新概念英语第3册第19课

Lｅsｓon １9 Aｖery dearｃaｔ一条贵重的宝贝猫

Lｉsｔeｎtｏtｈe tａpe then aｎswｅr tｈe question below.

Why waｓRａsｔus 'verｙdｅar' in more waｙｓthan ｏne？

Ｋidnaｐpｅrs are rarelｙｉｎtｅrested in aｎimals, but theｙrｅcently took ｃonside ｒａble intｅreｓｔin Mrs.Eleａnor Ｒamｓay's cat.Mｒs．Ｅleanor Ramｓａy，a very weaｌthyｏld ladｙ, haｓsharｅd a fｌａｔwiｔｈhｅｒcaｔ, Rａsｔｕs, for a ｇｒeaｔｍaｎｙyeaｒs. Rastｕｓｌeads an orderly ｌifｅ. He uｓｕally tａｋes a shorｔwaｌk iｎｔhｅeｖeｎｉnｇs anｄis alｗays homｅby seven o'cｌock. Ｏne even ｉng,ｈoweｖｅr，ｈe faiｌed to arｒive．Mrｓ．Ramsay got ｖery worrｉｅd. She looked ｅverywhｅre ｆor ｈim but could noｔｆｉnd him．

ThreｅdaｙｓａｆtｅｒRastuｓ' ｄiｓapｐeａrａｎce，Mrs.Ramsaｙrｅceivｅｄanａｎonｙmous letｔｅr.Tｈe ｗｒiｔｅr stateｄｔｈat Ｒaｓtuｓwas iｎsａfe haｎds and would be returｎed immｅdｉａtely ｉfＭｒs. Ramsaｙpaid ａrans ｏm of ￡1,０0０．Mrs. Ramsay was inｓｔrucｔeｄtｏplaｃe ｔｈｅｍoney ｉn ａｃarｄｂoard ｂox aｎｄto leave iｔoｕtｓｉde ｈer ｄoor. Aｔfirst, she dｅcｉde ｄto go to ｔｈe police, ｂut fｅarｉng ｔｈａt shｅwoｕlｄneveｒsｅe Rastus again －－ｔhe letter haｄmade thａｔquiｔｅclear--ｓhｅｃhanｇed ｈeｒｍind. She ｗithdrｅｗ￡1000froｍher bank anｄｆollｏｗeｄthｅkidnａpper＇s instrｕｃtionｓ．The nｅｘt mｏrｎing, the bｏx had ｄisapｐearｅd but Mrs. Rａmsay was ｓｕrｅthat theｋiｄｎaｐper woｕld keeｐhis word. Surｅenouｇh, Raｓtus arｒｉvｅd pｕｎcｔｕallyａt sｅvｅn ｏ'clock thａｔeｖeniｎg.Hｅlooked very wｅll thｏugh ｈe ｗas rａｔhｅｒthｉrsｔｙ，for he ｄrank ｈalｆａｂoｔtlｅｏｆmiｌk. Ｔｈe ｐolｉce were astouｎｄed ｗheｎＭrｓ．Ramsayｔｏld them what ｓhe had dｏne.She ｅｘplained thaｔＲastuｓｗas vｅry dear ｔｏher. Ｃｏｎsidering the amｏun ｔshe ｐaiｄ, ｈe waｓdear in ｍore ｗayｓtｈan one!

1.dear

adｊ. (dearer，dｅarｅst)

１. (~to sb．) lｏveｄby oｒiｍpoｒtant to sb．

亲爱的; 宝贵的；珍视的

e.g.(1）他是我最亲密的朋友之一。

He is oｎe of ｍy deａrｅｓt frｉendｓ.

(2) 他的女儿是他心爱的宝贝。

Hｉs dａughｔer is very deａr ｔo heｒ.

２.(Ｄear) uｓｅd at the beｇinnｉng ｏf a letteｒｂｅfore tｈeｎame or titｌe ofｔh ｅpｅrsoｎｔhａｔｙou ａre writｉｎg tｏ(用于信函抬头的名字或头衔前)亲爱的

3. ［not usuallｙbｅｆoｒe nｏun］（ＢrE)expensｉve;costinｇa lot of money 昂贵，价格高

e.g.现在什么东西都那么贵。

Everythｉｎg is ｓo ｄear now．ﻫn.

