Ablessingindisguiseblessingn.福氣,福分ablessingindisguise因禍得福blessv.保佑Godblessyou!=Blessyou!上帝保佑你Blessmycountry.保佑我的國家disguisen.偽裝ablessingindisguise因禍得福indisguise穿著偽裝的awolfindisguise披著羊皮的狼,被偽裝的狼tinyadj.極小的ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.tiny=veryverysmallpossessv.擁有ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa‘cursedtree’.

sb.possesssth.某人擁有某物possessionn.擁有,占有,財產(chǎn)(常用復(fù)數(shù))inone'spossession某人有某物cursedadj.可恨的,被詛咒的ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.cursev.詛咒increasevt.增加Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.

plantv.種植（強調(diào)把東西給種下去）Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago.

planttree種樹(只是種,活不活不管)

TreePlantingday植樹節(jié)growv.生長，種植growsth.種莊稼(不但種,還要讓它生長)

churchn.教堂Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago.church加the表示地點；church不加the和功能有關(guān)

gotothechurch去教堂玩Iamatthechurch.在教堂玩gotochurch去教堂做禮拜Iamatchurch.做禮拜eviladj.壞的Itisonlyinrecentyearsthatthetreehasgainedanevilreputation.evil=wickedadj.邪惡的reputationn.名聲Itisonlyinrecentyearsthatthetreehasgainedanevilreputation.goodreputation好名聲；badreputation壞名聲famen.名聲（一定是好名聲）famousadj.著名的claimv.以……為其后果Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.

claim=take拿,索取claim可以表示（疾病、意外等）奪去（生命）

Theaccidentclaimedafewlives.victimn.受害者，犧牲品Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.vicarn.教區(qū)牧師Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.sourcen.來源Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.resourcen.資源(一次又一次的來源)incomen.收入Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.rentv.租，租借，出租；n.租金

interestn.興趣，利息vt.使發(fā)生興趣，引起……的注意bonusn.獎金,紅利trunkn.樹干,行李箱Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.Thepartythensearchedthewholecavethoroughlybutdidnotfindanythingexceptanemptytintrunk.ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.主語+besaidtodosth.=Itbesaidthat據(jù)說……

Itissaidthatheisverygood.＝Heissaidtobeverygood.據(jù)說他人非常好

thetinyvillageofFrinley

弗林利這個小村莊，of表同位關(guān)系thecityofBeijing名叫北京的城市attheageoftwenty20歲時aheightofthreefeet三英尺的高度Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.

inanewspaper在報紙上（強調(diào)報紙里面的內(nèi)容）

anumberof…＝lotsof=alotof…許多…anumberofstudents許多學(xué)生thenumberof……的數(shù)量/總數(shù)thenumberofstudents學(xué)生的數(shù)量

Thenumberofstudentsis40.Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.itis/was+被強調(diào)部分+that/who(m)+從句）強調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)ItisIthatamlookingforyou.強調(diào)“I”ItisJackwho(m)Frankphonedlastnight.ItwasNewYorkthatJohnvisitedlastmonth.ItwaslastmonththatJohnvisitedNewYork.gain＝get得到Nopain,nogain.Ineedtogainexperience.Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.

Itissaidthat據(jù)說英語中分號斷開兩個句子anyone任何人，與he相對應(yīng)Ifanyonewantedtogothere,hewilldosth.Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.claim疾病、意外等“奪去（生命）”：Theaccidentclaimedafewlives.Shewasthevictimofaroadaccident.Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.sb.beaskedtodosth.某人被請求做某事sofar迄今為止（常與現(xiàn)在完成時連用）

Hehasn’treturnedmybookssofar.Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.

pointout=explain指出，解釋

Irealizedthathehadmakeamistake,soIpointeditouttohimimmediately.Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.inspiteof=despite盡管