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Lesson 47
A thirsty ghost
thirsty adj. 贪杯的;adj. 渴的
be thirsty for = be hungry for渴望得到(如饥似渴)
I am thirsty for the book.
ghost n. 鬼魂
ghost强调魂,并不是邪恶的象征
‘Ghost’
---影片《人鬼情未了》的英文名
A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Ian Thompson is up for sale.
伊恩.汤普森先生最近才买的一个小酒店现在又要卖出去。
a public house酒吧、酒店,口语缩略为pub
我在一家乡村小酒店吃了午饭。
I had lunch at a village pub.
up for sale有待出售,供出售(up为形容词,“已提出的,供……的)
她要把她的新车卖掉。
She's putting her new car up for sale.
那边的房子要出售。
The house over there is up for sale.
他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。
They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.
她的房子现在出售.
She has put her house up for sale.
be up for有待于……,为了某一目的
这个问题有待于讨论。
This problem is up for discussion.
on sale打折卖
for sale拿出来卖的
Mr.Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted.
汤普森先生之所以想卖它, 是因为那里常闹鬼.
haunt v. (鬼)来访, 闹鬼
haunt=visit但不能应用于人的拜访,只能用在ghost
这个房子闹鬼。
The ghost haunted the house.
1. (of ghosts) visit (a place) regularly (指鬼魂)常出没於(某处)
a haunted house 经常闹鬼的房子
2. be in (a place) very often 常到(某处)
这是我以前常去的一家咖啡馆.
This is one of the cafes I used to haunt.
3.return repeatedly to the mind of (sb) 经常浮现於(某人)脑际
那回忆仍然萦回在我的脑际.
The memory still haunts me.
He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar.
他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也睡不着, 因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声.
hear sb.doing sth.听见某人正在做某事在一些表示感觉的动词如see,hear,feel,watch,notice等之后,往往用“动词+宾语+宾语补足语”这个结构,其宾语补足语既可以是不定式(通常不加to),也可以是现在分词,两者在意义上区别不大,现在分词表示动作正在发生,不定式则表示动作发生了:
我听到有人正在敲门。
I heard someone knocking at the door.
昨天我听到你唱这支歌。
I heard you sing this song yesterday.
bar为酒吧或酒店中卖酒的柜台
The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved.
第二天早上, 他发现酒吧间的门被椅子堵上了, 家具也被挪动过.
block v. 堵
水管堵了。
The pipe was blocked.
furniture n. 家具, 设备, 储藏物(不可数名词)
a piece of furniture一件家具
a set of furniture一套家具
Though Mr.Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning.
虽然汤普森临