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New Concept English
Book 3 Lesson 60
Part 1
Lead in
Too early and too late
Part 2
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(1) Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs in civilized society.
单词: punctuality n. 准时,守时 (arriving, doing something or happening at the expected)
e.g. He falls short in a number of aspects: in punctuality, in courtesy, and in attention to his work.
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扩展:_________ adj. 准时的
词组:_____________________________
近形词辨析:punctuation ___________
acupuncture ___________
puncture ___________
他在遵守时间、礼貌待人、专心工作等几方面都做得不够。
punctual
标点符号
针灸
穿刺
be punctual for sth. / in doing sth.
(1) Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs in civilized society.
词组:public affair ____________
时事 _____________
国事 _____________
公事
current affairs
state affairs
(2) Without it, nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion; everything would be in state of chaos.
句型:without在本句作虚拟语气,可转化为由if引导的条件句 __________________________或__________________________形式。
词组:bring to a conclusion _________,代替动词 _____________
e.g. fail in sth. — _____________________
词组:in state of chaos ___________________,
扩展(近义):_________________________
结束
bring sth. to a failure
conclude
处于混乱状态
in disorder / in a mess
if it were not for
were it not for / but for
(3) Only in a sparsely-populated rural community is it possible to disregard it.
句型:only前置采用部分倒装
翻译:只有用这种方法才能达成协议。
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Only in this way can we reach an agreement.
(3) Only in a sparsely-populated rural community is it possible to disregard it.
单词:sparsely-populated _____________
_____________________ 人口稠密的
单词:rural adj. 农村的 (of, relating to, or characteristic of the country)
词组:rural workers _____________
扩展(反义): _________
单词:disregard v. 不顾,无视 (to pay no attention to)
人口稀少的
densely-populated
农民工
urban
(4) In ordinary living, there can be some tolerance of unpunctuality.
句型:there is tolerance of … __________________________
(人们)可以容忍…
(5) The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand.
单词: intellectual n. 知识分子 (a person who uses his or her intellect to study, reflect, or speculate on a variety of different ideas)
词组:intellectual property rights ____________________
形近词辨析:
intellect ________________
intelligence ________________
intelligible ________________
考考你: ____ has reported that the enemy is planning a new attack.
A. intelligent B. intelligence C. intellectual D. insurance
知识产权 IPR
智力;知识分子
智慧;情报;智力
可理解的
( B )
(5) The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand.
单词:abstruse adj. 深奥的 (difficult to understand)
单词:coordinate v. 协调 (one that is equal in importance, rank, or degree)
词组:_____________________
翻译:你必须使你的言行一致。
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扩展:_____________ n.
翻译:作为舞者, 你要展现手脚的完美协作。
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coordinate A with B
You must coordinate what you said with what you did.
coordination
As a dancer, you should present the perfect coordination of hand and feet.
词组:the matter in hand ________________
(5) The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand.
手边的事
(6) He is therefore forgiven if late for a dinner party.
(7) But people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
单词: reproach v./ n. 责备
(to express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone).)
词组:__________________________ 无可指责;无瑕疵的
__________________________ 因……而责备/指责某人
词组:cut things fine __________________________
翻译:He is an irrepressible cut-things-fine.
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词组:
cut and run _____________
cut both ways _____________
be above / beyond reproach
reproach sb. for sth.
掐点,算得精确;压钟点
他总是压制不了想掐准点的冲动。
急忙逃走
模棱两可
(8) It is hard for energetic, quick-minded people to waste time, so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting out to keep an appointment.
词组:be tempted to do sth. __________________
扩展:
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
翻译:他最终决定去冒异地艰难生活的风险。
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词组:keep an appointment _____________
make an appointment _____________
渴望做…...
can’t resist the temptation to do sth.
can’t wait to do sth.
can’t help doing sth.
can’t refrain from doing sth.
He was finally tempted to take the risk of hard life in a different place.
赴约
预约
(9) If no accidents occur on the way, like punctured tyres, diversions of traffic, sudden descent of fog, they will be on time.
单词:diversion n. 改道,绕道
(the act or an instance of diverting or turning aside)
一词多义:
The person’s talk created a diversion of attention. _____________
Golf is my father’s favorite diversion. _____________
词组:sudden descent of fog ______________________
分散注意力
娱乐,消遣
大雾突然降临
(10) They are often more industrious, useful citizens than those who are never late.
语法:who引导_________
定语从句
词组:as much as … ________________
还可以用来表示__________________
原句相当于:___________________________________________________________
翻译: 你恨他像我恨他一样深。
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You as much as promised you would help me.
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(11) The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual.
像/和……一样
差不多、实际上
The over-punctual can be a trial to others as much as the unpunctual.
You hate him as much as I did.
你实际上答应了要帮我。
(11) The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual.
单词:trial n. 讨厌的事、人 (a trying, troublesome, or annoying person or thing)
翻译: She was a real trial to her parents when she was younger.
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词组:trials and tribulations _____________
一词多义:
The new product is on trial before it is put on the market. _____________
Brady was on trial for assault. _____________
词组:by trial and error ___________________
小的时候,她父母真是为她操心。
艰难困苦
试验
审理
反复试验;不断摸索
(12) The guest who arrives half an hour too soon is the greatest nuisance.
(13) Some friends of my family had this irritating habit.
(14) The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests.
(15) Then they arrived just when we wanted them.
