第 1 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑新概念英语其次册第 21 课:Mad or not?Lesson 21 Mad or not?是不是疯了? First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后答复以下问题。 Why do people think the writer is mad? Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. 飞机正在渐渐把我逼疯。我住在一个机场四周，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳 The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. 机场是很多年前建的，但由于某种缘由当时未能启用。然而去年 机场开场使用了 Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. 有 100 多人确定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去 第 2 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑 I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. 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 I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. 他们曾向我供应一大笔钱让我搬走，但我确定 留在这儿 Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right. 大家都说我确定是疯了，或许他们说的是对的。 New words and Expressions 生词和短语 mad adj. 发疯 reason n. 缘由 sum 第 3 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑 n. 量 determined adj. 坚决的，下决心的 Notes on the text 课文解释 1 Aeroplanes arc slowly driving me rnad.飞机正在渐渐把我逼疯。drive someone mad,逼疯。 2 passing planes can be heard night and day。过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。在句中 passing 用来修饰名词 planes，起形容词作用，是一个如今分词。 3 came into use，启用。 4 Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.有 100 多人确定是被噪音逼得离家远去。情态动词 must+完成时态，是对过去事情的推想，猜恻某一事情确定已经发生。drive away 赶走，逼走。Lesson 21 ...
