Lesson Thirteen Hobbyist打印本页
一、词汇
hobby n. （业余）爱好，嗜好（不包括阅读等）
睡觉出汗怎么回事hobbyist n. 有某种癖好者
rumor n. 传闻，传言，谣言
absolutely adv. 绝对地；完全地
诊所消防应急预案druggist n. 药商，药剂师
drugstore n. 药房
completely adv. 完全地，彻底地
undetectable adj. 觉察不到的，发现不了的
detect v. 侦察，觉察
detectable adj. 觉察到的
反义词：undetectable
detective n. 私人侦探
poison n. 毒药，毒物
poisonous adj. 有毒的
doorway n. 门口
break n. 休息时间
ring v. 充满
be ringed with 被…….装满
coffee-pot n. 咖啡壶
motion v. 用动作或手势示意
motion sb. to do sth. 示意某人做某事带日的诗句
uprai v. 抬起，抬高
convince v. 使信服，说服；使确信
derve v. 值得，应得
shrug v. 耸肩
briefly adv. 简短地
freely adv. 免费地
ca n. 事例，实例
murderer n. 凶手，杀人犯
murder v. 杀人
antidote n. 解毒药，解毒剂
possibility n. 可能性
double-cross n. 欺骗行为，出卖行为
blackmail n. 敲诈，勒索
pistol n. 手枪
chuckle n. 低声地笑，自笑
deadly adj. 致命的
bluff v. 虚张声势，吓唬人
growl v. 咆哮，发火
reasonable adj. 合理的，有理由的
wallet n. 钱包
confession n. 自白，供认，承认
intension n. 目的，意图，打算
intend to do sth. 打算做某事
former adj. 以前的
formal 正式的
养不教
evidence n. 证据
二、课文分析
" I heard a rumor," Sangstrom said, " that you－" He turned his head and looked about him to make absolutely sure that he and the druggist were alone in the tiny drugstore. The druggist was a little man who could have been any age from fifty to a hundred. They were alone, but Sangstrom dropped his voice just the same. "－that you have a completely undetectable poison."
1."I heard a rumor,"Sangstrom said,"that you－"He turned his head and looked about him to make absolutely sure that he and the druggist were alone in the tiny drugstore.
look about 四处看
alone: 只有一人，但不一定感到寂寞
lonely adj. 孤独的
翻译：“我听到一个谣言，说你--”他转过头向四周看了看，来绝对确认这个小药房里只有他和这位药剂师。
注意：rumor与其同位语从句之间插入了一些描述性词句。
2.The druggist was a little man who could have been any age from fifty to a hundred.
药剂师是一个小个子的男人，其年龄从50到100捉摸不定。
3.They were alone, but Sangstrom dropped his voice just the same.
drop one's voice 降低声音
just the same 仍然，还是
The druggist nodded. He came around the counter and locked the front door of the shop, then walked toward a doorway behind the counter. " I was about to take a coffee break," he said. "Come
with me and have a cup."
4.The druggist nodded.
nod to sb. 对某人点头
5.I was about to take a coffee break.
be about to do sth.将要做某事
我正要休息，喝杯咖啡。
Sangstrom followed him around the counter and through the doorway to a back room ringed by shelves of bottles from floor to ceiling. The druggist plugged in an electric coffee pot, found two cups and put them on a table that had a chair on either side of it. He motioned Sangstrom to one of the chairs and took the other himlf. "Now," he said. "Tell me. Whom do you want to kill, and why?"
6.Sangstrom followed him around the counter and through the doorway to a back room ringed by Shelves of bottles from floor to ceiling.
ringed…是room的定语
shelf n. 架子，隔板但愿人长久王菲
7.The druggist plugged in an electric coffee pot, found two cups and put them on
a table that had a chair on either side of it.
plug in sth. 把……插上电源
either:（两边的）各边
8.He motioned Sangstrom to one of the chairs and took the other himlf.
他示意客人坐在一把椅子上，他自己坐在另一把椅子上。
"Now," he said, "Tell me. Whom do you want to kill, and why?" "Does it matter?" Sangstrom asked. "Isn't it enough that I pay for—"
The druggist interrupted him with an upraid hand. "Yes, it matters. I must be convinced that you derve what I can give you. Otherwi－" he shrugged.
9.Does it matter?
本句相当于 Is it important to you personally ? 这对你个人来说很重要吗？
10.I must be convinced that you derve what I can give you.
be convinced ......确信……
"All right," Sangstrom said. "The whom is my wife. The why－" he started the long story. Before he had quite finished, the coffee pot had finished its task and the druggist briefly interrupted to get the coffee for them. Sangstrom finished his story.
The little druggist nodded. "Yes, I occasionally give out an undetectable poison.
I do so freely; I do not charge for it, if I think the ca is derving. I have helped many murders."
11."Yes, I occasionally give out an undetectable poison. I do so freely; I do not charge for it, if I think the ca is derving.
give out：分发，分送；
charge for sth. 对......收费，要价
"Fine," Sangstrom said. "Plea give it to me, then."
The druggist smiled at him. "I already have. By the time the coffee was ready I had decided that you derved it. It was, as I said, free. But there is a price for the antidote."
