新概念英语第二册精讲 (第五十九课)
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第五十九课
一．生词和短语精讲与拓展
(一)
press verb
按，压，挤，推，施加压力
例句：The little girl
pressed her nose against the window.
press for sth.
不断要求
例句：People pressed
for some changes in policies.
press sth. on sb.
勉强某人接受；促使某人吃或喝
例句：The salesmen
pressed alcoholic drinks on the young man.
press conference 新闻发布会；记者招待会
pressing adj. 1.
紧急的；急迫的 [SYN
urgent] I have some pressing business to do.
2. 难以推却的；不容忽视的 a pressing invitation
难以推却的邀请
pressure n.
压力；压强；大气压；心理压力；紧张 blood pressure
血压
（二）expert n. expert
at / in / on sth.; expert at / in / on doing sth.
专家，行家，能手
例句：We should become
experts in getting our own way.
我们应该成为达到自己目的的行家。
expertise n. [U] expertise in sth. /
in doing sth./to do sth.
专门知识；专门技能；专长
例句：She has the
expertise to help you with your study.
她拥有帮助你学习的专门知识。
（三）develop
verb
1.
成长，发展，壮大 The
country has developed greatly.
这个国家已有了很大发展。
2.
vt. 开发；研制 The company has developed a new
software.公司已经开发了一个新软件。
3.
养成 The boy has
developed a bad
habit.这个男孩养成了一个坏习惯。
development n.
发展，开发，成长，壮大，发育
developing adj.
发展中的 the developing
countries 发展中国家
developed adj.
（国家、社会等）发达的；高度发展的；先进的，成熟的 the developed countries
发达国家；the developed
problem-solving skills 熟练解决问题的技能
developer n.
(房地产)
开发商，开发公司；（新产品的）开发者，研制者；
development area
开发区
(四)
habit n.
1.
[C] 习惯
You should change your eating
habit. 你应该改变你的饮食习惯。
good/bad habits
良好习惯；恶习
I am not in the habit of letting
strangers into my apartment.
我不习惯让陌生人进我的公寓。
I should break the habit of
staying up so late. 我应该改掉熬夜的习惯。
2. [U]
惯常行为；习性 I
just did it out of
habit.我只是出于习惯这么做。
habit-forming adj.
使成习惯的，使上瘾的
habitual adj.
(仅用于名词前) 惯常的，典型的
They waited for his habitual
response. 他们等待他的一贯反应。
habitually
adv.
(五)
remove verb ( vt.) remove sth./sb. from
sth./sb. 移开；拿开，去掉；从…机构开除
He removed his hand from her
shoulder. 他把手从她肩上拿开。
Illegally parked cars will be
removed. 非法停放的车辆将被拖走。
Two employees were removed from
the company for stealing something.
有两名员工因偷窃被公司开除。
removal n.
1.
[U]
removal of sth/sb 移动；调动；去除
2.
[U]
removal of sth. 除去；消除；清除
3.
[U]
removal of sb. 免职；解职 [SYN dismissal]
removable adj.
[通常用于名词前]可去除的；可取出的
二．课文精讲
1. Our dog, Rex, used to sit
outside our front gate and bark.
我们家的狗，雷克斯，过去经常坐在我家前门外面叫。
本句为简单句，Rex是our
dog的同位语，used to do
表示过去常常做某事情，outside
在本句为介词，在…外边。
be used to sth./doing sth.
习惯于…
used to do sth.
过去常常做…
be used as
用作…
be used to do sth.
用于做…
2. Every time he wanted to come
into the garden he would bark until someone opened the
gate. 每次它想进入花园，就会叫，直到有人打开大门。
Every
time
在此相当于连词，“每当”，“每次”，引导时间状语从句；until someone opened the
gate也是时间状语从句。
3. As the neighbours complained
of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw
on the latch to let himself in.
由于邻居们抱怨狗的叫声，于是，我丈夫用了几周的时间训练它把脚爪按在门闩上把自己放进来。
本句是复合句，as
引导原因状语从句，在从句中，complain of /about
…抱怨…，主句中
spend +
时间+ doing
sth. 意为“花…时间做…”, to let himself
in为动词不定式短语作目的状语。
4. Rex soon became an expert at
opening the gate. 雷克斯很快成为开门的专家。
be expert at sth./doing sth.
类似的表达有 be good at,
be proficient in, excel a
