裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记第17课裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记第十七课My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old.In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'My Dear, it must be terrible to be grown up!'我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。

尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。

詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。

这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。

演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。

去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。

一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！”单词学习1. appear [ə'piə] vi1) come into view, become visible 出现，显现，呈现appear←→disppeareg. A ship appeared on the horizon. 一艘船出现在水平线上。

eg. Something strange appeared. 奇怪的事发生了。

2) arrive, come, show up, turn up 来到eg. I waited for 4 hours but she didn’t appear. 我等了四个小时，可她就是没来。

3) （公开，正式）露面，登场，扮演eg. The lady appeared on the stage as a young girl. 这位女士扮演一名小姑娘。

appear on the stage 扮演eg. He appeared on the stage when he was only 3. 他才3岁时，就登台扮演。

→ His first appearance on the stage was at the age of three.eg. She is at least 50 years old. But she always appears on the stage as a young girl.她至少50岁，但她总是扮演年轻的姑娘。

appearance [ə'piərəns] n. 出现, 显露, 露面；外观, 外貌, 外表←→disappearancekeep up appearance 维持体面，装门面eg. Never judge a man by his appearance. 不要以貌取人。

to all appearances / by all appearances / from all appearances 显然，就外表来看2. stage n. 舞台on the stage 在舞台上quit the stage 推出演艺界in the international stage 在国际舞台上scene 舞台上的场景，背景eg. The first scene of the play is in the palace. 这部戏的第一个场景是在宫殿里。

arena [ə'ri:nə] n.表演场地, 竞技场；活动或斗争的场所或场面the political arena 政治舞台，政界竞争活动或斗争的场所、场面（喻）in the political stage / in the political scene / in the political arena 在政治舞台上in the international stage / in the international scene / in the international arena 在国际舞台上eg. She dreamed of appearing on the stage one day. 她梦想着有一天能在舞台上表演。

3. bright adj.1) 明亮的←→darkbright sunshine 灿烂的阳光bright eyes 明亮的眼睛2) 鲜艳的，醒目的bright blue 宝蓝色bright green 翠绿色3) quick at learning; clever聪明的←→dull, stupid, foolisheg. She is the brightest child in our class. 她是我们班最聪明的孩子。

4) promising, hopeful 有前途的收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除a bright future 光明的前途5) 相关短语bright and early 大清早look on the bright side of things / look at the bright side of things 对事物持乐观态度4. sock n. 短袜 (short stocking)a pair of socks 一双短袜put a sock in it / be quiet / stop talking or making a noise 安静下来，不再讲话，不再弄出声响stocking n. 长筒袜（膝盖以下）a pair of stockingseg. Men wear socks, not stockings. 男士穿短袜，而不是长袜。

blue stocking 才女，女学究，卖弄学问的女子stock n. 库存货，存货，股份in stock 有现货out of stock 缺货the stock exchange 证券交易所课文讲解1. My aunt Jennifer is an actress.actress n. 女演员actor 男演员waiter 男服务生waitress 女服务生-ess 表阴性hostess 女主人host 男主人prince 王子princess [‘prinses prin'ses] n.公主; 王妃2. She must be at least thirty-five years old.must be 表示有把握的判断eg. You have worked all day. You must be tired. 你已经工作一整天，一定累了。

eg. You’ve just had lunch. You can’t be hungry now. 你刚刚吃罢午饭，你现在一定不饿。

eg. You must be Tina. I’ve seen your picture. 你一定是蒂娜，我见过你的照片。

at least 至少at most 至多little less leastmany/much more mostleast adv. 最少，最小eg. He disliked many of his teachers and Miss Smith he liked least.他的老师中有许多他不喜欢，其中史密斯小姐是他最不喜欢的。

at least 3 months 至少3个月at least ￡8 至少8英镑at most; at the most / not more than 至多，顶多eg. There were at most 350 seats in the classroom. 教室里至多有350个座位。

3. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl.as的含义1) because 因为…eg. I cannot come as I am busy. 我来不了，因为我很忙。

2) at the time when 当…时候eg. As I was leaving the house, the postman brought a letter.我正要离开房子时，邮递员带来一封信。

3) the thing that 依照；像…一样eg. Do as you are told. 按照告之你的那样去做。

4) in the position of 担任，作为……eg. He works as an engineer. 他是个工程师。

appear on the stage as a young girl 在舞台上扮演年轻姑娘/ play the part of a young girl on the stage/play the role of a young girl on the stage收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除/act the part of a young girl on the stage/act the role of a young girl on the stagein spite of prep. despite 不管，尽管eg. In spite of the rain, they went out. 尽管下着雨，他们还是出去了。

eg. He failed in spite of all his efforts. 尽管他尽了一切努力，但还是失败了。

eg. In spite of her age, she appeared on the stage as a young girl.尽管她年龄不小了，但她在舞台上还是扮演小女孩。

4. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.take part in → join in 参加5. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen.a girl of seventeen 介词短语后置修饰名词a man of handsome appearance 一个外表英俊的男子a coat of bright color 一件色彩鲜艳的外套a vase of value 一只具有价值的花瓶6. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.in 表穿着eg. He is in black. 他穿着黑色衣服。