新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè)+Lesson+49+The+ideal+servant課堂筆記講義

Lesson49Theidealservant理想的仆人、ItisagoodthingmyauntHarrietdiedyearsago.Ifshewerealivetodayshewouldnotbeabletoairherviewsonherfavouritetopicofconversation:domesticservants.AuntHarrietlivedinthatleisurelyage（whenservantswereemployedtodohousework時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句）.我的姑媽哈麗特好多年前就去世了，這倒是件好事。如果她活到今天，她將不能就她熱衷的話題“傭人”發(fā)表意見(jiàn)了。哈麗特生活在一個(gè)悠閑的年代，家務(wù)事都由雇來(lái)的傭人代勞。air(n.)天空，空氣(v.)通風(fēng)，晾曬eg.airtheroom給房間通風(fēng)=ventilatetheroomeg.我拿毛衣出去曬一曬。Ileftthesweateroutsidetoair.airone’sviews/opinions公開(kāi)表示（曬曬某人的觀點(diǎn)）eg.airmycomplaint表達(dá)自己的不滿他喜歡炫耀他的知識(shí)。Helikesairinghisknowledge.domestic(adj.)國(guó)內(nèi)的，家庭的eg.domesticandabroad=homeandabroad國(guó)內(nèi)外leisurely(adj.)悠閑的2、Shehadahuge,ramblingcountryhousecalled‘TheGables'.Shewassentimentallyattachedtothishouse,（foreventhoughitwasfartoobigforherneeds原因狀語(yǔ)從句/讓步狀語(yǔ)從句）,shepersistedinlivingtherelongafterherhusband'sdeath.她在鄉(xiāng)下有一幢巨大雜亂的房子，叫作“山墻莊園”。她對(duì)這幢房子在感情上難舍難分。房子實(shí)在太大了，但在丈夫去世多年后，她仍然執(zhí)意長(zhǎng)年住在那兒。ramble(v.)漫步，閑逛，瞎逛=wanderrambling(adj.)布局凌亂的eg.aramblingoldhousesentiment(n.)感情用事sentimentally(adv.)感情上地eg.在買(mǎi)賣(mài)上不能感情用事。Thereisnoroomforsentimentinbusiness.attachAtoB把A附到B上eg.我把照片附到表格上。Iattachedthephotototheexcel.Doyouattachtheimportancetowhathesaid?你認(rèn)為他說(shuō)的話有重要性嗎？persistindoingsth.堅(jiān)持=insistondoingsth.3、（Beforeshegrewold時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句）,AuntHarrietusedtoentertainlavishly.IoftenvisitedTheGables（whenIwasaboy時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句）.Nomatterhowmanyguestswerepresent,thegreathousewasalwaysimmaculate.哈麗特姑媽年輕時(shí)，喜歡大擺宴席，招待賓客。我小時(shí)候常去“山墻莊園”作客。不管去多少賓客，大房子里總是收拾得干干凈凈。entertain(v.)款待，招待，娛樂(lè)eg.entertainsb.宴請(qǐng)某人（在家）treatsb.款待某人（在外）lavish(adj.)豐富的，大量的，鋪張的sb.belavishwith/in在某方面極其慷慨，大方=verygenerouseg.我們?cè)谖＜睍r(shí)刻的經(jīng)濟(jì)援助上總是很慷慨的。Wearealwayslavishwithfinancialintimesofcrisis.在表?yè)P(yáng)學(xué)生方面我們老師很慷慨的。Ourteacherwaslavishinpraisingstudents.immaculate(adj.)無(wú)污跡的，無(wú)瑕的=very/perfectlycleananduntidy反：maculate(adj.)有污點(diǎn)的，不潔的4、Theparquetfloorsshonelikemirrors;highlypolishedsilverwasdisplayedingleamingglasscabinets;evenmyuncle'shugecollectionofbookswaskeptmiraculouslyfreefromdust.