今天小编为大家分享的是新概念英语A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂 ，文章包含词汇及句子解析和翻译，课文讲解，希望通过这篇文章的学习对你们有所帮助，下面跟随小编一起学习吧。
　　A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂
　　What evidence is there of a ghost?
　　 Apublic house which was recently bought by Mr.Ian Thompson is up for sale.Mr.Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar.The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and thefurniture had been moved. Though Mr.Thompson had turned the lights off beforehe went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had foundfive empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before.When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink,Mr.Thompson shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will notaccept the pub even if he gives it away.
　　New words and expressions 生词和短语
　　thirsty adj. 贪杯的
　　ghost n. 鬼魂
　　haunt v. （鬼）来访，闹鬼
　　block v. 堵
　　furniture n. 家具
　　whisky n. 威士忌酒
　　suggest v. 暗示
　　shake v. 摇动
　　accept v. 接受
　　参考译文
　　 伊恩.汤普森先生近才买的一个小酒店现在又要卖出去。汤普森先生之所以想卖它，是因为那里常闹鬼。他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也睡不着，因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声。第二天早上，他发现酒吧间的门被椅子堵上了，家具也被挪动过。虽然汤普森临睡觉时把灯关了，但早晨灯却都亮着。他还说他发现了5只空的威士忌瓶子，肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的。当我暗示说一定是村里有些人来喝不花钱的酒时，汤普森先生摇了摇头。村里的人已经告诉他，即使他把小酒店白送人，他们也不要。
　　【学习笔记】
　　thirsty adj. 贪杯的；adj. 渴的
　　be thirsty for = behungry for 渴望得到(如饥似渴)
　　ghost n. 鬼魂
　　ghost强调魂，并不是邪恶的象征
　　haunt v. (鬼)来访, 闹鬼
　　haunt=visit 但不能应用于人的拜访，只能用在ghost
　　the ghosthaunt 闹鬼
　　The ghost hauntedthe house. 这个房子闹鬼
　　block v. 堵The pipe was blocked.
　　furniture n. 家具, 设备, 储藏物(不可数名词)
　　a piece/ set offurniture 一件家具 一套家具
　　whisky n. 威士忌酒
　　Scotch n. 一种上等的威士忌wine n. 果酒,如葡萄酒,石榴酒beern. 啤酒brandyn. 白兰地
　　suggest ① vt. 暗示，(间接地)表明
　　② vt. 建议，提议suggest that从句
　　suggest doing sth.
　　shake(shook，shaken)① vt.&vi. 摇，摇动，抖动Mr.Thompson shook his head.
　　② vt. 同……握手Dan shook hands with him.
　　accept v. 接受accept = receive sth.with pleasure)
　　【课文讲解】
　　1、A publichouse which was recently bought by Mr. Ian Thompson is up for sale.
　　a public house 酒吧、酒店，口语缩略为pub
　　up for sale 有待出售，供出售(up为形容词，“已提出的，供……的)
　　be up for 有待于……，为了某一目的
　　This problem is upfor discussion.这个问题有待于讨论on sale 打折卖 for sale 拿出来卖的
　　2、He told methat he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise comingfrom the bar.
　　hear sb.doingsth. 听见某人正在做某事
　　在一些表示感觉的动词如see，hear，feel，watch，notice等之后，往往用“动词 宾语 宾语补足语”这个结构，其宾语补足语既可以是不定式(通常不加to)，也可以是现在分词，两者在意义上区别不大，现在分词表示动作正在发生，不定式则表示动作发生了：bar为酒吧或酒店中卖酒的柜台
　　3、ThoughMr.Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on inthe morning.
　　on为形容词，表 “开着的，接通的”，反义词为off。
　　4、He also saidthat he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk thenight before.
　　the night before 前一天晚上 ， lastnight 昨天晚上
　　the week before 前一个星期 ， lastweek 上个星期
　　the day before 前一天 ，yesterday 昨天
　　the next day 下一天 ，tomorrow 明天
　　直接引语变成间接引语时间状语要改变。now——>then，last night——>the nightbefore，two days ago——>two days before/earlier，today——>that day，tonight——>that night，tomorrow——>the next/following day，lastnight——>the night before等。
　　5、Thevillagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.
　　even if he gives itaway 即使他白送人
　　even if 即使，它引导的让步状语从句含有很强的假定性give away 捐献，免费的送，赠送
　　7 The ghostmust have drunk the whisky. In Mr. Thompson's opinion, the ghost ___a___whisky.
　　a.must drink b.has got to drink c.has to drink d.should drink in one's opinion 就某人看来，以某人观点，某人认为；I think…太过强调个人的主观性, 一般用in one's opinion更让人接受