Unit 8 Text B A.课文内容提要 It should be admitted that there are abstract things and superstitious feelings or events in our daily life. Though they are common to us all, they are sometimes unexplainable.Therefore, they are labeled Superstitious phenomena can sometimes occur. Although we are troubled by these mysteries, we need not despair, because the force of love makes the world go round . B.词汇详解 1. conclusion n. 1.结论，结尾 ?I found the conclusion of his book very interesting indeed. 我觉得他的书结尾部分的确很有趣。 2.决定，推论 ?What conclusions did you come to/draw/reach? 你得到什么样的结论？ [记忆技巧]conclude v.使结束，得出结论，推论；conclusive adj.决定性的 [常用短语]a foregone conclusion不可避免的结果，事先断定会发生的事；in conclusion最后，总之；jump to conclusions/a conclusion草率地下结论；draw/reach/come to conclusions/a conclusion 得出结论 2. link n.1.连接物 ?Is there a link between smoking and lung diseases? 抽烟和肺病有没有关系？ v.1.联合，连接 ?The road links all the new towns. 这条路把所有的新城镇都连接起来。 2.连结 ?These pieces of information link up to suggest who the thief was. 这些证据拼凑起来就提示出小偷是谁了。 [记忆技巧]linkage n.环节，联系，连锁 [常用短语]establish a link 建立联系；a link between…and… ……之间的联系；a link to/with+n.与……的联系；link…to/with+n.将……与……联系起来；be closely linked to…与……有密切的联系。 3. recover v. 1.恢复，取回，要回 ?The police recovered the stolen jewellery. 警方找回被偷的珠宝。 2.恢复健康、体力、能力等 ?He has recovered from his bad cold and can go out tomorrow. 他重感冒已经好了，明天可以外出了。 3.恢复适当之状态或位置 ?She soon recovered herself and stopped crying. 她不久就控制住自己，不再哭了。 [记忆技巧]recovery n.取回，复原；recoverable adj.可重获的，可恢复的，可收回的 [常用短语]recover from 从……当中恢复过来 4. circumstances n. 1.He seems to be in easy circumstances since he had his pay increase. 他自从加薪后，物质方面似乎优遇了。 2.环境 ?The circumstances forced me to accept a very low price when I sold the house. 我卖房子时，环境迫使我不得不贱价脱手。 [记忆技巧]circumstance n.情形，情况，正式的官方礼节；circumstantial adj.与环境有关的，详尽的 [常用短语]in/under no circumstances 决不；in/under the circumstances在这种情况下；surrounding circumstances周围环境；adverse circumstances逆境；the existing/present circumstances目前情况 5. absolutely adv. 1.完全地 ?You are absolutely wrong. 你完全错了。 2.无条件地，绝对地 ?You must agree absolutely and not try to change matters later. 你必须完全同意，不可日后又想改变初衷。 3.当然，对极了 ?“Do you think so?” “Absolutely.” “你认为是这样吗？” “当然啦。” [记忆技巧]absolute adj. 完全的，专制的，确定的，无条件的；absoluteness n.绝对性 6. trap v.1.设陷阱，圈套捕捉，诱捕 ?The police trapped the criminal down a narrow street from which he could not escape. 警察施计将罪犯诱到一条无处可逃的小巷里。 2.挡住，拦住 ?Sand and leaves trapped the water in the stream. 泥沙和树叶挡住了溪水的流动。 n.1.陷阱，圈套 ?The police set a trap to catch the thief. 警察设下圈套捕捉小偷。 2.困境 ?To break out of the poverty trap the need help from the government. 他们需要政府的帮助以摆脱贫困的处境。 [记忆技巧]trappy adj.设有陷阱的；trapper设陷阱捕兽者 [常用短语]get out of a trap摆脱圈套；trap…into doing sth.诱骗某人做某事 7.extraordinary adj. 1.奇特的 ?What an extraordinary hat! 多怪的一顶帽子呀！ 2.非常的 ?a girl of extraordinary beauty一个非常美丽的女孩。 3.额外的，临时的 ?The committee meets regularly on Fridays, but there will be an extraordinary meeting next Wednesday. 