新概念英語第三冊(cè)（美音版）Nothing to worry about
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Lesson 39
Nothing to worry about
不必?fù)?dān)心
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What was the difference between Bruce's behaviour and that of other people?
The rough across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. He simply had no sense of danger at all. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
As we bumped over eh dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders. The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty years and was tow feet wide and four feet deep. Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across. Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding half. A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
rough
adj. 崎嶇不平的
boulder
n. 大石塊
pit
v. 使得坑坑洼洼
perturb
v. 使不安
underestimate
v. 低估
swerve
v. 急轉(zhuǎn)變
scoop
v. 挖出
hammer
v. （用錘）擊打，錘打
ominously
adv. 有預(yù)兆的，不祥的
rip
v. 劃破，撕，扯
petrol
n. 汽油
stretch
n. 一大片（平地或水）
obstacle
n. 障礙
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
halt
n. 停
dashboard
n. （汽車上的）儀表盤
穿越平原的道路高低不平，開車走了不遠(yuǎn)，路面愈加崎嶇。我們想勸說布魯斯把車開回我們出發(fā)的那個(gè)村莊去。盡管路面布滿石頭，坑坑洼洼，但布魯斯卻一點(diǎn)兒不 慌亂。他瞥了一眼地圖，告訴我們前面再走不到20英里就是一個(gè)村莊。這并不是說布魯斯總是低估困難，而是他壓根兒沒有一點(diǎn)兒危險(xiǎn)感。他認(rèn)為不管路面情況如 何，車必須以最高速度前進(jìn)。 我們?cè)趬m士飛揚(yáng)的道路上顛簸，車子?xùn)|拐西彎，以躲開那些大圓石。車輪攪起的石塊錘擊車身，發(fā)出不祥的錘擊聲。我們想念遲早會(huì)飛起一個(gè)石塊把油箱砸開一個(gè)窟 窿，或者把發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)砸壞。因此，我們不時(shí)地掉過頭，懷疑車后是否留下了機(jī)油和汽油的痕跡。 突然大石塊不見了，前面是一片平地，唯一的障礙只有一簇簇灌木叢。這使我們長長地松了口氣。但是更糟糕的事情在等著我們，離我們不遠(yuǎn)處，出現(xiàn)一個(gè)大裂縫。 我們?cè)俅窝肭蟛剪斔剐⌒?，他這才把車停了下來。我們紛紛下車察看那個(gè)大裂縫，他卻呆在車上。我們告訴他那個(gè)大裂縫長50碼，寬2英尺，深4英尺。這也沒有 對(duì)他產(chǎn)生任何影響。布魯斯掛上慢檔，把兩只前輪分別擱在裂縫的兩邊，順著彎彎曲曲的裂縫，以發(fā)瘋的速度向前開去。我們還未來得及擔(dān)心后果，車已重新開上了 平地。布魯斯又看了一眼地圖，告訴我們那座村莊離我們只有15英里了。下一個(gè)障礙是一片約半英里寬的淺水塘。布魯斯向水塘沖去，但車開到水塘當(dāng)中，嘎吱一 聲停住了。儀表盤一盞黃燈閃著刺眼的光芒，布魯斯興致勃勃地宣布發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)里沒油了！
■rough adj. 崎嶇不平的
Eg: We’d better not take the rough road.
be rough on sb. 對(duì)某人苛刻，無禮
Don’t be rough on your friends.
cut up rough 發(fā)脾氣
L38-05_39-01 end 9’11”
L39-02 begin 9’23”
■boulder n. 大石塊
■pit v. 使得坑坑洼洼
■perturb v. 使不安
verp upset
be perturbed about sth 為…而心神不安
His threats didn’t perturb her in the least
disturb 并非用心去擾亂
Eg:It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
plague 因病痛和類似的折磨而使人苦惱
Eg:The terrible disease plagued him
trouble
Eg:Sorry to give you trouble. / Sorry to trouble you.
worry
Eg:He is worried about his son’s safety.
fret
Eg:He freted himself all the time for news of her.
upset
Eg:I feel upset now because I am afraid I hurt you.
dismay 使沮喪
辨別：perturb ; disturb ; plague ; trouble ; worry ; fret ; upset ; 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(yùn)
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 one's mask away 撕下某人的假面具
let things tip==let things be 聽其自然
rip into 猛攻，抨擊
rip off 偷竊
rip up the back 背后說壞話
■petrol n. 汽油
■stretch n. 一大片（平地或水）
at a stretch 連續(xù)的，一口氣的，不停頓的
a stretch of land
a stretch of water
Eg: He worked for hours at a stretch.
