Lesson44SpeedandcomfortPart1:TextPeopletravellinglongdistancesfrequentlyhavetodecidewhethertheywouldprefertogobyland,sea,orair.Hardlyanyonecanpositivelyenjoysittinginatrainformorethanafewhours.Traincompartmentssoongetcrampedandstuffy.Itisalmostimpossibletotakeyourmindoffthejourney.Readingisonlyapartialsolution,forthemonotonousrhythmofthewheelsclickingontherailssoonlullsyoutosleep.Duringtheday,sleepcomesinsnatches.Atnight,whenyoureallywishtogotosleep,yourarelymanagetodoso.Ifyouareluckyenoughtogetacouchette,youspendhalfthenightstaringatthesmallbluelightintheceiling,orfumblingtofindyourpassportwhenyoucrossafrontier.Inevitablyyouarriveatyourdestinationalmostexhausted.Longcarjourneysareevenlesspleasant,foritisquiteimpossibleeventoread.Onmotor-waysyoucan,atleast,travelfairlysafelyathighspeeds,butmoreoftenthannot,thegreaterpartofthejourneyisspentonnarrow,bumpyroadswhicharecrowdedwithtraffic.Bycomparison,tripsbyseaofferagreatvarietyofcivilizedcomforts.Youcanstretchyourlegsonthespaciousdecks,playgames,swim,meetinterestingpeopleandenjoygoodfood--alwaysassuming,ofcourse,thattheseaiscalm.Ifitisnot,andyouarelikelytogetsea-sick,noformoftransportcouldbeworse.Evenifyoutravelinidealweather,seajourneystakealongtime.Relativelyfewpeoplearepreparedtosacrificeuptoathirdoftheirholidaysforthepleasureoftravellingonaship.

Aeroplaneshavethereputationofbeingdangerousandevenhardenedtravellersareintimidatedbythem.Theyalsohavethegravedisadvantageofbeingthemostexpensiveformoftransport.Butnothingcanmatchthemforspeedandcomfort.Travellingataheightof30,000feet,farabovetheclouds,andatover500milesanhourisanexhilaratingexperience.Youdonothavetodevisewaysoftakingyourmindoffthejourney,foranaeroplanegetsyoutoyourdestinationrapidly.Forafewhours,yousettlebackinadeeparmchairtoenjoytheflight.Therealescapistcanwatchafreefilmshowandsipchampagneonsomeservices.Butevenwhensuchrefinementsarenotavailable,thereisplentytokeepyouoccupied.Anaeroplaneoffersyouanunusualandbreathtakingviewoftheworld.Yousoareffortlesslyoverhighmountainsanddeepvalleys.Youreallyseetheshapeoftheland.Ifthelandscapeishiddenfromview,youcanenjoytheextraordinarysightofunbrokencloudplainsthatstretchoutformilesbeforeyou,whilethesunshinesbrilliantlyinaclearsky.Thejourneyissosmooththatthereisnothingtopreventyoufromreadingorsleeping.Howeveryoudecidetospendyourtime,onethingiscertain:youwillarriveatyourdestinationfreshanduncrumpled.Youwillnothavetospendthenextfewdaysrecoveringfromalongandarduousjourney.

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2:Newwordsandexpressions1.positively

ad.絕對(duì)地，完全地2.compartment[k?m'pa:tm?nt]n.(輪船的)密封艙3.cramped[kr?mpt]a.窄小的4.stuffy['st?fi]a.憋氣的，悶氣的5.monotonous[m?'n?t?n?s]a.枯燥的，乏味的，單調(diào)的6.rhythm['rie?m]n.有節(jié)奏的運(yùn)動(dòng)7.click[klik]v.發(fā)出咔噠聲8.lull[l?l]v.催人欲睡9.snatch[sn?t?]n.短時(shí)，片段10.sleeper

n.(火車(chē)等的)臥鋪11.fumble['f?mbl]v.亂摸，摸索12.inspection[in'spek??n]n.檢查13.inevitably[in'evit?bli]ad.必然地，不可避免地14.destination['desti'nei??n]n.目的地15.exhaust[ig'z?:st]v.使精疲力盡16.motorway['m?ut?wei]n.快車(chē)道17.ferry['feri]n.渡船18.cruise[kru:z]n.巡游船19.civilize['sivilaiz]v.使文明20.spacious['spei??s]a.寬敞的21.seasick

