1.新概念英語第三冊Lesson11課文注釋
Notes on the text 課文注釋
1 the Green Channel,綠色通道,指海關(guān)專供沒有攜帶征稅物品進(jìn)關(guān)的旅客所走的通道。
2 hidden in his suitcase是過去分詞短語作定語,修飾watches,它相當(dāng)于一個定語從句:which were hidden in his suitcase.
3 looking me in the eye,直盯著我的眼睛,這是分詞短語作狀語,表示方式,修飾 asked。
4 The officer went through,這里go through作“檢查”講。
5 in a dreadful mess (或 in a mess),亂七八糟,混亂透了。
6 I saw the Officer's face light up.我看到那位官員的臉上露出了得意的神色。
7 You should have declared that.你早該申報(bào)了!皊hould +不定式的完成式”表示本該做而未做之事。
8 be exempt from 作“免除”、“豁免”解。
2.新概念英語第三冊Lesson12課文注釋
Notes on the text 課文注釋
1 imagine…to be…,作“想像……是……”,“設(shè)想……是……”講。不定式to be引起的短語作賓語補(bǔ)足語。
2 quite the opposite,完全相反,截然不同。
3 starve to death,餓死。
4 …wished they had stayed there longer.
……還真希望在那里多呆些日子。wish引起的賓語從句常用虛擬語氣。
5 as one of them put it,正如其中一位所說的。
3.新概念英語第三冊Lesson13課文注釋
1 would be going, 是過去將來進(jìn)行時,用來表示過去預(yù)計(jì)將要發(fā)生的動作。
2 fancy-dress party化裝舞會。
3 dress up as, 化裝成……。
4 try it on, it指costume, try on是“試穿”、“試戴”。
5 just as…, 正當(dāng)……的時候。
6 She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. 她曾告訴過他,如果她沒去開門,他可直接進(jìn)來,把面包放在廚房的桌子上。if ever在條件句中表示強(qiáng)調(diào),可譯作“任何時候”。to come straight in指“直接進(jìn)來”。
7 Not wanting to frighten the poor man, 不想去嚇唬這個可憐的人。這是現(xiàn)在分詞短語的否定形式,作目的狀語。
4.新概念英語第三冊Lesson14課文注釋
1 in return for…,作“作為……的報(bào)答”講。
2 out of business, 倒閉,破產(chǎn)。
3 as long ago as, 作“追溯到”、“早在”講。注意要與as long as分開,后面這個短語作“只要”或“長達(dá)……之久”講。
4 people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters,人們情愿支付一大筆錢,也不愿自己畢生的心血?dú)в诖跬街帧?/p>
5 made a name for himself, 出名了。
6 be at war with…, 與……處于戰(zhàn)爭狀態(tài)。
7 in times of peace, 在和平時期。
8 a sort of hero, 某種英雄。sort of作“可以說是一種”講。
5.新概念英語第三冊Lesson15課文注釋
1 with some children, 介詞with此處作“對于”講。
2 go a long way, 可以維持很久。
3 If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, 如果50便士的分幣沒有用來換糖果的話。exchange…for…作“以……換……”講,注意英語中的便士有兩種復(fù)數(shù)形式pence和pennies, 但用法不同。如:a fifty pence是指1個50便士的硬幣,而fifty pennies是指50個1便士的硬幣。
4 have found their way there, 其中there是指儲蓄罐。find one's way在這里作“進(jìn)入”講,即放到“儲蓄罐”里。
5 what is more, 更有甚者。是固定詞組,此處用作插入語。