新概念第二册自学导读 Lessons15

1．nervous adj.

（1）神经质的，神经紧张的：

She is a nervous woman. Do you see that nervous smile on her face?

她是个神经质的女人。你看见她脸上那种神经质的微笑了吗？

（2）紧张的，担心的，情绪不安的：

I feel very nervous before exams.

我在考试前感到非常紧张。

He had never spoken in public, so he was very nervous.

他从未当众讲过话，因此他非常紧张。

（3）与nervous容易混淆的另一个词是 irritable（易怒的，急躁的）：

Our teacher is an irritable old lady. She gets angry easily.

我们的老师是位脾气急躁的老太太。她很容易生气。

2．afford vt.

（1）买得起（常与can连用）：

We can/can't afford a car this year.

我们今年买得起/买不起小汽车。

（2）担负得起（损失、后果等），花得起（时间）（常与can连用）：

I can't afford to be ill again.

我不能再病了。

I can only afford one week for the trip.

我只能为这次旅行抽出一周的时间。

（3）提供，给予：

Joe afforded us a room for the night.

那天晚上乔为我们提供了一个房间过夜。

练习答案 Key to written exercises

1．关键句型练习答案

A 1a The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.

b‘Mr. Harmsworth will see you. ’

2 a Mr. Harmsworth said that business was very bad.

b ‘Business is very bad.’

3 a Mr. Harmsworth told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.

b ‘The firm cannot afford to pay such large salaries. ’

B 1 told… would come/would be coming

2 said…(had) cut

3 told… had never played

4 did he say…had done/would do

5 did he tell…(had) bought/would buy

6 said…could not

7 said…(had) worked

8 told…wrote/writes/had never written

9 did you say…were/had been

10 said…would wait

2．难点练习答案

1 study  2 office  3 nervous  4 afford  5 irritable

3．多项选择题答案

1d  2b  3c  4b  5c  6d

7a  8d  9c  10c  11c  12b