Lesson 21 Mad or not?是不是瘋了?
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Why do people think the writer is mad?
Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
飛機(jī)正在逐漸把我逼瘋。我住在一個(gè)機(jī)場(chǎng)附近，過往飛機(jī)日夜不絕于耳
The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use.
機(jī)場(chǎng)是許多年前建的，但由于某種原因當(dāng)時(shí)未能啟用。然而去年 機(jī)場(chǎng)開始使用了
Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
有100 多人肯定是被噪音逼得已經(jīng)棄家遠(yuǎn)去
I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.
我是少數(shù)留下來的人中的一個(gè)。有時(shí)我覺得這房子就要被一架飛過的飛機(jī)撞倒
I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.
他們?cè)蛭姨峁┮淮蠊P錢讓我搬走，但我決定 留在這兒
Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
大家都說我肯定是瘋了，也許他們說的是對(duì)的。
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
mad
adj. 發(fā)瘋
reason
n. 原因
sum
n. 量
determined
adj. 堅(jiān)定的，下決心的
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 Aeroplanes arc slowly driving me rnad.飛機(jī)正在逐漸把我逼瘋。drive someone mad,逼瘋。
2 passing planes can be heard night and day。過往飛機(jī)日夜不絕于耳。在句中passing用來修飾名詞planes，起形容詞作用，是一個(gè)現(xiàn)在分詞。
3 came into use，啟用。
4 Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得離家遠(yuǎn)去。情態(tài)動(dòng)詞must+完成時(shí)態(tài)，是對(duì)過去事情的推測(cè)，猜惻某一事情肯定已經(jīng)發(fā)生。drive away 趕走，逼走。