Lesson73Therecord-holder纪录保持者Littleboyswhoplaytruantfromschoolareunimaginative.逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。record-holder['rek?:d'h?uld?]纪录保持者record-holder纪录保持者n.+v.+er构词法tennisplayertruant['tru:?nt]n.逃学的孩子Thethreeboyswhoarefishingovertherearetruantsandoughttobesentbacktoschool.playtruant逃学（英）theboywhoplayedtruant逃学的孩子playhooky逃学（美）evadeschool逃学playtruantfromschool=playtruant逃学Asaboy,Tomusedtoplaytruant(fromschool).unimaginative[??ni'm?d?in?tiv]a.缺乏想象力的imaginev.想象，设想imaginativeadj.有想象力的imaginationn.想象力Sheisanimaginativepainter.Paintersshouldbeimaginative.-tive一般是形容词的后缀；-tion一般是名词的后缀Aquietday'sfishing,oreighthoursinacinemaseeingthesamefilmoverandoveragain,isusuallyasfarastheyget.他们通常能够做到的，至多也就是安静地钓上一天鱼，或在电影院里坐上8个小时，一遍遍地看同一部电影。(1)动名词（ing）前面如果出现定语，若是名词，则采用名词所有格或名词短语本身。eighthoursseeingthefilm（eighthours为名词短语本身）eighthours'seeingthefilm（eighthours’为名词所有格形式）aquietday’sfishing(2)非谓语动词做主语，一律作单数看。此句中两个动名词短语作主语，中间用or来连接，谓语动词应该跟or后面的一致，用is.同样地，当不同的主语由either⋯or,neither⋯nor,notonly⋯.butalso连接时，谓语都与最靠近它的那个主语保持一致。Threehoursintheroom，Itistiring.Threehours(')listeningtotheteacheristiring.Threehoursintheroomlisteningtotheteacheristiring.EventssuchastheMarch5thshootingatahighschoolinSanDiegobringtheproblemintofocus.比如三月五日圣地亚哥一所高中学校发生的枪击事件问题成为焦点。(3)overandoveragain=againandagain一次又一次，一再地，反复许多次地Asmygrandmothercan’thearverywell,Ihadtosayitoverandoveragain.asfaras+从句最大程度⋯⋯，到⋯⋯程度，就⋯⋯而言AsfarasIknow,hisoperationsweresuccessful.Theyhaveallbeenputtoshamebyaboywho,whileplayingtruant,travelled1600miles.而有那么一个小男孩，他在逃学期间旅行了1,600英里，从而使上述所有逃学的孩子们都相形见绌了。（1）shame[?eim]n.惭愧，羞耻Whatashame!真可耻！Shameonyou!替你感到可耻！shamefuladj.令人羞愧ashamedadj.感到羞愧putsb.toshame让某人感到羞愧对别人赞美的回答：Thankyou.Youareflatteringme.（你过奖了。）Youputmetoshame.（你比我好的意思）putsb.totrouble给某人带来麻烦（2）while引导时间状语从句，一般放在前面或后面，放在中间就加上逗号。whiledoing省略句，省略了主语和be动词，这个主语一定就是主句的主语。put⋯toshame使⋯⋯蒙羞，使⋯⋯相形见绌Whathehasdoneputhisparentstoshame.Hesavedthechildattheriskofhisownlifeandputallthosewholookedontoshame.他冒着生命危险救了那个孩子，使所有旁观者都相形见绌。HehitchhikedtoDoverand,towardsevening,wentintoaboattofindsomewheretosleep.他搭便车到了多佛，天快黑时钻进了一条hitchhike['hit?haik]v.搭便车旅行hitchhikev.搭便车旅行船，想找个地方睡觉。hitchhike=takealift搭便车hitchhikern.搭便车的人hitchhiketo⋯搭便车去⋯⋯Dovern.多佛（英国著名的港口）towardsevening快到晚上somewheretosleep可以睡觉的地方anythingtodo/drink可以做的事/可以喝的东西（这里todo做定语）Whenhewokeupnextmorning,hediscoveredthattheboathad,inthemeantime,travelledtoCalais.第二天早上他醒来时，发现船在这段时间已经到了加。meantime['mi:ntaim]n.其间inthemeantime=meanwhile与此同时wakeup自己醒来Calaisn.加来（法国城市）inthemeantime在此期间Ifeeltiredandwouldliketotakeanap.Inthemeantime,youmaydosomereading.Noonenoticedtheboyashecreptoff.当男孩从船里爬出来时，谁也没有发现他。creepoff=creepaway★creep①vi.爬行，匍匐，（...
