新概念英语第二册第7课:Too late
Lesson 7 Too late为时太晚 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Did the detectives save the diamonds? The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. 飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。 They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. 他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵重包裹。 A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. 数小时以前，有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。 When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. 当 飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。 Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. 有两个人把包裹拿下飞机，进了海关。 While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. 这时两个侦探把住门口，另外两个侦探打开了包裹。 To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! 令他们吃惊的是，那珍贵的包裹里面装的全是石头和沙子！ New words and expressions 生词和短语 detective n. 侦探 airport n. 机场 expect v. 期待，等待 valuable adj. 贵重的 parcel n. 包裹 diamond n. 钻石 steal (stole,stolen) v. 偷 main adj. 主要的 airfield n. 飞机起落的场地 guard n. 警戒，守卫 precious adj. 珍贵的 stone n. 石子 sand n. 沙子 Notes on the text课文注释 1 detectives were waiting at the airport all morning，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。句中的动词时态是过去迸行时。过去进行时常用来表示过去某时正在进行的情况或动作。本课课文中有4个句子使用了过去进行时。参看第1册第117-119等课中的例句。 2 keep guard，守卫。 3 to their surprise，使他们吃惊的是。 Lesson 7 自学导读First things first 课文详注 Further notes on the text 1．…detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. ……侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。 all 一般直接加表示时间的单数名词构成副同短语，如：all day （整整一天），all night（整夜），all week（整星期），all winter（整个冬天），all year（整年）等。但不说all hour。 whole在表达同样的意思时一般要加冠词或数词，如：a whole day/ year（一整天／年），two whole weeks（整整两星期）。 2．…someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. ……有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。 that后面的部分为动词tell的宾语从句。从句中的时态为过去将来时（would）。 3．When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. 当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。 （1）这个长句子由3个部分组成：when引导的是整个句子的时间状语从句；some of…building为主句；while 引导的是动作与主句的动作同时进行的时间状语从句。while作为连词表示 “和……同时”、“当……时候”时常常引导一个过去进行时从句。（cf. 本课语法） （2）地点状语 on the airfield 与第一句中的 at the airport 意义相近
【新概念英语第二册第7课:Too late】