新概念英语第二册第88课【课文讲解】

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第八十八课 Trapped in a mine 困在矿井里

1.lose one's life 丧生，遇害例如：
Fifty people lost their lives in the train accident.在这次火车事故中,有50人丧生.

2.However, rescue operations are proving difficult.
然而，事实证明营救工作非常困难。
(1)However,无论如何,不管多么, 通常用在adj.和adv.前，当“然而”讲，表转折 例如:
She leaves her bedroom window open, however cold it is.无论天气多么冷，她都敞着卧室的窗户。(表无论如何)
His first response was to say no. Later, however, he changed his mind.他起先不同意,但是他后来改变了主意。(表转折)
(2)rescue operations，营救工作。
(3)prove之后带形容词（有时也可以是名词）时表示“证明是”、“结果是"
例如:His interview proved successful.
他的面试很成功.

3...,vibrations will cause the roof of the mine to collapse.
collapse:
(1)倒塌；
With no one to repair it, the old bridge collapsed long ago.
由于无人维修，那座桥早就倒塌了。
(2)（因精疲力竭等）倒下；（身体等）垮掉；
The thief had run more than forty miles. As soon as he shook off the police, he collapsed.
那个小偷已经跑了四十多英里路了。他刚摆脱警察便（累得）倒下了。

4...are therefore drilling a hole ....
因此，营救人员在矿井的北侧钻了一个洞。
therefore表示“因此”、“所以”等。它是副词，所以它既可以独立使用，也可以位于动词前。so表示“因此”、“所以”时通常是连词：
The new skirt is more beautiful and therefore more expensive.
这件裙子更好看,因此要贵一些.
He got a higher salery, therefore, he was able to rent a better flat.他的工资涨了,所以可以租一个更好的公寓.
He got a higher salery, he was therefore able to rent a better flat.（译文同上，therefore前后都可以有逗号，so后面通常不用逗号）
We prepared well, so we did a good job in the match.
我们做了充分的准备,所以在比赛中表现的很好.

5.If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours. 如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅用几小时就可以完成了。
这是虚拟条件句，表示与过去事实相反的假设。比如：
If he had come here earlier, he would have been able to catch the train.如果他们来得早一些，就可以赶上火车了。（事实上，他们来晚了。）

6...As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go. 事实上，他们已经花了16个小时，而且还要花很长时间。
(1) as it is事实上，实际上
(2) a long way to go 花些工夫
In order to study English well, you still have a long way to go.
要把英语学好，你还要多花些工夫！

7...has enabled the men to keep in touch with their closest elatives.
(1)to enable sb. to do sth. 使某人可以做某事
The highway between cities has enabled us to travel from city to city in such a short time.
城际高速公路使我们在城市之间穿行的时间大大缩短。
(2)keep in touch with表示“与……保持联系”，也可以用stay，get 等其他动词：
Though they work in different cities, they still keep in close touch with each other.
尽管他们在不同的城市工作,但是他们仍然保持着密切的联系.

8...are running out of food and drink.
run out of可表示“用完”、“耗尽”：
They are running out of oil and the plane has to land on the field.
他们的燃料都快消耗尽了,飞机不得不在稻田里降落.

9.lose heart为固定搭配，表示“丧失信心/勇气”、“泄气”、“灰心”：
Never lose heart,you will succeed sooner or later.
别灰心,迟早你会成功的.

重点短语:
lose one' life 失去生命
on the north side of 在北侧
intend to do 想(愿意)做...
a long way to go 花些工夫(时间)
keep in touch with 保持联系
enable sb. to do sth. 使某人可以做某事
run out of 用光
lose heart 失去信心

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