Lesson58Ablessingindisguise1.WhyhasthenumberofvisitorstothevillageofFrinleyincreased?2.Whydoesthetreehaveanevilreputation?Answerthequestions:BecausethenewspapermentionedtherewasacursedtreeinthevillageofFrinley.Becauseitissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.3.Whydoesthevicarrefusetocutdownthetree?Sofarnotoneofthemhasbeenstruckdownbysuddendeath.Nothingbadhaseverhappenedtothosevisitors.4.Whathaseverhappenedtovisitorswhohavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk?Answerthequestions:Probablybecausehedoesn'tbelievethestoryandthetreeisaverygoodsourceofincomeforthevillage.Newwords&expression•n.福气,福分•ablessingindisguise因祸得福•blessv.保佑•Godblessyou!=Blessyou!上帝保佑你•Blessmycountry.保佑我的国家★blessing•n.伪装•wearabeardasadisguise带个络腮胡子来伪装•v.伪装,假扮•eg:Icouldn`tdisguisemyanger.我无法掩饰自己的愤怒。•disguiseone`svoice改变说话的强调,发假声音★disguise•adj.极小的tiny=veryverysmall•smalladj.小的•littleadj.小的(含有可爱之意)•mini-(构成复合词)minibusn.小公共汽车eg:AtinylittlegirlwassingingverywellinTV.一个纤小的女孩在电视上唱的很好。★tiny★possess•v.拥有•eg:Theypossessthreecars.他们有三辆小汽车。bepossessedwith/bysth•(尤指人的思想)被…控制,支配eg:Shewassuddenlypossessedwithfear.她突然被恐惧的情绪所控制。possession•n[u].领有,持有,具有eg:I`vehadpossessionofthishousefor7years.我拥有这座房子已经7年了。•n[c].财产eg:Helostallhispossessionsinthefire.他在大火中丧失所有的财产。possession•beinpossessionofsth拥有某物eg:Heisinlawfulpossessionofashotgun.他合法地拥有一支猎枪。•possessorn.拥有者(owner)★cursed•adj.可恨的,讨厌的(常做定语)相当于hateful,unpleasantacursedperson一个可恨的人•cursen.咒骂的话,咒语beunderacurse被咒骂的eg:Thewitchlaidacurseupontheprincess.那个巫婆诅咒这个公主。•v.诅咒eg:Hecursed(at)hisbadluck.他诅咒他的坏运气。eg:Icursedherforspoilingmyplans.因为她破坏我的计划所以我诅咒她。•v.增加increaseone'sspeed加速eg:Thepopulationhasincreasedgreatly.人口急剧的增长。increasen.增加的量awageincrease工资增加额eg:anincreaseofnearly50%overlastyear.比去年差不多了50%。★increase•n.植物,树木wildeplant野生植物gardenplant花园里的植物plantsandanimals动植物•n.工厂,生产achemicalplant化工厂★plant•v.种植,栽种eg:Wearegoingtoplanttreesaroundthehouse.我们打算在房子周围种满树。•v.布置,安顿,固定eg:Policemenwereplantedalongtherouteoftheparade.警察被部署在游行的路线上。•n.教堂,礼拜•church加the表示地点•gotothechurch去教堂•Iamatthechurch.在教堂玩•church不加the和功能有关•gotochurch去教堂做礼拜•Iamatchurch.做礼拜★church•adj道德败坏的,邪恶的anevilreputation一个恶名声•adj令人不快的,坏的,有害的anevilsmell难闻的气味aneviltemper坏脾气★evil•n.名声goodreputation好名声badreputation坏名声•n.信誉establish/buildup/makeareputation树立声誉eg:Heiseagertowinareputation.他渴望获得声誉。★reputation•v.要求,索要(应得的权利或财物)索赔claimtheinsurance索取保险金•v.声称,声言,断言claimtodo…(某人)声称...eg:HeclaimedtohaveseentheMonaLisa.他宣称他曾经看过蒙娜丽莎(那幅画)。★claim•claimthat(宾语从句)…eg:Thelawyerclaimedthatthedefendantwasnotguilty.