Lesson 69 But not murder! 并非谋杀！
I was being tested for a driving license for the third time. I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and had done so successfully. After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence. Sure that I had passed, I was almost beginning to enjoy my test. The examiner must have been pleased with my performance, for he smiled and said, 'Just one more thing, Mr. Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly crosses the road in front of you. As soon as I tap on the window, you must stop within five feet.' I continued driving and after some time, the examiner tapped loudly. Though the sound could be heard clearly, it took me a long time to react. I suddenly pressed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown forward. The examiner looked at me sadly. 'Mr. Eames,' he said, in a mournful voice,' you have just killed that child!'
ˈlɛsən 69 bət nɑt ˈmɜrdər!
aɪ wəz ˈbiɪŋ ˈtɛstəd fər ə ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈlaɪsəns fər ðə θɜrd taɪm.
aɪ həd bɪn æskt tə draɪv ɪn ˈhɛvi ˈtræfɪk ənd həd dʌn soʊsəkˈsɛsfəli.
ˈæftər ˈhævɪŋ bɪn ɪnˈstrʌktəd tə draɪv aʊt əv taʊn, aɪ bɪˈgæn tʊ əˈkwaɪər ˈkɑnfədəns.
ʃʊr ðət aɪ həd pæst, aɪ wəzˈɔlˌmoʊst bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tʊ ɛnˈʤɔɪ maɪ tɛst.
ði ɪgˈzæmənər məst həv bɪn plizd wɪð maɪ pərˈfɔrməns, fər hi smaɪld ənd sɛd, ʤəst wʌnmɔr θɪŋ, ˈmɪstər.
imz. lɛt əs səˈpoʊz ðət ə ʧaɪld ˈsʌdənli ˈkrɔsɪz ðə roʊd ɪn frʌnt əv ju.
əz sun əz aɪ tæp ɑn ðə ˈwɪndoʊ, jʊ məststɑp wɪˈðɪn faɪv fit.
' aɪ kənˈtɪnjud ˈdraɪvɪŋ ənd ˈæftər səm taɪm, ði ɪgˈzæmənər tæpt ˈlaʊdli.
ðoʊ ðə saʊnd kəd bi hɜrd ˈklɪrli, ɪttʊk mi ə lɔŋ taɪm tə riˈækt.
aɪ ˈsʌdənli prɛst ðə breɪk ˈpɛdəl hɑrd ənd wi wər boʊθ θroʊn ˈfɔrwərd.
ði ɪgˈzæmənər lʊkt ət miˈsædli. ˈmɪstər. imz,' hi sɛd, ɪn ə ˈmɔrnfəl vɔɪs,' jʊ həv ʤəst kɪld ðət ʧaɪld!'
1.
I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and had done so successfully.
Something that's heavy weighs a lot, either physically or emotionally. It's hard to lift a heavy backpack, and it's hard to handle a heavy topic, like the meaning of life.
Bulky, substantial things are heavy, and you can also describe people as heavy, especially if they're big-boned and carry a lot of weight. Thick or strong things are sometimes called heavy as well: "The apple tree was heavy with blossoms, but when the heavy wind started up, they all blew away." Heavy breathing is fast and labored, and heavy food is just too rich or filling.
造句：it's not wise to go downtown in rush hour because of the heavy traffic.
1. weigh a lot; difficult to lift or move
figurative:
Her father carried a heavy burden of responsibility.
2. more or worse than usual in amount, degree, etc.
the effects of heavy drinking
heavy fighting 激烈的战斗
a heavy fine 高额罚款
She spoke with heavy irony. 他的话充满了讽刺。
3. large and solid; not delicate 大而结实的；不精致的
big, dark rooms full of heavy furniture. 装满厚实家具，又大又暗的房间
He was tall and strong, with heavy features. 他长得高大壮实，浓眉大眼
4. (of the material or substance that sth is made of) thick
a heavy coat
5. heavy with sth. (literary) full of or loaded with sth.
充满；满载（某物）
trees heavy with apples
The air was heavy with the scent of flowers.
空气中弥漫着浓郁的花香。
His voice was heavy with sarcasm.
他的语气带着十足的讽刺意味。
6. of machine, vehicles or weapons large and powerful 机器、车辆或武器重型的；大型的
a wide range of engines and heavy machinery 各种各样的发动机和重型机器
heavy lorries/ trucks 重型卡车
7. involving a lot of work or activity; very busy
a heavy schedule
She'd had a heavy day.
8. hard, especially because it requires a lot of physical strength
heavy digging/ lifting 费力的挖掘/ 举提
9. falling or hitting sth with a lot of force
a heavy fall/ blow
10. large in amount or very solid
a heavy lunch/ dinner 丰盛的午餐、正餐
a heavy cake 厚实的饼
11. heavy on sth. (informal) using a lot of sth
older cars are heavy on gas. 老旧的汽车耗油多。
Don't go so heavy on the garlic. 别用这么多蒜。
12. of a person doing the thing mentioned more, or more deeply, than usual （做某事）过量的，超出一般的，过度的
a heavy drinker/ smoker
a heavy sleeper 睡得很死的人
13. of a sound that sb. makes loud and deep 响而深沉的
heavy breathing/ snoring 沉重的呼吸声/ 鼾声
2. After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence.
instructed:
This website is designed to instruct visitors about the meaning of words and their correct usage. To instruct is to give instructions, to teach.
