新概念3Lesson57country词汇和句型知识点整理16-20 16. He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman's care; but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me. 父亲没有再娶，因此，我在没有母亲的环境里长大成人。但我却什么都不缺，他既当父亲又当母亲。 （1）bring up sb. 把……抚养成人 lack sth. 缺乏…… lack for sth. (fml.) = need sth. 需要…… lack for nothing 应有尽有 （2）语义相对的名词并列，常省略冠词 Father and son went to New York by a morning train. 父子乘坐火车去了纽约。 We are brother and sister.我们是兄妹。 Husband and wife are talking about the boy’s future. 丈夫和妻子谈论着孩子的未来。 新概念英语听力 新概念英语第一册单词 新概念英语第一册听力 17. He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay.  他总想将来回国看看 但却不愿长期住下去。 mean to do sth. 打算做某事 Whoops! I didn't mean to step on your toe. 我不是故意踩你的脚。 I mean to leave that meeting with a new contract.  我打算带着新合同离开那次会议。 18. He became mortally ill a few months before we had planned to go and, when he knew that he was dying, he made me promise to go on my own. 就在他计划回国的前几个月，他突然身患绝症。他知道自己已奄奄一息，于是他要我答应一定单独回故乡一趟。 （1）mortally = fatally adv.  致命地 mortally / fatally ill 致命疾病 Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the greatest bridge in the world was named after him. 虽然维拉扎诺绝不是一个伟大的探险家，但他的名字很可能会永垂不朽，因为在1964年11月21日，世界上最伟大的桥梁就是以他的名字命名的。 （2）alone / on one’s own / by oneself独自地 She was sitting alone on a park bench.她独自坐在公园的板凳上。 19. I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps, which I found most helpful on the cross-country journey, but which I did not think I should need on the last stage. 我下飞机后租了一辆车，并买了一本详尽的地图册。在乡间行车途中，我觉得它非常有用。但快到家了，我倒觉得它没什么用了。 同一层次上的双重定语从句 两个定语从句修饰同一个名词或短语，中间用并列连词 (and, or 或 but) 连接，此时关系词往往不可省去。 This book is intended for foreign students who have already mastered the elements of English, and who now want to use their knowledge of language to read books on their own subjects. 这本书是为那些已经掌握了英语基本知识的外国学生准备的，并且这些学生现在想用他们的语言知识来阅读关于自己学科的书籍。 20. I looked at the map and then at the milometer. thermometer 温度表 barometer 气压计 odometer / milometer 里程表 speedometer 速度计