Language Notes for Lesson 34, Book 4.doc

Language Notes for Lesson 34, Book 4 Chen Zhiwang——Tangshan, Hebei In the 1760s, a scientist in England invented a way to put steam engines and wheels together. the 1760s 意思是 “18世纪检60年代”,即1760～1769年。也可写作“the 1760’s This happened in the 1980s/1980’s. 故事发生在二十世纪八十年代。 请注意：“in the +几十的复数”表示“几十年代”而“in one’s +几十的复数”则表示“在某人几十多数时”， 如：He became famous in the thirties.他三十年代成名的。 He became famous in his thirties.他在三十多岁成名的。 （2）invent 的派生词是试卷中经常见到的，inventor 发明家（a person who invented something）, inventionsomething invented） dison ,a great inventor, invented a lot of inventions in his life.在发明家爱迪生一生有很多项发明。 （3）“put … together”意指“装配，组成，凑成” 如：He bought parts of computer home and put them together. In this way, he made his computer.他把电脑零件买回家组装起来，这样他做成了电脑。 2．In 1804,a locomotive carried about seventy passengers a short distance on some iron rails.1804年，一辆机车载着在着大约七十多名乘客在一段铁轨上行驶了一小段路程。 （1）carry 意为“运送，携带”， 如：This bus can carry 100 passengers. What are you carrying on the truck? 车上拉的什么呀？ （2）distance 意为“距离， 间隔，路程” 如：What is the distance from London to Paris? (How far is it from London to Paris?) 从伦敦到巴黎有多远？ They covered the distance in less than ten minutes.那段路程他们不到十分钟就走完了。 Many train stations were built to make it easier for passengers to get on and off the trains。 建起了很多火车站，以方便乘客上下火车。 Get on / off （the bus/ train/ plane/ship…） /下…车” 如：At the station, an old man got on the train and I asked him to take my seat. 在车站一位老人上了车，我把座位让给了他。 注意“上/下小汽车”则要说“get in /into the car”或 “get out/ get out of the car. 如：He got into his car and drove away.他上了车，开车走了。 He got out of his car and said hello to his friend.他下车和朋友打招呼。 Early trains, like the Rocket, had a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour. 早期的火车， 像“火箭号”，最高时速才50千米。 (1)top 意为“最高的，顶部的，最上面的，最棒的” 如：It is on the top shelf.它在最上面架子上。 John is one of the top students in our class. John 是我们班的一名优秀生。 The train is running at top speed.火车在以最