【故事复现】起得太晚，早饭变午饭了！
• Step 1: Listen and answer the question.
第一步：听 Freya 慢速朗读的故事，回答下列问题。
Question: Why was the writer's aunt surprised?
问题：作者的姑姑为什么觉得那么惊讶？
• 词汇准备
until 直到
outside 外面
ring （电话、门铃）响
aunt 姑，姨，婶，舅妈
repeat 重复
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays.
那是个星期天，而在星期天我是从来不早起的。
I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.
有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。
Last Sunday I got up very late.
上个星期天，我起得很晚。
I looked out of the window. It was dark outside.
我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。
“What a day! ”I thought. “It’s raining again.”
“鬼天气!”我想，“又下雨了。”
Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.
正在这时，电话铃响了。是我姑姑露西打来的。
“I’ve just arrived by train,” she said. “I’m coming to see you.”
“我刚下火车，”她说，“我这就来看你。”
“But I’m still having breakfast,” I said.
“但我还在吃早饭，”我说。
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“你在干什么?”她问道。
“I’m having breakfast,” I repeated.
“我正在吃早饭，”我又说了一遍。
“Dear me,” she said. “Do you always get up so late? It’s one o’clock!”
“天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗？现在已经 1 点钟了!”
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1.Does the writer always get up early on Sundays, or does he always get up late?
2.Did he get up early last Sunday, or did he get up late?
3.Who telephoned then?
4.Had she just arrived by train, or had she come on foot?
5.Was she coming to see him or not?
6.Did he say, "I'm still having breakfast", or did he say, "I am still in bed"?
7.Was his aunt very surprised or not?
8.What was the time?
Answer: The writer always gets up late on Sundays. He got up late last Sunday. Then
his aunt Lucy telephoned. She had arrived by train. She was coming to see him. "I'm
still having breakfast," he said. His aunt was very surprised. It was one o'clock.
• Step 4: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
第四步：句型及词汇训练。
1.He sometimes in bed until lunchtime.
A.stay B.is staying C.stays D.staying
2.He stayed in bed until lunchtime. He went bed late last night.
A.in B.into C.to D.at
3. He doesn't get up early on Sundays. He gets up .
A.late B.lately C.slowly D.hardly
4. did Aunt Lucy come? By train.
A.When B.How C.Why D.Where
5. The writer can't see Aunt Lucy . He is having breakfast.
A.still B.now C.often D.always
6. He out of the window and saw it was raining.
A.looked B.saw C.remarked D.watched
7. Just then, the telephone rang. The telephone rang .
A.at once B.immediately C.again D.at that moment
8. She was his aunt. So he was her .
A.son B.grandson C.nephew D.niece
9. Breakfast is the first of the day.
A.food B.dinner C.lunch D.meal
10.Aunt Lucy said, "Dear me!" because she was .
A.angry B.surprised C.tired D.pleased
Key: 1 c 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 a 7 d 8 c 9 d 10 b
第二课
【语法点拨】其他情况的的主谓一致
• 表示时间、金钱、距离、质量等的复数名词，在表示单位数量用作主语时，通常
被看作整体，谓语动词用单数；如果强调个体，谓语动词用复数
◦ Two hundred miles is a long distance.
200 英里是很长的一段距离。
◦ Fifty kilograms is not too heavy to be carried.
50kg 不至于重到扛不起来。
◦ Eight dollars is enough for him.
8 美元就够他用了。
◦ 100 cents make a dollar.
100 美分就是 1 美元。
• 不定代词 anyone, anybody, anything, everyone, everybody, everything,
someone,something 等作主语时，谓语动词用单数
◦ Everybody is doing his best.
人人都尽力而为。
◦ Anything is possible.
一切皆有可能。
• each/every/one of 结构修饰主语时，谓语动词用单数
◦ Every one of them is familiar to me.
我对他们每个人都很熟悉。
• none/neither of 接不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数，接复数名词作主语时，
谓语动词用单数或复数均可
◦ None of this money is yours.
这些钱里没有一分是你的。
◦ None of the guests want/wants to stay.
客人们都不想留下来。
• 百分数/分数+of 接不可数名词或单数名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数，接复数名
词作主语时，谓语动词用复数
◦ Sixty percent of his money was spent on books.
他 60%的钱都花在了买书上。
◦ Three fifths of the students here are girls.
这儿 3/5 的学生是女生。
• more than one+ 单数名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数
◦ More than one white rose has bloomed.
不止一朵白玫瑰开花了。
• a number of+复数名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数，the number of+复数名词作主语
时，谓语动词用单数
◦ A number of students like watching TV.
许多学生喜欢看电视。
◦ The number of students in our class is 54.
我们班有 54 个学生。
• 由 there, here 引导的句型中有多个主语时，谓语动词一般和其邻近的那个主语一致
◦ There is a blue pen and a yellow book on her desk.
她的桌上有一支蓝色的笔和一本黄色的书。
◦ Here are some books and a letter for you.
这儿有一些书和一封信是给你的。
• 主语后面跟有 with, along with, besides, except, like, including, as well as, rather than
等引起的短语时，谓语动词不受其影响，仍然同主语保持一致。
◦ You as well as I are wrong.
不仅我错了，你也错了。
◦ I, rather than you, am to blame.
该受责备的是我，而不是你。
第三课
【文化常识】《罗马假日》
Roman Holiday
《罗马假日》
Roman Holiday is a Romantic comedy released in 1953 by Paramount Pictures. It stars
Gregory Peek as a reporter and Audrey Hepburn as a royal princess of some unspecified
European country. It is directed by William Wyler who still has a record of more people
getting to the Oscar sweeptakers for his films than any other director. Hepburn won an
Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the screenplay and costume design
also won.
《罗马假日》是 1953 年由美国派拉蒙公司拍摄的浪漫爱情片。格里高利·派克在片中
饰演一位记者，奥黛丽·赫本饰演欧洲某国的一位公主。这部电影由威廉·惠勒执导。这
名导演将 12 位演员送上了奥斯卡影帝、影后的宝座，无人可及。赫本凭借此片赢得了
奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。影片也获得了最佳编剧和最佳服装奖。
Anne, the crown princess, embarks on a highly publicized tour of European capitals. When
she and her royal entourage arrive in Rome, she begins to rebel against her restricted schedule.
One night Anne sneaks out to her room, hops into the back of a delivery truck and escapes.
She runs into an American newspaper reporter, Joe Bradley, stationed in Rome. In order to
make an exclusive interview with the princess, Joe pretends that he doesn't recognize her and
offers to give her a guided tour of Rome. Through all this, Joe falls in love with her. But a
relationship is impossible. Anne finally bids farewell to Joe and returns to the embassy. Joe
decides not to write the story.
影片中，安妮公主开始在欧洲各国首府进行巡回访问。当她和皇家随从人员抵达罗马
后，她开始反感受限制的安排。一天晚上,安妮溜出房间，跳上运输货车的后备厢逃
走。她碰巧遇到一位驻地在罗马的名叫乔·布拉德利的美国新闻记者，为了取得独家采
访，乔佯装没有认出她是公主并提议带她游览罗马。通过此行，乔爱上了公主，但是
他们不可能走到一起。安妮最终离开了乔回到了大使馆，乔决定放弃做任何报道。
Roman Holiday is a cinematic treasure. The film earned an estimated 3 million dollars at the
North American box office during its first year of release.
《罗马假日》是电影界的瑰宝。在北美首映的一年间票房达到约 300 万美元。
第三单元