1、新概念英語第三冊Lesson55-57逐句精講新概念英語第三冊Lesson55逐句精講1 .Recent developments in astronomy have made it possible to detect planets in our won Milky Way and in other galaxies.天文學方面最新發展使得我們能夠在銀河系和其他星系發現行星。語言點：make it possible to do sth.的意思是“使做某事成為 可能。”2 .This is a major achievement because, in relative terms, pla

2、nets are very small and old not emit light.這是一個重要的成就，因為相對來說，行星很小，而且也不發光。語言點：句子結構分析：because引導原因狀語從句，說明“為什 么是重要的成就。”3 . Finding planets is proving hard enough, but finding life on them will prove infinitely more difficult.尋找行星證明相當困難，但是要在行星上發現生命會變得無比艱 難。語言點:is proving hard enough的意思是“證明是困難的。”4 .The fir

3、st question to answer is whether a planet can actually support life.第一個需要解答的問題是一顆行星是否有能夠維持生命的條件。語言點：句子結構分析： whether a planet can actually support life充當表語從句。5 . In our won solar system, for example, Venus is far too hot and Mars is far too cold to support life.舉例來說，在我們的太陽系里，對于生命來說，金星的溫度太高， 而火星的溫度則太低

4、。語言點：句子結構分析：t。t。結構表示“太以致不能。”6 .Only the Earth provides ideal conditions, and even here it has taken more than four billion years for plant and animal life to evolve.只有地球提供理想的條件，而即使在這里，植物和動物的進化也 用了 40億年的時間。語言點：句子結構分析：take more thanto do的意思是“用了 超過的時間做。”7 . Whether a planet can support life depends on

5、the size and brightness of its star, that is its 'sun'.一顆行星是否能夠維持生命取決于它的恒星一即它的“太陽”一 的大小和亮度。語言點：句子結構分析：whether a planet can support是主語 從句。8.1 magine a star up to twenty times larger, brighter, brighter and hotter than our own sun.設想一下，一顆恒星比我們的太陽還要大，還要亮，還要熱20倍。新概念英語第三冊Lesson56逐句精講1. The river

6、which forms the eastern boundary of our farm has always played an important part in our lives.形成我們農場東部邊界的一條河流一直在我們生活中發揮著重要 作用。語言點L句子結構分析：which引導定語從句。語言點 2： play an important part 相當于 play an important role in,意思是“在中起重要作用。”2. Without it we could not make a living.要是沒有這條河，我們就無法生存下去。語言點1： without it實際上

7、是提出一個先決條件。語言點2： make a living的意思是“謀生，維持生活。”3. There is only enough spring water to supply the needs of the houses, so we have to pump from the river for farm use.泉水只能滿足家庭生活用水，所以我們必須從河里抽水以用于農 業生產。語言點：pump from the river for的意思是“為而從河里抽 水。”4. We tell river all our secrets.我們向那條河傾訴我們的秘密。語言點：句子結構分析：向河傾訴？

8、這是典型的擬人修辭格。5. We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.我們本能地懂得，就像養蜂人和他的蜜蜂那樣，要是我們不把生 活中的重大的事件告訴那條河，就可能大禍臨頭。語言點 1 ： just as beekeepers with their bees.是類比修辭格。語言點2: relate sth. to sb.的意思是“將某事

9、告訴某人。”6. We have special river birthday parties in the summer.夏天，我們為這條河舉辦特殊的生日宴會。7. Sometimes we go upstream to a favourite backwater, sometimes we have our party at the boathouse, which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.有時，我們溯流而上來

10、到我們喜愛的回水河漢舉辦；有時在船塢 舉辦。那船塢是農場一位前輩在一塊草地上蓋的，草地緊挨著一個專 供游泳、跳水的深水池。語言點：句子結構分析：兩個sometimes后面是兩個并列關系的 主句，由逗號隔開，這種用法比較少見。8. In a heat wave we choose a midnight birthday party and that is the most exciting of all.天氣炎熱時，我們便選擇在半夜舉辦生日聚會，這種聚會是最令 人激動的。語言點：句子結構分析：heat wave的意思是“熱浪。” that指 代前面的部分。新概念英語第三冊Lesson57逐句精講

11、1. I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map.我停下車，讓汽車發動機冷卻一下，同時查看一下地圖。語言點：句子結構分析：to let the car cool off and to study the map.作目的狀語。7. In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve.在這個新的國家里，父親專心致志地為我們倆開創一種新的生活, 慢慢地不傷心了。語言點:become absorbed in doing sth.的意思是“專心致志的 做某事。”8. He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman's care; but I la