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课件网) Lesson 30 The death of a ghost Let's see some pictures about farms! There are some horrible pictures! Would you like to see New Words and Expressions labourer n.劳动者(也做laborer) overnight ad.一夜期间 hay n.干草 corn n.谷物 moonlight n.月光 conscientious a.认真的 suspect v.怀疑 desert v.(军队中)开小差 regiment n.(军队)团 action n.战斗 recluse n.隐士 Lesson 30 The death of a ghost For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight. 相当于“whenever”，引导时间状语从句 be ready to do Notes on the Text labourer n.劳动者（劳工） 强调使用体力, 而不是技能, 在户外工作。 workman n.技工, 工匠 具有某种工艺技能的半熟练工人 worker n.工人（泛指） 具有更高水平的工人 white-collar worker 白领职员(指非体力劳动者) blue-collar worker 蓝领工人(指体力劳动者) a factory worker 工厂工人 / farm worker 雇农, 农业工人 farmhand（n.农业工人, 农场工人）= farm labourers = farm worker Notes on the Text overnight adv.在晚上；在夜里；突然；很快 adj.一整夜的；晚上的；突然的；很快的 e.g: The weather remained calm overnight... e.g: He's realistic enough to know he's not going to succeed overnight... e.g: Almost overnight, she had aged ten years and become fat. Notes on the Text haunt vt.时常萦绕心头，常到（某地）； 以鬼魂形式出现； vi.尤指鬼魂重回或常去 n.〈方〉鬼或其它超自然物体； 常去的地方 e.g: The decision to leave her children now haunts her... He haunted this cinema. phantom和ghost 词译成中文可以一个意思 只不过Ghost常见于形容比较可怕 恐怖时，Phantom则是比较神秘，虚幻的感学。就像中文的鬼和魍魉 Notes on the Text employ 和 hire hire是短期雇佣 employ是长期，正式雇佣 两者均可表示“雇用”，但有区别： 1. hire 为非正式用词，主要强调受雇者为工钱而被雇用。 e.g: He hired a dozen men to do the work. 2. employ 指正式雇用，工作相对稳定，有固定薪水，还可能晋升职务等。 e.g: We employed five waiters. Notes on the Text possess 和 own possess占有(物理上拥有)，也指通过努力获得的有，即一种客观的拥有，只是指目前属于某人,并没有讲清是如何得到的 e.g: He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge . 没有知识才是贫穷 own拥有(所有权)，则是先天就拥有的，基本上是与生俱来的，比如天赋，性格等等，主观意识比较强的，而且own含有“对...合法占有” e.g: He likes do something in his own way Lesson 30 The death of a ghost Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned. A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them. 迟早; 最后;及时; 经过一段时间之后 Notes on the Text hay n.干草 Make hay while the sun shines. 晒草要趁太阳好。 Corn n.谷物 -- Corn n.［英］谷物, 五谷, 小麦 ［美、加、澳］玉米 ［苏 ... ...
