新概念第二册Lesson 73 The record-holder 学习笔记

Lesson 73 The record-holder学习笔记 Part 1: Text Little boys 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 1600 miles. He hitch- hiked 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 hitch-hiked 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 boys who dream of evading school. Part 2: New words and expressions 1 record-holder ['rek :d'h uld ] 纪录保持者 2 truant ['tru: nt] n.逃学的孩子 3.unimaginative[ ni'm d in tiv] a.缺乏想象力的 4 shame [ eim] n.惭愧，羞耻 5 hitchhike ['hit haik] v.搭便车旅行 6 meantime ['mi:ntaim] n.其间 7 lorry ['l ri] n.卡车 8 border ['b :d ] n.边界 9 evade [i'veid] v.逃避，逃离 ★record-holder ['rek :d'h uld ] 纪录保持者 1. record-breaker n. 打破记录者 record n. /v. 记录 2.set up/ build up / make / create a record 创造记录者 ★truant n. ※ play truant (Br.) play hooky (Am.)= evade school Eg: Peter often plays truant and plants flowers in the garden. The three boys who are fishing over there are truants and ought to be sent back to school. 1.play truant 逃学（英） 2.the boy who played truant 逃学的孩子 play hooky 逃学（美） 3.be absent from class unpurpose 逃学 （unpurpose adv. 故意的） 4.evade school 逃学 ★shame n. put sb to shame 使某人感到羞愧 Eg: What you have done put your parents to shame. 1.to one’s shame 令人惭愧的是(review to one’s --) Eg: To my shame ,I didn’t pass the exam. 2.What a shame!（真可耻，真遗憾）= Shame on you ! ★ meantime n. 期间 in the meantime = meanwhile (adv.)与此同时 ★hitchhike v. 搭便车旅行 hitchhike = take a lift 搭便车 hitchhiker n. 搭便车的人 Eg. Would you give me a ride/lift ★ border n. 边境 国界 边缘 中俄边境： the border between China and Russia the Chinese-Russian border ★evade v. 逃避，逃离 1） vt.（巧妙地）逃脱，躲开 She evaded a blow from the man and then called out for help. 2）vt. 回避，逃避（尤指不当地） evade doing sth. 逃避做…… Many children dream of evading school. avoid 指通过一种合理的，正当的手段来避免做某事； evade 指通过欺骗的手段来避免做某事。 avoid tax/evade tax who was put into prison for evading tax 3）a lace border: 蕾丝边 Part 3: Notes on the text ★Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. play truant from school = play truant 逃学 As a boy, Tom used to play truant (from school). ★A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinem ... ...