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Lesson 20 One man in a boat
独坐孤舟
Fishing is
my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without
catching anything. But this does not
worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky.
Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and
rubbish.
I
am
even
less
lucky.
I
never
catch
anything
--
not
even
old
boots.
After
having
spent
whole
mornings
on
the
river,
I
always
go
home
with
an
empty
bag.
'You
must
give
up
fishing!'
my
friends
say.
'It's
a
waste
of
time.'
But
they
don't
realize
one
important
thing.
I'm
not
really
interested in fishing. I am only
interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing
at all!
New words and expressions
生词和短语
catch
v.
抓到
fisherman
n.
钓鱼人，渔民
boot
n.
靴子
waste
n.
浪费
realize
v.
意识到
参考译文
钓鱼是我特别喜爱的一项运
动。我经常一钓数小时却一无所获，但我从不为此烦恼。
有些垂钓者就是不走运，
他们往往鱼钓不到，
却钓上来些旧靴子和垃圾。
我的运气甚至还不
及他们。我什么东西也未钓到过
--
就连旧靴子也没有。我总是在河上呆上整整一上午，然<
/p>
后空着袋子回家。
“你可别再钓鱼了！
”
我的朋友们说，
“这是浪费时间。
”
然
而他们没有认识
到重要的一点，我并不是真的对钓鱼有兴趣，我感兴趣的只是独坐孤舟，
无所事事！
1.
One man in a boat
独坐孤舟
2. Fishing
is my favourite sport.
钓鱼是我特别喜爱的一项运动。
1)
fishing
动名词做主语
2)
favourite
(BrE)(AmE
favorite)
[?feiv?
rit]
adj.,
n
.
adj. liked more than others of the same
kind
特别受喜爱的，最喜欢的：
(
无比较级和最高级
)
e.g.
这是
我特别喜欢的电影之一。
It
’
s
one of my favorite movies.
谁是你最喜欢的作家？
Who is your
favorite writer?
n.1. a person or thing
that you like more than the others of the same typ
e
特别喜爱的人
(
或事物
)
：
e.g.
我尤其喜爱这首歌曲。
This song is a
particular favorite of mine.
2. a
person who is liked better by sb. and receives
better treatment than others
受宠的人；得到偏
爱的人：
e.g.
她爱所有的孙子孙女，
但最宠安。
She loved
all her grandchildren but Ann was her favorite.
她最受姑姑的宠爱。
She is a favorite
with her aunt./She is her
aunt
’
s favorite.
3. I often fish for hours without
catching anything. But this does not worry me.
我经常一钓
数小时却一无所获，但我从不为此烦恼。
< br>
1)
fish
[fi
?
]
n.,
v.
n.
(pl.
fish
or
fishes)
fish
是通常的复数形式，较古老的形式
fishes
可用于表示不同种类的
鱼。
(1.
fish
鱼
[pl.]
单复数同形
2.
fishes
指不同种类的鱼
)
1.
[c]
鱼
e.g.
他们捉到了几条鱼。
They
caught
several
fish.
他们那天早上钓到很多鱼。
They
caught
many
fish
that
morning.
他研究印度洋里的鱼类。
He
studies
the
fishes
in
the
Indian
Ocean.
热带<
/p>
/
海
/
淡水鱼<
/p>
tropical
< br>[
?tr
?
pik
?
l]
/marine/freshwater
fish
(marine
[m
?
'ri:n]
adj.
[obn]
海的；
海产的；
海生的
freshwater
adj.
[obn]
1.
淡水中生长的
2.
淡水的
)
鱼群
shoals
(=groups)
of
fish
(shoal
[
?
< br>?
?
l]
n.
1.
鱼群
2.
浅滩；水下沙洲
)
鱼缸
/
池
a
fish
tank/pond
(tank
[t??k]
n.
(
贮放液体或气体的
)
箱，槽
，罐
pond
[p
?
nd]
n.
池塘
(
尤指人工的
)
)
1
a
big
fish
in
a
small
pond
(
字面意思：一个小池塘里的一条大鱼
)
山中无老虎，猴子称霸王
=When
the
cat
is
away,
the
mice
will
play.
(
当猫不在，老鼠玩得自在
)
teach
fish
to
swim
班门弄斧
drink
like
a
fish
牛饮
(
很能喝水
)
a
fish
out
of
water
离水之鱼；
在陌生环境不得其所的人
like
a
fish
out
of
water
如鱼离水
an
odd
/
a
queer
fish
(old-fashioned,
BrE)
a
person
who
is
slightly
strange
or
crazy<
/p>
奇怪
的家伙；古怪的人；有些荒唐的人
(
queer
[kwi
?
]
adj.
奇怪的；反常的
)
2.
