1、11 A private conversation 私人谈话编辑本段【课文】Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at
2、 the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. “I cant hear a word!“ I said angrily.“Its none of your business,“ the young man said rudely. “This is a private conversation!“【课文翻译】上星期我去看戏。我的座位很好，戏很有意思，但我却无法欣赏。一青年男子与一青年女子坐在我的身后，大声
3、地说着话。我非常生气，因为我听不见演员在说什么。我回过头去怒视着那一男一女，他们却毫不理会。最后，我忍不住了，又一次回过头去，生气地说：“我一个字也听不见了!”“不关你的事，”那男的毫不客气地说，“这是私人间的谈话!”【生词和短语】private (title) adj. 私人的angry adj. 生气的conversation n. 谈话angrily adv. 生气地theatre n. 剧场，戏院attention n. 注意seat n. 座位bear (bore, borne) v. 容忍play n. 戏business n. 事loudly adv. 大声地rudely adv
4、. 无礼地，粗鲁地2 Breakfast or lunch?早餐还是午餐?编辑本段2【课文】First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Why was the writers aunt surprised?It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark out
5、side. What a day! I thought. Its raining again. Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. Ive just arrived by train, she said. Im coming to see you.But Im still having breakfast, I said.What are you doing? she asked.Im having breakfast, I repeated.Dear me, she said. Do you always get up so
6、 late? Its one oclock!【课文翻译】那是个星期天，而在星期天我是从来不早起的，有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。上个星期天，我起得很晚。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。“鬼天气!”我想，“又下雨了。” 正在这时，电话铃响了。是我姑母露西打来的。“我刚下火车，” 她说，“我这就来看你。”“但我还在吃早饭，”我说。“你在干什么?”她问道。“我正在吃早饭，”我又说了一遍。“天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗?现在已经 1 点钟了!”【生词和短语】until prep. 直到outside adv. 外面ring v. (铃、电话等 )响aunt n. 姑，姨，婶，舅母repeat v. 重
7、复【知识点讲解】1 get up 短语 (使)起床get up 还有起身、站起( 相当于 stand up);( 海浪、风等)增强、变猛烈的意思。例句：Everyone get up when the manager came in.当经理走进来时每个人都站立起来了。32 sometimes 有时候sometime，sometimes，some time，some times 用法区别sometime(1)副词：某个时候。可指过去或将来的某个时候。(2)形容词：(指某人曾经是)从前的，过去的，意思类似 former，偶尔的。例句：Well take our holiday sometime i
8、n August.我们会在八月找个时间度假。(将来)This is our sometime general manager.这是我们的前任总经理。(过去)sometimes 副词：有时候。另外，at times 也是“ 有时”的意思。例句：Sometimes, I recall the campus life.有时候，我会回想起大学生活。some time 某段时间。常与 for 连用。例句：I will stay here for some time.我将在这儿待一段时间。some times 几次。several times 也可以表示“几次”，但比 some times 较确定。tim
9、e 作可数名词时可作“次数”解;表示“时间”时是不可数名词。例句：He has been to America some times.他去过几次美国。3 outside adv. 在外面;向外面，也可表示在户外。例句：I am cleaning the house, please wait outside for several minutes.我正在打扫屋子，请在外等几分钟。4 on sundays，指每个星期日。星期几的前面要用介词 on。例句：I usually go hiking on Friday.我通常在星期五去远足。5 What a day!多么糟糕的天气!这是一个省略的感叹句。
10、完整的句子应该是 What a day it is!英语中的感叹句常用 what 开头，后面紧跟一个名词或名词性短语 (包括连系动词)，然后是主语和谓语，句尾用感叹号，即其基本形式是：What+(a) 名词+主谓结构。使用 what 感叹句时要注意：如果 what 后面是可数名词单数，则一定要加不定冠词。 what 后面的名词词组不能加定冠词。4例句：What a happy day we had yesterday!昨天真是开心的一天!What bad news it was!真是个坏消息!6 Im coming to see you.在这句话中，是用现在进行时表示近期计划或安排将要进行的动
11、作。具有这种语法功能的词仅限于过渡性动词，比如：come, go, leave, start, arrive, return 等。例句：My aunt is coming tonight.我姨妈今晚要来。【上期作业回顾】将下面的三个句子翻译成英语。1 因为那时她在外地出差，所以她没来。She didnt come because she was on a business trip at that time.2 我听见她的笑声。I heard her laughing.3 没人注意他离开了。Nobody paid attention to his leave.【课后作业】将下面的三个句子翻译成
12、英语。1 我喜欢在星期天逛街。2 他站在屋子外面。3 这真是一件令人震惊的事!3 Pleasesend me a card 请给我寄一张明信片编辑本段【课文】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?5Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter t
13、aught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day 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.
