1、新概念第四册Lesson2830课文翻译及学习笔记新概念第四册Lesson2830课文翻译及学习笔记新概念第四册Lesson28课文翻译及学习笔记【课文】First listen and then answer the following question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What are patients looking for when they visit the doctor?This is a sceptical age, but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers ferven
2、tly believed has weakened, our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same a theirs. This modern faith in medicines is proved the fact that the annual drug bill of the Health Services is mounting to astronomical figures and shows no signs at present of ceasing to
3、 rise. The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine, a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment,
4、and the doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements. There is no quicker method of disposing of patients then by giving them what they are asking for, and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked and have little time for offering t
5、ime-consuming and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as diet, right living, and the need for abandoning bad habits etc., the bottle, the box, and the jar are almost always granted them.Nor is it only the ignorant and ill-educated person who has such faith in the bottle of medicine. It is rec
6、ounted of Thomas Carlyle that when he heard of the illness of his friend, Henry Taylor, he went off immediately to visit him, carrying with him in his pocket what remained of a bottle of medicine formerly prescribed for an indisposition of Mrs. Carlyles. Carlyle was entirely ignorant of what the bot
7、tle in his pocket contained, of the nature of the illness from which his friend was suffering, and of what had previously been wrong with his wife, but a medicine that had worked so well in one form of illness would surely be of equal benefit in another, and comforted by the thought of the help he w
8、as bringing to his friend, he hastened to Henry Taylors house. History does not relate whether his friend accepted his medical help, but in all probability he did. The great advantage of taking medicine is that it makes no demands on the taker beyond that of putting up for a moment with a disgusting
9、 taste, and that is what all patients demand of their doctors - to be cured at no inconvenience to themselves.【New words and expressions 生词和短语】sceptical adj. 怀疑的forefathers n. 祖先fervently adv. 热情地curative adj. 治病的astronomical adj. 天文学的tangible adj.实实在在的remedy n. 药物ointment n. 药膏prescribe v. 开药方indis
10、position n. 小病disgusting n. 令人讨厌的inconvenience n. 不便【课文注释】1.sceptical adj.怀疑的例句：Mary is sceptical about the solution.玛丽对这个解决办法表示怀疑。2.fervently adv.热情地例句：For her sake, as well as for Johns, I hoped fervently that she might still be found.为了她的缘故，也为了约翰，我热切地希望她能被找到。3.curative adj.治病的例句：The scaffold were
11、 believed to have curative powers.人们认为绞刑架具有治病的功效。4.the same a theirs，这里的theirs是指our forefathers。5.astronomical figures 天文数字6.tangible adj.可触摸的， 实际的， 有形的， 确凿的例句：It is the only tangible object the astronomer can handle.这是天文学家能够掌握的可接触的对象。The plan brought few tangible benefits to the poor.这个计划没有给穷人带来多少实
