He was on his way to a lecture, when a tourist stopped him and asked him for directions.
他走在去听课的路上，此时一位游客拦住他问路。
高三英语课文 Unit 16 Social and Personal

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

tourist ['tʊrɪst] 词频3 词根: tour
n. 旅行者，观光客;〈美〉冬季到南部做工的流动工人;
💡 tour旋转；迂回+ist人 → 旅游者
"Beware of dishonest traders in the tourist areas."
在旅游区一定要谨防奸商。
近义：sightseer, tripper, travel, economical 反义：marvelous, premier, prime, prize, select, spiffing
lecture ['lektʃə] 词频1 词根: ure
n. 演讲;训斥，教训; vi. 作演讲; vt. 给…作演讲;教训（通常是长篇大论的）;
💡 lect(选)+ure(抽象名词后缀):选出来的东西用来 演讲
"His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition."
他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
近义：orate, prelect, speak, discourse, dissert, dissertate
stopped
v. 停止；停下来（stop的过去式和过去分词）
近义：motionless, plugged, stationary, blocked, stonewalled, detained
directions
n. 指示；方向；用法说明书（direction的复数形式）
近义：instructions, indications, instuctions, guidelines
asked
n. 卖方要价

📚 更多「高三英语课文」例句

I'm sorry to have done that. I didn't mean to be so rude.
我为那样做感到抱歉。我并不想那样粗鲁的。
Oh, learned judge! Oh, wise young man!
噢，博学的法官！噢，聪明的年轻人！
One man had a head wound and was in pain.
有一个人头部受了伤，非常痛苦。
Please tell me how I can solve this problem.
请告诉我怎样才能解决这个问题。
Two years later, her father disappeared, never to be heard from again.
两年后，她父亲失踪了，从此再无音讯。
At that time only the British government had the right to sell salt, which was taxed, so Gandhi encouraged the whole nation to make their own salt.
那时，只有英国政府有权出售盐，而且盐是要征税的。于是甘地鼓励所有的国民自己生产盐。