Lesson 51
Reward for virtue
对美德的奖赏
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★reward n,报偿
give ab.a reward n.
reward sb.with sth,v,用...来奖赏某人
reward sb.for sth,
...reward him for the first prize.
★virtue n,美德
strongpoints merit 长处,优点
shortpoints weak points 短处,缺点
★diet n,节食
go on a diet
★forbid v,禁止
forbid sb,to do sth.:禁止某人做某事
allow sb.to do
forbad,
forbidden,Forbidden City 紫禁城 forbidden fruit 禁果
lost:一个动词的过去分词可以作为形容词用
broken glass
★hurriedly adv,匆忙地
★embarrass v,使尴尬
embarrassing,令人尴尬
embarrassed,感到尴尬
sth embarrassed me.
You embarrassed me.
embarrassment
to my embarrassment 让我感到尴尬
★guiltily adv,内疚地
guilty consicience 问心有愧
clear conscience 问心无愧
★strict adj,严格的
be strict with sb.
be strict in sth
★reward v,给奖赏
★occasionally adv,偶尔地
on the occasion
at times
How often do you visit your parents?
off and on 偶尔
now and again
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why did Hugh's diet not work?
My friend,Hugh,has always been fat,but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet,He began his diet a week ago,First of all,he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden,The list included most of the things Hugh loves,butter,potatoes,rice,beer,milk,chocolate; and sweets,Yesterday I paid him a visit,I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever,He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk,It was obvious that he was very embarrassed,When I asked him what he was doing,he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk,He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally,Then he showed me the contents of the parcel,It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!
参考译文
我的朋友休一直很胖，但是近来情况变得越发糟糕，以致他决定节食。他是一星期前开始节食的。首先，他开列了一张长长的单子，上面列了所有禁吃的食物。这张单子上的大多数食物都是休喜欢吃的：黄油、土豆、米饭、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。昨天我去看望了他。我按响了门铃，当看到休仍和往常一样胖时，我并不感到惊奇。他把我领进屋，慌忙把一个大包藏到了桌子下面。显然他感到很尴尬。当我问他正干什么时，他内疚地笑了，然后把那个大包拿到了桌上。他解释说，他的饮食控制得太严格了，以致不得不偶尔奖赏自己一下。接着他给我看了包里的东西。里面装了5大块巧克力和3袋糖果！
【课文讲解】
so...that
First of all:首要 at first
write out,写出
included contain一定是容器里面装
most of,大部分 fatten:使某人长胖
pay sb.a visit pay a visit to call at
pay you a visit
have a visit = visit
as...as ever 和往常一样 as clean as ever as quiet as ever
be surprised to do
lead sb.into show sb out see sb off
obviously It was obvious that...
【Letter writing】
对对方熟悉,但是为了表示一种尊重,也可这么写
Mr.and Mrs.+姓
Dear+姐姐的名字 Dear Bill Dear Mr./Mrs + 某人
Dear Mr./Mrs + 姓
Dear Sir/madam
【Special difficulties】
raise,及物动词
rise,不及物动词
Lay,及物动词 Lie,不及物动词
lay the egg lie in bed
beat,后面接对手 win,不能加对手
I beat you
1.,..rose...
2.,..lying...
3.,..laid...
before breakfast
注意第三人称单数
4.,..rose...
有宾语,前面还有介词
5.,..beats...
6..,win...
【Summary writing】
1.so...that + 结果
2,but
5,because
【Multiple choice】
4...d...
读完句子有ago的词,一定不用完成时,用一般过去时
11..,d...
felt是feel的过去式半联系动词:be动词
感官动词
get:变得,become
lie
feel+adj.
shy:害羞(习惯性的,在某一种情况下就会做出的反映)
shame:(n.)羞愧
shameful:令人羞愧的
ashamed,感到羞愧的
hot,热的,恼火的
uncomfortable,不舒服的