1.uｓed ｗhen speaｋiｎｇto sb.you ｌovｅ

(常作称呼所爱的人)亲爱的

e.ｇ.喝点什么吗，亲爱的？

Wｏuｌd yｏu ｌike ａdｒｉｎｋ, dear？

adv.

(at ａhighｐrice)高价地,昂贵地ﻫe.g．(1) 他的错误使他付出很高的代价。

Ｈis ｅrｒｏrsｃost ｈim dｅａr.

（2) 贱买贵卖

tｏbuｙcheａp ａnd selｌdear

exclamatioｎ[,ｅksｋlə'ｍeｉʃən] usｅd in ｅxpｒesｓionｓｔｈat shoｗthat yｏｕ

ａre surpriｓed,upsｅｔ，ａｎnoyed or worｒｉed (惊奇，不安,烦恼，担忧等时说）啊，哎呀,糟糕,天哪

e.g. 哎呀！我忘了寄信。

Ｏh ｄｅar! I ｆｏrｇot to ｐost ｔｈe letter. ﻫ2. kidnappｅr['kɪｄnæpə] n. 绑票者;劫持者

ｅ.g. 劫持者索要1０0万元赎金。

Tｈe kｉdnappersａre dｅmａndinｇａrａnsom of $ 1 milliｏn．

kiｄnａｐ［'kidｎæｐ] v．(-ｐp－) [ｖn] ｔo take sb away iｌleｇally and keep tｈｅm as a ｐrisｏner，especiａllｙin order to gｅｔｍoney or sth ｅlse ｆor retｕrｎing thｅm劫持；绑架

ｅ．g.两名商人遭恐怖分子绑架。

Ｔｗｏｂusinessmeｎhａｖe beeｎｋidｎａpｐed by terrｏrists.

kｉdnaｐpiｎg (aｌｓoｋidｎａp) n.［u, c] 绑架

e.ｇ. （１) 他对绑架的指控供认不讳。

He admitted thｅcharｇe oｆkidnaｐ．

（２) 对12名美国公民的劫持

thｅkidnaｐｐiｎｇｏf 12 ＵS ｃitizenｓ

3.conｓiderａｂle [ｋən'sｉdərəbl]adj.(foｒｍａｌ)

greaｔｉn amoｕnt, ｓize，ｉmportaｎcｅ，etc．相当多(或大、重要等)的

e．g.（1）那项工程耗费了相当多的时间和资金。

Ｔhe ｐrojｅｃt wastedａconsiｄｅｒable amount ｏｆｔimｅand mｏｎｅy.

（2）对这栋建筑物的损坏相当严重。

Damaｇｅtoｔhe ｂuｉlｄｉnｇwaｓｃonｓidｅrabｌe．

consｉｄerably adv. (formaｌ)mucｈ; a lot非常;很;相当多地

e.ｇ．不同的人对睡眠的需要差异相当大。

The need for sleep vaｒieｓcｏｎｓｉdｅraｂlｙfrom peｒsoｎto persｏn.

4．weａlｔｈｙ[＇wｅlθｉ］ａdj.(wealthieｒ，weaｌthiest)

1.rich; hａｖｅaｌｏt oｆｍｏney,poｓｓessions, ｅtc.富有的，有钱的，财产多

的

ｅ.g. 有钱人家

a weａｌthy family

2．(tｈe ｗｅａlｔhy)n. [pｌ．] pｅople who arｅrich富人，有钱人;阔人

n. wｅalｔh

5．在英语中,当名词有多个形容词修饰时，就有它们的先后顺序。下面的口诀可帮你记住这一先后顺序。

限定描绘大长高,形状年龄和新老；颜色国籍跟材料，作用类别往后靠；

“限定词”包括：冠词、物主代词、指示代词、或数词，它位于各类形容词前。它本身分为三位，即:前、中、后。前位限定词有all、halｆ、ｂoth、such分数和倍数;中位限定词有冠