a.暈船的22.intimidate[in'timideit]v.恐嚇，恫嚇23.disadvantage['dis?d'va:ntid?]n.短處，缺點(diǎn)24.exhilaration[igzil?'rei??n]a.使人高興的，令人興奮的25.escapist[is'keipist]n.逍遙者，逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)者26.sip[sip]v.呷，啜27.champagne[??m'pein]n.香檳酒28.refinement[ri'fainm?nt]n.精心的安排29.Breathtaking

a.激動(dòng)人心的；不尋常的30.soar[s?:]v.高飛，翱翔31.effortlessly

ad.不費(fèi)力地32.landscape['l?ndskeip]n.景色33.fresh[fre?]a.精神飽滿的34.uncrumpled

a.沒(méi)有垮下來(lái)★positively

ad.絕對(duì)地，完全地例：Shepositivelybeamedwithsatisfaction.她非常滿意地笑了。Meetingyouherelikethisispositivelysurreal!像這樣與你在此相逢真好比一場(chǎng)夢(mèng)！??positiveadj.正面的，積極的

apositiveattitude（to/towards）積極的態(tài)度例：Hehasapositiveattitudetowardslife.

他對(duì)生活持有積極的態(tài)度。★compartment[k?m'pa:tm?nt]n.(輪船的)密封艙compartmentsystem

分布系統(tǒng)baggagecompartment

行李間例：Thisisacasewithseparatecompartmentsforshoes,jewelry,etc.

這是一個(gè)分格存放鞋、珠寶等的箱子★cramped[kr?mpt]a.窄小的

crampedposition

受限制的局面...crampedshot

使不上勁的擊球...例：Ouraccommodationisrathercramped.我們住的地方很擠。Ifeelcrampedbythelimitationsofmyjob.我覺(jué)得受工作束縛,沒(méi)有什么奔頭兒。★stuffy['st?fi]a.憋氣的，悶氣的stuffynose

鼻塞stuffyroom

不通氣的房間例：Theatmosphereisverystuffyinhere，canweopenawindow?這的空氣很悶--咱們能把窗戶打開(kāi)嗎?Ourofficeisreallystuffy.我們的辦公室很悶。★monotonous[m?'n?t?n?s]a.枯燥的，乏味的，單調(diào)的Thepreacher'smonotonousvoiceputmetosleep.傳教士單調(diào)的聲音催我入眠。Itisoneofthemost

monotonous

soundsofthe

spring.這是春天里最單調(diào)的聲音之一。★rhythm['rie?m]n.有節(jié)奏的運(yùn)動(dòng)quickrhythm

快節(jié)奏steadyrhythm

平穩(wěn)的節(jié)奏playinquickrhythm

以快速的節(jié)拍彈奏toarhythm

按著節(jié)奏withoutrhythmorreason

雜亂無(wú)章例：StressandrhythmareimportantinspeakingEnglish.

說(shuō)英語(yǔ)時(shí)，重音和節(jié)奏是很重要的。Heistryingtoplaythesametuneinadifferentrhythm.他正試圖用不同節(jié)奏演奏同一個(gè)曲子。Therhythmofherheartbeatingisnormal.她的心跳節(jié)律是正常的。★click[klik]v.發(fā)出咔噠聲1.doubleclick

雙擊2.clickforsthAtlastI'veclickedforagoodjobintherightcity.最后我幸運(yùn)地在合適的城市找了個(gè)好工作。★lull[l?l]v.催人欲睡lullsb.tosleep

輕搖或輕哼使之入睡..Themotherlulledthebabytosleep.母親哄著孩子入睡了★snatch[sn?t?]n.短時(shí)，片段1.snatchatsthHesnatchedatthemagazinebutwasnotquickenough.

他想一把抓住那本雜志,但動(dòng)作慢了一點(diǎn)。2.snatchsb/sthfromsb/sthTheysnatchedthedrowningmanfromtheriver.

他們從河里把溺水的那個(gè)人救了出來(lái)。Hesnatchedthebabyfromfire.

