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课件网) Lesson 58 A spot of bother lift n.电梯（elevator）；n./v.举起，升高 ~ up 举起，使振奋 not ~ a finger 袖手旁观 -He won’t lift a finger to help them. give sb. a lift 帮某人一把，让某人搭车 prudent adj.谨慎的 be ~ to do sth. -The mother told her kids to be ~to deal with strangers. 同： careful/ cautious/ discreet composure n.镇静，沉着 keep one’s ~ 同： calm down be as cool as cucumber hold one’s horse hinder v.阻碍，妨碍 ~ sb. from doing sth.= prevent sb from doing chaos n.混乱，无秩序 处于杂乱无序的状态 in the state of chaos/ ~disorder/ ·~confusion inconceivable adj.不可思议的 -It seems ~ that Houston Rocket could beat Los Angeles Lakers and win the final championship. conceive v.怀孕；构思，构想 ~of…as 把…看作为= regard as/ describe as/ imagine as/ refer to…as/ think of…as -I conceive of the the book as my best friend. 7、toss v.扔；摇摆；辗转反侧 ~ a coin/ toss up 扔硬币决定 -Let’s ~ up to decide what to do now. 【俚】A toss-up 一半的机会，没准的事 ~ and turn 翻来覆去 -I try to go back to sleep and toss and turn for a while. fussy adj.大惊小怪；过分装饰的，挑剔的 Be ~ about 过于讲究；过分挑剔 -Are you ~ about what you wear -你介意自己的穿着吗？ -Don’t be so ~ about the food. ~ dress 讲究的衣服 ~eater 挑剔的食客 Text: （L1）The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived. Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home. （L2）筋疲力尽 exhausted/ tired out/ worn out -I was exhausted after climbing the stairs. （L3） In the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her sudden discovery that her front door was open. （L6） She was thinking that she must reprimand her daily maid the next morning for such a monstrous piece of negligence, when she remembered that she had gone shopping after the maid had left and she knew that she had turned both keys in their locks. （L9） She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet following her regular practice she had shut them before going out. Looking into the drawing room, she saw a scene of confusion over by her writing desk. （L11） It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence. Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement. （L14） By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while he telephoned the police. Then, her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porter's assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat. （L17） They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder the police in their search for fingerprints. ... ...
