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Unit 4 Lesson 1 What’s So Funny?
Story A
A famous art collector _____________(walk) through the city______he noticed a dirty cat _____(lap) milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He ________________________(惊讶地又看了一眼).
一个著名的艺术品收藏家在穿过城市时,看见一只脏猫在一家商店门口舔饮浅碟中的牛奶。他惊讶地又看了一眼。
画线部分是“_____________________________”句型,意为“_____________________________”,when为并列连词,连接两个并列分句,其中前一分句常用_______时,后一分句常用_________时。
He noticed that the saucer was an antique and very _________(value), so he walked _______(casual) into the store and innocently _______________(主动提出) buy the cat ______ 20 dollars.
收藏家注意到浅碟是件古董,很值钱,于是他漫不经心地走进店里,假装不知情的样子,提出要花20美元买那只猫。
The store owner replied, “I'm sorry, but the cat isn’t ___________(待售,供出售).”
店主回答说:“对不起,这只猫是非卖品。”
The collector said, “Please, I need a hungry cat _____ a good appetite around the house to catch ______(mouse). I'll pay you 200 dollars _____ that cat.”
收藏家说:“拜托了,我正需要一只又饿、胃口又好的猫帮我抓屋里的老鼠呢,我可以出200美元买那只猫。”
The owner said “sold” and ___________(交出,移交) the cat. 店主说了声“成交”,就把猫给了他。
The collector continued, “Hey, for the 200 dollars __________________(不知你是否能够) throw in( ) that old saucer.The cat’s used to it and it’ll save me from __________(have) to get a dish.”
收藏家接着说:“嘿,我想知道200美元的话你能不能把那只旧碟子免费赠送给我呢。毕竟这猫已经习惯了用它,这样也省得我再去买猫食盆了。”
And the owner said, “Sorry my friend, but that's my lucky saucer. So far this week I _________(sell) 68 cats.” 【so far一般与______________连用】
店主说:“对不起,朋友,那可是我的幸运碟。到现在为止,这周我已经卖出去68只猫了。”
Story B
Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson went on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they ________________(去睡觉) , and went to sleep.【retire vi.______________】
夏洛克·福尔摩斯和华生医生去野营。他们吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐,喝了瓶酒,就准备去睡觉了。
Some hours later, Holmes __________(醒来) and asked his ______(faith) friend, “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me ______ you see.”
几个小时后,福尔摩斯醒来,问他忠实的朋友:“华生,抬头看看天空,告诉我你看到了什么。”
“I see _____________________(成千上万的) stars, Holmes, ”replied Watson.
“福尔摩斯,我看到无数的星星。”华生回答。
“And what do you _____________(推断出) that?”
“那你从中推断出什么?”
Watson thought for a minute. “Well, according to the studies on ___________(天文学), it tells me _____ there are millions of galaxies and ____________(potential) billions of planets. According to the positions( ) of the stars, I observe( ) that Saturn is in Leo. According to the scientific __________(measure) of time, I deduce that the time is probably _____________________(三点一刻). According to the current atmosphere, I ________(预测) that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Holmes?”
华生想了一会儿。“嗯,根据天文学研究推断,现在天空中有数百万的星系,可能还有数十亿颗行星。根据星星的位置判断,现在土星在狮子座。根据科学计时测算,我推断时间大概是三点一刻。根据目前的大气条件,我预测明天天气会很好。福尔摩斯,你推断出了什么?”
Holmes was silent for a moment. “Watson, ” he said, “someone ___________(steal) our tent!”
福尔摩斯沉默了一会儿。“华生,”他说,“有人偷了我们的帐篷!”
Story C
A middle-aged man ___________(feel) very down( ). Everything had been _________
_________(出现问题,遇到困难) for him. He had had problems at work and his wife had left him for another man. So, after he had been feeling __________(depress) for over a month, he decided to go to the doctor. He had to wait for ______ seemed like ages( ) in the doctor’s surgery. The _________(bleed) man next to him was looking at his watch __________(nervous) ; a woman was coughing and __________(sneeze) badly; and a baby was screaming.
【此处的feel是一个______动词。状态动词如果用_____,可以强调某一具体时间的特殊状态,或某种暂时的心理状态或活动。在本句中,was feeling表示一种___________。】
一个中年男子觉得非常沮丧。最近他诸事不顺。他在工作上遇到了问题,妻子又跟别的男人跑了。在沮丧了一个多月后,他决定去看医生。他在诊室里等着,像是等了几个世纪。他旁边流血的男人在紧张地看着手表;一个女人使劲咳嗽、打喷嚏;还有个婴儿在哭闹。
Finally, after he had been waiting for about half an hour, he was called in for his consultation. The doctor was writing a note at her desk when he came in.
最后,在他等了大约半个小时之后,他被叫进去就诊。他进去时医生正在办公桌上写便条。
“Sorry, I’m just finishing something. I’m afraid we’ve been very busy this morning.” She then turned to the man. “So, what’s the problem?”she asked.
“抱歉,我刚忙完别的事,今天上午很忙。”之后她转向中年人问道,“你怎么了?”
“Well, I’ve been having a bit of( ) a crisis, you know, lots of problems, ” replied the man.“ And I’ve been doing a lot of work.”
“是这样的,我最近遭遇了一点危机,嗯,是出现了很多问题,”那人回答道,“而且我工作一直很忙。”
“Mmm, you’re looking very pale( ).” The doctor started to ________(检测) him.“Well, everything is working OK, ”she announced afterwards.“ You have slightly high blood pressure and you’re breathing quite ________(heavy) , but otherwise everything’s fine.”
“嗯,你脸色很苍白。”医生开始给他检查。“不过一切正常,”她检查后说,“除了血压有点高,呼吸有些沉重,其他方面都正常。”
“So what can I do?” asked the man. “I'm going on a trip soon. I will be ________(work) in the United States for three months. This time next week, I’ll be arriving in New York.”
“那我该怎么办?”那人问道,“我很快就要出差了,要在美国连续工作三个月。下星期的这个时候,我已经快要到达纽约了。”
The doctor thought for a while. “I think ______ you need is a good laugh. That would do you a lot of good. A circus is performing in town. Why don’t you go to see it? I hear there’s an amazing clown who’ll really make you laugh. His name’s Grock.”
医生想了一会儿。“我觉得你需要开怀大笑,笑出来对你很有好处。城里刚好有马戏团表演,你怎么不去看看呢?我听说马戏团里有个很棒的小丑,叫格罗克,他肯定能逗笑你。”
“I am Grock, ” replied the man sadly.
“可我就是格罗克。”那人悲伤地回答。
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