2019-12-07, starting at 2019-10-11

    新概念英语第二册 Lesson 58: A blessing in disguise?

    The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a 'cursed tree'. Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper, the number of visitors to Frinley has now increased. The tree was planted near the church fifty years ago, but it is only in recent years that it has gained an evil reputation. It is said that if anyone touches the tree, he will have a bad luck; if he picks a leaf, he will die. Many villagers believe that the tree has already claimed a number of victims. The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has pointed out that the tree is a useful source of income, as tourists have been coming from all parts of the country to see it. In spite of all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk. So far, not one of them has been struck down by sudden death!

练习材料（每天自己打写一遍熟悉文章）：

任务配置：L0 + L1 + L2 + L3 + L4 (L0 朗读；L1 音标朗读；L2 点评；L3 复述；L4 读后感）

知识笔记：

    单词/词组: 

        - blessing，福气

        - disguise，伪装

        - The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a‘cursed tree’.据说弗林利这个小村里有一棵“该诅咒的树”。

　　（1）主语+ be said+…这种结构通常译为“据说……”，是对不太

　　有把握的事发表看法时一种谨慎的说法。（cf．本课语法）

　　（2）of在这里表示同位关系，如 the city of London/New York（伦

　　敦/纽约市）；at the age of twenty（20岁时）； a height of three feet（3英尺的高度）。

        - …the number of visitors to Frinley has now increased.……现在来弗林利参观的人越来越多。

　　the number of表示“……的数量/总数”，它作主语时谓语动词要用单数，虽然visitors是复数。注意它与a number of（许多，若干）的区别

        - …it is only in recent years that it has gained an evil reputation.……只是近几年才得到了一个坏名声。

　　句中的 it is…that是个强调句型

        - …the tree has already claimed a number of victims.……此树已经害了不少人。

　　claim可以表示疾病、意外等“夺去（生命）”：The accident claimed a few lives. 那次事故夺走了几条人命。

        - The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused.人们曾请求教区的牧师叫人把树砍掉，但他直到现在也没有同意。

　　（1）在 to have the tree cut down这个短语中， have表示“使……”，即叫别人完成某动作，cut down为过去分词短语。（cf．第66课语法）

        - So far, not one of them has been struck down by sudden death!

　　然而到目前为止，还没有一个人暴死呢！

　　（1）not one of them表示“一个人也没有……”，其语气比none of them或 no one要强。

　　（2）strike down为固定短语，在这里表示“使……生重病”、“杀死”（通常用被动语态）：

　　Many people were struck down in that war. 许多人在那场战争中死去了。

　　He was struck down by cancer last year. 他去年死于癌症。

    复述Retell：

练习感悟：

Thoughts: 每日精进就是确认自己的朗读首先自己挑不出问题了（朗读+复述）。

一切都是生意。