Lesson 7 Too late 【Text】【课文讲解】 1、The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. all 一般直接加表示时间的单数名词构成副词短语，如：all day，all night，all week，all winter，all year等。但
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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，
two whole weeks。all morning=all the morning ★airport n. 机场 ★airfield n. 飞机起落的场地 at the airport 在机场on the airfield 在停机坪上
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The plane was late 飞机晚(点)了The bus was late./The
train was late. Airport, tube station（Br）= the underground railway station= a subway station;terminal终点站；port 港口；airport 航空港 detectives 没有强调一些侦探或者那些侦探, 强调侦探这
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种人，笼统感念, 可不加some,
the
★ detective n. 侦探detective story 侦探小说 detector探测器; the detection of a crime 2、They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.
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a valuable parcel of diamonds; a cup of tea 强调的是茶;South Africa 南非 e.g. The children were expecting Christmas presents from their parents. You expect too much of your child. You are expected to do
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your duty.
(口语)she is expecting.怀孕；life expectancy 平均寿命； against/beyond all expectations出乎意料的 come up to expectations正如所愿fall short of expectations 未能如愿 ★expect v. 期待, 等待
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① vt.&vi. 预计，预料 Jim has failed in mathematics as his teacher expected. 正如他老师所预料的那样，吉姆数学考试没及格。 ② vt. 等待，期待，盼望（心理上的等待） They are expecting guests tonight. 今晚有人要去他们
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那里作客。
expect所表示的等待一般暗含着根据某些信息或规律而作出相应反应的意思，而wait for 主要接续“等 待”这个动作本身。 expect sth. I expect a letter from Jimmy. expect sb.to do sth. 期待
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某人做某事
I expect you to write back. I expect my mother to come back. wait for sth./sb. 动作上的等待 I wait for my mother. ③ vt. 认为，猜想（一般用于口语） I expect so./I think so. 我
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希望如此［口语］ I expect you’ve heard the news. 我想你已经听到这个消息了。 ★ valuable=precious；She is precious to him; be of no/little/great/some value to sb 精心整理
sth.is valuable/sth.is
precious
precious adj. 珍贵的（带有一定的感情色彩）precious photo 珍贵的照片-less 表否定; priceless adj. 没有价格的,
无价的 valueless adj. 没有价值,
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worthless adj. 无价值的
★ diamond ring; diamond wedding(60或75周年) precious stone 宝石；crystal 水晶；jade 玉 一石二鸟：To kill two birds with one stone. 一箭之地：with a stone’s throw Stone-deaf/stone-blind全
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聋或全瞎
3、A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. a few hours earlier 几个小时以前 = a few hours before/a few hours ago would +do 过去将来时,间接
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方式, 转述, 站在过去看未来 ★steal（stole，stolen） v.
偷 ① vt.&vi. 偷盗，行窃 英语中“偷”用steal和rob 来表达，宾语是物，用steal；宾语是人，用rob；跟地点相连，也用rob ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL拆东墙，补西墙。 steal sth. 偷(某物)
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highwayman路匪 My wallet was stolen. John never steals. 约翰从不偷东西。 rob sb. 抢(某人) I was robbed. rob the bank ② vt. 巧妙地占用，偷偷地弄到手 He has stolen away Mary’s heart. 他已赢得玛丽的芳心。
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③ vi. 偷偷地行动，悄悄靠近 He stole into the room. 他
悄悄地进了房间。 4、When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. 精心整理
代词others常常和some连用，表示“有些（人）……，也有些（人）……”或“有的……，其余的……” one…the other… 一个……另一个…… some…others… 一些……另一些…… Some students are very hard-working, others are
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not.
others=other+名词复数 ★main adj. 主要的 main building；main street；main sentence；main idea main不能与人连用 5、Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House.
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★take sth. off…=take sth.
away from…
They are taking 50% off all goods in that boutique。那家店所有服装打五折。 The plane took off smoothly. Take it or leave it不要就拉倒。Be on the take 索贿（口） and carried it into…
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carried 表示看得很重 Customs House 海关 customs
duties海关关税 6、While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!…
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were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the
parcel. ★guard n. 警戒, 守卫 life guard 救生员 body guard 保镖 keep guard 守望，警戒 They kept a close guard over the thieves. 他们对小偷们严加看管。 精心整理
stand guard 站岗，放哨 sandwich board三明治式的广告牌；sandwich man三明治式的广告员 We walk on the burning sands 沙滩 sand back沙丘 The sands of his life are running out.他寿命将尽。
表面上是分工, 两个动作同时
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发生, 不是同时开始同时结束, 延续时间不一致, 长一点时间
的动作用进 行时态, 短时间的动作用过去时. When someone knocked at the door, I was having dinner. e.g Someone knocked at the door just as I was getting into the bath.
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Go to bath见鬼去吧！你是
个神经病！
keep guard 守卫 They kept a
close guard over the thieves. at the door 在门边(固定搭配)
two others=two other detectives to one's surprise,让某人惊讶的是 To my surprise, the
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teacher was late. To one’s +表达人情绪的名词
to one's joy To my joy, my mother came here yesterday. to one's excitement To our excitement, our team wins. be full of ...装满 My bag was full of books.
