新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第95課(1)

　　Lesson 95 A fantasy 純屬虛構

　　When the Ambassador or Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock. He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.

　　'What has happened?' she asked.

　　句子講解：

　　1、When the Ambassador of Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock.

　　當艾斯卡羅比亞國的大使回家吃午飯的時候，把他的妻子嚇壞了。

　　語言點 get a shock大吃一驚

　　Ambassador [æm'bæs?d?]

　　n. 大使;代表;使節(jié)

　　例句:

　　1. He later became Ambassador to France.

　　后來成為駐法國的大使。

　　Escalopia :艾斯卡羅比亞(虛構的國名)

　　shock [??k]

　　n. 休克;震驚;震動;打擊;禾束堆

　　vt. 使休克;使震驚;使震動;使受電擊;把…堆成禾束堆

　　vi. 感到震驚;受到震動;堆成禾束堆

　　adj. 濃密的;蓬亂的

　　例句:

　　I'm not easily shocked,but his deed was too disgusting.

　　我?guī)缀鯊牟话l(fā)火，可剛才他的行為實在太可惡了。
 

　　2、He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.

　　他看上去臉色蒼白，衣服破爛不堪。

　　語言點 in a frightful state表示"慘不忍睹"。

　　pale [peil]

　　adj. 蒼白的;無力的;暗淡的

　　n. 前哨;柵欄;范圍

　　vt. 使失色;使變蒼白;用柵欄圍

　　vi. 失色;變蒼白;變得暗淡

　　例句:

　　1. John's face paled at the bad news.

　　聽到這個壞消息約翰臉色發(fā)白。

　　frightful ['fraitful]

　　adj. 可怕的;驚人的;非常的

　　例句:

　　 America today is a world away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time.

　　美國今天已經是一個遠遠離開了當年那種殘暴、丑惡的偏執(zhí)的世界。

　　state [steit]

　　n. 國家;州;情形

　　vt. 規(guī)定;聲明;陳述

　　adj. 國家的;州的;正式的

　　例句:

　　 He stated his views to me.

　　他向我說明了他的觀點。

　　3、'What has happened? 'she asked.

　　"發(fā)生了什么事?"她問道。