新概念英语第三册 Lesson36 A chance in a million 课件.pptx

新概念英语第三册;Lesson 36 A chance in a million;contents;Part 1 Warming up;Part 2 Words and expressions;New Words;New Words;inspire;reunion;credulous ;believable;obscure ;plot ;presume ;assume ;naive ;unacceptable ;conspire ;incredible ;scorn ;acquaint ;acquaintance ;resemblance ;resemblance;reunite ;unite ;Part 3 Notes on text ;1. We are less credulous than we used to be. In the 19th century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable. 我们不再像以往那样轻易相信别人了。在19世纪，小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合——大部分是牵强附会，极不可能的。;credulous adj. 容易轻信的，易受骗的 Credulous people are easily misled by false advertisements. 轻信的人很容易上虚假广告的当。 反义词：incredulous 不轻信的;bring sth. to a conclusion 使结束，完成 After three years, they finally brought the war to a conclusion. come to a conclusion/ an end 结束，完成 After three years, the war finally came to a conclusion.;coincidence coincide v. (指事情)同时发生 Her arrival coincided with our departure. coincidence n. 巧合(的事) By a strange coincidence we happened to be travelling on the same train. coincident adj. 巧 合 的 coincidental adj. (通常用作表语) 由巧合造成;What a coincidence! 真巧！ It’s a coincidence that… …是巧合/偶然 by coincidence=by chance 碰巧， 由于巧合;【例1】 —I am going to London next week. —_______, So am I. A. What a coincidence. B. Congratulations. C. Don’t mention it. D. Good trip.;wildly adv. 极其，非常 a wildly romantic film 一部非常浪漫的电影 wildly accurate 极其精确 wildly expensive 极其昂贵 wildly successful 极其成功 adv. 野蛮地 The rain is beating against the wall wildly.;2. Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the heros mother. A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the heros downfall. And so on. 当时的读者却愉快地接受 这样一些事实，一个低贱的女佣实际上是主人公的母亲；主人公一位长期失散的兄弟，大家都以为死了，实际上一直活着，并且正在策划暗算主人公。如此等等。 ;happily adv. 乐意地=willingly be happy to do sth.=be willing to do sth. I’ll happily offer to help if you ask.;obscure The meaning is still obscur