新概念英语全套单词全析全解全集(第1-8集)第1册第8课
《新概念英语》第一册 Lesson 8
Lesson 8 New words and expressions
1.policeman [pə'li:smən] n.警察
2.policewoman [pə'li:s,wumən] n.女警察
3.taxi driver 出租汽车司机
4.air hostess 空中小姐
5.postman ['pəustmən] n.邮递员
6.nurse [nə:s] n.护士
7.mechanic [mi'kænik] n.机械师
8.hairdresser ['heəˌdresə] n.理发师
9.housewife ['hauswaif] n.家庭妇女
10.milkman ['milkmən] n.送牛奶的人
《新概念英语》第一册Lesson 8 课文原文
What’s your job? 你是做什么工作的？
A: Look at number 11, what’s his job? Is he a policeman or a taxi driver?
B: He isn’t a taxi driver. He’s a policeman.
A: Look at number 12, what’s her job? Is she a policewoman or an air hostess?
B: She isn’t an air hostess. She’s a policewoman.
A: Look at number 13, what’s his job? Is he a taxi driver or a policeman?
B: He isn’t a policeman. He’s a taxi driver.
A: Look at number 14, what’s her job? Is she an air hostess or a policewoman?
B: She isn’t a policewoman . She’s an air hostess.
A: Look at number 15, what’s his job? Is he a postman or a mechanic?
B: He isn’t a mechanic. He’s a postman.
A: Look at number 16, what’s her job? Is she a nurse or a housewife?
B: She isn’t a housewife. She’s a nurse.
A: Look at number 17, what’s his job? Is he a mechanic or a hairdresser?
B: He isn’t a hairdress. He’s a mechanic.
A: Look at number 18, what’s his job? Is he a hairdresser or a mechanic?
B: He isn’t a mechanic. He’s a hairdresser.
A: Look at number 19, what’s her job? Is she a housewife or a nurse?
B: She isn’t a nurse. She’s a housewife.
A: Look at number 20, what’s his job? Is he a milkman or a postman?
B: He isn’t a postman. He’s a milkman.
Lesson 8 New words and expressions
1.policeman [pə'li:smən] n.警察
policeman male member of a police force，复数是policemen: 男警察，警察,男警察,巡警,指某个具体的警察
1.Recently a policeman and I were talking about dogs. I told him how much I liked German Shepherds.我最近与一位警务人员谈到狗，我告诉他我非常喜欢德国牧羊狗；
I looked up and saw a policeman standing not far from me and he was also looking at me.
我抬头一看有一个警察就站在离我不远的地方，还瞅著我。
He said the policeman was injured, and two people were injured by gunshots.图勒基说，那名警察受伤，有两个人受枪伤。
The policeman stared at me suspiciously.那个警察用猜疑的眼光瞪着我。
2.policewoman [pə'li:s,wumən] n.女警察
3.taxi driver 出租汽车司机
driver n. [C]driver , drivers, someone who drives a vehicle 司机
a bus/lorry/truck/taxi driver公共汽车／卡车／出租车司机
The driver of the van was killed in the accident.货车司机在事故中丧生。
driver , drivers, a computer program that makes it possible for a computer to use other pieces of equipment such as a printer （计算机的）驱动程序
driver , drivers, long thin stick), with a wooden head, used in golf 高尔夫球棒
4.air hostess 空中小姐=steward stewardess
hostess, a noun [可数名词C]hostess , 复数hostesses，male flight attendant，或steward男空乘，
1. 女主人a woman who has guests
2. (夜总会的)女招待；舞女a woman who entertains customers, especially men, at a nightclub
英语中常有以-ess结尾的名词表示“女的，阴性”常见的表示男性与阴性对应的几组词，总结如下，词缀-ess表示“女的，阴性”。
- actor/ actress(男演员/女演员)
- god/ goddess(神/女神)
- tiger/tigress雄虎/雌虎)
- poet/poetess(诗人/女诗人)
- waiter/waitress(服务员/女服务员)
- heir/ heiress(继承人/女继承人)
- lion/lioness(雄狮/母狮)
- stew-ard/ stewardess(乘务员/女乘务员)、
- prince/ /princess(王子/公主)等
另外，有些名词则可以用另外一些词缀,或者以词缀- Woman,-lady,fe-,she-等来构成阴性的变化。如:salesman/ saleswoman(售货员/女售货员) male/female(男子/女子wolf/she-wof(公狼/母狼) goat/she-goat(公羊/母羊)masseur/masseuse(男按摩师/女按摩师) policeman/policewoman(警察/女警察landlord/andlady(房东/女房东)等
1. air 乘坐飞机；航空；飞机 [U] travel in an aircraft
