新概念英語第3冊第19課

PAGEPAGE4Lesson19Averydearcat一條貴重的寶貝貓Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.WhywasRastus'verydear'inmorewaysthanone?Kidnappersarerarelyinterestedinanimals,buttheyrecentlytookconsiderableinterestinMrs.EleanorRamsay'scat.Mrs.EleanorRamsay,averywealthyoldlady,hassharedaflatwithhercat,Rastus,foragreatmanyyears.Rastusleadsanorderlylife.Heusuallytakesashortwalkintheeveningsandisalwayshomebyseveno'clock.Oneevening,however,hefailedtoarrive.Mrs.Ramsaygotveryworried.Shelookedeverywhereforhimbutcouldnotfindhim.ThreedaysafterRastus'disappearance,Mrs.Ramsayreceivedananonymousletter.ThewriterstatedthatRastuswasinsafehandsandwouldbereturnedimmediatelyifMrs.Ramsaypaidaransomof￡1,000.Mrs.Ramsaywasinstructedtoplacethemoneyinacardboardboxandtoleaveitoutsideherdoor.Atfirst,shedecidedtogotothepolice,butfearingthatshewouldneverseeRastusagain--theletterhadmadethatquiteclear--shechangedhermind.Shewithdrew￡1000fromherbankandfollowedthekidnapper'sinstructions.Thenextmorning,theboxhaddisappearedbutMrs.Ramsaywassurethatthekidnapperwouldkeephisword.Sureenough,Rastusarrivedpunctuallyatseveno'clockthatevening.Helookedverywellthoughhewasratherthirsty,forhedrankhalfabottleofmilk.ThepolicewereastoundedwhenMrs.Ramsaytoldthemwhatshehaddone.SheexplainedthatRastuswasverydeartoher.Consideringtheamountshepaid,hewasdearinmorewaysthanone!dearadj.(dearer,dearest)1.(~tosb.)lovedbyorimportanttosb.親愛的;寶貴的；珍視的

e.g.（1）他是我最親密的朋友之一。Heisoneofmydearestfriends.(2)他的女兒是他心愛的寶貝。Hisdaughterisverydeartoher.2.(Dear)usedatthebeginningofaletterbeforethenameortitleofthepersonthatyouarewritingto(用于信函抬頭的名字或頭銜前)親愛的3.[notusuallybeforenoun](BrE)expensive;costingalotofmoney昂貴，價格高e.g.現(xiàn)在什么東西都那么貴。Everythingissodearnow.

n.1.usedwhenspeakingtosb.youlove(常作稱呼所愛的人)親愛的e.g.喝點什么嗎，親愛的？Wouldyoulikeadrink,dear?adv.(atahighprice)高價地,昂貴地

e.g.(1)他的錯誤使他付出很高的代價。Hiserrorscosthimdear.(2)賤買貴賣tobuycheapandselldear

exclamation[,ekskl?'mei??n]usedinexpressionsthatshowthatyouaresurprised,upset,annoyedorworried(驚奇，不安，煩惱，擔(dān)憂等時說)啊，哎呀，糟糕，天哪

e.g.哎呀!我忘了寄信。Ohdear!Iforgottoposttheletter.

2.kidnapper['k?dn?p?]n.綁票者;劫持者e.g.劫持者索要100萬元贖金。Thekidnappersaredemandingaransomof$1million.kidnap['kidn?p]v.(-pp-)[vn]totakesbawayillegallyandkeepthemasaprisoner,especiallyinordertogetmoneyorsthelseforreturningthem劫持；綁架e.g.兩名商人遭恐怖分子綁架。Twobusinessmenhavebeenkidnappedbyterrorists.kidnapping(alsokidnap)n.[u,c]綁架e.g.(1)他對綁架的指控供認不諱。Headmittedthechargeofkidnap.(2)對12名美國公民的劫持thekidnappingof12UScitizens3.considerable[k?n'sid?r?bl]adj.(formal)greatinamount,size,importance,etc.相當(dāng)多(或大、重要等)的

