新概念英語第二冊Lesson 73 The record-holder
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Did the boy go where he wanted to?
Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles. He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
record-holder 紀錄保持者
truant n. 逃學的孩子
unimaginative adj. 缺乏想像力的
shame n. 慚愧，羞恥
hitchhike v. 搭便車旅行
meantime n. 其間
lorry n. 卡車
border n. 邊界
evade v. 逃避，逃離
參考譯文
逃學的孩子們都缺乏想像力。他們通常能夠做到的，至多也就是安靜地釣上一天魚，或在電影院里坐上8個小時，一遍遍地看同一部電影。而有那么一個小男孩，他在逃學期間旅行了1,600英里，從而使上述所有逃學的孩子們都相形見絀了。他搭便車到了丹佛，天快黑時鉆進了一條船，想找個地方睡覺。第二天早上他醒來時，發(fā)現(xiàn)船在這段時間已經到了加。當男孩從船里爬出來時，誰也沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)他。從那里他又搭上卡車到了巴黎。司機給了他幾塊餅干和一杯咖啡，就把他丟在了城外。男孩截住的下一輛車，沒有像他希望的那樣把他帶到巴黎市中心，而是把他帶到了法國和西班牙邊界上的佩皮尼昂。他在那兒被一個警察抓住了，之后被當局送回了英國。他無疑為成千上萬夢想逃避上學的孩子們創(chuàng)造了一項紀錄。
自學導讀
1．Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. 逃學
的孩子們都缺乏想像力。
?。?）play truant from school表示“逃學”，上下文清楚時也可以省略 from school,直接說 play truant. truant也可以單用，表示“逃學者”。
As a boy, Tom used to play truant (from school).
湯姆小時候常逃學。
The three boys who are fishing over there are truants and ought to be sent back to school.
那邊那3個釣魚的孩子都是逃學者，應當被送回學校。
?。?）unimaginative的反義詞為imaginative（富于想像力的，愛想像
的）：
Painters should be imaginative.
畫家應當富于想像力。
He is an imaginative painter.
他是位富有想像力的畫家。
2．A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. 他們通常
能夠做到的, 至多也就是安靜地釣上一天魚，或在電影院里坐上8個小時，一遍遍地看同一部電影。
?。?）這句話的主語是is前面的兩個并列短語。第1個短語的主要
成分是動名詞fishing，第2個短語的主要成分可以看做是eight hours（作為一個時間總量，它后面要跟動詞單數(shù)形式）。
它實際上是省略了動名詞 sitting for(eight hours),seeing引
導的為分詞短語，表示伴隨動作。
（2）over and over again為固定短語，表示“一再地”、“反復許多次
地”：
As my grandmother can't hear very well, I had to say it over and over again.
由于我奶奶聽力不大好，我不得不反復說好幾遍。
?。?）as far as在這里表示“到……程度”、“就……而言”，是連詞，與
距離沒有關系：
As for as I know, his operation is successful.
就我所知，他的手術是成功的。
3．put…to shame,使……蒙羞，使……相形見絀。
What he has done put his parents to shame.
他的所作所為使他的父母感到羞恥。
He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame.
他冒著生命危險救了那個孩子，使所有旁觀者都相形見絀。
4．in the meantime,在此期間（相當于meanwhile）。
I feel tired and would like to take a nap. In the meantime, you may do some reading.
我覺得累了，想打個盹兒。在此期間，你可以看看書。
5．The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French- Spanish border.男孩截住的下一輛車，沒有像他希望的那樣把他帶到巴黎市中心，而是把他帶到了法國和西班牙邊界上的佩皮尼昂。
這個句子的主語是 The next car,謂語動詞是take, into和but to引導的是兩個并列狀語。the boy stopped為 car的關系從
句，前面省略了作賓語的關系代詞 which/that; as he hoped it would則為方式狀語從句。
6．There he was picked up by a policeman…他在那兒被一個警
察抓住了……
Pick up的含義之一是“逮捕”、“拘捕”：
After the accident, he was picked up by the police.
事故之后，他被警方拘捕了。
詞匯學習 Word study
1． creep vi.
（1）爬行，匐匍，（像爬行似地）慢慢前進：
A snake crept into the garden while she was writing a letter.
她寫信時，一條蛇爬進了花園。
The old car crept along the country road.
那輛舊車在鄉(xiāng)間小路上慢慢行駛。
?。?）悄悄地／躡手躡腳地走；漸漸產生／出現(xiàn)：
We crept upstairs so as not to wake Grandpa.
為了不吵醒爺爺，我們躡手躡腳地上了樓。
He noticed that age had crept on him.
他發(fā)覺自己慢慢老了。
2．evade vt.
?。?）（巧妙地）逃脫，躲開：
They ran after the thief quickly, but the thief managed to evade them.
他們迅速追趕小偷，但小偷設法逃脫了。
She evaded a blow from the man and then called out for help.
她躲開了那人的一拳，然后便大聲呼救。
?。?）回避，逃避（尤指不當?shù)兀?br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />
He always tries to evade paying taxes.
他總是試圖逃稅。
Many children dream of evading school.
許多孩子夢想逃避上學。
練習答案 Key to written exercises
1．關鍵句型練習答案
A who(1.1); or (1.2); as far as (1.3); who(1.4); while (1.4); and(1.5); When(1.6); as(1.8); and(1.9); and (1.9); as(1.10); but(1.10); and(1.11); wno(1.12)
C 1 The climbers not only reached the top of the mountain, but(they)spent the night there as well.
2 When a fire broke out in a cinema, several hundred people tried to leave the building and a number of them were injured.
3 James Sullivan, whose book on the Antarctic was published recently, will give a lecture at the local library next week.
4 Although the police searched everywhere, neither the missing boy nor his dog could be found.
5 In spite of the fact that fares have increased, the railway company is still losing money because the employees have demanded higher wages.
6 He gave me such a fright that I knocked the teapot over.
7 After making sure that the alarm clock worked, I set it so that it would ring at six o'clock.
8 I hid the Christmas presents under the desk quickly so that my young daughter would not see them when she entered the room
9 Refusing the offer, I explained that I had already been offered a job by another company.
10 He fought the wolves off for three hours before help arrived.
2．多項選擇題答案
1 c 2a 3d 4a 5c 6d
7a 8d 9a 10a 11d 12b
