新概念英语第二册第七课.doc

Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚 The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! New words and expressions 生词和短语 1. detective n. 侦探 airport n. 机场 expect v. 期待，等待 valuable adj. 贵重的 parcel n. 包裹 diamond n. 钻石 steal v. 偷 2. main adj. 主要的airfield n. 飞机起落的场地 guard n. 警戒，守卫 precious adj. 珍贵的stone n. 石子sand n. 沙子 参考译文 飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵重包裹。数小时以前，有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。有两个人把包裹拿下飞机，进了海关。这时两个侦探把住门口，另外两个侦探打开了包裹。令他们吃惊的是，那珍贵的包裹里面装的全是石头和沙子！ 1. The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. 飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。 1) detective n. 侦探 detect [ditekt] v. to find out; notice or discover 发现；发觉；觉察 e.g. 我察觉出她说话声里含着愤怒。 I detected anger in her voice. 在死者胃中发现了少量毒药。 Small quantities of poison were detected in the dead man’s stomach. 注：quantity [kw?nt?ti] n. (pl. -ies) 1. [c, u]数量；数额；数目 2. [u] 量；数量 3. [c, u]大量；大批；众多；大宗 n. detection [u] the act or work of detecting 发现；发觉，察觉 n. detector 探测器，侦查器 e.g. (1) 金属探测器 a mental detector (2) 测谎器 a lie detector 2) at the airport 在机场 on the airfield 在停机坪上 airfield n. [只供飞机起落且无大型建筑物的]飞机场；飞机起落的场地 3) all morning 整个上午 all 一般直接加表示时间的单数名词构成副词短语，如： 整整一天all day 整夜all night 整星期all week 整个冬天all winter 整年all year 但不说 all hour whole 在表达同样的意思时一般要加冠词或数词，如 一整天 / 年a whole day / year 整整两星期two whole weeks 2. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. 他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵重包裹。 1) expect v. 1.vt.,vi.to think o