新概念英语第二册 Lesson47 A thirsty ghost 学习笔记
核心词汇+词根
- thirsty /ˈθɜːsti/ adj. 口渴的
词根:thirst(n. 口渴)+ -y(形容词后缀)
搭配:feel thirsty 感到口渴;a thirsty ghost 贪酒的鬼魂(课文引申义)
词根:原生词根 ghost(灵体、幽灵)
搭配:a haunted house 闹鬼的房子;ghost story 鬼故事
- haunt /hɔːnt/ v. (鬼魂)出没;萦绕
词根:原生词根 haunt(时常造访)
变形:haunted adj. 闹鬼的
搭配:haunted house 闹鬼的屋子
词根:public house 缩写 → pub
搭配:run a pub 经营酒吧;local pub 当地酒馆
- strange /streɪndʒ/ adj. 奇怪的,陌生的
词根:原生词根 strange(陌生、奇异)
拓展:strangely adv. 奇怪地;strangeness n. 怪异
搭配:strange happenings 怪事;strange noise 奇怪的声音
- furniture /ˈfɜːnɪtʃə/ n. 家具(不可数)
词根:furnish(布置、配备)+ -iture(名词后缀)
重点:不可数名词,不能加 s,不能直接用 a furniture
正确:a piece of furniture 一件家具
词根:外来词汇,专属酒类名词
搭配:bottles of whisky 几瓶威士忌
- suggest /səˈdʒest/ v. 暗示,表明;建议
词根:sug-(向下)+ gest(带来)→ 带来想法 → 暗示、建议
本课含义:(事实)表明、暗示(不是建议)
搭配:suggest sth. 表明某事;suggest (that)… 暗示/建议……
词根:原生词根 shake
变形:shook(过去式),shaken(过去分词)
搭配:shake one’s head 摇头;shake hands 握手
核心语法
本课核心:情态动词 can/could/may/might 表推测(不确定)+ 不可数名词用法 + suggest 用法
本课专门讲解:对现在情况的不确定推测(可能、也许)
- may / might + 动词原形:也许、可能(可能性中等/较低)
- could + 动词原形:可能、或许(比 may 更不确定,多用于推测)
- must + 动词原形:一定、肯定(百分百推测,反向考点)
课文原句:It may have been a ghost. 那也许是一个鬼魂。
- 推测升级版:对过去的推测(may/might/could have done)
结构:may/might/could + have + 过去分词
含义:(过去)可能做了某事(本课超级高频考点)
例句:He may have gone out. 他刚才可能出去了。
furniture 永远不可数,无复数、不能加 s
表达数量必须用:a piece of / two pieces of furniture
核心句型
结构:主语 + may/might/could + have done
译:(过去)可能做了某事
例:The ghost may have drunk the whisky. 鬼魂可能喝了威士忌。
结构:主语 + may/might/could + 动词原形
译:现在可能……
结构:Sth. suggests (that) + 从句
译:某事表明/暗示……
结构:Strange things have been happening…
译:怪事一直在发生……(现在完成进行时)
结构:数词 + pieces of furniture
译:几件家具
重点知识
- strange happenings 怪事、奇异事件
- a piece of furniture 一件家具
- may/might/could have done 对过去推测,是本课最大考点
- suggest 分“暗示”和“建议”两种用法,时态不同
- 情态动词推测层级:must(一定)> may(可能)> might/could(也许)> can’t(不可能)
- ❌ furnitures(绝对错误)→ ✅ furniture
- ❌ may do(推测过去)→ ✅ may have done
- ❌ suggest sb. to do(错)→ ✅ suggest doing / suggest that…
- ❌ It must be a ghost(无依据绝对推测,课文用may)
5道例题+答案
例题1(过去推测核心考点)
The man ______ the whisky last night. He is very thirsty.
A. may drink B. may have drunk C. must drink D. can drink
答案:B
解析:对昨晚(过去)的不确定推测,用 may have done 结构。
例题2(不可数名词)
He bought three ______ for his new house.
A. furniture B. furnitures C. pieces of furniture D. pieces of furnitures
答案:C
解析:furniture不可数,数量用pieces of修饰,本身不加s。
例题3(情态动词推测辨析)
The light is off. He ______ at home now.
A. must be B. may be C. can’t be D. could be
答案:C
解析:灯灭了,做出否定推测,can’t 表示“不可能”。
例题4(suggest 用法)
The evidence suggests that he ______ right.
A. is B. be C. was D. were
答案:A
解析:本句suggest表“暗示、表明”,不用虚拟语气,用正常时态。
例题5(综合填空)
They believe that the strange noises ______ (may, make) by a ghost last night.
答案:may have been made
解析:对过去被动事件的推测,may have done + 被动,构成 may have been made。