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.
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背熟4:Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
be grateful to sb. for sth.
that went on == that happened
背熟5:he threatened to remove them by force.
背熟6: The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
as he pleased 随他的意愿做
four more == another four
as this 听到
At the words,he got angry.
With the words, he left the room angrily.
背熟7:At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.
pointed out ironically 讽刺地指出
hardly be necessary 大可不必
under 与名词搭配表示一种被动的概念
under discussion / arrest / repair
背熟8:Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station.
make a telephone call 打一个电话
背熟9:Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.
only 引导的时间状语从句或介词短语,以及条件状语从句在句首时,句子要倒装。
【Multiple choice questions】
Comprehension
1 A good hoax is a joke which depends on _____ .
a. deceiving people into behaving in a way which amuses everyone but themselves
b. doing something like calling the fire bridge to a nonexistent fire
c. at least two parties being led to believe the other is fraudulent
d. people disguising themselves to look like other people
deceive sb. into doing sth.
2 When the policeman first arrived outside the university _____ .
a. the student hid in an archway to see what happened next
b. he told the workmen if they disobeyedhim he would call four policemen
c. the workmen refused to take his request that they should move seriously
d. he was polite to the workmen as he had expected them to be students
They didn’t take the police seriously
3 When did it become clear to the police that the workmen were not students?
a. when one of the workmen angrily said he was going to call the police.
b. Not until one of the workmen asked if he could telephone the police.
c. When the policeman saw whom the workman was ringing from the pay phone.
d. Only after they had arrested the workmen and taken them to the station.
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Structure
4 ---- Why students seem _____ practical jokes than anyone else. (ll.1-2)
a. entertained by more b. to have been entertained more by
c. more to be entertainedby d. to be more entertained by
5 ---- and told them that _____ order them to go away they were not to take them seriously. (ll.10-11)
a. should the police b. the police might c. if the policeman did d. was a policeman to
6 ---- were grateful to the student for _____ in advance. (l.12)
a. they had been informed this b. having informed them this
c. being informed of this d. informing them of this
7 The workmen told him to do _____ … (ll.15-16)
a. as it pleased him b. how he pleased c. as he pleased d. that pleased him
8 Only then _____ that it had been a trick. (ll.22-23)
a. he realized b. he understood c. did he realize d. he did realize
Vocabulary
9 ---- a student had dressedup as a policeman and was amusing himself _____ .(ll.1-12)
a. by joking with peole b. at other people’s exense c. by making fun of people d. to other people’s surprise
10 when he received a very _____ from one of the workmen … (ll.14-15)
a. impolite retort b. harsh response c. rough report d. sharp return
11 Four more policemen arrived to protest _____ the workmen’s behaviour. (ll.16-17)
a. with b. for c. to d. against
12 The police attempted to _____ the pneumatic drill. (ll.17-18)
a. get hold of b. keep hold of c. hold back d. hold on to
【Key to Multiple choice questions】
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. A
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§ Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace 宁静田园生活的遐想
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
●illusion n. 幻想,错觉
●pastoral adj. 田园的
●breed v. 培育
●rapture n. 欣喜
●extol v. 赞美,颂扬
●superior adj. 优越的
●cockcrow n. 鸡叫
●twitter v. (鸟)吱吱叫,喊喊喳喳叫
●glint v. 闪烁
●pasture n. 牧场
●idyllic adj. 田园诗的
●virtually adv. 几乎;差不多
●dubious adj. 可疑的,怀疑的
●privilege n. 特权
●misery n. 苦难
●acquaintance n. 熟人
●treat n. 难得的乐事,享受
●dweller n. 居住者
●stagger v. 摇晃;蹒跚
●exotic adj. 寻乎寻常的,外来的
●glow n. 白炽光
●descend v. 下落,降临
●tuck v. 缩进,隐藏
●obstinately adv. 固执地,顽固地
◆illusion n. 幻想,错觉
under illusion that / under the impression that
I am under the impression that you are honest.
We live under the illusion.
I am under the impression that he will help me every day.
under no illusion that
We live under no illusion that country life is beautiful.
have illusion about / have no illusion about
delusion 幻觉,(精神病人)
Eg: He is under the delusion that somebody will kill him tomorrow.
He lives under the delusion that he will be killed sometime.
vision 憧景
Eg: I live under the vision that I have a bright future.
illusioned adj.充满幻想的
Eg: The world of children is illusioned.
illusionary adj. 错觉的,幻觉的
Eg: Don’t believe in him. What he said is illusionary picture.
illusive adj. 虚假的,不可靠的
Eg: What he described was illusive. Don’t depend on him any more.
imaginary
imaging
Eg: I can’t imagine building Great Wall.
imaginary 虚构的
Eg: The story is imaginary, Don’t be taken in.
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