Lesson 109 A good idea好主意
Listen to the tape then answer this question.What does Jane have with her coffee?听录音,然后回答问题。喝咖啡时简吃了什么? Charlotte: Shall I make some coffee, Jane?
夏洛特:我来煮点咖啡好吗,简?
Jane: That’s a good idea, Charlotte.
简:这是个好主意,夏洛特。
Charlotte: It’s ready. Do you want any milk?
夏洛特:咖啡好了,你要放点奶吗?
Jane: Just a little please.
简:请稍加一点。
Charlotte: What about some sugar? Two teaspoonfuls?
夏洛特:加些糖怎么样?两茶匙行吗?
Jane: No, less than that. One and a half teaspoonfuls please. That’s enough for me.
简:不,再少一些。请放一勺儿半。那对我已足够了。
Jane: That was very nice.
简:太好了。
Charlotte: Would you like some more?
夏洛特:你再来点吗?
Jane: Yes, please.
简:好的,请再来一点。
Jane: I’d like a cigarette, too. May I have one?
简:我还想抽枝烟。可以给我一枝吗?
Charlotte: Of course. I think there are a few in that box.
夏洛特:当然可以。我想那个盒子里有一些。
Jane: I’m afraid it’s empty.
简:恐怕盒子是空的。
Charlotte: What a pity!
夏洛特:真遗憾!
Jane: It doesn’t matter.
简:没关系。
Charlotte: Have a biscuit instead. Eat more and smoke less!
夏洛特:那就吃块饼干吧。多吃点,少抽点!
Jane: That’s very good advice!
简:这是极好的忠告啊!
New words and Expressions生词和短语
idea
n. 主意
a little
少许(用于不可数名词之前)
teaspoonful
n. 一满茶匙
less
adj. (little 的比较级)较少的,更小的
a few
几个(用于可数名词之前)
pity
n. 遗憾
instead
adv. 代替
advice
n. 建议,忠告
Notes on the text课文注释
1 less than that,意思是“比那稍微少一些”,其中的that指上文中的two teaspoonfuls。
2 I' d=I would
I'd like… 我想要…
3 What a pity!真遗‘憾!英语中常用“What a+可数名词”和"What+不可数名词”的结构来表示感叹。
Lesson 110 How do they compare?它们的比较级和最高级是什么?
New words and expressions生词和短语
most
adj.(many.much的最高级)最多的
least
adj.(little的最高级)最小的,最少的
best
adj.(good的最高级)最好的
worse
adj.(bad的比较级)更坏的
worst
adj.(bad的最高级)最坏的
Lesson 109-110 自学导读 First things first
课文详注 Further notes on the text 1.Just a little, please.请稍加一点儿。a little (=some),一些/一点,用于修饰不可数名词。又如:
a little money/ water/coffee
一点儿钱/水/咖啡
a few (=some,severa1) 则用于可数名词。
2.One and a half teaspoonfuls, please.请放一勺儿半。
在英语中,比1大的东西,即使比2小,也需用复数表示。
3.May I...?我可以...吗?
表示“请求”或“请求允许”
4.It doesn't matter.没关系。
这是表示此意的几种常用说法之一。
5.省略
more than you have中 have后省略了 got。下文中的 less than you have和fewer than you have同此。more than表示“比……多”; less than表示“比……少”; fewer than表示“比……少”(用于可数名词)。
I've got the most中 most后省略了 chocolate。形容词的最高级之后的名词在意思清楚的时候可省略。下文中的 the least同此。 the fewest后省略了 mistakes。
6.I've ever seen,我所见过的。
定语从句,分别修饰 the best,the worst。
语法 Grammar in use
1.不规则形容词的比较级和最高级
不规则形容词的比较级和最高级例举如下:
good----better----best
bad----worse----worst
many/much----more----most
little----less----least
far----farther----farthest
----further----furthest
2.名词的数与修饰词
可数名词的多与少,用many与few来表达;不可数名词的多与少,则用much与little来表达:
I’ve got some biscuits.
我有些饼千。
You’ve got more biscuits than I have.
你的饼干比我的多。
I’ve got fewer than you have.
我们拥有的比你的少。
I’ve got very few.
我有为数很少的(几块)。
I’ve got some chocolate.
我有些巧克力。
You’ve got more chocolate than I have.
你的巧克力比我的多。
I’ve got less than you have.
我所拥有的比你所拥有的少。
I’ve got very little.
我所有的为数很少。
词汇学习 Word study
1.smoke v.
(1)抽(纸烟、烟斗等):
He smokes cigars.
他抽雪茄。
Eat more and smoke less!
多吃点,少抽点!
(2)冒烟;冒雾气:
She could see a chimney smoking in the nearby village.
她可以看到附近村子里的烟囱在冒烟。
Is the fireplace smoking?
壁炉在冒烟吗?
(3)熏制(鱼肉等):
Do you know how to smoke hams?
你知道如何熏制火腿吗?
2.instead adv.
(1)作为替代:
I'm tired and can't attend the meeting; you could go instead.
我累了,不能去开会了,你可以代替我去。
She did not want to go to the university. Instead, she decided to become a singer.
她不想上大学,而是决定成为一名歌手。
(2)代替,而不是(of):
She wanted to have milk instead of juice.
她想要牛奶,而不是果汁。
She prefers buying books instead of borrowing them from the library.
她宁可买书而不愿到图书馆去借。