新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第90課(1)

　　Lesson 90 What's for supper? 晚餐吃什么?

　　Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been over fished, fish has become more and more expensive. So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.

　　句子講解：

　　1、Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have beenoverfished, fish has become more and more expensive.

　　油煎魚加炸土豆片一直是英國人喜愛的一道菜，但是因為過度捕撈，魚已經(jīng)變得越來越貴了。

　　語言點1 fish and chips在英國是指一道菜，謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。

　　語言點2 have been overfished巳經(jīng)被過度捕撈

　　2、So it ctmies as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oilrigs.

　　所以當?shù)弥焙Ｊ豌@井平臺上的潛水員受到巨型魚類的恐嚇時，人們確實感到大為吃驚。

　　語言點 it comes as a surprise to do sth.做某事很讓人感到吃驚;it是形式主語，后面不定式才是真正的主語。

　　重點單詞學習：

　　dish [di?]

　　n. 碟，盤;一道菜

　　vt. 把…裝盤;使成碟狀

　　vi. 成碟狀;閑談

　　例句:

　　1. They talked all day long, dishing their classmates.

　　他們聊了一整天，盡聊些他們的同班同學的事兒。

　　expensive [ik'spensiv]

　　adj. 昂貴的;花錢的

　　例句:

　　1. My mother has an expensive watch .

　　我的母親有一個貴的表。

　　giant ['d?ai?nt]

　　n. 巨人;偉人;巨大的動物

　　adj. 巨大的;巨人般的

　　例句:

　　1. One is a giant, the other a dwarf.

　　一個是巨人，而另一個卻是矮子

　　rigs

　　abbr. 無線電慣性制導系統(tǒng)(Radio Inertial Guidance System);放射免疫導向手術

　　例句:

　　1. Our boat has been rigged up with new sails.

　　我們的船已裝配好新的船帆