12、际好处。【反义词】intangible adj.难以明了的， 无形的例句：The old building have an intangible air of sadness about it.那座古老建筑物周围笼罩著说不出的凄凉气氛。Sound is intangible and the same is true of light.声音是无形的，而光也同样如此。7.only too ready to provide非常乐意提供。在英语中tooto do的结构通常表示否定，但如果在前面加上only，就有“非常能做”的意思。8.dispose of 处理例句：I want to dispose
13、of these old books.我想处理掉这些旧书。He doesnt know how to dispose of his spare time.他不知道怎样安排业余时间。9.It is recounted of Thomas Carlyle据说，托马斯 卡莱尔(有下面这件事)。托马斯 卡莱尔是19世纪英国的散文作家和历史学家。10.prescribe v. 开处方， 规定例句：Ill prescribe for you as soon as I get the report.我拿到报告就给你开处方。【短语词组】prescribe for 为开处方【词义辨析】recommend, ad
14、vocate, propose, suggest, prescribe 这些动词均含“劝告、主张、建议”之意。recommend： 指向对方提出公开的建议或规劝。advocate： 指公开表明对某事或某行为的完全赞同，语气强于recommend。propose： 多指较正式地提出建议。suggest： 语气较委婉，指提出不成熟的建议或参见意见。prescribe： 多指医生开处方。11.in all probability 很可能例句：In all probability the money will not be paid.这笔钱很可能是不会偿付的。Having disappeared fo
15、r long, he has been kidnapped in all probability.他失踪了这么久十之八九是被绑架了。12.put up with 忍受例句：We have to put up with her bad temper.我们只得忍受她的坏脾气。Noise is coming to the point where we cant put up with it.噪音快到我们无法忍受的地步。【参考译文】这是一个怀疑一切的时代，不过虽然我们对我们祖先笃信的很多事物已不太相信，我们对瓶装药品疗效的信心仍与祖辈一样坚定。卫生部门的年度药费上升到了天文数字，并且当前尚无停止上升的
16、迹象，这个事实证实了现代人对药物的依赖。在医院门诊部看病的绝大部分人觉得，如果不能带回一些看得见、摸得着的药物，如一瓶药水，一盒药丸、一小瓶药膏回家的话，就没算得到了充分的治疗。负责门诊的医生也非常乐意为前来看病的人提供他们想要得到的药物，病人要什么就给什么，没有比这样处理病人更快的方法了。因为卫生部门的绝大部分医生超负荷工作，所以没有多少时间提出一些既费时而又不受人欢迎的忠告，如注意饮食、生活有规律，需要克服坏习惯等等，结果就是把瓶药、盒药、罐药开给看病的人而完事大吉。并不但仅那些无知和没受过良好教育的人才迷信药瓶子。据说托马斯.卡莱尔有过这么一件事：他听说朋友亨利.泰勒病了，就立刻跑去看他
17、，衣袋里装上了他妻子不舒服时吃剩下的一瓶药。卡莱尔不知道药瓶子里装的是什么药，不知道他的朋友得的是什么病，也不知道妻子以前得的是什么病，只知道一种药对一种病有好处，肯定对另一种病也会有好处。想到能对朋友有所协助，他感到很欣慰，于是急急忙忙来到了亨利.泰勒的家里，他的朋友是否接受了他的药物治疗，历史没有记载，但很可能接受了。服药的优点是：除了暂时忍受一下令人作呕的味道外，对服药人别无其他要求。这也正是病人对医生的要求 - 病要治好，但不要太麻烦。新概念第四册Lesson29课文翻译及学习笔记【课文】First listen and then answer the following questi
18、on.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What is a hovercraft riding on when it is in motion?Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century, the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft. In 1953, a former electronics engineer in his fifties, Christopher Cockerell, who had turned to boat-buildin
19、g on the Norfolk Broads, suggested an idea on which he had been working for many years to the British Government and industrial circles. It was the idea of supporting a craft on a pad, or cushion, of low-pressure air, ringed with a curtain of higher pressure air. Ever since, people have had difficul
20、ty in deciding whether the craft should be ranged among ships, planes, or land vehicles - for it is something in between a boat and an aircraft. As a shipbuilder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface ships power and limit
21、s its speed. His answer was to lift the vessel out of the water by making it ride on a cushion of air, no more than one or two feet thick. This is done by a great number of ring-shaped air jets on the bottom of the craft. It flies, therefore, but it cannot fly higher - its action depends on the surf
