Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about 不必担心

New words and expression 生词和短语

Rough a崎岖不平的=no smooth

Be rough on sb对某人苛刻、无礼

Don’t be rough on your friends.

Cut up rough 发脾气

We’d better not take the rough road.

Perturb v.使不安=very upset

Be perturbed about sth

His threats didn’t perturb her in the least.

Disturb 并非用心去扰乱，语气弱得多

It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quite countryside.

Plague 病痛或类似事情的折磨而使人苦恼

The terrible disease plagued him.

Trouble 搅扰别人的安宁，舒适等

Sorry to give you trouble./sorry to trouble you.

Worry 表达不安的心情到了忧虑的程度

He is worried about his son’s safety.

Fret 持续的忧虑、哀伤或焦急，表示烦燥的心情

He freted himself all the time for news of her.

Upset 内心忐忑不安

I feel upset now because I am afraid I hurt you.

Dismay 使沮丧

Scoop v.（用勺子）挖出，铲出

She scooped out some suger.

Make a scoop走运，赚大钱，抢先得到新闻

That guy made a scoop.

Ominously adv有预兆地

Ominous adj

Look at those ominous black clouds.

Omen n./v预示着，预兆

This is a good/bad omen

The clouds omen rain.

Rip v.用力地撕开=Tear 

Rip the letter open

Rip one’s mask away.

Let things rip:=let things be

Rip into攻击

Rip off 偷窃

Rip up the back 背后说坏话

Stretch n.一大片

A stretch of land

A stretch of water

At a stretch连续地，不停顿地

We worked for hours at a stretch.

We drove fast on a stretch of open field.

He is unable to work for long stretches.他不能连续地工作。

A stretch of hills

也可作动词，

stretch out伸出；到了极限

He stretched out his hand to get the apple.

There are forests stretching for hundreds of miles.

Transport was rather stretched in the Spring Festival.

Obstacle n.障碍

Lack of education is an obstacle to success.

Constitute an obstacle to 构成……障碍

Remove/overcome an obstacle克服障碍

Put obstacle in sb’s way妨碍某人的发展

Obstacle to

Key/answer/shred/advantage/disadvantage/admission/damage + to 一起使用

Obstruction 障碍物，阻塞通道的东西

There must be an obstruction in the pipe.

Hindrance 阻碍事物发展的人或物，重点在妨碍事物的发展

You are more of hindrance than help.

Obstacle 阻于途中的物体，也指受阻碍的状况

grind v.摩擦

Grind wheat into flour

Grind sth to pieces

Grind one’s teeth in anger

Halt n.（暂时的）停=stop

They halt for a few minutes.

Stop 最普通的用语，可代替cease(formal),halt

Cease 非常正式的用词，表示中止

The heart will cease to beat when life ceased.

Pause 暂停

He paused for a breath.

Halt又表示名词 Come to a halt/stop

Text 课文

get sb to do sth :persuade/advise sb to do 

Please get them to finish the work as quickly as possible.

Please get hi to give up smoking.

be littered with 布满

be pitted with holes 坑坑洼洼

even though :even if

not in the least: not at all /not a bit / not the least bit 一点也不

反：not a little = very much 

by no means /in no way /on no account /at no times /under no circumstances 绝不

a mere:: only

It was not (to say)……..

dusty track = dusty road 尘土飞扬的路面

look back 回头看

we looking back, wondering (从句做伴随状况语) if we were leaving a trail of oil an d petrol behind us.

give way to 为……所代替

The great clouds gradually broke up and give way to blue sky.

He has no intention of giving way to your demands.

In response to: in reaction to 

Hardly…..when…..

He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house.

Before he had hardly had time to settle down, he sold the house.

We had hardly had time to worry about what might happen when we were back on the plane again.

Multiple choice questions 多项选择

Comprehension

No.1 C

It seemed less likely that……

Meet with disaster

No.2 A

In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.

No.3 A He was not the sort of person to be perturbed by anything.

Structure

No.4 D

Believe sb./sth./that/in

No.5 A

What 感叹句的主题词是名词

How 感叹句的主题词是形容词

No.6 D

No.7 B

Run out of 

Vocabulary

No.8 C

No.9 A

Hinder = obstacle

No.10 C

No.11 B

No12 C

旧版笔记

bumpy /washboard +road 

I’m a rough diamond. 内秀

问路

Where is the hospital? Can you direct me to ..?

How do I get to .. What is the closest way to..?

Bear left, when you came across the fork.

run across 

I run across an old friend in the street. 碰巧遇到

get sb to do = persuade sb to do sth 

get sth done (get foot spiked)

get sth dong = begin to do sth

I need you professional advice.

Any suggestions?

We are hungry fo ideas.

Why not try this way?

No point in trying.

even though he is wealthy +he is not satisfied.

wealthy as he is 

No matter how wealthy he is 

how ever

regard less of how wealthy he is 

Be he ever wealthy

Let him be wealthy

For all he 

with all his wealthy

in spite of the fact that 

despite the fact that

He was not in the least worry.

I was +not in the least /by no means /not bit /not the fewest(informal) +surprised at the news.

a mere = only a mere + exact number

He often described me how he picked up the painting for a mere 5 dollars.

It is not that …..but (that)……

It is not that I am not satisfied but that I have my own business to attend to.

No that I dislike the work, but I have no time to do it.

I have nobody to complain of except myself.

I have yet to receive your reply.我还没有收到你的回音。

He is as good a swimmer as any of us.

The new container holds 10 times as much as the old one.

cry over a novel 看小说落泪

give over his misfortune 

rejoice over 高兴

Talk over a cup of coffee.

It’s no use crying over split milk.

Those days are long gone.

He’s strolling down the memory lane.

It’s just like yesterday.

I wish I could turn back the old days.

Old solders never die., they just fade away.

Stream trains give way to electric trains.

Ice and snow give way to warm weather.

When the wind changes.

The hand that rocks cradle,= mother

The news is welcome by students immediately.

The solution finds a immediate welcome away students.

impediment发展过程中的障碍

barrier 不可逾越的障碍 

obstacle