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1、2010考研同学的礼物13：新概念第三册课文精读详解50篇 标签： 新概念英语 Lesson 46 Do it yourself 自己动手 一、【Text】课文So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingIy less dependent on specialized labour. No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for there are countless do-it-yourself p
2、ublications. Armed with the right tools and materials, newlyweds gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes. Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture. Some really keen enthusi
3、asts go so far as to build their own computers. Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze not only by running special advisory services for novices, but by offering consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home. Such things provide an excellent outlet for pent up creative energy, but unfo
4、rtunately not all of us are born handymen.Some wives tend to believe that their husbands are infinitely resourceful and can fix anything. Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics. When lights fuse, furniture gets ricket
5、y, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some women assume that their husbands will somehow put things right. The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong.
6、 It is a question of pride as much as anything else. Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower. It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said that I would fix it
7、myself. One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine into the garden and had a close look at it. As far as I could see, it only needed a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new. Inevitably the repair job was not quite so si
8、mple. The mower firmly refused to mow, so I decided to dismantle it. The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn mower. But I was extremely pleased with myself. I had traced the cause of the trouble. One of the links in the chain that drives the wheels had snapped
9、. After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle together again. I was not surprised to find that the machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal
10、which did not seem to fit anywhere. I gave up in despair. The weeks passed and the grass grew. When my wife nagged me to do something about it, I told her that either I would have to buy a new mower or let the grass grow. Needless to say our house is now surrounded by a jungle. Buried somewhere in d
11、eep grass there is a rusting lawn-mower which I have prom-ised to repair one day. 二、【New words and expressions】 生词和短语 plead v. 找（借口），辩解ignorance n. 无知，不懂publication n. 出版物newlyweds n. 新婚夫妇gaily adv. 愉快地，高兴地leisure n. 空闲keen adj. 热心的，渴望的advisory adj. 咨询的novice n. 新手consumer n. 消费者，顾客assemble v. 装配，组装
12、outlet n. 出路creative adj. 创造性的handyman n. 手巧的人，能工巧匠resourceful adj. 足智多谋的fuse v. 由于烧断保险丝而短路rickety adj. 要散架的，晃动的clog v. 堵塞delusion n. 错觉lawn mower 割草机adjustment n. 调整screw n. 螺丝钉dismantle v. 拆卸chunk n. （厚）块snap v. 绷断insurmountable adj. 不能克服的，难以对付的jigsaw n. 线锯nag v. 唠叨不休rust v. 生锈 plead v. 找（借口），辩解pl
13、ead ignorance: 一无所知Eg: The authorities plead ignorance.I pleaded that I was ill so I couldnt go to the party.plead that.pleadable 可辩护的Eg: This is a pleadable case.pleading n. 辩护，恳求pleader n. 辩护人beg vt. 肯求 （可怜地一再要求）beg sb. not to doask 请求，要求（期待肯定的答复）entreat: 请求（通过反反复复的请求，来说服、软化对方）implore 要求（迫切地、痛苦地要求
14、）Eg: The poor man implored me for help. ignorance n. 无知，不懂publication n. 出版物newlyweds n. 新婚夫妇gaily adv. 愉快地，高兴地leisure n. 空闲spare timeleisure hours at leisure 悠闲自得的，空闲的Eg: Im quite at leisure if you want to me to help you.at ones leisure 在某人空闲的时候，在某人高兴的时候Eg: Look me up, at your leisure. drop in me,
15、at your leisure.At your leisure, please call me.wait sb.s leisure 等某人有空闲的时候 keen adj. 热心的，渴望的eager, anxiousbe keen about 迷上，喜欢上The boy is keen about footfall.be keen on sth. 迷上，喜欢上（口）anxious （焦急的心情，因焦虑而渴望）eager (因特别想得到或拥有某物而渴求)Eg: What are you eager for?keen (因为极大的兴趣和欲念而热衷于) advisory adj. 咨询的novice n. 新手consumer n. 消费者，顾客
