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1、Lesson 73 The recorder-holder 纪录保持者【Text】Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet days fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,6
2、00 miles. He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver g
3、ave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local autho
4、rities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.【课文翻译】学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。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。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。他搭便车到了多佛，天快黑时钻进了一条船，想找个地方睡觉。第二天早上他醒来时，发现船在这段时间已经到了加莱丝。当男孩从船里爬出来时，谁也没有发现他。从那里他又搭上卡车到了巴黎。司机给
5、了他几块饼干和一杯咖啡，就把他丢在了城外。男孩截住的第二辆车并没有如他所愿将他再到巴黎市区，而是将他载到了法国与西班牙的边境城市佩皮尼昂。不幸的是，在那里他被警察找到了，被当地政 府遣送回了英格兰。在千千万万梦想着逃学的孩子当中，他可是创下了一个“不朽的记录”。New words and expressions 生词和短语record-holder 纪录保持者truant n. 逃学的孩子unimaginative adj. 缺乏想像力的shame n. 惭愧，羞耻hitchhike v. 搭便车旅行meantime n. 其间lorry n. 卡车border n. 边界evade v. 逃
6、避，逃离【生词讲解】1. record-holder 记录保持者record 1） n 记录set up a record 创造记录build up a record 创造记录make a record 创造记录create a record 创造记录hold a record 保持记录break a record 打破记录beat a record 打破记录smash a record 大破记录2） v *rkd 录音，录像2. truant n 逃学的孩子(child who stays away from school without permission)play truant 逃学e
7、g: Tohim,homewas justlike ahell. Sohebegan toplaytruantand thenat last heleft his home. 对他来说，家就像地狱一般。于是这个孩子开始逃学然后索性离家出走。 play hooky 逃学，旷课（美）evade school 逃学truancy n 逃学，旷课的（事）3. unimaginative adj缺乏想象力的 Imaginative adj有想象力的 Imagine v想象 imagine doing sth想象做某事 imagine sth/ that想象某事eg Dont you imagine th
8、at I can lend you money everytime you need it ? 你难道以为你每次缺钱我都能借给你吗？imaginary adj 想象中的，不真实的，假象的imaginable adj 可想象的imagination n 想象力；想象的事物image n 肖像，形象；比喻4. shame 1) n u 惭愧；羞耻put sb to shame 使感到惭愧；使黯然失色；大大优于某人eg Cinderellas beauty put her sisters to shame . 灰姑娘的美丽令她的姐姐们相形见绌。bring shame on sb 使蒙羞eg She
9、blushed with shame. 她惭愧的eg He felt no shame at losing in the game. 比赛失败了，他不觉得惭愧。2) n c 遗憾的事，可惜eg What a shame ! / what a pity ! 多遗憾呀！eg What a shame that you have to leave so soon! 多遗憾呀你这么快又要走了。3) n c 耻辱，可耻之事eg He was called a shame to their school. 大家称他为学校之耻。eg Shame ! 可耻！eg Shame on you ! 真丢人！to o
10、nes shame 令某人感到羞耻的事eg To my shame, I made a mistake again. 令我羞耻的是，我又犯错了。shameful adj 可耻的，丢脸的a shameful conduct 可耻的行为shameless adj 厚颜无耻的，不要脸的a shameless cheat 厚颜无耻的骗子a shameless liar 厚颜无耻的说谎者shamefully adv 可耻地，丢脸地shamelessly adv 厚颜无耻地，不要脸地5. hitchhike v 搭便车旅行hitch v 搭便车eg: Can I hitch a lift to Paris
11、 ? 我能打车去巴黎吗？hike n/v 远足，徒步旅行hitchhiker n 搭车者as for a lift = get a free ride 要求搭车give sb a lift 让某人搭车6. meantime 1) n 期间in the meantime 在此期间；与此同时eg In the meantime, we studied 72 lessons. 在此期间，我们学了72课。eg In the meantime, the lorry traveled 1600 miles. 在此期间，卡车走了1600英里。2) adv 期间，同时（相当于 meanwhile）eg I c
12、ontinued watching TV. Meanwhile, I knitted my new sweater out of wool. 我继续看电视，同时我在编制一个新的毛衣。7. lorry n 卡车 复数：lorries eg The goodswill becarriedbylorrytoDalian. 货物将用卡车运往大连。 truck n 载货卡车（美）8. border 1) n 边界，国界the French-Spanish border 法国西班牙边界border land 边疆border line 国境线borderline case 两可情形eg Its a bor
13、derline case whether I can pass the exam or not. 我能否通过考试还是两可。eg Annewill certainlypass theexam,butSusanis aborderlinecase. 安考试肯定会及格，但苏珊是个蛮危险的个案。boundary n 界限，分界线limit n 界限，极限edge n 边缘margin n 空白边缘，页边空白outline n 轮廓，外形2) n 边，缘，边沿；（衣服的）滚边a border of flowers round the lawn 草皮四周边缘的花坛eg The handkerchief has a lace border. 那条手帕有蕾丝花边。3) v 和接壤， （土地）毗邻eg France borders (on) Ge
