，越過，完成，看完eg. I covered 50 pages in an hour. 我一小時讀

5、完了50頁書。eg. The pigeon covered the distance in 3 minutes. 鴿子在3分鐘內(nèi)飛完全程。eg. The Red Army covered 25,000 Li during the Long March.長征期間，紅軍走完了25000里的路程。4. distance n. 距離，間距eg. Its a great distance from here. 那里離這很遠(yuǎn)。eg. Its some distance from here. 那里離這相當(dāng)遠(yuǎn)。eg. Its no distance from here. 那里離這不遠(yuǎn)。eg. The chur

6、ch is within walking distance from my home. 那座教堂離我家走路就到。eg. If you have friends who know your heart, distance cannot keep you apart. 海內(nèi)存知己，天涯若比鄰。keep ones distance from others 保持距離eg. A British always keeps his distance from others. 一個英國人總是與別人保持距離。in the distance: far away 遠(yuǎn)方，遠(yuǎn)處；在遠(yuǎn)方distant adj. 遠(yuǎn)隔的，

7、遙遠(yuǎn)的或遠(yuǎn)親的eg. He is my distant nephew. 他是我遠(yuǎn)房的侄子。a distant village: a remote village 一個遙遠(yuǎn)的小村莊5.request n./v. 要求，請求1) n. request for sth 對.的要求，請求make repeated requests for help 一再發(fā)出求救的要求send requests for spare parts 發(fā)出索取配件的要求at sbs request 應(yīng).請求at sbs invitation 應(yīng).邀請eg. At American governments invitation,

8、 President Hu Jintao will visit the U.S.A. next month. 應(yīng)美國政府的邀請，胡錦濤主席下個月將訪問美國。2) v.request sth from sb 向要；向.要求request sth of sb向要；向.要求eg. The boy requested pocket money from his parents. 那個男孩想父母要零花錢。request sb to do.要求做 (formal)want sb to do.想讓.做ask sb to do.讓做request sb to do.主要用于莊重的講話和文字中，常用于通告中，多

9、用于被動態(tài)。eg. Dear Sir, I have been requested to inform you that.敬啟者，茲通知閣下6. spare1) adj. 多余的，剩余的，備用的spare parts 備件eg. Do you have a spare wheel in your car? 你的車上有備用的輪胎嗎？eg. Ive have a spare room in the flat. 我的公寓里有個備用的房間。eg. I have no spare money to lend you. 我沒有閑錢借給你。2) adj. 空閑的，未占用的spare time 空閑時間eg.

10、 I have no spare time this month. 這個月我沒有空。3) v. 饒恕，寬恕spare sb ( let sb off) 饒恕某人eg. Spare me, please, I wont do it again. 求求你饒恕我，我再也不干那事了。4) v. （為某人某事）提供（時間，金錢），撥出，分開eg. Can you spare me a few minutes? 我能占用你幾分鐘嗎？eg. I have no time to spare now. 我現(xiàn)在沒有空閑時間。eg. Spare the rod and spoil the child/kid. 棍棒

11、出孝子；孩子不打不成器。形容詞spare和動詞 spare的區(qū)別：eg. I cannot spare the time. 我花不起時間。eg. I have no time to spare. 我沒有時間。eg. I cannot buy spare parts for this car. 我買不著這輛車的配件。eg. There is a spare room in this house. 在這棟房子里有一間空房。eg. Caligula spared the slaves life. 卡里格勒饒了那個奴隸的命。用spare的形容詞形式或動詞形式來替換句子中的單詞或短語：1.There i

12、s an axtra wheel in the back of the car.There is a spare wheel in the back of the car. 車子后面有只備用輪胎。2.I always go on excursion in my free time. I always go on excursion in my spare time. 我總是在閑暇時間去遠(yuǎn)足。3. ”Have you any old clothes that you do not want?” he asked.”Have you any old clothes to spare?” he as

13、ked. ”Have you any old clothes that you can spare?” he asked. “你有沒有你不穿的舊衣服？”他問道。4.The guest slept in the room we do not use.The guest slept in the spare room. 客人住在我們閑置的房間里。5.”Do not kill me!” begged the prisoner.”Spare me!” begged the prisoner. “饒了我吧！”那個囚徒乞求說。service n. 業(yè)務(wù)，服務(wù)service center 服務(wù)中心banki

14、ng and insurance service 銀行及保險業(yè)務(wù)telephone sevice 電話業(yè)務(wù)his service to the country 他為國家做出的貢獻(xiàn)bears service 幫倒忙serve v.serve sb 為服務(wù)serve the people 為人民服務(wù)serve the customers 為顧客服務(wù)【Text】 Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just&#

15、160;bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought 

16、twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent 

17、a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone' service. 

