Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about 不必担心
课文原文
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What was the difference between Bruce's behaviour and that of other people?
布鲁斯的行为与其他人的有什么不同？
The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from.
穿越平原的道路高低不平，路况很快变得非常糟糕，我们想劝布鲁斯开车回到我们来时的村子去。
Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.
尽管路面上到处都是大石头，坑坑洼洼，但布鲁斯一点也不慌乱。
Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away.
他看了一眼地图，告诉我们下一个村子只有 20 英里远。
It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.
这并不是说布鲁斯总是低估困难。
He simply had no sense of danger at all.
他就是完全没有危险意识。
No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
不管路况如何，他认为车就该以最快的速度开。
As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders.
我们在尘土飞扬的小道上颠簸前行，为了避开大石头，我们不停打着方向盘。
The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car.
车轮带起的石头，在车底砰砰作响，听起来很不吉利。
We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.
我们确信，迟早会有石头把我们的油箱砸破，或者损坏发动机。
Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
因此，我们不停地回头看，担心身后是不是留下了一条油迹。
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.
当大石头突然消失，前方变成一片只有灌木丛作为障碍的平原时，我们真是松了一口气。
But there was worse to come.
但更糟的还在后面。
Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure.
就在我们前方，有一道巨大的裂缝。
In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.
在我们反复恳求下，布鲁斯终于停了车。
Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car.
尽管我们都下车去查看裂缝，他却留在了车里。
We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty yards and was two feet wide and four feet deep.
我们告诉他，这条裂缝有 50 码长，2 英尺宽，4 英尺深。
Even this had no effect.
即便这样也没用。
Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course.
布鲁斯挂上低速挡，以惊人的速度开了过去，前轮跨在裂缝两边，顺着它弯弯曲曲的路线前进。
Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again.
我们还没来得及担心会发生什么，车子已经回到了平地上。
Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away.
布鲁斯又看了一眼地图，告诉我们村子现在只剩 15 英里远了。
Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across.
我们下一个障碍是一个约半英里宽的浅水塘。
Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding halt.
布鲁斯冲了进去，但开到水塘中间时，车子嘎吱一声停住了。
A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
仪表盘上的黄灯愤怒地闪着光，布鲁斯却兴高采烈地宣布：发动机里没油了！
1. The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from.
·句子类型：复合句（结果状语从句 + 定语从句）
·核心结构：主语（The rough road）+ 系表（became so bad）+ 结果状语从句（that…）+ 定语从句（we had come from）
·语法要点
so…that…：如此…… 以至于……，引导结果状语从句
get sb. to do sth.：让 / 劝某人做某事
we had come from：定语从句，修饰 village，省略关系代词 that/which
·释义：穿越平原的道路高低不平，路况很快变得非常糟糕，我们想劝布鲁斯开车回到我们来时的村子去。
2. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.
·句子类型：复合句（让步状语从句）
·核心结构：让步状语从句（Even though…）+ 主句（Bruce was not perturbed）
·语法要点
Even though：尽管，引导让步状语从句
be littered with：布满；be pitted with：布满坑洞
not in the least：一点也不，相当于 not at all
·释义：尽管路面上到处都是大石头，坑坑洼洼，但布鲁斯一点也不慌乱。
3. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away.
·句子类型：复合句（宾语从句）
·核心结构：现在分词作状语（Glancing…）+ 主句（he informed us）+ 宾语从句（that…）
·语法要点
Glancing at…：现在分词短语作伴随状语，与主语 he 为主动关系
inform sb. that…：告诉某人某事
mere：仅仅，只，修饰数量
·释义：他看了一眼地图，告诉我们下一个村子只有 20 英里远。
4. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.
·句子类型：复合句（表语从句）
·核心结构：It was not that + 表语从句
·语法要点
It was not that…：这并不是说……
underestimate difficulties：低估困难
·释义：这并不是说布鲁斯总是低估困难。
5. He simply had no sense of danger at all.
·句子类型：简单句
·核心结构：主语（He）+ 谓语（had）+ 宾语（no sense of danger）
·语法要点
have no sense of…：没有…… 意识
at all：根本，用于否定句加强语气
·释义：他就是完全没有危险意识。
6. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
·句子类型：多重复合句（让步状语从句 + 宾语从句）
·核心结构：让步状语从句（No matter what…）+ 主句（he believed）+ 宾语从句（that…）
·语法要点
No matter what：无论什么，引导让步状语从句
as fast as：和…… 一样快，原级比较
宾语从句用被动语态：should be driven
·释义：不管路况如何，他认为车就该以最快的速度开。
7. As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders.
·句子类型：复合句（时间状语从句）
·核心结构：时间状语从句（As…）+ 主句（we swerved）
·语法要点
As：当…… 时候，引导时间状语从句
bump over：颠簸行驶
swerve to do sth.：急转弯做某事
·释义：我们在尘土飞扬的小道上颠簸前行，为了避开大石头，我们不停打着方向盘。
8. The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car.
·句子类型：复合句（定语从句）
·核心结构：主句（The wheels scooped up stones）+ 定语从句（which…）
·语法要点
which：关系代词，指代 stones，引导定语从句并作主语
scoop up：卷起，铲起
·释义：车轮带起的石头，在车底砰砰作响，听起来很不吉利。
9. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.
