新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點(diǎn) 第20課(3)

Lesson20 One man in a boat

課文內(nèi)容：

Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hourswithout catching anything. But this does not worryme. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catchingfish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am evenless lucky. I never catch anything-not even oldboots. After having spent whole mornings onthe river, I always go home with an empty bag. ‘You must give up fishing!' my friends say.‘It's awaste of time.' But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. Iam only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all !

精講筆記：

7.I never catch anything-not even old boots.

我什么都沒有釣到過——甚至連舊靴子也沒有。

語言點(diǎn)1 never表示一點(diǎn)可能都沒有,程度比一般否定要深。

對比學(xué)習(xí)：I do not love you. 我不愛你。

I never love you.我從沒愛過你。(—點(diǎn)可能性都沒有)

語言點(diǎn)2 英語中破折號(dash)后為補(bǔ)充說明內(nèi)容，在此進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充說明前面的anything。

8.After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an emptybag.

我總是在河上待過整整一上午，然后空著袋子回家。

語言點(diǎn)1 after having spent和after spending意思是“在度過……以后”，前者多用在書面語中 多用在口語中，為簡潔的表達(dá)法。

語言點(diǎn)2 with “和，帶著”，表伴隨;I went out with enough money. 我?guī)е銐虻腻X出門了。/He oftengoes to school with his sister. 他經(jīng)常和姐姐一塊去上學(xué)。

9.‘You must give up fishing!' my friends say.

“你可別再去釣魚了!”我的朋友們說。

語言點(diǎn)1 復(fù)習(xí)must的用法：

1) We must obey orders. 我們必須服從命令。

2) must be 肯定是：We must be very tired after working a whole day. 工作了一天你肯定非常累了。

語言點(diǎn)2 1) give up放棄;認(rèn)輸;戒掉;不再做：give up smoking戒煙;give up drinking戒酒;give upeating 節(jié)食

2) give oneself up= surrender to 投降

The suspects gave themselves up.這些嫌疑犯投降了。

2) (口語)What gives? =What’s wrong? =What’s the matter?發(fā)生什么事了?