他迅速地將嬰兒從火中救出。3.snatchsthoutofsb/sthSnatchinghishandkerchiefoutofhispockethemoppedhisperspiringface.他從口袋里掏出手絹,擦掉臉上的汗。★sleeper

n.(火車(chē)等的)臥鋪sleepingcar

臥車(chē)heavysleeper

不易醒的人例：Iamabadsleeper.我總睡不好。Heusuallygoeshomeonthesleeper.他通常乘臥鋪車(chē)回家。★fumble['f?mbl]v.亂摸，摸索Wanttohavepatience,wanttofumbleslowly.要有耐心，要慢慢摸索。★inspection[in'spek??n]n.檢查qualityinspection

質(zhì)量檢查casualinspection

不定期檢查例：Hemadeaninspectionoftheschool.

他視察了這所學(xué)校。Igavetheradioathoroughinspectionbeforebuyingit.我把收音機(jī)徹底檢查了一遍才買(mǎi)了下來(lái)。★inevitably[in'evit?bli]ad.必然地，不可避免地Inevitablyhefailedtheexam,becausehewaslazy.因?yàn)樗軕卸?考試當(dāng)然不及格。★destination['desti'nei??n]n.目的地arriveat/reach

one'sdestination

到達(dá)目的地final

destination

最終目的地beyondone'sdestination

遠(yuǎn)于目的地thedestinationofone'sjourney

旅行目的地例：Weeventuallyarrivedatourdestination.我們終于到達(dá)了目的地。Thecoachfollowedaratherdeviouscoursetoitsdestination.

長(zhǎng)途汽車(chē)要繞很多彎路才到達(dá)目的地。★exhaust[ig'z?:st]v.使精疲力盡1.beexhaustsbbysth/v-ingHewasexhaustedbyoverwork.

他因工作過(guò)度而疲憊。2.exhaustone'sbankaccount

把銀行存款花光3.exhaustone'spatience

失去耐心★motorway['m?ut?wei]n.快車(chē)道m(xù)otorwaytraffic

公路交通例：Weshouldleavethemotorwayatthenextinterchange.我們應(yīng)該在下一個(gè)立體交叉道駛離高速公路。★ferry['feri]n.渡船board/take

aferry

登上渡船nextferry

下一班渡船waitattheferry

在渡口等候例：Wecrossedtheriverbyferry.我們坐渡船過(guò)了河。Wewaitedattheferryfortwohours.我們?cè)诙煽诘攘藘尚r(shí).★cruise[kru:z]n.巡游船1.n.巡游船Thesecruiseshipscanturnroundintwodays.

這些游船可用兩天的時(shí)間裝卸完畢。2.v.

慢速行駛；Airlinersnowcruisetheoceanatgreatspeed.

現(xiàn)在的班機(jī)以高速作越洋飛行。cruiseabout/around

在…巡游cruisealong

沿…巡游★civilize['sivilaiz]v.使文明civilizesth

awayWemustcivilizeawaytheboy'sbadhabit.

我們必須教育這孩子使其改掉惡習(xí)。civilizeawayabadhabit

教育…使其改掉惡習(xí)★spacious['spei??s]a.寬敞的spaciousresidence/yard

寬敞的住宅/院子spaciousswimmingpool

寬敞的游泳池spacioustopic

博大的題目例：Thehotelisneitherspaciousnorcomfortable.這旅館既不寬敞也不舒服。??n.space空間★seasick

a.暈船的Itwasquiteroughattimes,andshewas

seasick.有時(shí)海上波濤洶涌，她就會(huì)暈船。??以sick為后綴的單詞有：homesickadj.想家的；思鄉(xiāng)病的；

carsickadj.暈車(chē)的；

seasickadj.暈船的；

lovesickadj.害相思病的；苦戀的，★intimidate[in'timideit]v.恐嚇，恫嚇1.intimidatesbintosth/v-ingThecriminalintimidatedthewitnessintosilence.