[u]
the
flesh
of
fish
eaten
as
food
鱼肉
e.g.
fried
fish
煎鱼，炸鱼
fresh
fish
鲜鱼
salted
fish
咸鱼
smoked
fish
熏鱼
(salt
[s
?
< br>:lt]
n.
[u]
盐；食盐
vt.
[usually
passive]
在
(
食物
)
中放盐
)
fish
and
chips
n.
[u]
(
大众快餐
)
(BrE)
炸鱼加土豆条；炸鱼薯条
e.g.
Some
people
eat
fish
on
Fridays.
有些人在星期五吃鱼。
(
天主教的人习惯在星期五吃鱼代替吃肉表虔诚
)
v.
1.
vi.
~(for
sth)
to
try
to
catch
fish
with
a
hook
[huk]
,
nets,
etc.
钓鱼；捕鱼：
e.g.
你可以在这条小溪钓鳟鱼。
You
can
fish
for
trout
in
this
stream.
我喜欢钓鱼。
I
like
fishing./I
enjoy
fishing./I
am
fond
of
fishing./I
am
keen
on
fishing.
(be
keen
on
sth./doing
sth.
渴望；热切；热衷于做某事
)
(trout
[tra
?
t]
n.
[c,
u]
(pl.
trout)
鲑；鲑鳟鱼；鳟鱼
)
(stream
[stri:m]
n.
小河；溪
)
2.
(go
fishing)
to
spend
time
fishing
for
pleasure
钓鱼；捕鱼：
e.g.
咱们这个周末去钓鱼吧。
L
et
’
s
go
fishing
this
weekend.
去游泳
go
swimming
去购物
go
shopping
3.
vt.
to
try
to
catch
fish
in
the
area
of
water
mentione
d
在?捕鱼
(
或钓鱼
< br>)
e.g.
他们在湖里钓鱼。
They
fished
the
lake
for
fish.
混水摸鱼
fish
in
troubled
water
Phrv.
fish
for
sth.
to
try
to
get
sth.,
or
to
find
out
sth.,
although
you
are
pretending
not
to
旁敲侧击地打听；转弯抹角地谋取
fish
for
fame
and
compliments
(
[
?k
?
mp
lim
?
nt]
n.
1.
[c]
赞扬；称赞
2.
(compliments)
[pl.]
问候；致
意；祝贺
)
沽名钓誉
fish
for
information
转弯
抹角地打听情况
2)
without
[wi
??aut]
prep., adv.
prep. (
含否定含义
)
可放在句首，句尾
prep.+n./v.-ing/pron.
1. not
having, experiencing or showing sth.
没有；缺乏：
e.g.
没有你的帮助我无法修理这车。
I
can
’
t repair the car without
your help. (
名词作介词宾语
)
没有你我活不下去。
I cannot live
without you. (
代词作介词宾语
)
没有水鱼活不了。
Fish cannot live
without water. (
名词作介词宾语
)
2.
~(sb.) doing
sth.
not doing the action mentioned
不
(
做某事
)
；无；没
e.g.
他们企图不付账就离开餐馆。
They tried to
leave the restaurant without paying.
我不是想要批评谁，只是认为你本可以做得更好一些。
Without wanting to criticize, I think
you could have done better.
动名词作介词宾语，要注意是在前后主语一致的情况下，如：
e.g.
他一句话也没说就走了。
He went out without saying anything.=
He went out and he didn
’
t
say anything.
= He went out without
saying any words
adv. not having, or
showing sth.
没有；缺乏：
2
e.g.
你要不要带洗澡间的房间？
Do you want a
room with a bath or one without?
我相信我们能凑合的。
I
’
m sure
we
’
ll manage without.
3) catch
[k?t
?
]
v., n. (caught
[k
?
:t]
, caught)
1.
vt. to stop and hold a moving object, esp. in your
hands
接住；截住；拦住：
e.g. I jumped up to catch a ball and
fell over.
我跳起来接球，结果摔了个跟头。
(fall v. fell, fallen
fall over vi.
跌倒；摔倒
)
She
managed to catch the keys as they
fell.
她接住了掉下来的钥匙。
你能接住球吗？
Can you catch the
ball?
. [usually + adv./prep.] to take
hold of sb./sth.
抓住；握住：
e.g.
她试图从他身边挤过去，他一把抓住了她的胳膊。
He caught hold of her arm as she tried
to push past him.
汤姆抓住小偷的胳膊。
Tom caught the
thief by the arm.
3. vt. to capture a
person or an animal that tries or would try to
escape
逮住；捕捉；捕获：
(capture
[
?k?pt
?
?
]
vt.
to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a
prisoner or in an enclosed
space
俘虏；
俘获；捕获
)
e.g.
钓鱼，捕鱼
catch fish
抓住小偷
catch a
thief
警察已逮住那个小偷。
The police
have caught the thief.
这个杀人犯一直未被抓到。
The
murderer
(
[
?m
?
