Lesson30TheDeathofAGhost第1頁labourern.勞動者Shestilllivesonthefarmwhereheworkedasalabourer.A

playbourer,theblend

of

“play”

and

“l(fā)abourer”,

is

thereforea

person

employed

toearn

points,

equipment

or

other

goods

in

anonline

game.

由此可知，playbourer（游戲工人）（play（玩）和labourer（勞工）兩個詞合成詞）就是被雇來賺取在線游戲中點(diǎn)數(shù)、裝備或其它物資人。第2頁labourn.勞動;(總稱)勞動力labourintensity/

LabourDaylabourer尤其強(qiáng)調(diào)使用體力farmhand

農(nóng)場雇工(farmlabourer/farmworker)worker泛指勞動者gold

collar

workermanualworker/mentalworkerworkman指含有某種工藝技能工匠

第3頁overnight

adv.一夜期間，通宵地;在夜間Farmlabourerssaidthattheyalwayswokeuptofindthatworkhadbeendoneovernight.

(duringthenight)overnight

adv.突然地Therulesarenotgoingtochangeovernight.這些規(guī)則是不會突然改變。overnightadj.突然overnightmillionaire

暴發(fā)戶In1970hebecameanovernightsuccessinAmerica.1970年他在美國一夜之間成了成功人士。第4頁hayn.干草.balesofhay.…一捆捆干草Cows

feed

on

hay.

奶牛以干草為生。Hayhadbeencut

.PHRASE

Ifyousaythatsomeone

ismakinghay

or

ismakinghaywhilethesunshines,youmeanthattheyaretakingadvantageofasituationthatisfavourabletothemwhiletheyhavethechanceto.曬草要趁好太陽;抓緊時機(jī)Weknewwarwascoming,andweredeterminedtomakehaywhilewecould.我們知道戰(zhàn)爭即未降臨，所以決定盡可能抓緊時機(jī)。第5頁cornn.谷物usedtorefertocrops(n.農(nóng)作物)suchaswheatandbarley.Itcanalsobeusedtorefertotheseedsfromtheseplants.谷物(指小麥、燕麥等);(小麥、燕麥等)谷粒Afarmworker,whostayedupallnight,claimedtohaveseenafigure(adarkhumanshape)

cuttingcorninthemoonlight.cornn.玉米;玉米粒...rowsofcorninanIowafield.…愛荷華州農(nóng)田里成排玉米。We'rehavingcorn-on-the-cobforlunch.我們吃玉米棒子當(dāng)午飯。第6頁conscientiousadj.認(rèn)真，盡責(zé)；本著良心aconscientiousteacherIntime,itbecameanacceptedfactthattheCoxbrothersemployedaconscientiousghostthatdidmostoftheirworkforthem.Wearegenerallyveryconscientiousaboutourwork.我們普通對工作都是很認(rèn)真。Nothing

inall

the

world

is

more

dangerous

than

sincereignoranceand

conscientious

stupidity.

世界上再也沒有比純粹無知和認(rèn)真愚蠢更危險了。第7頁suspectv.懷疑suspectsbofdoing

懷疑某人做了某事suspectsbofsth

懷疑;就某事懷疑某人Isuspectedhimofstealingthecar.Hesuspectedthathisgirlfriendtriedtohidehertruefeelings.Noonesuspectedthattheremightbesomeoneelseonthefarmwhohadneverbeenseen.

suspectsb.tobeIsuspecthimtobeaspy.第8頁suspiciousadj.可疑；懷疑；多疑Mostcatsremainsuspiciousofhumansalltheirlives.suspicionn.猜疑，懷疑Therewasasuspicionthatthisrunnerattemptedtoavoidtheproceduresfordrugtesting.第9頁Thepolicesuspectedthathewasthemurderer.(tendtobelievesth.istrue)Thepolicedoubtedthathewasthemurderer.(tendtobelievesth.isfalse)Isuspectthathehasstolenmywatch.我懷疑/猜測他偷了我手表。Idoubtthathehasstolenmywatch.我不相信他偷了我手表。

第10頁desert[d?‘z??t]v.（軍隊(duì)中）開小差，逃跑(runawaywithoutpermission)

desert

[‘d?z?t]n.沙漠；荒原the

Sahara

(

Desert

)（重音規(guī)則：名前動后）conduct名詞讀作?k?nd?kt，表示n.進(jìn)行；行為；實(shí)施；動詞讀作k?n?d?kt，表示vt.管理。recordprojectdesert[d?‘z??t]違反法律、道義、責(zé)任、信仰desertthearmy,desertschool,deserthisduty,deserthisfamilyThesoldierdesertedhisarmy.第11頁abandon

強(qiáng)調(diào)永遠(yuǎn)或完全放棄或拋棄人或事物等，這可能是被迫，也可能是自愿Hehadtoabandonhisfavoriteresearchbecauseofthewar.discard

[d?'skɑ?d]v.（gettingridofsomethingthatisregardedasuselessorundesirable）Everydaywediscardalargeamountofrubbish.第12頁forsake[f?‘se?k]vt.放棄；斷念常指辜負(fù)親人或斷絕親密個人關(guān)系，也可表示擯棄某種行為。IstilllovehimandIwouldneverforsakehim.我依然愛他，我永遠(yuǎn)不會離棄他。Hereluctantlyforsookhisolddrinkinghabit.他很不情愿地改掉了喝酒老習(xí)慣。第13頁regimentn.（軍隊(duì)）團(tuán)The

regiment

isonthemarch.

