今天小编给大家带来了关于新概念英语的文章内容与解释的阅读分享，希望对大家的英语写作水平有所帮助，祝愿大家生活愉快，天天开心。不要轻易把梦想寄托在某个人身上，也别太在乎身旁的冷语，未来是自己的。
　　My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old.
　　[ 我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。]
　　In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen.
　　[ 尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。]
　　In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.
　　[ 演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。]
　　Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress.
　　[去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。]
　　If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'
　　[一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！” ]
　　三 New Word and expressions & 生词和短语
　　appear v. 登场，扮演；stage n. 舞台；bright adj. 鲜艳的；stocking n. （女用）长筒袜；sock n. 短袜；
　　#我的年度书单#
　　四 Notes on the text & 课文注释
　　[1] She must be at least thirty-five years old. 她至少也有35岁了。
　　must be，一定是，表示对现在情况的一种推测，带有一定的肯定程度，at least至少。
　　[2] in spite of. 尽管。
　　[3] in a bright red dress. 穿一身鲜红色的裙子，介词in表示“穿着”。
　　[4] orange-colored. 橘红色的。
　　[5] grown up.成熟的，成人的。
　　五 Content extension & 内容延伸
　　Must的用法
　　Must 原形……
　　(1)＝have to “不得不, 必须”
　　(2) (对现在的)推测
　　在过去时的句子中, 要用have to 来表示 “必须”
　　have to……可以有任意时态
　　She will have to...
　　She had to...
　　She has to...
　　She has/I have had to...
　　have to……作为实义动词, 否定式为don't have to
　　will not have to
　　didn't have to
　　对现在的推测 : must do
　　对过去的推测 : must have done
　　在 I think.he thinks...的从句中, 一定要用事实说话. (不能说成 “I think he must be a fool.” )
　　六 Word study & 词汇学习
　　[1] appearv. 登场, 扮演
　　appear : 显示, 露面;反义词 : disappear(都是不及物动词)
　　eg: The plane disappeared.
　　eg: The plane appeared.
　　eg: The actor appeared.
　　appear as : 扮演...角色
　　eg: He appeared as a prince.(王子)
　　on the stage;在舞台上
　　appear on the stage as....(扮演的确切表达)
　　eg: My aunt appeared on the stage as a young girl.
　　eg: I work as a teacher.(比较常用的介绍某人做什么工作的)
　　eg: She worked as a nurse.
　　appear : 露面, 显得(系动词)后面直接加形容词
　　eg: He appears nervous.他显得很紧张(看起来)
　　eg: He appears happy.
　　eg: I appears tired.
　　[2] stagen. 舞台
　　on the stage : 在舞台上
　　in the stage : 在某一阶段(时期)
　　[3] brightadj. 鲜艳的
　　bright red : 鲜红色
　　bright yellow : 明电影
　　bright blue : 宝蓝色
　　[4] stockingn. (女用)长筒袜 (棉的, 绒的, 并不是现在的丝袜)
　　[5] sockn. 短袜