1、Last week, my four year old daughter, Sally, was invited to a childrens party. I decided to take her by train. Sally was very excited because she had never travelled on a train before. She sat near the window and asked questions about everything she saw. Suddenly, a middle-aged lady got on the train
2、 and sat opposite Sally.“Hello, little girl,“ She said. Sally did not answer, but looked at her curiously.The lady was dressed in a blue coat and a large, funny hat. After the train had left the station, the lady opened her handbag and took out her powder compact. She then began to make up her face.
3、“Why are you doing that?“ Sally asked.“To make myself beautiful,“ the lady answered. She put away her compact and smiled kindly.“But you are still ugly.“ Sally said. Sally was amused, but I was very embarrassed!New Word and expressions 生词与短语excitedadj. 兴奋的get on登上middle-agedadj. 中年的oppositeprep.在对面c
4、uriouslyadv.好奇地funnyadj. 可笑的，滑稽的powdern. 香粉compactn. 带镜的化妆盒kindlyadv. 和蔼地uglyadj. 丑陋的amusedadj. 有趣的smilev. 微笑embarrassedadj. 尴尬本文参考译文上周，我 4 岁的女儿萨莉被邀请去参加一个儿童聚会。我决定带她乘火车去。萨莉非常激动，因为她从未乘过火车。她靠车窗坐着，对她所看到的一切都要问个明白。突然，一个中年妇女上了火车，坐在萨莉的对面。“你好，小姑娘，”她说。萨莉没回答，却好奇地看着她。那位妇女穿着一件蓝色的大衣，戴着一顶大而滑稽的帽子。火车开出车站后，那位妇女打开了手提包
5、，拿出了粉盒。然后她开始打扮起来。“你为什么要那样做呢？”萨莉问。“为了把自己打扮漂亮啊，”那位妇女答道。她放好了粉盒，慈祥地微笑着。“可是你仍然难看呀，”萨莉说。萨莉感到很有趣，而我却很尴尬。新概念英语第一册第 141 课 Sallys first train ride 萨莉第一次乘火车旅行【课文】Listen to the tape then answer this question. Why was the mother embarrassed?Last week, my four-year-old daughter, Sally, was invited to a childrens
6、party. I decided to take her by train. Sally was very excited because she had never travelled on a train before. She sat near the window and asked questions about everything she saw. Suddenly, a middle-aged lady got on the train and sat opposite Sally. Hello, little girl, she said. Sally did not ans
7、wer, but looked at her curiously. The lady was dressed in a blue coat and a large, funny hat. After the train had left the station, the lady opened her handbag and took out her powder compact. She then began to make up her face. Why are you doing that? Sally asked. To make myself beautiful, the lady
8、 answered. She put away her compact and smiled kindly. But you are still ugly, Sally said. Sally was amused, but I was very embarrassed!【课文翻译】听录音，然后回答问题。为什么母亲感到很尴尬？上周，我 4 岁的女儿萨莉被邀请去参加一个儿童聚会。我决定带她乘火车去。萨莉非常激动，因为她从未乘过火车。她靠车窗坐着，对她所看到的一切都要问个明白。突然，一个中年妇女上了火车，坐在萨莉的对面。 “你好，小姑娘，”她说。萨莉没回答，却好奇地看着她。那位妇女穿着一件蓝色的大
9、衣，戴着一顶大而滑稽的帽子。火车开出车站后，那位妇女打开了手提包，拿出了粉盒。然后她开始打扮起来。“你为什么要那样做呢？”萨莉问。“为了把自己打扮漂亮啊，”那位妇女答道。她放好了粉盒，慈祥地微笑着。“可是你仍然难看呀，”萨莉说。萨莉感到很有趣，而我却很尴尬。【生词】excited adj. 兴奋的compact n. 带镜的化妆盒get on 登上kindly adv. 和蔼地middle-aged adj. 中年的ugly adj. 丑陋的opposite prep. 在. 对面amused adj. 有趣的curiously adv. 好奇地smile v. 微笑funny adj. 可笑
10、的，滑稽的embarrassed adj. 尴尬的，窘迫的powder n. 香粉二【知识点讲解】（一）单词扩展1）decide v. 对.做出抉择，决定；影响.的结果例句：I cant decide what to wear.我拿不定主意穿什么。decide on /upon sth. 决定，选定2）compact这个词既可作名词，也可作形容词，还可作动词作名词 表示带镜小粉盒，也可在口语中表协议，合约。作形容词 表示袖珍的，体积小的，紧凑的a compact camera 袖珍照相机作动词 把.紧压在一起3）get on 登上，乘上（指乘车，飞机，或船）4）embarrassed adj.
11、 (犹指在社交场合)窘迫的，尴尬的句型：be embarrased about /at sth.be embarrassed to do sth.financially embarrassed (口语)拮据的，经济困难的例句：He felt embarrassed at being the center of attention.他因自己成为众人注目的中心而感到尴尬。（二）【语法讲解】1. my four-year-old daughter 我那四岁的女儿four-year-old 是名词 daughter 的定语，常常用连字符连在一起，组成一个复合形容词。注意在这个复合词中仅用 year，而
12、不用复数。同类型的词还有 a five-year plan 一个五年计划 a three-day holiday 三天的假期2. Sally, was invited to a childrens party.这是一个被动语态的句子。在英文中，如果想要避免用含混不清的词(如 someone 等) 作主语，常常可使用被动语态。被动语态有相应的 be 动词加上过去分词组成。3. she had never travelled on a train before,副词 before 通常用于完成时(现在完成时或过去完成时)的句子里，ago 用在过去时的句子里。4. be dressed in. 穿戴
13、.。例句：He is dressed in a blue T-shirt and looks energetic.他今天穿了件蓝色 T-恤，看起来很有活力。5. make up her face, 往她的脸上施脂粉。6. make myself beautiful, 把自己打扮漂亮（三）【课后作业】翻译下面三个句子。(1)我对她的作业很好奇。(2)他的话让人很尴尬。(3)汤姆昨天生病了。【作业时间】1. 我们为大家提供了两种主流英语发音的音频，请大家下载自己喜欢的一种，放到 MP3里反复听！（刚开始练习英语听力和口语最好选定一种学习，不要英音美音混淆哦！）2. 背诵、并默写今天的课文。实在没有时间的同学就抄写一遍吧。（部落互动学习本期推出在线录音，希望大家多多开口，我会帮大家做点评）
