新概念英语第三册lesson 30 The death of a ghost

Lesson 30:The death of a ghost

              幽灵之死

         

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Why did the two brothers keep the secret?

    For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight 1. Hay 2 had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned. A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious 3 ghost that did most of their work for them.

    No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen. This was indeed the case. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died. Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man. After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed 4 a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.

    Eric had been the eldest 5 son of the family, very much older than his two brothers. He had been obliged 6 to join the army during the Second World War. As he hated army life, he decided 7 to desert his regiment 8. When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his father hid him until the end of the war. Fearing the authorities 9, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action. The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bob. They did not even tell their wives. When their father died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse 10. He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware 11 of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

     labourer

n.   劳动者

     overnight

adv. 一夜期间

     hay

n.   干草

     corn

n.   谷物

     moonlight

n.   月光

     conscientious

adj. 认真的

     suspect

v.   怀疑

     desert

v.   （军队中）开小差

     regiment

n.   （军队）团

     action

n.   战斗

     recluse

n.   隐士

参考译文

    多年来，村民们一直认为恩得利农场在闹鬼。恩得利农场属于乔.考科斯和鲍勃.考科斯兄弟俩所有。他们雇了几个农工，但谁也不愿意在那儿长期工作下去。每次雇工辞职后都叙述着同样的故事。雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，干草已切好，牛棚也打扫干净了。有一个彻夜未眠的雇工还声称他看见一个人影在月光下收割庄稼。随着时间的流逝，考科斯兄弟雇了一个尽心尽责的鬼，他们家的活大部分都让鬼给干了，这件事成了公认的事实。

    谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。但事实上确有此人。不久之前，村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。大家都去参加了葬礼，因为那“鬼”不是别人，正是农场主的兄弟埃里克.考科斯。人们以为埃里克年轻时就死了。葬礼之后，乔和鲍勃透露了他们保守了长达50多年的秘密。

    埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，第二次世界大战期间被迫参军。他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。当他了解自己将被派遣出国时，他逃回农场，父亲把他藏了起来，直到战争结束。由于害怕当局，埃里克战后继续深藏不露。他的父亲告诉大家，埃里克在战争中被打死了。除此之外，只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。但他俩连自己的妻子都没告诉。父亲死后，他们兄弟俩认为有责任继续把埃里克藏起来。这些年来，埃里克过着隐士生活，白天睡觉，夜里出来干活，一点不知道自己已成了恩得利家场的活鬼。他死后，他的弟弟们才觉得无法再保守这个秘密了。

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　　自学导读

课文详注 Further notes on the text

1．The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. 威尔河是横穿过我家附近公园的一条小河。

在这句话中，that引导的定语从句修饰 a small river，关系代词that在从句中作主语。地点状语 near my home修饰 the park。

2．I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. 我喜欢在天气晴朗的下午到河边坐坐。

（1）by在此处表示“在……旁边／近旁”。

（2）afternoon为复数形式，表示经常性的情况，因此谓语为一般现在时。由于afternoon前面有修饰词，因此要用介词on。

morning，evening与它的用法一致。试比较：

3．…it went towards a passing boat.……球便向着一只划过来的小船飞去。

（1）go在此处不是指人“走”，而是指球“行进”。

（2）passing为现在分词，作定语，表示“经过的”、“划过来的”，如a passing plane（一架飞过的飞机）。

4．Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat…岸上的一些人对着小船上的人高喊……

call out表示“大声呼叫”、“叫喊”，比call语气要重：

I heard someone calling out for help.

我听到有人在大声呼救。

Mary called out to her father, but he was too far away and couldn't hear her.

玛丽对着她的父亲高喊，但他离得太远了，听不到她的喊叫。

5．The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.

球重重地打在他身上，使他差点儿落入水中。

so +形容词+that通常引导结果状语从句，表示“如此……以至于……”：

The book was so interesting that I read it in two hours.

这本书如此有趣，我两个小时就把它看完了。

The box is so heavy that I can't lift it without your help.

这箱子太重了，以至于没有你的帮助我无法把它举起来。

这个结构也可以用于so +副词+that从句结构：

He ran so quickly that no one could catch up with him.

他跑得非常快，没人能赶上他。

It rained so hard that we couldn't go out.

雨下得很大，我们无法出去。

在口语中，引导词that往往可以省略。

6．I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in sight…我转过头去看那些孩子，但一个也不见……

（1）any代替 any children。

（2） in sight表示“看得见”、“在视野之内”，反义词为 out of sight：

No bus is in sight.

看不见任何公共汽车。

Mary came in sight when I was waiting for Lucy.

我等露西的时候，玛丽出现了。

In the afternoon, we came in sight of the village.

下午时，我们见到了那座村庄。

George left the store and was soon out of sight.

乔治离开了那商店，不久便不见了。

　　语法 Grammar in use

a，the，some与any的用法

在第6课的语法中，我们学习了a，the和some的一些基本用法。与some意义相近的另一个单词是any，它们都表示“一些”。some通常用于肯定句：

There are some eggs in the fridge.

