新概念英语第二册:SOS
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SOS

【课文】

When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

【课文翻译】

不久前,一架轻型客机偏离了航线,在山区坠毁,飞行员丧生。机上仅有的乘客,一位年轻的妇女和她的两个女婴却平安无事。此时正值隆冬季节,地上积着厚厚的雪。这位妇女知道,即使最近的村庄也有数英里远。天黑下来的时候,她把提箱当作小床,把两个孩子放了进去,又把所有能找到的衣服都盖在了孩子们身上。夜里,天冷得厉害。这位妇女尽可能地靠近孩子,甚至自己也想钻进箱子里去,只是箱子太小了。第二天一大早,她听到头顶上有飞机飞过,但不知道怎样才能发个信号。后来她有了一个主意。她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”这3个字母。幸运得很,一位飞行员看到这个信号,用无线电给最近的城镇发了报。不久,一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场,来搭救这几个幸存者。

【生词汇总】

thick adj. 厚的

signal n. 信号

stamp v. 跺,踩

helicopter n. 直升飞机

scene n. 现场

survivor n. 幸存者

【知识点讲解】

1. When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.

不久前,一架轻型客机偏离了航线,在山区坠毁,飞行员丧生。

course这个词除了表示课程、讲座等,还有其他很多意思,在这个句子里,course表示(船只或飞行器的)航向、航线。而fly off则表示偏离、飞出,所以句子意思就是客机偏离航线。

course的其他意思有:

①行动途径;做法

I don't think the course of government is useful to curb the prices of commodities.

我认为政府的做法对抑制物价根本没用。

②(治病、服药等的)疗程 a course of sth.

The doctor prescribed a course of amoxicillin.

医生给我开了一个疗程的阿莫西林。

③球场

a golf-course 高尔夫球场

④一道菜(汤、点心等)

We will have dinner together, and the main course is steak.

我们今晚一起吃饭,主菜是牛排。

crashed in the mountains 撞上山

这里的crash作动词,crash in /into sth. 撞上某物

crash作动词除了表示撞到,撞击,也可以表示(政府、企业等)突然倒台、崩溃、破产等。

2. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed.

天黑下来的时候,她把提箱当作小床。

这里的grow表示变得,变成。英语中表示变化的词还有很多,例如become、turn、go、get,这几个词的区别如下:

这一类系动词+形容词的形式中,形容词作表语。

①系动词grow后面可以接表示人或物的特征的静态形容词作表语,也可以接表示天气的形容词作表语。它侧重于“逐渐变成某种状态”,是逐渐、加强的过程。上面句子中就是grow+dark 表示天变黑这一状态。

②而go+形容词 多表示从好的状态变成坏的状态,如:go blind 变瞎 go bankrupt 破产

③turn有“成为与以前完全不同的东西”的含义,指状态和形式的改变,强调变化的结果。如:

Leaves turn yellow in autumn.

树叶到秋天就变黄了。

在课文句子里还有turn into这个短语,即由一种情况变为另一种情况。如:

Water turns into ice when it freezes.

水冷凝后就变成冰了。

④become 普通用词,表示从一个状态变成另一个状态,其前面的主语即可以是人,也可以是物。

⑤get+形容词”多用在口语中。get能替代become,但become较为正式。例如:

Our life is getting lhappier and happier.

我们的生活越来越幸福。

3. The woman kept as near as she could to the children.

这位妇女尽可能地靠近孩子。

as...as one could/can和as...as possible意思相同,都表示尽可能......

Please fill in the sheet as soon as you could=Please fill in the sheet as soon as possible.

请尽快填好表格。

4. she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.

她听到头顶上有飞机飞过,但不知道怎样才能发个信号。

①heard planes passing是用现在分词passing作宾语planes的补足语。

表示感觉和心理状态的动词,如hear, feel, find, listen to, look at, watch, notice, observe, see, smell 等词的宾语可以用现在分词作宾语补足语。

另外,用现在分词和过去分词作宾语补足语两者的意思是不同的。过去分词作补语表示“被动”和“完成”的意义;而现在分词作补语表示“主动”和“进行”的意义。如:

I notice Tom walking alone to the park.

我注意到汤姆正独自向公园走去。

I noticed Tom walked alone to the park.

我刚看到汤姆一个人去了公园。

②wonder作动词表示疑惑、惊讶,后面可接at、about等介词,如wonder at sth. 对……感到惊讶 wonder about sth. 对某事感到好奇,自忖……

另外,还有wonder +how /what /when等句。

5. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.

她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”这3个字母。

stamp除了做名词表示邮票;印花;图章,还可作动词表示踏平;踩扁等意思,这个句子中stamp就表示踩;跺。

stamp out of a room 迈着沉重的步伐走出房间

stamp作动词还可表示在纸张等表面盖上公章、图案等,或是贴邮票。如stamp A on B=stamp B with A 在B上用A 盖章

6. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

不久,一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场,来搭救这几个幸存者。

①It was not long before… 指“不久之后……”如:

It wasn't long before he understood the meaning of his dad.

不久之后他明白了他父亲的话。

②to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. 这里是to do不定式作目的状语。

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