【正文】 Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express 開往威斯特海溫的快車 一、【 Text】課文 We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. Ships may be delayed by storms。 air flights may be cancelled because of bad weather。 but trains must be on time. Only an exceptionally heavy snow fall might temporarily dislocate railway services. It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong. The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs. After consulting my railway timetable, I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven. It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted a mere hour and seventeen minutes. When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well. At the time, this did not strike me as odd. I reflected that there must be a great many people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. Neither was I surprised when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder. It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at niy miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a plaint as soon as we arrived. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven. When he denied the train39。s existence, I borrowed his copy of the timetable. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: 39。This service has been suspended.39。 二、【 New words and expressions】 生詞和短語 ●express n. 快車； adj. 高速的 ●punctual adj. 準(zhǔn)時(shí)的 。 ●condition v. 使習(xí)慣于 ●unshakable adj. 不可動(dòng)搖的 ●faith n. 信任 ●cancel v. 取消 ●exceptionally adv. 例外地 ●dislocate v. 打亂（計(jì)劃等） ●blame v. 責(zé)怪 ●consult v. 請(qǐng)教，查閱 ●direct adv. 徑直地 ●odd adj. 奇怪的，異常的 ●reflect v. 細(xì)想 ●advantage n. 優(yōu)勢(shì) ●mighty adj. 強(qiáng)大的，有力的 ●dawdle v. 慢吞吞的動(dòng)或做 ●chug v. 咔嚓咔嚓地響 ●lodge v. 提出 ●laint n. 抱怨 ●triumph n. 勝利 ●asterisk n. 星號(hào)（ *） ●conduct v. 引向，引導(dǎo) ■ express n. 快車； adj. 高速的 express way: 高速公路 express train快車 special express 特快 through express 直快 stopping/ local train 慢車 ■ punctual adj. 準(zhǔn)時(shí)的 。 be punctual in doing sth. 在做 ?? 方面非常準(zhǔn)時(shí) be punctual to the minute 非常準(zhǔn)時(shí) Eg: He is a man who’s pu nctual to the minute. punctually adv. unpunctual ant. punctuality n. ■ condition v. 使習(xí)慣于 ==form a habit in Eg: This society has conditioned each of us. be conditioned to 習(xí)慣了 ?? Eg: Each of us has been conditioned to the society. The plants has been conditioned to the cold weather here. The cold weather has conditioned the plants here. condition 條件 on condition that 在 ?? 條件下如果 on no condition 在任何情況下，用在句首句子要倒裝 On no condition must you be late. in good/ bad condition 情況良好 /情況糟糕 change one39。s condition 結(jié)婚 in the interesting condition : 懷孕 pregnant ■ unshakable adj. 不可動(dòng)搖的 ■ faith n. 信任 keep faith with sb. 對(duì) ?? 守信用 put one39。s faith in sth 對(duì) ?? 有信心 on the faith of 在 ?? 的保障下，憑 ?? 的信用 faith 深信不疑，信仰，比 belief 程度重一點(diǎn) belief: 可信賴，可接受 conviction 堅(jiān)定的信念 trust 相信，依賴 credit 對(duì) ?? 完全相信 ■ cancel v. 取消 call off == cancel 可以互相替換 abolish 廢除 rescind 撤銷，廢止 write off 注銷，勾銷 cross out 劃掉 ■ exceptionally adv. 例外地 ■ dislocate v. 打亂（計(jì)劃等） ■ blame v. 責(zé)怪 ■ consult v. 請(qǐng)教，查閱 ■ direct adv. 徑直地 ■ odd adj. 奇怪的，異常的 ■ reflect v. 細(xì)想 reflect on sth 細(xì)想 ?? reflect upon oneself 自我反省 ■ advantage n. 優(yōu)勢(shì) take advantage of sb/sth 欺騙 ?? 并利用 of great/no advantage to sb/sth 對(duì) ?? 有（沒有）好處 to advantage 更有效地 have advantage over sb 勝過某人，比某人有優(yōu)勢(shì) interest 個(gè)人的利益，好處 benefit 通過正當(dāng)手段謀求的好處 profit 金錢上的獲益 good 個(gè)人或集體的利益 ■ mighty adj. 強(qiáng)大的，有力的 ■ dawdle v. 慢吞吞的動(dòng)或做 ■ chug v. 咔嚓咔嚓地響 ■ lodge v. 提出 make/ lodge plaint 提出抱怨 ■ laint n. 抱怨 ■ triumph n. 勝利 ■ asterisk n. 星號(hào)（ *） ■ conduct v. 引向，引導(dǎo) 三、【課文精析】 Key sentence: We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. We39。 ve learnt to expect that ?? 我們已經(jīng)習(xí)慣于期盼 ?? Key sentence: After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. develop an unshakable faith in sth 對(duì) ?? 產(chǎn)生了 ??樣的信念 Key sentence: Only an exceptionally heavy snow fall might temporarily dislocate railway services. It is all too easy to blame...... too...to 句型中，在 too前出現(xiàn)了 all, only, but, not 等詞的時(shí)候， to就有肯定意義 Eg:He was but too eager to get home. One is never too old to 老，學(xué)到老 be likely to do 有可能 ... Eg: You are likely to get success if you work hard. It is likely that... It is likely that he ar