Lesson 73 自學(xué)導(dǎo)讀First things first
課文詳注 Further notes on the text
1．Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. 逃學(xué)的孩子們都缺乏想像力。
（1）play truant from school表示“逃學(xué)”，上下文清楚時也可以省略 from school,直接說 play truant. truant也可以單用，表示“逃學(xué)者”。
As a boy, Tom used to play truant (from school).
湯姆小時候常逃學(xué)。
The three boys who are fishing over there are truants and ought to be sent back to school.
那邊那3個釣魚的孩子都是逃學(xué)者，應(yīng)當(dāng)被送回學(xué)校。
（2）unimaginative的反義詞為imaginative（富于想像力的，愛想像的）：
Painters should be imaginative.
畫家應(yīng)當(dāng)富于想像力。
He is an imaginative painter.
他是位富有想像力的畫家。
2．A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. 他們通常能夠做到的, 至多也就是安靜地釣上一天魚，或在電*里坐上8個小時，一遍遍地看同一部電影。
（1）這句話的主語是is前面的兩個并列短語。第1個短語的主要
成分是動名詞fishing，第2個短語的主要成分可以看做是eight hours（作為一個時間總量，它后面要跟動詞單數(shù)形式）。
它實際上是省略了動名詞 sitting for(eight hours),seeing引
導(dǎo)的為分詞短語，表示伴隨動作。
（2）over and over again為固定短語，表示“一再地”、“反復(fù)許多次地”：
As my grandmother can't hear very well, I had to say it over and over again.
由于我奶奶聽力不大好，我不得不反復(fù)說好幾遍。
（3）as far as在這里表示“到……程度”、“就……而言”，是連詞，與距離沒有關(guān)系：
As for as I know, his operation is successful.
就我所知，他的手術(shù)是成功的。
3．put…to shame,使……蒙羞，使……相形見絀。
What he has done put his parents to shame.
他的所作所為使他的父母感到羞恥。
He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame.
他冒著生命危險救了那個孩子，使所有旁觀者都相形見絀。
4．in the meantime,在此期間（相當(dāng)于meanwhile）。
I feel tired and would like to take a nap. In the meantime, you may do some reading.
我覺得累了，想打個盹兒。在此期間，你可以看看書。
5．The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French- Spanish border.男孩截住的下一輛車，沒有像他希望的那樣把他帶到巴黎市中心，而是把他帶到了法國和西班牙邊界上的佩皮尼昂。
這個句子的主語是 The next car,謂語動詞是take, into和but to引導(dǎo)的是兩個并列狀語。the boy stopped為 car的關(guān)系從句，前面省略了作賓語的關(guān)系代詞 which/that; as he hoped it would則為方式狀語從句。
6．There he was picked up by a policeman…他在那兒被一個警察抓住了……
Pick up的含義之一是“逮捕”、“拘捕”：
After the accident, he was picked up by the police.
事故之后，他被警方拘捕了。
詞匯學(xué)習(xí) Word study
1． creep vi.
（1）爬行，匐匍，（像爬行似地）慢慢前進：
A snake crept into the garden while she was writing a letter.
她寫信時，一條蛇爬進了花園。
The old car crept along the country road.
那輛舊車在鄉(xiāng)間小路上慢慢行駛。
（2）悄悄地／躡手躡腳地走；漸漸產(chǎn)生／出現(xiàn)：
We crept upstairs so as not to wake Grandpa.
為了不吵醒爺爺，我們躡手躡腳地上了樓。
He noticed that age had crept on him.
他發(fā)覺自己慢慢老了。
2．evade vt.
（1）（巧妙地）逃脫，躲開：
They ran after the thief quickly, but the thief managed to evade them.
他們迅速追趕小偷，但小偷設(shè)法逃脫了。
She evaded a blow from the man and then called out for help.
她躲開了那人的一拳，然后便大聲呼救。
（2）回避，逃避（尤指不當(dāng)?shù)兀?BR> He always tries to evade paying taxes.
他總是試圖逃稅。
Many children dream of evading school.
許多孩子夢想逃避上學(xué)。