那个律师声称被告是无罪的。•n.权利,资格eg:Theyhavenoclaimtothisproperty.他们没有资格取得这些财产。•n.牺牲者,受害者(同义词:sufferer)thevictimsofaplanecrash空难事件的受害者•n.(祭神的)祭品,牺牲品fall(a)victimto…成为…的牺牲品eg:Amanlikeyoueasilyfallsvictimtothegreedofothers.像你这样的人很容易成为别人贪婪的牺牲品。★victim•n.教区牧师vicarminister(英国国教的)教区牧师基督教的牧师priest基督教会的神职人员,牧师,神父rectorcurate(英国国教的)牧区长;(天主教的)教区首席神甫(英国国教会的)助理牧师blackcoat牧师★vicar•n.来源eg:Idlenessisthesourceofallevil.(谚)懒惰是万恶之源。historicalsource史料•resourcen.资源★source•n.收入(最通用的词)eg:Ihaveanincomeof200dollarsaweek.我每周的收入是200美元。wagen.周薪salaryn.月薪bonusn.奖金,红包★income•n.树干eg:Thetrunkofthatfirisabout2metersthick.那颗冷杉的树干有2米那么粗。•n.躯干eg:Hehadapowerfultrunk.他身材伟岸。•n.干线,主流thetrunkoftheNile尼罗河的主流trunkcall(英)长途电话(longdistancecall)★trunkLanguagepoints主语+besaidtodosth.据说...Heissaidtobeverygood.AllourteachersaresaidtohavebeentoAustralia.=Itissaidthat+从句=Itissaidthatheisverygood.(是对不太有把握的事发表看法时一种谨慎的说法)1.ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.•thetinyvillageofFrinley弗林利这个小村庄•介词of表示的是同位关系:•thecityofBeijing名叫北京的城市•attheageoftwenty20岁时•aheightofthreefeet三英尺的高度•1.mentionvt.提到,提及eg:Myfatheroftenmentionsyou.•mentiontosb对某人说eg:Hementionedtomethathewasgoingtosellhiscar.他对我说他打算把车卖了。•2.inanewspaper强调报纸里面的内容2.Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.•thenumberof+(pl.)n…的数量,当这个短语作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式eg:ThenumberofpeoplewhoowncolorTVsisincreasingeveryyear.拥有彩电的人的数量逐年在增加。•anumberof+pl.(谓语动词用复数),表示许多eg:Anumberofbookshavebeenstolenfromthelibrary.图书馆里很多书被盗了。Itis/was+被强调部分+that+句子Thetreehasgainedanevilreputationinrecentyears.Itisthetreethathasgainedanevilreputationinrecentyears.如何强调主语?如何强调宾语?Itisanevilreputationthatthetreehasgainedinrecentyears.3.Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.Inhowmanywayscanwechangethefollowingsentenceintoemphasizedones?eg:AllofusaregoingtoSydneyfromGuangdongbyplaneonMay20th.ItisallofusthataregoingtoSydneyfromGuangdongbyplaneonMay20th.ItisSydneythatallofusaregoingtofromGuangdongbyplaneonMay20th.ItisfromGuangdongthatallofusaregoingtoSydneybyplaneonMay20th.Makequestions:ItisbyplanethatallofusaregoingtoSydneyfromGuangdongonMay20th.ItisonMay20ththatallofusaregoingtoSydneyfromGuangdongbyplane.Makequestions:Itis/was/hasbeensaidthat....Itis/was/hasbeenbelievedthat...Itis/was/hasbeenreportedthat...拓展英语中分号可以断开两个句子anyone任何人,与he相对应Ifanyonewantedtogothere,hewilldosth.4.Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;ifhepicksaleave,hewilldie.diefor…为…死dieforone`scountry为