·句子类型：复合句（宾语从句）
·核心结构：主句（We felt sure）+ 宾语从句（that…）
·语法要点
feel sure that…：确信……
sooner or later：迟早
rip a hole：砸破 / 划破一个洞
·释义：我们确信，迟早会有石头把我们的油箱砸破，或者损坏发动机。
10. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
·句子类型：简单句（含现在分词作伴随状语）
·核心结构：Because of this + 主句（we kept looking back）+ 伴随状语（wondering…）
·语法要点
Because of：因为，后接名词 / 代词，不接句子
keep doing sth.：一直做某事
wondering if…：现在分词作伴随状语；if 引导宾语从句，表 “是否”
·释义：因此，我们不停地回头看，担心身后是不是留下了一条油迹。
11. What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.
·句子类型：复合句（感叹句 + 时间状语从句 + 定语从句）
·核心结构：感叹句（What a relief…）+ 时间状语从句（when…）+ 定语从句（where…）
·语法要点
What a relief it was!：真是松了一口气！感叹句
give way to：被…… 替代，让位于
where：引导定语从句，修饰 plain
·释义：当大石头突然消失，前方变成一片只有灌木丛作为障碍的平原时，我们真是松了一口气。
12. But there was worse to come.
·句子类型：简单句（there be 句型）
·核心结构：there be + 主语（worse）+ 定语（to come）
·语法要点
worse：代词，更糟的事
to come：不定式作后置定语，表 “即将到来的”
·释义：但更糟的还在后面。
13. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure.
·句子类型：简单句（there be 句型）
·核心结构：地点状语（Just ahead of us）+ there be + 主语（a huge fissure）
·语法要点
ahead of：在…… 前面
·释义：就在我们前方，有一道巨大的裂缝。
14. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.
·句子类型：简单句
·核心结构：状语（In response to…）+ 主句（Bruce stopped）
·语法要点
in response to：作为对…… 的回应
renewed pleadings：反复的恳求
·释义：在我们反复恳求下，布鲁斯终于停了车。
15. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car.
·句子类型：复合句（让步状语从句）
·核心结构：让步状语从句（Though…）+ 主句（he remained）
·语法要点
Though：尽管，引导让步状语从句
get out to do sth.：下车去做某事
remain in：留在…… 里面
·释义：尽管我们都下车去查看裂缝，他却留在了车里。
16. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty yards and was two feet wide and four feet deep.
·句子类型：复合句（宾语从句）
·核心结构：主句（We informed him）+ 宾语从句（that…）
·语法要点
inform sb. that…：告诉某人某事
尺寸表达：数字 + 单位 + long/wide/deep
·释义：我们告诉他，这条裂缝有 50 码长，2 英尺宽，4 英尺深。
17. Even this had no effect.
·句子类型：简单句
·核心结构：主语（Even this）+ 谓语（had）+ 宾语（no effect）
·语法要点
have no effect：没有效果 / 不起作用
·释义：即便这样也没用。
18. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course.
·句子类型：复合句（时间状语从句 + 现在分词作伴随状语）
·核心结构：主句（Bruce went… and drove…）+ 伴随状语（keeping…）+ 时间状语从句（as…）
·语法要点
go into a low gear：挂低速挡
keeping…：现在分词作伴随状语
as：当…… 时候，引导时间状语从句
·释义：布鲁斯挂上低速挡，以惊人的速度开了过去，前轮跨在裂缝两边，顺着它弯弯曲曲的路线前进。
19. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again.
·句子类型：复合句（时间状语从句 + 宾语从句）
·核心结构：时间状语从句（Before…）+ 主句（we were back…）
·语法要点
Before：还没来得及…… 就……
worry about what might happen：about 后接宾语从句
·释义：我们还没来得及担心会发生什么，车子已经回到了平地上。
20. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away.
·句子类型：复合句（宾语从句）
·核心结构：主句（Bruce consulted… and told us）+ 宾语从句（that…）
·语法要点
consult the map：查看地图
once more：再一次
tell sb. that…：告诉某人某事
·释义：布鲁斯又看了一眼地图，告诉我们村子现在只剩 15 英里远了。
21. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across.
·句子类型：简单句
·核心结构：主语（Our next obstacle）+ 系表（was a shallow pool）
·语法要点
across：副词，宽（表示宽度）
half a mile：半英里
·释义：我们下一个障碍是一个约半英里宽的浅水塘。
22. Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding halt.
