新概念第三冊第14課單詞課文課件

1、Lesson 14 A Noble Gangster 矛盾修飾法A noble gangsternoble adj. 高尚的；貴族的True Liesa living death雖死猶生a dead living雖生猶死Parting is such sweet sorrow.（離別是如此甜蜜的憂傷。）- Shakespearenoble man 貴族（有頭銜）gangster n.匪徒gangster films 警匪片 kidnapper n.綁匪 a band of kidnappers 一群綁匪hooligan n.小流氓 a gang of hooligans 一群小阿飛burgla

2、r n. 夜賊burglar alarm 防竊報(bào)警器Chicago n.芝加哥 skyscraperThe third largest city in the US and the biggest in the southeast of Illinois which is an important industrial and business center. During the 1920s and 1930s it was famous for gangsters. protection n.保護(hù) protect v.保護(hù) protect against 防御The burglar ala

3、rm is used to protect against tect from 擋住而不受.傷害protect forests from overexploitationSupposingIhaveseventy-twochanges,Id like tochange intoasturdy oldpine toprotectfromwind andsand.假如我有七十二變，我要變成一棵蒼勁的老松去阻止風(fēng)沙。destroy v.破壞（to damage sth so badly that can not be repaired ）The small boat was

4、destroyed in the heavy storm. ruin n. 廢墟 v.毀滅（抽象比喻）Heavy smoke ruined his health.Sugar ruined his teeth. spoil vt. 溺愛；糟蹋A heavy shower spoiled my holiday. Spare the rod（ n. 棒；懲罰） and spoil the kid. 孩子不打不成器remarkable adj. 不尋常的be remarkable for sth以而著稱He is remarkable for his stupidity. The 20thcentur

5、ywas remarkableforitsinventions. city-state 合成詞 城市國家，城邦hire v.租給 雇給（短期的）1）You hire a car from its owner. 租借2）He hires his car out to you. 出租給rent vt. 出租；租用（長期的）rent sth from sb 租借rent sth out to sb出租給Florence n.佛羅倫薩Florentine n.佛羅倫薩人Florence lies in the center of Italy. It was famous in the center o

6、f renaissance rnsns. Londoner 倫敦人Parisian n.prizjn巴黎人I am a native of Henan province. valiant adj. （戰(zhàn)士）英勇的（文學(xué)色彩）brave adj.天生的勇敢性格Brave Heart daring adj. der膽大妄為的a daring robberyheroic adj. hrk英雄的heroicimage / heroicdeedscourageous kredsadj.果敢的 理性的a courageous womanbold adj.魯莽的 It was a bold move.The

7、re was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for protection.1.There was a time when曾經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間There was a time when I hate learning English. 2.pay sb money / pay money to sb paid thirty dollars for these book3.in return forIsenthi

8、mapresentinreturnforhishelp.我送給他一份禮物以回報(bào)他的幫助。As long ago as the 14th century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.1.早在很久以前as long ago as as early as / as late as/ as much as/

9、as many asAs long ago as I was in middle school, I heard quite a lot about him. I waited and waited until as late as 9 oclock he came. 2.would rather do than do寧愿做.而不愿意做A brave man would rather die on foot than live on knees. would rather that+did/were 虛擬語氣（ 抒發(fā)對現(xiàn)實(shí)狀況的不滿，發(fā)牢騷）時(shí)態(tài)要向前倒退一個(gè)時(shí)態(tài)I would rather

10、that I werent here now. 我寧愿現(xiàn)在不在這。 would sooner that = would rather that 我寧愿我不認(rèn)識你。 I would sooner that I did not know you. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.1.pay the high/low

11、price出高/低價(jià)（價(jià)格的高低）expensive/ cheap (物品的貴賤)at any price / at any cost 不惜任何代價(jià)In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them.1. in times of peace在和平時(shí)期in times of

12、 war在戰(zhàn)爭時(shí)期era r特定年代、時(shí)代（統(tǒng)治者在位時(shí)期）in the queen Victoria eraage 時(shí)代、年代 （多出現(xiàn)在專業(yè)術(shù)語）the last Ice Age在最后的冰河時(shí)代 stone age2. march n/v.行軍25000 Li Long-March pace v.踱步 n. 一步keep pacewithdo somethingatyourown pacestride v.大步走 n. 大步The country has made enormous strides politically but not economically.ramble v. 漫步

13、rambling in the cloudsstagger vt. 蹣跚3. offer to do提出要做He offered to give us a ride. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of 80, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of the most valiant soldier and