第一、词汇精讲
1. shame
双语释义:thing that is regrettable; a pity
[C.N.] 遗憾的事;可惜
语法用法:a shame(表示这个意思是一定要不定冠词a连用。)
典型例句:What a shame you didn't win.
你没赢,真遗憾。
Isn't it a shame that the rain spoiled our picnic?
这场雨把我们的野餐给搅了,可惜不可惜?
2. complication
双语释义:thing that makes a situation more complex or difficult
[C.N.] 使情况更加复杂或困难的事物
典型例句:A further complication was Fred's refusal to travel by air.
更麻烦的是弗雷德不肯坐飞机。
3. inherit
双语释义:receive (property, a title, etc) as a result of the death of the previous owner
[Tr.] 继承(财产﹑ 头衔等)
语法用法:~ sth (from sb)
典型例句:She inherited a little money from her grandfather.
她从祖父处继承了一小笔钱财。
第二、短语精讲
1. one’s heir to something
讲解:这个名词性短语,注意heir的后面的介词一定是to,不能用of。意思是“某人的(头衔,财产等)的继承人”,也可以拓展指“某人的(优点)承袭者”。
例句:He is an heir to his father's fine brain.
他承袭了他父亲的聪明头脑。
He was the true heir to the estate.
他是这个庄园的合法继承人。
He fell heir to a large fortune.
他成了一大笔财产的继承人。
2. push in
讲解:push是动词,意思是“推”,in在这里是副词,表示“进到(屋子)里”的意思,因此,push in意思就是“推门进来”。
例句:Amos used to push in where he was not wanted.
艾莫斯经常不招自来,到处乱闯。
3. get to do something
讲解:get to在这里的意思是“逐渐”,get to do something的意思是“逐渐做某事”。
例句:After taking a sedative she was able to get to sleep.
服用了镇静剂后,她能够逐渐入睡了。
She buddied up to Laura, hoping to get to know her brother.
她和劳拉来往,希望逐渐结识她的哥哥。
4. come along with
讲解:come along的意思是“一道走”,加上介词with就是“和某人一起走”的意思。
例句:Come along with me . I'm going that way , too.
咱俩同路, 一块儿走吧!
Come along with me, boys, you are keeping everybody waiting.
孩子们跟我来,大家都在等你俩呢。
5. on the train
讲解:这是个介词短语,介词on在这里表示“方式”,on the train意思就是“乘坐火车”,强调事件。如果没有上下文,on the train当然可以表示“在火车上”,强调地点。
例句:He went to the station for nothing because she wasn't on the train.
他到车站白跑了一趟,因为她没有坐那趟火车。
We rode through the countryside on the train.
我们乘火车穿过乡村。
I thumbed through the report quickly on the train.
我在火车上翻阅过这份报告了。
I see him on the train every day but we're not on speaking terms.
我每天都在火车上见到他, 但彼此没说过话。
第三、短语泛讲
1. a terrible shame:极度的遗憾,非常大的遗憾
2. a dreadful thing:一件糟糕透顶的事情
3. a head housemaid:女仆领班
4. her Ladyship's maid:夫人的仆人
5. know the place:熟悉环境
6. a milk train:早班火车
第四、短语回顾:
be picked up:获救