【故事复现】既遭罪又昂贵的旅行
• 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: What did the man in this story do?
问题：故事中，主人公发生了什么？
• 词汇准备
• unload 卸(货)
• wooden 木制的
• extremely 非常，极其
• occur 发生
• astonish 使惊讶
• pile 堆
• woollen 羊毛的
• goods (常用复数)货物，商品
• discover 发现
• admit 承认
• confine 关在(一个狭小的空间里)
• normal 正常的，通常的
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a
number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.
当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木
箱。
No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。
It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at
what he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods.
突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。看到的情景使他吃惊，箱内有一个人正躺在
一堆毛织品之上。
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊，甚至都没有企图逃跑。
After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left
London.
此人被逮捕后，承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。
He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden
box for over eighteen hours.
他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程，因为他在那木箱里闷了18个小时。
The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a
ticket is $2,000!
此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑，而正常票价是2,000英镑!
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1 Where did the plane from London arrive? What did workers unload from it?
2 What did they contain?
3 Was one of the boxes extremely heavy or not? What did a worker do?
4 What did he find on top of a pile of woollen goods?
5 Was the man arrested or not?
6 Had he travelled in the box from London or from Sydney?
7 How much did he have to pay?
8 How much does an ordinary ticket cost?
Answer: The plane from London arrived at Sydney airport and workers
unloaded a number of wooden boxes from it. They contained clothing. One of
the boxes was extremely heavy so a worker opened it up. He found a man lying
on top of a pile of woollen goods. The man was arrested. He had travelled in
the box from London. He had to pay 3, 500 pounds. An ordinary ticket costs
2,000 pounds.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 The man was discovered because _______.
(a) worker opened the box
(b) the box was heavy
(c)the box contained woollen goods, but was very heavy
(d) he had hidden in the box
2 The man had hidden in the box _______.
(a)to get to Sydney
(b)because it contained woollen goods
(c)to avoid paying the fare from London to Sydney
(d) because no one would find him
3 Workers began _______ a number of wooden boxes.
(a)unload
(b)to unloading
(c)unloaded
(d)unloading
4 Which boxes contained clothing? ________.
(a)The wooden
(b)The wood
(c) The woody ones
(d) The wooden ones
5 It occurred to him to open it. He thought _______it.
(a)of opening
(b)to open
(c)to have opened
(d)opening
6 What did he find? He was surprised at what _______.
(a)did he find
(b)he did find
(c) he found
(d)he has found
7 _______a ticket to Sydney? £2,000.
(a)How many is
(b) How much is
(c)How much has
(d)How much costs
8 The boxes contained clothing. They contained _______.
(a)cloths
(b)cloth
(c)clothes
(d) dresses
9 No one could account for it. They couldn't ________it.
(a)explain
(b)estimate
(c)interpret
(d) describe
10 The man was lying on top of a _______ of woollen goods.
(a)carpet
(b)column
(c)bag
(d)heap
11 He admitted hiding in the box. He _______it.
(a)announced
(b)described
(c)confessed
(d) declared
12 He had been confined to the box, so he
(a)couldn't move
(b)could move
(c)couldn't sleep
(d)couldn't run away
Key: 1a 2c 3d 4d 5a 6c 7b 8c 9a 10d 11c 12a
第三十六单元【语法点拨】
虚拟语气在名词性从句+状语从句中的用法
▶ wish在宾语从句中的用法
虚拟语气在wish后的宾语从句，表示未实现的或不可能实现的愿望，其宾语从
句中的谓语动词要用虚拟语气，从句中that通常省略。有以下三种构成形式。
▪ 表示现在不可能实现的愿望，宾语从句中的谓语动词用一般过去时或过去
进行时。(be的过去式一般用were，有时也可以用was)。
• I wish it were spring here all the year round.但愿这里四季如春。
• How I wish it wasn’t raining.现在要是不下雨多好。
• I wish it might be true.真希望这事可能是真的。
• I wish you would be more respectful to your father.
我希望你对你父亲更尊敬些。
▪ 表示过去未能实现的愿望,宾语从句中的谓语动词用过去完成时(had+过去分
词)或“would/could +have+过去分词”。
• I wish I hadn’t wasted so much time.要是我当初不浪费这么多时间就好
了。
• How I wish I had seen her off at the station, but I was too busy.