該團(tuán)在行軍中。Ashehatedarmylife,hedecidedtodeserthisregiment.

regime[re?'?i?m]n.政權(quán)，政體；社會制度；管理體制politicalregime

政治制度democraticregime

民主政體The

dictator

banned

all

newspapersand

books

that

criticized

his

regime.

獨(dú)裁者取締了批評他政權(quán)報(bào)刊書籍。第14頁actionn.thefightingwhichtakesplaceinawarcanbereferredtoas

action.戰(zhàn)斗(軍事)行動HisfathertoldeverybodythatErichadbeenkilledinaction.

Ourleadershavegenerallysupportedmilitaryactionifitprovesnecessary.我們領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者們普通都支持必要軍事行動。第15頁recluse[r?'klu?s]

n.隱士cluse

[klu:s]n.【地質(zhì)學(xué)】橫谷(阿爾卑斯山)TheonlyotherpeoplewhoknewthesecretwereJoeandBob.Theydidnoteventelltheirwives.Whentheirfatherdied,theythoughtittheirdutytokeepEricinhiding.Alltheseyears,Erichadlivedasarecluse.Heusedtosleepduringthedayandworkatnight.Hiswidowbecameavirtualreclusefortheremainderofherlife.他遺孀在其余生成了一名實(shí)際上隱居者。reclusive[r?'kl?s?v]adj.隱居；隱遁reclusivelifestyle

第16頁hauntv.(鬼魂等)常出沒于Foryears,villagersbelievedthatEndleyFarmwashaunted.Hisghostissaidtohauntsomeoftherooms,bangingatoydrum.聽說他鬼魂常在其中一些屋子里出現(xiàn)，還敲打著一個玩具鼓。HewouldalwaysbehauntedbythatsceneinWellPark.（v.縈繞在心頭）他將不停回想起威爾公園那一幕。cowshedn.牛棚；牛舍shedn.小屋，棚第17頁Everytime=whenever每當(dāng)..引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句Theyemployedafewfarmhands,butnoonewaswillingtoworktherelong.Everytimeaworkergaveuphisjob,hetoldthesamestory.

Every

time

(whenever)I

thinkaboutyou,

I

haveto

remind

myself

that

if

youwanted

to

talk

to

me,

you

would.

每一次想你，我都得提醒我自己，假如你想和我聊天話，你早就開口了。第18頁intime最終，最終Intime,itbecameanacceptedfactthattheCoxbrothersemployedaconscientiousghostthatdidmostoftheirworkforthem.In

time,though,

he

is

going

to

understand;

so,

if

youneed

to,give

himhis

space.

經(jīng)過一段時間以后，他就會開始了解了。

所以，假如能夠話，給他點(diǎn)兒空間。第19頁noneotherthan不是他人正是Ashorttimeago,villagerswereastonishedtolearnthattheghostofEndleyhaddied.Everyonewenttothefuneral,forthe‘ghost’wasnoneotherthanEricCox,athirdbrotherwhowassupposedtohavediedasayoungman.Afterthefuneral,JoeandBobrevealedasecretwhichtheyhadkeptforoverfiftyyears.The

man

over

there

is

none

other

than

our

principal.站在那兒人正是我們校長。第20頁feel/beobligedto不得不；有義務(wù)obligevt.迫使；強(qiáng)制However,astheevidencebegantoaccumulate,expertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigate.Erichadbeentheeldestsonofthefamily,verymucholderthanhistwobrothers.HehadbeenobligedtojointhearmyduringtheSecondWorldWar.

When

a

person

does

acertain

thing

againandagain,

he'll

beobliged

to

do

it

in

the

same

way

by

some

unseenforce.

Thushabit

is

formed.

第21頁Comprehensionquestions1.WhatdidvillagersbelieveaboutEndleyFarm?Theybelieveitwashaunted.2.Whowasthefarmownedby?Twobrothers,JoeandBobCox.3.Werefarmhandswillingtoworkthereforverylong?No,theyweren’t.4.Whatdidfarmlaborersfindinthemorning?theworkhadbeendoneovernight.第22頁5.Whatkindofjobshadbeendone?Hayhadbeencutandcowshedshadbeencleaned.

6.Oneworkerstayedupallnight,whatd