新概念英语第二册-学习笔记007
Too late
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning.They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.A few hours earlier,someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.When the plane arrived,some of the detecives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it int the Customs House.While two detecives were keeping guard at the door,two others opened the parcel.To their surprise,the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!1、detective
detective侦探(n)-detector探测器(n)-detect探测(v)侦探(detective)像活体探测器(detector),探测(detect)真相。2、airport&airfield
区别:airfield 多指小型机场或飞行场地,airport 规模更大、设施更全。3、valuable&precious
precious 强调主观情感上的珍贵(如对某人的回忆),4、steal
5、stone
做名词的时候,石头(stone)很重,但 store(商店)里东西很全。做动词的时候,stone表示(用石头)投掷、砸,store表示 储存,存放。