1、Lesson 40Whos who 真假难辨 by Kitty*Review the words rough boulder pit perturb underestimate swerve scoop hammer ominously rip petrol stretch obstacle clump *Review the words fissure renew pleading gear astride crack zigzag shallow grind (ground, ground ) halt dashboard *Review the sentences -Dont be ro
2、ugh on your friends. -Please get them to finish the work as quickly as possible. -She sccped out some sugar. -That guy made a scoop. -This is a good / bad omen.*Fast reading use the papers*Text Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax. specialize in. 专门研究-He specialized i
3、n biology after graduation.*Text hoax n. 骗局，戏弄play a hoax on sb. 戏弄某人=play a trick on sb. 戏弄某人=play a joke on sb. 开某人玩笑-The boy student is thinking how to play a hoax on his classmate.*Text Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting
4、student would ever indulge in. deception n. 欺骗，骗局(无关紧要的骗局，并不是故意的欺骗)-She referred to the pills as sweet, so the harmless deception made it easy for her child to take them.*Textdeceit （故意的）欺骗-We are incapable of deceit.fraud 对公众的欺骗行为，多指官方的欺骗或财政舞弊trickery 欺骗（语气上严厉）,着重有步骤地诡计来谋取私利。-He had gained control
5、of the company by trickery.*Text indulge v. 使沉迷indulge oneself in sth. 沉迷于= be indulged in -He indulged himself in smoking and drinking.=He was indulged in smoking and drinking.*Textv. 纵容-She indulges her only son.*Text Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the
6、victims. except the victims = but the victims*Text When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill. tear up = destroy
7、*Text As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously. be to do 结构含义：1. should -Such a private thing should be avoided.=Such a private thing is to be avoided. *Text2. must -No students must leave sc
8、hool without the permission of the police. =No students are to leave school without the permission of the police.3. intend 意图，打算-We intend to start work next week.=We are to start work next week.*Text take sb seriously 严肃对待*Text He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing a
9、ll sorts of silly jokes on people. 对比 1. silly adj. 无意义的，无聊的, 无知的 -Being called silly is not compliment.-Dont play such a silly hoax.*Text2. foolish 强调愚蠢的，笨的，不明智的-I remonstrated him not to do anything foolish.3. stupid 人及言行缺乏良好的判断力，天生的迟钝-His son is as stupid as all.*Text4.dull 迟钝的-The old mans heari
10、ng has become dull.-She is a dull girl.*Text Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information. be grateful to sb. for sth.*Text advance adj. 预先的，事先获得的advance information / in advance*Text The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman tel
11、ephoned for help. as he pleased 随他的意愿做*Text Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen. remonstrate v. 规劝，告诫remonstrate sb to do sth 规劝某人做某事*Text Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone. grant v. 同意，准予ask sb. for permission请求许可give / grant sb. permission 准予许可* THE END*
