新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第94課(3)

　　Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.

　　句子講解：

　　7、Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them.

　　許多孩子用腳蹬車，但多數(shù)孩子更愿意推或拉著三輪車。

　　pedal ['pedl]

　　vi. 踩踏板;騎車

　　n. 踏板;腳蹬子

　　vt. 騎(自行車);踩……的踏板

　　adj. 腳的;腳踏的

　　例句:

　　1. He pedaled his bicycle slowly up the hill.

　　他慢悠悠地騎著自行車上山。

　　8、Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coining up for breath even once.

　　有些孩子甚至可以做到一直跑到游泳池的另一端都不露出水面換氣。

　　cover ['k?v?]

　　vt. 包括;采訪，報導(dǎo);涉及

　　n. 封面，封皮;蓋子;掩蔽物

　　vi. 覆蓋;代替

　　例句:

　　1. He covered himself with honours at college.

　　他在學(xué)院里獲得多種榮譽。

　　coining ['k?ini?]

　　n. 壓模印;壓印加工

　　vt. 沖制;壓模(coin的ing形式)

　　例句:

　　1. The new cafe on the sea front is always crowded with people—the owners must be coining money.

　　海邊的那家咖啡館總是有很多客人，店主一定賺了不少錢。

　　語言點 cover the whole length of sth.覆蓋的全長

　　9、Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.

　　他們將來是否能夠成為奧運會的冠軍，這只有時間可以證明。

　　10、Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.

　　同時，他們對我們中的那些游不了5碼就已喘不過氣來的人應(yīng)該是種鼓舞。

　　語言點 gasp for air大口喘氣

　　encourage [in'k?rid?]

　　vt. 鼓勵，慫恿;激勵;支持

　　例句:

　　1. Her coach encouraged her throughout the marathon race to keep on running.

　　她的教練在馬拉松賽全程鼓勵她繼續(xù)不斷奔跑

　　yards

　　n. 碼數(shù)(yard復(fù)數(shù)形式)

　　例句:

　　1. It landed in a shallow basin fifty yards from the planetarium.

　　它降落在離天文館五十碼處的一個淺盆地中。

　　gasping ['ɡɑ:spi?]

　　adj. 喘氣的;痙攣的

　　v. 喘氣;渴望(gasp的ing形式)

　　例句:

　　1. The vat of oatmeal stood gasping on the electric range.

　　那一大桶燕麥粥在電爐上撲哧撲哧作響。