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Lesson 63  She was not amused  她并不觉得好笑

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★circle n 圈子
★admire v 赞美, 钦佩
admire sb for sth : 因为...羡慕某人
I admire him for his richness/house/clever daughter/konwledge.

★close adj 亲蜜的
close friend
'my best friend's' -《我最好朋友的婚礼》,罗伯茨主演的一部影片

★wedding n 婚礼
reception ＝ party
wedding reception婚宴
news conference新闻发布会, 记者招待会
★reception n 招待会

★sort n 种类
type 种类, 有特殊特征的
一般情况都用kind, sort
习惯用sort的时候:1、那种人that sort of person
2、sort可含有讽刺意味
that's the sort of thing you like best

【Text】
Lesson 63  She was not amused  她并不觉得好笑
First listen and then answer the question. 听录音, 然后回答以下问题.
Why did Jenny want to leave the wedding reception?

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour----everybody, that is, except his six－year－old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success As soon as he had finished,Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!
 
参考译文
杰里米·汉普登交际甚广, 是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人. 人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感——人人, 就是说, 除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人. 最近, 杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词. 这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情. 他认真准备了讲稿, 带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼. 他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事, 自然大获成功. 他刚一讲完, 珍妮就对他说她要回家. 这不免使杰里米有点扫兴, 但他还是按照女儿的要求做了. 在回家的路上, 他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词. 使他吃惊的是, 她说她不喜欢. 杰里米问她为何不喜欢, 她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!
 
【课文讲解】
1、have a large circle of friends有一个很大的朋友圈子, 交际很广
＝sb has/have a lot of friends
he has a large circle of friends他有很多朋友
2、that is一旦插在句子当中, 是作为固定结构, 意思是那就是说,其解释作用
3、prepare sth后面跟内容有关系
prepare for sth后面不一定跟内容有关系
speech发言: I am preparing a speech.
4、as从句 : 正如, 方式状语从句
a little 稍微, 有一点
be disappointed by因为某事感到失望
do as you are told按你被告知的做
5、why this was so
this 可以作主语, 也可以作宾语
so 只能作宾语, 只能放在动词后面
I think so / I hope so / I guess so
do so / I refuse to do so. 我拒绝这样做
I expect so
like to do 某一次
like doing习惯
see sb doing看见某人正在作某事
so many people : 跟数字相连的前面一定要用so
This is the sort of thing.
the sort of, the kind of的后面加单数
He had included...
included 包含, 把里面内容的一部分挑出来说
contain强调容器里的包含, 后面一定要把所有的东西都列举出来
It was a great success. 表示这事做的不错,不同凡响,很成功都可以用

【Multiple choice questions】多项选择题
4  _______ Jenny, everyone admires him for his great sense of humour.
a. Except for  b. Apart c. Except  d. Unless
unless : 除非
except for ＝ apart from
apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. (lesson 14)

7  Jeremy was a little disappointed. He was ________disappointed.
a. little  b. somehow c. enough  d. somewhat
a little少量, 少许, 有一点点
little几乎没有
与形容词或副词连用时, 用a little
与名词连用时, 用a little, little都可
何时用a little, 何时用little, 是由说话人的态度区分
I have little time / I have a little time
somehow I fell in the hole. / somehow adv : 不知怎么的
somewhat ＝a little / somewhat adv : 有一些, 有一点

8  Everyone admires him. They _______him.
a. think highly of  b. laugh at  c. estimate  d. esteem
think of考虑
think highly of高度赞扬

【Summary writing】摘要写作
 Answer these questions in not more than 80  words. 回答下列问题, 将答案组成一个段落, 不要超过80个单词.
1  Is Jeremy Hampden greatly admired for his great sense of humour or not? What was he invited to do? Did he immediately agree to do so or not? (When Jeremy... who is...)
2  Did the speech contain a lot of funny stories or not? Was it a great success or not? (Since)
3  What did his six－year－old daughter, Jenny, want to do after his speech? Was Jeremy disappointed or not? (When)
4  Why had she not enjoyed it? (because)
1  Jeremy Hampden is greatly admired for his great sense of humour.
   He was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception.
   He immediately a great to do so.
① When Jeremy Hampden was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour , he immediately agreed to do so.
② When Jeremy Hampden, who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour , was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception, he immediately agreed to do so.
在不使句子产生歧义的前提下,定语从句可放在其所修饰的整个句子的后面, 如以下两句:
The brother, who was standing near the house, wanted to go swimming.
The brother wanted to go swimming who was standing near the house .
但下面的就容易产生歧义:
The brother, who was standing near the house , wanted to talk with the girl.
The brother wanted to talk with the girl who was standing near the house. (有歧义)

【语法精粹】P13
单项自测题(综合训练)
1 Simple photographic lenses can't ____sharp, undistorted images over a wide field.
A. to form  B. are formed  C. forming  D. form
Answer: D 情态动词后接动词原形构成谓语

2 Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one _____the most.
A. it influences farmers         B. that influences farmers
C. farmers that it influences    D. why farmers influence it
如果一句子出现了谓语动词,再出现动词则可能是:
① 并列关系 ② 从句 ③ 非谓语动词 ④ 介词短语
answer: B

3 By tracking the eye of a hurricane, forecasters can determine the speed at which_____
A. is a storm moving  B. a storm is moving  C. is moving a storm  D. a moving storm
Which 后接的是定语从句,且是at which 在句中作成份
at which = at the speed
answer: B   如: This is the river in which I swim.

4 During the flood of 1927, the Red Cross, _____out of emergency headquarters in Mississppi, set up temporary shelters for the homeless.
A. operates B. is operating C. has operated D. operating
Answer: D

6 During an eclipse of the sun, _____in the shadow of the Moon.
A. the Earth lies  B. the Earth when lying  C. that the Earth lies  D. the lying Earth
Answer: A 少了主语和谓语动词