★revealer n. 探测器 • reveal v. 揭示
★invent v. 发明 • invention n. 发明
★detect v. 探测 • detective n. ? ★ pirate n. 海盗, 盗印者, 盗版者, 侵犯专利权者 • vt. 盗印, 盗版, 掠夺, 翻印 vi.做海盗
• 【Text learning】 • 1、Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true
recently. • ★dream • ① n. 梦想 • dreams come true 梦想成真 • dreams ended 梦想破灭了, 梦断了 • dream of … ……的梦
• something important =something of importance
• someone patient =someone of patience
• 【Key structures】
• 表示过去习惯性动作
• 当我们提到过去某一特定时间时, 我们有时可用 would来代替used to，有时则不可以，而且 would需要指出具体时间，used to则不需要。
• 6、Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep.
• Very excited … 形容词短语做状语
• Tired of sleeping on the floor, … • Tired, I went home./ I went home tiredpressions
• gold • 金子 • mine • 矿 • treasure • 财宝 • revealer • 探测器 • invent • 发明 • detect • 探测 • bury • 埋藏 • cave • 山洞 • seashore • 海岸 • pirate • 海盗
不同, 表达的意思也不同 • two feet deep“数词+量词+形容词”结构可以做
定语； 也可以做表语
• I am five years old.
• The street is five meters wide. • long/wide/high/deep， • 人有多高用 “tall”
• 7、In spite of this, many people are confident that 'The Revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.
The teacher should be patient. =The teacher should be armed with patience.
army n. 军队
★soil n. 泥土 • soil n. 土壤 (能生长植物的地方) • earth n. 泥土 (泥巴)
★entrance n. 入口 • entrance of/to… ……的入口 • entrance of the park • entrance to the park • exit n. 出口, 太平门, 退场, 去世；
A. in B. for C. at D. on
6. in a short time ＝ __in__a__s_h__o_r_t_w__h_i_le
7. She tries to persuade her husband to buy a new car. (同义句)
She tries to persuade her husband into buying a new car. (反义句)
★arm ① n. 手臂；武器 Farewell to Arms！ 永别了, 武器 farewell 再会,别了!(常含有永别或不容易再见面之
意) ② v. 武装
Soldiers should be armed well. be armed with … 用……来武装
The youth should be armed with knowledge.
• 当used to暗示与现在的对照时，不可用would 替换：
• I used to drink heavily, but I have given up drinking now.
• I never used to eat a large breakfast, but I do now.
She tries to persuade her husband out of buying a new car. 8.他一回来就买了一幢房子。 He had _n_o_s_o_o_n_e_r__ returned _t_h_a_n__ he bought a house.
H•eihnada_hs_a_rhd_ol_y_rtrewtuhrnieled _w__h_e_n_ he bought a house.
vi. 退出, 脱离, 去世
★thoroughly adv. 彻底地 • completely/thoroughly/totally ★confident n. 有信心的 • be confident of doing sth. • 有信心做…… • be confident that +从句 • 有信心做…… • confidence n. 信心
• Dream of flying in the sky comes true. • ② v. 做梦
• dream of doing sth.
• I dream of flying in the sky. • come true 变成现实，（预言、期望等）成为事实，
（愿意）实现
• His dream to travel around the world at last came true.
• in spite of / though / even if 尽管
• something of value • of表示其所修饰的名词具有某种性质、状况，of加名词
往往让人联想这名词对应的形容词
• The news is of great importance to us. • of value＝valuable 有价值的 • of small value 价值很小(= almost worthless) • (review)形容词要放在不定代词的后边
•Ai.nata sBh.otort wCh.ilfeorm D. in 4. The kitchen is at sixes and sevens.
That means the kitchen is in a _m_e_s_s.
5. Please sign__B___ this registered letter!
• it is said是插入语，当“据说”讲。 • where = in which翻译时译为 “在那儿”，修饰
cave；一个地点状语从句
• This is the river where I swim.
• 4、The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. (simple or compound?)
• 2、A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground.
• 过去分词做定语, 表示 “被” • n. +called 被称之为……的……
• arm • soil • entrance • finally • worthless • thoroughly • trunk • confident • value
• 武装 • 泥土 • 入口 • 最后 • 毫无价值的 • 彻底地 • 行李箱 • 有信心的 • 价值
Listen to the text and answer
• 1. What has been invented and what has it been used for?
• 2. Where was the machine used recently? • 3. What did the search party hope to find? • 4. What did the machine show at the place
• 5、Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.
• The boy went home. The boy was crying. The boy was beaten.
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
1.He is a thief. That means he has s_t_ic_k_y__ fingers.
2.It's a piece of cake. That means it's easy as_p_ie___.
3.He was dismayed __A__ the words that his friend said.
• would表示过去的习惯性动作, 但此处表示 “used to” 过去常做
• fail to do sth. 未能、不能、忘记做某事项 （fail后面接 动词不定式表示否定）
• He failed to see the reason why they sent him away. • collect的含义之一为“（去）取，接” • Don’t fail to collect me before you go to the party. • I’ll collect my post on my way home.