犯罪分子恐嚇目擊證人保持緘默。2.短語(yǔ)intimidatethechildrenbyshouting

叫嚷著嚇唬孩子intimidatetheboyintogivingthemoney

恐嚇男孩把錢(qián)交出來(lái)intimidatesbintosubmission

脅迫某人屈服intimidatesbwiththreats

以恐嚇威脅某人★disadvantage['dis?d'va:ntid?]n.短處，缺點(diǎn)obviousdisadvantage

明顯的不利seriousdisadvantage

嚴(yán)重的缺陷atadisadvantage

處于不利地位underdisadvantage

在不利的情況下withoutdisadvantage

沒(méi)有害處★exhilaration[igzil?'rei??n]a.使人高興的，令人興奮的例：Hermoodcouldswingrapidlyfromgloomtoexhilaration.她的情緒可能在轉(zhuǎn)瞬之間從陰郁轉(zhuǎn)向興奮。★escapist[is'keipist]n.逍遙者，逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)者原型，動(dòng)詞v：escape逃跑，逃脫??以ist為后綴的單詞，一般是從事····的人escapist[is'keipist]n.逍遙者，逃避現(xiàn)實(shí)者更多：anthropologist人類學(xué)家、archaeologist考古學(xué)家、artist藝術(shù)家、biologist生物學(xué)家、botanist植物學(xué)家、cartoonist漫畫(huà)家、chemist化學(xué)家、economist經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家.★sip[sip]v.呷，啜sipup

吸干,啜干例：Isippedatthecoffee.我啜飲咖啡。Whenyoudrinkyoursoup,don'tsipit,butswallowitallinonemouthful.喝湯時(shí)不要啜飲,而應(yīng)一口吞下去。★champagne[??m'pein]n.香檳酒aglassofchampagne

一杯香檳酒★refinement[ri'fainm?nt]n.精心的安排stepwiserefinement

逐步求精例：Hermotherisawomanwithgreatrefinement.

她母親是一個(gè)非常文雅的女人。★Breathtaking

a.激動(dòng)人心的；不尋常的例：ThebreathtakinggreenvalleybelowwasaptlynamedBeautifulValley.

下面那令人贊嘆的翠綠色山谷的名字取得很貼切，叫美麗山谷。Thechildrenwhodarestodoso

breathtaking

movement.誰(shuí)家的孩子敢做這樣驚險(xiǎn)的運(yùn)動(dòng)。★soar[s?:]v.高飛，翱翔1.soarup飛高，升高Askylarksoaredupintothesky.

一只云雀高飛入云。Thepricesseemedsoaringupwithoutlimit.

物價(jià)好像在無(wú)限制地飛漲。2.soarover

在…上飛過(guò)3.soarinto

飛入例：Thecliffssoar500ftintotheair.峭壁高聳達(dá)五百英尺。★effortlessly

ad.不費(fèi)力地1.adj.effortless不費(fèi)力氣的例：However,learningEnglishisnoteffortlesslikeweimagined.然而,學(xué)英語(yǔ)不是像我們想象的簡(jiǎn)單。Sheplayswithseeminglyeffortlessskill.她演奏得似乎毫不費(fèi)力。2.例：Thewindblewstronger,andthelittleboatrampagedalongeffortlessly.

風(fēng)刮得更猛烈了，小船毫不費(fèi)力地飛速行駛。★landscape['l?ndskeip]n.景色ablotonthelandscape

損害美好景色的東西thespringlandscape

春天的景色例：Ipreferlandscapetostilllife.我喜歡風(fēng)景畫(huà)，不喜歡靜物畫(huà)。Themoonshedasilverlusteroverthelandscape.月亮的銀光流瀉于山水間。★fresh[fre?]a.精神飽滿的freshman

大學(xué)一年級(jí)學(xué)生freshmeat

鮮肉freshnews

新消息asfreshasadaisy

很新鮮

例：Openthewindowandletinsomefreshair.

打開(kāi)窗戶，讓新鮮的空氣進(jìn)來(lái)。★uncrumpled

a.沒(méi)有垮下來(lái)1.動(dòng)詞uncrumple的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞形式.2.crumple

v.

（使)起皺；(使)崩潰；壓垮crumpleup

揉皺(壓碎)例：Thewallwaslikelytocrumpleupatanytime.

墻隨時(shí)可以坍掉。Part

3:Notesonthetext★Peopletravellinglongdistancesfrequentlyhavetodecidewhethertheywouldprefertogobyland,sea,orair.1.現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)修飾peoplepeopletravellinglongdistancesfrequently=

whotravellongdistancefrequently2.frequently=quiteoften3.wouldpreferto=hadbettertodo······最好····★Hardlyanyonecanpositivelyenjoysittinginatrainformorethanafewhours.

hardlyanyone=noonemorethan超過(guò)afewhours幾小時(shí)★Traincompartmentssoongetcrampedandstuffy.Itisalmostimpossibletotakeyourmindoffthejourney.

