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【对话场景】一只机智的鹦鹉

第五十单元

【对话场景】一只机智的鹦鹉

Do you like stories?

你喜欢听故事吗?

I want to tell you a true story. It happened to a friend of mine a year ago.

我要告诉你一个真实的故事。这是一个一年前发生在我的一个朋友身上的故事。

While my friend, George, was reading in bed, two thieves climbed into his

kitchen.

当我的朋友乔治在床上看书时,两个小偷爬进了他的厨房。

After they had entered the house, they went into the dining-room. It was very

dark, so they turned on a torch.

他们进到屋里后,走进了饭厅。饭厅里很暗,于是他们打开了手电筒。

Suddenly, they heard a voice behind them. "What's up? What's up?" someone

called.

突然他们听到身后有声音。“什么事?什么事?”有人叫着。

The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.

小偷扔下手电筒,飞快地逃走了。

George heard the noise and came downstairs quickly.

乔治听到了响声,迅速地下了楼。

He turned on the light, but he couldn't see anyone.

他打开灯,但不见一个人。

The thieves had already gone. But George's parrot, Henry, was still there.

小偷逃走了。但是乔治的鹦鹉亨利仍在那里。

"What's up, George?" he called.

“怎么了,乔治?”

"Nothing, Henry," George said and smiled.

“没事,亨利。”乔治笑着说,

"Go back to sleep."

“快回去睡觉吧。”

• happen 的用法

◦ happen 是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态。happen 有“偶然发生、出现”

的意思。泛指一切客观事物或事情的发生,强调动作的偶然性

▪ 表示“某人出了某事(常指不好的事)”,要用 sth. happen to sb.这一

结构来表达

▫ A car accident happened to her this morning.

今天上午她发生了交通事故。

▫ What happened to you?

你怎么了?

▫ There must be something bad happened to her.

她一定是出了什么不好的事情。

▪ 表示“某地或某时发生了什么事情”,常用“sth. happen+时间/地点”

这一结构来表达

▫ It happened in Shanghai.

故事发生在上海。

▫ An accident happened on that street.

那条街上发生了一起事故。

▫ I don't know what will happen tomorrow.

我不知道明天会发生什么。

▪ 表示“某人碰巧做某事”,常用“sb. happen to do sth.”这一结构来

表达

▫ I happened to meet a friend of mine in the club yesterday.

昨天我碰巧在俱乐部碰到了一个朋友。

▫ We happened to choose the same restaurant when we want to

have dinner.

吃晚饭的时候,我们碰巧选择了同一家餐厅。

▪ 表示“碰巧或恰巧发生某事”时,还可用“It happens/happened

that...”这一结构来表达

▫ It happened that my parents were at home that day.

我父母碰巧那天都在家。

▫ It happened that he was stuck in the traffic jam and didn't get

there on time.

正好他被堵在路上了,没能准时赶到。

• turn 的用法

◦ turn 可用作及物动词,不及物动词或系动词,还可以作名词。turn 的基本意

思是“旋转,转动”,指做圆周运动或圆弧形运动。引申意思为“翻

转”“开始涨落”“瞄准”“调整方向”等。turn 还可以指“改变”,但通

常指朝着坏的方向改变,彻底的改变,以至于面目全非。

▪ 作及物动词,表示“转动、翻转、瞄准”等意思

▫ Turn the key clockwise and it will open the door.

顺时针转动钥匙,门就能打开了。

▫ Turn the fire to our enemy and fight till the last minute.

把火力对准敌人,战斗到最后一分钟!

▫ Turn it around and let me see the other side.

把它转过来,让我看看另一面。

▪ 作不及物动词,表示“调整方向”

▫ When you see the post office, turn left.

当你看到邮局的时候左转。

▫ She turned around when I shouted out her name.

听到我大喊她的名字,她转身了。

▪ 作系动词,表示“成为、转变”

▫ The bananas have turned black. They have gone bad.

这些香蕉都变黑了,全都变质了。

▫ The leaves turn yellow when autumn comes.

树叶在秋天都变黄了。

▪ 与 turn 相关的词组

▫ turn off 关掉,关上

▫ turn on 打开,使运转

▫ turn up 开大,出现

▫ turn down 开小,拒绝

▫ turn over 移交,翻过来

▫ turn back 回来,折回

▫ turn around 转身,转向

▪ turn 作名词,表示“轮流、顺序”

▫ It's my turn to tell a story.

轮到我来给你们讲个故事了。

▫ It's your turn to pay.

轮到你付钱了。

▫ We will visit her in hospital in turn.

我们会轮流去医院看望她。

• hear 的用法

◦ hear 表示“得知、倾听、听到”等意思,常强调听到结果,hear 不用进行

时。第三人称单数:hears 现在分词:hearing 过去式:heard 过去分词:

heard

▪ Can you hear me?

