新概念第二册Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue课文详解+重点词汇+语法+语法填空 讲义

Lesson 89 文本  A slip of the tongue People will do anything to see a free show--even if it is a bad one. When the news got round that a variety show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just be- fore the show began. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen. Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come. The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing. We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: 'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen !'  文本解析 一）词汇学习Word study 1. free与single（1）free可以表示“免费的”、“无偿的”：The girl‘gave’her mother a free dress once a week!那姑娘每星期“送”她母亲一件免费的衣服！She has got some free tickets to the comedy show.她有这场喜剧表演的一些免费入场券。free还可以表示“自由的”、“没束缚的”、“不受控制的”、“空闲的”等含义：You are free to make your own decision.你有权作出自己的决定。I'm free on Friday evening.我星期五晚上有空。 （2）single可以指人“单身的”、“独身的”、“未婚的”：I enjoy being single.我喜欢独身生活。Are you married or single?你结婚了还是单身？There are more and more single women in modern cities.现代城市里单身女人越来越多了。a single parent单亲（独自一人养育儿女的父亲或母亲） 2. queue与row（1）queue可以作不及物动词，表示“排队”：We had to queue for hours to get in.我们不得不排了好几个小时队才进了场内。She has to queue for the bus every morning.她每天早上都得排队等公共汽车。（通常与for连用）queue也可以作名词，表示按顺序等待的人、车等的“行列”、“队”：There's a long queue/line of people waiting for the bus.人们排着长队等公共汽车。We'd better join the queue for tickets.我们最好加入买票的队伍。 （2）row可以指人或物的“一排”、“一行”，通常为横的（queue通常为纵队）：You can see me in this old photo, standing in the back row.你可以在这张老照片中找到我，我当时站在后排。Please put the desks in four rows.请把课桌摆成4排。 3. funny adj.（1）funny通常表示“