新概念3Lesson36
新概念英语第3册课程讲义Lesson36
Lesson 36 A chance in a millioncredulous ['kredjələs]adj. 轻信的Anna is so credulous that she’ll believe anything you tell her.naïve“cred” = believecredit n. 信用；赊账credit card credulousincredulous credibleincrediblecredentials n. 证书；证件obscure [əb'skjʊə(r)]adj. 不起眼的，不出名的；难以理解的obscure: 1. unknown; little-knownan obscure little villagean obscure maidservantremain obscureThe environment is obviously important, but its role has remained obscure.well-known; famous; noted; notable; eminent; celebrated;renownedobscure: 2. hard to understandVery few people could understand his lecture because it was very _____.(A) faint (B) obscure(C) gloomy (D) indefinitepresume [pri'zju:m]v. 假定，推测，认为From the way they talked, I presumed (that) they were a couple.be presumed dead / innocent …A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's down-fall.You are presumed innocent until you are proved guilty.believe think suppose assume… a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before.Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man.be under the impression that …还以为……Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the chest proved them wrong.take it for granted that …想当然地认为……You ca n’t take it for granted that the children will behave themselves.plot [plɒt]v. 秘密谋划，暗中策划plot to do = scheme to doThe criminal was plotting / scheming to rob the bank.conspire to doThe criminals were conspiring to rob the bank.Bad weather and car trouble conspired to ruin our vacation.resemblance [ri'zembləns]n. 相似resembleShe closely resembles her mother in every way.resemblancebear a resemblance to …Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. acquaint [ə'kweɪnt]v. 使熟悉或了解be / get / become acquainted with …I’m not acquainted with him.He became acquainted with the work.be / get / become familiar with …He was familiar with the work.The work was familiar to him.acquaintanceHe is my only acquaintance in the little town.reunite [ri:ju:'naɪt]v. 使团聚be reunited with …The lost children were reunited with their parents.reunifyreunificationnational reunificationI'd love to buy a Rolls-Royce, but it costs an arm and a leg.Everybody was clapping their hands off.I didn’t sleep a wink last night.He has a skeleton of a wife.We are less credulous than we used to be.We spend more time traveling than we used to.less + adj. / adv. + than …not so / as + adj. / adv. + as …We are not so / as credulous as we used to be.造句：他不像以前那么内向(introverted)了。
新概念英语NCE3_lesson36(共42页)课件
• obscure adj. • 1)不起眼的，不出名的 • -The bus stopped at an obscure little town. • 2）模糊不清的 （not clearly ） • -An obscure figure can be seen through the
fog. • 同： • vague 多用于比喻意,指不明确说明而造成的模
糊不清
• -what he said is vague.
• credulous adj.轻信的 • -He is more credulous than me. • 【辨】credulous/credible/believable比较： • credulous (多修饰人) • credible 可信的,可靠的（多修饰事物 ） • -The story he told us is credible.
• naive adj.天真的，幼稚的 • naive person 幼稚的人 • naive remark 幼稚的话 • 同： • lovable 可爱的 • cute （尤指孩子）可爱的 • adorable 可爱的（口语常用）
• unacceptable adj.不能接受的 • be unacceptable to sb. • 对某人来说不能接受 • -他没法接受失败。 • -Failure is unacceptable to me. • 反:acceptable
• resemblance n.相似的（=likeness） • bear a strong resemblance to sb. or sth.
极其相似
• -The girl bears a strong resemblance to her sister.
新概念英语NCE3_lesson36(共17页)课件
对比 assume : 武断的，把尚未证实 的作为依据，与事实不相符合
--Let us assume that your words are fact suppose : 最普通的用词，猜想、 陈述自己的看法
--I suppose that it was my fault.
• plot v. 密谋
• present sb. with sth. = present sth. to sb. 向某人提供了……
• Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother.
• obscure adj. 不起眼的 --The bus stopped at an obscure little town.
--The two events which happened at the same time have got similarity.
• Franz poured scorn on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war.
--The criminals were plotting to rob the bank. 对比
conspire [kən’spaɪr]: 众多人合谋做重 大的犯法勾当，犹指反叛，不用于修 饰单个人
scheme [skim]: 某人暗中设计狡诈的 手段来谋求自己的私利
--The man is scheme for power.
acquaintance [ə’kwentəns] n. 熟人
新概念第三册lesson36
blacken v. 使变黑
• • • • En作为形容词的后缀表示“使”： Wide widen 使变宽 Sharp sharpen 使变锋利 Bright brighten 使明亮
emerge v.从某处出现
• • • • • • Emerge from -This ball emerged from the water. 词根merge表示“沉” Immerge 浸没 Submerge 下沉 Emergency 紧急事件
convert v.转变，改变
• • • • Convert ...to/into 把...转化为 -I will convert you into a person who is good at English. Transform 转变 Transformer 变压器
• • • •
disused adj.不再用的，废弃的 disused house 废弃的房子 misused 弄错了的 used 用过了的（=second-hand 二手的）
arduous adj.艰苦的，艰难的
• • • • • -Studying English is a arduous job. ous结尾的形容词： industrious adj.勤劳的 laborious adj. 劳神的，费力的，吃力的 strenuous adj.费力的，精心的，须全力以 付的（比arduous强烈的多，同时表示奋发 的。）
court n.法院
• • • • • • • The Supreme Court 最高法院 Judge 法官 Defendant 被告 Plaintiff 原告 Counsel 辩护律师 Jury 陪审团 Judgment 判决书
law n.法律
新概念英语第三册第36课-A chance in a million
新概念英语第三册第36课:A chance in a millionLesson 36 A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇 Listen to the tape then answer the question below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What was the chance in a million?We are less credulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother. A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers would find such naive solution totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on a walking tour with his wife, he stooped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs. Bussman commented on the workman's close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. Franz poured scorn on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war. Though Mrs. Busssman fully acquainted with this story, she thought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right. A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needless to say, the man's name was Hans Bussman and he really was Franz's long-lost brother. When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive. After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had beensent to hospital and was separated from his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family home, but the house had been bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what had become of the inhabitants. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.参考译文我们不再像以往那样轻易相信别人了。
新概念第三册36课A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇
§Lesson 36 A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇【New words and expressions】生词和短语●credulous adj. 轻信的●improbable adj. 不大可能的●obscure adj. 不起眼的●maidservant n. 女仆，女佣●presume v. 假定●wickedly adv. 心眼坏地，居心叵测地●plot v. 密谋●downfall n. 倒台，垮台●naïve adj. 天真的●unacceptable adj. 不能接受的●conspire v. （事件）巧合促成●incredible adj. 难以置信的●resemblance n. 相似●scorn n. 嘲弄，挖苦●acquaint v. 使了解●reunite v. 使团聚●assume v. 假定，认为L35-05_36-01 end 9’34”L36-02 begin 9’32”■credulous adj. 轻信的(修饰人)credible: 可信的，可靠的（修饰事物）Eg: The story he told us is credible.incredulousincrediblebelievableEg; He demanded for believable explanationunbelievable■improbable adj. 不大可能的■obscure adj. 不起眼的Eg: The bus stopped at an obscure little town令人费解的An obscure figure can be seen through the fog.vague 多用于比喻意，指不明确说明而造成的模糊不清■maidservant n. 女仆，女佣■presume v. 假定vt.presume thatpresume: 假定(根据过去的经验和感觉作出决断)assume : 武断的，把尚未证实的作为依据，与事实不相符合Eg: Let us assume that your words are factsuppose : 最普通的用词，猜想、陈述自己的看法Eg: I suppose that it was my fault.■wickedly adv. 心眼坏地，居心叵测地■plot v. 密谋The criminals were plotting to rob the bank.conspire: 众多人合谋做重大的犯法勾当，犹指反叛，不用于修饰单个人scheme: 某人暗中设计狡诈的手段来谋求自己的私利The man is scheme for power.■downfall n. 倒台，垮台■naïve adj. 天真的■unacceptable adj. 不能接受的■conspire v. （事件）巧合促成vi.The weather and car trouble conspire to spoil our vacation.■incredible adj. 难以置信的■resemblance n. 相似likeness: 最普通的用语，比resemblance意味要强bear a strong resemblance to sb. or sth.The girl bears a strong resemblance to her sister.such a resemblanceresemble 特别是指外观或外在性质的相似similarity:性质、特色、程度的相似The two envents which happened at the same time have got similarity similar to sth. or sb.They have got close likeness.L36-02 end 9’32”L36-03 begin 9’14”■scorn n. 