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新概念英语第三册课文Lesson 49 The ideal servant
一、【Text】课文
It is a good thing my aunt Harriet died years ago. If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants. Aunt Harriet lived in that leisurely age when servants were employed to do housework. She had a huge, rambling country house called 'The Gables'. She was sentimentally attached to this house, for even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death. Before she grew old, Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly. I often visited The Gables when I was boy. No matter how many guests were present, the great house was always immaculate. The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of books was kept miraculously free from dust. Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed, cleaned, and polished. She always referred to them as 'the shifting population', for they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names. Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please. (暂不提供全部内容)
二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语
●rambling adj. 杂乱无章的
●sentimentally adv. 感情上，多情地
●lavishly adv. 慷慨地，大方地
●immaculate adj. 清洁的，无污点的
●parquet n. 镶木地板
●gleam v. 发亮，闪光
●preside v. 指挥
●invisible adj. 看不见的，无形的
●scrub v. 擦拭，刷洗
●enlightened adj. 开明的
●fickleness n. 变化无常
●unrelenting adj. 不屈不挠的，不松懈的
●disillusion v. 使幻想破灭
●industriousness n. 勤奋
●qualification n. 资格，能力
●mirth n. 欢笑，高兴
●stack v. 整齐地堆放
●cellar n. 地窖
◆rambling adj. 杂乱无章的
ramble vi.
1. 闲逛，漫步
stroll
go for a walk / have a walk
go for a stroll / have stroll
They rambled through the ferast.
2. 漫谈，聊开
Eg: The old lady began to ramble about her youth.
3. 植物的蔓延生长
Eg: The wild roses ramble over the fance.
◆sentimentally adv. 感情上，多情地
sentiment n.
sentiments 情操
The sentiments of pity: 恻陷之心
emotion 感情(总称)
out of sentiments: 出于同情
sentimental adj. emotional
◆◆◆lavishly adv. 慷慨地，大方地
lavish adj. 慷慨的，大方的
eg: Are you lavished to your friend.
extravagant 挥霍的，奢侈的
lavish money on sth. /sb.
lavish praises on sb.
grudge 舍不得给
Eg: Do you lavish praises on your friends? 你总是大肆吹捧你的朋友吗?
lavish care on sb. 过度的关心或庞爱
generous 慷慨大方的
liberal: 开明的
prodigal: 浪费的，挥霍无度的
wasteful
反义词：thrifty, economical, frugal, not wasteful
◆immaculate adj. 清洁的，无污点的
spotless
◆parquet n. 镶木地板
◆gleam v. 发亮，闪光
◆preside v. 指挥
vi. preside at
Eg: Who will preside at the party?
Yesterday my friend visited me so I preside at tea. 招待
◆invisible adj. 看不见的，无形的
visible
◆scrub v. 擦拭，刷洗
polish: 润色
◆enlightened adj. 开明的
◆fickleness n. 变化无常
◆unrelenting adj. 不屈不挠的，不松懈的
strong-minded
continuous
◆disillusion v. 使幻想破灭
◆industriousness n. 勤奋
◆qualification n. 资格，能力
◆mirth n. 欢笑，高兴 (书面化，文学中或诗歌中)
happiness, joy, merriment, fun, amusement, entertainment, delight, rapture
◆stack v. 整齐地堆放
◆cellar n. 地窖
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