1、新概念英语第3册课程讲义Lesson39 Lesson 39 Nothing to worry aboutboulder buld(r)n. （风化的）大圆石头boulder stoneRock pebbleFossilperturb pt:bv. 使不安The letter shocked and disturbed / perturbed me.It is disturbing / perturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quietcountryside.Ministers decl
2、ared themselves profoundly disturbed / perturbed by the violence.“turb” = stirdisturb perturb turbineturbid turbid waterturbulent turbulent wavesthe turbulent times of the French Revolutionunderestimate ndrestmetv. 低估Never underestimate the power of the press.overestimate 高估He tends to overestimate
3、his own abilities.underrate 对评价过低As an actor, he is seriously underrated.overrate 对评价过高In my opinion, she is a hugely overrated singer.understate 对轻描淡写It would be a mistake to understate the seriousness of the problem.overstate 对过分夸张He may have overstated his ability in the interview.underplay 贬低She
4、 underplays her achievements.overplay 过分强调You must not overplay his part in the negotiations.swerve sw:vv. 突然转向swerve turn veerAs we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders.The lorry swerved sharply to avoid the child.He swerved suddenly, narrowly missing a cyclist.After the
5、alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.Moments before crashing, the jet was seen veering sharply to the right.change courseThe plane changed course to avoid the storm.unswervingunswerving loyalty / belief / support ominously mnsladv. 不吉利地，不祥地I went into the k
6、itchen and found him lying ominously still on the floor.ominousThere was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.omena good / bad omenHe was convinced that seeing the black cat was a bad omen.auspiciousIt was an auspicious date for a wedding.They won their first match of the season which wa
7、s an auspicious start / beginning.inauspiciousHe made an inauspicious start to his career by breaking a leg in his first race.There has long been a superstition among the Chinese that seeing a magpie is an auspiciousomen.There has long been a superstition among the Chinese that hearing the crowing o
8、f a crow is anominous omen.rip rpv. 撕破，扯破I ripped my jeans on the fence.The flags had been ripped in two.The nail ripped a hole in my jacket.She ripped the letter open.Be careful with that dress; it rips easily.tear (tore torn tearing)She realized she had torn her jacket on a nail.I tore a hole in m
9、y jeans. He tore the letter in two. I tore open the package.Careful, the fabric tears very easily.split (split split splitting)One of the boxes had split open.Her dress had split along the seam.Dont tell me youve split another pair of pants!petrol petrln. 汽油petrol gasoline / gaspetrol tank gas tankp
10、etrol / service station gas stationpetroleum crude oilOPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countriesobstacle bstkln. 障碍物The area was full of streams and bogs and other natural obstacles.obstacle to obstacles to world peaceThe tax puts obstacles in the way of companies trying to develop trade ov
11、erseas.blocka block in the pipe / drainblock to The governments stubborn attitude was a block to further talks.hindrance to The higher interest rates have been a hindrance to economic recovery.To be honest, she was more of a hindrance than a help.barrierThe crowd had to stand behind barriers.the lan
12、guage barrierbarrier to Lack of confidence is a psychological barrier to success.impedimenta speech impedimentimpediment to War is one of the greatest impediments to human progress.renew rnju:v. 更新，换新；继续；延期renew the water in the goldfish bowlThe window frames need to be renewed.We renewed our journe
13、y the next day. I need to renew my passport this year.renewed adj. happening again with increased interest or strength only before noun 更强烈的renewed determination / enthusiasmRenewed fighting has been reported on the border.In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.pleading pli:dn. 恳求；adj. 恳求的p
14、leading n. an act of asking for sth. that you want very much, in an emotional wayHe simply ignored my pleading.pleading eyesa pleading tone of voicepleadplead for Civil rights groups pleaded for government help.He was on his knees, pleading for forgiveness.plead with sb. to do sth.Moira pleaded with
15、 him to stay.She pleaded with him not to leave her alone.plead ignorance / illness / a headache / tiredness / insanityEllie pleaded tiredness and went to bed very early.She stayed home from work, pleading illness.No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for there are countless do-it-yours
16、elfpublications.The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back tothe village we had come from.get sb. to doHe got his sister to help him with his homework.We couldnt get him to sign the agreement.persuade sb. to do / into doingI finally managed to persuad
17、e her to go out for a drink with me.Dont let yourself be persuaded into buying things you dont want.In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study ofhuman nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.talk sb. into doingWe finally talked Fathe
18、r into buying the new car.get sb. not to dopersuade sb. not to do / out of doingtalk sb. out of doingdissuade sb. from doingEven though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the leastperturbed.be littered with The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal wh
19、ich had once made up a lawn mower.litterThere is always hope that in its labyrinth of musty, dark, disordered rooms a real rarity will befound amongst the piles of assorted junk that litter the floors.be pitted with The road was pitted with holes.His face is pitted with smallpox.be dotted / scattere
20、d with The sky is with stars.The lawn is with pine trees.be covered with Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks weresoon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautifulhandmade silverware.be loaded with Small bo
21、ats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.be filled with it is filled with what looks like a thick, greyish substance.All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm.be packed / crammed with The streets were packed / crammed with Christmas shopp
22、ers.It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying athird of its total capacity.be stuffed with a pillow stuffed with feathersduck stuffed with eight treasuresstuffed birdsIm stuffed.=Im full.Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great ex
23、plorer, his name will probablyremain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world wasnamed after him.She is by no means pretty.Shes not a bad kid, by any means.By no means can theory be separated from practice.Shes not at all happy about the current situation.This
24、 will in no way influence our original decision.I am no expert.That girl is no fool.Larry is no friend of mine.His arguments are not remotely convincing.On no account must you disturb me when Im working.Do not on any account leave the prisoner unguarded.I tried to convince them, but they werent in t
25、he least interested.Was she annoyed? Not a bit! She was delighted.On no condition should untrained personnel use the equipment.Under no circumstances will we agree to splitting up the company.not a little = more than a little = veryGraham was not a little / more than a little frightened by what he h
26、ad seen.perturbed = disturbed = worriedGlancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere 20 miles away.glance at inform sb. of / about sth.inform sb. that convince sb. of sth.convince sb. that a mere 仅仅a mere 后跟单数名词时 = only a / an在其他情况下 a mere = onlyGlancing at his map, he informe
27、d us that the next village was a mere (=only) 20 miles away.It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted a mere (=only an) hour and 17minutes.It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties, but (that) he simply had no sense ofdanger at all.It is/was not that , but (that) 不是因
28、为, 而是因为It was not that I actually remembered anything at all. But my father had described over and overagain what we should see at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town, so that I waspositive I should recognize it as familiar territory.It is not that the scales in the one case, and the bal
29、ance in the other, differ in the principles oftheir construction or manner of working; but that the latter is a much finer apparatus and ofcourse much more accurate in its measurement than the former.not that , but that Not that I love Caesar less, but that I love Rome more. Shakespeare Julius Caesa
30、rNot that I love you less, but that I love liberty more.Not that I love my teacher less, but that I love truth more.simply adv. used to emphasize what you are saying（用以加强语气）简直，实在，根本，就是 He simply had no sense of danger at all.His pronunciation is simply terrible.That is simply not true!I simply refus
31、e to go!He simply wont accept the committees decision.No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it couldpossibly go.Whatever the conditions were, possibly 经常与 can / could 连用以表示“尽全力”的意思，后跟动词时常用 can / couldpossibly + 动词，后省略动词时常用 possibly can / could。No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven
