1、Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise?Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise?blessingblesin.福分，福氣福分，福氣disguisedisaizn.偽裝偽裝tinytainiadj.極小的極小的possesspzesv.擁有擁有cursedk:sidadj.可恨的可恨的increaseinkri:sv.增加增加plantpl:ntv.種植種植churcht:tn.教堂教堂evili:vladj.壞的壞的reputation.repjuteinn.名聲名聲claimkleimv.以以.為其后果為其后果victimviktimn.受

2、害者，犧牲品受害者，犧牲品vicarvikn.教區牧師教區牧師sources:sn.來源來源incomeinkmn.收入收入trunktrkn.樹干樹干WordsNewwordsandexpressions:blessingn.福氣福氣,福分福分ablessingindisguise塞翁失馬塞翁失馬blessv.v.保佑保佑Godblessyou!=Blessyou!上帝保佑你上帝保佑你Blessmycountry.保佑我的國家保佑我的國家 disguisevt.掩飾；假裝；隱瞞掩飾；假裝；隱瞞n.偽裝；假裝；用作偽裝的東西偽裝；假裝；用作偽裝的東西Hetriedtodisguisehisre

3、alfeelings.indisguise穿著偽裝的穿著偽裝的awolfindisguise披著羊皮的狼披著羊皮的狼,被偽裝的狼被偽裝的狼 Eg.Ithoughtmaybeyouwasapolicemanindisguise. possess pzes vt. 控制；使掌握；擁有；迷住控制；使掌握；擁有；迷住possess oneself 自制，鎮靜自制，鎮靜 sb. possess sth. 某人有某物某人有某物 possession n. 擁有擁有, 占有占有, 所有所有, 著迷著迷, 領土領土, 領地領地, 財產財產(常用復數常用復數), 自制自制 in ones possession

4、某人有某物某人有某物 cursed adj. 可恨的，被詛咒的可恨的，被詛咒的curse n. 咒罵；詛咒咒罵；詛咒vt. 詛咒；咒罵詛咒；咒罵vi. 詛咒；咒罵詛咒；咒罵reputation .repjutein n. 名聲，名譽；聲望名聲，名譽；聲望good reputation 良好聲譽良好聲譽 bad reputation n. 壞名聲，臭名壞名聲，臭名 Synonymscredit(信用）信用）, name, fame（好名聲）（好名聲）, celebrity（名聲，名人）（名聲，名人）, prestige（聲望，威望）（聲望，威望） claim kleim vi. 提出要求vt.

5、要求；聲稱；需要；認領；索取，奪走 n. 要求；主張；索賠The accident claimed a few lives. sources:sn. 來源；水源；原始資料light source 光源 water source 水源 data source 數據源，數據發送器resource n. 資源(一次又一次的來源，re-又) income inkm n. 收入，收益；所得收入，收益；所得income tax 所得稅所得稅 income gap 收入差距收入差距personal income 個人所得，個人收入個人所得，個人收入 low income 低收入低收入 DINK-丁克家族丁克

6、家族:Ddouble，Iincome，Nno，Kkidsrevenue收入收入,國家的收入國家的收入,稅收稅收rentv.租，租借，出租；租，租借，出租；n.租金租金interestn.利息，利益利息，利益bonusn.獎金獎金,紅利紅利allowancen.津貼津貼,補助補助First listen and then answer the question.Why does the vicar refuse to cut down the tree?Probably because he doesnt believe the story, and anyway, the tree is a

7、useful source of income for the village.ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessacursedtree.Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.Itissaidthatifanyonetouches

8、thetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttin