lesson36 A chance in a million
自学新概念英语第三册必背Lesson 36 A chance in a million
自学新概念英语第三册必背Lesson 36 A chance ina million【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 explanation unbelievable■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 ourvacation.■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.。
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。
lesson 36 a chance in a million
An extremely slight possibility
We are less credulous than we used to be. credulous: 轻信的 easily believe in sth, because of naivety/ innocence You are credulous to believe even half of what they promised. -credible：可信的，可靠的（修饰事物） The story he told us is credible. -incredible: beyond believe
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. comment on: 对…加以评论remark on No, please don’t comment on my new haircut. He just commented that people were getting married later nowadays.
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. wildly: extremely wildly inaccurate / expensive Improbable: impossible, unlikely 不大可能 It is improbable that he will say no, but not impossible.
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。
Lesson 36 a chance in a million
Lesson 36 a chance in a million百万分之一的机会一、单词讲解 New words and expressionscredulous(formal) 轻信的；易受骗的too ready to believe things and therefore easy to trick ：同义词： gullibility轻信的；易受骗的；易上当的If you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are easily tricked because they are too trusting ：What point is there in admitting that the stories fed to the gullible public were false?...承认向轻信媒体的公众提供了不实报道有何意义呢？gullible轻信的；易受骗的；易上当的too willing to believe or accept what other people tell you and therefore easily tricked ：gullible tourists 易上当的游客同义词： naivenaive1）(disapproving) 缺乏经验的；幼稚的；无知的；轻信的lacking experience of life, knowledge or good judgement and willing to believe that people always tell you the truth ：a naive question 无知的问题be politically naive 对政治一无所知I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him!真是难以相信你会幼稚到信任他！2）(approving) (of people and their behaviour 人及其行为) 天真的；率直的innocent and simple ：同义词： artlessTheir approach to life is refreshingly naive.他们对待生活的态度天真率直，令人耳目一新。
新概念英语第三册第36 课时
• 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.
• ---- 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.
• After having been wounded • towards the end of the war, • he had been sent 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.
Lesson 36 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1．We are less credulous than we used to be.credulous：easily believe in sth. because of infantilityYou are credulous to believe even half of what they promised.你要是信了他们承诺的一半的话你也就太轻信了。
2．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.bring to a conclusionDid you come to / reach / draw any conclusion?你是否得出了任何结论？wildly：extremelywildly inaccurate / expensiveimprobable：unlikely 不大可能是真实的impossible 不可能的It is improbable that he will say no, but not impossible.他不大可能会说不，但并不是没有可能。
3．Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero’s mother.happily：willingly 非常情愿地I’ll happily offer to help if he asks.只要他问我的话我很愿意提供帮助。
obscure：unknownan obscure painter / town4．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.presumed：believe sth. or accept sth. especially sth. untrue as true until provedYou are presumed innocent until you are proved guilty.在你证实有罪之前你会被假定为无辜的。
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。
裕兴新概念英语第三册lesson 36 A chance in a million
裕兴新概念英语第三册lesson 36 A chance in amillionLesson 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 19th 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 solutions totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a 19th 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 20 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, 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 been sent 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 50 miles away where he had remained ever since.New words and expressions 生词与短语credulousadj. 轻信的improbableadj. 不大可能的obscureadj. 不起眼的maidservantn. 女仆，女佣presumev. 假定wickedlyadv. 心眼坏地，居心叵测地plotv. 密谋downfalln. 倒台，垮台naiveadj. 天真的unacceptableadj. 不能接受的conspirev. （事件）巧合促成incredibleadj. 难以置信的scornn. 嘲弄，挖苦acquaintv. 使了解reunitev. 使团聚。
新概念3 Lesson 36 A chance in a million
• less+ adj./adv.+ than … • not so/as + adj./adv.+ as… 不像从前那样
• 1. 他不像从前那么内向了。(introverted) • _________________________________________ • 2. 他英语说得不如以前好了。 • _________________________________________ • 3. 他挣得比以前少了。 • _________________________________________
• Pollution and neglect have conspired to ruin the city.
• 污染加上疏于管理毁了这座城市。
• synonyms: • plot/ scheme/ intrigue/ conspiracy • schemes and intrigues ____________ • e.g. All the imperialist schemes and intrigues are doomed to fail. • The final part of the letter intrigued him greatly.
• From the way he talked, I______________________________.
• 从他谈话的样子看，我想他是你们的老板。
• ii. ______ (assume) that his family had been killed during an air raid, Hans settled ____ in a village fifty miles away ____ he had remained ever since. (P166 L23-24)
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words and expressions based on the first paragraph
▪ 1. credulous: too willing to believe without proof ▪ incredulous ▪ We sometimes becomes very credulous when salesmen talk about their products. ▪ 2. bring ...to a conclusion ▪ The professor finally brought the lecture to a conclusion by telling us a wonderful story.
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▪ 16. When had Hans been wounded?
▪ 17. What had happened to the hospital he was in? ▪ 18. How had he made his way back to West Germany?
▪ 19.When he got back home, were there any of his family in the neighbourhood? ▪ 20.What did Hans assume about his family?
lesson36 A chance in a million
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unbelievable conincidences
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▪ Today we'll talk about incredible coincidence ▪ unbelievable ▪ What coincidence can you see in the picture?
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words and expressions
▪ 1. comment on/ upon: to give an opinion 评 议，评论 ▪ The teacher refused to comment on the examination result. ▪ 2. resemble: （in) to look or be like ▪ She resembles her sister in appearance but not in character. ▪ resemblance ▪ There is a strange resemblance between the two sisters.
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Reading
▪ 1. Are we less credulous than we used to be? ▪ 2.When did novelists often end their stories with a series of coincidences? ▪ 3. Would readers happily accept unusual coincidences? ▪ 4. Would modern readers find solutions acceptable? ▪ 5.But do strange coincidences occur in real life?
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▪ 5. plot to do sth: secretly plan to do sth. ▪ The roommate plotted to kill him. ▪ 6. bring about : to cause Sceince has brought about many changes in our lives. 7. conspire to do sth: to plan together secretly (something illegal or bad) 密谋 The criminals conspired to rob a bank. 8. incredible:unbelievable
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listening
▪ listen to the story and see if you can answer the following questions: ▪ What was a chance in a million?
▪ Answer : The chance in a million was the fact Taht Franz found his brother Hans who was thought to have been killed 20 years before.
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possible , probable
▪ 3. probable: that has a good chance of being being true or correct, likely. ▪ It's possible that it will rain, but with such a blue sky it doesn't seem probable. ▪ 4.possible : that can exist , happen, or be done. ▪ It's no longer possible to find a cheap flat in central London.
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▪ 11. Did she suggest the man might be her husband's brother? ▪ 12. Did Mr.Bussman agree with her? ▪ 13.Nevertheless,Mrs. Bussman though she might be right. What did she think the chances were? ▪ 14.Who did she send to ask the workman his name? ▪ 15. What was the workman's name, and who was he?
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questions from the second paragraph
▪ 6. Who told the writer about Franz Bussman?
▪ 7. Who was Franz Bussman?
▪ 8. When did he think his brother had been killed? ▪ 9.What was Franz doing when he stopped to ▪ talk to a workman? ▪ 10. What did Mrs. Bussman comment on?
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1. pour scorn on 2. point out 3. be acquainted with: be familiar 4. needles to say ; of course 5.make one's way: to go forward My car broke down and I had to make my way on foot. ▪ 6. settle down ▪ We came to Beijing 1999 and settled down here since then. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
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