新概念英语第三册Lesson 17
重点词汇句型语法解析及课文翻译
一、重点词汇解析New words and expression
1. Suspension n.悬，吊
（1）suspend vt.吊, 悬挂 -- The new light is suspended from the ceiling.
（2）suspend vt.暂停, 暂缓 The train to Guangzhou was suspended because of the heavy rain.
（3）Suspense n.担心、挂念、悬念（in suspense）
The wonderful novel by Lao She gave me a good expression because of its suspense. (悬念)
They didn’t tell me the truth. It kept me in suspense all day.
2. agreeable adj.宜人的，agreeable situation宜人的地方
The place where he used to live is agreeable.他过去居住过的地方是一个适宜居住的地方。
His house is in a agreeable situation.
He hoped to have his house built in a agreeable situation.
3. estimate v.估计，估算；估价
(1) 词汇拓展:
Estimation n.判断（= judgement = judgment n.审判, 判决）
in my estimation = in my view = in my opinion 在我看来
Underestimate 低估 / Overestimate 高估
a conservative (= low) estimate保守估计
a rough (= not exact) estimate粗略估计
Government sources estimate a long-term 50% increase in rail fares.政府消息人士估计火车票价将有一个涨幅达50%的长期上调。
At a rough estimate, the car is worth 500 thousand RMB. 粗略的估计以下…
(2) estimate estimate构成的句型:
A. estimate that:They estimate (that) the journey will take at least two weeks.他们估计这次行程至少需要两周时间。
B. [estimate question word]It was difficult to estimate how many trees had been destroyed.很难估计有多少树被毁。
C. 估算费用／估值noun 估计；估算；估价The number of people who applied for the course was 120 compared with an initial estimate of between 50 and 100. 最初估计申请选修这门课程的学生也就是50到100人，可实际上报名的有120人。
We'll accept the lowest of three estimates for the building work.在对这项建筑工程的3个投标中，我们将采纳报价最低的那个。
4. capacity n.承受量（容量, 生产量, 接受力）
Capacity n.做某事的能力，才能have a capacity for doing something
have a capacity to do ability
We have a capacity for studying English well.
We have a capacity to study English well.
Ability n.能力, 才干（已经做到了）We have ability to finish the work in two days. = we manage to finish…
Capability n.潜在的能力have capability to do / have capability of doing
Every child has capability to study a foreign language.
