【故事复现】一个嗜酒的酒鬼
• 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 evidence is there of a ghost?
问题：有什么证据表明这里有一个鬼？
• 词汇准备
• thirsty 贪杯的
• ghost 鬼魂
• haunt (鬼)来访，闹鬼
• block 堵
• furniture 家具
• whisky 威士忌酒
• suggest 暗示
• shake 摇动
• accept 接受
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Thompson is up for sale.
汤普森先生最近才买的一个小酒馆现在又要卖出去。
Mr. Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted.
汤普森先生之所以想卖它，是因为那里常闹鬼。
He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise
coming from the bar.
他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也睡不着，因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声。
The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the
furniture had been moved.
第二天早上，他发现酒吧间的门被椅子堵上了，家具也被挪动过。
Though Mr. Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were all
on in the morning.
虽然汤普森临睡觉时把灯关了，但早晨灯却都亮着。
He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have
drunk the night before.
他还说他发现了5只空的威士忌瓶子，肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的。
When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr.
Thompson shook his head.
当我暗示说一定是村里有些人来喝不花钱的酒时，汤普森先生摇了摇头。
The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.
村里的人已经告诉他，即使他把小酒吧白送人，他们也不要。
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1 What did Mr. Thompson buy recently? Is it haunted or not? What is he going to
do with it?
2 Was there a strange noise in the bar one night or not? Was the room in disorder
next morning or not?
3 What else did Mr. Thompson find?
4 Does he believe that some villagers broke into the bar and had drink or not?
5 Does anybody in the village want to buy the pub?
Answer: Mr. Thompson bought a public house recently but it is haunted so he
is going to sell it. There was a strange noise in the bar one night and the room
was in disorder next morning. Mr. Thompson also found five empty whisky
bottles. He does not believe that any villagers broke into the bar and had a
drink. Nobody in the village wants to buy the pub.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 Mr. Thompson wants to sell his pub because _______.
(a)he heard strange noise coming from the bar
(b)he found the doors had been blocked by chairs
(c) he found five empty whisky bottles
(d) he thinks it's' visited by ghost
2 Mr. Thompson _________.
(a)believes in ghosts
(b)thinks the villagers are playing a trick
(c)thinks the villagers drank the whisky
(d) wants to give the pub away
3 Mr. Thompson ________ a public house short time ago.
(a)has bought
(b)bought
(c) was bought
(d)is bought
4 He’s going to sell it. That’s what he ______ to do.
(a) intends
(b)will
(c)shall
(d) going
5 He told me he couldn't go to sleep. That's what he _______.
(a) said me
(b)talked to me
(c)told to me
(d) said to me
6 He heard a noise _______ coming from the bar.
(a)which was
(b) who was
(c)that is
(d) which is
7 The ghost must have drunk the whisky. In Mr. Thompson's opinion, the ghost
________ whisky.
(a)must drink
(b)has got to drink
(c)has to drink
(d) should drink
8 Mr. Thompson is selling his pub. His pub is ________.
(a)sold
(b) to let
(c) for selling
(d) for sale
9 Before he went to bed, Mr. Thompson _______ the lights.
(a)closed
(b)turned on
(c)closed up
(d) switched off
10 The lights were _______ in the morning.
(a)open
(b)alight
(c)on
(d)on fire
11 Mr. Thompson shook his head. This meant ________.
(a)no
(b)perhaps
(c)yes
(d)I don't know
12 They will not ________the pub even if he gives it away.
(a)receive
(b)agree to
(c)agree to take
(d)allow
Key: 1d 2a 3b 4a 5d 6a 7a 8d 9d 10c 11a 12c
第三十七单元【语法点拨】
其他形式的虚拟语气用法
▪ 在would/had rather, would (just) as soon, would sooner和would prefer结构中,也
用虚拟语气。其共同的特点是：从句中动词用一般过去时，表示现在或将
来要做的事：用过去完成时，则表示过去的虚拟。
• I’d rather you left tomorrow.我倒希望你明天离开。
• I would just as soon you had told me the truth yesterday.
我真希望你昨天就告诉我事情的真相。
• I’d rather you hadn’t said it.我真希望你没有这样说过。
• I would rather have bought the dictionary.我要是买了那本字典就好了。
• I could go myself but would sooner you went.我自己也能去,但我宁愿你
去。
▪ 在It is (about, high) time(that)的定语从句中,表示早该做而未做的事,常含建议
的意味。从句中一般用动词的过去式。
• It’s time we ordered dinner.现在该叫菜了。
注：time前有时有about和high修饰。
• It’s about time you went to bed.你该睡觉了。
• It’s high time you bought a new car.你早该买辆新车了。
▪ If it weren’t for... 和If it hadn’t been for … , 这是两个很常用的虚拟语气句型,
意为“若不是/有”“要不是有”。
• If it weren’t for water, no plant could grow.要是没有水，植物就无法生
长。
• If it hadn’t been for the doctor, he would have died.
要不是医生救了他，他就会死了。
注:①原则上说, if it weren’t用于谈论现在的情况而 if it hadn’t been for用于谈论过
去的情况。但实际上 if it weren’t for有时也可用于谈论过去的情况
• If it weren’t for their help, we couldn't have got over the difficulties.
要不是他们帮助,这些困难我们是克服不了的。
②这两个句型有时可用 but for, without来替换。
• If it hadn’t been for your assistance we wouldn’t have succeeded.
=But for/Without your assistance we wouldn’t have succeeded.
要不是有你帮忙,我们是不会成功的。
▶ 虚拟条件句中if的省略
▪ 如果虚拟条件句中含有were, had, should, could等词时，连接词if可以省略，
但必须把were, had, should, could等词移到主语前面，形成部分倒装。这种
句型主要用于书面形式。
• Were it to rain tomorrow, our picnic would be canceled.
明天要是下雨,我们的野餐将被取消。
• Had it not been for the storm, we would have arrived in time.
要不是那场暴风雨,我们会及时到达的。
• Should the earth stop running, what would happen?
万一地球停止转动,会发生什么事呢?
注:①若条件从句为否定句，否定词not应置于主语之后，而不能与were, should,
had等缩略成 Weren’t, Shouldn’t, hadn’t 置于句首。
• Had it not been for you, what would I have done?
要不是你，我真不知道会干出什么事来。
• Were it not for the sun, we could not live at all.
如果没有太阳，我们根本不可能生存。
②有时省略if后，提前的had, were不是助动词。
• Had time, I would come.假若我有时间，我会来的。(=If I had time…)
• Were Tom, I would refuse.如果我是汤姆，我会拒绝。(=If I were Tom…)
▪ 省略条件句的主语和其后的动词be。若主从句主语一致，且谓语部分包含
有动词be，通常可将主语和动词be省略。
• If repaired earlier, the tractor would not have broken down.
要是早点儿修一下，拖拉机就不会抛锚了。(= If it had been repaired
earlier.)
第三十八单元