第四十一单元
第一课
【对话场景】发生了一个小意外
When my husband was going into the dining room this morning,
今天早上，当我的丈夫走进餐厅的时候，
he dropped some coins on the floor. There were coins everywhere.
他掉了几枚硬币，地板上到处都是。
We looked for them, but we could not find them all.
我们找了一会，但是没有找全。
While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins
on the floor.
就在我们吃早饭的时候，我们的孩子汤米在地板上发现了两枚小硬币。
He put them both into his mouth. We both tried to get the coins, but it was
too late.
他把硬币放进了嘴里。我们都努力试着把硬币抢过来，但是太晚了。
Tommy had already swallowed them!
汤米已经把硬币吞下去了！
Later that morning, when I was doing the housework,
于是那天上午，就在我做家务的时候，
my husband telephoned me from the office.
丈夫从公司给我打电话，
"How's Tommy?" he asked.
问我“汤米怎么样了？”
"I don't know," I answered, "Tommy's been to the toilet three times this
morning！
我说，“我不知道。汤米今天早上已经去了厕所三次！”
• drop 的用法
◦ drop 作动词，基本意思是“落下”，通常强调下落的速度、直接性和突然
性，还可以引申表示让某人下车或留在原地，压低嗓门，改掉某习惯，放慢
速度等意思。
▪ drop 用作及物动词，后面可以接名词或代词作宾语。
▫ She dropped the teapot. 她把茶壶弄掉了。
▫ 作“给某人寄信”时，可接双宾语
◦ He dropped me a letter two days ago.他两天前给我寄了一封
信。
▪ drop 用作不及物动词，表示“下降”
▫ Prices dropped.
物价下降了。
◦ drop 作名词时可以指“落下”这个动作，也可以指“水滴、水珠”
▫ There is a water drop on the paper.
那张纸上有一颗水珠。
▫ drop of 后面可以加不可数名词，表示“微量、一点”
◦ She just needs a drop of passion.
她只需要一点点热情。
• look for 的用法
▪ look for 为典型的动词+介词的词组，后面可以加名词、代词或动名词，
意为“寻找”
▫ I am looking for a proper notebook.
我在找一本合适的笔记本。
▪ look for 与其它表示“寻找”的词的区别
▫ look for 强调寻找的过程，暂时还没有找到
◦ What are you looking for?
你在找什么呢？
▫ search for 强调为了找到某物而进行搜查
◦ They are searching the jungle for the spy.
他们在丛林中找那个间谍。
◦ The boy searched every box for his toy car.
男孩为了找到他的玩具车，翻看了每一个盒子。
▫ find 强调找到了，表达寻找有了结果
◦ I found my keys on the floor.
我在地板上找到了我的钥匙。
▫ find out 强调查明事实的真相，找到不容易被发现的东西
◦ Let's work in a team to find out the problem.
让我们合作找出问题的所在。
◦ They have found out what was wrong.
他们已经搞明白出了什么问题。
• put 的用法
◦ put 通常作及物动词，有”放置、表达、给予、推“等意思
▪ He put his hands in his pockets.
他把双手放在口袋里。
▪ put 的过去式和过去分词都为 put，现在分词为 putting
▫ I put the book on this desk yesterday.
我昨天把书放在了这张桌子上。
▪ put 常用的短语
▫ put away 把······收拾起来
▫ put out 熄灭（灯），灭火
▫ put through 接通电话
▫ put off 延期，拖延
▫ put on (戏)上演，放(唱片)，穿戴
▫ put up with 忍受，容忍
▫ put forward 提出，建议，推荐
第二课
【语法点拨】when/while 引导的时间状语从句
状语从句指在复合句中作状语的从句。在复合句中，由表示时间的连接词引导的状语
从句叫做时间状语从句。时间状语从句由以下连词引导：when, while, as, after,
before, as soon as, since, till, by the time.在时间状语从句中，要注意时
态一致。
• when 和 while 引导的时间状语从句
◦ There were times when I didn't know what to do.有些时候我不知道怎么
办才好。
◦ He entered school when he was six. 他六岁就上学了。
◦ Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。
• when 和 while 引导时间状语从句的区别
◦ when 引导的从句谓语动词可以是延续性的动词，也可以是瞬间动词;有时
when 还可以表示“就在那时”
▪ When she came in, I stopped reading. 她进来时，我停止看书了。
▪ When I lived in that city, he used to come to visit me.我在那个城市
的时候，他经常来看我。
▪ We were about to leave when he came in.我们就要离开，就在那时
他进来了。
◦ while 引导的从句谓语动词必须是延续性的，并强调主句和从句的动作同时发
生（或者相对应），有时 while 还可以表示对比
▪ While my wife was reading the newspaper, I was watching TV.我妻
子在看报纸的时候，我在看电视。
▪ I like playing football while you like playing basketball. 我喜欢踢足
球，而你喜欢打篮球。
◦ 只能使用 when 而不能用 while 的情况
▪ 从句动词发生在主句之前
▫ When I was washing my clothes, he called me.我正在洗衣服时，
他给我打了电话。
▪ 从句动词发生在主句之后
▫ When I got to the cinema, the tickets had been sold out.我到达
影院时，票已经卖光了。
第三课
【单词串烧】
• dining room 饭厅
• coin [kɔin] n.硬币
• mouth [mauθ] n.嘴
• swallow [swɔləu] v.吞下
• later ['leitə] ad.后来
• toilet ['tɔilit] n.厕所，盥洗室
• road [rəud] n.路
• during ['djuəriŋ] prep.在…期间
• travel ['trævəl] v.旅行
• offer ['ɔfə] v.提供
• guess [ges] v.猜
• grow [grəu] v.长，让…生长
• beard [biəd] n.(下巴上的)胡子，络腮胡子