委员会定期在星期五开会，不过下星期三有一次临时会议。 [记忆技巧]extraordinarily adv. 特别地，非凡地；extraordinariness n.不平常，非凡 [常用短语]an extraordinary sight特别的景象；extraordinary weather 反常的天气；an extraordinary session 特别会议 8. despair v.失望 ?During the war, the soldier despaired of ever coming home alive. 在战争期间，士兵对于能否活着回家，已经不再抱有希望。 n.1.绝望，失望 ? Defeat after defeat filled us with despair. 连连挫败使我们感到绝望。 2.令人失望的人或物 ?Every year my roses are the despair of all the village gardeners because I always win first prize at the flower show. 每年我家的玫瑰都使村中爱好园艺者大为失散望，因为在花展中我总是获得首奖。 [记忆技巧]despairing adj.表现绝望的，导致绝望的 [常用短语]deep despair深深的绝望；utter despair完全绝望；drive sb. to despair使某人陷入绝望；in despair在绝望中 C.词组用法 1.in spite of 不顾；尽管……仍；虽然 ?In spite of all her efforts she failed. 尽管她作了种种努力但还是失败了。 2.as/so long as 假使，只要 ?You can go out, as long as you promise to be back before 11o’clock. 你可以出去，不过你要答应在11点以前回来。 3.jump to conclusions/a conclusion 过快地作出结论。 ?Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions. 有些人易于草率地下结论。 4.take a (further)look （进一步）观察 与此表达相同的短语有：have a look。 5.under/in…circumstances 在……情况下 ?Under ordinary circumstances his friend would have wanted to know a great deal about the new Mrs. Kane. 一般情况下，他的朋友早就想对那位新的凯恩夫人刨根问底了。 ?A gentle man has no right to hurt a woman under any circumstances. 在任何情况下，男士都不该伤害女人。 6.cross one’s fingers(for luck) 希望一切顺利（不发生不如意的事） 与此相同的表达有：keep one’s finger crossed. ?He’s keeping his finger crossed that it won’t rain on Saturday when he wants to play football. 他希望好运，周六玩足球时不会下雨。 D.疑难词语辨析 1.circumstances,surroundings与environment 三词均可指环境。Circumstances指周围具体的各种事物，它们能影响人的工作现状；surroundings指周围的生活环境；environment也是一样，但是environment是从环境对人的感受、道德及观念的影响着眼。 ?So far as circumstances permitted, we shall begin our work as programmed beforehand. 只要环境许可，我们明天将按预订计划开展工作。 ?The surroundings a child grows up in may have an effect on his development. 小孩子长的环境会影响他的发展。 ?Children need a happy home environment. 儿童需要一个快乐的家庭环境。 2.hear about,hear from与hear of hear about;得知，获得（某人或某事的）消息；hear from;（收信）得知（某人的消息）；hear of;听人说起。 ?Have you heard about Gatsby jumping into the pool with all his clothes on? 盖比和衣跳入水池的事你有没有听说过？ ?I heard from him last week. 上周我收到他的信。 ?I’ve never heard of anyone doing a thing like that. 我从未听过有人会做那种事。 3.extraordinary,outstanding与remarkable extraordinary特别的，指超乎寻常的，惊人的；outstanding显著的，指引人注意或著名的人或事；remarkable值得注意的，指由于不平常而值得注意。 ?He is a man with extraordinary strength. 他是个力量非凡的人。 ?The boy who won the scholarship was quite outstanding. 赢得奖学金的那个男生异常优秀。 ?She is remarkable for her sweet temper. 她温柔的性子很难得。 4.at one time, at a time, all the time, at no time与in no time at one time一度，过去曾经；at a time在……时候；all the time一直地；at no time决不；in no time立刻，一下子，马上。 ?At one time I lived in Japan. 我过去曾在日本住过。 ?At a time like this I don’t grudge a thing. 像这种时候，我什么都不顾。 ?It rained all the time. 雨一直下着。 ?At no time will China be the first to use nuclear weapons. 中国决不会成为第一个使用核武器的国家。 ?You’ll be all right in no time. 你马上就会好的。 E.课文重点难点详解 1….appeared at the wishing well just after…(paragraph 1,line 1) wishing well:井，尤指人们用来祈祷好运或财富的井。 2….but a manifestation of some higher power or order where all things, including our thoughts, come together.(paragraph 1,line 4) 这是由where引导的定语从句，where在从句中用作地点状语。用where引导定语从句，其先行词须是表地点的名词或是有地点含义的抽象名词。 ?The place where Macbeth met the witches was a desolate heath. 麦克白遇见女巫的地方是一片荒原。 ?He has reached the point where a change is needed. 他已到了需要改弦易辙的地步。 3.Many of us have had a dream about a friend or relation who we haven’t seen in a long time,…(paragraph 2,line 6) ?The man who was here yesterday is a painter. 昨天在这里的那个人是位画家。 （主格关系代词who在从句中用作主语） ?The man who I saw is called Smith. 我见到的那个人名叫史密斯。 （在非正式英语中，who代替了whom,亦可少去不用） ?I know the man whom you mean. 我认识你指的那个人。 （宾格关系代词在从句中用作宾语） 4….down to the smallest levels of existence.(paragraph 3,line 3) down to :下到，往下到。 ?Everyone works, from the President down to the boy who sweeps the floor. 上自总统下至扫地的工友，人人都要做事。 ?I have only read down to the middle of the page. 我只读到这一页的中间部分。 5.And yet, as deep as we go into things, there are…(paragraph 3,line 4) go into:彻底调查，深究。 ?The police are going into the murder case. 警方正在调查这起谋杀案。 6….were declared terminally ill,…(paragraph 4,line 2) 被宣布疾病已到晚期，不可救药。 a terminal illness:不能治愈的慢生病。 F.课文佳句背诵 1. Some people feel that when things like this happen, it is not just a coincidence, but a manifestation of some higher power or order where all things, including our thoughts, come together. 2. Perhaps, but let’s take a further look before we jump to conclusions. 3. And yet, as deep as we go into things, there are always mysteries that lie just beyond our understanding. 4. There are many people in the world today who, at one time in their lives, were declared terminally ill, but have completely recovered without the help of medicine. 5. But there is no need for despair, for as long as there is that force that Brought Anne and Johnnie back together, there is hope for the world. G.课文参考译文 是巧合还是奇迹？ 约翰尼刚刚许了愿安妮就来到求愿现场，难道这仅仅是巧合？还是有什么别的东西使她出现在这儿呢？有的人认为，发生这种事，不仅仅是巧合，而是有某种更高的力量或秩序使得所有事情，包括我们的思想，都汇聚在一起。“荒谬”。另一些人说。“那完全是迷信。”也许是的，但还是让我们进一步分析再作定论吧。 我们都知道，有些事物即使我们不能亲眼目睹但仍然是存在的，例如电、爱、痛苦，还有阴天的太阳。我们当中许多人都曾有过记忆错觉的经历——在某一特定地方或情境中会有以前曾到过此地的感觉。我们多数人都曾举行过各种不同的迷信仪式，如吹灭生日蛋糕上的蜡烛或交叉手指祈求好运。我们许多人都曾试过刚刚梦到过久未见面的亲友，然后第二天那个人便碰巧出现了。 在历史上人们观察到了许多奇奇怪怪的无法解释的现象，并希望知道它们产生的原因和意义。科学家们经过对自然界的研究，发现其中存在着完美的秩序，这种秩序一直存在于生存的最低级形式中。心理学家们正在研究人类的意识，并获得了重要发现，然而，尽管我们对事物已有深入的了解，但总存在着一些令我们无法理解的神秘现象。我们已在自然界中发现了比电子还要小的微粒，通过抽象公式（E=mc2)我们发现了物质和能量之间的联系。尽管我们取得了众多的科学进步，但仍有许多问题和现象是我们无法理解的，它们被称为“超自然现象”。 在《圣经》上记录的奇迹会发生在我们的生活当中吗？有些人坚持说会。当今世界上许多人在他们一生中都曾试过被认为无药可救了，但后来却不药自愈。一些有案可查的实例证明，有些人做到了一些在正常情况下根本不可能做到的事。最突出的例子是一位衰弱的老妇在孙儿陷在汽车下面时，居然能把汽车抬离了地面。另外还有人声称他们看到了别的时代和另一个世界的“光景”。 