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初级 · 第 47 单元

【对话场景】一通打错了的电话

第四十七单元

【对话场景】一通打错了的电话

——Is that you, John?

是你吗,约翰?

——Yes, speaking.

是我,请讲。

——Tell Mary we shall be late for dinner this evening.

你告诉玛丽,今晚吃饭我们将晚到一会。

——I'm afraid I don't understand.

恐怕我还不明白您的意思。

——Hasn't Mary told you? She invited Betty and me to dinner this evening.

玛丽没有告诉你吗?她邀请我和贝蒂今晚去吃饭。

I said I would be at your house at six o'clock,

我说过我 6 点到你家,

but the boss wants me to do some extra work.

但老板要我加班。

I'll have to stay at the office. I don't know when I shall finish.

我不得不留在办公室,不知道什么时候才能结束。

Oh, and by the way, my wife wants to know if Mary needs any help.

喔,顺便问一句,我妻子想知道玛丽是否需要帮忙。

——I don't know what you're talking about.

我不知道您在说些什么。

——That is John Smith, isn't it?

你是约翰·史密斯,对吗?

——Yes, I'm John Smith.

是的,我是约翰·史密斯。

——You are John Smith, the engineer, aren't you?

你是工程师约翰·史密斯,对吗?

——That's right.

对。

——You work for the Overseas Engineering Company, don't you?

你在海外工程公司上班,是吗?

——No, I don't. I'm John Smith the telephone engineer

不,不是。我是电话工程师约翰·史密斯,

and I'm repairing your telephone line.

我正在修理您的电话线。

• invite 的用法

◦ invite 可用作及物动词,有正式邀请、要求、请求等含义。作名词时有邀请、

请柬等含义。

▪ 作及物动词

▫ Did they invite you?他们邀请你了吗?

▫ Why did you invite them here?你为什么邀请他们到这儿来?

▫ They invited us to play the game.他们邀请我们来玩这个游戏。

▪ invite 还可以引出直接引语

▫ "Try it on," her sister invited. “试一下吧!”她妹妹说。

▫ "Have a bite," mother invited. “吃一口吧!”妈妈说。

▪ 三种基本用法

▫ invite sb. to... 邀请某人去······

◦ He invited me to dinner tonight.

他邀请我今晚过去吃饭。

▫ invite sb. to do sth. 邀请某人做某事

◦ I should invite them to join us.

我应该邀请他们加入我们。

▫ invite sb. for sth. 邀请某人去······

◦ Why don't you invite him for a drink?

你为什么不邀请他喝一杯呢?

▪ 有时 invite 不以人作宾语,而以事物作宾语

▫ After his speech he invited questions and comments. 他讲完以后

请观众提问题和意见。

• need 的用法

◦ need 意思是“需要”,可用作实义动词和情态动词。作实义动词时,通常为

及物动词。作情态动词时,一般只用于否定句、疑问句或 if/whether 条件

句,不用于肯定句。

▪ 实义动词的用法

▫ He needs help.他需要帮助。

▫ We need some paper.我们需要一些纸。

▫ I need some fresh air.我需要一些新鲜空气。

▪ 情态动词的用法

▫ You needn't do all the exercise.你不需要做所有这些练习。

▫ Need you leave so soon?你需要早这么走吗?

▫ I wonder if I need get up early in the morning.我在想我是否需要

早起。

▪ need 作实义动词时,才有过去式 needed,作情态动词没有时态和人称

的变化

▫ He believed that you needed his help.

他相信你需要他的帮助。

▫ I needed this book last week, but I don't need it now.

我上周需要这本书,但是现在不需要了。

▪ 如果需要用情态动词的 need 谈论过去的情况,可以用 need+have+过

去分词的结构,但依然只能用于疑问句和否定句。

▫ You needn't have told him about my plans.

你不必把我的计划告诉他。

▫ I needn't have gone to the office yesterday.

