Lesson 21 Mad or not?是不是瘋了?
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Why do people think the writer is mad?
Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
飛機正在逐漸把我逼瘋。我住在一個機場附近，過往飛機日夜不絕于耳
The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use.
機場是許多年前建的，但由于某種原因當時未能啟用。然而去年 機場開始使用了
Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
有100 多人肯定是被噪音逼得已經(jīng)棄家遠去
I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.
我是少數(shù)留下來的人中的一個。有時我覺得這房子就要被一架飛過的飛機撞倒
I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.
他們曾向我提供一大筆錢讓我搬走，但我決定 留在這兒
Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
大家都說我肯定是瘋了，也許他們說的是對的。
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
mad
adj. 發(fā)瘋
reason
n. 原因
sum
n. 量
determined
adj. 堅定的，下決心的
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 Aeroplanes arc slowly driving me rnad.飛機正在逐漸把我逼瘋。drive someone mad,逼瘋。
2 passing planes can be heard night and day。過往飛機日夜不絕于耳。在句中passing用來修飾名詞planes，起形容詞作用，是一個現(xiàn)在分詞。
3 came into use，啟用。
4 Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得離家遠去。情態(tài)動詞must+完成時態(tài)，是對過去事情的推測，猜惻某一事情肯定已經(jīng)發(fā)生。drive away 趕走，逼走。