1、Lesson 58A blessing in disguise?是因祸得福吗？First listen and then answer the question.Why does the vicar refuse to cut down the tree?Because the tree is a useful source of income.blessing n.福气,福分 n.祝福；祷告；赐福祝福；祷告；赐福 v.使神圣化；为使神圣化；为祈神赐福祈神赐福 Rivers are a blessing for an agricultural country.河流是农业国的福祉。This gi
2、ves you the opportunity to pray for and bless the other thereby blessing yourself.它其实是给了你一个机会，去为他人祈祷和祝福，从而赐福给你自己。bless v.保佑 God bless you!=Bless you!上帝保佑你 Bless my country.保佑我的国家disguise n.伪装 disguise as 伪装成 憨豆先生把自己伪装成一个美女。Mr.Bean disguised himself as a beauty.V.掩饰 I cant disguise my anger.in disgui
3、se 穿着伪装的 a wolf in disguise 披着羊皮的狼,被伪装的狼 a blessing in disguise 因祸得福 possess v.拥有 sb.possess sth.某人有某物 They possess property all over the world.他们在世界各地均有财产。He decided to give away everything he possessed and become a monk.他决定放弃所有一切，出家为僧。possession n.拥有,占有,所有,着迷,领土,领地,财产(常用复数),自制 in ones possession 某
4、人有某物 He was found in possession of dangerous drugs.他被发现藏有危险物品。cursed adj.可恶的，可恨的curse n.诅咒，咒骂curse sb/sth for sth.因诅咒It is better to light a candle than to curse darkness.与其诅咒黑暗，不如点亮光明 cursed adj.可恨的;被诅咒的,邪恶的 curse n.诅咒，咒语，祸根 vt.诅咒，咒骂，降祸 女巫诅咒他。The witch put a curse on him.The witch cursed him.be und
5、er a curse 遭受诅咒 lift a curse 解除诅咒 curse sb for sth 因为某事辱骂某人因为某事辱骂某人increse v.增长构词：in(加强)+creas(生长)+E(v.n.)加快生长-增加，增长（主要指（主要指工资，产量工资，产量,数量数量的增加的增加 increase by+(倍数或百分数)增加了 increase to+(实际数)增加到 n.增加 increase in value/price/be on the increase 正在增长 =be increasing increasing adj.增强的，增大的 increasingly adv.不
6、断增加地 The output increased by over 200 percent 产量增长了两倍多。The population has increased to 1.2billion.人口数量增加到1.2亿increasegrowaddincrease作动词或名词,着重体积、数量、强度、程度、力量、权威、名声、财富等的增加或增强;add是动词,指将某物加在另一物上,使之在数量、体积、重要性等方面有所增加;grow作不及物动词,表示“增长”与increase意义基本相同,但grow还另含有“生长、发育、种植等”之意。plant v.种植 plant 强调把东西给种下去 plant t
7、ree 种树(只是种,活不活不管)Tree Planting day 植树节 grow v.生长 grow sth.种庄稼(不但种,还要让它生长)n.植物v.种植Plants need water and sunshine.TreePlantingday植树节plant 与grow的区别planttree种树(只是种,活不活不管)growv.生长growsth.种庄稼(不但种,还要让它生长)church n.教堂go to church指的是到教堂去做礼拜；go to the church则指到教堂这个地方去。Christ基督，God神，Heaven天堂，Angel天使，sister,nun修
8、女，follower信徒，cross十字架,pray祈祷，Easter复活节,hell地狱,devil魔鬼，撒旦evil adj.坏的 evil=wicked adj.邪恶的 good and evil 善恶 Money is the root of all evil.金钱是万恶之源。n.罪恶，邪恶 speak evil of sb 说某人坏话reputation n.名声 good reputation 好名声；bad reputation 坏名声 fame n.名声,名望,传说,传闻 famous adj.著名的,出名的 has a good/bad reputation as/for h
9、as a good reputation as a doctor establish/build up/make/ones reputation ruin ones reputationclaim v.以为其后果 vi.提出要求；vt.要求；声称；需要；认领 n.要求；声称；索赔；断言；值得 claim=take 拿,索取 claim可以表示（疾病、意外等）夺去（生命）The accident claimed a few lives.Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.现在他们回来索要原本属于他们的东西。Every citizen m
10、ay claim the protection of the law.每个公民都可以要求受到法律的保护。Those children are the sad victims of their parents divorce.Victim n.Victim n.受害者，牺牲品受害者，牺牲品那些孩子因父母离异而成为可怜的 become the victim of=fall a victim to成为的牺牲品 source s:s n.来源；水源；原始资料 light source 光源 water source 水源 data source 数据源，数据发送器incomeWhats your in
11、come from your job?你工作的收入是多少？income 定期的收入salary指脑力劳动者的收入，数额比较固定。来源于salt（sal盐+ary与有关之物-古罗马时，当兵的食宿由国家包干，只发一些津贴买调味的盐，这一份“买盐的小钱”便是最古老的“薪金”形式，沿用至今）,白领工作的，（尤指按月发的）wage：体力劳动者的工资(蓝领)pay是salary 和wage的非正式说法，可指军饷n.收入income n.收入 income tax 所得税；income gap 收入差距 personal income 个人所得 low/high income rent v.租，租借，出租；
12、n.租金 interest n.兴趣，关心，重要性，影响，利息，利益，利害 vt.使发生兴趣，引起的注意 DINK-丁克家族:Ddouble，Iincome，Nno，Kkids kid n.哄骗，取笑，开玩笑，小孩，小山羊；v.哄骗，取笑，开玩笑，欺骗 DINK=double income no kids 丁克家族 The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a cursed tree.There/名词主语/代词主语+be said to do sth.据说（是对不太有把握的事发表看法时一种谨慎的说法）It is said that he is
