1.新概念英語第二冊Lesson21詞匯
1.drive
(1)vt.,vi. 駕駛,駕車:
You must have been driving at seventy miles an hour.
你剛才一定是以每小時(shí)70英里的速度開車。
Mary drives(her car) very slowly.
瑪麗開車開得很慢。
(2)vt. 趕,驅(qū)趕,圍趕(獵物、敵人等):
With the help of two dogs, he drove the sheep down the mountain.
在兩只牧羊犬的幫助下,他把羊從山上趕了下來。
(3)vt. 逼迫,迫使:
Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.
飛機(jī)正在慢慢地把我逼瘋。
The death of all her children has driven her mad.
她所有的孩子的去世把她逼瘋了。
2.home與house
home 一般譯為“家”、“家庭”,著重指所居住的人,常有愛、溫暖、舒適、安全等隱含意義。house通常譯為“房子”、“房屋”、“住宅”,指的是建筑物。試體會(huì)它們的區(qū)別:
They live in a large house.
他們住在一所大房子里。(不可用home)
My father is at home now.
我父親現(xiàn)在在家。(不可用 house/at house)
Tom must be somewhere in the house.
湯姆肯定在這屋子里的某個(gè)地方。(不可用home)
I have a sweet home.
我有一個(gè)甜蜜的家庭。(不可用house)
2.新概念英語第二冊Lesson22詞匯
1.dream
(1)vt. 做夢,夢見:
I dreamt/dreamed I was in Scotland. 我夢見我在蘇格蘭。
(2)vt. 做夢,夢見(與of,about連用):
I often dream of/about you.
我經(jīng)常夢見你。
I dreamt of a large empty room.
我夢見一個(gè)很大的空房間。
(3)n.夢;夢想,幻想。
I dreamt/had an interesting dream last night.
昨晚我做了一個(gè)有趣的夢。
Have you heard of the American Dream?
你聽說過美國之夢嗎?
2.throw vt.
(1)投,扔,拋:
Don't throw stones at the dog.
別向那狗扔石頭。
Throw the ball to Tom.
把球扔給湯姆。
Shall I throw this old newspaper away?
我把這舊報(bào)紙扔掉好嗎?
(2)把……對準(zhǔn)目標(biāo);向……作出舉動(dòng):
George was very happy today. Julie had thrown a smile at him in the morning.
喬治今天很開心。早上朱莉朝他微笑了一下。
The boss threw him an angry look.
老板惱怒地看了他一眼。
3.新概念英語第二冊Lesson23詞匯
1.complete
(1)vt. 完成,結(jié)束:
The house was completed five months ago.
這棟房子是5個(gè)月以前竣工的。
Work on the new school will be completed next year.
新學(xué)校明年能竣工。
(2)adj. 完整的,全部的:
Do you know the complete story?
你知道整個(gè)故事嗎?
This is a complete family.
這是個(gè)父母雙全的家庭。
(3)adj. 十足的,徹底的,絕對的:
There is complete silence in the room.
房間里一點(diǎn)兒聲音也沒有。
That was a complete surprise.
那完全是件意外的事。
2.strange adj.
(1)外地的,異鄉(xiāng)的:
Living in a strange land is not always a pleasant thing.
客居他鄉(xiāng)并不總是一件令人愉快的事。
(2)陌生的,生疏的:
That morning, he saw a strange face in the classroom.
那天早上,他在教室里看到了一張陌生的面孔。
This city is quite strange to me.
我對這座城市很不熟悉。
(3)不平常的,奇特的,奇怪的,古怪的:
The house looks strange to some people.
這房子在有些人看來很古怪。
A strange thing happened this afternoon.
這天下午發(fā)生了一件奇怪的事。