新概念第二册自学导读 Lessons76

词汇学习 Word study

1．usual与usually

（1）usual通常为形容词，表示“通常的”、“平常的”、“惯常的”等：

It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.

上星期日天气暖和。于是我和往常一样，又去河边坐着。

（as usual表示“像平常一样”、“照例”，它有时可放在句首）

One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual.

有一个星期一，这家商场里的人比往常少。

It is usual with him to get up late.

他常起床起得晚。

I parked the car at the usual place.

我在往常那个地方停了车。（usual既可以作定语，又可以作表语）

（2）usually为频度副词，表示“平常”、“通常”：He usually gets up late.

他通常起得晚。

When do you usually have supper?

你平常几点吃晚饭？

2．between与among

（1）介词between表示“在（两者）之间”：

I picked up the receiver between two sticky finger.

我用两根黏糊糊的手指拿起了话筒。

Can you tell the difference between Indian music and jazz?

你能分辨出印度音乐和爵士乐吗？

Between them they finished cutting three carloads of macaroni stalks.

他们协力割下了3车通心粉秸。

当表示两两之间的相互关系时，between可用于3个（或3个以上）的名词前：

The village lies between a river, a mountain and a road.

这个村子位于一条河、一座山和一条马路之间。

（2）among表示“在……中间”或“被……环绕”，指3者以上：

The church lies among mountains.

这教堂位于群山之中。

Among those boys, Dan is the tallest.

那些男孩中丹最高。

3．manager,director与headmaster

这3个都是表示职务的词， manager通常译为“经理”， director 可表示“主任”、“董事”等，headmaster则指“（中学）校长”： I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. 我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。

Before he retired, Frank was the director of a very large company.

弗兰克退休前是一家非常大的公司的主管。

I haven't met the headmaster of this school yet.

我没见过这个学校的校长。

练习答案 Key to written exercises

1．关键句型练习答案

A What has happened: has been grown(1.3);has begun(1.6); have just finished(1.7); has won(1.13)

What has been happening: have been expecting(1.5); has been working(11.8-9);has been helping(1.10)

2．难点练习答案

1 among        2 usual             3 manager         4 headmaster

5 usual          6 director         7 between         8 usually

3．多项选择题答案

1d  2b  3d  4a  5a  6b

7b  8a  9c  10b  11d  12d