新概念英语第三册

第23课 One man’s meat is another man’s poison

重点词汇句型语法解析

第三册 Lesson 23 One man’s meat is another man’s poison

Lesson 23 One man’s meat is another man’s poison

一、重点词汇用法解析

1. poison n.**；vt.毒害, 败坏, 使中毒；极有害的思想；有毒害的人（或行为等）

vt. 毒害；下毒；败坏；污染（地区、空气等）；抑制......的活性

Suspicion and jealousy, however ill-founded, can poison a marriage.再站不住脚的猜忌和嫉妒都能危及婚姻。

He was poisoned by pesticide.（n.杀虫剂, 农药, 防疫药）

give poison to sb/sth 使某人或某物中毒

hate each other like poison （口）彼此互相狠透了

Name your poison, please. = What’s your poison. 你们要喝什么酒。

2. delicacy n.美味, 佳肴；n.细致,优美；**；关心；虚弱；美味；纤细；慎重；**度,精密度

Both countries are behaving with rare delicacy. 两国表现出难得的周全礼仪。

He considered chicken to be a great delicacy.

delicate adj.美味的, 可口的, 清淡的

delicious adj.美味的

3. fry v.油炸（= be cooked in hot oil）

Kids were left to fry in the sun.孩子们被留在烈日下暴晒。

fried egg / fried bread frying pan

fry up 加热 -- Fry up the food, please.

fry in one’s own fat 自作自受

have other fish to fry. 另有要事要做。

4. associate v.联想到（-- connect in one’s mind）

associate A with B

I can’t associate you with your wife.

associate…with… = connect…with… = link…with… = be bound up with

5. appeal n. 呼吁，恳求；上诉，申诉；吸引力，感染力，魅力；启发，打动;

v. 呼吁，恳求；上诉，申诉，诉请...v.引起兴致

appealing adj. 吸引人的；动人的；引起兴趣的；恳求似的; v. 恳求（appeal的ing形式）；将…上诉

appeal to v. 呼吁；上诉；要求；对…有吸引力

appeal to sb

Eating snails never appeals to me.

But I appeal to you to think of our children. 但是，我呼吁你们想想我们的孩子。

Both sides have 60 days to appeal the ruling. 双方都有60天的时间来对判决上诉。

The appeal of mobile television is not so much that it is portable but that it is personal. 手机电视吸引人的地方并不在于它是便携式的，而是因为它的私人性。

But that bargain is starting to lose its appeal. 但是这种廉价交易正在失去其吸引力。

6. stroll n.溜达, 散步（= slow walking for pleasure in street or in garden）

go for a stroll = go for a walk, take a stroll = take a walk

stroll vi.闲逛, 漫步

stroller n.散步者, 流浪者

1.After lunch we went for a little stroll.午饭后我们出去走了一小会儿。

2. We took a leisurely stroll through the gardens.我们在花园中漫步。

3.A leisurely stroll can be more beneficial than a marathon run.悠闲的散步比马拉松长跑对身体更有益。

7. wander vi.漫步, 徘徊, 流浪, 彷徨, 无目的地**

He has nothing to do, so he is wandering along the street.

8. impulse n.冲动（= a sudden wish to do sth）

He rushed out to catch up with the lady on a sudden impulse（一时冲动）.

be driven by impulse to do sth 情不自禁的做某事

I was driven by impulse to do it like this.

impulsive adj.鲁莽的，冲动的

impulsively adv.冲动的, 有推动力地

on impulse 冲动地

She bought the dress on impulse. 她一时冲动买了这件衣服。

Quite often we do things on impulse. 我们做事往往很冲动。

She wrote that letter on impulse. 冲动写了这封信。

Never fire someone when you’re angry. Never take such rude action on an impulse. 绝对不要在愤怒时开人，绝对不要在冲动时做出这些**的行为。

Don't act on impulse. 不要冲动行事。

My uncle bought the house on an impulse. 我叔叔一时冲动买下了那房子。

9. dozen n.12个, 一打（= a group of twelve）

by the dozen 成打的

We usually buy eggs by the dozen.

dozens of… 许多的…

Dozens of students went to the cinema.

two dozen eggs, a dozen roses（这里的dozen不加s）

a dozen of the /these roses 这些玫瑰中的一打

The room was well lighted by a dozen windows. 这个房间有十来扇窗户，采光甚佳。

2.We painted together every day. He presented me with half a dozen of his works, which are going to be in the exhibition. 我们每天一起画画，他给我看了半打他的画作，这些从未公诸于世过的作品，将会在这次画展中展出。

10.fancy v.喜爱, 喜欢

I don't fancy your chances!我认为你赢不了！

I don’t fancy living in the cold room.

Fancy meeting you here. 没想到在这见到你。（=imagine）

fancy oneself 自命不凡

fancy dressn. 化装舞会所穿着的服装

fancy-freeadj. 无约束的；天真无邪的；自由想像的；无恋爱对象的

I fancy there are few persons living today who ever knew the secret of that window, but I am one, as you shall see. 我认为，现在还活在人世的人里，极少有知道那扇窗户的秘密的，但我是其中一个，你马上就知道了。

二、课文重点句型语法解析及翻译

1. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. 在决定什么能吃而什么不能吃的时候，人们往往**不合情理。

句型解析

本句是一个主从复合句: 主句是People become quite illogical

主句中包含一个时间状语从句:when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.

