1、lesson 74 out of the limelight 舞臺之外【text 】an ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off. dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them. but as they soon discovered, disguises can sometim

2、es be too perfect. this is a wonderful place for a picnic, said gloria gleam. it couldnt be better, gloria, brinksley meers agreed. no newspaper men, no film fans! why dont we come more often? meanwhile, two other actors, rockwall slinger and merlin greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a s

3、hady spot under some trees. when they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. he looked very angry. now you get out of here, all of you! he shouted. im sheriff here. do you see that notice? it says no camping - in case you cant read! look, sheriff, said rockwall, dont be too hard o

4、n us. im rockwall slinger and this is merlin greeves. oh, is it? said the sheriff with a sneer. well, im brinksley meers, and my other name is gloria gleam. now you get out of here fast! 【課文翻譯】一輛古舊的汽車停在一條干涸的河床邊，一群著名男女演員下了車。他們戴著墨鏡，穿著舊衣裳，特別小心以防別人認出他們。但他們很快就發(fā)覺，化裝的效果有時過分完美了。“ 在這個地方野餐簡直太妙了，” 格格利亞 .格利姆說。“

5、 是再好不過的了，格格利亞。” 布林克斯利 .米爾斯表示同意，“ 沒有記者，沒有影迷！我們?yōu)槭裁床唤?jīng)常來這里呢？ ”“ 此時，另外兩位演員，羅克沃爾 .斯林格和默林 .格里夫斯，已經(jīng)把兩個大食品籃子提到了一片樹蔭下。當他們都已安排舒適時，一個陌生人出現(xiàn)了。他看上去非常氣憤。“ 你們都從這里走開，全都走開！” 他大叫著， “ 我是這里的司法長官。你們看到那個布告牌了嗎？上面寫著 禁止野營 除非你們不識字！”“ 好了，好了，司法官，” 羅克沃爾說， “ 別使我們難堪。我是羅克沃爾.斯林格，這位是默林.格里夫斯。 ”“ 噢，是嗎？ ” 那位司法長官冷笑一聲說道，“ 好，我就是布林克斯利.米爾斯。我還

6、有一個名字叫格格利亞.格利姆。現(xiàn)在你們趕快滾吧！”精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 1 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 1 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -new words and expressions 生詞和短語【生詞講解】1.limelight n 舞臺燈光，引人注目的中心in the limelight 引人注目的out of the limelight 舞臺之外light n 光線，光亮，光walk

7、 in the moonlight 走在月光下shut out light 遮蔽光線read by the light of candle 在燭光下讀書give off light 發(fā)光2. precaution c n 預(yù)防措施take precautions 采取預(yù)防措施take precautions against. 對某事采取預(yù)防措施take precautions against fire 采取防火措施eg: i took cold pills as a precautions. 我吃感冒藥預(yù)防感冒。（cold pills 感冒藥）i took cold pills by way

8、of precaution. 我吃感冒藥預(yù)防感冒。precautionary adj 預(yù)防的pre-前綴，與大量動詞，名詞，形容詞，副詞連用表示“在之前，先于”。pre-arrange 預(yù)先安排preview 預(yù)習(xí)predict 預(yù)言preface 序言（書前面的）post-前綴，與名詞，動詞，形容詞結(jié)合，表示“在之后”。post date 填上比實際晚的日期post graduate 研究生3.fan 1) n （口）（電影，運動等的）迷，狂熱的愛好者（支持者）a baseball fan 棒球迷a rock n roll fan 搖滾迷eg: she is a great fan of t

9、he giants. 她是巨人隊的忠實球迷。fan club 影迷，歌fan letter 仰慕者的2) n 風扇a folding fan 折扇an electric fan 電扇limelight n. 舞臺燈光precaution n. 預(yù)防措施fan n. 狂熱者，迷shady adj. 遮蔭的sheriff n. 司法長官notice n. 告示sneer n. 冷笑精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 2 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - -

10、 - - - 第 2 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -3) v 扇風，送風fan a fire 扇火eg: he fanned his face with a magazine. 他用一本雜志向連上扇風。4. shady 1) adj 成蔭的，陰涼的(shady-shadier-shadiest)a shady path 樹蔭小徑a shady corner of the garden 花園背蔭的一角eg: lets walk along the shady side of the road. 讓我們沿著有樹蔭的一邊走。on the shady side of 在有樹蔭的一面

11、on the sunny side of 在有陽光的一面2) （口）不太正直的；名聲不好的a shady business 不正當?shù)纳鈇 shady deal 不正當?shù)慕灰譨 shady organization 不正當?shù)慕M織機構(gòu)a shady-looking person 一個鬼頭鬼腦的人shade 1) n 蔭，陰暗，樹蔭eg: lets sit in the shade. 我們坐到樹蔭下吧。2) 百葉窗，遮簾，( 相當于 blind) eg: please pull down the window shade. 請把窗簾拉下來。3) 細微差別，誘惑， （各種的）程度，差別，不同all

