Lesson 55
Not a gold mine
并非金矿
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What did the team find?

Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A new machine called The Revealer has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where -- it is said -- pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that The Revealer may reveal something of value fairly soon.

New words and expressions 生词和短语
gold n. 金子
mine n. 矿
treasure n. 财宝
revealer n. 探测器
invent v. 发明
detect v. 探测
bury v. 埋藏
cave n. 山洞
seashore n. 海岸
pirate n. 海盗
arm v. 武装
soil n. 泥土
entrance n. 入口
finally adv. 最后
worthless adj. 毫无价值的
thoroughly adv. 彻底地
trunk n. 行李箱
confident adj. 有信心的
value n. 价值

参考译文
并非金矿
最近，找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实。一种叫“探宝器”的新机器已经发明出来，并被人们用来探测地下埋藏的金子。在靠近海边的一个据说过去海盗常在里面藏金子的岩洞里，这种机器被派上了用场。海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。一支用这种新机器装备起来的探宝队进入了这个岩洞，希望找到埋藏着的金子。当这个队的队长正在检查洞口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示出它的下面埋有金子。队员们异常激动，就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑，但最后找到的是一枚几乎一钱不值的小金币。队员们接着又把整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍，但除了一只空铁皮箱外什么也没找到。尽管如此，很多人仍然相信“探宝器”很快就会探出值钱的东西来。

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★gold n 金子

gold [^Euld] n /golden [5^EuldEn] adj

sth be made of gold由金子做成的

gold watch; gold ring

golden sun金色的太阳

Silence is golden沉默是金 (silence [5sailEns] n.静, 寂静, 沉默, 静默 vt.使沉默, 使安静 v.压制)

golden : 金色的, 宝贵的

golden opportunity宝贵的机会 (opportunity [7CpE5tju:niti] n.机会, 时机)

golden sentence黄金句型

I am honoured to have the opportuneity to do sth.

I am glad to have have the golden opportunity to do sth.

I am glad to have the golden opportunity to stay with you.

goldfish n 金鱼 (众口铄金)

platinum [5plAtinEm] n.白金, 铂

★mine n 矿

★treasure n 财宝 (为总称, 没有复数)

‘treasure island’  《金银岛》

jewel [5dVu:El] n 宝石 珠宝, (可数)

jewelry [5dVu:ElrI] n.珠宝, 珠宝类 珠宝(总称, 不可数)

I have some jewels./I have some jewelry.

people/police/cattle (总称)

diamond钻石

jade [dVeid] 碧玉 (不可数名词)

jade palace:翠宫饭店

★revealer n 探测器

reveal揭示

★invent v 发明

invention n

★detect v 探测

detective n

★bury v 埋藏

★cave n 山洞

★seashore n 海岸

★pirate n 海盗

pirate [5paiErit] n.海盗, 盗印者, 盗版者, 侵犯专利权者 vt.盗印, 盗版, 掠夺, 翻印 vi.做海盗

★arm v 武装

army n 军队

hold one's arm

Farewell!Arms永别了, 武器

farewell [5fZE5wel] n.辞别, 再见, 再会 int.再会,别了!(常含有永别或不容易再见面的意思)

Soldiers should be armed well士兵应该要很好的武装

the youth should be armed with knowledge.年轻人应该用知识武装自己

youth [ju:W] n.青春, 青年时期, 初期, 少年, 青年们

be covered with

the teacher should be patient.( patient [5peiFEnt] n.病人, 患者 adj.忍耐的, 耐心的)

the teacher should be armed with patience.

★soil n 泥土

earth泥土 (泥巴)

soil土壤 (能生长植物的地方)

★entrance n 入口

exit [5eksit, -zit] n.出口, 太平门, 退场, 去世 vi.退出, 脱离, 去世

entrance of/entrance to

entrance of the park / entrance to the park

★finally adv 最后

★worthless adj 毫无价值的

★thoroughly adv 彻底地

completely/thoroughly/totally

★trunk n 行李箱

★confident n 有信心的

confidence n

be confident of doing sth

be confident that

★value n 价值

gold/golden

sth be made of gold由金子做成的

gold watch 、gold ring

golden sum金色的太阳

Silence is golden沉默是金

golden：金色的，宝贵的

golden opportunity宝贵的机会

golden sentence黄金句型

i am glad to have the golden opportunity to stay with you

gold fish金鱼

all......it not不是所有的

all that glitters is not gold

部分否定 not all

platinum白金

treasure island金银岛

jewel珠宝，(可数)

jewelry珠宝(总称，不可数)

people/police/cattle(总称)

diamond钻石

jade碧玉

reveal揭示

hold one's arm

Farewell!Arms永别了，武器

Soldiers should be armed well士兵应该要很好的武装

the youth should be armed with knowledge

be covered with

the teacher should be patient

the teacher should be armed with patience

earth泥土

soil土壤

entrance of/entrance to

completely/thoroughly/totally

be confident of doing sth

be confident that

dreams come true梦想成真

dreams ended梦想破灭了，梦断了

dream of

dream of doing sth

i dream of flying in the sky

dream of flying in the sky comes true

一句话中只有一个动词，如果再出现动词，可以用and并列连接，也可以变成复合句

用when，because连接，还可以使这个动词表示动词意思，但不做谓语，即非谓语

动词

过去分词做定语，表示被

ploughed field

n+called

the plane called a “Pilatus Porter”

如果用短语修饰其他词，则把短语放在被修饰词的后边

be used to do被用来

used to do

同位语从句中的引导词只要一个that

under the ground

it is said是插入语“据说”

used to常常

would一般表示从过去看将来，但此处表示“used to”过去常做

be armed with

went into the cave

hoping to find

如果几个句子的主语是同一事物，则可以把几个句子合并为一个句子

在把握中心句子的前提下，注意其他成分的合成。如果是主动关系，用ing形式

保留一个句子做主句，其他的变成非谓语动词

非谓语动词采用何种形式，则根据其与主语的关系，如果是主动关系，用ing，被动

关系，则用动词的ed形式

主句与其他句子的位置安排要保持句子的平衡，还要注意动作的连贯

the boy went home。the boy was crying。the boy was beaten

beaten by sb，the boy went home，crying

形容词短语做状语

tired of

two feet deep数词+量词+形容词

long/wide/high/deep

数词+量词+形容词结构可以做定语;也可以做表语

the street is wide

the street is five meters wide

离名词最近的形容词是最被强调的

in spite of尽管

something of value

of 加名词往往让人联想这名词对应的形容词

of value=valuable

形容词要放在不定代词的后边

something important

something of importance

someone patient

someone of patience

multiple choice

3、介词后面要加v+ing形式

被用来做某事，有两种表达方式

如果跟名词相连说be used for

如果跟动词相连说be used to do+v be use

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