I don't travel much by air. 我不常坐飞机。
an air crash/disaster飞机失事／空难
air travel乘飞机旅行
2.air 空气 [不可数名词U] the mixture of gases which surrounds the Earth and which we breathe
I went outside to get some fresh air. 我到室外呼吸一下新鲜空气。
You should put some air in your tyres - they look flat to me.你该给这些轮胎打气了——它们看上去都瘪了。
3. the air空中，天空 [只用单数S]the space above the ground, especially high above the ground
The air was filled with the scent of roses. 空气中弥漫着玫瑰的芳香。
Throw your gun down and put your hands in the air. 扔掉枪，举起手来。
The police fired into the air to clear the demonstrators from the streets. 警察对天鸣枪以驱散街上的示威者。
4. air 神态，样子；风度，态度，MANNER态度 [只用单数S] manner or appearance
She has an air of confidence about her. 她一副自信的样子。
5. be on/off (the) air正在／停止播出. If a programme or a person is on/off (the) air, they are/are not broadcasting on radio or television
①The radio station is on air from 6.00 a.m. 广播电台早晨6点开始播音。
As soon as the war started, any broadcasts with a military theme were taken off the air. 战争一爆发，所有有关军事主题的节目都停止播出了。
6. air惯用法idioms
⑴ airs and graces装腔作势，摆架子；矫揉造作false(虚伪的)ways of behaving that are intended to make other people feel that you are important and belong to a high social class
He was always putting on airs and graces. 他总是装腔作势，故作姿态。
She's got no reason to give herself airs and graces. 她没有理由摆架子。
We're poor and we never put on airs. 我们贫穷但从不装腔作势。
⑵ be walking/floating on air欢天喜地；得意洋洋 to be very happy and excited because something very pleasant has happened to you
Ever since she met Mark, she's been walking on air.自打遇到马克那天起，她每天都是喜气洋洋的。
⑶ in the air 即将发生；可被感觉到；被人们意识到 If something is in the air, you feel that it is happening or about to happen
Love/Change/Spring is in the air. 爱意萌动／变革在即／春意盎然。
⑷ up in the air悬而未决 If a matter is up in the air, it is uncertain, often because other matters have to be decided first
The whole future of the project is still up in the air. 这个项目前途未卜。
The spokesman told reporters today that the president's trip to Moscow is up in the air.今天发言人告诉记者们总统是否前往莫斯科尚未确定。
(5) full of hot air, hot air 作为一个习惯用语，它的意思就是废话连篇，或吹牛。
Don't worry about what some US high political officials say. They just likes to scare people. It makes them feel important, but they are just full of hot air. 别把美国政客的话放在心上。他们就是喜欢吓唬人，这样会让他们觉得自己很重要，其实他是空话连篇。
(6) thin air。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是由thin air发展而来的。如，pull something out of thin air按照字面意思就是从稀薄的空气里抽取什么东西。你想空气本就是看不见摸不着的，要从稀薄的空气里抽取东西岂不更是难上加难。
The company is flat broke. Unless the boss can pull something out of thin air and borrow a lot of money by Friday, we'll have to go into bankruptcy(倒闭，破产) and I'll have to look for other work.这家公司现在已是财源枯竭，除非老板神通广大能在星期五之前筹措到大笔钱款摆脱困境，否则我们就只得陷入破产的境地，而我也必须另找工作了。
pull something out of thin air要解决问题脱离困境就得克服困难地想方设法。
Han Han is one of the best TV script writers. She'll take an absolutely hopelesss cript by somebody else, pull some new ideas out of thin air, and end up with a first-class show.寒寒是一个创作电视剧的天才作家，他的创造力丰富，一无是处的底稿经过他的神来之笔略加修改，就能拍成一鸣惊人的好戏。
(7) come up for air这个习惯用语是忙得焦头烂额；喘口气、调节一下精神。
I've spent the whole day on my business. I still have more to do, but I simply have to come up for air. Let's go out for dinner so I can forget about my work for a little while.我整整一天都在埋头做事，我还有不少没完成，但是我可真得喘口气歇一下了。我们出去吃顿饭吧，这样我至少可以暂时把我繁忙的事务儿丢在脑后。
My classmate can sit and study for three or four hours without coming up for air. Not me!