我要是去车站送过她就好了，但我太忙了。
▪ 表 示 将 来 不 可 能 实 现 的 愿 望 , 宾 语 从 句 中 的 谓 语 动 词 用
“would/should/could/might +动词原形”。
• I wish he would come at once.我真希望他马上来。
• I wish you would go with us tomorrow.要是你明天同我们一起去就好了。
• I wish you wouldn’t smoke any more.我希望你不再抽烟了。
• I wish prices would come down.我希望物价能降下来。
注:① If only(但愿)的用法与含义与wish相似，以上各例中的wish可用 If only 来
代替，含义大致相同。
• If only he were more careful.他要是更仔细点就好了。
• If only I hadn’t said that.我要是没有说那话就好了。
②从句的时态只与从句所指的时间有关，而与wish的时态无关。
比较：
I wish I were rich.要是我现在有钱就好了。
I wish I had been rich.要是那时我有钱就好了。
▶ 虚拟语气在表语从句中的用法
在表语从句中,虚拟语气的用法与上述主语从句的用法相同。应熟记advice,
agreement, command( 命 令 ), decision, decree( 法 令 , 命 令 , 政 令 ), demand( 要
求),determination, idea, insistence(坚持,坚决主张), instruction(指示;指令), move(提
议,动议), order, preference(偏爱), proposal(提议建议), recommendation(推荐,建议),
request( 请 求 , 要 求 ), requirement( 要 求 ), stipulation( 规 定 , 约 定 ), suggestion( 建
议),vote(投票,表决),wish等表示命令、建议、计划等的名词。
• His recommendation is that the experiment be repeated.
他的建议是试验要重做。
• Her proposal is that laboratory be built there.
她的提议是在那里建造一座实验室。
• One of the requirements for a fire is that the material be heated to its burning
temperature.
火的条件之一是材料应加热到其燃烧温度。
▶ 虚拟语气在同位语从句中的应用
在同位语从句中，同样要熟记上述表语从句中的那些名词。
• The judge consented to the suggestion that the prisoner be set free.
这位法官同意这项建议,释放该囚犯。
• He gave the order that they do the experiment again.
他下令他们重做那项实验。
▶ 虚拟语气在状语从句中的应用
▪ 用于as if/though引导的方式状语从句。当 as if though引起的从句所表达的内
容完全与实际情况相反或者纯粹是一种假设时，通常要用虚拟语气。如果
从句表示与现在的事实相反,谓语动词用一般过去时;如果从句表示与过去
的事实相反,谓语动词用过去完成时;如果从句表示与将来的事实相反,谓语
动词用 would/might/could+动词原形。
• It seems as if it were spring already.好像已经是春天了。
• She loves the child as if he were her own.
她疼爱这孩子，就像是她自己的孩子一样。
• Why is the girl looking at me as though she had seen me before?
那女孩干吗看着我，好像以前见过我似的?
注：如果as if/ though引起的从句所表达的内容被看作是事实或者有可能是真实
的,则要用陈述语气。
• It seems as if it is going to rain.看来天好像要下雨。
• It seems as if we shall have to walk.看来我们得步行了。
▪ 以lest, for fear that和in case引导的目的状语从句谓语动词多用“should十动
词原形”或“动词原形”，美国英语中多用“动词原形”。
• She took his umbrella with her lest it should rain.她带了他的雨伞，怕下
雨。
• He burned all the important documents for fear that they should fall into the
enemy’s hands.
他烧毁了所有的重要文件，恐怕落入敌人之手。
• He doesn’t dare to leave the house in case he should be recognized.
他不敢离开家门，怕被人认出来。
注：in case引导的目的状语从句也可以用陈述语气。
▪ 用于only条件状语从句：
(1)表示强烈的愿望或遗憾(用过去时或过去完成时)
• If only I had more money, I could buy a computer.
要是我有更多的钱，就可以买一台电脑了。
• If only you hadn’t told him what I had said, everything would have been all
right.
你要是没有把我说的情况告诉他，一切就会好了。
(2)用于感叹句中(用过去时或过去完成时)
• If only he were here! 他要是在这儿就好了!
• If only I had taken her advice! 要是我当时听从她的忠告就好了!
中级阶段第三十七单元