新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点 第20课(2)

Lesson20 One man in a boat

课文内容：

Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hourswithout catching anything. But this does not worryme. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead ofcatching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish.I am even less lucky. I never catch anything-noteven old boots. After having spent whole morningson the river, I always go home with an empty bag. ‘You must give up fishing!' my friends say.‘It's awaste of time.' But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. Iam only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all !

精讲笔记：

4.Some fishermen are unlucky.

有些垂钓者就是不走运。

语言点1 some fishermen为复数主语，系动词用are符合主谓一致原则。

语言点2 unlucky中“-un”为否定前缀。前缀改变词义，加否定前缀一般将单词变成其否定形式： unligtted未被点燃的;unlike不同的;unlimited无限的;unlicensed未经许可的;unknown 不知道的;unkind无情的

5.Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish.

他们往往钓不到鱼，却钓上来一些旧靴子和垃圾。

语言点 “instead of+名词”意思是“代替某人/某物”。

I did this work instead of my brother.我替我弟弟完成了这份工作。

Instead of being a doctor, he joined the army. 他原本是要当一名医生的，结果却去参军了。He waswatching TV instead of doing homework. 他本应该做作业，结果却在看电视。

特别注意：1) instead of在句子中的位置可前可后;

原句可变为：They catch old boots and rubbish instead of catching fish.

2) instead of后面一定要接名词、代词或动名词。

6.I am even less lucky.

我的运气甚至还不如他们。

语言点1 even意为“甚至”，表示强调。

Even now learning English is not too late.甚至现在想学习英语也还不晚。

It’s even colder than yesterday.今天甚至比昨天还要冷。

语言点2 less意为“少的，较小的，” little(很少的)的比较级。many, much的比较级为more.