:d
?
r
?
]
谋杀犯
)
was never caught.
你捕到几条鱼？
How many fish did you
catch?
Where did you catch the fish?
这条鱼你在哪儿逮的？
4. to
find or discover sb. doing sth., esp. sth. wrong
撞见，当场发现
(
某人做坏事
)
：
catch sb.
doing sth.
抓住
/
撞见某人
正在做某事
e.g. [vn-ing]
我撞见她在浴室里吸烟。
I caught her
smoking in the bathroom.
那个小男孩正从园子里偷苹果的时候被抓住了。
The
little boy was caught stealing apples from the
garden.
[vn + adv./prep.]
偷窃时被当场抓住的窃贼
thieves caught in the act
你现在来找我可不是时候。
You<
/p>
’
ve caught me at a bad time
(=at a time when I am busy).
5. vt. to be in time for a bus, train,
plane, etc. and get on it
乘坐；搭乘；赶上
(
公共汽车、火车、
飞机等
)
：
e.g.
我想赶
8
点
19
< br>分的火车去伦敦。
I want to catch the eight
nineteen (train) to London.
--<
/p>
你没有赶上火车吗？
Haven
’
t you caught the train?
--
没有，我刚好错过。
No,
I
’
ve just missed it.
我得走了
—
我要赶火车。
I
must go
—
I have a train to
catch.
赶公共汽车
catch the bus
错过公共汽车
miss the
bus
6. vt. to get an
illness
得病；染疾：
e.g. The more stress you are under, the
more likely you are to catch a cold.
压力越大，越有可能患感冒。
catch a cold
患感冒
(
强调动作本身
)
have a cold
感冒
(
强调状态
表正患感冒呢，正处于感冒的状态
)
7. vt.
~sb
’
s interest,
imagination, attention, etc.
if sth.
catches your interest, etc., you notice it
and feel interested in it
引起，
激发
(
兴趣、想像、注意等
)
吸引某人的注意
attract
one
’
s attention / draw
one
’
s attention /catch
one
’
s attention = attract
sb
’
s
eye / draw
sb
’
s eye /
catch
sb
’
s eye
(
固定搭配
)
e.g. My shoes caught his
attention.
我的鞋子引起了他的注意。
3
她挥手以吸引（引起）我的注意。
She waved her
hand to attract/catch my attention.
8. vi. & vt. to begin to burn
烧着；着
(
火
)
：
e.g. catch fire
< br>着火
(
强调动作，指火着起来
)
be on fire
着火
(
强调状
态，正在燃烧
)
谚语：
The
early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。
(
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
)
当
catch
表抓到时，同义词区分：
grab
[
ɡr?b]
v.
抓起，抢夺，热切或拼命地抓
snatch
[sn?t
?
]
v.
抢夺，突然而迅速地抓起
arrest
[
??
rest]
v.
(
依法
)
逮捕
capture
[
?k?pt
?
?
]
vt.
to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a
prisoner or in an enclosed
space
俘虏；
俘获；捕获
trap
[tr?p]
v.
设陷阱捕捉
grasp
[
ɡrɑ:sp]
v.
握紧，抓住
表握紧、抓住的结果
seize
[si:z]
v.
握紧，抓住
表握紧、抓住的结果
IDM:
1.
catch your
breath
1) to stop breathing
for a moment because of fear, shock, etc.(
< br>由于恐惧、震惊等
)
屏息，屏气
2) to breathe normally again after
running or doing some tiring exercise(
跑
或剧烈运动后
)
歇口气
2.
catch it
(BrE)
(AmE
catch hell, get it
)
(spoken) to be punished or spoken to angrily about
sth.
受罚；
受斥责：
(
通常与
will
等连用
)
(hell
[hel]
n.
1.
地狱
2.[u]
苦难的经历；
悲惨的境况
3.
该死，
见鬼
)
e.g.
要是你老爸知道了，你非挨骂不可！
If your dad
finds out you
’
ll really
catch it!
如果我回家晚了，我妈妈会骂我。
If
I come home late,
I’
ll catch
it from my mother.
3.
catch sb. red-handed
to
catch sb. in the act of doing sth. wrong or
committing a
crime
当场抓
住；现场捕获
Phr.v.
1.
catch on
to become popular
or fashionable
(
[
?f?
?
?
n
?
bl]
adj.
流行的；
时髦的
)
受欢迎；
流
行起来；
变得时髦：
e.g.
他发明了一种电动汽车，但这种车从未真正流行起来。
He invented an electric car, but it
never really caught on.
2.
catch up (with sb.) (BrE also catch sb.
up)
1) to reach sb. who is
ahead by going faster
赶上，追上
(<
/p>
某人
)
：
e.g.
你先走吧，我很快会追上你的。
Go ahead,
please. I
’
ll soon catch up
with you.