在when 引导的时间状语从句中谓语动词 decide 后跟两个并列的宾语从句what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.做decide的宾语

illogical 不合逻辑的;不合常理的

They thought the plot was ridiculously illogical.他们认为情节荒谬可笑。

2. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. 比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。

句型解析:

这两个句子都是主从复合句，第一个含有If you lived in the Mediterranean，主句含有一个consider octopus a great delicacy.双宾语句型

第二个含有一个宾语从句why some people find it repulsive在宾语从句中含有一个find+符合宾语的句型: find it repulsive

consider octopus a great delicacy.

find it repulsive

repulsive causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant 令人厌恶的；令人反感的；十分讨厌的

a repulsive sight/**ell/habit 令人厌恶的情景╱气味╱习惯

What a repulsive man! 这个人真讨厌！

3. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat-- the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. 另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，但这在北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹任方法。

at 介词短语表示：当…就… 一…就…

at the idea of = at the thought of 一想到就…

at the sight of一看到就…, at the mention of一提到就…, at the news of一听到什么的消息就

at the touch of一碰到就…, at the sound of一听到什么的声音就…

I was glad at thought of getting something to eat.

I always love at the mention of ghost story.

practice n.组织或个人的惯例性的做法、办事**

It is now quite common practice for married women not to take their husband’s second name.

They have been used to the practice of closing shops on Sunday.

4. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives. 不无遗憾的是，我们中的大部分人，生来就只吃某几种食品，而且一辈子都这样。

1. bring up v.抚养, 教育, 培养（常用被动语态, 表示自小到大）

She was brought up to believe that money is the most important thing in life.

I’ve been brought up to eat fish, just because my mother is fond of fish as well.

He gave much attention to bring up his children.

2. stick to = keep to = not give up

stick to the decision / stick to the idea / stick to the plan

insist on doing sth. = Persist in doing sth. 坚持做sth

第二段

5. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. 没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了。蜗牛加酒烧煮后，便成了世界上许多地方的一道珍奇的名菜。

比较级表达**级

The common garden snail often receives more praise and abuse than other creature.

Nobody is more beautiful than you.

He is more intelligent than anyone else in my class.

6. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. 有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。

countless

associate snails with food

7. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. 但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。

where snails are despised是定从句

8. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him. 多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。

For years he has been asking me现在完成进行时，说明到目前为止仍然在进行，而且还要**下去，或还要一段时间的动作

9. The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants. 一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。后来有一天，一场大雨后，我在花园里漫无目的散步，突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠的蠕动着。

when引导并列句，表示时间，表示前一个动作正在进行，或正要发生，正在这时候，另一个动作突然发生（常与过去进行时、过去完成时连用,始终位于句中）这时的when相当于and then,and suddenly,

He was having a bath when the telephone suddenly rang.

We were about to start when it rained.

10. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. 我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。

on a sudden impulse 一时兴起

several dozen 几打，几十个 这里的dozen不加s

在hundred, thousand,millon,dozen 之前有数词，或several时 不加s

two dozen eggs, a dozen roses（这里的dozen不加s）

a dozen of the /these roses 这些玫瑰中的一打

The room was well lighted by a dozen windows. 这个房间有十来扇窗户，采光甚佳。

2.We painted together every day. He presented me with half a dozen of his works, which are going to be in the exhibition. 我们每天一起画画，他给我看了半打他的画作，这些从未公诸于世过的作品，将会在这次画展中展出。

11. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. 罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。

Robert was not only delighted to see me but also pleased with my little gift.

equally ad.相等地；同样地

It's cheaper but equally effective.它更廉价，但同样有效。

All these techniques are equally effective.

这些**都同样有效。

Children will find other exhibits equally absorbing.

孩子们会觉得其他展品同样有趣。

12. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living-room where we talked for a couple of hours. 我把纸袋放在门厅里，与罗伯特一起进了起居室，在那里聊了好几个钟头。

句型解析

本句是一个并列复合句，第二个分句是复合句，包含一个定语从句where we talked for a couple of hours.

13. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. 我把蜗牛的事已忘得一干二净，罗伯特突然提出一定要我留下来吃晚饭，这才提醒了我。

when just after which 一…就；刚…就

He had just went to sleep when the phone rang. 他刚睡着电话铃就响了。

at or during the time that 在…时候；当…时；在…期间

I loved history when I was at school. 我上学时喜欢历史。

after 在…之后

Call me when you've finished. 你完成后就打电话给我。

at any time that; whenever 在任何…时候

Can you spare five minutes when it's convenient? 方便时能占用你五分钟时间吗？

considering that 考虑到；既然

How can they expect to learn anything when they never listen? 既然他们从不听讲，他们怎么能指望学到东西呢？

although 虽然；然而；可是

She claimed to be 18, when I know she's only 16. 她自称是18岁，可是我知道她才16。

14. Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. 蜗牛当然是道主菜。我并不喜欢这个主意，所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走进了起居室。

Fancy meeting you here. 没想到在这见到你。（=imagine）

fancy oneself 自命不凡

fancy dressn. 化装舞会所穿着的服装

fancy-freeadj. 无约束的；天真无邪的；自由想像的；无恋爱对象的

I fancy there are few persons living today who ever knew the secret of that window, but I am one, as you shall see. 我认为，现在还活在人世的人里，极少有知道那扇窗户的秘密的，但我是其中一个，你马上就知道了。

15. To our di**ay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall! I have never been able to look at a snail since then. 使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。

take possession of 占有, 占领

take possession of 占有, 占领。侧重制的知是动作==“be the owner of”；=be in possession of sth 占有, 占领。侧重的状态

You cannot legally take possession of the property until three weeks after the contract is signed. 契约签署三周以后，你才能合法取得这份产业的所有权。

The thief was caught in possession of stolen goods. 这个小偷被逮住，人赃俱获。

The possession of a passport is essential for foreign travel. 出国旅行必须持有护照。

On her father's death, she came into possession of (= received) a vast fortune. 她父亲死后，她继承了一大笔财产。