Language points1. The burden of government sits heavily on my shoulders. burden n. 负担,重载 v. 使负重,装载,烦扰Dont burden yourself with unnecessary problems. 勿为不必要的问题所累。2. I have decided to retire and hand over the heavy load of responsibility to you three. hand over 交出,移交Having lied that I still had the money, I was in rather a corner when they asked me to hand it over.因我谎称钱仍在我处, 所以他们要我交出时, 我很尴尬. The case was handed over to Charles Elwell for investigation.这个案件转给了 查尔斯.埃尔韦尔去调查。3. responsibility n. 责任Its my responsibility to lock the doors. Ill bear full responsibility for the consequences. 我将对后果承担全部责任。4. See, here is a map of my kingdom with all the boundaries drawn on it. boundary n. 分界线,边界They marked the boundaries of the football fields. 他们画出了足球场地的边界。摩托车驾照考试 http:/www.jsyst.cn/mtc/ 2016年摩托车科目一考试 科目四考试教练员从业资格考试 http:/www.jsyst.cn/jly/ 教练员从业资格证理论考试客运从业资格证考试 http:/www.jsyst.cn/keyun/ 道路旅客运输从业资格证考试货运从业资格证考试 http:/www.jsyst.cn/huoyun/ 道路货物运输从业资格证最新试题5. I have divided the kingdom into three parts, and allocated one part to each of you. allocate v. 分派,分配Id like to suggest that the money be equally allocated between these two areas. 我倒想建议把这笔款平均用在这两方面。 That space has already been allocated for building a new hospital. 那块空地已经拨出用来建造一座新医院。6. I love you more than all the riches in the world, more than my freedom, more even than my own eyesight. In fact, I love you more than life itself.我爱您胜于爱世上所有的财富，胜于爱 我的自由，甚至还胜于爱我的眼睛。事 实上，我爱您胜于爱自己的生命。这个句子是省略句，完整的表达应该 是“I love you more than I love all the riches in the world, more than I love my freedom, more even than I love my own eyesight. In fact, I love you more than I love life itself.”这个句子采用排比的修辞手法，一连 用了四个more than，从不同层次和不 同角度陈述同一内容，以加强I love you的语气。rich是形容词，它的名词形式为 richness。而riches是名词，意思是“财 富；财宝；金钱”等，它只有复数形式。 1.Riches have wings谚钱财易散。 2.Content is better than riches. 谚知足胜于财富。7. I adore you more than anything else in the whole world. adore v. 崇拜,爱慕,喜爱(=love intensely )The boys adore their mothers. 男孩们敬慕他们的母亲。 He adores his wife and children. 他深爱妻儿。8. I pray you, speak. pray v. 祈祷,祈求,请求,恳求They went to the mosque to pray. 他们去清真寺做祷告。 They prayed that their enemies might be defeated. 他们祈求上苍让敌人失败。9. Try harder, Cordelia, or you may lose your share of the kingdom. 分析 “祈使句 + or .”是一个常用 句型，意思是“，否则”；另一 个与其相对的句型是“祈使句 + and .” ，意思是“，就会”。这两个句 型均可以与由if引导条件句的句子互换。如：Take care of what you say, or you may regret it. = If you dont take care of what you say, you may regret it. Do that again and Ill call the police. = If you do that again, Ill call the police. 小试用or或and填空。 1. Hurry up, _ youll be late for school. 2. Work hard, _ youll succeed. or and10. My dear father, you brought me into this world, you cared for me and loved me. He doesnt care for fish. 他不喜欢吃鱼。 He likes pop; he doesnt care for classic music. 他喜欢流行歌曲，不喜欢古典音乐。care for 喜欢，爱好，照顾比较：care about喜欢，在乎，介意( 通常用于否定句)The children behave badly, but the guilt lies with the parents, who dont care about their behaviour. 孩子们行为不端，但是这应归罪于他们的父母 ，他们不关心子女的行为。11. Gonefil, Regan, I shall distribute my kingdom between the two of you. distribute v. 分配,散布Mother distributed candy among children. 母亲给孩子们发糖果。12. Do not contradict me. It is done.别来顶撞我。一切就这么定了。 contradict v. 反驳,顶触,矛盾The two statements contradict each other. 两种说法相互抵触。The report contradicts what we heard yesterday. 这个报道与我们昨天听到的有矛盾。 That is true, and dont you dare contradict (me). 这是事实, 你还敢（跟我）强嘴。13. But sir, please hear me out. I speak on behalf of Cordelia. 但是，先生，请听我说完。让我代表科 迪莉亚说几句话。 hear sb out听某人说完。如： Dont interrupt, just hear me out.14. on behalf of代表；为了的利益。 如：I am writing this letter on behalf of my mother, who wants to thank you for your nice gift. 我代表我妈妈写这封信，她要感谢你送的美好礼物。 They are collecting on behalf of charity.他们以慈善的名义集资。15. Cordelias devotion to Your Majesty is beyond question.科迪莉亚对陛下您的热爱是毋庸置疑的。beyond question(= without question =cannot be doubted)不用怀疑的，毋庸置疑的。His honesty is beyond question.他的诚实是不容置疑的。 比较：out of the question不可能(根本 谈不上)16. I have to speak out, my Lord. speak out vt. 大声讲(毫无顾虑地说出)The teacher asked her to speak out. 教师要她说得响一些。The newspapers are afraid to speak out against the government. 报界不敢大胆地讲出反对政府的话。 Just speak out. 你尽管直说。17. You do wrong to cause friction between yourself and your daughter. friction n. 摩擦,摩擦Friction against the rock, combined with the weight of the climber, caused his rope to break. 与岩石之间的摩擦 加上攀登者的重量,使绳子断了。My daughter and son always have frictions. 我女儿和儿子总发生矛盾。 Friction between two sticks can create a fire.两个棍棒相互摩擦能起火. There is a great deal of friction between the management and the work force. 劳资双方之间存在大量矛盾.18. I forecast that such actions will cause great conflict throughout your kingdom.forecast 预测,预报According to the weather forecast it will rain tomorrow. 天气预报说明天有雨。They tried to forecast the result of the football match. 他们试图预测这场足球比赛的结果。 The weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow. 天气预报说明天是晴天。19. How dare