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1、新概念英语第三册 Lesson 48 The silent village 沉默的村庄 一、课文In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists. We always assume that villagers in remote places are friendly and hospitable. But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from
2、 their own countrymen can be hostile to travellers. Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable - as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.We had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old churches in the vicinity. These attracted many visitors, for
3、 they were not only of great architectural interest, but contained a large number of beautifully preserved frescoes as well. On the day before our departure, several bus loads of tourists descended on the town. This was more than we could bear, so we decided to spend our last day exploring the count
4、ryside. Taking a path which led out of the town, we crossed a few fields until we came to a dense wood. We expected the path to end abruptly, but we found that it traced its way through the trees. We tramped through the wood for over two hours until we arrived at a deep stream. We could see that the
5、 path continued on the other side, but we had no idea how we could get across the stream. Suddenly my wife spotted a boat moored to the bank. In it there was a boatman fast asleep. We gently woke him up and asked him to ferry us to the other side. Though he was reluctant to do so at first, we eventu
6、ally persuaded him to take us. The path led to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain. The place consisted of a straggling unmade road which was lined on either side by small houses. Even under a clear blue sky, the village looked forbidding, as all the houses were built of grey mud
7、 bricks. The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby. Sitting down on a dilapidated wooden fence near the field, we opened a couple of tins of sardines and had a picnic lunch. All at once, I noticed th
8、at my wife seemed to be filled with alarm. Looking up I saw that we were surrounded by children in rags who were looking at us silently as we ate. We offered them food and spoke to them kindly, but they remained motionless. I concluded that they were simply shy of strangers. When we later walked dow
9、n the main street of the villager, we were followed by a silent procession of children. The village which had seemed deserted, immediately came to life. Faces appeared at windows. Men in shirt sleeves stood outside their houses and glared at us. Old women in black shawls peered at us from doorways.
10、The most frightening thing of all was that not a sound could be heard. There was no doubt that we were unwelcome visitors. We needed no further warning. Turning back down the main street, we quickened our pace and made our way rapidly towards the stream where we hoped the boatman was waiting.二、 生词和短
11、语inaccessible adj. 难接近的,达不到的 hospitable adj. 不好客的hostile adj. 不友好的,有敌意的 vicinity n. 周围,近邻architectural adj. 建筑的 fresco n. 壁画abruptly adv. 突然地,意外地 tramp v. 徒步行进moor v. 系 ferry v. 运straggle v. 蔓延，散乱分布 sardine n. 沙丁鱼，沙丁鱼罐头dilapidated adj. 陈旧破烂的，倒塌的rag n. 破烂衣服 motionless adj. 不动的procession adj. 不动的shawl
12、 n. 披巾，围巾 peer v. 凝视，盯着quicken v. 加快inaccessible adj. 难接近的,达不到的 access n. 通路，通道entrance 入口accessible adj.: easy to get to / easy to understandEg: The book is accessible to learners / beginners.The facts are accessible to all of us. 易于得到的/ 易于理解的Eg: Heavy snow made the village inaccessible to traffic.
13、approach: v. 接近approachableunapproachable 无可匹敌的；难以接近的Eg: He has got unapproachable beauty.access: opportunity 机会Eg: Only high officiales have access to him.Only teacheres have access to the head master.hospitable adj.好客的amiable 亲切的cordial 热诚的，热心的faithful 忠诚的friendly 友好的neighborly 和睦的receptive 善于接受的，
14、接纳的hostile adj. 不友好的,有敌意的 unfriendlybe hostile to / be unfriendly toantagonistic: 对抗性的，敌对的effensive: 进攻性的Eg: I took notice of his evvensive remarks.aggressive; 挑畔的vicinity n. 周围,近邻in the vicinity / in the nerborhood 比后一个正式 I often visit the fair in the vicinity.vicinity: aboutin the vicinity ofHe is
15、 in thevicinity of fifty. 他大约50岁吧。the inhabitant of the vicinityarchitectural adj. 建筑的 fresco n. 壁画abruptly adv. 突然地,意外地 tramp v. 徒步行进moor v. 系 ferry v. 运straggle v. 蔓延，散乱分布 dilapidated adj. 陈旧破烂的，倒塌的dilapidate vt. 使倒塌，便破损dilapidation n.batter v. 撞坏，撞击battered adj.Eg: It is easy to recognize the bat
16、tered car.broken-downrun down 渐渐变糟，恶化; run-down: 渐渐被恶化的Eg: The doctor had not to do with his run-down renew.sardine n. 沙丁鱼，沙丁鱼罐头rag n. 破烂衣服 motionless adj. 不动的procession adj. 不动的shawl n. 披巾，围巾 peer v. 凝视，盯着quicken v. 加快三、be accessible / inaccessible to sb. 是.难以达到的not only from / but from 强调介词cut off
17、 from: separate from / isolate from 与.隔绝Key sentence:Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyableEg: He is cut off from all his friends after he went abroad.Such people who are hostile to travellers are ones who are cut off from the society.of great interestbeautifully-preserved Key sentenc
18、e:On the day before our departure, several bus loads of tourists descended on the town.Key sentence:Taking a path which led out of the town, we crossed a few fields until we came to a dense wood.Key sentence:The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat on a sho
19、rt length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby.Key sentence:The village which had seemed deserted, immediately came to life.Key sentence:The most frightening thing of all was that not a sound could be heard.there is no doubt that / without any doubts 毫无疑问trace its way make ones way out offight o
20、nes way 杀出一条路来feel ones way 摸出一条路wind ones way 碗延一条路Key sentence:but we had no idea how we could get across the stream.a boat moored to the banka boatman fast asleepfast asleep 熟睡Key sentence:The path led to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain.Key sentence:The place consisted of a straggling unmade road which was lined on either side by small houses.on either side = on both sides all at once = almost immediatelyKey sentence:I concluded that they were simply shy of strangers.
