新概念英语第三册38-01

Lesson 39

【Multiple choice questions】

Comprehension

1 Why were the passengers so relieved when the boulders disappeared?

a. Bruce could now drive even faster.

b. They had covered the greater part of the distance to the village.

c. It seemed less likely that they would meet with disaster.

d. They had seen the huge fissure that lay ahead of them.

2 When they reached the fissure, Bruce stopped the car because _____ .

a. the passengers had begged him to do so

b. he wanted to know the exact dimensions of the fissure

c. he thought it was safer to drie across it without the passengers

d. he was not sure whether the car was wide enough to bridge it

In response to renewed pleadings , Bruce stopped.

3 Bruce’s reaction to the final episode shows that _____ .

a. he was not the sort of person to be perturbed by anything

b. he was extremely brave in face of danger

c. he had underestimated the depth of the pool

d. when it came to crossing water, his driving was nto good enough

(背熟)

Structure

4 He believed _____ a car as fast as it could possibly go. (ll.7-8)

a. driving in b. he would drive c. to drive d. in driving

believe sb. / sth. that / in

5 _____ when the boulders suddenly disappeared. (l.13)

a. How relieved we felt b. What a relief we were feeling

c. So relieved we felt d. How we felt relieved

what感叹句的主体词是名词；how 感叹句的主体词是形容词。

6 Bruce _____ when the car came to a grinding halt. (l.21)

a. hadcharged through it midway b. charged through it to the middle

c. charged midway through it d. was in the middle of charging through it

7 Bruce cherfully announced that the engine _____ out of oil. (l.22)

a. ran b. had run c. was running d. has run

run out of

Vocabulary

8 Glancing at his map, heinformed us that the next village was _____ twenty miles away. (ll.4-5)

a. simply b. boringly c. only d. in significantly

9 ---- where nothing could _____ but clumps of trees. (ll.13-14)

a. hinder our rogress b. spoil our course c. hold up our train d. harm our way

hinder== obstacle

10 When we pleaded _____ , bruce stopped. (l.15)

a. afresh b. aloud c. repeatedly d. forcibly

11 He said: ‘It’s fifteen miles _____ the village. ’ (ll.19-20)

a. until b. to c. from d. before

12 ---- obstacle was a shallow pool of water half a mile _____ . (ll.20-21)

a. side by side b. from top to bottom c. from side to side d. up and down

【Key to Multiple choice questions】

1. C 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10 .C 11. B 12. C

L39-05 5’18” [ Lesson 39 35:42 ]

§ Lesson 40 Who’s who 真假难辨

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

●hoax n. 骗局，戏弄

●deception n. 欺骗，骗局

●self-respecting adj. 自重的

●indulge v. 使沉迷

●pneumatic adj. 气动的

●drill n. 钻

●silly adj. 无意义的，无聊的

●advance adj. 预先的，事先获得的

●archway n. 拱形门楼

●remonstrate v. 规劝，告诫

●ironically adv. 讽刺地

●permission n. 许可

●grant v. 同意，准予

■hoax n. 骗局，戏弄

play a hoax on sb. 戏弄某人

play a trick on sb. 戏弄某人

play a joke on sb. 开某人玩笑

Eg: The boy student is thinking how to play a hoax on his classmate.

■deception n. 欺骗，骗局

deception 无关紧要的骗局，并不是故意的欺骗

Eg: She referred to the pills as sweet, so the harmless deception made it easy for her child to take them.

deceit （故意的）欺骗

Eg: We are incapable of deceit.

fraud 对公众的欺骗行为，多指官方的欺骗或财政舞弊

trickery 欺骗（语气上严厉）,着重有步骤地诡计来谋取私利。

Eg: He had gained control of the company by trickery.

■self-respecting adj. 自重的

■indulge v. 使沉迷

indulge oneself in sth. 沉迷于…………== be indulged in

Eg: He indulged himself in smoking and drinking.

=He was indulged in smoking and drinking.

v. 纵容

Eg: She indulges her only son.

■pneumatic adj. 气动的

■drill n. 钻

■silly adj. 无意义的，无聊的

foolish 强调愚蠢的，笨的，不明智的

Eg: I remonstrated him not to do anything foolish.

silly 无意义的， 无聊的，无知的

Eg: Being called silly is not compliment.

Don’t play such a silly hoax.

stupid 人及言行缺乏良好的判断力，天生的迟钝

Eg: His son is as stupid as all.

dull 迟钝的

Eg: the old man’s hearing has become dull.

She is a dull girl.

■advance adj. 预先的，事先获得的

advance information / in advance

■archway n. 拱形门楼

■remonstrate v. 规劝，告诫

remonstrate sb to do sth 规劝某人做某事

■ironically adv. 讽刺地

■permission n. 许可

■grant v. 同意，准予

ask sb. for permission请求许可

give / grant sb. permission 准予许可

【Text】

§ Lesson 40 Who’s who 真假难辨

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

How did the policeman discover that the whole thing was a joke?

It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else. Students specialize in a particular 无效 of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.

When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously. He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.

The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on. Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away. When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force. The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help. Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen. As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill. The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper. He threatened to call the police. At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest. Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station. Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.

参考译文

谁也弄不清为什么大学生好像比任何人都更喜欢恶作剧。大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧——戏弄人。请消防队来扑灭一场根本没有的大火是一种低级骗局，有自尊心的大学生决不会去做。大学生们常常做的是制造一种可笑的局面，使大家笑上一场，当然受害者是笑不出来的。

最近有个学生看见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，马上打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成工人，正在用风钻破坏路面。挂上电话后，他又马上来到工人那儿，告诉他们若有个警察来让他们走开，不要把他当回事，还对工人说，有个学生常装扮成警察无聊地同别人开玩笑。警察与工人都对那个学生事先通报情况表示感谢。

那个学生躲在附近一拱形的门廊里，在那儿可以看见、听到现场发生的一切。果然，警察来了，不礼貌地请工人离开此地；但其中一个工人粗鲁地回了几句。于是警察威胁要强行使他们离开。工人说，悉听尊便。警察去打电话叫人。一会儿工夫，又来了4个警察，规劝工人离开。由于工人拒绝停下手中的活，警察想夺风钻。两个工人奋力抗争，其中一个发了火，威胁说要去叫警察。警察听后讥讽地说，这大可不必，因为他俩已被逮捕了。其中一个工人装模作样地问道，在被带往警察局之前，是否可以打一个电话。警察同意了，陪他来到一个投币地电话前，当他看到那个工人真的是给警察挂电话，才恍然大悟，原来他们都成一场骗局的受害者。

【课文讲解】

Key structure

背熟1：It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else.

Eg: It has never been explained why he seems to enjoy doing it.

specialize in. 专门研究

Eg: He specialized in biology after graduation.

背熟2： Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.

except the victims / but the victims

tear up == destroy

take sb seriously 严肃对待

be to do 结构含义：

1. should

Eg: Such a private thing should be avoided.

Such a private thing is to be avoided

2. must

Eg: No students must leave school without the permission of the police.

No students are to leave school without the permission of the police.

3. intend 意图，打算

Eg: We intend to start work next week.

We are to start work next week.

L40-01 end 18’45”