新概念英语第三册Lesson46~48逐句精讲
新概念英语第三册Lesson46~48逐句精讲
新概念英语第三册Lesson46逐句精讲
1.So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingIy less dependent on
specialized labour.
现在我们自己动手做事的热情很高，结果对于专业工人的依赖越
来越少了。
语言点：句子结构分析：so引导的是一个倒装句，这句话可还原为： Our passion is so great for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingIy less dependent on
specialized labour.
2.No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for there are countless do-it-yourself publications.
因为出版了不计其数的教人自己动手做事的书报杂志，没有人再
能说对某事一无所知。
3.Armed with the right tools and materials, newlyweds
gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes.
新婚夫妇找来合适的工具和材料，喜气洋洋地开始布置新房。
语言点：句子结构分析：armed with…的意思是“用…装备”。
4.Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.
特别是男人，常利用空闲时间安装壁炉、布置花园、建造车库、
制作家具。
语言点：句子结构分析： installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture又是一个很经典的平行结构。
5.Some really keen enthusiasts go so far as to build
their own computers.
有些热衷于自己动手的人甚至自己组装电脑。
语言点：keen的意思是“热切的”。
新概念英语第三册Lesson47逐句精讲
1.Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated,
over industrialized planet.
污染就是我们为这个人口过密，过度工业化的星球所付出的代价。
语言点：the price we pay for的意思是“我们为…而付出的代价”。
2.When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish： dump it, burn it, turn it
into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it.
当我们开始考虑垃圾问题时，我们只有4种对付垃圾的方法：倾倒、焚烧、把垃圾变成再生材料或试图少产生一些垃圾。
3.We keep trying all four methods, but the sheer volume
of rubbish we produce worldwide threatens to overwhelm us.
我们一直在试这4种方式，但是，我们在世界范围内仅产生的垃
圾的量就有把我们覆盖的危险。
语言点：keep doing与try to do的含义不同，意为“一直在做
某事（几乎从未间断过）”。
4.Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of
polluting our planet.
不过，垃圾仅仅我们这个星球的污染问题的一个方面。
语言点：近几年因为人类的行为而导致的严重疾病：
Mad cow disease 疯牛病；bird flu 禽流感；A（H1N1）甲型
H1N1流感；SARS（Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome）非典型肺炎
5.The need to produce ever-increasing quantities of cheap food leads to a different kind of pollution.
日益增长的对廉价食物的需求导致了另一种形式的污染。
语言点：lead to的意思是“导致”。
新概念英语第三册Lesson48逐句精讲
1.In this much-travelled world,there are still thousands
of places which are inaccessible to tourists.
在这个旅游频繁的世界上，仍有成千上万个游人足迹未至的地方。
语言点：much-travelled world为“复合形容词+n.”结构的短语，不能说busy world,busy指的是“事情多”。
2.We always assume that villagers in remote places are friendly and hospitable.
人们总是以为偏僻的地方的村民们热情好客。
语言点1：句子结构分析：assume that…的意境比think that…
要深的多。
语言点2： friendly and hospitable作表语。
3.But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own countrymen can be hostile
to travellers.
但是，那些不但与外国旅游者隔绝，而且与本国同胞隔绝的人们
有可能对游客抱有敌意。
语言点：can be hostile to的意思是“可能对…抱有敌意”。
4.Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable-
as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.
到真正偏僻的村庄去旅游并不是一件愉快的事情。我与妻子在一
次周游巴尔干半岛时对此深有体会。
语言点：句子结构分析：破折号之后的内容是对前面内容的进一
步补充说明。
5.We had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old churches in the vicinity.
我们在一座小镇上逗留了几天，参观了附近的很多古老的教堂。
语言点：句子结构分析：“spend+时间+in/at+地点”是一个固定结构，意思是“在某地度过了多长时间”。