嘲弄，挖苦pour scorn onpour contempt onpour ridicule on 对……嘲弄，挖苦，斥之以鼻pour heapEg: He poured scorn on his wife’s suggestion.look down upon / think scorn of 藐视contempt: 蔑视，强烈谴责某人或某事低贱、卑鄙，语气强于scorndespite: 语气较弱，表示嘲弄Eg: His suggestion was dismissed with scorn.His face showed the scorn he felt.■acquaint v. 使了解be acquainted with sth. 对……有所了解acquaint sb. with sth. / acquaint sb. of sth. 告之某人某事make a person acquainted with sb. 介绍某人同另一个人认识Let me make ... acquainted with you (正式用法)acquaintance n. 熟人■reunite v. 使团聚■assume v. 假定，认为【Text】§Lesson 36 A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇Listen to the tape then answer the question below.What was the chance in a million?We are less credulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century,a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting hisreaders with a series of coincidences ---- most of them wildlyimprobable. Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscuremaidservant was really the hero's mother. A long-lost brother, whowas presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedlyplotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers would find such naive solutions totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before. While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on, Mrs Bussman commented on the workman's close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. Franz poured scorn on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war. Though Mrs Bussman was fully acquainted with this story, shethought that there was a chance in a million that she might be right. A few days later, she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman, Needless to say, the man's name was Hans Bussman and he really was Franz's long-lost brother. When the brothers were reunited, Hans explained how it was that he was still alive. After having been wounded towards the end of the war, he had been sent to hospital and was separated from his unit. Thehospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. Meanwhile, his unit was lost and all records of him had been destroyed. Hans returned to his family home, but the house had been bombed and no one in the neighbourhood knew what had become of the inhabitants. Assuming that his family had been killed during an air raid,Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained ever since.参考译文我们不再像以往那样轻易相信别人了。
新概念第三册lesson 36课件
• improbable adj. 不大可能的 • obscure adj. 不起眼的
• Eg: The bus stopped at an obscure little town
• 令人费解的
• An obscure figure can be seen through the fog.雾
• suppose : 最普通的用词，猜想、陈述自己 的看法
• Eg: I suppose that it was my fault.
• wickedly adv. 心眼坏地，居心叵测地 • ■plot v. 密谋
• The criminals were plotting to rob the bank. • conspire: 众多人合谋做重大的犯法勾当，犹指反Fra bibliotek，不用于修饰单个人
• downfall n. 倒台，垮台 • ■unacceptable adj. 不能接受的 • ■conspire v. （事件）巧合促成 • vi.
• The weather and car trouble conspire to spoil our vacation.
Lesson 36 A chance in a million
• credulous adj. 轻信的 (修饰人) • credible: 可信的，可靠的 （修饰事物） • Eg: The story he told us is credible. • incredulous • incredible • believable • Eg; He demanded for believable
• vague 多用于比喻意，指不明确说明而造 成的模糊不清
新概念英语单词第3册Lesson36：A chance in a million百万分之一的机遇
新概念英语单词第3册Lesson36：A chance in amillion百万分之一的机遇credulous ['kredjls] adj．轻信的【派生词】credulously轻信地【单词例句】He is credulous of rumors.他容易相信谣言。
improbable [m'prbb()l] adj.不大可能的obscure [b'skj] adj;不起眼的，v．遮掩，模糊【单词搭配】obscure origin卑微的出身【单词例句】A：Why didn't you find it yesterday?A：你为什么昨天没找到它？B：It's in an obscure comer, and I didn't notice it.B：它在一个不起眼的角落，我没有注意到。
maidservant ['medsvnt] n.女仆，女佣presume [pr'zjum] v.假定【派生词】presumption假定，认定【单词搭配】presume on利用【单词例句】We must presume innocence until we have evidence of guilty.除非我们有罪证，否则我们应做无罪推定。
wicked adj.坏心眼的，居心叵测的【派生词】wickedly坏心眼地【单词扩充】splenetic恶意的【单词例句】He denied that he had done anything wicked．他否认做过任何邪恶的勾当。
plot [plt] v.密谋downfall ['danfl] n. 倒台，垮台【单词构造】down（向下）+fall（落下，垮台）= downfall（倒台）【单词扩充】collapse垮台【单词例句】The crisis led to the downfall of the then government.危机导致当时的政府倒台了。
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a chance in a million one chance in a thousand 可能性小 在这儿见到你可真是不容易呀 It is a chance in a million to meet you here. He let out a scream that must can be heard in Peru. 典型的夸张,目的是加强语气
Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible. 不过，在现实生活中，有时确实会出现一些 巧合，这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也 不会相信。 do—加强语气,really
While on a walking tour with his wife, he stopped to talk to a workman.
一次，他与妻子徒步旅行。途中，停下来与 一个工人交谈。 he was on a walking tour………..省略了he
After they had gone on, Mrs Bussman commented on the workman's close resemblance to her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. 接着他们继续往前走去。巴斯曼夫人说那工 人与她丈夫相貌很像，甚至猜测他可能就 是她丈夫的兄弟。 comment on sth 就...作出评论\评价--remark on eg:I can't explain how it is that he is still here.
wickedly morally bad; sinful or evil adv.心眼坏地,居心叵测地 （指人或人的行为）不道德的, 缺德的, 邪恶的 plot v.密谋 一人或多人秘密谋划伤害他人. eg. The criminals were plotting to rob the bank. downfall fall from a position of prosperity or power n. 衰落; 败落; 垮台 To bring something about means to cause it to happen. The only way they can bring about political change is by putting pressure on the country.=cause Modern science has brought about great changes in life.
improbable not likely to be true or to happen; not probable adj.不大可能的 失业率几无可能下降. It is very/most improbable that the level of unemployment will fall. bring sth. to a conclusion 结束 eg. They decided to bring the meeting to a conclusion. bring sth. to a close (比较正式的) eg. It was ...who brought meeting to a close. present sb. with sth. 给某人提供… present sth. to sb.
Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother.
当时的读者却愉快地接受这样一些事实，一 个低贱的女佣实际上是主人公的母亲。 obscure not easily or clearly seen or understood; indistinct; hidden adj.不易看清的; 费解的; 不分明的; 隐藏的 1)不起眼的，不出名的 eg. The bus stopped at an obscspire ~ (with sb) (against sb); ~ (together) (against sb)make secret plans (with others), esp to do wrong （与他人）密谋（尤指干坏事）: conspire with others against one's leader 与他人共谋反对上司
2)令人费解的，模糊不清的 An obscure figure can be seen through the fog. 通过大雾我们可以看到模糊不清的身影. His real motive for the crime remains obscure. 他犯罪的真正动机仍不清楚. vague:多用于比喻意,指不明确说明而造成的 模糊不清 eg. what he said is vague. maidservant n.妇女仆,女佣 A manservant is a man who works as a servant in a private house.
Modern readers would find such naive solutions totally unacceptable. 现代读者会觉得这种天真的结局完全无法接受。 naive adj. natural and innocent in speech and behaviour; unaffected （言行）自然而天真的, 不做作的. too ready to believe what one is told; credulous （对他 人的话）过於相信的, 轻信的: You weren't so naive as to believe him, were you? unacceptable adj.不能接受的 find sth. interesting 觉得什么有意思 find sb. beautiful 觉得某人漂亮
We are less credulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences ---- most of them wildly improbable. 我们不再像以往那样轻易相信别人了。在19世纪， 小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合-大部分是牵强附会，极不可能的。 credulous too ready to believe things adj.轻信的 (多修饰人) 区分 credible:可信的,可靠的,多修饰事物 eg. The story he told us is credible. incredulous / incredible
~ against sb/sth(of events) seem to act together; combine disadvantageously for sb/sth （指事情）似乎同时发生对某人[某事物]不利: circumstances conspiring against our success 阻碍我们成功的各种情况凑在一起 events that conspired to bring about his downfall 导致他垮台的种种事件同时发生.
这是明显现在与过去的对比 are 表示现在的情况 / used to be 过去的情况 我们不像过去那么诚实了. We are not so honest as we used to be. 谓语动词是be动词的时候用used to be,而不用 used to 谓语动词是使役动词的时候用used to eg. He works less hard than he used to.
When I was a boy, my grandfather told me how a German taxi driver, Franz Bussman, found a brother who was thought to have been killed twenty years before. 当我是个孩子的时候，我祖父给我讲了一位 德国出租汽车司机弗朗兹巴斯曼如何找到 了据信已在20年前死去的兄弟的事。 who was thought……. who 所引导的定语从 句修饰brother
A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. 主人公一位长期失散的兄弟，大家都以为死了，实 际上一直活着，并且正在策划暗算主人公；如此 等等。 presume v.假定 take sth. as true 经常用的表达方式 presume that 根据过去的经验或感觉作出推断 assume 与事实不相符合 eg. Let us assume that your words are fact. suppose 最普通的用词猜想\陈述自己的看法 I suppose that it was my fault.
resemblance (between A and B) the fact of being or looking similar to sb/sth n.相似的 bear a strong resemblance to sb. or sth. have a close resemblance to sb. or sth. eg. The girl bears a strong resemblance to her sister. There was a remarkable resemblance between him and Pete... such a resemblance likeness最普通的用语,比resemblance意味要强 resemblance 特别是指外观或外在性质的相似 similarity 性质\物色\程度的相似 similar to sth. sb.