12、shades of opinion 各種不同的意見a word with several shades of meaning 具有幾種稍微不同意義的詞4) （繪畫的）陰影部分，色調(diào)eg: there are a number of different shades of green. 綠色有很多不同的色調(diào)。put someone/sth into(in) the shade 使某人 / 某物相形失色 ,使不受人注目throw someone/sth into(in) the shade 使某人 / 某物相形失色 ,使不受人注目cast someone/sth into(in) the shad

13、e 使某人 / 某物相形失色 ,使不受人注目shadow n 指擋住光線所造成的有輪廓的影子shadow under ones eyes 黑眼圈catch at shadows / run after the shadow 捕風捉影shade n 指沒有照到陽光等的陰影處，即“蔭”，偶爾可以與shadow互換silhouette n 指人在窗簾，墻壁等物體上所投下的黑色的側(cè)面輪廓或剪影5. sheriff 1) （美）縣治安官2) （英）郡長（任期一年的名譽職位）；行政長官3) （蘇格蘭）司法長官他被選為縣司法長官he was elected sheriff of the county.正是司

14、法長官強迫他們離開草地的。it was the sheriff who forced them off the grass. f ? st 精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 3 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 3 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -6. sneer vi 嘲笑，冷笑，譏笑，鄙視n 冷笑eg: he sneered at my attempt and said it was impossible t

15、o me. 他嘲笑我的努力，并對我說那是不可能的sneeringly adv 嘲笑地，冷笑地laugh n 大笑smile n 微笑grin n 咧嘴笑，漏齒而笑guffaw n 捧腹大笑chuckle n 輕聲笑；暗自笑giggle n （女孩子）咯咯地笑sneer n 冷笑，嘲笑mock v 嘲笑eg : she mocked at my ignorance. 她嘲笑我的無知。eg: kids mocked him for being a sissy. 孩子們嘲笑他是膽小鬼。【課文講解】1. out of the limelight in the limelight 引入注目eg:she

16、has been in the limelight since she became an actress. 自從她成為演員以來她飽受注目。out of the limelight 避免引人注目eg: although he is a government official, he tries to keep out of the limelight. 雖然他是個政府官員，但是他還是努力遠離公眾視線。2 an ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off. ri

17、ver bed指河床，名詞river作形容詞用，類似的還有flower bed（花壇）這個句子里stop 表示停靠、停留的意思eg: are you stopping for supper? 你要留在這兒吃晚飯嗎？party作量詞用時表示“一行，一伙，一群”等，a party of tourists/robbers/thieves get off 下車，離開，也可表示（使某人入睡）；下班；不再討論某事（+sth.）get sth. off 郵寄某物精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 4 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -精

18、品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 4 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -3. dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them. ?dressed in dark glasses and old clothes 是主句的伴隨狀語；they had taken special precautions 是主干把含有 bedressedin 的句子轉(zhuǎn)換成狀

19、語，其實就是去掉了系動詞be，類似的結(jié)構(gòu)很多，例如：eg: heisinterestedinenglish. he listens to bbc every day. 轉(zhuǎn)換為一個句子為：interested in english，he listens to bbc every day. 從語法的角度來分析，這種結(jié)構(gòu)中的過去分詞是及物動詞，后面句子的主語是它的賓語，由于含有這些動詞的過去分詞的詞組：be+done 已經(jīng)非常固定， 所以我們可以不分析它而是直接去掉be， 用 done 做狀語。?so that no one should recognize them 是目的狀語從句=s o tha

20、t people wouldn t recognized them=so that they would not be recognized by movie fans =so as to avoid being recognized =so as to prevent people from recognizing them should 正式用法，推測未來時，語氣較強4. but as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect. 1) as 引導(dǎo)的從句表示當. as 和 while 翻譯成中文 ,都有 當.的意

21、思 ,while 一般用于一個動作處于持續(xù)狀態(tài),即會跟 ing 形式 , 而 as/when 則用于非持續(xù)狀態(tài). 2) 大家可能覺得這個句子順序有點兒怪怪的，似乎can 和 sometimes應(yīng)該換換位置。其實因為sometimes是時間副詞，在英語中，時間副詞的位置比較隨意，句首、句中、句尾都可以，具體根據(jù)句子意思而定。例如：eg:i watched a movie yesterday. / yesterday i watched a movie. 昨天我看了場電影。disguise1）disguise sb/sth with sth disguise sb/sth as sb/sth. 用

