英语：Unit 2《King Lear》Language points课件(新人教版选修10)

Language points

1. The burden of government sits heavily on my shoulders. burden n. 负担,重载 v. 使负重,装载,烦扰 Don’t burden yourself with unnecessary problems. 勿为不必要的问题所累。

2. I have decided to retire and hand over the heavy load of responsibility to you three. hand over 交出,移交

Having lied that I still had the money, I was in rather a corner when they asked me to hand it over.因我谎称钱仍在我处, 所以他们要我交出时, 我很尴尬. The case was handed over to Charles Elwell for investigation.这个案件转给了 查尔斯.埃尔韦尔去调查。

3. responsibility n. 责任It’s my responsibility to lock the doors. I’ll bear full responsibility for the consequences. 我将对后果承担全部责任。

4. See, here is a map of my kingdom with all the boundaries drawn on it.

boundary n. 分界线,边界 They marked the boundaries of the football fields. 他们画出了足球场地的 边界。

5. I have divided the kingdom into three parts, and allocated one part to each of you.

allocate v. 分派,分配

I’d like to suggest that the money be equally allocated between these two areas. 我倒想建议把这笔款平均用在这 两方面。 That space has already been allocated for building a new hospital. 那块空地 已经拨出用来建造一座新医院。

6. I love you more than all the riches in the world, more than my freedom, more even than my own eyesight. In fact, I love you more than life itself. 我爱您胜于爱世上所有的财富，胜于爱 我的自由，甚至还胜于爱我的眼睛。事 实上，我爱您胜于爱自己的生命。

这个句子是省略句，完整的表达应该 是“I love you more than I love all the riches in the world, more than I love my freedom, more even than I love my own eyesight. In fact, I love you more than I love life itself.”

这个句子采用排比的修辞手法，一连 用了四个more than,从不同层次和不 同角度陈述同一内容，以加强I love you的语气。

rich是形容词，它的名词形式为 richness。而riches是名词，意思是 “财富；财宝；金钱”等，它只有复 数形式。 1.Riches have wings.[谚]钱财易散。 2.Content is better than riches. [谚]知足胜于财富。

7. I adore you more than anything else in the whole world.adore v. 崇拜,爱慕,喜爱(=love intensely )

The boys adore their mothers. 男孩们敬慕他们的母亲。 He adores his wife and children. 他深爱妻儿。

8. I pray you, speak.

pray v. 祈祷,祈求,请求,恳求 They went to the mosque to pray. 他们去清真寺做祷告。 They prayed that their enemies might be defeated. 他们祈求上苍让敌人失败。

9. Try harder, Cordelia, or you may lose your share of the kingdom. [分析] “祈使句 + or ...”是一个常用 句型，意思是“……,否则……”;另 一个与其相对的句型是“祈使句 + and ...”,意思是“……,就

会……”。 这两个句型均可以与由if引导条件句的 句子互换。如：

Take care of what you say, or you may regret it. = If you don’t take care of what you say, you may regret it. Do that again and I’ll call the police. = If you do that again, I’ll call the police. [小试]用or或and填空。 1. Hurry up, ___ or you’ll be late for school. 2. Work hard, and ___ you’ll succeed.