有时候我们听到了一些异乎寻常的“巧合”，禁不住停下来自问：“是什么使这种奇怪的事情发生？”例如，一个朋友说：我已有10年没有见过玛丽了，昨晚我梦到了她，她今天居然给我 打来了电话。这仅仅是巧合？还是有什么别的原因吗？当然，生活中还有许多我们无法理解的神秘现象，许多人会感到烦恼，因为他们找不到答案，但没必要绝望。只要存在着那种把安妮和约翰尼带到一起的力量，这个世界就有希望。这种力量就是爱。 课外补充练习 é.Complete the following sentences with the proper forms of the words given in the brackets. 1. We are fully of the gravity of the situation. (awareness) 2. He has that nothing shall prevent him from going to study abroad. (determine) 3. His silence is a of his absent-mindedness because he is usually very talkative at the meeting. (signal) 4. George Washington was an important in American history. (figure) 5. It is very when one wants to pay a bill, finding he has no money with him.(embarrass) 6. Stella her husband into buying her the diamond necklace. (argument) 7. After the experiment, the scientists came to the that this newly invented medicine could not be used on human beings.(conclude) 8. It is difficult to reach the peak of Mount Everest.(absolute) 9.”Under no should you forget that you are of noble blood.” the queen told her daughters. (circumstance) 10. Earnest Hemingway was successful in American literature. (Ordinary) 11. The economic crisis in 1929 the bankers. (despair) 12. The insurance company helped the police in the of the stolen property.(recover) I. Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. 1. The little girl managed to open the safe . A. anyhow B.somehow C.however D.no matter how 2. Martin to buy a mini-car the next Sunday. A. was want B.was about C.was going D.would 3. In the contest, Michal was very promising to get the first . A.award B.reward C.price D.prize 4. We had reached Paris when the war began. A. barely B.soon C.nearly D.almost 5. The new house brought a profit the old one did. A. ten times as big as B.ten times than C.increase ten times D.more than ten times 6. Our dream we host the 2008 Olympic Games has come true. A.what B.when C.that D.how 7. God helps those help themselves. A.where B.who C.whom D.which 8. Do you know anything interests him? A.that B.who C.whom D.which 9. Now,I stay in the university I took part in the show. A.that B.which C.where D.there 10. Ken was the only boy died in the plane crash. A.that B.which C.whom D. he 11. He didn’t in the party. A. show up B.show down C.turn on D.look up 12. That man standing by the door is one of the killers are now after by the police. A.that B.whom C.which D.they 13. This is the hotel the built in 1989. A.that B.where C.what D.whom 14. They are biting their to the bone because they can not work out the problem. A.tose B.hands C.fingers D.fingernails 15. Never seen such a big snake in my life. A.have I B.I have C.I D.can I 16. He is doctor; he can never cure me. A.not B.no C.none D.nor 17. If we cannot get back our land through talks, then a war will be a foregone . A. result B.happening C.existence D.conclusion 