We drove fast on a stretch of open field.
He is unable to work for long stretches.
a stretch of hill 連綿不斷的群山
vt.
He stretched out his hand to get the apple.
There are forests stretching for hundreds of miles.
Transport was rather stretched in the Spring Festival.
■obstacle n. 障礙
Lack of education is an obstacle to success.
constitue an obstacle to 構(gòu)成…的障礙
remove/ overcome an obstacle 克服困難
put obstacle in sb's way 妨礙某人的發(fā)展
obstacle to 介詞to
L39-02 end 9’23”
L39-03 begin 9’04”
要英語中有好多動(dòng)詞要與介詞to搭配：
key; answer; shred; advantage; disadvantage; admission; damage to
辨別：obstacle; obstruction; 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 one's teeth in anger 氣得咬牙切齒
■halt n. 停
==stop
They halt for a few minutes.
stop; halt; cease
Eg: The heart will cease to beat when life ceases.
pause vi.
He paused for a breath.
halt
They halted for a few minutes.
halt; cease; pause; stop
halt n.
come to a halt / stop 停下來
■dashboard n. （汽車上的）儀表盤
Nothing to worry about
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(diǎn)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
本課優(yōu)秀結(jié)構(gòu)：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.
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Comprehension
1 Why were the passengers so relieved when the boulders disappeared?
a. Bruce could now drive even faster.
b. They had covered the greater part of the distance to the village.
c. It seemed less likely that they would meet with disaster.
d. They had seen the huge fissure that lay ahead of them.
2 When they reached the fissure, Bruce stopped the car because _____ .
a. the passengers had begged him to do so
b. he wanted to know the exact dimensions of the fissure
c. he thought it was safer to drie across it without the passengers
d. he was not sure whether the car was wide enough to bridge it
In response to renewed pleadings , Bruce stopped.
3 Bruce’s reaction to the final episode shows that _____ .
a. he was not the sort of person to be perturbed by anything
b. he was extremely brave in face of danger
c. he had underestimated the depth of the pool
d. when it came to crossing water, his driving was nto good enough
(背熟)
Structure
4 He believed _____ a car as fast as it could possibly go. (ll.7-8)
a. driving in b. he would drive c. to drive d. in driving
believe sb. / sth. that / in
5 _____ when the boulders suddenly disappeared. (l.13)
a. How relieved we felt b. What a relief we were feeling
c. So relieved we felt d. How we felt relieved
what感嘆句的主體詞是名詞；how 感嘆句的主體詞是形容詞。
6 Bruce _____ when the car came to a grinding halt. (l.21)
a. hadcharged through it midway b. charged through it to the middle
c. charged midway through it d. was in the middle of charging through it
7 Bruce cherfully announced that the engine _____ out of oil. (l.22)
a. ran b. had run c. was running d. has run
run out of
Vocabulary
8 Glancing at his map, heinformed us that the next village was _____ twenty miles away. (ll.4-5)
a. simply b. boringly c. only d. in significantly
9 ---- where nothing could _____ but clumps of trees. (ll.13-14)
a. hinder our rogress b. spoil our course c. hold up our train d. harm our way
hinder== obstacle
10 When we pleaded _____ , bruce stopped. (l.15)
a. afresh b. aloud c. repeatedly d. forcibly
11 He said: ‘It’s fifteen miles _____ the village. ’ (ll.19-20)
a. until b. to c. from d. before
12 ---- obstacle was a shallow pool of water half a mile _____ . (ll.20-21)
a. side by side b. from top to bottom c. from side to side d. up and down
【Key to Multiple choice questions】
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10 .C 11. B 12. C