Teachers are often called instructors because their job is to instruct, to give knowledge or instructions. The subtle difference between "teach" and instruct is that you can teach almost anything: concepts, ideas, theories or, say, history. When you instruct someone, you're giving them a set of tools or tasks to do something specific. That's why furniture, toys, and model rocket kits come with instructions: they instruct you how to assemble them.
acquire
To acquire means to get or come to own something. You acquire an education by your own effort. You acquire a painting by paying for it, or when someone gives it you. You acquire a sense of calm in crisis through experience.
The list of things you can acquire includes: an object, a trait, a skill, or an ability. An acquired taste is something that people usually don't like when they first experience it, but later they come to enjoy it, such as raw clams or marmite. The verb acquire was borrowed from Latin acquīrere "to add to," from the prefix ad- "at, toward" plus quaerere "to seek, get."
3. Though the sound could be heard clearly, it took me a long time to react. I suddenly pressed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown forward.
forward
Forward is the direction ahead of you, or toward the front of something. It can also be a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team.
Forward can be a direction of either space or time, and also implies progress. A forward-thinking person thinks about what will happen in the future. If you forward an email, you send it on to a new recipient. But if you forward a cause, that means you helped propel it to success. If you’re at a bar and someone tells you you’re being awfully forward, you’re probably coming on too strong.
press:
To press something is to push it, like if you press an elevator button or press your friend to tell you a secret. If you get that secret, don’t leak it to the press, which is another word for news media.
Press is also a noun, meaning a machine that uses pressure, either to squeeze liquid out of something (like an apple cider press), or to stamp a design or text on something (like a printing press). There's also a press of people, or a crowd of folks so close they press against each other; and "the press," or the news media, which got the name because newspapers are printed using a press.
brake
To brake is to stop. The noun brake is the pedal in the car that stops the vehicle when pressed. When you want to brake, step on the brake)!
In Middle English breken meant things that stopped others, such as a bridle for a horse. If your bicycle screeches at the bottom of every hill, maybe you should have the brakes checked. French Poet Paul Valery saw a brake as a stopping agent for more than just a vehicle: “Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.”
pedal
Anything you push with your feet to control a machine, vehicle, or instrument is a pedal. When you use a sewing machine, you push the pedal with your foot to make the needle move up and down.
When you see the letters ped, something related to the foot might just be afoot. Pedestrians walk around by foot, and a pedicure is when your tootsies get the spa treatment. Those letters don’t always relate to feet, but it does with pedal, the noun or verb. The controls on the floor of your car are pedals, and if you put the pedal to the metal, it means you press as hard as you can on the gas pedal. Woohoo!
peddle/pedal/petal
Sometimes the only way to choose your words with homophones is to memorize their spellings and meanings. Pedal/peddle/petal is one such set of homophones.
A pedal is a lever controlled with the foot, such as found on a piano or a bicycle. To pedal is to use such a lever to control something. It descends from the Late Latin pedale, for a thing of the foot, which descends ultimately from the Latin pēs, for foot.
The city is expected to finalize this week a five-year contract to bring pedal boats back to Wesley Lake this summer.
Bicycle riders will be pedaling over hills and through pastures Saturday near Stonewall.
To peddle can mean to travel around selling items (think door-to-door salesmen). It can also mean to sell illicit drugs or, informally, to give out or spread, as with information or lies.
A former Alaska lawmaker has pleaded guilty to a state count of letting unregistered lobbyists peddle their ideas to him.
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has warned the public against taking black pills peddled in unlabelled bottles.
Finally, a petal is a flower's brightly colored leaf that joins with other petals to form the flower's corolla.
You will start with a great big rose complete with curly petals and shiny leaves painted from reference.
Spread generously or pipe over the cooled cupcakes and top each with a rose petal.
Remember that pedal is related to foot through the Latin pēs and that someone who peddles goods goes from door to door. If you don't want either of those, then you can choose the flower's petal.
4. As soon as I tap on the window, you must stop within five feet.
To tap is to lightly hit something, the way you tap your friend on the shoulder to get her attention or tap your foot against the floor when you're listening to music.
Your fingers tap the keyboard when you write an essay, and if you take tap dancing lessons, you'll spend time tapping your toes in tap shoes. Another kind of tap is a spigot that liquid or gas flows from, or the secret listening device a spy might use. As a verb, it can also mean "make use of," the way you tap into your sister's jar of change when you need an extra dollar or two.
练习感悟：
1. 造个句子先，keep going on, you'll acquire the ability to sound like a native speaker. 再造一个好啦，
sometimes when I'm reading out loud, I love to tap on the desk to the rhythm of the sentences.
2. 又是一个周末，时间过的很快，转眼新概念读到了69篇，想想看自己的进步还是不够明显，停留在舒适区太久，语音书还没有看完一本，只是在有疑问的时候看看，打算下周一开始，把手头没看完的语音书看完。
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