新概念2词汇 74-76
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：新概念英语词汇随身听手册2
Lesson 74 Out of the limelight
New words and expressions:
1. limelight
Out of the limelight
She is fond of the limelight.
The successful businessman has always been in the limelight.
2. precaution
Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them.
They take precautions against fire in the bars.
Effective precautions have been taken to prevent children from drowning.
3. fan
No newspaper men, no film fans!
Many football fans traveled to Japan and South Korea to watch the World Cup.
Crazy fans were waiting in the rain for the arrival of their idol 1.
4. shady
Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger 2 and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.
It is comfortable to sit under the shady tree.
They chatted in a shady corner of the garden.
5. sheriff
I’m sheriff here.
The sheriff was killed by his rival.
The sheriff convicted the man of murder.
6. notice
Do you see that notice?
A notice was put up at the school gate.
The notice was torn down.
‘Oh, is it?’ said the sheriff with a sneer.
I was uncomfortable with his sneer.
He gave me a reply with a sneer.
Lesson 75 SOS
New words and expressions:
1. thick
Snow lay thick on the ground.
She wore thick powder.
He finished the thick novel within three days.
2. signal
Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.
He ignored the signals from the policeman / policemen.
In ancient times soldiers sent smoke signals to exchange information.
3. stamp
She stamped out the letters ‘SOS’ in the snow.
The football player was punished for stamping on his opponent’s foot.
4. helicopter
It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors 5 of the plane crash.
They arrived at an island in a helicopter.
Two hostages were saved by a helicopter.
5. scene
No one was at the scene of the murder at the time.
The driver fled the scene of an automobile 6 accident.
There were five survivors in the coal mine accident.
These survivors managed to swim to the shore.
Lesson 76 April Fools’ Day
New words and expressions:
1. fool
April Fools’ Day
Tom was made a fool of by his colleagues.
What a fool the girl in love is!
2. bulletin
‘To end our special news bulletin,’ said the voice of the television announcer, ‘we’re going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria.’
The TV play was interrupted by a news bulletin.
What’s in today’s bulletin?
3. announcer
The announcer has a beautiful voice.
There is an ad for a job as a radio announcer in today’s newspaper.
4. macaroni
Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years.
The Italian macaroni is very tasteful.
Macaroni is served in the Pisa hut.
5. leading
Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual.
Microsoft is a leading company in the software industry.
The leading killer 7 among Americans is the heart attack.
6. grower
Mr. White is a successful fruit grower in this area.
One of the growers went bankrupt last year.
7. splendid
It is splendid of her to come.
He has a splendid appetite.
8. stalk
Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks.
Her finger was hurt by a rose stalk.
The hat is woven with flower stalks.
9. gather
The whole village has been working day and night gathering 8 and threshing this year’s crop before the September rains.
Farmers were busy gathering crops.
Little children are gathering flowers in the field.
10. thresh
In some villages farmers use a machine to thresh wheat.
They are threshing crops under the scorching 9 sun.
11. process
Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory where the crop is processed.
Raw materials are processed in this factory.
The food processing has been strictly 10 controlled.
12. Signor
Signor Fratelli, the present champion, has won it every year since 1991.
13. present
The present manager is my former schoolmate.
The present educational system needs improvement.
14. champion
France was the champion of the last World Cup.
The table tennis world champions in men’s and women’s singles are from China.
15. studio
We’re now going back to the studio.
Look Back In Anger is being broadcast from the seventh studio.
Many celebrities 11 have come to this studio to give a talk show.
- As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
- Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
- I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves. ' 我是罗克沃尔。斯林格，这位是默林。格里夫斯。” 来自新概念英语第二册
- Remove the crankshaft oil slinger. 拆去曲轴抛油环。
- He said with a sneer.他的话中带有嘲笑之意。
- You may sneer,but a lot of people like this kind of music.你可以嗤之以鼻，但很多人喜欢这种音乐。
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
- The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
- a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目