Lesson 40
Food and talk
进餐与交谈
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★hostess n,女主人
actor
actress
host:男主人
host(v.):作为主人,主办
★unsmiling adj,不笑的，严肃的
★tight adj,紧身的
tight jeans
★fix v,凝视,修理,固定
fix one's eyes on
one's eyes be fixed on
★globe n,地球
global:全球的
★despair n,绝望
disappoint
in despair
sb./sth.is a despair of...
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Was Mrs,Rumbold a good companion at dinner?
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.
In despair,I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered,'if you ate more and talked less,we would both enjoy our dinner!"
参考译文
在上星期的一次宴会上，女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁。兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大、表情严肃的女人，穿一件紧身的黑衣服。当我在她身旁坐下来的时候，她甚至连头都没有抬一下。她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子，不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。我试图找个话题和她聊聊。
,一出新剧要来‘环球剧场’上演了，”我说，“您去看吗？”
,不，”她回答。
,您今年去国外度假吗？”我又问。
,不，”她回答。
,您就呆在英国吗？”我问。
,不，”她回答。
失望之中我问她饭是否吃得满意。
,年轻人，”她回答说，“如果你多吃点，少说点，我们两个都会吃得好的！”
【课文讲解】
ask sb.to do sth.
next to:与……相邻
be on:放映
用虚拟语气:
1.与现在事实相反,从句使用一般过去时,主句使用would+动词原型
【Key structures】
1.were
2.tries
3.will born
4.would have to
5.lost
6.don't apologize
7.were
8.won
9.would not be
10.could
【Special difficulties】
make progress
do business
1.made...do
2.does...makes
3.doing...making
4.made...did
go shopping do some shopping
【Composition】
She not only refused to answer any question but she did not ask any question either.
but....as well 可以家肯定也可以加否定
but...either只能加否定
2.She was interested in neither the theatre nor travel.
She was interested neither in the theatre nor in travel.
3.She liked eating good food but she did not like talking about it.
【Exercises】
4.C
ask.sb.to do sth,祈使句以动词原型为标志
5.A
sit down
seat一定要加宾语,如果后面没宾语,后面就用seat的被动形式
seat yourself be seated
sit 是主动,没有被动语态,后面不能加宾语
9.B
glance at:扫了一眼,stare at:盯着看 stuck to:粘在...上面
look at,see,watch
notice:强调的是眼睛的注意,看一些别人不太注意的事情
fix one's eyes on=stare at
I glanced at it but I didn't pick it up.
glimpase of have a glimpse of
sight catch sight of in sight
read:阅读
read loudly,read aloud:汉语中的读从头来看——look at go through:浏览
12.D
enjoy sth.:表示在后者当中得到了一种享受
sth.amuse/entertain sb,entertainment
enjoy 主语是人 enjoy oneself amuse,entertain后面会加人