1.itis

almostimpossibletodosth做某事幾乎是不可能的itis+adj.+todosth屬于固定搭配，意思隨著形容詞詞義的變化而變化2.takeyourmindoffsth

把某人注意力從?轉(zhuǎn)移開(kāi)??takeoff1）脫掉：Takeoffyourshoes."（脫掉你的鞋子。）2）起飛：Theplanewilltakeoffin10minutes.飛機(jī)將在10分鐘后起飛。3）突然走紅：HismusiccareerreallytookoffafterhewontheGrammy.他贏得格萊美獎(jiǎng)后，他的音樂(lè)事業(yè)真的開(kāi)始騰飛4）取消：Ihadtotakeoffworkbecauseofafamilyemergency.因?yàn)榧彝ゾo急情況，我不得不請(qǐng)假。5）離開(kāi)：I'mgoingtotakeoffnow.Seeyoulater.我現(xiàn)在要離開(kāi)了。回頭見(jiàn)。6）除去：Canyoutakeoffthepricetag,please?你能把價(jià)格標(biāo)簽取下來(lái)嗎？7）開(kāi)始：Thepartyreallytookoffafterthekaraokemachinearrived."卡拉OK機(jī)到達(dá)后，聚會(huì)真的開(kāi)始了。★Readingisonlyapartialsolution,forthemonotonousrhythmofthewheelsclickingontherailssoonlullsyoutosleep.Duringtheday,sleepcomesinsnatches.Atnight,whenyoureallywishtogotosleep,yourarelymanagetodoso.

1.for引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句2.lullsb.tosleep催眠··3.sleepcomesinsnatches睡眠時(shí)斷時(shí)續(xù)insnatches斷斷續(xù)續(xù)4.wishtodosth想要做某事managetodosth表達(dá)成功做某事rarely

managetodosth很少能成功做···rarely表達(dá)否定的含義★Ifyouareluckyenoughtogetacouchette,youspendhalfthenightstaringatthesmallbluelightintheceiling,orfumblingtofindyourpassportwhenyoucrossafrontier.Inevitablyyouarriveatyourdestinationalmostexhausted.

beluckyenoughtodosth足夠幸運(yùn)做某事spendtimeindoingsth話費(fèi)時(shí)間做某事★L(fēng)ongcarjourneysareevenlesspleasant,foritisquiteimpossibleeventoread.Onmotor-waysyoucan,atleast,travelfairlysafelyathighspeeds,butmoreoftenthannot,thegreaterpartofthejourneyisspentonnarrow,bumpyroadswhicharecrowdedwithtraffic.

1.atleast至少，插入語(yǔ)，不做句子成分2.which引導(dǎo)定于從句，用來(lái)修飾thenarrowbumpyroads3.moreoftenthannot主要用在書(shū)面語(yǔ)言當(dāng)中，meansveryoften,usually,frequetly★Bycomparison,tripsbyseaofferagreatvarietyofcivilizedcomforts.Youcanstretchyourlegsonthespaciousdecks,playgames,swim,meetinterestingpeopleandenjoygoodfood--alwaysassuming,ofcourse,thattheseaiscalm.Ifitisnot,andyouarelikelytogetsea-sick,noformoftransportcouldbeworse.1.Bycomparison作為對(duì)比2.agreatvarietyof許多的，大量的，后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)類似用法：a（great/large）numberof+名詞復(fù)數(shù)alotof+名詞復(fù)數(shù)3.ofcourse當(dāng)然，也是做為插入語(yǔ)來(lái)使用，不做句子成分（用來(lái)加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣）4.belikelyto很可能5.noformoftransportcouldbeworse.雙重否定，表達(dá)沒(méi)有更糟的含義★Aeroplaneshavethereputationofbeingdangerousandevenhardenedtravellersareintimidatedbythem.Theyalsohavethegravedisadvantageofbeingthemostexpensiveformoftransport.

Butnothingcanmatchthemforspeedandcomfort.Travellingataheightof30,000feet,farabovetheclouds,andatover500milesanhourisanexhilaratingexperience.1.thereputationof····的聲譽(yù)havea

reputation