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NCE2
Lesson 48
Did you want to tell me something?
你想对我说什么吗?
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A public house which was recently _______(buy) by Mr.Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr.Thompson is going to sell it because it is _______(haunt). He told me that he ______(can) not go to sleep one night because he ______(hear) a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he _____(find) that the doors had been ______(block) by chairs and the furniture ______(move). Though Mr.Thompson _____ (turn) the lights off before he _____(go) to bed, they ______(be) on in the morning. He also ____(say) that he ____(find) five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before. When I _____ (suggest) that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr.Thompson ____(shake) his head. The villagers ____(tell) him that they _____(not accept) the pub even if he gives it away.
Find the differences as many as you can!
New words and expressions 生词和短语
pull v. 拔
cotton wool 药棉
collect v. 搜集
collection n. 收藏品,收集品
nod v. 点头
meanwhile adv. 同时
1. Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。
It is + adj.+ for sb. to do sth 句型
这里it是形式主语,真正的主语是to answer。
It is+adj+that +句子
对他来说帮助你是不可能的
It is impossible for him to help you.
= It is impossible that he will help you.
2. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙,叫我休息一会儿。
pull vt.&vi. 拉,拖,牵,扯
反义词 push vt. 推
我感觉有人拉着我的胳膊。
I felt someone pulling my arm.
You are pulling my leg.
pull one's leg 开某人玩笑
你在开我玩笑
pull out ----拔出
rest v. 休息
for a while, 一会儿,片刻。
3. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.
我想说点什么,但我嘴里塞满了药棉。
cotton wool本意是指“原棉”的意思,也就是棉花最初的状态。在英国英语中,多用来指代“药棉”。
try to do 努力,尽力做某事 (未必会成功)
manage to do 尽力做某事 一定会成功
try doing 试着做某事
be full of = be filled with
But my mouth was filled with cotton wool.
他的钱包里装满了钱
The wallet is ful