新概念英语第4册课文笔记教学内容.doc

新概念英语第4册课文笔记

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Lesson 1 Finding fossil man
发现化石人
We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.
But there are some parts of the world where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas----legends handed down from one generation of storytellers to another. These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago.
But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first‘modern men’ came from.
Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.
ROBIN PLACE Finding fossil man
New words and expressions
生词短语
recount /ri’kaunt/ v.叙述 / ‘ rei’kaunt/ 再数一次record / ‘ rek[d/ /ri’ kC:d/ 第一个音节带重音，名前动后 叙述：recount : emotionless
重复
describe
depict： a little emotional
narrate： temporal&spacial根据时间或空间顺序描述。
portray：描述
saga /’sa:g[/ n.英雄故事
描述的内容mostly real北欧海盗活动的故事
legend /’ledV[nd/ n.传说，传奇
unreal e.g robin hood
anthropologist/ ‘AnWr[’pCl[dVist/ n.人类学家
anthrop：人
philosophere :philo＋sopher|爱＋智慧＝哲学家
philanthropist : 慈善家（对人有爱心的人）
anthropology :人类学
带-gy结尾的都是学科：biology生物学geography地理学ecology生态学
remote/ ri’m[ut/ n.遥远
ancestor / ‘Ansest[/ n.祖先
an
在前面
forefather,forebear ，predecessor祖先
rot/ rCt/ v.烂掉
leave me rot.＝leave me along
rot to death.
soon ripe,soon rotten.
decay国家民族逐渐衰亡decompose逐渐衰竭deteriorate关系逐渐恶化
trace /treis/ n.痕迹，踪迹
trace the problem
i follow your trace＝i follow where you go
polynesia波利尼西亚
poly-多
polyandric: a wife with more than one husband polygeny : a husband with more than one wife
flint /flint/ n.燧石flinting hearted
fossil /
‘ fCsl/ n. 化石cobble鹅卵石Notes on the text
课文注释read of读到
谈到：speak of ,talk of ,know of,hear of
near east：近东mediterranean, south europe,north afric far east
非限定性从句，表原因
oral(spoken) language is earlier than written language. precede :什么在什么之前，不用比较，直接跟名词counterpart: two things or two people have the same position oral(spoken) language is earlier than written counterpart.
preserve: 保留，保存（腌制） 如果句中有only，那后面的表语结构就要用to do sth,而不是doing sth. storyteller: 讲故事的人
fortuneteller, palmreader: 算命先生
migration ：移民
１]migrant
２]immigrant v. migrate:迁移，迁徙 migratory bird:候鸟none: no body people＋s民族 if they had any: 即便是有 his relatives,if he had
any,never went to visit him when he was hospitalized.
find out千方百计，费尽周折＝explore modern men :the men who were like ourselves however－anywhere you want ,加逗号
but,yet－不加标点，only at the beginning of the sentence therefore－自由
so－自由
tool:小工具instrument:实验器械equipment:设备
shape:成型；教育，改造may also have:表推测peel:果皮
leather:皮革
hide:兽皮
cowhide:牛皮
without (any) trace:无影无踪
Lesson 2 Spare that spider
别伤害蜘蛛
Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends ? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We owe a lot to the birds and beasts who eat insects but all of them put together kill only a fraction of the number destroyed by spiders. Moreover, unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.
Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them. One can tell the difference almost at a glance for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six.
How many spiders are engaged in this work on our behalf ? One authority on spiders made a census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre, that is something like 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football pitch. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects. It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day. It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.
T. H. GILLESPIE Spare that Spider from The Listener
New words and expressions
生词短语
flocks and herds牛群和羊群
／flCk/
the birds of the same feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分
you are the same flock.也可指人
herd多指牛群
cowherd cowboy
throng and crowd swarm
owe /[U/ vt.感激,欠
i owe you.
i owe you a big favor.