你能听到我说话吗?

▪ I heard him say so.

我听他这么说过。

▪ We would like to hear your opinion of them.

我们很乐意听取你对他们的看法。

▪ I heard that he was ill.

我听说他病了。

◦ 同义词辨析

▪ hear, listen, overhear

▫ hear 不一定是有意地听,可能是无意中听到,但强调的是听的结果

▫ listen 是有意识地听,强调听的行为过程

▫ overhear 指偶然听到,无意中听到,常指偷听

第二课

【语法点拨】单一主语的主谓一致

• 以复数形式结尾的名词作主语时

◦ 有些表示学科名称的词,如 physics(物理),mathematics/maths(数学),

economics(经济学),politics(政治学)等一般被看作形式是复数,意思是单数

的词,它们作主语时,谓语动词一般是单数形式。

▪ As we know, Physics is a fundamental subject in science.

我们大家都知道,物理是自然学科中一门基础学科。

▪ Mathematics is a required course for middle school students.

数学是中学生的一门必修课。

◦ 有些名词如 means,works,crossroads 等的单复数同形,因此需要根据其表

达的单数概念还是复数概念来确定谓语动词的单复数。

▪ This works was built in 1982.

这座工厂是 1982 年建立的。

▪ By far, three steelworks have been closed down in this city.

目前为止,这座城市已经有 3 家炼钢厂倒闭了。

◦ 由两部分组成的物体名词作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式

chopsticks 筷子 glasses 眼镜 jeans 牛仔裤 scissors 剪刀 shorts 裤子

trousers 裤子

compasses 圆规 gloves 手套 pants 裤子 shoes 鞋子 socks 短袜

▪ My trousers are white and his clothes are black.

我的裤子是白色的,而他的衣服是黑色的。

▪ Why are your shoes so dirty?

你的鞋怎么这么脏?

◦ 表示国名、人名、书名、组织机构等专有名词作主语时,即使形式上是复

数,谓语动词也要用单数形式

▪ The United States is a developed country.

美国是一个发达国家。

▪ The New York Times is widely read in the world.

《纽约时报》在世界上被广泛阅读。

◦ 以-s 结尾的表示群岛,山脉,海峡,瀑布等专有名词作主语时,谓语动词用

复数形式。

▪ The Himalayas have a magnificent variety of plants.

喜马拉雅山脉上植物种类繁多。

▪ The Niagara Falls are splendid waterfalls.

尼亚加拉大瀑布是美丽的瀑布。

• 集体名词作主语时

◦ mankind, humanity,man 作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数形式

▪ Only man knows how to cook.

只有人类懂得烹饪。

◦ people, police, cattle, youth 等作主语时,谓语动词一般用复数形式、

▪ The cattle are grazing in the field.

牛(群)正在牧场吃草。

▪ The police are investigating the riot.

警察在调查这起暴乱事件。

◦ family, crowd 等作主语时,要根据情况确定谓语动词的单复数

▪ The family is going to move to New York.(强调整体)

这一家要搬到纽约去。

▪ The family have different opinions about their going abroad.(强调

整体中的每个人)

这一家人对搬往国外持有不同的看法。

• 非谓语动词形式或从句作主语时,谓语动词一般要用单数形式

▪ To improve agricultural land needs a lot of money.

改善耕地质量需投入大量资金。

▪ To see is to believe

百闻不如一见。

▪ Swimming is a good way to keep healthy.

游泳是一个健身的好方法。

▪ Who is her father is not known.

谁是他父亲尚不得而知。

◦ 多个非谓语动词形式或从句作主语时,如果表达的是一个概念,谓语动词就

用单数形式;如果表达都是不同的概念,谓语动词就用复数形式

▪ Going to bed early and getting up early is good for your health.

早睡早起有益于身体健康。

▪ Reading books and playing table tennis are my great pleasure.

读书、打乒乓球是我最大的快乐。

▪ To be strict with oneself and to be kind to others are good

qualities of a person.

严于律己和宽以待人都是良好的品德。

第三课

【单词串烧】

• climb [klaɪm] v.攀爬,攀登

• thief[θiːf] n.小偷,贼

• parrot[ˈpærət] n.鹦鹉

• torch[tɔːtʃ] n.手电筒,火炬

• voice[vɔɪs] n. 声音

• enter[ˈentə(r)] v.进入

• happen[ˈhæpən] v.发生

• dark[dɑːk] adj.黑暗的

• true[truː] adj.真实的

• wild[waɪld] adj.野生的

• winner[ˈwɪnə(r)] n.赢家

• woman[ˈwʊmən] n.女人

• use[juːz] v. 使用

• useful[ˈjuːsfl] adj. 有用的

• tiger[ˈtaɪɡə(r)] n. 老虎

• subway[ˈsʌbweɪ] n. 地铁