·單詞

election n.????選舉

????·election campaign????選舉活動：指在選舉期間，候選人或政黨為爭取選民支持而進行的一系列宣傳、推廣和組織活動

????·election debate????競選辯論

????·elect v.????選舉，推選

former adj.????從前的?

????·the former ... the latter ... 前者 … 后者 …

????????·The former?offers?more?excitement?and?convenience?while?the latter?offers?a?cleaner,?quieter?and?often?friendlier?place to?live.????前者提供了更多的刺激和便利，而后者提供了一個更干凈、更安靜、通常也更友好的居住環(huán)境。

defeat v.????打敗

fanatical adj.????狂熱的

????·fan n.????迷

????·fans????"粉絲"

opponent n.????反對者，對手

radical adj.????激進的

progressive adj.????進步的

????·Radical Progressive Party????激進黨

????·a progressive policy

????·progress n./v.????進步，前進，發(fā)展

????????·make progress in/with ...????在 … 方面取得進展

ex- prefix????（前綴，用于名詞前）前 ...

suspicious adj.????懷疑的

????·suspicious behavior????可以的行為

????·be suspicious of ...????對 ... 表示懷疑

????????·He was suspicious of her motives.????他懷疑她的動機

????·suspect v.????懷疑，猜想；n.????嫌疑犯

·本課句型

·課文

????The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad. My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr.?Lane's Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house. When he asked if Mr.?Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer. The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper.' I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,' he shouted, 'Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad !'

????'I know,' answered Patrick, 'but I love to hear you say it!'

the elections????大選，在英文中 election 常用復(fù)數(shù)形式，后接表示復(fù)數(shù)的動詞，用來指全國性的選舉

Prime Minister????首相

He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad.

????·retiring from????從 ... 退休

????·political life????政治生涯

????·go abroad????出國

Radical Progressive Party????激進黨

on duty????正在值班

Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer.?

? ??·雖然這次有點疑心，讓步狀語從句，主語和位于被省略

????·完整的從句為：Though the policeman was?a little suspicious this time

once more????再一次

lost his temper????發(fā)脾氣

·知識拓展

區(qū)別：temper（脾氣，性情）/mood（心情，情緒）

This time, the policeman lost his temper.

????·lost one's temper????丟掉某人的脾氣，發(fā)火

Keep your temper!????別發(fā)火

You should apologize to him. He's in a very bad temper/mood.

Don't disturb him. He's in a very bad mood/temper.

????·處于糟糕的脾氣，心情當中，這兩個詞可以互換

????·temper，表示他生氣了

????·mood，不一定生氣了，只是處在壞心情當中

I' m in the mood for a drive into the country.

????·處于某種情緒當中想去做某事只能用 mood