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• When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
Lesson 40 Who’s who
真假难辨
by Kitty
Review the words
• rough • boulder • pit • perturb • underestimate • swerve
• scoop • hammer • ominously • rip • petrol • stretch • obstacle • clump
• tear up == destroy
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• As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously.
Review the words
• fissure • renew • pleading • gear • astride • crack
• zigzag • shallow • grind (ground,
ground ) • halt • dashboard
Review the sentences
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• indulge v. 使沉迷 indulge oneself in sth. 沉迷于………… = be indulged in --He indulged himself in smoking and drinking. =He was indulged in smoking and drinking.
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4.dull 迟钝的 --The old man’s hearing has become dull. --She is a dull girl.
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• Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
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• as he pleased 随他的意愿做
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• Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen.
• remonstrate v. 规劝，告诫 remonstrate sb to do sth 规劝某人 做某事
• be to do 结构含义： 1. should --Such a private thing should be avoided. =Such a private thing is to be avoided.
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2. must --No students must leave school without the permission of the police. =No students are to leave school without the permission of the police. 3. intend 意图，打算 --We intend to start work next week. =We are to start work next week.
Text • take sb seriously 严肃对待
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• Fra Baidu biblioteke added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people.
对比 • 1. silly adj. 无意义的，无聊的, 无知的
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• hoax n. 骗局，戏弄 play a hoax on sb. 戏弄某人 =play a trick on sb. 戏弄某人 =play a joke on sb. 开某人玩笑 --The boy student is thinking how to play a hoax on his classmate.
• --Don’t be rough on your friends. • --Please get them to finish the
work as quickly as possible. • --She sccped out some sugar. • --That guy made a scoop. • --This is a good / bad omen.
• be grateful to sb. for sth.
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• advance adj. 预先的，事先获得的 advance information / in advance
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• The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
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v. 纵容 --She indulges her only son.
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• Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
• except the victims = but the victims
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• Permission was granted and a policeman accompanied him to a pay phone.
• grant v. 同意，准予 ask sb. for permission请求许可 give / grant sb. permission 准予许可
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• Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
• deception n. 欺骗，骗局(无关紧要的 骗局，并不是故意的欺骗) --She referred to the pills as sweet, so the harmless deception made it easy for her child to take them.
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deceit （故意的）欺骗 --We are incapable of deceit. fraud 对公众的欺骗行为，多指官方的 欺骗或财政舞弊 trickery 欺骗（语气上严厉）,着重有步 骤地诡计来谋取私利。 --He had gained control of the company by trickery.
--Being called silly is not compliment. --Don’t play such a silly hoax.
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2. foolish 强调愚蠢的，笨的，不明智 的 --I remonstrated him not to do anything foolish. 3. stupid 人及言行缺乏良好的判断力， 天生的迟钝 --His son is as stupid as all.
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• use the papers
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• Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
• specialize in. 专门研究 --He specialized in biology after graduation.
