内容正文:
Lesson 89
A slip of the tongue
A slip of the tongue
Vocabulary
slip
名词
动词
形容词
comedy
queue
dull
artiste
advertiser
present
present
slip n. 小错误
词组:a slip of the tongue / the pen 口误/笔误
我说走了嘴把理查德说成了罗伯特。
A slip of the tongue made me say Robert instead of Richard.
v. 滑倒
He slipped on an icy pavement.
他在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。
comedy n. 喜剧
comedic[kə'mi:dɪk] adj.喜剧的
comedian[kəˈmiːdiən] n.喜剧演员
反义词:tragedy n. 悲剧
tragic[ˈtrædʒɪk] adj.悲剧的
tragedian[trəˈdʒi:diən] n.悲剧演员
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 present① is time to present② our presents③ to all of you present④ here.
①: n.目前 ②: v.呈现 ③: n.礼物 ④: adj.到场的
queue v. 排队
Queue here for taxis.
等出租车在这里排队。
n. (人,汽车等的)队,行列,排
She waited in the bus queue.
她排队等公共汽车。
词组:jump the queue 插队
dull adj. 枯燥的,无味的
Her eyes were dull.
她目光呆滞。
vt. 使迟钝,缓和
He took drugs to dull pain.
他吃了药以减轻疼痛.
1. We all think this story is very ______________ (枯燥的).
2. He is said to be the best in ______________ (喜剧).
3. How many people were ______________ (出席) at the meeting?
4. There’s a long ______________ (排队) of people waiting for new house.
Listening
Who made the only funny joke that evening and why?
The advertiser who presented the programme. Because he was very nervous.
Reading
1. There was a big demand for tickets because___
(a) they didn't cost any money
(b) there were many famous artistes in the show
(c) the show was presented by the P.and U.Bird Seed Company
(d) the show was very funny
2. The audience____
(a) enjoyed the advertiser's opening remarks
(b) enjoyed the show
(c) enjoyed the advertisements
(d) enjoyed the performance by the artistes
People will do anything to see a free show—even if it is a bad one. 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. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
People will do anything to see a free show – even if