14、I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!【课文翻译】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!【生词和短语】send (sent，sent) v. 寄，送postcard n. 明
15、信片spoil v. (spoiled or spoilt) 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 (lent, lent) v. 借给decision n. 决定whole adj. 整个的single adj. 唯一的，单一的【知识点讲解】一、词汇解析1 send 动词 寄，发送;传达，告知; 派遣，打发send sb. something/ send sth. to sb.例句：Lily sent me a present from Australia.莉莉从澳大利亚给我寄
16、来了礼物。短语扩展：send for sb. 请某人来例句：Please hurry up send for a doctor!6请赶快请医生过来!2 spoil 动词 破坏，毁掉;溺爱，娇惯，宠坏spoil 的过去式和过去分词可以是 spoiled 或 spoilt例句：My weekend was spoilt by his sudden visit.我的周末被他的突然到访破坏了。spoil 还可表示长辈对晚辈的溺爱，娇惯。例句：Jack is spoilt by his mother.杰克被他的妈妈宠坏了。3 public 形容词 公共的，公众的; 百姓的这个词与我们第 1 课中讲到的
17、private 是一对反义词。public library 公共图书馆public transport 公共运输例句：The media has a great influence on public opinion.传媒对大众舆论有很大影响。public 也可以作名词，前面加定冠词 the，表示平民，百姓。例句：The president gave a speech to the public.总统对公众进行了演讲。4 friendly 形容词 友好的，友爱的; 亲切的，善意的;朋友似的friendly 是一个形容词，要特别注意，它的比较级和最高级分别是 friendlier，friendl
18、iest。短语扩展：friendly to/ towards sb.例句：Everyone was friendly to me.每个人对我都很友好。friendly match 友谊赛5 lend 动词 借给，借出lend (out) sth. to sb./ lend sb. sth.例句：Can you lend me your cellphone?你能把手机借我用用吗?lend ，borrow ，keep 的区别7两者都可表示“借”，但是 borrow 指“借入” ，而 lend 则指“ 借出”，两者其实是一对反义词，而不是同义词。如：I borrowed this book from
19、 the library.我从图书馆借到了这本书。He lent his dictionary to me.他把字典借给我。要表示“向某人借某物”，英语用 borrow sth from sb，其中用介词 from。要表示“把某物借给某人”，英语用 lend sth to sb，其中用介词 to。具体可见以上两个例句。keep 做“ 借”讲时，是延续性动词，通常表示借了某物多长时间，常与表示一段时间的时间状语连用。而 borrow 和 lend 是短暂性动词，不能与表示一段时间的时间状语连用。例句：You can keep this bike for a week.这辆自行车你可以借用一周。二
20、、语法解析1 go to+地名 表示去某地例句：I want to go to Tibet.我想去西藏。2 a few words 翻译为 “几句话”，而不是“ 几个单词”。3 think about 思考，思索think about/ of sb./ sth. 考虑到，关心，替着想例句：Did you ever think about me?你什么时候为我想过?短语扩展 think ahead (to sth.) 预先计划，预想think back 回想，追忆think for yourself 独立思考，自行决定think sth. over 仔细考虑，慎重思考4 I visited mu
21、seums and sat in public gardens.这个句子里 visited 和 sat 都是用的过去式，这个句子就使用了一般过去时的形式。一般过去时主要用来对过去发生的事情作一般性的描述。表示过去发生的事件和状态，只强调过去的一个事实，与现在无任何联系。8例句：I went to Beijing 3 years ago.我三年前去过北京。表示过去的习惯性动作，而且必须带表示频率的时间状语。否则，只能表示过去的某个一次性动作。例句：He wrote a letter every week.他过去每周写一封信。叙述过去发生的一连串动作。在这一句型中，几个实义动词要求使用同一种形式。
22、例句：He washed his face, put on his coat, opened the door, and rushed out.他洗完脸，穿上外套，打开门，然后冲了出去。【课后作业】将下面的三个句子翻译成英语。不要在公共场合吸烟!我向他借了支笔。她曾经是个演员。4 Anexciting trip 激动人心的旅行 编辑本段课文】First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Why is Tim finding this trip exciting?I have just received a letter from
23、my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Austra
24、lia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.【课文翻译】我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信，他正在澳大利亚。他在那儿已经住了 6 个月了。蒂姆是个工程师，正在为一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久还将到达尔文去，从那里，他再飞往珀斯。我弟弟以前从未出过国，因此，他觉得
25、这次旅行非常激动人心。【生词和短语】9exciting adj. 令人兴奋的receive v. 接受，收到firm n. 商行，公司different adj. 不同的center n. 中心abroad adv. 在国外5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞编辑本段【课文】First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What does No wrong numbers mean?Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought an
26、other garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Sc
27、ott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.【课文翻译】詹姆斯斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理部，现在他刚在平赫斯特买了另一个汽车修理部。平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有 5 英里，但詹姆斯斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部搞到一部电话机，所以他买了 12 只鸽子。昨天，一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫斯特带到锡尔伯里。这只鸟
28、只用了 3 分钟就飞完了全程。到目前为止，斯科特先生从一个汽车修理部向另一个发送了大量索取备件的信件和其他紧急函件。就这样，他开始了自己的私人“电话”业务。【生词和短语】pigeon n. 鸽子message n. 信息cover v. 越过distance n. 距离request n. 要求，请求spare part 备件10service n. 业务，服务6 PercyButtons 珀西. 巴顿斯编辑本段【课文】First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Who is Percy Buttons?I have just
29、moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Lat
30、er a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.【课文翻译】我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子。昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门，问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。作为回报，那乞丐头顶地倒立起来，嘴里还唱着歌。我给了他一顿饭。他把食物吃完，又喝了酒。然后把一块乳酪装进衣袋里走了。后来，一位邻居告诉了我他的情况。大
31、家都认识他，他叫珀西巴顿斯。他每月对这条街上的每户人家光顾一次，总是请求给他一顿饭和一杯啤酒。【生词和短语】beggar n. 乞丐food n. 食物pocket n. 衣服口袋call v. 拜访，光顾7 Too late 为时太晚编辑本段课文内容：The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone
32、had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
