每课一词：新概念第1册第41课
【往期回顾】
接下来我们继续来看第41课的“每课一词”：
Lesson 41 Penny's bag
Is that bag heavy, Penny?
Not very.
Here!
Put it on this chair.
What's in it?
A piece of cheese.
A loaf of bread.
A bar of soap.
A bar of chocolate.
A bottle of milk.
A pound of sugar.
Half a pound of coffee.
A quarter of a pound of tea.
And a tin of tobacco.
Is that tin of tobacco for me?
Well, it's certainly not for me!
——选自《新概念英语》第一册，外语教学与研究出版社，1997年10月第1版
二、每课一词
heavy
【源】
直接源自古英语的hefig，意为“重”。
【音】
['hevi]
【义】
heavy一般用作形容词，主要表示“重的；大量的；沉重的”。
My brother is much heavier than me.我弟弟比我重得多。A rainbow is usually seen after a heavy rain.大雨之后常有彩虹。We had heavy hearts as we went to a funeral.我们怀着沉重的心情参加葬礼。
【用】
heavy常见的名词短语用法有：
heavy metal 重金属heavy news 坏消息heavy job 繁重的工作heavy rain 大雨heavy atmosphere 沉闷的气氛heavy traffic 拥挤的交通
三、相关拓展
heavy与weighty
这两个词的共同意思是“重的”。它们之间的区别是:
1、表东西重时，heavy指的是相对的重，而weighty指的是绝对的重。例如:
The parcel is too heavy for me.那个包裹对我来说太重了。There is a weighty parcel.那儿有一个沉甸甸的包裹。
2、表引申义时，heavy可指精神压力沉重，而weighty指某事物是“有重大意义的”。例如:
He made a weighty speech.他的发言很有分量。He died for the people and his death is weightier than Mount Tai.他是为人民而死的，他的死重于泰山。