欠issue oblige indebt appreciate----常用口语词 正式：grateful thankful
beast /bi: st/ n兽
形容人野蛮无比，不能用animal形容
creature可以指小孩，女人，不用于男性．
fraction / ＇frAkF[n/ n.小部分
分数，小数
a fraction of rice will suffice on one＇s behalf代表．．．利益
I beat you on your behalf.我打你是为你好on behalf of somebody /something
e.g on behalf of chinese government
on behalf of ＝represent
authority /C:＇WCriti/ n.权威
authorize批准
authoritative权威性的
authoritarian独裁的
－tarian带有这种词缀的词都是坏词dictator独裁者
dictatorial独裁的
authorities １．权威（可单数可复数）
２．当局（复数）
census /sens[s/ n.统计数据
the fifth national population census.
censor审查,censorious挑剔的，挑刺的
acre /＇eik[/ n.英亩
１acre＝４０４７square meters
football pitch足球场
football yard football court football field be content with满足于
满足作表语，不能出现定语结构
He is content with status quo.
contented heart :心满意足的人
spare /spZ[/ v. 不伤害，宽恕
spare me He doesn’t spare himself. I spare no efforts to learn english.( spare no efforts: 不遗余力作什么)
Notes on the text
课文注释
why, you may wonder－you may wonder why插入语
先不管插入语，弄清句子结构
you may wonder why spiders should be our friends？插入语位置不固定
why以疑问句 开头
why,you may wonder,the problem of pollution befalls human beings. why,you may wonder,one of my friends is so kindhearted.
destroy程度比damage要重得多，片甲不留，消灭光
tear into pieces greatest enemies:天敌dying enemy
crying enemy
dear enemy human race:人的种族，一般不加复数，表示一个总称词
impossible和possible永远不要以人开头
It is impossible for somebody to do something. likely可以以人做主语。i am likely to go.
probable也不以人做主语
they would表示假设
devour狼吞虎咽devour the food
make a cake of myself
make a god of myself
devour the book it虚拟语气
前面是主句，下面是条件句 前面一般的加动词devour,后面用一般过去时
If it were not for:如果这不是因为
I would not survive if it were not for his timely help. but for一定是虚拟语气 ＝if it were not for
owe感激，欠i owe you.
引出主题
all of them put together:把他们堆到一起
谓语动词是kill destroyed后置定语，重心转到spider
Lesson 3 Matterhorn man
马特霍恩山区人
Modern alpinists try to climb mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more highly it is regarded. In the pioneering days, however, this was not the case at all. The early climbers were looking for the easiest way to the top because the summit was the prize they sought, especially if it had never been attained before. It is true that during their explorations they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement. They had a single aim, a solitary goal—the top!
It is hard for us to realize nowadays how difficult it was for the pioneers. Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular, Alpine villages tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains. Such inns as there were were generally dirty and flea-ridden; the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine. Often a valley boasted no inn at all, and climbers found shelter wherever they could—sometimes with the local priest (who was usually as poor as his parishioners), sometimes with shepherds or cheesemakers. Invariably the background was the same: dirt and poverty, and very uncomfortable. For men accustomed to eating seven-course dinners and sleeping between fine linen sheets at home, the change to the Alps must have been very hard indeed.
New words and expressions
生词短语
1、 alpinist(1.1)/’$lpinist/n．登山运动员
climber
mountaineer
词根：alp
Alps(1.16)/$lps/ n．阿尔卑斯山脉Alpine(1.9)/$lpain/adj．阿尔卑斯山的
2、 attain(1.4)/+’tein/ v．到达
to get to
to arrive at/in
to attain one’s goal=realize
to attain the top/peak/summit达到顶点attain youth永葆青春
attainment (n) attainments成就accomplishment
3、perilous(1.5)/’peril+s/adj．危险的peril
（随时可能出现的）危险avalanche雪崩
4、shudder (1.5)/’M]d+/ v．不寒而栗
shudder:quick and sudden
tremble:long and very obvious
quiver:excitement ,maybe cold
shiver: cold and nervous
5、 go out of one’s way
专门by the way顺路
too much for me受不起
6、 court （multiple meanings多义词）
1] 朝廷
朝臣courtier
2] courteous彬彬有礼的
3] 法庭
4] 娱乐场 足球场soccer/football court高尔夫球场golf court
5] 追求
6] 招致
骄兵必败pride courts failure
7、 solitary(1.6)/’s&lrt+ri/adj．唯一的
sol-独solo独唱
独奏
solitude孤独
I live in solitude.=I live a lonely life.
8、 pioneer(1.2)/?pai+’n+/ v．开辟，倡导；n．先锋，开辟者
9、 impoverish(11.9-10)/$m’p&v+rM/v．使贫困poor（口语词）
罗素名言：A great many man will cheerfully face inpoverishment if they can secure
complete ruin for their rival,hence present level of taxation.
许多人会高兴的面对贫困，如果他们能使对手落魄，因此出现了现在的税收水平。
10、coarse(1.12)/k&:s/adj．粗劣的
coarse throat嗓子哑sore throat
嗓子发炎coarse fare
粗粮
refined fair细粮
coarse and refined
in a coarse manner粗暴无礼
11、boast(1.12)/b+ust/v．自恃有
用法：以人作主语，夸耀；以物作主语，拥有
He boasted that of his knowledge.