18、參考譯文：詹姆斯.斯科特先生在錫爾伯里有一個汽車修理部,現(xiàn)在他剛在平赫斯特買了另一個汽車修理部.平赫特離錫爾伯里只有5 英里,但詹姆斯.斯科特先生未能為他新的汽車修理部搞到一部電話機, 所以他買了12只鴿子. 昨天, 一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫特帶到錫爾伯里. 這只鳥只用了3分鐘就飛完了全程.到目前為止,斯科特先生從一個汽車修理部向另一個發(fā)送了大量索取備件的信件和其他緊急函件.就這樣,他開始自己的私人“電話” 業(yè)務(wù)1.Mr.James Scott has a garage in 

19、;Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. garage1) 車房，汽車庫，汽車間a house with a separate garage 另設(shè)汽車房的房子a house with a built-in garage 附設(shè)汽車房的房子eg. He has not been able to get his car into his garage even once. 他甚至一次都沒能把汽車開進(jìn)車庫。2

20、) （兼作汽車維修等的）加油站 (in U.S. service station)a garage mechanic 加油站技工garage sale (U.S.) 將不想要的東西置于自己的汽車車廂中出售car-boot sale (Br) 將不想要的東西置于自己的汽車車廂中出售oneanother 一個， 又一個onethe other （兩者中的）一個，另一個On the other hand; on the other hand一方面；另一方面（用以引導(dǎo)出相互矛盾的觀點、意見等）eg. On the other hand you accept his gift; on the other

21、 hand, you are rude to him, what really is your attitude to him? 一方面你接受他的禮物，另一方面對他非常粗魯，你到底什么態(tài)度？eg. I have two brothers. One is 16, and the other is 12. 我有兩個兄弟，一個16歲，另一個12歲。eg. I dont like this shirt. Give me another. 我不喜歡這件襯衫，給我拿另一件。eg. Would you like to have another piece of apple pie? 再來一塊蘋果派嗎？ as

22、 American as apple pie 完全美國化2.Pinhurst is only five miles （away）from Silbury,eg. My home is in walking distance fome here. 我們家離這里很近，走路就到了。eg. How far (away) is the railway station from here? 火車站離這兒有多遠(yuǎn)？eg. Not very far. Only five miles or so. 不很遠(yuǎn)，只有5英里左右。eg. It is not fa

23、r from here. 離這兒不遠(yuǎn)。3.but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons.get 獲得 just 表示剛剛結(jié)束，現(xiàn)在完成時 4.Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first 

24、message from Pinhurst to Silbury. Yesterday 昨天，一般過去式carry : ( take from one place to the other ) （搬，提，拿，抱。抬，背，帶，運，送等）eg. He was carrying a box on his shoulder. 他扛著一只箱子。eg. The wounded men were carried away. 傷員們被抬走了。eg. The monkey carried her baby on her back. 這猴子背著小猴子。eg. Th

25、e woman carried a baby in her arms. 那位婦女抱著一個孩子。fromto 從.到from 9 oclock am to 5 oclock pm ( business hours ) 從早上九點到下午五點（營業(yè)時間）from morning to night 或 from morning till night 從早到晚from door to door 挨門挨戶地eg. I am looking for my dog from door to door. 我在挨門挨戶地找我的狗。from China to Peru（秘魯）遍天下，處處eg. I have fri

26、ends from China to Peru. 我的朋友遍天下。from hand to mouth 僅夠糊口，現(xiàn)掙現(xiàn)花5.The bird covered the distance in three minutes.cover : 飛完covered the distance 飛完全程eg. He covered 50 miles in a little under two hours. 他差一點兩小時內(nèi)走完了50英里。6.Up to now, Mr.Scott has 

27、sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. up to now : up till now; so far; up to present 迄今為止通常搭配現(xiàn)在完成時eg. Up to now, he has never spoken a word of Englis

28、h. 到現(xiàn)在為止，他沒說過一個英文詞匯。eg. Up to now, the work has been easy. 在現(xiàn)在為止，工作一直很容易。up to/till 到為止，直到eg. Up to the fourth night we had experienced no bad weather. 到了第四個晚上，我一直沒有遇到惡劣的天氣。eg. Up till last summer, we always went to the beach for our vacation.一直到去年夏天為止，我們總是到海邊度假。eg. Its up to you. 由你決定（口語） a great m

29、any + ( pl.) 謂語動詞復(fù)數(shù)：許多a number of ( pl.) 謂語動詞復(fù)數(shù)：許多many a + 單數(shù)可數(shù)n. 謂語動詞單數(shù)eg. Many a student is found of films. 許多學(xué)生都喜歡電影。other pron1) （作定語）另外的，別的，其他的eg. Im busy now, ask me about it some other time. 我現(xiàn)在正忙著呢，其它時間再來問我吧。eg. There are other ways of doing it. 有其它方法做這件事。2) （作主語或賓語）另一個，另外（幾個）；另外的人或物eg. We g

30、ot home by 6 oclock, but the others didnt get back until about 8 oclock.我們六點鐘就到家了，但其他人大約八點鐘才回到家。eg. Some like milk chocolate, others prefer plain chocolate. 有些人喜歡牛奶，有些人喜歡純巧克力eg. What I say goes in at one ear and out at the other. 我所說的話，一只耳朵進(jìn)去，一只耳朵出來urgent adj. 緊急的，迫切的an urgent message 緊急消息an urgent

31、case 緊急情況an urgent cry 緊急呼救urgency u n. 緊急，迫切eg. This is a problem of great urgency. 這是一個非常迫切的問題。7.In this way, he has begun his own private telephone' service. own1) v. 擁有have; possess2) adj. 自己的，個人的eg. I dream of owning my own house. 我夢想著擁有自己的房子。eg. I saw it with my own eyes. 我親眼看到的。eg. Our children have grown up and