新概念英语第二册 Lesson 40 课件

Lesson 40 Food and talk New words and expression hostess  n. 女主人 unsmiling  adj. 不笑的，严肃的 tight  adj. 紧身的 fix  v. 凝视 globe  n. 地球 despair  n. 绝望 【New words and expressions】 ★unsmiling adj. 不笑的 近义词：serious adj. 严肃的, 认真的, 严重的 eg: My father is a serious man. 我的父亲是一个严肃的人 —smile n./v. 微笑 unsmiling: un+smiling微笑的，晴朗美好的=不笑的 un加adj.表否定 eg: usual - unusual certain-uncertain 【New words and expressions】 ★fix v. 凝视 fix one‘s eyes on sth. 盯着..., 目不转睛 习惯用被动, 表达为: one's eyes be fixed on sth eg: All the eyes were fixed on the blackboard 所有的眼睛都盯着黑板 fix ① 固定 ② 修理 eg: fix the picture on the wall fix the bicycle 【New words and expressions】 ★ globe n. 地球 global adj : 全球的 eg: global problem 全球性的问题 global warming 全球变暖 ★ despair n. 绝望, 失望, 令人失望的人(事物) vi.绝望 in despair 绝望的，在绝望中 eg: He was in despair after the test. 考试之后他陷入了绝望当中 eg: This boy is his mother's despair。 这个男孩使他妈绝望了. First listen and answer the questions. 1.Where did the writer sit at the dinner party? 2.Was Mrs. Rumbold a good companion at dinner? 3.What did Mrs. Rumbold say to the writer when he asked her if she was enjoying her dinner? Text Food and talk 进餐与交谈 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 !' 1.Last week at a dinner