新概念英语第二册笔记-第74课.docx

Lesson 74 Out of the limelight 舞台之外
【Text】
An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect. 
'This is a wonderful place for a picnic,' said Gloria Gleam. 
'It couldn't be better, Gloria,' Brinksley Meers agreed. 'No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often?' 
Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. He looked very angry. 'Now you get out of here, all of you!' he shouted. 'I'm sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No Camping" -- in case you can't read!' 
'Look, sheriff,' said Rockwall, 'don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.' 
'Oh, is it?' said the sheriff with a sneer. 'Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!' 
【课文翻译】
一辆古旧的汽车停在一条干涸的河床边，一群著名男女演员下了车。他们戴着墨镜，穿着旧衣裳，特别小心以防别人认出他们。但他们很快就发觉，化装的效果有时过分完美了。 
“在这个地方野餐简直太妙了，”格格利亚.格利姆说。 
“是再好不过的了，格格利亚。”布林克斯利.米尔斯表示同意，“没有记者，没有影迷！我们为什么不经常来这里呢？” 
“此时，另外两位演员，罗克沃尔.斯林格和默林.格里夫斯，已经把两个大食品篮子提到了一片树荫下。当他们都已安排舒适时，一个陌生人出现了。他看上去非常气愤。“你们都从这里走开，全都走开！”他大叫着，“我是这里的司法长官。你们看到那个布告牌了吗？上面写着‘禁止野营’－－除非你们不识字！” 
“好了，好了，司法官，”罗克沃尔说，“别使我们难堪。我是罗克沃尔.斯林格，这位是默林.格里夫斯。” 
“噢，是吗？”那位司法长官冷笑一声说道，“好，我就是布林克斯利.米尔斯。我还有一个名字叫格格利亚.格利姆。现在你们赶快滚吧！”  

New words and expressions 生词和短语
limelight  n. 舞台灯光 
precaution  n. 预防措施 
fan  n. 狂热者，迷 
shady  adj. 遮荫的 
sheriff  n. 司法长官 
notice  n. 告示 
sneer n. 冷笑  

【生词讲解】
1. limelight n 舞台灯光，引人注目的中心
in the limelight 引人注目的
out of the limelight 舞台之外
light n 光线，光亮，光
walk in the moonlight 走在月光下
shut out light 遮蔽光线
read by the light of candle 在烛光下读书
give off light 发光

2. precaution [c] n 预防措施
take precautions 采取预防措施
take precautions against... 对某事采取预防措施
take precautions against fire 采取防火措施
eg: I took cold pills as a precautions. 我吃感冒药预防感冒。 （cold pills 感冒药）
I took cold pills by way of precaution. 我吃感冒药预防感冒。
precautionary adj 预防的
pre-前缀，与大量动词，名词，形容词，副词连用表示“在…之前，先于”。
pre-arrange 预先安排
preview 预习
predict 预言
preface 序言（书前面的）
post-前缀，与名词，动词，形容词结合，表示“在…之后”。
post date 填上比实际晚的日期
post graduate 研究生

3. fan
1) n（口）（电影，运动等的）迷，狂热的爱好者（支持者）
a baseball fan 棒球迷
a rock‘n' roll fan 摇滚迷
eg: She is a great fan of the Giants.
她是巨人队的忠实球迷。
fan club 影迷，歌
fan letter 仰慕者的
2) n 风扇
a folding fan 折扇
an electric fan 电扇
3) v 扇风，送风
fan a fire 扇火
eg: He fanned his face with a magazine.
他用一本杂志向连上扇风。

4. shady
1) adj 成荫的，阴凉的 (shady-shadier-shadiest)
a shady path 树荫小径
a shady corner of the garden 花园背荫的一角
eg: Let`s walk along the shady side of the road.
让我们沿着有树荫的一边走。
on the shady side of … 在有树荫的一面
on the sunny side of … 在有阳光的一面
2) （口）不太正直的；名声不好的
a shady business 不正当的生意
a shady deal 不正当的交易
a shady organization 不正当的组织机构
a shady-looking person 一个鬼头鬼脑的人
shade
1) n 荫，阴暗，树荫
eg: Let`s sit in the shade.
我们坐到树荫下吧。
2) 百叶窗，遮帘，(相当于blind)
eg: Please pull down the window shade.
请把窗帘拉下来。
3) 细微差别，诱惑，（各种的）程度，差别，不同
all shades of opinion 各种不同的意见
a word with several shades of meaning 具有几种稍微不同意义的词
4) （绘画的）阴影部分，色调
eg: There are a number of different shades of green.
绿色有很多不同的色调。
put someone/sth into(in) the shade 使某人/某物相形失色,使…不受人注目
throw someone/sth into(in) the shade 使某人/某物 相形失色,使…不受人注目
cast someone/sth into(in) the shade 使某人/某物 相形失色,使…不受人注目
shadow n 指挡住光线所造成的有轮廓的影子
shadow under one`s eyes 黑眼圈
catch at shadows / run after the shadow 捕风捉影
shade n 指没有照到阳光等的阴影处，即“荫”，偶尔可以与shadow互换
silhouette n 指人在窗帘，墙壁等物体上所投下的黑色的侧面轮廓或剪影

