新概念英語第三冊(含lrc文本)Lesson 60 Too early and too late

　　本篇是論說文，是考試當中常見的一種題型
　　in civilized society == in modern society
　　necessary == essential
　　背熟：Eg:Mania is a habit we develop for a long time which is harmless.
　　bring sth. to conclusion: 做出結(jié)論
　　L60-02 end 13’35”
　　L60-03 begin 14’41”
　　背熟：Without it, nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion; everything would be in state of chaos.
　　平行句式，平行結(jié)構，同義詞的重復，關鍵詞的使用
　　Everything would be in confusion / a state of chaos / disorder
　　Eg: Hard work is our necessity to study English.
　　Without it, we could not get any success. / nothing would be complete.
　　倒裝：only引導介詞短語，時間/條件狀語放在句首，句子要部分倒裝。
　　背熟：In ordinary living, there can be some tolerance of unpunctuality.
　　in ordinary living == in our dily life
　　tolerance = the state to tolerate something terrible.
　　Nothing can be worse than this.
　　No forms of transport could be faster than airplane.
　　punctual --> unpunctual; punctuality --> unpunctuality
　　背熟：has everything coordinated and organized for the matter in hand.
　　keep sb. occupied
　　cut things fine 把時間安排得不留余地；掐鐘點
　　do sth. before doing
　　be tempted to do特別想要做某事
　　be eager / anxious / desperate to do
　　L60-03 end 14’41”
　　Lesson60A end 36:00
　　Lesson60B begin 42:40
　　L60-04 begin 12’30”
　　prefer to do
　　would like to do
　　would rather / sooner do
　　would prefer to do
　　Eg: I can’t resist the temptation to buy the beautiful dress.
　　I’m quite / particularly tempted to buy the buautiful dress.
　　descent: 降臨
　　Eg: Darkness descented very soon.
　　on time--> keep punctuality
　　Some people can be forgiven because of what they do even though they are unpunctual.
　　背熟：The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual.
　　nuisance --> trial
　　背熟：The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests.
　　Eg: The only thing to do is help you in this way.
　　My job is teaching. / My job is to teach.
　　如果當不定式做表語，主句結(jié)構當中也出現(xiàn)了不定式，做表語的不定式to符號應該被略掉，以避免重復。
　　Eg: The only thing to do is help you in this way.
　　What I want you to do is help me.
　　Paragraph 2
　　What does the writer aim at?
　　He just wants to illustrate to show that punctuality is quite important.
　　The over-punctual is as irritating as the unpunctual, but on some occasions, we’d better keep over-punctuality.
　　L60-04 end 12’30”
　　L60-05 begin 15’11”
　　comfortably
　　mean doing sth.
　　less
　　draw up: 停車
　　draw (pull) out of station: 離站
　　背熟： you avoid the frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is drawing out of the station and being unable to get on it.
　　When we get faulures over and over again, we always get the frustration inside our heart.
　　the frustration inside you can prevent you from doing what you are doing
　　in good time == on time
　　befall: sth. bad happen to
　　Eg: Such a bad experience befall him.
　　due: 按照計劃（安排）而正常進行
　　Eg: The meeting is due to begin at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning.
　　The train is due to set off at 3 pm.
　　What happened to her? What befell her?
　　impress upon sb. that 再三地叮囑某人 repeat sth. over and over again
　　forgive --> forgivable --> unforgivable
　　make two journeys to meet her: 往返兩次做什么
　　to her horror / terror / fear
　　on which 定語從句
　　only,往往表示很遺憾的心情
　　Eg: I hurry to the store only to find it was closed.
　　背熟：The girl asked to see a timetable, feeling sure that her father could not have made such a mistake.
　　feeling sure that...
　　be brought up to do / have learnt to do
　　Eg: We have learnt to expect that trains are punctual.
　　We have been brought up to eat certain foods.
　　produce it with flourish
　　just as: 恰恰在這個時刻
　　背熟：The girl, tears streaming down her face, begged to be allowed to slip into the guard's van.
　　背熟：she had to watch that train disappear towards her destination while she was left behind.
　　disappear towards: 朝著什么什么消失
　　L60-05 end 15’11”
　　L60-06 begin 15’07”
　　Punctuality is a necassary habit, we’d better keep punctuality, but you know, over-punctuality is irritating as unpunctuality, but on some occasions, we’d better be over-punctual.
　　【Vocabulary】P270
　　Choose five of the following words and phrases and give for each another word or phrase of similar meaning to that in which the word or phrase is used in the passage: a state of chaos (l.3); sparsely-populated (l.3); disregard (l.4); reproached (l.8); setting out (l.10); diversions (l.11); destination (l.33).
　　a state of chaos == confusion / disorder
　　sparsely-populated: 人口稀疏的
　　overpopulated / overpeopled:人口眾多的
　　sparsely == few peopled = with not many people
　　disregard == take no notice of == pay no attention == ignore
　　reproached == blamed severely == reprehended
　　setting out: 出發(fā) == setting off == starting
　　set out / start / set off / make / leave / head for: 出發(fā)去往某處
　　diversion: 繞道== taking another road to avoid having traffice jam
　　industrious: 勤勞的 == diligent
　　destination 目的地 == terminal


　　【Key to Multiple choice questions】
　　1. B 2. B 3. D 4. B 5． B 6. C 7． A 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. C