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Lesson 2
Thirteen equals one
十三等于一
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New Words and Expressions
equal ['i:kwәl] v.等于
vicar ['vikә] n.牧师
raise ['reiz] v.募集,筹(款)
torchlight ['tɔ:tʃlait] n.电筒光
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equal
adj. 相等的;平等的;胜任的
be equal to sth. “(数量、价值、能力等方面)等于某物”
“有能力胜任某事”
be equal in sth. “在某方面(尺寸、质量、数量)相等、相同”
eg. ①她觉得她能胜任这个任务。
She feels she is equal to the task.
②This sum is equal to half of our monthly income.
③这两个盒子在重量上一样。
The two boxes are equal in weight.
The first world
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v. 等于;比得上
equal sth. 等于...
equal sb. in sth. 在某方面比得上某人
eg. ① 3 plus 2 equals 5.
②没有人在耐心方面比得上他。
No one can equal him in patience.
n.同等的人;相等物
be sb.'s equal 和某人平等
the equal of sth. 与某物是相同的
eg. ①He treats everyone as his equal.
②Her talent is the equal of his.
He raised a gun.
The sun rises in the east.
He raised money.
He raised his family.
举起
筹集
抚养
上升
raise
The last word is
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arise (arose arisen) vi.(问题或者困难)出现,发生
eg. A new difficulty has arisen.
arise from / out of. . . 从……中产生, 因……发生
eg. 事故源于粗心。
Accidents arise from carelessness
Watch the video and answer
the question:
Was the vicar pleased that the clock was striking? Why?
Go through the text
and answer the following questions
1. What is the vicar always doing?
2. Why has the church clock been silent for many years?
3. What did the vicar see when he went up into the clock tower with a torch?
The vicar is always raising money for one cause or another.
Because the big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago.
He caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, their local grocer.
4. What was Bill Wilkins trying to do?
5. What problem does Bill say the clock has?
6. What does the vicar suggest they do at last?
Bill was trying to repair the bell.
Bill said that at one o’clock the clock would strike thirteen times and there was nothing he could do about it.
The vicar suggested that they go downstairs and have a cup of tea.
Language points
Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.
1)现在进行时,表达说话者出乎意料的生气/不满/赞扬/同情,常与always, constantly, continually, forever连用
eg. Physics is always annoying me.
2) one or another “或者这个,或者那个;总有一个;某种”
eg. ①We'll have to take one bus or another to get there.
②She's always busy with one project or another.
eg. ①I have my Tesla washed every week.
②I had my Tesla stolen last week.
have sth. done 使得某事被做
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eg. ①I had the blacksmith (repair) it.
②I had the blacksmith (repair) it all day long.
have sb. do… 让某人做某事
have sb. doing…让某人持续做某事
③I won’t have you (speak) to me like that.
容忍某人做某事
speaking
repair
repairing
The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours!
“猛地,一惊之下”
eg. He turned around with a start, as if he’d forgotten I was there.
解释性分句,对start 作具体说明
1) used可作助动词,也可作一般性动词。
eg. ①Did you see / Used you to play football at school?
②I didn’t use / usedn’t to like opera.
Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o’clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on.
1) looking at his watch 分词短语作时间状语.
eg. Turning around, she saw a blue car driving up.
2) armed with a torch为过去分词短语,作方式状语。分词(短语)作状语时,其逻辑主语应与句中主语相一致。注意下列分词短语同句中主语的关系:
eg. ①Not knowing what to do, I telephoned the police.
②Putting down my newspaper, I walked over to the window and looked out.
③It rained for two weeks on end, completely ruining our holiday.
④Used economically, one tin will last at least six weeks.
(表原因)
(表时间)
(表结果)
(表条件)
Today’s most important part is
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with
sb./sth. doing
sth. being done
sth. done
sth. to do
伴随
主动且进行
被动且进行
被动且完成
将来
eg. ①They sat there talking with the fire burning.
③He left the office with all the work finished.
②The meeting went on with different ideas being discussed all the time.
④ The student sat at his desk quietly with a difficult math problem to do.
eg. With his new car washed, he went to date Rose.
他的新车洗完后,他就去和Rose约会了。
天眼建造过程中,他逐渐染上了严重的疾病。
eg. With Fast being built, he gradually had a serious disease.
1. When we saw the road______with snow, we decided to spend the holiday at home.
A) block B) to block C) blocking D) blocked
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2. The old couple often take a walk after supper in the park with their pet dog ________(follow)them.
3. Simon tried to get his work _______ (recognize)in the medical circles.
following
recognized
D
In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
1) 名词 sight 的常见搭配:
① bear / stand the sight of … “容忍(忍受)见到…”
eg. I really cannot bear the sight of that mean man.
② dread the sight of “害怕见到”
eg. Most of the staff in the company dread the sight of their boss.
定语从句
认出...是...
③ hate the sight of “讨厌见到”
eg. I hate the sight of him, for he's always blindly boasting in face of others.
④ keep sight of “将……保持在视线之内”
eg. In order to prevent him from escaping, the police have been keeping sight of him for two weeks .
⑤ lose sight of “不再看见;失去联系;忘记,忽略”
eg. 1.In the fog, we lost sight of the boat, and didn’t know what to do.
2. Unfortunately this may gradually be lost sight of.
‘Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?’ asked the vicar in surprise.
1) 一般疑问代词或疑问副词 + ever 可用于表示语气强调,通常分开写。
eg. ①Who ever / Whoever broke the vase?
②Which ever / Whichever does she want?
③Where ever / Wherever did you see him stealing?
2) in surprise 惊异地,介词短语作方式状语,修饰句中 asked。有时在名词 surprise 前使用某些形容词,说明以某种惊异的方式。
eg. On hearing the sudden news, they stared in dumb surprise.
I’m trying to repair the bell,’ answered Bill.’ I’ve been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.’You certainly did give me a surprise!’ said the vicar. ’You’ve probably woken up everyone in the village as well.
现在完成进行时
插入语,“你瞧”
“试探性”语气,表礼貌和尊敬
eg. ①I was hoping we could have dinner together.
表情感上的强调
do/does/did+动词原形
eg. ①You do look nice today.
②Do live a better life without me.
Still, I’m glad the bell is working again.’ That’s the trouble, vicar,’ answered Bill. ’It’s working all right, but I’m afraid that at one o’clock it will strike thirteen times and there’s nothing I can do about it.’
conj. “然而,但是”
eg. ①I did fail in the experiment, still I’ve learnt a lot from it.
定语从句,省略了关系代词that
We’ll get used to that Bill,’ said the vicar. ’Thirteen is not as good as one but it’s better than nothing. Now let’s go downstairs and have a cup of tea.
be used to “习惯于”
eg. ①He is /gets uesd to walking after dinner .
Summary Writing
Key Structures
the Present Continuous & Present Simple
Special Difficulties
Exercises
Finish the exercises on page 20-21
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