22、某種東西裝扮成某人/某物，使某人某物裝扮成某人某物eg:the theives disguised themselves as security guards. 小偷把自己隱藏成為了保安2）隱藏，遮掩eg: i couldnt disguise my anger 我怒行于色in disguise偽裝的，假裝的，假扮的eg:i didnt recognize him because he is in disguise. 我沒認出他來，因為他化裝了。5. this is a wonderful place for a picnic, said gloria gleam. it couldnt be

23、 better, gloria, brinksley meers agreed. no newspaper men, no film fans! why dont we come more often? 1) it couldn t be better.=it would not be possible to find a better place. =this is the best place. 精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 5 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - -

24、 - - - - - - - - - 第 5 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -要點：否定 + 比較級 = 最高級eg: it couldn t have been worse.（真是壞透了）2) no newspaper men, no film fans! 沒有記者，沒有影迷！這是個省略句，完整的句子為：there are no newspaper men and no film fans! 3) why not? 是口語中常用的表達方式，是why dont you do 的省略形式，通常提建議時使用。“why +dont/doesnt + 主語+ 動詞？”(advice)

25、 why don t you have a rest?why not + do sth.? why not have the basement painted? why not speak it up? 6. meanwhile, two other actors, rockwall slinger and merlin greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. spot 名勝，觀光點，地點：eg: there are a lot of spots to visit in the

26、old city. on the spot 當場，立刻eg: the thief was caught on the spot. 7. when they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. verb + obj + adj (補語 ) eg: we must keep the room clean. eg: the noise will drive me mad . eg: the boy set his bird free. eg: let s get everything ready in time. eg:

27、 the chairman declared the meeting open. 8. he looked very angry. now you get out of here, all of you! he shouted. 1) 感官動詞后面+ 形容詞look; taste; smell; feel; sound 等+adj. 2） get out of here 從這里走開，滾出去eg: why don t you get the dog out? eg: the door is locked. i can t get out. eg: now you get out of here

28、fast! get into 進來eg: i ve lost my key. i can t get into the house.get off 脫下，除去 / 取下eg: please help me to get the box off the boat. eg: when he got the lid off the box, he saw a man lying in it. get on 前進，進展（與get along同義）eg: he is getting on quite well in his new job. 精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - -

29、 - - - - - - 第 6 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - -精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 6 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - - - - - - 繼續(xù)干；相處融洽（常與with連用）eg: after a short break, he got on with his homework. eg: tom talked with his brother for a while, and then got on with his homework. eg: he s so difficult. i can t g

30、et on with him. 他這個人這么別扭，我無法和他相處。get over 恢復(fù)過來，痊愈eg: has your mother got over her illness? 解決 / 結(jié)束（某件不愉快但必要做的事）（常與 with連用）eg: they wanted to get the job over as quickly as possible. 9. im sheriff here. do you see that notice? it says no camping - in case you cant read!1）im sheriff here. （sheriff 是一種

31、官銜，官銜前面不加冠詞）eg: he is president. 總統(tǒng)（官銜）eg: who is monitor? 誰是班長（官銜）eg: i am a teacher. (teacher 不是官銜，加不定冠詞) 2 ）no camping！用于公共標語的no 公共標語通常字數(shù)很少，語言精練。在表示“禁止. ”時往往用no+ 名詞動名詞或名詞短語，如：no camping（禁止野營）， no smoking（禁止吸煙） ，no parking（禁止停車） ， no left turn （禁止左轉(zhuǎn)彎） 。在真正的公告牌上，這些標語往往全部用大寫字母，不加標點，如no smoking 等。no

32、smoking 禁止吸煙no photos 請勿拍照no visitors 游人止步no entry 禁止入內(nèi)no admittance 閑人免進no honking 禁止鳴喇叭no litter 勿亂扔雜物no passing 禁止通行3） in case you cant read,除非你們不識字。in case 表示“假使” 、 “萬一 . 的話” 、 “免得”、 “以防萬一” “除非”。它通常用于引導(dǎo)條件或目的狀語從句。當句子表示將來的時間時，in case后面必須用現(xiàn)在時態(tài)或should/might: eg: im taking a raincoat with me in case

33、i need it. 我隨身帶著雨衣，以備不時之需。（表示目的）eg: in case he comes/should come, give him this letter. 假如萬一他來的話，把這封信給他。（表示條件）10. look, sheriff, said rockwall, dont be too hard on us. im rockwall slinger and this is merlin greeves. be hard on 對（過分）嚴厲eg: don t be too hard on that child.eg: he is always hard on his employees. 精品學(xué)習(xí)資料 可選擇p d f - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 7 頁，共 8 頁 - - - - -