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The cup is full of water. in hospital 住院 in the
hospital 在医院里 go to school 上学 go to the school 去某个学校 一般而论,有the强调地方,没有the是强调与这个地方有关的事件. 精心整理
切莫小看定冠词the 在英语中，你可别小看定冠词the，它的用法真可谓变化无穷，稍一疏忽，便会出错。下面的实例说明 ，有无定冠词the，意义上竟会有天壤之别。所以在教学中要慎之又慎，决不可掉以轻心而误人子弟。例子是不 胜枚举的，下面仅举一些，以此引起同行们的重视。
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1.behind time 过了时刻，迟
了
behind the time 落在时代后面，不合时 The train is ten minutes behind time. 火车晚点十分钟。 Such books are behind the times. 这种书落后于时代了。
2.by day 在白天
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by the day 计日，论日，按日
计
They don’t work by day but by night. 他们白天不工作，晚上工作。 The bank calculates the interest on bills by the day.银行按日计算帐息。 3.by hand 手工做的 by the hand 搀着（手）
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Was this tablecloth made by hand? 这块桌台布是用手工做
的吗？ He took his grandmother by the hand when they crossed the street. 过马路时，他搀着他祖母（ 的手）。 4.by sea 由海路 by the sea 在海岸上，在海滨 Marco Polo came to China by
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land and returned to Italy by sea.马可·波罗由陆路来中国，由海 路返回意大利。 My friend spent his holiday in a rest home by the sea. 我朋友在海滨一个招待所度假。 5.give battle 开战 give the battle 打败仗 They decided to give battle
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to the enemies. 他们决定向
敌人开战。
They gave the battle in the end. 他们最后打了败仗。 6.go to sea 去当水手 go to the sea 出海 The boy wanted to go to sea. 这男孩想当水手。 The fisherman went to the sea early in the morning.
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这渔夫一大早就出海去了。
7.go to war 交战 go to the war 参军 England want to war with Germany in 1939. 1939年英国和德国交战。 The two brothers went to the war. 两兄弟从军去了。 8.in case of 如果，万一 in the case of 就……来说，
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至于
You can come to our hospital in case of illness. 你如果有病，可以到我们医院来。 In the case of physical change,no new substance is formed. 就物理变化来说，没有新的物质产生 。 9.in charge of 负责，主管（表示主动） 精心整理
in the charge of 由……负责，被……主管（表示被动） Dr Bethune was in charge of the operation. 白求恩大夫负责这次手术。 This kindergarten is in the charge of a young girl. 这个幼儿园由一个年轻的姑娘负责。 10.in course of 正在……中
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in the course of 在……的过
程中
An international meeting is in course of preparation. 正在筹备一次国际会议。 New arts have been born in the course of the history of man.在人类历史发展过程中，新的艺术 不断诞生。 11.in future 从今以后
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in the future 在将来 In future meetings will start ten minutes earlier. 从今以后会议要提前十分钟开始。 Today,107 chemical elements have been discovered and more willbe discovered in the future. 12.in person 亲自，外貌上
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in the person 以……资格，
代表
I can’t go in person ,but I’m sending my secretary. 我不能亲自去了，但是我派我的秘书去。 She looks younger in person than on the screen. 她看上去比她在银幕上的形象更年轻。 精心整理
He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency. 他代表
in the place of We use chopsticks in place of knives and forks. 新华社讲话。 13.in place of 代替 在……的地方 我们用筷子代替刀叉。 The traffic accident
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happened in the place of Lorraine. 交通事故发生在洛
林这个地方。 14.in possession of 占有，拥有（表示主动） in the possession of 被（为了）……占有（所用）（表示被动） She was found in possession of dangerous drugs. 有人发
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现她拥有危险药品。 That island was in the possession of that country late in thesixteenth century. 这个岛屿1 6世纪末被那个国家占有。 15.in red 身穿红衣服 in the red 亏损，有赤字 The girl in red is our professor’s daughter. 那
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个身穿红衣服的姑娘是我们教
授的女儿。
The company was in the red .
这家公司出现了赤字。 16.in secret 暗地里，秘密地 in the secret. 知道内情，参与秘密 She wept in secret. 她暗暗哭泣。 She wrote to the newspaper
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in secret. 她秘密给报社写
了信。
I know a man who is in the secret. 我认识一个了解内情的人。 17.in sight of 看得见，在看得见……的地方 in the sight of 在……看来，从……观点来看 Are we in sight of land yet?
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现在看得见陆地了吗？ He should be sentenced to death in the sight of law. 从法律角度来看，他该被判处死刑。 18.in view of 鉴于，由于 in the view of 按……的意见
In view of the circumstances,we should give up the plan. 考虑到情
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况的变化，我们应该放弃这 项
计划。 In the view of Marxist-Leninist,the people are the makers ofhistory. 马列主义者认为人民是 历史的创造者。 19.keep house 管理家务 keep the house 守在家里
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wife,Harriet.had been ill in bed for five years,andso his sister Caroline kept house. 理查德的妻子哈丽特病卧在床五年了，因此他的姐姐卡罗琳管家。 Mr Smith had to keep the house that night. 那天晚上史密斯先生不得不守在家里。
20.on fire 着火
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on the fire 在考虑中，在准
备中
The enemy could not but abandon the warship on fire. 敌人只好放弃着火的战舰。 The young writer has a new novel on the fire. 这位年轻的作家正打算写一部新小说。 21.out of question 不成问
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题，无疑的
out of the question 不可能 If you persist,your success is out of question. 如果你坚持下去，成功是无疑的。 It is out of the question for anyone to build a castle in theair. 任何人想建立空中楼阁都是 不可能的。 22.take air 传播，泄漏
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take the air 出外，呼吸新鲜
空气，兜风
The story has taken air. 这
件事已经传开了。 At the door of the engine room,the engineer sat smoking a pipeand taking the air. 机械师 坐在机房门口，边抽烟斗边透一透空气。
23.take place 发生
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take the place of 代替 Great changes have taken place in our country since 1978. 自从1978年以来我国已经发生了 巨大的变化。 Eiectric trains have taken the place of steam trains in someplaces in China.在中国，电气火 车已经在有些地方取代了蒸气机火车。
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