新概念英语第二册30_Football or polo

Lesson 30: Football or polo

Key words and expressions

• polo 水球
• the Wayle 威尔河
• cut across 横穿
• river bank 河岸
• as usual 和往常一样
• row 划船
• call out 高喊
• fall (fell) 降落
• in sight 在视线中，被看到

kick /kɪk/ v.&n.

1. [ often+ adv./prep. ] to hit sb/sth with your foot踢；踹
   [ VN ]
   • She was punched and kicked by her attackers.她遭到袭击者的拳打脚踢。
   • The boys were kicking a ball around in the yard.男孩们在院子里踢球。
   • Vandals had kicked the door down.破坏公物者把门踹倒了。
   [ V ]
   • Stop kicking—it hurts!别踢了—好痛哟！

strike /straɪk/ ( struck struck /strʌk/ )
HIT SB/STH 击打；碰撞

1. [ VN ] ( formal ) to hit sb/sth hard or with force撞；碰；撞击；碰撞
   • The ship struck a rock.船触礁了。
   • The child ran into the road and was struck by a car.孩子跑到公路上给车撞了。
   • The tree was struck by lightning .树遭到雷击。
   • He fell, striking his head on the edge of the table.他摔倒了，头碰在桌棱上。
   • The stone struck her on the forehead.石头击中她的额头。

Questions on the text

1. What does the writer usually do on fine afternoons? 天气晴朗的下午
   1. He likes sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons.
2. What did one of the children do?
   1. One of the children kicked the ball very hard and it went to a passing boat.
3. What happended to the man in the boat?
   1. The ball struck him so hard.
4. Was the man angry or not?
   1. No, he wasn’t angry. Instead he laughed.

Language points

1. The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home.
   1. 河流前边一边要用定冠词the
   2. cut across 横穿（固定词组）
      1. He cut across the fields and got there in time.
2. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons.
   1. like doing sth 喜欢做。。。
   2. by … 在。。。边
   3. afternoons 复数
3. There were some peoplerowing on the river.
   1. 现在分词短语，修饰前边的people，相当于一个定语从句（who are …）。
      1. Do you know the man sitting over there in the corner?
4. Some people on the bankcalled outto the man in the boat, but he did not hear them.
   1. call out 大声喊叫
      1. call out to 朝着。。。大声喊
      2. call out at 正对着。。。大声喊
5. I turned to look at the children, but there weren’t anyin sight: they had all run away!
   1. any 指代的是any children
   2. 冒号后边的句子是对前边的解释。
   3. in sight
      1. Peace is in sight. 和平在望。
      2. Suddenly a bird came in sight. 突然一只鸟飞入视野。
   4. out of sight
      1. Land is out of sight now. 看不见了
      2. Get this out of my sight! 别让我看见
      3. Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不烦。
   5. at first sight
      1. They fell in love at first sight. 一见钟情

Key structures and usage

so that 如此。。。。以致于。。。

so 后边跟adj./adv.

1. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.
2. I’m so tired that I can fall asleep right now.
3. He is so busy that he doesn’t even have time to say hello to me.
4. The request is so polite that you cannot fail to obey it.
5. He is speaking so clearly that we can all follow him very well.

Extension

People’s reaction towards an accident.
人们对事故的反应。

He is a good nature man.
他是一个好脾气的人。