Lesson 5. Bungee Jumping p.26

Bungee jumping looks like fun. It makes me nervous just to watch someone do it. It certainly takes a lot of guts to jump one thousand feet above the water with only a rope tied to your legs. It scares me just to think about it. However, it is something I really want to do one day. Some people think I'm crazy. They say to jump is foolish enough, but to have to pay for it is madness. I don't agree. For me, to live a short and exciting life is far better than to live a long and boring one. What do you think?


This page we have a new lesson ,lesson five,and we have a picture here. this picture is as a person [or rather this is not a person ,but a animal ],but looks very familiar to me .what's it ?

it's wild Bruce ,oh..., wild boar .

this is not the case with Bruce .he would think that Bungee jumping is something that we should do . so,tell us some history about this activity .i say if i remember correctly ,it originated in that country New zealand .

that's right ,it originated in New zealand .to originate simply means to start someplace ,to start somewhere .New zealand is an island nation in the south Pacific ,is an english speaking country ,and it's not very big in population ,but some of the people there are really like to have an exciting fun time .so ,they have the idea that you could jump from a bridge or jump from a tall building with a rope tied to your leg .just as we see here in the picture ,there is a rope tied to one of the wild boar's four legs ,and that rope will stop you from hitting the ground .

wild boar 野猪 oringinated in .起源于

Paper originated in China.

look, taste ,sound ,smell 感官不及物动词，后不接名词。

tastes delicious , looks good 放名词时后加 like .

looks like fun , tastes like fish

三类动词加宾语后，后可直接接动词原形做宾补。

看：see , watch , look at 听：hear , listen to 感觉：feel

i hear him singing . i feel him touch my hand .

也可以用现在分词做宾补，表示正在进行的动作。

i hear him singing . i watch him doing it .

courage guts [口语]

Bity doesn't have the guts to ask Mary out for a date .

appointment . for teachers or doctors or dentists

i'd like to have a appointment with you doctor .i hope that i can see you at seven tomorrow morning .will you be available then?

be tied to = be bound(bind) to 被...绑在

That poor dog is tied/bound to the fence, he can not run away.

i hate his guts . i hate him very much .

he scare me to death .

be scared of = be afraid of.

Peter is scared of mirror .Peter is scared of snakes.

He looked into the mirror and found he looked much older.

look into 看透 look at 看不透

be frightend of . fear . i fear him . cockroach(es) 蟑螂

"i frightend him" means you make him afraid .when Bruce appeared at midnight ,i was frightend .

one day . some day [未来]

if you work hard , you'll get somewhere somewhere [one day].

get somewhere 有出息 get nowhere 没出息

one day i met John somewhere in that city .

lunatic n.adj疯子 luna 月亮(拉丁文)

people used to think and some people still think that the moon will influence us and used to think that the moon made people go crazy .

wolfman . agree with sb on sth

i agree with you on this point , but don't agree with you on that point .

agreeable 好相处的，也可以指天气

I like Marry because of her agreeable personality. this means i like Mary beacause she is a very friendly and helpful and thoughtful person .she is very agreeable .

i like Mary beacause she is a very agreeable person .she has an agreeable personality .

the weather is agreeable today , so , let's go biking .

指天气时，与 pleasant 相同