e.g.（1）那項工程耗費了相當(dāng)多的時間和資金。Theprojectwastedaconsiderableamountoftimeandmoney.(2)對這棟建筑物的損壞相當(dāng)嚴(yán)重。Damagetothebuildingwasconsiderable.considerablyadv.(formal)much;alot非常；很；相當(dāng)多地e.g.不同的人對睡眠的需要差異相當(dāng)大。Theneedforsleepvariesconsiderablyfrompersontoperson.4.wealthy['welθi]adj.(wealthier,wealthiest)rich;havealotofmoney,possessions,etc.富有的，有錢的，財產(chǎn)多的e.g.有錢人家awealthyfamily2.（thewealthy）n.[pl.]peoplewhoarerich富人，有錢人；闊人n.wealth5.在英語中，當(dāng)名詞有多個形容詞修飾時，就有它們的先后順序。下面的口訣可幫你記住這一先后順序。限定描繪大長高，形狀年齡和新老；顏色國籍跟材料，作用類別往后靠；“限定詞”包括：冠詞、物主代詞、指示代詞、或數(shù)詞，它位于各類形容詞前。它本身分為三位，即：前、中、后。前位限定詞有all、half、both、such分數(shù)和倍數(shù)；中位限定詞有冠詞、指示代詞、形容詞性物主代詞、名詞所有格和no、every、each、either、neither、enough、much、以及wh-起首的限定詞[what(ever),which(ever),whose]等；后位限定詞有基數(shù)詞和序數(shù)詞、past、same、many、more、most、few、fewer、fewest、little、less、least、own、last等，但序數(shù)詞位于基數(shù)詞前。如:bothmyhands、allhalfhisincome等?！懊枥L”類形容詞表示事物的性質(zhì)及人們的觀點如：beautiful、bad、cold、great等。“大長高”表示大小、長短、高低等一些詞。表示“形狀”的詞如：roundsquare等?！皣敝敢粋€國家或地區(qū)的詞。“材bad笨人good能人ingreenhands在生手中new新old老在使用中，應(yīng)注意與介詞短語inhand的區(qū)別。inhand在句中可作狀語、定語、補足語，主要用來表達以下幾種含義：1.在手頭；可供使用2.在掌握中；在控制中3.正在處理中（用此義時常同動詞have、keep、take等連用）；（通常指工作）在進行中，如：(1)由于手中的問題緊迫，我們馬上就把它解決了。Asthematterinhandwasurgent,wedealtwithitatonce.(2)你能完全控制住這種形勢嗎？Canyouhavethesituationwellinhand?(3)開始新的工作之前，我們應(yīng)完成我們正在進行的工作。Weshouldfinishtheworkwehaveinhandbeforewebeginsomethingnew.inthehandsofsb./insb.’shandsbeinglookedafterorcontrolledbysb.受某人照料；被某人控制e.g.這件事現(xiàn)在正由我的律師處理。Thematterisnowinthehandsofmylawyer.11.ransom['r?ns?m]

n.[c;u]moneythatispaidtosb.sothattheywillsetfreeapersonwhoisbeingkeptasaprisonerbythem贖金

e.g.綁架者向他的家人索要贖金5萬英鎊。Thekidnappersdemandedaransomof￡50,000fromhisfamily.v.[vn]topaymoneytosb.sothattheywillsetfreethepersonthattheyarekeepingasaprisoner(為某人)交付贖金e.g.他們用一萬元贖回了被綁架的孩子。Theyransomedthekidnappedchildwith10,000dollars.12.instruct……todo……instruct……todo……（指示/命令/吩咐……做……）在此結(jié)構(gòu)中，動詞不定式在句中作賓語補足語e.g.大夫囑咐那個病人上床休息。Thedoctorinstructedthepatienttogotobedandrest.但當(dāng)用于被動語態(tài)時（如文中），由于賓語提前作了主語，動詞不定式則成為主語的補足語，如：e.g.他奉命把她帶到紐約。He’sbeeninstructedtotakehertoNewYork.13.cardboard

