新概念英语第二册第63课【课文讲解】

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Lesson 63 She was not amused 她并不觉得好笑

1. Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.
杰里米·汉普登交际甚广，是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人。

（1）circle的含义之一是“（具有共同利益或兴趣等的人形成的）圈子”、“……界”：
Such things are never talked about in businese circles.
商业界的人士从来不谈论这种事。
Jeremy used to have a large circle of friends, but now he likes being alone.
杰里米以前交游甚广，但现在他喜欢独处。

（2）popular在这里表示“受欢迎的”、“得人心的”：
She is now a popular actress.
她现在是个走红的演员。

popular at
She is very popular at school.

popular with
Video games are very popular with children.

2. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour----everybody, that is, except his six－year－old daughter, Jenny.
人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感——人人，就是说，除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。

(1) admire v. 赞美，钦佩
admire someone for something

(2) humour可以指“幽默”、“幽默感”，sense of humour指“幽默感”：
He has a good/great sense of humour.
他很有幽默感。
George has no sense of humour.
乔治没有幽默感。
He is a man without humour.
他是个没有幽默感的人。

（3）that is为插入语，表示“那就是说”、“亦即”，用于补充说明everybody。
He is coming home next Monday, that is, April 5th.
他将于下星期一也就是4月5号到家。
He is coming home next Monday, that is, if he does not change his plan.
他将于下星期一到家，就是说，如果他不改变计划的话。

（4）Jenny为his…daughter的同位语。

（5）数词加名词构成复合形容词可以用于表示年龄、时间、度量等，名词通常用单数：
a twenty-year-old man 一位20岁的男子
a four-hour meeting 历时4小时的会议
a six-foot hole 一个6英尺深的洞（也可以说a hole six feet deep,这时foot用复数）
a three-hour journey 一次3小时的旅程

3. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception.
最近，杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。

wedding n. 婚礼
wedding cake, wedding ring

reception. n. 招待会 ( a formal party )

4. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.
这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。

sort表示“种类”、“类型”，常与of连用：
There are all sorts of flowers in his garden.
他家花园里有各种各样的花。
You mustn't mix with that sort of people.
你不得与那种人交往。

5. He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success
他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事，自然大获成功。

复习点：include 与 contain 的区别

6. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.
他刚一讲完，珍妮就对他说她要回家。这不免使杰里米有点扫兴，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。

as引导的是方式状语从句，其含义为“如同……那样”、“以……的方式”：
This fish isn't cooked as I like it.
这条鱼不是按我喜欢的那样做的。

7. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't.
在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词。使他吃惊的是，她说她不喜欢。


to sb's surprise是固定短语：
To my surprise, they can't sell their flat.
使我惊讶的是，他们的那套房子居然卖不出去。

8. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!
杰里米问她为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他！

this was so代指前面提到的情况，即she hadn't enjoyed the speech, this指“上述之事”，so表示“如此的”。

复习点：like to do sth 与 like doing sth 的区别

本课所需掌握词组：

have a large circle of friends
make a speech
admire …for
on the way home
a sense of humor
to one’s surprise
that is
laugh at

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