Week 59

DAY286

L57-6: Back in the old country

Fortunately for me, as I was wondering what to do next, there appeared on the horizon a man on horseback, riding in my direction. I waited till he came near, then I asked him the way to our old village. He said that there was now no village. I thought he must have misunderstood me, so I repeated its name. This time he pointed to the lake. The village no longer existed because it had been submerged, and all the village too. The lake was not a natural one, but a man-made reservoir.

知识点：

单词：

horizon/ həˈraizn /

1.the horizon /sing./

2.C, usually pl.

the limit of your desires, knowledge or interests

(欲望、知识或兴趣的)范围，眼界：

eg. She wanted to travel to broaden her horizons.

她想旅行，以开阔眼界。

词组：

on the horizon

idiom

likely to happen or exist soon; in the near future

eg. There is no new drug on the horizon that will make this disease easier to treat.

eg. I’ve got some job possibilities on the horizon.

on horseback

骑马，固定搭配，没有任何形式变化

in sb's direction

向谁的方向

ask /tell/ show sb the way to问路，指路

句式：

I am wondering what to do next on the horizon

I thought he must have misunderstood me, so I …

DAY287

L58-1: A spot of bother

The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived. Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home. In the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her sudden discovery that her front door was open. She was that she must reprimand her home help the next morning for such a monstrous piece of negligence, when she remembered that she had gone shopping after the home help had left and she knew that she had turned both keys in their locks.

知识点：

单词：

reprimand/'reprɪmɑːnd/

1.训斥；谴责eg. His boss gave him a reprimand for being late

monstrous/'mɒnstrəs/

1.怪异的；畸形的；巨大的

eg. The tree planted by the magician quickly grew to a monstrous height.

词组：

A spot of bother=some trouble

a block of flats

turn the key in the lock

句式：

one's thought are/were on…

某人的心思都在……上=were thinking about

in her sudden discovery

because she suddenly discovered

in the +n 句中多做原因状语

DAY288

L58-2: A spot of bother

She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet following her regular practice she had shut them before going out. Looking into the drawing room, she saw a scene of confusion over by her writing desk. It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence.

知识点：

词组：

follow sb. Regular practice：按照某人的惯例

Look into:

v 1. 研究：to carry out a careful investigation of something such as possibility, problem, or crime.

SYNinvestigate · check out · research · study · examine · explore · inquire · delve · go into · dig · probe

eg. Let's look into the matter tomorrow, if it suits your convenience.

如果你方便的话我们明天研究这个问题。

v 2. 往哪个方向看

eg. Take a moment and give that clerk a smile - look into his or her eyes and wish him or her a wonderful day - and mean it!

抽点空给店员一个微笑-直视他们的眼睛并祝愿他们有美好的一天-是认真的哦

force an entry：强行进入

eg. They forced an entry into a tall building. 他们强行闯入一个大厦

as clear as daylight

像白天一样清楚，即“十分清楚”之意。这是一个明喻成语。其他常见的此类明喻成语有as cold as ice（冰一样冷）、as white as snow（雪一般白）、as red as a rose (红如玫瑰)、as steady as rock（坚如磐石）、as swift as lightening(迅如闪电)、as strong as a horse(体壮如牛)等

eg. The instructions were as clear as day.

a scene of confusion

in/during one's absence

in/during the absence of sb

while she was away

DAY289

L58-3: A spot of bother

Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement. By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while he telephoned the police. Then, her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porter's assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat.

知识点：

单词：

strong coffee/tea/beer浓的，烈性的

weak coffee/tea/beer淡咖啡，淡茶，淡啤酒

词组：

at her age

fetch sb/sth from sp

从……把某人接来，叫来或找来

be beginning to do

渐渐开始

regain one's composure

keep/maintain one's composure

lose one's composure

recover regain one's composure

compose/collect oneself 使平静，镇静

He took a deep breath to compose collect himself

句式：

Her first impulse was to go

it might be more prudent to do

长难句、语法：

her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porter's assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat.

=her composure was regained, and she was ready to set off with the porter's assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat.

独立主格结构

DAY290

L58-4: A spot of bother

They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder the police in their search for fingerprints. The chaos was inconceivable.She had lived in the flat for thirty years and was a veritable magpie at hording; and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been tossed out and turned over and over. At least sorting out the things she should have discarded years ago was now being made easier for her.

知识点：

单词：

hinder 妨碍

往往后接发展，增长，进步

=hamper/impede /imˈpiːd/

=put sand in the wheels of…往车轮里扔沙子，妨碍，阻碍

=put obstacles in the way of

=stand in the way of

inconceivable

too strange or unusual to be thought real or possible难以置信的，无法想象的

conceive （fml.）to imagine a particular situation or to think about sth in a particular way

• conceive of A as B

SYN

incredible unbelievable unimaginable unthinkable

• beyond belief

• it is inconceivable that

veritable

adj. a word used to emphasize a description of sb or sth真正的，货真价实的

magpie

喜鹊；饶舌者；爱收藏的或贮藏东西的人

为了防止歧义后面又加了at hoarding

toss 轻轻扔掷

to throw sth esp. sth light with a quick gentle movement of your hand

toss and turn 辗转反侧

eg. I was tossing and turning all night.

拌沙拉，拌食品

tossed green salad

词组：

go through sth

to search sth in order to find sth in particular 搜寻

in the search for sth

in search of=searching for固定搭配，没有其他的

go in search of a cheap hotel

sort out

1.从……中挑出来（本文中）

2.将……分类整理好

句式：

be made easier for sb