Lesson 117  Tommy's breakfast

汤米的早餐

Lesson 118  What were you doing?
你那时正在做什么

 【New words and expressions】生词和短语

dining room饭厅

coin n.硬币

mouth           n.嘴

swallow  v.吞下

later         adv.后来

toilet       n．厕所，盥洗室

【课文内容】

Listen to the tape then answer this question What does she mean by‘change’in the last sentence?

听录音，然后回答问题。最后一句话中的“change”是什么意思？

When my husband was going into the dining room this morning, he dropped some coins on the floor.

There were coins everywhere. We looked for them, but we could not find them all.

While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor.

He put them both into his mouth. We both tried to get the coins, but it was too late.

Tommy had already swallowed them!

Later that morning, when I was doing the housework,

my husband phoned me from the office.

‘How's Tommy?’he asked. ‘I don't know,’ I answered,

Tommy's been to the toilet three times this morning, but I haven't had any change yet!’

 

 【课文翻译】

今天早晨我丈夫走进饭厅时，把一些硬币掉在地上了。 到处都是硬币。我们虽然找了，但没能把它们全部找到。 正当我们吃早饭时，我们的小男孩汤米在地上找到了两枚小硬币。

他把这两枚硬币全都放进了嘴里。我们俩都试图把这两枚硬币拿出来，但太迟了。汤米已经把硬币咽了下去！ 那天上午的晚些时候，当我正做家务时，我丈夫从办公室打来电话。

“汤米怎么样？”他问。“我不知道，”我回答说，“今天上午汤米去了3次厕所了，但我还没看到硬币！”

 

dining room

饭厅

are you serving dinner in the dining room or in t he kitchen  ?

你在饭厅用餐还是在厨房？（开饭)

 

When my husband was going into the dining room this morning he dropped some cions on the floor.

今天早上我丈夫走进饭厅时，把一些硬币掉在地上了。

 

Your dining room looks clean and tidy.

你的饭厅又干净又整齐。

 

coin

(名词)硬币

He collects foreign coins

我喜欢收集外国硬币。

I'll have to give you your change in coins .I don't have enough notes

我得找给你硬币。我没有足够的纸钞。

 

 

 

mouth

(名词)嘴

He put them both into his mouth.

他把这两枚硬币全总放进了嘴里。

 

What's in your mouth?

你嘴里吃着什么？

 

swallow

(动词)吞下

 

Tommy had already swallowed them!

汤米已经把硬币咽了下去！

 

Can you swallow an aspirin tablet ?

你能吞下一整片阿司匹林吗？

 

He swallowed his drink down and stood up to leave later

他一饮而尽，站起身来走了。

 

(副词)后来

 

Later that morning,when I was doing the housework,my husband phoned me from the office.

那天早上的晚些时候，当我正做家务时，我丈夫从办公室打来电话。

 

What happened to him later?

后来他怎么样了？

 

See you late!

回头见！

 

toilet

(名词)厕所

 

Tommy's been to the toilet three times this morning,but I haven't had any change yet!

今天早上汤米去了3次厕所了，但我还没有看到硬币！

 

The children have gone to the toilet

孩子们去厕所了。

 

Where is the men's toilet,please?

请问男厕所在什么地方？

 

Notes on the text课文注释
1 在英文中表示过去某时正在进行的动作，要用过去进行时。与现在进行时相比，过去进行时的区别就在于要用be的过去式。过去进行时的例子有：      When my husband Was going Into the dining room this morning…；While we were having breakfast…等。
2 them all, all用来强调每一个硬币。从语法上来讲，all是them的同位语。紧跟在一个名词或代词后，进一步说明前面名词或代词是谁或什么东西的名词或代词，叫同位语。
3 our little boy, Tommy, Tommy是boy的同位语。
4 put them both…both是them的同位语。
5 we both…both是we的同位语。
6 Tommy had already swallowed them!
句中用了过去完成时。过去完成时用来表示两个动作中，发生在前的那个动作。显然，句中“咽下硬币”的动作发生在夫妇俩能够把硬币从汤米手中抢过来之前。
7 later that morning，那天上午的晚些时候。
later是副词late的比较级。
8 any change，
change是个多义词，既有“零钱”的意思，也有“变化”的意思。此处既可指“硬币”，亦可指“情况的变化”。这是“双关”修辞法。

语法]
过去进行时使用的时机：
1、在过去某个特定的时间正在进行或发生的动作。

he was studying English then 那是他正在学英语

he was taking a bath when you called

 

2 一般过去时中即将发生的事

he was dying

= he was going to die

= he was about to die

那是他快死了

结构：
主语+ was（were）+ doing
S+ wasn’t（weren’t) +Ving
Was（Were） +S +Ving?

I was reading a book at 7 o’clock yesterday.

I wasn’t reading a book at 7 o’clock yesterday.

Were you reading a book at 7 o’clock yesterday?

What were you doing at 7 o’clock yesterday?

 

连接时间状语从句的词：when 当……的时候；while 当……的时候（强调两个动作的同时进行）
when和while大多数情况下可互换，当强调两个动作的同时进行和发生，只能用while。
just as 正当……
时间状语从句主句放前面，用连接词连接，时间状语从句放前面时，要用逗号隔开。
I was reading a book while my wife was working in the garden at two o’clock yesterday afternoon.
While my wife was working in the garden at two o’clock yesterday afternoon, I was reading a book.

 

Lesson 118  What were you doing?
你那时正在做什么

 

A Rewrite these sentences using when.

模仿例句用when把两个句子合并成一句。

Example：

He arrived. I had a bath. He arrived when I was having a bath.

1 He knocked at the door. I answered the phone.

2 He came downstairs. I had breakfast.

3 The phone rang. I washed the dishes.

4 The boss arrived. She typed a letter.

5 The train left. I bought the tickets.

6 It rained heavily. I drove to London.

B Answer these questions.

模仿例句回答以下问题。

Example：

What were you doing when he arrived? (have a bath)

When he arrived I was having a bath.

1 What were you doing when he arrived? (cook a meal)

2 What were you doing when he arrived? (wash the dishes)

3 What were you doing when he arrived? (work in the garden)

4 What were you doing when he arrived? (type letters)

5 What were you doing when he arrived? (shave)

6 What were you doing when he arrived? (boil the milk)

7 What were you doing when he arrived? (phone my sister)

8 What were you doing when he arrived? (dust the bedroom)

 

C Answer these questions.

模仿例句回答以下问题。

Example：

What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(work in the garden)

While I was cooking the dinner, he was working in the garden.

1 What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(have a wash)

2 What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(watch television)

3 What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(clean his shoes)

4 what was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(listen to the radio)

5 What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(change his suit)

6 What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(sit in the dining room)

7 What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(read the paper)

8 What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?

(drive home from work)