新概念英语第二册 Lesson17 Always Young 讲义

Lesson 17 Always young Text课文 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why doesn't Aunt Jennifer tell anyone how old she is? My aunt Jennifer is an actress.She must be at least thirty-five years old.In spite of this,she often appears on the stage as a young girl.Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.This time,she will be a girl of seventeen.In the play,she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.Last year in another play,she had to wear short socks and a bright,orange-coloured dress.If anyone ever asks her how old she is,she always answers,'Darling,it must be terrible to be grown up!"' 》 New words生词 appear[a'pia]v.登场，扮演 (appear作动词还可以表示出现；appearance名词，既可以表示出 现，也可以表示外貌) stage[steid3】n.舞台 (还可以表示阶段，如：The product is at the design stage.产品 处于设计阶段。) bright[brait)a.鲜艳的 (还可以表示明亮的，如：a bright room一间明亮的房子) stocking['stokin]n.(女用)长筒袜 sock[sk]n.短袜 Grammar focus语法 L.She must be at least thirty-.five years old.她至少有35岁 了。 本句中的be是is的原形；must+动词原形往往表示对现在或将来 情况的肯定推测。如： It must be going to rain tomorrow. 明天一定会下雨。 at least表示至少，at most表示最多。如： He's forty at most. 他最多四十岁。 2.In spite of this,she often appears on the stage as a young gil.尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。 in spite of-=despite,.表示尽管，不管。如： Despite what you have said about her,I still love her. 不管你怎么说她，我还是爱她。 as在句中表示作为，以..身份。如： I'm talking to you as a friend. 我是以朋友的身份跟你说话。 3.She must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色长筒袜。 bright在此表示鲜艳的，bright red鲜红色。dark red深红色。如： His shirt is dark red. 他的衬衫是深红色的。 in在本句中表示穿着，如： The boy in blue is Jack. 那个穿蓝色衣服的男孩是杰克。 4.She had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress..她不得不穿短袜和一件艳的橘红色的衣 服。 have to表示不得不，就意义而言，一般可以和must或have got to互换；have got to更多的用于口语中，不是很正式。 orange-coloured橘红色，是一个复合形容词；类似的还有： kind-hearted仁慈的，middle-aged中年的，absent--minded心 不在焉的。 5.Darling,it must be terrible to be grown up！亲爱的，长大成 人真可怕啊！ ust在此表示推测；言下之意是她觉得自己还是一个年轻姑娘。 to be grown up这个不定式短语是句子真正的主语，这个句子也可 以表达为To be grown up is terrible.但这么一来就头重脚轻了。 所以用