22、ace, water or ground, over which it rides.The first tests on the Solent in 1959 caused a sensation. The hovercraft travelled first over the water, then mounted the beach, climbed up the dunes, and sat down on a road. Later it crossed the Channel, riding smoothly over the waves, which presented no pr
23、oblem.Since that time, various types of hovercraft have appeared and taken up regular service. The hovercraft is particularly useful in large areas with poor communications such as Africa or Australia; it can become a flying fruit-bowl, carrying bananas from the plantations to the ports; giant hover
24、craft liners could span the Atlantic; and the railway of the future may well be the hovertrain, riding on its air cushion over a single rail, which it never touches, at speeds up to 300 m.p.h. - the possibilities appear unlimited.EGON LARSEN The Pegasus Book of Inventors【New words and expressions 生词
25、和短语】hovercraft n. 气垫船Norfolk Broads n. 诺福克郡的湖泊地区cushion n. 座垫ring v. 围Solent n. (英国的)苏伦特海峡sensation n. 轰动dune n. 沙丘plantation n. 种植园hovertrain n. 气垫火车【课文注释】1.the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft 这是现在分词being的独立主格结构。2.turned to direct ones interest or attention towards; go into 求助于, 转向，在
26、本段中的含义是“改行”。例句：I had to turn to the dictionary for help.我只得求助于字典了。The pop singer turned to figure in soap operas.那位流行歌星转向屏幕，在肥皂剧中扮演角色。3.had been working 过去完成实行时，通常表示某个过去正在实行的动作或状态，持续到过去某个时刻，还未完成，一直持续到之后的当前才结束 。例句：He had been bumming around the park all day.他在公园里荡了一整天了。He stopped swimming.He had been
27、 swimming for the last three hours.他停止游泳了。在过去的三个小时里，他一直在游泳。4. range v. 排列, 归类于例句：The documents may range from a single sheet to a large packet of papers.文件能够单页排列，也能够多页打包排列。5.in between,介乎.之间，这是一种组合介词。6.a surface ship,水面船只。7.sensation n. 感觉, 轰动, 激动, 知觉例句：He had a sensation of dizziness.他有一种晕眩的感觉。The
28、new discovery caused a great sensation.这项新发现很轰动。8.present no problem 没有出现任何问题【词义辨析】modern, contemporary, current, recent, present, up-to-date这些形容词均有“现代的、当代的”之意。modern： 指现代或近代，时期可长可短;也可指新颖、时髦的。contemporary： 仅指当今这个时代，不涉及任何过去的时代，但可表示不同的人或物存有于同一时代。current： 指当前存有和发生的。recent： 表示新近的，最近的，时间的长短依据所修饰的人或物而定。pr
29、esent： 是这些词中语气的一个。指现在正发生、起作用的。up-to-date： 一般用于非正式场合，指很时新、能反映当前的最新发展。offer, present, propose, volunteer这些动词均含“提出、提供”之意。offer： 最普通用词，多指主动提出或提供意见或东西等，但是否接受由对方自行决定。present： 既可指提出意见、建议等，又可指拿出某物供人欣赏或赠送。propose： 指直接而主动地提出问题或建议等，也指在讨论或争辨中提出具体意见或建议。volunteer： 与offer同义，侧重出于自愿，而不是奉命做某事。9.may well be,很可能是。例句：Th
30、is novel may well become a classic.这本小说很可能成为经典著作。Since he can play many musical instruments, he may well be called a man ofaccomplishments.他能演奏很多乐器，当然称得上是个多才多艺的人。10.speed up 加快速度例句：Harden up a little, we need more speed.把帆索拉紧一点，我们需要加快速度The order No.105 is so urgently required that we have to ask you
31、 to speed upshipment.第105号订单所订货物我们要急用，请你们加快装船速度。【参考译文】本世纪已研制出很多新奇的交通工具，其中最新奇的要数气垫船了。1953年，有一位50多岁名叫克里斯托弗.科克雷的原电子工程师，改行在诺福克郡的湖泊地区从事造船业，他向英国政府和工业界提出了他研究多年的一项计划。他的设想是：用一个低压空气或软垫来支撑船体，软垫周围用高压空气环绕。自那以后，人们很难决定是否应该将这种运载工具列为轮船、飞机，或是陆上交通工具，因为它是介于船和飞机之间。作为一个船舶技师，科克雷尔在寻找解决波浪阻力的方法，因为波浪阻力浪费掉了船在水面行驶的大量动力，从而限制了船的速度。他的解决办法是把船体提离水面，让船在一个气垫上行驶，气垫只有一两英尺厚。船底装上大量环状喷气嘴以实现这个目的。这样，船就能飞了，但飞不高。它的飞行限决于它所悬浮
