《新概念英语》学什么:第2册第64课
《新概念英语》学什么:第2册63课
接下去我们来看第64课的内容:
一、小编的朗读
二、重要句型或语法
1、虚拟语气
本课侧重的是针对过去发生的事情的虚拟。如:
If you had gone to the exhibition, you would have enjoyed it.
If you could have made him change his mind, you would have saved him a lot of trouble.
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更多相关虚拟语气的用法,可参考下面的文章:
三、课文主要语言点
In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel. | 1)注意句中的人名与engineer是同位语关系,所以在阅读中可以跳过。 2)tunnel,隧道。 |
He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel. | 1)it+be+possible+to do,做某事是可能的。 2)platform,平台、站台。 3)in the centre of,在...的中心。注意centre为英式英语的拼法,美式英语拼作center。 |
This platform would serve as a port and a railway station. | 1)serve as,用作...,充当...。 2)注意port(人工港)与harbour(天然港)的区别。 |
The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level. | 1)well-ventilated,通风良好的。 2)chimney,烟囱。 3)sea level,海拔。 |
In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low. He suggested that a double railway tunnel should be built. | 1)put forward,提出。 2)suggest表示建议时,宾语从句中的谓语动词要采用虚拟语气,即should+do,should可以省略。 3)double,双的。 4)关于William Low提出该方案的时间,实际应该是大约在1866年,而不是1860年。 |
This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered the tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it. | 1)solve the problem,解决问题。 2)ventilation,通风。其名词原形为ventilate。 3)for引导的是表原因的并列句,起补充说明的作用。 4)draw in,进站、吸引。 5)fresh air,新鲜空气。 |
Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun. | 1)actually,实际上。其形容词原形为actual(实际的)。 2)be begun,文中表示“开始被建造”。 |
If, at the time, the British had not feared the invasion, it would have been completed. | 1)at the time指的是上一句话中提到的forty-two years later。 2)本句话是针对过去发生的事情的虚拟,注意主从句的动作都要用完成时。 3)complete,完成。 |
The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel. It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent. | 1)注意句中的100年指的是二十世纪初期准备建造隧道的时间,距离新的隧道建成的时间差不多是100年。 2)officially,正式地。 3)connect...to...,把...与...连接起来。 4)注意句中提到的隧道正式通车的日期应该是1994年5月6日,而不是3月7日。 |
四、读写重点
可利用教材第293页Composition(作文)中的练习,操练如何使用连词改写句子。
五、语用文化
可简单介绍英法海底隧道的发展史。
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