·句子类型：并列句（but 连接）
·核心结构：分句 1（Bruce charged at it）+ 转折连词（but）+ 分句 2（the car came to a halt）
·语法要点
charge at：冲向，猛冲
come to a grinding halt：嘎吱一声停下
·释义：布鲁斯冲了进去，但开到水塘中间时，车子嘎吱一声停住了。
23. A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!
·句子类型：并列复合句（and 连接 + 宾语从句）
·核心结构：分句 1（A yellow light flashed）+ 并列连词（and）+ 分句 2（Bruce announced that…）
·语法要点
flash angrily：拟人修辞，愤怒地闪烁
announce that…：宣布……
there be句型：there was no oil
·释义：仪表盘上的黄灯愤怒地闪着光，布鲁斯却兴高采烈地宣布：发动机里没油了！
词汇
一、核心词汇
1.rough /rʌf/adj. 崎岖的；粗糙的
2.plain /pleɪn/n. 平原
3.litter /ˈlɪtə(r)/v. 使布满
4.boulder /ˈbəʊldə(r)/n. 巨石，大石块
5.pit /pɪt/v. 使布满坑洞
6.perturb /pəˈtɜːb/v. 使焦虑，使不安
7.mere /mɪə(r)/adj. 仅仅，只不过
8.underestimate /ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪt/v. 低估
9.sense /sens/n. 感觉，意识
10.bump /bʌmp/v. 颠簸
11.swerve /swɜːv/v. 突然转向
12.scoop /skuːp/v. 铲起，卷起
13.ominous /ˈɒmɪnəs/adj. 不祥的，不吉利的
14.rip /rɪp/v. 划破，撕裂
15.petrol /ˈpetrəl/n. 汽油
16.tank /tæŋk/n. 油箱；水箱
17.fissure /ˈfɪʃə(r)/n. 裂缝
18.pleading /ˈpliːdɪŋ/n. 恳求
19.gear /ɡɪə(r)/n. 挡位
20.zigzag /ˈzɪɡzæɡ/adj. 弯弯曲曲的
21.shallow /ˈʃæləʊ/adj. 浅的
22.dashboard /ˈdæʃbɔːd/n. （汽车）仪表盘
二、高级固定搭配（课文原句，写作 / 翻译加分）
1. 道路与路况
·so…that…如此…… 以至于……
·be littered with布满，到处都是
·be pitted with布满坑洞
·come to a grinding halt嘎吱一声停下
·charge at冲向，猛冲
2. 情绪与态度
·not in the least一点也不（= not at all）
·have no sense of danger完全没有危险意识
·feel sure that…确信……
·What a relief!真是松了一口气！
3. 动作与状态
·get sb. to do sth.让 / 劝某人做某事
·glance at瞥一眼
·inform sb. that…告诉某人……
·keep doing sth.一直做某事
·give way to被…… 替代，让位于
·in response to作为对…… 的回应
·go into a low gear挂低速挡
·keep…astride…使…… 跨在…… 两边
4. 结果与影响
·sooner or later迟早
·have no effect没有效果，不起作用
三、拓展高频搭配
1. 道路 / 交通类（高频）
·rough road崎岖道路
·dusty track尘土飞扬的小路
·shallow pool浅塘
·clumps of bushes灌木丛
·drive at full speed全速驾驶
·avoid obstacles避开障碍
·damage the engine损坏发动机
·a trail of oil一条油迹
2. 情绪 / 心理类（写作加分）
·underestimate difficulties低估困难
·overestimate risks高估风险
·remain calm保持冷静
·feel perturbed感到不安
·a sense of safety安全感
·a sense of responsibility责任感
3. 动作 / 描述类（万能）
·renewed pleadings反复恳求
·follow a zigzag course沿曲折路线行驶
·consult a map查看地图
·extend for…延伸……（长度）
·flash angrily（灯）闪烁（拟人）
句型：
1. 结果状语句型（描述 “情况严重到…”）
课文原句
The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from.
套用句式
… became so + 形容词 + that + 结果…
仿写示例
The pollution in the city became so serious that the government had to take immediate measures to protect the environment.
翻译
这座城市的污染变得如此严重，以至于政府不得不立即采取措施保护环境。
2. 让步句型（“尽管… 但…” 高级版）
课文原句
Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed.
套用句式
Even though + 困难 / 情况，… 依然…
仿写示例
Even though he faced many difficulties, he did not give up his dream of becoming a scientist.
翻译
尽管他面临许多困难，但他并没有放弃成为科学家的梦想。
3. 无论条件句型（万能观点句）
课文原句
No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
套用句式
No matter what + 情况，sb. believes that…
仿写示例
No matter what difficulties we meet, we should believe that nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
翻译
无论我们遇到什么困难，都应该相信心之所愿，无事不成。
4. 感叹 relief 句型（表达 “松了一口气 / 庆幸”）
课文原句
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain.
套用句式
What a relief it was when + 好转的情况…
仿写示例
What a relief it was when I finally finished my exam and realized I had passed it.
翻译
当我终于考完试并发现自己通过时，我真是松了一口气。
5. 时间 “还没来得及… 就…” 句型
课文原句
Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again.
套用句式
Before we had time to …, … 已经发生…
仿写示例
Before we had time to prepare for the match, the teacher told us it would be put off until next week.
翻译
我们还没来得及为比赛做准备，老师就告诉我们比赛推迟到下周了。
