1 Lesson 21 Mad or not? 【New words and expressions 】mad [m?d] a. 发疯reason ['ri:z?n] n.原因sum[s?m] n.量determined [di't ?:mind] a. 坚定的，下决心的【Text 】Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right. 是不是疯了？飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯. 我住在一个机场附近, 过往飞机日夜不绝于耳. 机场是许多年前建的, 但由于某种原因当时未能启用. 然而去年机场开始使用了. 有 100 多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去, 我是少数留下来的人中的一个 . 有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞倒. 他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走, 但我决定留在这儿 . 大家都说我肯定是疯了, 也许他们说的是对的。【词汇学习 】★mad adj. 发疯sb. is mad “为⋯⋯而疯狂（着迷）”的表示方法：be mad about⋯ I'm mad about English. be crazy about⋯ go insane （insane adj. 患精神病的，精神病患者的，极愚蠢的）I slowly go insane/go crazy/go mad/go bananas. go bananas （go+adj. 变得⋯⋯ ) They are going bananas. =go crazy=go mad ( 变疯了 ) ★reason n. 原因for this/some reason 由于这个 /某个原因For this reason,I was late. the reason why⋯★sum n. 量a sum of + 不可数名词一笔⋯⋯a large sum of 大笔的⋯⋯(large 指数量的大 ) a large sum of money 一大笔钱a great many + 可数名词复数a great number of + 可数名词复数plenty of ⋯足够多的⋯⋯2 ★determined adj. 坚定的 , 下决心的be determined to do sth. 下定决心做...
