Lesson 3  Please send me a card  请给我寄一张明信片
   First listen and then answer the question.
    听录音，然后回答以下问题。

    How many cards did the writer send?
  Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

 

How many cards did the writer send?

Answer: None.

send             v. 寄，送
postcard          n. 明信片
spoil                     v. 使索然无味，损坏
museum              n. 博物馆
public            adj. 公共的
friendly           adj. 友好的
waiter             n. 服务员，招待员
lend                     v. 借给
decision             n. 决定
whole                       adj. 整个的
single            adj. 唯一的，单一的

    明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，之后还借给我一本书。我读了几行，但一个字也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买来了37张明信片。我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

New words and expressions

send

寄，送给，传

send --sent -sent

send sth to sb

send sb sth

 

  Please send me a card  -please send a card to me

I sent a message to Duddu yesterday

I sent Dudu a message yesterday

 

 美：mail  英式 post 和send 用法一样

God sends fortune to fools 傻人有傻福

 

spoil vt.破坏，溺爱
The sad news spoiled /ruined our weekend.
Don't spoil your children.
Spare  the rod and spoil the child

She is spoiled

a spoiled child (adj被惯坏了的 )

friendly: 友好的；朋友般的

n+ly=像......一样的

friend +ly =adj 像朋友一样的

motherly 母亲般的

Fatherly /sisterly /brotherly /manly /womanly

miser  守财奴 +ly  = miserly 吝啬的，小气的

coward  懦夫   + ly= cowardly  胆小的，像懦夫一样的

silly/timely/ugly/friendly /costly /lovely/lively/lonely/lowly/

 

 

4. lend: V借给（出）lent lent

lend sb sth /lend sth to sb

Could you lend me some money ?

Could you lend some money to me ?

borrow sth from sb 借入

May /Could I borrow  some money from you ?

 

May I use your bathroom ?

Excuse me ,where is restroom /bathroom ?

 

 spend

人+spend +时间（或金钱）+动名词

 

人+spend +时间（或金钱）+on +名词

I spend two hours writing this letter

I spent all my income on books

If we spend all the money, we'll be poor again.

It takes(人）+时间+to do

It costs +人+ 金钱+to do

It takes (one )about two hours to go from here to Paris

It costs (me ) five dollars to buy that book

 

 

 

single adj 唯一的，单一的

available=单身的，未婚的

I"m single /available

single or married

divorced 离婚的

a single bed /ticket

one way ticket （美）

a double ticket /bed/room

triple  adj 三个的，三倍的

 triple w =www 网址

tricycle 三轮车

 

——Will you marry me ?

----I am engaged .

 

 

R: what's up ?

C:Monic and I engaged。

R：oh my god .congratulations .

C: Thanks .

R: Where is she ?

M:I"m engaged !!! I'm  engaged

J:yeah ,she's been out there for 20 minutes ,I'm surprised  you didn't hear her on the way over

R:oh,I thought It was just a kid yelling ,I'm gay ,I'm gay ...（friends节选）

 

 

 

 

 

1. Postcards always spoil my holidays.

明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。

 

Spoil=ruin 弄坏，损坏，糟蹋：=ruin

always =at all times /all the time

holidays （英式）  vacations (美式）

 

2. Last summer, I went to Italy.

去年夏天，我去了意大利。

spring  summer  autumn（英式）/fall  (美式） winter

Italy 意大利     Italian意大利人，意大利语

 

3. I visited museums and sat in public gardens.

我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。

I ate an apple and drank a cup of cola

My sister read for an hour and went to bed

public secondary school 公立中学

private elementary school 私立小学

 

4. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian.

一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语

friendlier -------friendliest

friendly words /fellow

like a friend 像一个朋友

in a friendly way 以友善的方式

 

waitress 女服务员 headwaiter (饭店)领班

attendant 宾馆服务员 shop assistant 店员

 

teach sb sth /teach sth to sb

I have few friends in Jiangmen （没有几个）

I have quite a few friends in Jiangmen (很多）

 

5. Then he lent me a book.

之后还借给我一本书。

lend sb sth /lend sth to sb

 Would you lend me your pen?
Yesterday I lent my dictionary to Mary.

6. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word.

