新概念3Lesson56river词汇和句型知识点梳理11-15
11. We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
我们本能地懂得，就像养蜂人和他的蜜蜂那样。要是我们不把生活中的重大的事件告诉那条河，就可能大祸临头。
（1）instinctively = by instinct particularly = in particular accidentally = by accident carefully = with care 本能地、自然而然地
反义词：delightedly = with delight angrily = with anger故意地
（2）... misfortune might visit / befall us ...
... misfortune might happen to us ...
（3） relate sth. to sb.与…有关;把…讲述给…
She related the events of the previous week to the police. 她把前几周的事情讲给警察。
同义短语：report / recount / relate sth. to sb. tell sb. (about) sth.
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12. Sometimes we go upstream to a favourite backwater, sometimes we have our party at the boathouse, which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.
有时，我们溯流而上来到我们喜爱的回水河汊举办。有时在船坞举办。那船坞是农场一位前辈在一块草地上盖的，草地紧挨着一个专供游泳，跳水的深水池。
（1）go / row / sail upstream溯流而上
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. 
学习就像逆水行舟，不进则退。
go / row / sail downstream
（2）hard by … (fml.) very near to …挨着
The cafeteria stands hard by our dormitory. 餐厅挨着我们的宿舍。

13. In a heat wave we choose a midnight birthday party and that is the most exciting of all.
天气炎热时，我们便选择在半夜举办生日聚会。这种聚会是最令人激动的。
heat wave 酷暑时期
cold spell 严寒时期
It’s a boiling / scorching / sizzling hot day. 今天好热。
It’s a bitterly / biting / freezing cold day.今天好冷。

14. We welcome the seasons by the riverside, crowning the youngest girl with flowers in the spring, holding a summer festival on Midsummer Eve, giving thanks for the harvest in the autumn, and throwing a holly wreath into the current in the winter. 我们在河边迎接一年四季。春天在河边为最年轻的姑娘戴上花冠，夏天在河边欢庆仲夏前夜，秋天在河边为丰收而感恩，冬天往河中抛撒一个冬青树花环。
（1）celebrate庆祝
We celebrate the arrival of the seasons.我们庆祝四季的到来。
 （2）Mid-Autumn Festival中秋节
Dragon Boat Festival端午节
Thanksgiving Day: the fourth Thursday in November the Puritans 感恩节

15. This is a rare occurrence as our climate seldom goes to extremes.气候异常的事情很少发生。
（1）a rare / common / regular / everyday occurrence 罕见时间、常规事件、日常事件
Laughter was a rare occurrence in his classroom.笑在他们班级很罕见。
Unfortunately, computer errors are a common occurrence.不幸的是，电脑出错经常发生。
Street-fights are an everyday occurrence in this area of the city. 这个街区，街上斗殴每天都在上演。
（2）go to extremes极端；异常
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics.
报社杂志的编辑们经常走极端，提供读者们不重要的事实和数据。

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