单词:comfortably adv. 充裕地
e.g. I beat my opponent comfortably. __________________________
单词: fraction n. 很小一点,小部分 (a small part)
词组:a fraction of a minute _____________
not by a fraction _____________
to a fraction _______________________________
(16) If you are catching a train, it is always better to be comfortably early than even a fraction of a minute too late.
以明显优势大胜。
几秒钟
一点也不
完全地;地地道道地;百分之百地
(16) If you are catching a train, it is always better to be comfortably early than even a fraction of a minute too late.
近义词辨析:
_____________指微不足道的一部分
_____________多数指说话,文章中的一部分,片段
_____________指整体的组成部分
She read everything, digesting every ____________ of news.
She hesitated for a ____________ of a second before responding.
This ____________ of the market has slowly declined in importance.
考考你:She’s careful with her money, and spends only a _____ of her earnings.
A. fraction B. fragment C. section D. little
fraction
fragment
section
( A )
fraction
fragment
section
(17) Although being early may mean wasting a little time, this will be less than if you miss the train and have to wait an hour or more for the next one; and you avoid the frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is drawing out of the station and being unable to get on it.
词组:at the very moment __________________________,
very 相当于_______________________
词组:draw out _____________
恰恰好就在那时
exact / right
离开
(18) An even harder situation is to be on the platform in good time for a train and still to see it go off without you.
词组:in good time = ____________________________________________________
翻译:The harvest must be reaped in good time.
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at the appropriate time 及时地/时间合宜的
农作物必须要及时收获。
(19) Such an experience befell a certain young girl the first time she was travelling alone.
单词:befall v. = _______________________________________
翻译:A misfortune befell his family.
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篇章:本句在文章中起到___________的作用
sth. bad happen to 降临到(某人)头上
家中遭遇大难。
承上启下
(20) She entered the station twenty minutes before the train was due, since her parents had impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to make two journeys to meet her.
词组:impress upon sb. that … __________________________
语法:that引导______________
语法:with whom引导____________
再三的叮嘱某人
宾语从句
定语从句
(21)She gave her luggage to a porter and showed him her ticket.
(22) To her horror he said that she was two hours too soon.
(23) She felt in her handbag for the piece of paper on which her father had written down all the details of the journey and gave it to the porter.
句型:feel + 状语 + for sth__________________________
翻译:他在黑暗中摸索找寻电灯开关.
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语法:on which引导____________
在某处摸索找寻某物
He felt in the dark for the light switch.
定语从句
(24) He agreed that a train did come into the station at the time on the paper and that it did stop, but only to take on mail, not passengers.
词组:take on ___________________________________________
(公共汽车、船舶等)上客,装货,补充(燃料)
(25) The girl asked to see a timetable, feeling sure that her father could not have made such a mistake.
(26) The porter went to fetch one and arrived back with the station master, who produced it with a flourish and pointed out a microscopic ‘o’ beside the time of the arrival of the train at his station; this little ‘o’ indicated that the train only stopped for mail.
单词: flourish n. / v. 挥舞(打手势);茂盛,旺盛
(to grow well or luxuriantly)
单词:microscopic adj. 微小的 (exceedingly small)
(27)Just as that moment the train came into the station.
(28)The girl, tears streaming down her face, begged to be allowed to slip into the guard’s van.
语法: tears streaming down her face ___________,
在本句中,是_____________结构,_____________。
独立主格
方式状语
泪流满面
(29) But the station master was adamant: rules could not be broken.
(30) And she had to watch that train disappear towards her destination while she was left behind.
阅读理解:
1. Why did the girl arrive at the station so early
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2. What had her father assumed of the train
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3. How did she react at the sight of the train’s passing by
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4. Why was the master so adamant
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Because according to her parents, it would be unforgivable to miss the train and cause her friends to pick her up twice.
Her father had assumed that the train should carry passengers.
Her tears streamed down her face and she begged the master.
Because he thought that rules could not be broken.
Part 3
Critical thinking
Critical thinking / Cultural background:
List some differences concerning punctuality between Chinese culture and Western culture.
1. Meeting
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2. Class
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In China, if one is going to be late, no one will know how much time he or she will be late.
In business meeting, 5 minutes late is OK in America.
Chinese visitors refer to come as early as possible to help the host to prepare the dinner.
The Americans would come a little later than the appointed time so the host could get a better preparation.
Critical thinking / Cultural background:
List some differences concerning punctuality between Chinese culture and Western culture.
3. Dinner
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4. Waiting
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Chinese visitors refer to come as early as possible to help the host to prepare the dinner.
The Americans would come a little later than the appointed time so the host could get a better preparation.
In China, people are willing to wait. They believe that waiting can maintain good relationship. The time they spent on waiting may not contain many messages.
In western culture, waiting is a waste of time. Americans have no tolerance of waiting too long. And the time spent in waiting may contain some messages such as someone is inactive. If someone wants to be successful, he or she will not make others to wait.
Part 4
bonus
A beginner's guide toTrain travel in Britain
1. How to check train times & fares...
A beginner's guide toTrain travel in Britain
A beginner's guide toTrain travel in Britain
2. How to buy train tickets online...
(three types of tickets: anytime,off-peak,advance.)
A beginner's guide toTrain travel in Britain
3.Railcards: Save money if you're under 26, over 60, a family, or disabled...
A beginner's guide toTrain travel in Britain
4.First or Standard class