12.The druggist smiled at him
smile at sb. 对某人微笑
13.By the time the coffee was ready I had decided that you derved it
by the time: 到......的时候，主句谓语一般用完成时。
在咖啡煮好的时候我就认定你该得到毒药。
雨霖铃教案Sangstrom turned pale. But he had expected－not this, but the possibility of a double －cross or some form of blackmail. He pulled a pistol from his pocket.
The little druggist chuckled. "You daren't u that. Can you find the antidote"—he waved at the shelv
es—"among tho thousands of bottles? Or would you find a faster, more deadly poison? Or if you think I'm bluffing, that you are not really poisoned, go ahead and shoot. You'll know the answer within three hours when the poison starts to work."
14.he waved at the shelves.
wave at sb. or sth. 朝……挥手
15.Or if you think I'm bluffing, that you are not really poisoned, go ahead and shoot.
如果你认为我是在吓唬你，你没有真的中毒，那你就动手吧，开枪！
16.You'll know the answer within three hours when the poison starts to work.
work:（药物等）起作用；（方法等）奏效
3个小时后毒药开始见效你就知道答案了。
"How much for the antidote?" Sangstrom growled.
"Quite reasonable.A thousand dollars.After all, a man must live. Even if his hobby is preventing murd
erers,there's no reason why he shouldn't make money at it, is there?"
17.Even if his hobby is preventing murderers, there's no reason why he shouldn't make money at it, is there?
even if …即使……引导让步状语从句
There is no reason why he shouldn't…双重否定
即便他的嗜好是阻止谋杀，也没有理由不让他以此赚钱，是不是？
Sangstrom growled and put the pistol down, but within reach, and took out his wallet. Maybe after he had the antidote, he'd still u that pistol. He counted out a thousand dollars in hundred-dollar bills and put them on the table.
18.Sangstrom growled and put the pistol down, but within reach, and took out his wallet.
put sth. down 把......放下
within reach 伸手可及
without reach 够不着
19.He counted out a thousand dollars in hundred-dollar bills and put them on the table.
count out: 数出
A hundred－dollar bill 面值为100美元的一张钞票
The druggist made no immediate move to pick them up. He said:" and one other thing—for your wife's safety and mine. You will write a confession of your former intention, I hope---- to murder your wife. Then you will wait till I got out and mail it to a Friend of mine in the police. He'll keep it as evidence in ca you ever do decide to kill your wife. Or me, for that matter.
20.The druggist made no immediate move to pick them up.
Iimmediate move：立即行动
药房老板没有立即把钱收起。
21.He'll keep it as evidence in ca you ever do decide to kill your wife.
in ca: 以防…….
他会把它作为证据保存起来，以防万一你在什么时候真的决定要杀害你的妻子。
"When that is in the mail it will be safe for me to return here and give you the antidote. I'll get you paper and pen…
"Oh, one other thing—although I do not absolutely insist on it. Plea help spread the word about my undetectable poison, will you? One never knows, Mr.Sangstrom. The life you save, if you have any enemies, just might be your own."
22.oh,one other thing—although I do not absolutely insist on it.
insist on doing sth. 坚持做某事
23.Plea help spread the word about my undetectable poison, will you?
spread: 宣传
怎么写读后感
help do sth.: 参与，促进做某事
word: 信息，消息
请帮忙传播我有检查不出来的毒药。这个信息好吗？
Verb Pattern 13
主语＋及物动词＋宾语（带逻辑主语的动名词短语）
Watching TV is not good for your eyes. 看电视对你的眼睛不好。
注意：动名词短语的逻辑短语可以是人称代词、名词、名词短语（如him,its,Tom, the students）或是比较正式的所有格形式。不表示人的代词或名词所有格则很少使用。
I don't like watching TV. 我不喜欢看电视。
I don't like him watching TV.我不喜欢他看电视。
I don't like his watching TV.
I don't like my mum watching TV.
I looked forward to its getting warm in spring.
我盼望天气在春天变得温暖。
look forward to doing sth.
2.用于这一句型的动词主要有 admire, dislike, forbid, hate, imagine, justify, like,love, miss, prevent, recall, regret, remember, report, rent, stand, stop, understand和urge.
3.用于这一句型的动词一般不用于被动结构。
Vocabulary Exercis原味瓜子
1.根据下列构词法规则完成以下练习。
*形容词＋ility（表示性质或状态）―――名词
possibility 可能性 nsibility 敏感性 capability 能力
fertility 肥沃 fragility 易碎 agility 敏捷
*形容词＋－(i)ty（表示性质或状态）－名词
safety 安全 falsity 错误 novelty 新奇 loyalty 忠诚
purity 纯洁 entirety 整体 specialty 专长
三、语法与练习
Attributive Claus（定语从句）
在句子中起定语作用的从句叫定语从句。定语从句所修饰的词叫做先行词，包括名词，代词和动名词。由哪种关系词引导出定语从句由先行词决定。
For example: My sister is a girl who can play the piano.
我姐姐是一个能弹钢琴的女孩子。
先行词＋关系代词/关系副词＋从句。
常用关系代词：who/whom/which/that
常用关系副词：where/when/why
1.先行词表示人
1）主格：通常用关系代词who
The man who robbed the bank has been arrested.
抢劫银行的那个人已经被捕了。
2）宾格：关系代词whom, who, that
The girl who I like is Bob's sister.我喜欢的那个女孩是鲍勃的姐姐。
