Lesson 21 Mad or not?是不是疯了？

1.原文

2. 参考译文

3. New words and expressions

★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 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 reason 由于这个理由、原因 For this reason,I was late.
as+句子because+句子 由于……
★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……
★determined adj. 坚定的, 下决心的
be determined to do sth. 下定决心做某事
make up one’s mind 下定决心
decide to do sth. 决定做=make a decision to do sth.
determine v.下定决心

4. 课文讲解

1、Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.
drive sb. mad 逼某人发疯
2、I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
night and day 日日夜夜，夜以继日 (注意连读)
passing planes 过往飞机 (passing是现在分词，作定语，起形容词作用，修饰planes，“经过的(路过)，过往的”) He forgot the man with passing time. 随着时间的消逝，他忘掉了那个人。
3、The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then.
years前不加确定的数词时，一般表示“许多年”years ago = many years ago，weeks等的用法与它相似
some+不可数名词/可数名词复数 一些……
some+可数名词单数 某一…
for some reason　由于某个理由
We’ll talk about it some other time. 我们改日再。
4、Last year, however, it came into use.
however 然而(用于句首, 句中, 用逗号隔开)
come into use 启用，开始被使用(主动概念，没有被动式)When did the train come into use?
5、Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
must have been done　过去发生, 表示推测，被动
away from 从某地离开(away 离开某地)
out of somewhere 从某地出来
6、I am one of the few people left.
one of… ……之一(表示特指的一群人/一些东西中的一个，后面的名词用复数)
left表示被留下来的，leave　过去分词, left作定语放在被修饰词的后面
left 剩下的……东西，相当于“Who are left (by the others) 其他人走了留下他们”I have a bag left.
7、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.
knock down　 撞倒
offer v. 提供(相当于given)
双宾语的被动语态中，主语有两种可能; 以sb.做主语或以sth.做主语give sb. sth.——>被动　sb. be given sth.give sth. to sb.——>被动 sth. be given to sb.双宾语在变被动时用离动词最近的宾语做主语
原文句型结构 sb. be offered sth.

5. Key structures

被动语态
被动语态可以和大部分情态动词连用(包括具有情态功能的will和would)。He may have been told the news.The shops must have been closed now.
动词+宾语+不定式结构中既可以动词用被动语态，也可以在不定式中用被动语态：在句型“动词+间接宾语+直接宾语”中，这两个宾语都可以成为被动句的主语。但由于间接宾语通常是人，所以间接宾语成为被动句主语的时候要多些：

6. Special Difficulties

Drive的用法
① v. 开车, 驾驶 (drove, driven, driving)
drive to…开车去往某地I drove to Tianjing yesterday
② vt. 赶，驱赶，围赶(猎物、敌人等)
drive sb. away from　 把某人赶走
drive sb. out of　 把某人赶出去
drivesb.back 撵回去Our army drove the enemy back.
③ vt. 逼迫，迫使drive sb. mad 逼疯
Home and House
home n. &adv. 家，家庭，家园(着重指所居住的人，常有爱、温暖、舒适、安全等隐含意义有感情色彩)
I have a sweet home.
house n. 房子，房屋，住宅(指建筑物)