我的同学们能马不停蹄地一口气学习三四个小时，我可不行。
(8) beat the air白费力气；徒劳to continue to make futile attempts; to fight to no purpose. 哈哈，打空气肯定是徒劳无益的啦。
① He is as stubborn as a mule. All those who have tried to persuade him have only been beating the air.他固执得 很，所有试图劝说他的人都在白费口舌。
②You are like Don Quixote in your actions. All you are doing is to beat the air. Try to be practical.你的 举动活像唐吉诃德。你所做的一切都是白费力气。还 是实际一点吧。
③I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air. 我不 会漫无边际地乱跑，也不会毫无目标地打拳。
(9) To walk on air形容一个人非常高兴，走起路来轻飘飘。
Li Xing has been walking on air ever since she got the official letter that she's been accepted as a graduate student at the University of Beijing. You know, she never thought she had a chance. 李星收到北京大学正式通知书，说她被录取为研究生以后，她真是轻飘飘的，好像腾云驾雾一样。你知道吗，她从来没有想到她会被录取。
As soon as I know I'm in the team it's like I'm walking on air. 一得知我加入了这个队，我高兴得像飞上了天。
When I got the news I was being promoted to be Director of Marketing, I felt like walking on air. 在我得到被提升为市场部经理的消息后，我真是感到飘飘然，走起路来好像腾云驾雾一样。
(10) A breath of fresh air: 带来新气象的人
Michelle is so lovely and lively that she is a breath of fresh air for the whole family.米歇尔……给全家带来了生机。
(11) gives... airs and graces让......变得趾高气扬
The old slogan of the customer being always right is what gives them airs and graces. 顾客总是对的这种宣传标语让他们变得趾高气扬。
9. air v. 说出，公开，亮出（观点等） MAKE KNOWN 使知晓[及物动词T] to make opinions or complaints known to other people
①Putting a complaint in the suggestions box is one way of airing your grievances. 有什么怨言写出来放在意见箱里，这是一种发泄不满的方式。
The whole issue was thoroughly aired at the meeting.在会上公开课整个事件。
He'll air his views on the war whether people want to listen or not. 不管人们是否愿意听，他都要说出他对战争的看法。
10. air v. DRY [作及物动词或不及物动词I or T] to become dry and/or fresh, or to cause to become dry and/or fresh （使）晾干，（使）风干；（使）烘干；（使）通风
My mother always airs the sheets before she makes the beds. 我妈妈在铺床之前总是先把床单烘干。
Leave the windows open to let the room air a bit. 开着窗户，让房间通通风。
11. air v. 广播，播出，播送 BROADCAST [作及物动词或不及物动词I or T] US to broadcast something on radio or television
①The game will be aired live on CCTV at 7.00 tonight.今晚7点，中央电视台将现场直播这场比赛。
②The interview with Ren Zhengfei will air tomorrow morning.对任正非的采访将在明天早晨播出。
《新概念英语》第一册第8课，重点单词是Air，policeman，air hostess 空中小姐=steward stewardess，以及如hostess 等英语中常有以-ess结尾的名词表示“女的，阴性”常见的表示男性与阴性对应的几组词。熟记词缀-ess表示“女的，阴性”。actor/ actress(男演员/女演员)，god/ goddess(神/女神)，tiger/tigress雄虎/雌虎)，poet/poetess(诗人/女诗人)，waiter/waitress(服务员/女服务员)，heir/ heiress(继承人/女继承人)，lion/lioness(雄狮/母狮)
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