内容正文:
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
阅读理解
1. Why needn’t those who failed to get in have felt disappointed?
Because many of the artistes who _______________________ did not come.
2. What should the advertisement have said?
‘ This is the P. and U. Birds Seed Company. Good _____________________.’
单词详解
1. slip n. 小错误
词组:a slip of the tongue / the pen _______________
翻译:我把神写成了小狗,这是个笔误。(非限制性定语从句)
I wrote the God instead of the dog, __________________________.
v. 滑倒
翻译:He slipped on an icy pavement.
___________________________________________________
2. comedy n. 喜剧
反义词:_________ n. 悲剧
3. present v. 演出 adj. 出席,到场的
n. 礼物;目前
指出下列present的词性和词义:
The present ① is time to present ② our presents ③ to all of you present ④ here.
①: _________ ②: ___________ ③: ___________ ④:___________
4. queue v. 排队
n. (人,汽车等的)队,行列,排
词组:jump the queue:_____________
近义词:_______
5. dull adj. 枯燥的,无味的
vt. 使迟钝,缓和
翻译:总有一天时间会冲淡你的疼痛。
There will be some day ___________________________.
6. artiste n. 艺人
7. advertiser n. 报幕员
课文解析
1. People will do anything to see a free show – even if it is a bad one.
· 词组:do anything to do sth. / for sth. _________________________
同义词组:make every __________to do sth.
· 词组:even if = ______________ 即使
2. When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it.
· 词组:get round _____________
· 语法:when 引导_________从句
· 语法:that引导_________从句
翻译:当习主席和卡梅隆一起去乡间酒吧消息传来时,我们都很难相信。
________ the news__________ President Xi Jinping (some foreign media use Xi Dada or Uncle Xi ) went to the bar with Prime Minister Cameron, we could hardly believe it.
· 结构:rush to do sth. = ______________ 赶紧做某事
翻译:据说所有包包都打折,我们赶紧冲过去买一些。
__________ that all the bags are on sale, so we _________ several.
3. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
· there must have been 猜测过去一定有 (详见语法重点)
翻译:当时那个屋子里起码有100个人,很难立马找出小偷。
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