【故事复现】一颗被拔错的牙齿
• 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 did the writer become very worried?
问题：为什么作者很担忧？
• 词汇准备
• pull 拔
• cotton wool 药棉
• collect 搜集
• collection 收藏品，收集品
• nod 点头
• meanwhile 同时
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。
My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I
tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.
我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。我想说点什么，但我
嘴里塞满了药棉。
He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。
He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.
接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。
In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。
Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I
suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything.
与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。我突然非常着急起
来，但却什么也说不出来。
When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell
him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1 Had the dentist in the story pulled out one of the writer’s teeth or not? What had
he told him to do?
2 Did he ask several questions or not? Could the writer answer them or not?
3 What was his mouth full of?
4 Did he suddenly discover something wrong or not? Could he say anything or not?
5 What did the dentist eventually remove from his mouth? What did the writer tell
him?
Answer: The dentist in the story had pulled out one of the writer’s teeth and
(had) told him to rest for a while. He asked several questions but the writer
could not answer them. His mouth was full of cotton wool. He suddenly
discovered something wrong but he could not say anything. The dentist
eventually removed the cotton wool from his mouth and the writer told him
that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 The writer couldn't speak because ________.
(a)the dentist had just pulled one of his teeth out
(b)the dentist was talking all the time
(c)there was something in his mouth
(d) he had a toothache
2 Why was the writer worried?
(a)He thought the dentist had pulled out more than one tooth.
(b)He thought the dentist had pulled out the wrong tooth.
(c)He had had a tooth out.
(d) His tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
3 It is impossible for him to answer. He _______ answer.
(a)might not
(b)could not
(c)cannot
(d) may not
4 He told me to rest for a while. “________ for while,” he said.
(a)To rest
(b)Rest
(c)Do you rest
(d) Resting
5 He asked me how my brother was. 'How _____?' he asked.
(a)is your brother
(b) your brother was
(c) your brother is
(d) was your brother
6 ________ your new job in London?
(a)It likes you
(b)Does it like you
(c) Do you like
(d) Like you
7 He answered these questions by _______ his head.
(a)to nod
(b)nodding
(c)nod
(d) to nodding
8 He told me to rest for a while. He told me to rest _______.
(a)quietly
(b) for a short time
(c)while he spoke to me
(d) for a long time
9 I have a very good ______ of match boxes.
(a)assembly
(b)gathering
(c)congregation
(d) collection
10 I nodded. This means I _______.
(a)agreed
(b)said no
(c)shouted
(d)whispered
11 Meanwhile my tongue was busy…________ my tongue was busy…
(a)However
(b)In the mean time
(c)Nevertheless
(d) Although
12 He removed the cotton wool from my mouth. He ________.
(a) took it off
(b)took it in
(c)took it out
(d)took it up
Key: 1c 2b 3c 4b 5a 6c 7b 8b 9d 10a 11b 12c
第三十八单元【语法点拨】
名词性从句
在句中起名词作用的句子称为名词性从句。名词性从句的功能相当于名词词
组，在复合句中能充当主语、表语、宾语、补语、同位语等，因此根据其在句
中所起的语法作用名词性从句又可分别称为主语从句、宾语从句表语从句和同
位语从句,引导这四种从句的从属连词大同小异。
▶ 引导名词性从句的连词
引导名词性从句的连词可分为三类：
• 连词that：没有词义，在句中不担任成分，仅起连接作用
I believe that she will come to see us.我相信她会来看我们的。
(that在句中仅起连接作用，不担任句子成分，可以省略)
That he has lost his work is not true.他丢了工作不是真的。
(that在句中不担任成分，仅起连接作用，但不可省略)
• Wh-疑问词：保留疑问词义，在句中担任一个成分。这类词包括who,
whom, when, what, which, where, how和why。这些疑问词被称为连接代
词或连接副词
Who has taken away my umbrella is unknown.谁拿走了我的伞还不知道。
(who具有词义，在句中充当主语，不可省略)
注意：从句法作用的角度考虑，可以把whether和if归于这一类。这两个
连词虽然有词义，但在句中不担任句子成分。
She asked if/whether we wanted drink.她问我们是否要一杯饮料。
(whether虽有词义，仅起连接作用，在句中不担任成分)
• 名词性关系词：这一类词不像wh-疑问词那样具有疑问意义，但是区别
于其他关系词。其特点是：它们本身是先行词与另一关系代词或关系副
词的结合，因而它所引导的名词性从句是先行词与定语从句的结合
Whoever wants to see the film can go with us this evening.
无 论 谁 想 看 这 你 电 影 今 晚 可 以 和 我 们 一 起 去 。 (Whoever wants=
Anybody who wants，在句中充当先行词和关系代词的双重作用，是先
行词与定语从句的结合)
Do whatever you like.你喜欢什么，就干什么。
( whatever= the thing which/ that，在句中充当先行词和关系代词的双重
作用，是先行词与定语从句的结合)
◆ 名词性关系词包括名词性关系代词、名词性关系副词和名词性关系
限定词：
(1)名词性关系代词：
what= the thing(s) which/that
whatever= anything that
whoever= anyone who
whomever= anyone whom
which= the one that
whichever= anyone that
(2)名词性关系副词：
when= the time when
where= the place where
how= the way that
why= the reason why
how和why通常用于表语从句。
(3)名词性关系限定词：
what= any... that /all the.../that/the...that
whatever= any...that
which= any...that/the...that
whichever=any…that
第三十九单元