2) to reach the same level or
standard as sb. who was better or more advanced
赶上，达到
(
某水
平
)
：
e.g.
他因病休学一学期，不得不努力学习好赶上别的同学。
After missing a term
through illness he had to work hard to catch up
with the others.
(through prep. by
means of; because
of
以；凭借；因为；由于
)
n.
1. [c]
接
(
球等
)
e.g.
接球
to make a
catch
2. [c]
总捕获量
e.g.
捕获大量的鱼
a huge catch of fish
3. [c]
扣拴物；扣件
e.g.
门闩；吊扣
a catch on the door
4. [c,
usually sing.]
隐藏的困难；暗藏的不利因素
5. [u] (
儿童
)
传接球游戏
catchphrase
[
?k?t
?
freiz]
n.
名言；流行口号；时兴的话
4)
worry
< br>[
?w
?
ri]
v.,
n.
v.
(worries,
worrying,
worried,
worried)
1.
~(about/over
sb./sth.)
to
keep
thinking
about
unpleasant
things
that
might
happen
or
about
problems
that
you
have
担心；担忧；发愁：
4
e.g.
[v]
不必担心。我们有很多时间。
Don
’
t
worry.
We
have
plenty
of
time.
别为我担忧。我会没事的。
Don
’
t
worry
about
me.
I
’
ll
be
all
right.
[v (that)]
我担心自己进不了大学。
I worry that I
won
’
t get into college.
2.
~sb./yourself (about
sb./sth.)
to make sb./yourself
anxious
[
???k
?
?
s]
about
sb./sth.
使担心；
使
担忧；使
发愁
e.g.
我的小女儿令我担心。
My little daughter
worried me a lot.
[vn]
使我发愁的是如何再找到工作。
What worries
me is how I am going to get another job.
[vn that]
他还没有回家，这叫我放心不下。
It worries me
that he hasn
’
t come home
yet.
3. [vn]
~sb. (with
sth.)
to annoy or disturb sb.
骚扰；烦扰；使不安宁：
e.g.
这噪音似乎从不让她厌烦。
The noise never
seems to worry her.
别老用许多愚蠢的问题打扰他。
Don
’
t keep worrying
him with a lot of silly questions.
IDM:
not to worry
(informal, esp.
BrE) it is not important; it does not matter
别担心；
不必发愁；
没关系：
e.g.
别着急，我很快就能把它修理好。
Not to
worry
—
I can soon fix it.
n. (pl. -ies)
1.
[u] the state of worrying about
sth.
担心；忧虑；发愁
synonym: anxiety
[?n
< br>?zai
?
ti]
e.g.
愁得要命
to be sick
with worry
2. [c]
~(about/over sth.) / ~(for/to
sb.)
something that worries you
令人担忧的事；让人发愁的
事：
e.g.
唯一令我担忧的是??
My
only worry is that
?
worried adj.
~(about
sb./sth.) / ~(by sth.)
/~(that
?
)
thinking about unpleasant things that have
happened or that might happen and
therefore feeling unhappy and
afraid
担心的；担忧的；发愁
的
e.g.
我担心我的小女儿。
I
was worried about my little daughter.
尽量别担忧。
Try not to get
worried.
我还担心你不来呢。
I was worried you
wouldn
’
t come.
adv. worriedly
worrying adj.
that makes you
worry
令人担忧的；令人发愁的：
e.g.
令人担忧的发展
a worrying development
adv.
worryingly
be worried about
sth. = be anxious (very worried) about
sth
.
对?感到焦虑
/
担心
4. Some fishermen
are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch
old boots and rubbish.
有些垂钓者就是不走运，他们往往鱼
钓不到，却钓上来些旧靴子和垃圾。
1)
fisherman
[
?fi
?
??
m
?
n]
n.
(pl.-men)
a
person
who
catches
fish,
either
as
a
job
or
as
a
sport
渔民；钓鱼的人
2)
instead
of
prep.
in
the
place
of
sb./sth.
代替；作为?
的替换：
(
可放在句首或句尾
)
instead
of
后面加名词、代词、动名词作介词宾语
e.g.
现在我可以步行去上班，而不必开车了。
Now
I
can
walk
to
work
instead
of
going
by
car.
没有钓到鱼，那些不幸的渔夫钓到一些旧靴子和垃圾。
Instead
of
catching
fish,
the
unlucky
fishermen
catch
old
boots
and
rubbish.
The
unlucky
fishermen
catch
old
boots
and
rubbish.
instead
of
catching
fish.
男士穿的是短袜而不是长袜。
Men
wear
socks
instead
of
stockings.
我去购物了而没有做作业。
I
went
shopping
instead
of
doing
homework.
instead
[in
?sted]
adv.
in
the
place
of
sb./sth.
代替；顶替；反而；却
(
单独使用时一
般出现在
句尾
)
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