13、 very good.He is said to be very good.据说他人非常好 it is said that 据说 用于这种结构的动词除了say之外，还有believe，know，find，fear，think等：It is feared that many lives have been lost in the train.在这次列车事故中，恐怕有不少人丧生。the tiny village of Frinley 弗林利这个小村庄，其中介词of表示的是同位关系：the city of Beijing 名叫北京的城市 at the age of twenty 20岁时 a hei
14、ght of three feet 三英尺的高度 Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper,the number of visitors to Frinley has now increased.mention vt.提到,提及（bring up）My father often mentions you.in a newspaper 强调报纸里面的内容 a number oflots of许多 a number of students 许多学生 the number of的数量/总数 the number of students 学生的数量 T
15、he tree was planted near the church fifty years ago,but it is only in recent years that it has gained an evil reputation.Have you planted any vegetables yet?你种蔬菜了吗？it is/was（被强调部分 that/who(m)+从句）万能强调结构 It is I that am looking for you.强调 “I”It is Jack who(m)Frank phoned last night.John visited New Yo
16、rk last month.a)强调主语：It was John who/that visited New York last month.上个月去纽约的是约翰 b)强调宾语：It was New York that John visited last month.约翰上个月去的是纽约。C）强调时间状语：It was last month that John visited New York.约翰是上个月去的纽约。gainget 得到 no pain,no gain.无付出无收获。I need to gain experience.我需要积累经验。It is said that if anyo
17、ne touches the tree,he will have bad luck;if he picks a leaf,he will die.英语中分号可以断开两个句子 anyone 任何人，与 he 相对应 If anyone wanted to go there,he will do sth.His sincerity touched me.他的诚恳态度感动了我。He has lost touch with reality.他与现实脱节。Many villagers believe that the tree has already claimed a number of victim
18、s.claim可以表示疾病、意外等“夺去（生命）”：The accident claimed a few lives.那次事故夺走了几条人命。She was the victim of a road accident.她是一场交通事故的受害者。The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down,but so far he has refused.(=has said no to the request.)sb.be asked to do sth.sb.被请求做某事 have sth.done 使某事被做，叫别人完成某事 I will go t
19、o have my bicycle repaired.（别人修车）I will go to repair my bicycle.（自己修车）I will have my hair cut.make sth.done 让某事被做 Could you make yourself known?你能让别人知道你吗?(你的自我介绍)=Could you introduce yourdself?你能自我介绍一下吗?Could you make youself heard?你能让别人听到你吗?(你能大声点吗?)make的用法：make+宾语+宾补；make+sb.+do 让某人做某事；make+sth.+d
20、one 让别人做某事 so far 迄今为止（常与现在完成时连用）He hasnt returned my books so far.He has pointed out that the tree is a useful source of income,as tourists have been coming from all parts of the country to see it.point out=explain 指出，解释 I realized that he had make a mistake,so I pointed it out to him immediately.H
21、e pointed out that it was a mistake not to help them.In spite of all that has been said,the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk.In spite of=despite in spite of 尽管，虽然；不顾，不管 He set off in spite of the heavy rain.in spite of all that=in spite of what 尽管 （in spite
22、 of 介词后面不能接从句,只能加what引导的从句）In spite of what you have told me,I still believe(that)he has stolen the money.So far,not one of them has been struck down by sudden death!so far为固定短语，其含义之一为“迄今为止”，常与现在完成时连用：He hasnt returned my books so far.迄今为止他还没有还我的书。not one ofnone of一个人也没有，单数no one of（no one不能加of）；not
23、 one of them表示“一个人也没有”，其语气比none of them或 no one要强。be struck down 被打倒（stike down 使生重病，杀死）Many people were struck down in that war.He was stuck down by cancer last year.Special difficulties Increase and Grow increase vt.&vi.增加，增大，增长，增强 The firm has increased his salary.His salary has increased.grow vi
24、.增长，长，成长，生长 The students in this university has grown in number.How tall youve become!How youve grown!She has grown so much she is nearly as tall as I am.growincrease(表示数量增长)The number is increasing/growing.Gain and Earn gain vt.获得，得到（get sth.）；受益，获益（earn无此含义）Jane has gained much from her year in Australia.earn vt.(通过努力)获得，得到；赚钱（gain无此含义）earn money 挣钱 earn ones living 谋生 Try to save as you earn.挣了钱时要设法存起来。She earns$500 a month.It has gained/earned an evil reputation.Pick and Cut pick vt.采摘，采集 They picked a lot of flowers yesterday.cut vt.切，割，剪 She cut an apple in two.