18. The bridge Hong Kong with the mainland. A. copes B.links C.compares D.relates 19. The students their fingers in the National Matriculation Examination. A. cross B.bite C.hold D.clench 20. Never to a conclusion before you get enough evidence. A. walk B.hope C.fly D.jump 21. “Have you heard Jane recently? I haven’t seen her for ages.” A. about B.of C.from D.at 22. ,he was made to do tedious jobs by the farm owners. A. At a time B.At one time C.At no time D.In no time 23. If I you, I would take the job without hesitation. A. am B.are C.was D.were 24. If I the job, I would have gone there with you. A. finished B.finish C.had finished D.have finished 25. We would go to Beijing in 2008 if we enough money. A.have B.has C.will have D.should have ?. Translate the following sentences into English. 1.总裁说：“只要你们努力工作，定会有光明的前途”。 2.假如我有一百万美元，我就能把我的梦想变成现实。 3.有志者，事竟成。 4.这头牛的体重是那只羊的体重的三倍。 5.快点！飞机就要起飞了。 6.他在丈母娘面前摔了一跤，窘迫得说不出话来。 7.努力工作了三十年，夫妇俩终于还清了债务。 8.他奶奶很娇纵他。 课外补充练习答案级详解 1.词组be aware of意为“意识到”。 2.determined在句中作动词，意为“决定”。 3.signal为名词，意为“信号”。 4.figure为名词，意为“要人，知名人士，人物”。 5.embarrassing为形容词，意为“令人尴尬的”。 6.argued 作动词，argue sb. Into doing sth.意为“通过争论使某人做某事”。 7.conclusion作名词，come to a conclusion意为“得出结论”。 8.absolutely为副词，修饰difficult意为“绝对地；非常”。 9.circumstances作名词，under no circumstances意为“无论怎么样”。 10.extraordinary作形容词，意为“显著的”。 11.despaired作动词，意为“使……绝望”。 12.recovery作名词，意为“复原” 。 D 1.B.somehow:等于in some way.句意为：“不知用了什么方法，小女孩成功地打开了保险柜。” 2.C.be going to do打算做；be out to do 不能跟时间状语一起用；A这一答案本身就不正确。 3.D.the first prize 第一名，一等奖。 4.A. barely…when…一……就……; 类似的表达还有scarcely/hardly… when…。 5.A.句意为：新房子带来的利润是旧房子的10倍，而B，C，D三个选择项的结构都用错了。 6.C.that引导同位语从句，不作句子成分。 7.B.who在定语从句中作主语。 8.A.that在定语从句中作主语，且不定代词如something, nothing, somebody等后面只能用that。 9.C.where在定语中作主语，在the only修饰的词后一般用that引导 定语从句。 11.A.show up出现；turn on找开；look up身上望。 12.B.whom作定语从句中介词after的宾语。 13.A.that 作定语从句中build的宾语，指the hotel。 14.D.bite one’s fingernails意为急得团团转。 15.A. Never等否定词放在句首，句子要倒装。 16.B.句意为：“他根本不是医生”；表达说话人强烈的感情。 17.D.a foregone conclusion指意料中之事，或不可避免的结果。 18.B.link A with B 把A与B连接起来。 19.A.cross one’s fingers 希望一切顺利。 20.D.jump to a conclusion过快地作出结论。 21.B.hear of 听人提起。句意为：“你最近有没有听人提起简？我很久没有看到她了。” 22.A. at a time曾经，句意为他一度被农场主驱使去做那些繁重的工作。 23.D.对现实的假设，主语为I，谓语一般用were,少用was。 24.C.用had finished表示对过去事实的假设，这就可以跟后面的would have gone相一致。 25.D.条件句中用should加动词原形表示对将来有可能发生的事做假设。 ? 1. The president said, “As long as you work hard, you are sure to have a bright future.” 2. If I had one million dollars, I could turn my dream into reality. 3. Where there is a will, there is a way. 4. The weight of the cow is three times as heavy as that of the sheep. 5. Hurry up! The plane is about to take off. 6. He fell before his mother-in-law, and was too embarrassed to say a word. 7. After thirty years of hard work, the couple finally paid off the debt. 8. His grandmother makes a big fuss of him.