★sticky adj 粘的
as sticky as glue和胶水一样粘
★finger n 手指
thumb大拇指
index finger食指 (index n vi vt)
middle finger中指
ring finger无名指
little finger小指
toe 脚趾
★pie n 馅饼
★mix v 混合, 拌和
mixture n混合物
★pastry n 面糊
★annoying adj 恼人的
It is annoying
annoyed感到烦恼的
比anger的语气弱 n v
★recelver n 电话的话筒
★dismay v 失望, 泄气
dismay sb让某人感到失望
dismaying令人失望
dismayed感到失望
★recognize v 认出, 听出
★persuade v 说服, 劝说
reason with sb劝说; 并不能说明是否劝说成功
try to persuade 劝说; persuade表示劝说已经成功
★mess n 乱七八糟
what a mess!
you are a mess!你真邋遢
the man/woman is a mess
make a mess of sth把...搅得乱七八糟
he made a mess of my job他把我的工作搅得一团糟
★doorknob n 门把手
★sign v 签字
sign your name(s) here在这签名 (许多人加 “s” )
signature 签名
I need your signature我需要你的签名
autograph 明星, 名人的签名 (n 亲笔签名 v 签署)
registered letter挂号信
sign for签收
★register v 挂号邮寄
【Text】
Lesson 54 sticky fingers 粘糊的手指
First listen and then answer the question.听录音, 然后回答以下问题.
What two interruptions did the writer have?
After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
参考译文
早饭后, 我送孩子们上学, 然后就去了商店. 我回到家时, 时间还早. 孩子们在上学, 我丈夫在上班, 家里清静得很. 于是我决定做些肉馅饼. 不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉, 很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊. 恰恰在此时, 电话铃响了. 没有什么能比这更烦人了. 我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒. 当我听出是海伦"贝茨的声音时, 非常丧气. 我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话. 我终于挂上了话筒. 真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、电话机上以及门的把手上, 都沾上了面糊. 我刚回到厨房, 门铃又响了起来, 响声足以把死人唤醒. 这次是邮递员, 他要我签收一封挂号信!
【课文讲解】
after breakfast在吃过早饭后
I send the children to school送孩子上学
at school在上学
at work 在上班
at home在家休息
be busy doing忙于做某事
flour面粉, 不可数名词, 注意发音于 “flower” 相同, 但 “flower” 是可数名词, 一般会用复数 “flowers”
be covered with盖满
at exactly that monent就在那时
no one could be/have been没有人...
no one could be /have been fatter没有人更胖了
nothing could have been cheaper没有什么东西更便宜了
no face could be uglier没有一张脸更丑了 (ugly )
no books could be more interesting没有书更有趣了
nothing could have been more exciting没有什么事情更令人激动
pick up the receiver捡起话筒
persuade sb to do sth说服某人做某事
it takes sb some time to do sth花费某人多久做某事, “it” 作形式主语
ring back : 1、回电话, 2、再打电话
hang up挂起
hang up the receiver挂断电话
no sooner...than... / hardly...when...
★enough n adj adv 足够的
1、n. I have/had had enough.我已经拥有足够了
2、adj ① enough+n, ② n+enough 修饰名词
I have enough time/time enough.
enough修饰名词放在被修饰词的前面或后面
3、adv 不修饰动词只修饰adj或者adv
enough修饰adj或者adv时一定要放在被修饰词的后面;
enough to do sth足以用来做某事
he is rich enough to buy the whole city他富有的可以买下整个城市
I am hungry enough to eat sth
在dead, young, old前面可以直接加the
the+adj表示...一类人
the rich富人 the young 年轻人 the blind瞎子 the deaf 聋子
the English英国人 Englishman, Englishwoman
重点 :
词 (annoyin;dismay;persuade;mess;sign)
句型 (1 Nothing could have been more annoying. 2 loud enough to wake the dead.)
【letter writing】书信写作
pleased to do非常高兴的
在信的第一段里, 你应该提及你已经收到的一封信或促使你回信的某一事件
如 : I was very pleased to learn that you are well.
I was very pleased to learn that you have a baby.恭喜你做爸爸了
Thank you for +n
【Key structures】 关键句型
the + adj : 表示一类人
the most : 最
most : 非常
most of the : 大部分的
most of the young people : 大部分年轻人
【Multiple choice questions】 多项选择题
5 Nothing could have been more annoying. It was ______annoying thing that could have happened.
a.the more b.more c.most d. the most
5、nothing + be more annoying表达最高级含义
answer: D
7 She had hardly got back to the kitchen ______the doorbell rang.
a.when b.than c.as d. as soon as
hardly....when.....
no sooner.....than.....
8 She was busy mixing butter and flour. She was ______.
a.joining them b.uniting them c. unifying them d. putting them together
United States (政治上的联合)
Unify 与 unite 的用法基本相同, 指的是政治上的联合
join的两种用法
1、join the army/join the party
2、join us!(口语常用, 注意连读)
answer: D
10 She was dismayed when she heard Helen Bates. She felt ______.
a.pity b.sorry c.ill d.tired
tired 单独用表示 : 很累
只有 “tired of” 表示 : 厌烦
pity 为名词, sorry 为adj
answer: B
fell 为感官动词
【Composition】 作文
用括号中的连词改写以下句子 :
1 I put the cake in the oven. I forgot all about it. (After putting)
2 Two hours had passed.I smelled something burning.(When)
3 I went into the kitchen.I found it full of smoke.(On going)
1 After putting the cake in the oven, I forgot all about it.
2 .....(time)passed, and then.....
.....(time)passed, before.....
Two hours had passed when I smelled something burning.
一般不会把 “when” 放在 “.....(time)passed.....” 之前, 这是一种习惯
something burning: burning放在不定代词后面, “-ing” 表主动关系, 即表示东西正在燃烧.
3 On going into the kitchen, I found it full of smoke.
【Summary writing】 摘要写作
1 Did the writer return home from the shops or not?What did she begin to make?(As soon as)
2 Did the telephone ring soon afterwards or not? Were her hugers very sticky or not?(When)
3 How long did she spend talking to Helen Bates on the telephone?
4 Did she look at the mess she had made or not?(After that)
5 What was covered with pastry?
6 Who rang the doorbell?(Just then)
7 What did he want her to do?
1 as soon as:时间状语从句引导词
as soon as = when
as soon as 强调这个动作一发生, 立即就发生了另一个动作
when 不强调两个动作紧密相连
4 after 作介词, 后接名词或代词作宾语
作连词, 后接句子
文中 “that” 为代词, “after that” 仅为介词短语
补充P237 lesson 50 summary writing
1 Where did the writer want to go? Did he know the way or not? What did the conductor promise to do? (but as)
1 “but as” 并不是并列短语, 两者连在一起仅仅是巧合
The writer wanted to go to Woodfast GREen but as he did not know the way, the conductor promised to tell him where to get off.
第一句和第二句之间是 “but” 关系, 第二句和第三句之间为 “as” 关系, 所以产生 “but as”
多项选择参考答案:
l.(d) 2.(b) 3.(d) 4.(b) 5.(d) 6.(b) 7.(a) 8.(d) 9.(c) 10.(b) 1 l.(d) 12.(d)