5. sheriff
1) （美）县治安官
2) （英）郡长（任期一年的名誉职位）；行政长官
3) （苏格兰）司法长官
他被选为县司法长官
He was elected sheriff of the county.
正是司法长官强迫他们离开草地的。
It was the sheriff who forced them off the grass. [fɔːst]

6. sneer vi 嘲笑，冷笑，讥笑，鄙视
n 冷笑
eg: He sneered at my attempt and said it was impossible to me.
他嘲笑我的努力，并对我说那是不可能的
sneeringly adv 嘲笑地，冷笑地
laugh n 大笑
smile n 微笑
grin n 咧嘴笑，漏齿而笑
guffaw n 捧腹大笑
chuckle n 轻声笑；暗自笑
giggle n （女孩子）咯咯地笑
sneer n 冷笑，嘲笑
mock v 嘲笑
eg : She mocked at my ignorance.
她嘲笑我的无知。
eg: Kids mocked him for being a sissy.
孩子们嘲笑他是胆小鬼。

【课文讲解】
1. Out of the limelight
in the limelight 引入注目
eg: She has been in the limelight since she became an actress.
自从她成为演员以来她饱受注目。
Out of the limelight 避免引人注目
eg: Although he is a government official, he tries to keep out of the limelight.
虽然他是个政府官员，但是他还是努力远离公众视线。

2．An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off.
river bed指河床，名词river作形容词用，类似的还有flower bed（花坛）
这个句子里stop表示停靠、停留的意思
eg: Are you stopping for supper?
你要留在这儿吃晚饭吗？ 
party作量词用时表示“一行，一伙，一群”等，
a party of tourists/robbers/thieves
get off 下车，离开，也可表示（使某人入睡）；下班；不再讨论某事（+sth.）get sth. off 邮寄某物 

3. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them.
Ø Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes 是主句的伴随状语；they had taken special precautions 是主干
把含有be　dressed　in的句子转换成状语，其实就是去掉了系动词be，类似的结构很多，例如：
eg: He　is　interested　in　English. He listens to BBC every day.
转换为一个句子为：Interested in English，he listens to BBC every day.
从语法的角度来分析，这种结构中的过去分词是及物动词，后面句子的主语是它的宾语，由于含有这些动词的过去分词的词组：be+done已经非常固定，所以我们可以不分析它而是直接去掉be，用done做状语。
Ø so that no one should recognize them 是目的状语从句
=so that people wouldn’t recognized them
=so that they would not be recognized by movie fans
=so as to avoid being recognized
=so as to prevent people from recognizing them
should 正式用法，推测未来时，语气较强

4. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect 
1) As引导的从句表示当…..
AS和while翻译成中文,都有"当..."的意思,while一般用于一个动作处于持续状态,即会跟ing形式,
而AS/when则用于非持续状态.
2) 大家可能觉得这个句子顺序有点儿怪怪的，似乎can和sometimes应该换换位置。其实因为sometimes是时间副词，在英语中，时间副词的位置比较随意，句首、句中、句尾都可以，具体根据句子意思而定。例如：
　eg:　I watched a movie yesterday. / Yesterday I watched a movie.
　　 昨天我看了场电影。
disguise
1）disguise sb/sth with sth  disguise sb/sth as sb/sth.
用某种东西装扮成某人/某物，使某人某物装扮成某人某物
eg:The theives disguised themselves as security guards.
小偷把自己隐藏成为了保安
2）隐藏，遮掩
eg: I couldn't disguise my anger
我怒行于色
in disguise伪装的，假装的，假扮的
eg:I didn't recognize him because he is in disguise.
我没认出他来，因为他化装了。

5. 'This is a wonderful place for a picnic,' said Gloria Gleam. 'It couldn't be better, Gloria,' Brinksley Meers agreed. 'No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often?'
1) It couldn’t be better.
=It would not be possible to find a better place.
=This is the best place.

要点：否定+比较级=最高级
eg: It couldn’t have been worse. （真是坏透了）
2) No newspaper men, no film fans! 没有记者，没有影迷！
这是个省略句，完整的句子为：There are no newspaper men and no film fans!