n.[u]stiffmateriallikeverythickpaper,oftenusedformakingboxes硬紙板,卡紙板(常用于制造盒子)

e.g.這箱子是硬板紙制的。Theboxismadeofcardboard.adj.[onlybeforenoun]notseemingrealorgenuine不真實的；虛假的

e.g.這個故事里有好幾個虛構(gòu)的人物。Thestoryhasseveralcardboardcharacters.14.decide(1)decide后可使用動詞不定式構(gòu)成的賓語形式，如：e.g.他決定在星期二而不在星期四去。HedecidedtogoonTuesdayinsteadofThursday.(2)在表達“決定不做”含義時，否定詞應(yīng)置于動詞不定式之前，即構(gòu)成decidenottodo……形。e.g.他們決定不告訴他事實真相。Theydecidednottotellhimthetruth.

15.withdraw[wie'dr?:](withdrew,withdrawn)

v.[vn]totakemoneyoutofabankaccount提，?。ㄣy行賬戶中的款）e.g.勞駕，我想提取250英鎊。I’dliketowithdraw￡250please.~（sb./sth.）(fromsth.)tomovebackorawayfromaplaceorsituation;tomakesb./sth.dothis(使)撤回，撤離e.g.政府部隊被迫撤走了。Governmenttroopswereforcedtowithdraw.3.[vn]~sth.(fromsth)tostopgivingorofferingsth.tosb.停止提供；不再給予e.g.(1)這種藥被停止銷售。Thedrugwaswithdrawnfromsale.(2)他停止了對我們運動的支持。Hewithdrewhissupportforourcampaign.~（sb./sth.）(fromsth.)tostoptakingpartinanactivityorbeingamemberofanorganization;tostopsb./sth.fromdoingthesethings(使)退出e.g.那匹馬被停賽了。Thehorsehadbeenwithdrawnfromtherace.n.withdrawal[wie'dr?:?l]1.[u;c]theactofmovingortakingsth.awayorback撤回，收回，取回(1)撤銷支持thewithdrawalofsupport(2)撤軍thewithdrawaloftroops(3)從市場上收回一種產(chǎn)品thewithdrawalofaproductfromthemarket[u]theactofnolongertakingpartinsth.orbeingamemberofanorganization不再參加；退出(組織)e.g.他從選舉中的退出hiswithdrawalfromtheelection[c]theactoftakinganamountofmoneyoutofyourbankaccount(從銀行賬戶中)提款；取款e.g.你一天可以從銀行賬戶中提取最多不超過1000美元。Youcanmakewithdrawalsofupto$1000aday.16.keepone’swordkeepone’sword信守諾言使用時word用單數(shù)形式。e.g.他們未能遵守諾言。Theyfailedtokeeptheirword.17.sureenoughsureenoughusedtosaythatsth.happenedasexpected(表示不出所料)果真，果然e.g.我說他會忘記，他果然就忘了。Isaidhe’dforget,andsureenoughhedid.18.punctual['p??ktju?l]adj.happeningordoingsth.atthearrangedorcorrecttime;notlate按時的；準(zhǔn)時的；守時的e.g.她一直可靠守時。Shehasbeenreliableandpunctual.adv.punctually['p??kt?u?li]e.g.他們一向按時付款。Theyalwayspaypunctually.n.punctuality[,p??ktju'?liti][u]19.astound[?s'taund]

v.[vn]tosurpriseorshocksb.verymuch使震驚；使大驚(1)市長接受賄賂,這使我大吃一驚。Iwasastoundedthatthemayorhadtakenbribes.(2)他的傲慢使她震驚。Hisarroganceastoundedher.Shewasastoundedbyhisarr