鑲木地板潔如明鏡，擦得發(fā)亮的銀器陳列在明亮的玻璃柜里，連姑夫的大量藏書(shū)也保存得很好，奇跡般地一塵不染。parquet(n.)鑲木地板polish(n.)磨光，擦亮(adj.)磨光的Polish波蘭語(yǔ)，波蘭人gleaming(adj.)閃閃發(fā)光的cabinet(n.)展示柜freefromdust一塵不染5、AuntHarrietpresidedoveraninvisiblearmyofservants（thatcontinuouslyscrubbed,cleaned,andpolished定語(yǔ)從句）.Shealwaysreferredtothemas‘theshiftingpopulation',（fortheycameandwentwithsuchfrequencythatIneverevengotachancetolearntheirnames.原因狀語(yǔ)從句/結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)從句）哈麗特姑媽統(tǒng)率著一支看不見(jiàn)的傭人大軍，他們不停地擦拭、清掃、刷洗。她稱(chēng)這些傭人叫“流動(dòng)人口”，因?yàn)樗麄儊?lái)匆匆，所以我甚至都沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)知道他們的姓名。preside(v.)掌管，負(fù)責(zé)presideoversth.掌管，負(fù)責(zé)=beinchargeofsth.president(n.)總統(tǒng)scrub(v.)擦洗，刷洗referto提及=mentionshift(n./v.)變化位置或方向eg.風(fēng)從東方變到了北方。Thewindshiftedfromtheeasttothenorth.你必須挪個(gè)地，我要打掃房間了。Youmustshiftyourselftoanotherroom,Ineedtocleantheroom.6、（Thoughmyauntpursued（whatwas讓步狀語(yǔ)從句/賓語(yǔ)從句）,inthosedays,anenlightenedpolicy,inthatsheneverallowedherdomesticstafftoworkmorethaneighthoursaday,shewasextremelydifficulttoplease.姑媽待傭人在當(dāng)時(shí)算是開(kāi)明的，從來(lái)不讓傭人每天工作超過(guò)8小時(shí)，但他們很難使她稱(chēng)心如意。pursue(v.)追求enlighten(v./n.)啟迪，啟發(fā)eg.兒童電視節(jié)目的功能是娛樂(lè)和啟迪孩子們。Thefunctionofchildren’sTVistoentertainandenlighten.解釋=explain=accountforenlightened(adj.)開(kāi)明的inthat因?yàn)?because7、（Whileshealwayscriticizedtheficklenessofhumannature時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句）,shecarriedonanunrelentingsearchfortheidealservanttotheendofherdays,evenaftershehadbeensadlydisillusionedbyBessie.她一方面總是批評(píng)人的本性朝三暮四，另一方面她又持之以恒地尋找一個(gè)理想的傭人。即使在貝西大大地傷她的心之后，她還在找，一直到她死去。fickleness(n.)變化無(wú)常fickle(adj.)=changeable變化無(wú)常eg.afickleperson一個(gè)出爾反爾的人fickleweather變化無(wú)常的天氣carryon繼續(xù)unrelenting（adj.）不屈不撓的，持續(xù)不斷的searchfor尋找=lookfordisillusion(v./n.)大失所望的，幻想破滅的反：illusion(n.)幻想，錯(cuò)覺(jué)8、BessieworkedforAuntHarrietforthreeyears.Duringthattimeshesogainedmyaunt'sconfidencethatshewasputinchargeofthedomesticstaff.AuntHarrietcouldnotfindwordstopraiseBessie'sindustriousnessandefficiency.貝西在哈麗特家干了3年。在此期間，她贏得了姑母的賞識(shí)，甚至當(dāng)上了大管家。哈麗特不知該用什么言辭來(lái)贊揚(yáng)貝西的勤奮與高效。inchargeof負(fù)責(zé)，管理=presideoverindustriousness(n.)