新概念英语第三册课堂笔记：第39课
新概念英语第三册课堂笔记：第39课Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about 不必担心
【New words and expressions】生词和短语
●rough adj. 崎岖不平的treval
●boulder n. 大石块
●pit v. 使得坑坑洼洼
●perturb v. 使不安
●underestimate v. 低估
●swerve v. 争转变
●scoop v. 挖出
●hammer v. （用锤）击打，锤打
●ominously adv. 有预兆的，不祥的
●rip v. 划破，撕，扯
●petrol n. 汽油
●stretch n. 一大片（平地或水）
●obstacle n. 障碍
●clump n. 丛，簇
●fissure n. （石、地的）深缝
●renew v. 重复
●pleading n. 恳求
●gear n. （汽车）排档
●astride prep. 骑，跨
●crack n. 缝隙
●zigzag n. “之”字形
●shallo w adj. 浅的
●grind (ground, ground ) v. 磨擦
wenxi●halt n. 停
●dashboard n. （汽车上的）仪表盘
■rough adj. 崎岖不平的
Eg：We’d better not take the rough road. be rough on sb. 对某人苛刻，无礼
蒙娜丽莎的微笑下载Don’t be rough on your friends.
cut up rough 发脾气
L38-05_39-01 end 9’11”
L39-02 begin 9’23”
■boulder n. 大石块
■pit v. 使得坑坑洼洼
■perturb v. 使不安
verp upt
be perturbed about sth 为…而心神不安
His threats didn’t perturb her in the least
disturb 并非用心去扰乱
Eg：It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
plague 因病痛和类似的折磨而使人苦恼
Eg：The terrible dia plagued him
trouble
Eg：Sorry to give you trouble. / Sorry to trouble you.
worry
Eg：He is worried about his son’s safety.
fret
Eg：He freted himlf all the time for news of her.
upt
Eg：I feel upt now becau I am afraid I hurt you.the crew
amendingdismay 使沮丧
辨别：perturb ; disturb ; plague ; trouble ; worry ;
fret ; upt ; dismay
■underestimate v. 低估
■swerve v. 争转变
2分钟英语演讲稿■scoop v. 挖出
Eg：She sccped out some sugar.
make a scoop 走运
Eg：That guy made a scoop.
■hammer v. （用锤）击打，锤打
■ominously adv. 有预兆的，不祥的ominous adj.
Eg：Look at tho ominous black clouds. omen n.
Eg：This is a good / bad omen.
Eg：The clouds omen rain.
■rip v. 划破，撕，扯
tear
white featherrip one's mask away 撕下某人的假面具
onaveragelet things tip==let things be 听其自然
rip into 猛攻，抨击
rip off 偷窃
rip up the back 背后说坏话
■petrol n. 汽油
■stretch n. 一大片（平地或水）
at a stretch 连续的，一口气的，不停顿的a stretch of land
a stretch of water
Eg： He worked for hours at a stretch. We drove fast on a stretch of open field.
He is unable to work for long stretches.
a stretch of hill 连绵持续的群山
vt.
He stretched out his hand to get the apple.
There are forests stretching for hundreds of miles.
Transport was rather stretched in the Spring Festival.
■obstacle n. 障碍
Lack of education is an obstacle to success.
constitue an obstacle to 构成…的障碍
remove/ overcome an obstacle 克服困难
put obstacle in sb's way 妨碍某人的发展
obstacle to 介词to
L39-02 end 9’23”
英语美句L39-03 begin 9’04”
要英语中有好多动词要与介词to搭配：
key; answer; shred; advantage; disadvantage; admission; damage to
辨别：obstacle; obstruction; hindrance
Eg： Lake of education is obstacle to success.
There must be an obstruction in the pipe.
男士头发护理You are more of hindrance than help.
■clump n. 丛，簇
■fissure n. （石、地的）深缝
■renew v. 重复
■pleading n. 恳求
■gear n. （汽车）排档
■astride prep. 骑，跨
■crack n. 缝隙
■zigzag n. “之”字形
■shallow adj.浅的
■grind (ground, ground )v. 磨擦
grind wheat into flour
grind sth to pieces 把……弄成碎片
grind one's teeth in anger 气得咬牙切齿
■halt n. 停
==stop
They halt for a few minutes.
stop; halt; cea
Eg： The heart will cea to beat when life ceas. pau vi.
He paud for a breath.
halt
They halted for a few minutes.
halt; cea; pau; stop
halt n.
come to a halt / stop 停下来
■dashboard n. （汽车上的）仪表盘
【Text】
§ Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about 不必担心
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
What was the difference between Bruce’s behaviour and that of other people?
The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. He simply had no n of danger at all. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders.The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. Becau of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. But there was wor to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure. In respon to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty yards and was two feet wide and four feet deep. Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zig-zag cour. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about
