【正文】 stop halt n. e to a halt / stop 停下來 ■ dashboard n. （汽車上的）儀表盤 三、【課文精析】 get sb. to do sth.: persuade / advise sb. to do Please get them to finish the work as quickly as possible. Please get him to give up smoking. be littered with be pitted with even though: even if not in the least= not at all / not a bit/ not the least bit 一點也不 not a little = very much by no means= in no way =on no account =at no times= under no circumstances 絕不 a mere==only （必須和不定冠詞搭配） It was not (to say )?? 這并不是說 dusty track==dusty road look back 回頭看 wondering 從句做伴隨狀況狀語 How relieved we were give way to 為 ?? 所代替 Eg: The great clouds gradually broke up and give way to blue sky. He has no intention of iving way to your demands. in response to : in reaction to Key sentence: Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. hardly ... when... He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house. Before he had hardly had time to worry about what might happen when we were back on the plane again. Lesson 40 Who’s who 真假難辨 一、【 Text】課文 It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else. Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no selfrespecting student would ever indulge in. Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims. When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously. He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people. Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information. The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on. Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away. When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force. The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help. Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen. As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill. The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper. He threatened to call the police. At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest. Pretending to speak seriously, one of the workmen asked if he might make a telephone call before being taken to the station. Permission was granted and a policeman acpanied him to a pay phone. Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax. 二、【 New words and expressions】 生詞和短語 ●hoax n. 騙局，戲弄 ●deception n. 欺騙，騙局 ●self respecting adj. 自重的 ●indulge v. 使沉迷 ●pneumatic adj. 氣動的 ●drill n. 鉆 ●silly adj. 無意義的，無聊的 ●advance adj. 預(yù)先的，事先獲得的 ●archway n. 拱形門樓 ●remonstrate v. 規(guī)勸，告誡 ●ironically adv. 諷刺地 ●permission n. 許可 ●grant v. 同意，準予 ■ hoax n. 騙局，戲弄 play a hoax on sb. 戲弄某人 play a trick on sb. 戲弄某人 play a joke on sb. 開某人玩笑 Eg: The boy student is thinking how to play a hoax on his classmate. ■ deception n. 欺騙，騙局 deception 無關(guān)緊要的騙局，并不是故意的欺騙 Eg: She referred to the pills as sweet, so the harmless deception made it easy for her child to take them. deceit （故意的）欺騙 Eg: We are incapable of deceit. fraud 對公眾的欺騙行為，多指官方的欺騙或財政舞弊 trickery 欺騙（語氣上嚴厲） ,著重有步驟地詭計來謀取私利。 cease。 halt。 hindrance Eg: Lake of education is obstacle to success. There must be an obstruction in the pipe. You are more of hindrance than help. ■ clump n. 叢，簇 ■ fissure n. （石、地的）深縫 ■ renew v. 重復(fù) ■ pleading n. 懇求 ■ gear n. （汽車）排檔 ■ astride prep. 騎，跨 ■ crack n. 縫隙 ■ zigzag n. “ 之 ” 字形 ■ shallow adj. 淺的 ■ grind (ground, ground )v. 磨擦 grind wheat into flour grind sth to pieces 把 ?? 弄成碎片 grind one39。 damage to 辨別： obstacle。 disadvantage。 shred。s way 妨礙某人的發(fā)展 obstacle to 介詞 to 要英語中有好多動詞要與介詞 to搭配： key。 dismay ■ underestimate v. 低估 ■ swerve v. 爭轉(zhuǎn)變 ■ scoop v. 挖出 Eg:She sccped out some sugar. make a scoop 走運 Eg:That guy made a scoop. ■ hammer v. （用錘）擊打，錘打 ■ ominously adv. 有預(yù)兆的，不祥的 ominous adj. Eg:Look at those ominous black clouds. omen n. Eg:This is a good / bad omen. Eg:The clouds omen rain. ■ rip v. 劃破，撕，扯 tear rip one39。 fret 。 trouble 。 disturb 。 Eg: We are faced with a real need to learn English well. indicate 揭示 correlate 相互聯(lián)系 it is connected with == it is associated with in fact 可以替換為 as it is。 Can you shed any light on the case of the fire? 你能夠解釋這次火災(zāi)嗎？ She will shed light on the case of stolen jewels.