冰箱里有些鸡蛋。

There is some milk in the fridge.

冰箱里有些牛奶。

any通常用于否定句和疑问句中：

There isn't any meat in the fridge.

冰箱里没肉了。

但是，在疑问句中如果所期望的回答是肯定的，则可以用some：

我们已经知道，在姓名、地名、国名（非复合词）前面通常不加任何冠词。但是，在特指的海洋、河流、山脉以及部分复合词形式的国名前，一定要用定冠词the：

He came from the United States of America.

他来自美国。

John lives in London which is on the Thames.

约翰住在泰晤士河畔的伦敦。

在表示世界上独一无二的东西时，通常要加定冠词the：The moon is very pale tonight.

今晚月光很朦胧。

The sun is bright today.

今天阳光明媚。

在 such后面用 a/an，可以起强调作用：

　　词汇学习 Word study

1．cut

（1）vt．，vi．切，割，剪：

Would you please cut the cake in half?

请把蛋糕切成两半好吗？

I read this story in the paper this morning and cut it out for you.

今天上午我在报纸上读到这个故事便给你剪下来了。

（2）vt．割破，划破：

He shaved hurriedly this morning and cut himself badly.

他今天早上匆匆忙忙地刮脸，刮破了不少地方。

（3）vi．横穿，穿越（介词用 across/through）：

The Wayle cuts across a park.

威尔河横穿过一个公园。

The road cuts across/through the forest.

这条路穿过森林。

2．row

（1）vt．，vi．划船：

Have you ever learned 12 to row (a boat)?

你学过划船吗？

John rowed across the lake quickly.

约翰很快划到了湖那边。

（2）vt．划船载运：

Can you row me up/across the river?

你能划船将我送到河的上游／对岸吗？

He rowed her home.

他划船把她送回家。

　　练习答案 Key to written exercises

1．关键句型练习答案

C 1 Yes, I took some (photographs). No, I didn't take any (photographs).

2 Yes, I bought some (bread). No, I didn't buy any (bread).

3 Yes, I saw some (people). No, I didn't see any (people).

D 1 Refrigerators are necessary in hot countries.

2 Which river is the longest, the Nile, the Amazon, or the Mississippi?

3 Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific on a raft.

4 Why is Britain sometimes called the United Kingdom?

5 We sailed up the Red Sea and then went through the Suez Canal.

2．多项选择题答案

1a  2a  3d  4a  5b  6c

7c  8c  9d  10a  11d  12d

polo 水球

kick 踢

Wayle 威尔河

towards 向，朝(prep)

cut 穿过

nearly 几乎

row 划船

sight 眼界，视域

cut oneself

cut one's hair 理发 have a hair cut

cut （down）the tree （down）

cut the head off砍脑袋

cut off electricity 切断电源

cut sth into pieces把。。。切成小片（碎）

cut across 直着穿过

cut a corner走捷径

when you learn english，never cut a corner

go boating去划船，强调玩

my brother is rowing，row强调动作

kickback 13 回扣，佣金

i get a kickback of 2000 yuan

kick upstairs明升暗降

well to go，well done做得不错

catch sight of

catch sight of the bird看见那只鸟

out of sight在视线之外

in sight在视线之内

the bird is in sight

out of sight，out of mind眼不见心不烦

long sighted眼光长远，远视眼

somebody is long sighted

short sighted目光短浅，近视

by the river

like to do 一次性的

like doing习惯性的

afternoon+s表示每逢

as usual

there be＋sb。 doing

call out大声喊

call out to

so 。。。 that。。。如此。。。以致于

so的后面跟副词或形容词

the teacher speaks so fast that i can't catch the word。

my brother walks so slowly that he can't catch up with me。

the englis is so easy that i can learn it well。

there weren't any in sight。

there were not anything in sight。

there were something in sight

key structures

some 和 any

some在表示邀请的语气中取代any

do you want some？

do you want any drink？你想要喝点什么吗？（不愿意给别人喝）

would you want some to drink？

composition

blew 吹

take out 拿出 put out 扑灭

catch 接住 reach够得着

but连接两个句子，中间可用逗号隔开

however是副词，只表示意思上得转折，它可以放在句首也可以放在句中，

只是用逗号把它和其他得词隔开就可以

However，the man was not angry and he threw the ball back the bank

the Atlantic大西洋

raft 木筏

如果以单个的词作为国家，基本上不加the，比方说China，America，Britian，

一旦这个词成为缩略形式，就要加the

round围绕 alone 沿着

across the grass，across 用于从。。。的表面穿过

through the tree，trough 用于从。。。的内部穿过

over在。。。上方，与下面没接触

over the bridge，over the mountains，over the hill

over 用于穿越时，表示穿过弧形

go through the market

hear sb doing

i heard my sister singing

i heard two boys talking