我读了几行，但一个字也不懂。

a few lines 几行

line  5 第五行

a word : 一个字/一句话

 

7. Every day I thought about postcards.

我每天都想着明信片的事。

everyday :adj 每天的

every day   adv 每天

everyday life  

I study English every day

think about 想着，考虑着

What are you thinking about?
I'm thinking about my friends

think of 想起，想到

I thought of a good idea

 

8. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends.

假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。

 

 two years passed

one minute  passed

Time passe quickly /slowly

How time flies ！

time after time =again and again

pass = go by

My holidays passed quickly

=My holiday went by quickly

=My holiday flew by .

 

9. On the last day I made a big decision.

到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。

on the last + 时间名词---具体的时间点“最后的”

on the last day =on final day

I'm the last one

 last year /summer /week

 

作出决定

come to a decision

 arrive at a decision 

reach a decision

make a decision 

I made/came to /arrived at /reached  a big decision

Have you made /reached /came to /arrived at a decision yet ?

let's keep to the point or we will never reach any decision 

I made a my mind 体现不出big

I made up my mind to study abroad (make up one's mind 下定决心)

 

decide to do sth

the top seed decided to enter the winter Sports （V）

 

 

10. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards.

我早早起了床，买来了37张明信片。

get up early /late

get up a party 筹备一个晚会

get up a subject 研究一门学科

get up speed 加快速度

 

buy sb sth /buy sth for  sb

I bought my nephew a toy car

I bought a toy car for my nephew

at dawn at sunrise/ at daybreak

 

11. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

spend .....on

I spent  a lot of money on food

spend ......(in )doing sth

I spent a lot of time and energy (0n ) learning English

spend =pass 度过

 I spent my summer vacation in Lanzhou City Gansu province

the whole day =all day 整天

 

 in one's room 在某人的房间里

in one's house 在某人的房子里

at one's house 在某人的家中

 

No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has never written a single world!（ 新三28课）

 

 

Comprehension 理解

1 The writer ___________.

(a)doesn’t like buying postcards     (b)doesn’t like receiving postcards

(c)doesn’t like writing postcards    (d)doesn’t like postcards

 

2 What was the writer’s ‘big decision’?

(a)He decided to write postcards to his friends. (b)He decided to spend the whole day in his room.

(c)He decided to buy a lot of postcards.         (d)He decided not to write a single card.

 

Structure 句型

3 Last week he went to Italy. He was _________ Italy last summer.

(a)at         (b)to         (c)in         (d)on

 

4 ____________ him a few words of Italian? The writer.

(a)Who taught      (b)Who did teach     (c)What did he teach    (d)Whom did he teach

 

5 He was a friendly waiter. He spoke to the writer _________.

(a)friend        (b)as friends      (c)like friends    (d)in a friendly way

 

6 The writer __________ a few lines, but he didn’t understand a word.

(a)reads           (b)read          (c)red         (d)reading

 

7 He spent the whole day in his room. He was in his room _________ day.

(a)the hole         (b)the all          (c)all            (d)all of

 

Vocabulary 词汇

8 A waiter usually works in a __________.

(a)public garden      (b)shop      (c)restaurant     (d)private house

 

9 The waiter lent him a book. He _______ a book from the waiter.

(a)lent      (b)borrowed     (c)took     (d)stole

 

10 On the last day he made a big decision. It was the _______ day of his holiday.

(a)final      (b)end     (c)latest       (d)bottom

 

11 He made a big decision. He _________.

(a)thought about it   (b)made up his mind  (c)changed his mind   (d)made a wish

 

12 He didn’t write a single card. So he __________.

(a)wrote only one   (b)didn’t write even one  (c)wrote just one  (d)wrote all the cards except one

 

 

Write each of the following sentences in a different way. 改写以下句子。

eg：He lent me a book.

He lent a book to me.

 

5 The shop assistant found some curtain material for me.

  found sth for me

 

6)He did me a big favour

He did a big fever for me

 

10)His uncle left him some money

leave for 为某人留下-----上学，结婚等送。

leave sth to ----留到-----主语挂了------遗物---遗产

His uncle left his money for him

 

His uncle left his money to him

 

12）I bought this bunch of flowers for you

I bought you this bunch of flower

 

 

1 He paid the shopkeeper some money.

 

2 He handed me the prize.

 

3 The writer brought a bottle of beer to the man.

 

4 He sold all his books to me.

 

 

6 Read me the first paragraph.