勤勞9、Inadditiontoallherotherqualifications,Bessiewasanexpertcook.Sheactedtheroleoftheperfectservantforthreeyears（beforeAuntHarrietdiscoveredher‘littleweakness'時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句）.AfterbeingabsentfromtheGablesforaweek,myauntunexpectedlyreturnedoneafternoonwithapartyofguestsandinstructedBessietopreparedinner.貝西除了有各種本領(lǐng)以外，還是一個(gè)烹飪大師。她擔(dān)任“理想仆人”角色3年之后，哈麗特終于發(fā)現(xiàn)她有“小小的弱點(diǎn)”。一次，姑媽有一個(gè)星期沒(méi)在“山墻莊園”住。一天下午，她出其不意地回來(lái)了，帶來(lái)一大批客人，吩咐貝西準(zhǔn)備晚飯。inadditionto此外，而且（并列連詞）=aswell=besides=moreover=apartfromqualification(n.)資格eg.這份工作需要哪種資格？Whatsortofqualificationdothejobneed?他有資格入黨嗎？Doeshehavethequalificationtojointheparty?10、Notonlywasthemealwellbelowtheusualstandard,butBessieseemedunabletowalksteadily.Shebumpedintothefurnitureandkeptmumblingabouttheguests.結(jié)果，不僅飯菜遠(yuǎn)不如平時(shí)做得好，而且貝西走起路來(lái)似乎東倒西歪。她撞到了家具上，嘴里還不斷咕咕噥噥?zhàn)h論客人。Notonly…but…不僅…，而且…（否定詞置于句首，句子部分倒裝：主語(yǔ)謂語(yǔ)顛倒）11、（Whenshecameinwiththelastcourse時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句）--ahugepudding--shetrippedonthecarpetandthepuddingwentflyingthroughtheair,narrowlymissedmyaunt,andcrashedonthediningtablewithconsiderableforce.當(dāng)她端著最后一道菜——一大盤(pán)布丁——走進(jìn)屋來(lái)時(shí)，在地毯上絆了一跤。布丁飛到半空，從姑母身邊擦過(guò)，然后狠狠地砸在餐桌上。trip(v.)絆倒narrowly(adv.)勉強(qiáng)地Exercise:Thefinalscoreofthebasketballmatchwas93-94.WewereonlyCbeaten.nearlyB.slightlyC.narrowlyD.lightlyTheperformerwaswavinghisstickinthestreetanditAmissedthechildstandingnearby.narrowlyB.nearlyC.hardlyD.closely12、（Thoughthiscausedgreatmirthamongtheguests讓步狀語(yǔ)從句）,AuntHarrietwashorrified.Shereluctantlycametotheconclusion（thatBessiewasdrunk同位語(yǔ)從句）.Theguestshad,ofcourse,realizedthisfromthemomentBessieopenedthedoorforthemand,longbeforethefinalcatastrophe,hadhadadifficulttimetryingtoconcealtheiramusement.這件事引起了客人們的歡笑，但哈麗特卻著實(shí)嚇了一跳。她不得不認(rèn)定貝西是喝醉了?？腿藗冏匀粡呢愇鳛樗麄冮_(kāi)門(mén)那一刻起就看出來(lái)了，在好長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間里，即最后這個(gè)亂子發(fā)生前，他們努力克制才沒(méi)笑出聲來(lái)。mirth(n.)歡樂(lè)，歡笑[fml文]=laughtercometotheconclusion得出結(jié)論catastrophe(n.)大災(zāi)難conceal(v.)掩蓋，隱藏，隱瞞反：reveal(v.)揭露13、Thepoorgirlwasdismissedinstantly.Afterherdeparture,AuntHarrietdiscovered（thattherewerepilesofemptywinebottlesofallshapesandsizesneatlystackedin（whathadoncebeenBessie'swardrobe賓語(yǔ)從句）.Theyhadmysteriouslyfoundtheirwaytherefromthewinecellar!貝西當(dāng)即被解雇了。貝西走后，哈麗特姑媽發(fā)現(xiàn)在貝西以前用過(guò)的衣柜里整整齊齊地放著一堆堆形狀各導(dǎo)、大小不一的酒瓶子。這些酒瓶神不知鬼不覺(jué)地從酒窖來(lái)