---
url: https://gaojian.site/new-concept/book-3/39-nothing-to-worry-about.md
description: 新概念英语第三册：Nothing to Worry About。精读、词块回忆、双向译练、句法、逻辑与FSRS复习。
---

# 39 · 不必担心

### 第1段

The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from. Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least perturbed. Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was a mere twenty miles away. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. He simply had no sense of danger at all. No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders. The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped. Though we all got out to examine the fissure, he remained in the car. We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty yards and was two feet wide and four feet deep. Even this had no effect. Bruce went into a low gear and drove at a terrifying speed, keeping the front wheels astride the crack as he followed its zigzag course. Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again. Bruce consulted the map once more and told us that the village was now only fifteen miles away. Our next obstacle was a shallow pool of water about half a mile across. Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding halt. A yellow light on the dashboard flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was no oil in the engine!

中文理解：穿过平原的路本来就崎岖不平，走着走着，路况坏到了让我们忍不住劝布鲁斯掉头，返回来时的那个村庄。可即使路上满是巨石和坑洞，他也丝毫不慌。瞥了一眼地图，他告诉我们，下个村子只有二十英里远。倒不是布鲁斯总把困难估计得太轻，而是他压根儿就没有危险意识。不管路况怎样，他都认为，车就应该能开多快开多快。
我们在尘土飞扬的小路上颠簸，一次次急转方向，避开巨石。车轮卷起的碎石，不时重重敲击车底，听得人心惊。我们认定，迟早会有块石头撞穿油箱，或者打坏发动机，因此不停地回头看，担心车后已经留下了一路机油或汽油。
巨石突然消失，眼前变成一片只有零星灌木挡路的平地，我们总算松了口气。可更糟的还在后头，正前方横着一道巨大的裂缝。在我们一再恳求下，布鲁斯终于停了车。我们都下车查看，他却仍坐在车里。我们告诉他，裂缝长约五十码，宽两英尺，深四英尺，可这仍没让他动摇。他挂上低挡，以令人胆战心惊的速度，把两只前轮分跨在裂缝两侧，沿着弯弯曲曲的裂缝冲了过去。我们还没来得及担忧会出什么事，车就已重新开上平原。布鲁斯又看了看地图，告诉我们，离村庄现在只有十五英里了。下一个障碍是一片浅水塘，横跨约半英里。他一头冲了进去，可开到中央，车子伴着刺耳的摩擦声停了下来。仪表盘上一盏黄灯急促闪烁，布鲁斯却兴高采烈地宣布：发动机里没机油了！

* **Even though**：尽管；虽然；让步说明一个已知情况，后面的结果却与预期不同。

* **was littered with**：散布着；满是……；be littered with + 散落物，可用于自然障碍而非人乱扔垃圾。

* **not in the least**：一点也不；least 在固定否定表达中加强完全没有。

* **informed us that**：告诉我们……；inform + 人 + that 从句，比 tell 更正式。

* **had no sense of danger**：毫无危险意识；no sense of… 是缺乏某种意识，not at all 加强语气。

* **No matter what**：无论什么；引入让步条件，后面仍需主句。

* **we swerved to avoid**：我们急转方向以避开；swerve to avoid + 障碍，后接名词或 doing。

* **sooner or later**：迟早；表示最终会发生，具体时间未定。

* **Because of**：由于；因为；后面接原因，不直接接完整陈述句；because 后面才可直接接主语和谓语。

* **a stretch of**：一片；一段；a stretch of road / water / land，按连续范围组织描述。

* **In response to**：作为对……的反应；to 是介词，后接名词性内容。

* **remained in the car**：一直留在车里；remain + 地点写持续状态，与 got out 的其他人对照。

* **had no effect**：没有起作用；have no effect on + 对象，不能漏掉 no。

* **once more**：再一次；表示再做一次，可替换为 again，注意它修饰哪个动作。

* **came to a grinding halt**：嘎然停下；突然陷入停顿；come to a halt 是基础搭配，grinding 增加费力或机械摩擦的画面。

* **on the dashboard**：在仪表盘上；指驾驶舱仪表位置，不是普通书桌。

#### 原文注释 · The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the village we had come from.

注释：①boulders = large stones or rocks。②perturbed = worried。 ③underestimated = guessed that difficulties were not as bad as they really were。

#### 原文注释 · As we bumped over the dusty track, we swerved to avoid large boulders.

注释：①bumped = moved along in an uneven way。②swerved = moved quickly in one direction, then in another。③hammered = hit repeatedly。 ④ominously = as if giving a warning that something unpleasant is going to happen。

#### 原文注释 · What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes.

注释：①what a relief it was，是感叹句，一般是what+a/an+adj.+单数可数名词+主语+ 谓语，当然，也可以接复数名词和不可数名词，how 感叹句通常强调形容词或副词，可用 how + 形容词/副词 + 主语 + 谓语，句中不必出现名词；how + 形容词 + a/an + 单数可数名词 也是一种较正式的结构。下面这个含单数可数名词的例句可以转换：How interesting a story it is!=What an interesting story it is!特别注意语序。②in response to，作为……的回应。

#### Summary 摘要

When the boulders disappeared, there was a wide plain covered with clumps of bushes. Ahead was a huge fissure and Bruce stopped. We examined it and found it was fifty yards long, two feet wide and four feet deep. Without thinking, Bruce raced the car along it and then we were back on the plain. The village was 15 miles away and the next obstacle was a very wide shallow pool. Bruce charged in and stopped in the middle. (79 words)

#### Composition 作文 Bruce Remained Unperturbed 镇定自若的布鲁斯

\[1]It was typical of Bruce to announce "cheerfully" that there was no oil in the engine! For the rest of us, it was a disaster. We all got out and began shouting at him and then at each other. What could we do? We were standing in the middle of a very large pool up to our ankles in water with a car that was useless.

\[2]We tried to push it, but of course it was absolutely impossible. All we managed to do was to push it deeper into the soft mud. In the end we all walked to next village where we tried to get a taxi so that we could take some oil (and petrol) back to the car.

\[3]We couldn't find one driver who would take us over the rough road. Fortunately there was a small garage and we paid a large sum of money to the garage owner to rent a jeep. With a can(n.罐子) of oil and an extra can of petrol we all climbed in and set off.

\[4]When we eventually got back to the pool, we attached a rope from the jeep to the car and pulled the car out of the water. We were not surprised to find that the engine was badly damaged, and would not even start with the oil we had brought back. Disaster again, but Bruce was undismayed(a.毫无畏惧)! (230 words )

## 学完这一课

用 the place we had come from 指来处，检查时间和方向。

[Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-3/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/)

*译文依据整理稿，由本站按中文表达重新校订；解析据吴应时、何景霖整理资料及首轮审校稿；词伙与练习提示为本站学习设计。原PDF第129—131页，2022年2月第3版。*