新概念英语第四册Lesson37~41课文注释新概念英语第四册Lesson37课文注释1 at its most vigorous,生命力最旺盛的时候。
2 with the passing of time,随着时间的流失。
3 It is one of the most unpleasantdiscoveries...that...,that...,and that..., 3个以that 引导的从句是discoveries 的同位语。
4 a wound watch,上紧了发条的表。
新概念英语第四册Lesson38课文注释1、keep to,局限于。
2、Ice is only as safe as the water from which it is made.冰块只是当制造冰块的水安全时才是安全的。
3、know about,知道...的情况，了解。
新概念英语第四册Lesson39课文注释1、where they are going,他们要写什么，怎么写。
2、set their pen to paper,开始写作。
3、pass for, "被当作"，但常指蒙骗，假冒。
4、to my certain knowledge,据我所知。
5、nothing but,仅，只。
6、like adolescents they stand before the mirror,and still cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them.他们就像少年，站在镜子前，认不出自己的本来面目。
这句话是来自古希腊的神话:有一个美丽的男孩爱上了水中自己的倒影，最后憔悴而死，变成了一朵水仙花。
7、in the sight of,从...角度来看。
新概念英语第四册Lesson40课文注释1 back to its starting point again,又返回出发点。
