新概念英语第二册Lesson 54 Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指 讲义

新概念英语第二册第54课 Lesson54 Sticky fingers粘糊的手指 After breakfast,I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops.It was still early when I returned home.The children were at school,my husband was at work and the house was quiet.So I decided to make some meat pies.In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.At exactly that moment,the telephone rang.Nothing could have been more annoying.I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.At last I hung up the receiver.What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers,on the telephone,and on the doorknobs.I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter! New words and expressions生词和短语 sticky adj.粘的 finger n.手指 pie n.馅饼 mix V. 混合，拌和 pastry n. 面糊 annoying adj. 恼人的 receiver n. 电话的话筒 dismay V. 失望，泄气 recognize V. 认出，听出 persuade V. 说服，劝说 mess n. 乱七八糟 doorknob n. 门把手 sign V. 签字 register V.挂号邮寄 参考译文 早饭后，我送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。我回到家时， 时间还早。孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班，家里清静得很。于是我 决定做些肉馅饼。不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉，很快我 的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。恰恰在此时，电话铃响了。没有什么 能比这更烦人了。我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。当听出是 海伦.贝茨的声音时，非常丧气。我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过 会儿再来电话。我终于挂上了话筒。真是糟糕透了！我的手指上、 电话机上以及门的把手上，都沾上了面糊。我刚回到厨房，门铃又 响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。这次是邮递员，他要我签收一封 挂号信！ 课文解释 1.After breakfast,I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. 早饭后，我送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。 1)一般来说，单数可数名词前要加冠词。但这句话中的 breakfast,school前面却没有加冠词；此时，该名词通常指与 这种名词本身有关系的活动。After breakfast,指的是“吃早 饭”这种动作；sent the children to school并非只是把孩子 们送到学校那个地，点，而是指“送去上学”。 课文中还有一句话：The children were at school,,my husband was at work.孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班. 同样地，该句中的schoo前也没有加冠词，不是指“只是在 学校那个地方”，而是表示“在上学”。而句中的wok(工作) 本身就是抽象名词，通常是不用加冠词，也没有复数形式的。 2)句中sent the children to school意思是“送孩子们去上 学”，动词send在这里指“把某人送到某个地方”；另外， 这个词还可以用来表示“安排”这个含义。例如： She sent the kids to bed early.她早早打发孩子们上床睡 觉。 It's his par