昨天我本来不必去办公室。

• repair 的用法

◦ repair 的基本意思是“修理”,指将破损的东西通过一些加工处理后使其恢复

原有的功能或价值。用于抽象事物还可指“纠正,补救”。repair 主要用作及

物动词,后接名词或代词作宾语; 可用于被动结构。偶尔也可用作不及物动词,

其主动形式常含有被动意义。

▪ repair 作动词

▫ She turned the chair on its side to repair it.她把椅子翻转过来修

理。

▫ I'll have my watch repaired; it doesn't work.我得修修表,它不走

了。

▫ The overcoat is so old, it won't repair.这件大衣太旧了,不能修补

了。

▪ repair 作名词

▫ repair 用作名词的意思是“修理,修补”,表示抽象的“修理行为”时是

不可数名词,表示具体的“维修工作”或“维修的地方”时是可数名

词。repair 用作可数名词时常用复数形式,但不与数词或不定冠词 a

连用。

◦ The brickwork in this house is in need of repair.这所房子的砖

造需要修理。

◦ He sent his car to the garage for repair.他把汽车送到修车厂

修理。

◦ I'm afraid this old radio is beyond repair.恐怕这台旧收音机不

能修了。

第二课

【语法点拨】宾语从句

在主从复合句中,作宾语的是一个从句,这个从句就称为宾语从句。宾语从句和主语

从句和表语从句一样,使用连词、连接代词和连接副词等引导。

连词 that, whether

连接代词 what, whatever,who, whoever, which,

whichever 等

连接副词 when, where, how, why 等

• 宾语从句的种类

◦ 动词宾语从句

▪ I was told(that)I had to cut out alcohol.

我被告知必须戒酒。

▪ I don't know whether/if the banks are open.

我不知道银行是否正常营业。

▪ Joe wanted to know who bought him the gift.

乔想弄清楚是谁给他买的这个礼物。

◦ 介词宾语从句

▪ that 只在 except,in 和 but 等少数介词后引导从句作介词的宾语。

▫ We know nothing except that Joe is from America.

除了知道乔来自美国之外,我们什么都不知道。

▫ He differed from other people in that he always looked further

ahead in his work.

他和别人不同的是他在工作中比别人看得更远些。

▫ I could say nothing but that I was sorry.

我除了说抱歉之外,没什么可说的。

▪ 由连接代词或连接副词引导的从句作介词的宾语

▫ My teacher was satisfied with what I did.

我的老师对我所做的一切感到满意。

▫ What we should take with us depends on where we'll stay.

我们需要随身带什么东西,取决于我们将在什么地方停留。

▪ 不及物动词后跟介词宾语从句

某些不及物动词后边如果跟宾语从句,常省去介词。

▫ I don't care whether he is the headmaster or not.

我不在乎他是不是校长。

▫ I insist that you should learn a second language.

=I insist on your learning a second language

我坚持让你学第二语言。

▪ 某些形容词后跟介词宾语从句。

在表示知觉、感情等的形容词如 sure,afraid, glad, certain 等之后,如果跟宾

语从句,则省去介词

▫ I'm afraid that I'll be late.

恐怕我要迟到了。

▫ I'm sure that we'll win the match.

我确信我们会赢得这场比赛。

▫ He is glad that you passed the exam.

他为你能通过考试而高兴。

第三课

【单词串烧】

• extra ['ekstrə] a.额外的

• engineer [ˌendʒi'niə] n.工程师

• overseas [ˌəuvə'si:z] a.海外的,国外的

• engineering [ˌendʒi'niəriŋ] n.工程

• company ['kʌmpəni] n.公司

• line [lain] n.线路

• snowman [ˈsnəʊmæn] n.雪人

• snake [sneɪk]n.蛇

• smell [smel]v.闻到

• special[ˈspeʃl]adj. 特别的

• rooster [ˈruːstə(r)]n.公鸡

• puppy [ˈpʌpi]n.小狗

• shake [ʃeɪk]n.晃动

• shorts [ʃɔːts]n.短裤