[转载]新概念英语第2册第40课

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Lesson40 Food and talk 进餐与交谈
Last week at a dinner-party, the hostess asked me
to sit next to Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady
in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my
seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short
time, she was busy eating. I tried to make
conversation.
' A new play is coming to" The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it ?' ' No,' she answered. 'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year ?' I asked. ' No,' she answered.
' Will you be staying in England?' I asked. ' No,' she answered.
' Young man,' she answered,' if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner !'
【New words and expressions】(6)
★hostess
host
actor
★unsmiling
★tight
tight
jeans
The shoes are
small/tight.
tights
★fix
She fixed a handle on the door.
fix
on
fix one's eyes on
sth./one's eyes be fixed on
sth.
★globe
global
problem
earth n.
地球global
★despair
sb./sth. is the
despair of…
The boy is the
despair of his parents.
The examination was the despair of me. = The examination was my despair.我对考试已经绝望了。
disappoint
【课文讲解】
1、Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold.
dinner为不可数名词,“at a dinner party”中的“a”并不修饰“dinner”而是 “party”,have dinner不加“a”
ask sb. to do
sth.
next
to
2、Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress.
unsmiling表示bad mix,很难与人融合。unsmiling的反义词为smiling(微笑的,喜气洋洋的)。有些形容词前面可以加上前缀un-来表示相反的意义:comfortable(舒服的)/ uncomfortable(不舒服的),true(真实的)/untrue(不真实的),interesting(有趣的)/ uninteresting(无趣味的,乏味的)。
in在这里表示“穿着、戴着”:
(inquiring for
sb.
3、She did not even look up
when I took my seat beside her. take a
seat
在并列句中,相同的句子成分(如主语、谓语、状语等)通常由同一词性的单词/词组表示,并且它们的长度也差不多,以保持句子的平衡性。
【Composition】
1
2
1 She not only refused to answer question but she did not ask any question either. =She not only refused to answer question but ask no question either.
but…as well 可以加肯定也可以加否定 ; but…either只能加否定
as well, either 在此句中可省略
2 She was interested in neither the theatre nor travel.
=She was interested neither in the theatre nor in travel.(更好, 介词短语的并列)
【Key structures】
第2类条件句(虚拟条件句)
第1类条件句,谈论将有可能发生的事情,并且考虑其将来的真实结果。主句用一般将来时,从句用一般现在时或其他形式的现在时。
If you help me,I
will be
gratefull.
If it rains, I
will not go.
第2类条件句,if从句谈论想象的情况(假设与现在事实相反),主句则推测想象的结果。 从句使用一般过去时, 主句使用would+动词原形。尽管第2类条件句使用过去时,却并非指过去的时间,所以,if之后的过去时用法常被称为“非真实的过去”,整个条件句也被称作非真实条件句。
If you helped me,I would be grateful.
假如你能使他改变主意, 你会使他免了许多麻烦.
如果if从句中的动词是be, 那么应该在第一和第三人称单数名词之后用were。If I were you这种说法常用于提出建议。If I were you, I’d accept their offer.
第2类条件句有时也可代替第1类条件句来描述颇有可能发生的事情,但比第1类条件句较为“无把握”。第2类条件句经常用来描写完全不可能的事情。 If I had longer legs, I’d be able to run faster.
【Special Difficulties】
Make的用法
及物动词make的原义为“制造”,但它经常用于一些固定的结构,最常见的为make+(冠词)+名词形式:make progress(取得进步);make the bed(铺床);make conversation(找话题);make a noise(吵闹);make a promise(保证);make trouble(捣蛋,制造麻烦);make money(挣钱); make a speech(演讲);make a mistake(犯错误);make up one's mind(下定决心,拿定主意)
Do的用法
完全动词do也有一些固定短语:
do one's best(尽最大努力);do one's homework(做作业);do sb. a favour(帮忙);do a job(干家务);do work(做家务);do exercise(做练习);do business(做生意) do还可以与动名词连用:do some shopping(买东西,购物);do swimming(游泳);do some reading (读书)
【Multiple choice questions】
5
a. sat
seat一定要加宾语, 如果后面没宾语, 就用seat的被动语态(及物动词) : seat yourself / be seated是及物动词,sit是不及物动词, 没有被动语态, 后面不能加宾语,坐下:sit down
9
a. was glancing
at
stuck
to
glance at
扫了一眼stare at = fix one's eyes
on
watch
glimpse of / have
a glimpse
of
catch sight of=
see
read
read loudly, read
aloud
go
through
12
a. enjoying you
c. entertaining
you
enjoy
sth.
enjoy 主语是人 enjoy oneself
sth.
amuse
amuse,entertain后面会加人
entertainment