The center boasts a team of high qualify(qualified researchers.)
12、parishioner(1.13)/p+riM+n+/n．教区居民
parish教区
13、shepherd(1.14)/’Mep+d/n．牧羊人sheepÆshep
羊
herd
兽群
14、linen(1.15)/’linin/n．亚麻布床单
Notes on the text
课文注释
1、Route
路线
Road
道路
2、good sports :stimulus刺激thrilling震撼、兴奋
3、regard
regard sb with sth(感情词love \hatred\horror\respect) Dad, I regard you with horror.爸爸，我很害怕你。
4、pineering days, ancient (先人时期)
5、not at all根本不case这回事
6、be doing表达当时的行动（状态）
7、top:顶点summit山顶peak山顶
The scenery is at the peak of
the mountain.无限风光在险峰。
I am at the top of the world.我在世界之巅。 Summit meeting峰会
8、 attain
到达conquer征服
9、be of the most perilous nature
nature
特点、特性
the most perilous difficulties and dangers
学会be of the + adj+noun
结构He is the kindest man. =He is the man of the kindest man.
10、equipped表示当时的一种伴随。
11、in a manner以这样的方式
12、make sb do sth
(省to结构)
13、at the thought一想到 ，mention一提到,idea一想到 这个结构后面加介词of
原文即at the thought of their poor equipment
14、go out of one’s way刻意intentionally
eye catching引人注目的
15、the real living conditions真实生存状况
16、nowadays插入语，现在回想起来，可在句首、句末
17、except for把其中的一部分扣除
18、tend to be倾向于
19、settlement生存地、驻扎地
20、cut off=which are cut off
21、flea ridden跳蚤
22、as they were可以这么说，插入语
还有as it were
This book is , as it were, his life portrait.
这本书，可是说，是他的人生写照。
23、local当地的
24、wine低度酒alcohol酒精alcoholic酒鬼
25、boast拥有priest牧师shepherd牧羊人
invariably=all the same
26、dirt and poverty， and very uncomfortable （结构不符合习惯，不可学）
27、course一道菜
28、must have been表推测
29、be accustomed to ,be used to + 名词、动名词
I am used to the life in Bejing.
I am used to living in Bejing.
30、早餐：scratch a meal
中午餐：snack快餐
晚餐：dinner
31、the change to
Education brings great change to his outlook/view on life.
教育使他的面貌（对生活的看法）产生了很大变化。
Lesson 4 Seeing hands
看手
In the Soviet Union several cases have been reported recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls. One case concerns an
‘eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls. This ability was first noticed by her father. One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe. Suddenly she asked her father why he kept so many old newspapers locked away there, and even described the way they were done up in bundles.
Vera’s curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of UIyanovsk, near where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federal Republic. During these tests she was able to read a newspaper through an opaque screen and, stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child’s game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it; and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot theoutlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet. Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity. During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and, indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin. lt was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.
New words and expressions
生词短语
1、Perceive
察觉，瞬间感觉到的
to make out费尽心机辨出
I looked thoroughly for my elderly mother, finally I make her out . Yeah, I remembered, I finally make him out.
I perceive a fly in my teacup.
2、elbow one’s way (用肘)挤出
elbow one’s way out of the crowed.挤出人群Notes on the text
课文注释Flash中没有详细讲解
Lesson 5 No Room in the Ark
诺亚方舟无容身之地
The gorilla is something of a paradox in the African scene. One thinks one knows him very well. For a hundred years or more he has been killed, captured, and imprisoned, in zoos. His bones have been mounted in natural history museums everywhere, and he has always exerted a strong fascination upon scientists and romantics alike. He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious (though not perhaps strictly scientific) link with our ancestral past.
Yet the fact is we know very little about gorillas. No really satisfactory photograph has ever been taken of one in a wild state, no zoologist, however intrepid, has been able to keep the animal under close and constant observation in the dark jungles in which he lives. Carl Akeley, the American naturalist, led two expeditions in the nineteen-twenties, and now lies buried among the animals he loved so well. But even he was unable to discover how long the gorilla lives, or how or why it dies, nor was he able to define the exact social pattern of the family groups, or indicate the final extent of their intelligence. All this and many other things remain almost as much a mystery as they were when the French explorer Du Chaillu first described the animal to the ci