Lesson 20 One man in a boat

Lesson 20 One man in a boat

词汇

catch v. 抓住；逮捕，抓捕；跟随，紧随，追赶；乘坐，搭乘
口语：catch! 接着！
catch up with A 追赶A，赶上A
catch the bus 坐公交
补充：catcher n. 捕鼠器
catch 22 第22条军规 (铁令如山)
catch例句：
我们差点没赶上火车。
We barely had time to catch the train.
猎人设圈套捕捉狐狸。
The hunter set traps to catch foxes.
搭配：catch fire 着火
catch on 变得流行
catch one’s breath 喘口气，休息一下
例句：我们学校上周着火了。
　　　Our school caught fire last week.
　　　吃苹果很快变得流行起来。
　　　Eating apples catches on quickly.
　　　让我喘口气。
　　　Let me catch my breath.

fisherman n. 渔民
同义词：fisher folk n. 渔民，渔工
类似：herdsman n. 牧民
　　　husbandman n. 农民，百姓
　　　peasant n. 农民
例句：从前有一个老渔夫。
　　　Once upon a time there lived an old fisherman.

boot n. 长靴，皮靴，防护罩，汽车后备箱 v. 猛踢
搭配：soccer boots 足球鞋
例句：他坐到厨房的椅子上，俯身脫掉了靴子。
　　　He sat on a kitchen chair, reached down and pulled off his boots.
　　　一个人猛地踹倒了门。
　　　One guy booted the door down.

waste n. 浪费，垃圾 v. 浪费，错过 a. 废弃的，无用的
搭配：waste one’s breath 浪费口舌
例句：你最好不要浪费时间。
　　　You’d better not waste time.
　　　我错过了一个好机会。
　　　I wasted a good chance.

realize v. 意识到，实现
构成：real a. 真的 [反义词：unreal a.假的]
　　　-ize 动词后缀
　　　例如：recognize v. 认出来
　　　　　　organize v.组织
用法：realize that… 意识到……事
例句：你意识到这是我们最后一次踢球了么?
　　　Do you realize that this is the last time we play soccer together?

课文部分

Fishing is my favorite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything – not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. ‘You must give up fishing!’ my friends say. ‘It’s a waste of time.’ But they don’t realize one important thing. I’m not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!

语言点

I often fish for hours without catching anything.
for hours: for + 时间段 表示持续
在考试中：for+时间段 是完成时标志
当时间段没有具体数字表示，前面常用some,
any 表示“若干，一些”，而他们常被省略。
例句：我已经很多年没有洗过头发了。
　　　I have not washed my hair yet for (some) years.
fish 一词解析：
[名词] 鱼
[可数] 鱼的种类
[不可数] 鱼肉
[动词] 钓鱼，抓鱼
例句：我家的鱼缸里有很多鱼。
　　　There are some fishes in my fishbowl.
　　　钓胜于鱼。
　　　Fish is less important than fishing.

I am even less lucky.
even adv. 甚至，更
口语：Even better! 比那更好!
　　　Even worse! 比那还差!
例句：我听说你打了60分?其实更差。
　　　- I heard you’ve got 60 marks.
　　　-Even worse!
用法：less +比较级：更不…
　　　much +比较级：更…
例句：她比Conan更难过。
　　　She is much sadder than Conan.

I never catch anything - even old boots.
英文中的破折号 -
中文中的破折号 ——
-：起到解释说明，补充的作用
写作开篇句：
世界上最有杀伤力的东西一吸烟，也会引起很多疾病。
The most harmful thing in the world - smoking - also causes various of diseases around us.

After having spent whole mornings on the river.
介词的细微差别:
on the river:船在河里
in the river:人在河里
in the bed:人在床上
on the bed:东西在床上
on the wall:海报，地图等[表面]
in the wall:窗户，门等 [镶嵌]
in the tree:乌在树上
on the tree:果在树上