3) Why not? 是口语中常用的表达方式，是why don’t you do 的省略形式，通常提建议时使用。
“Why +don’t/doesn’t +主语 +动词？” (advice)
Why don’t you have a rest?
Why not + do sth.?
Why not have the basement painted?
Why not speak it up?

6. Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.
spot 名胜，观光点，地点：
eg: There are a lot of spots to visit in the old city.
on the spot 当场，立刻
eg: The thief was caught on the spot.

7. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared.
Verb + obj + adj (补语)
eg: We must keep the room clean.
eg: The noise will drive me mad.
eg: The boy set his bird free.
eg: Let’s get everything ready in time.
eg: The chairman declared the meeting open.

8. He looked very angry. 'Now you get out of here, all of you!' he shouted.
1)感官动词后面+形容词 look; taste; smell; feel; sound 等+adj.
2）get out of here 从这里走开，滚出去
eg: Why don’t you get the dog out?
eg: The door is locked. I can’t get out.
eg: Now you get out of here fast!
get into 进来
eg: I’ve lost my key. I can’t get into the house.
get…off 脱下，除去/取下
eg: Please help me to get the box off the boat.
eg: When he got the lid off the box, he saw a man lying in it.
get on
①前进，进展（与get along同义）
eg: He is getting on quite well in his new job.

② 继续干；相处融洽（常与with连用）
eg: After a short break, he got on with his homework.
eg: Tom talked with his brother for a while, and then got on with his homework.
eg: He’s so difficult. I can’t get on with him. 他这个人这么别扭，我无法和他相处。
get over
①恢复过来，痊愈
eg: Has your mother got over her illness?
② 解决/结束（某件不愉快但必要做的事）（常与with连用）
eg: They wanted to get the job over as quickly as possible.

9. 'I'm sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No Camping" -- in case you can't read!’
1）I'm sheriff here. （sheriff 是一种官衔，官衔前面不加冠词）
eg: He is president. 总统（官衔）
eg: Who is monitor? 谁是班长（官衔）
eg: I am a teacher. (teacher 不是官衔，加不定冠词)

2）No Camping！用于公共标语的no
公共标语通常字数很少，语言精练。在表示“禁止......”时往往用
no+名词／动名词或名词短语，如： No Camping（禁止野营）， No smoking（禁止吸烟），
No Parking（禁止停车）， No Left Turn （禁止左转弯）。在真正的公告牌上，这些标语往往全部用大写 字母，不加标点，如 NO SMOKING 等。
No Smoking 禁止吸烟
No Photos 请勿拍照 　　 No Visitors 游人止步 　　 No Entry 禁止入内
No Admittance 闲人免进 　 No Honking 禁止鸣喇叭 No Litter 勿乱扔杂物
No Passing 禁止通行

3）in case you can't read,除非你们不识字。
in case 表示“假使”、“万一......的话”、“免得”、“以防万一”“除非”。
它通常用于引导条件或目的状语从句。当句子表示将来的时间时，in case后面必须用现在时态或should/might:
eg: I'm taking a raincoat with me in case I need it.

我随身带着雨衣，以备不时之需。（表示目的）
eg: In case he comes/should come, give him this letter.
假如／万一他来的话，把这封信给他。（表示条件）

10. 'Look, sheriff,' said Rockwall, 'don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.' 
be hard on… 对……（过分）严厉
eg: Don’t be too hard on that child.
eg: He is always hard on his employees.

11. 'Oh, is it?' said the sheriff with a sneer. ' Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!' 
with a sneer with引导伴随状况, 表示状态（边说边笑）

6. with a sneer
7. a shady spot
8. be too hard on us
9. in case

【关键词组摘录】
1. a party of
2. be dressed in
3. take special precautions
4. couldn’t be better
5. get out of
【Key Structures】

Exercise
1) `It couldn`t be better, Gloria,`Brinksley Meers agreed. No newspaper men, no film fans! Why
do not we come more often. Brinksley Meers同意道：“这人再好不过了，格劳瑞亚”， 没有记者，没有影迷，为什么不常来呢？（表示建议的时候， why don`t we do sth）
2) I`m sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No camping" -in case you can`t
read!'"我是这的司法长官，你们看到那个告示了吗？上面写着"禁止宿营”，除非你们不识字。
3) The police are now investigating the matter.警察正在调查这事情。（the police表示一类人）
4) Light travels at a speed of 186,000 mile a second.光的速度是每秒十八万六千英里。
（客观真理，所以用一般现在时）
5) He resembles his father. 他长的像他的父亲。

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