新概念英语第三册

顽固地

obstinate adj. 顽固而不易被别人所改变

Eg: If you are an obstinate person, nobody can change your mind.

stubbom 倔强

Eg: He is such a stubborn person that he insists on finishing what he wants to do.

Don’t try to persuade him because he is an obstinate person.

persistent

persist

Eg: If you always follow your friends around, I should say, you are a persist person.

strong minded 顽强的，意志力强

Eg: If you are a strong minded person, you can do everything well.

obstinate / stubborn



as stubborn as mule 像牛一样倔强 (骡子)





三、【课文精析】



Key sentence:

The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me.



city born and city bred ==as One was born and bred in a city 独立主格结构

regard as

think of ...as / refer to ...as



go into raptures 变得欣喜若狂起来



Key sentence:

Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.

at the mere mention of 一提到

at the sight of 一看到

at the touch of 一触及到

at the news of 一听到

at the sound of 一听到

at the nemtion of 一提到



exalt / laud

hypocritical 虚伪

Key sentence:

The country life never appeals to me, and never appeals to others, either.



keep on doing sth.



Key sentence:

Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town life.

under the illusion that

live under the illusion that

Country life is somehow superior to town life.



Every picture has got two sides. 凡事都有两方面



Key sentence:

Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me.



be beyond me = is beyond my understanding …是我无法理解的



stand / bear / put up with / endure / tolerate



privilege: advantage



dubious : doubtful / uncertain



Country life never appeals to me.



Key sentence:

If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country, you will find the city can provide you with the best that life can offer.

There are advantages of living in the country, but there are few advantages living in the country than living in the big city.



Key sentence:

There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best.

never have to ==need not ==don’t have to

do without

make do with 凑合者用



do without / manage without / go without 没有......也行

I can do / manage without a car.



available : able to be used anytime 随时可以应用的

主语做表语或定语，做定语时要放在被修饰词
的后边。

I am availble to have a chat with you.

The books in our classroom are available for you.

be available for sb.

I have a diction