【故事复现】一块特殊的地毯
• 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 is the writer’s carpet made of?
问题：作者的地毯是什么制成的？
• 词汇准备
• temporarily 暂时地
• inch 英寸(度量单位)
• space 空间
• actually 实际上
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning.
我们刚刚搬进一所新房子，我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一个上午。
I have been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because I own
over a thousand books.
我试图把我的新房间收拾整齐，但这并不容易，因为我有1,000多本书。
To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books
on the floor.
更糟糕的是房间还非常小，所以我暂时把书放在了地板上。
At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on
them to get in or out of the room.
这会儿，书把地板的每一点空隙都占据了，我实际上是踩着这些书进出房间
的。
A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs.
几分钟前，我妹妹帮我把一个旧书橱抬上了楼。
She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the
floor.
她走进我的房间，当她看到地板上的那些书时，大吃一惊。
‘This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,’ she said.
“这是我见过的最漂亮的地毯”她说。
She gazed at it for some time then added, ‘You don’t need bookcases at all. You can
sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!’
她盯着“地毯”看了一会儿，又说:“你根本用不着书橱，空闲时你可以坐在这
儿读地毯!”
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1 Has the writer been trying to get his new room in order all morning or not?
2 Why has this proved difficult? Do they cover every inch of floor space at the
moment or not?
3 What did his sister help him to do a short while ago?
4 Did she get a surprise when she saw his room or not? Did she think that the books
made a pretty carpet, or did she find the room untidy?
Answer: The writer has been trying to get his new room in order all morning.
This has proved difficult because he owns over a thousand books which cover
every inch of floor space at the moment. His sister helped him to carry one of
his old bookcases up the stairs a short while ago. She got a surprise when she
saw the room, but she thought that the books made a pretty carpet.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 The writer owns over a thousand books so ________.
(a)he can't get in and out of his room
(b)he is finding it difficult to get his room in order
(c)his sister can't get into his room
(d)he can't get them on to his bookcases
2 The writer's sister thinks ________.
(a)the books look untidy
(b)he bookcases aren't big enough
(c)the books make a nice carpet
(d) he needs more bookcases than he has
3 He has been working all morning and he __________hard.
(a)still works
(b)has still worked
(c)is still working
(d) still worked
4 He's been trying to get his room in order. He wants to ________.
(a)make it tidy
(b)keep it tidy
(c)made order
(d)keep order
5 His room is rather small. It's _________room.
(a) small enough
(b) fairly small
(c)terribly small
(d) a much smaller
6 She helped him _________ one of his old bookcases up the stairs.
(a)carrying
(b)to carrying
(c)for carrying
(d)carry
7 The writer ________ bookcases.
(a)needn't
(b)needs not
(c)doesn't need
(d)isn't needing
8 He has temporarily put his books on the floor. They won't be there_________.
(a)for short time
(b)long
(c)for few days
(d)for a few hours
9 The books cover every inch of floor space. They take up a lot of _______.
(a)room
(b)place
(c)area
(d)spaces
10 He actually has to walk on them. He can't do _______.
(a)else
(b)different
(c)otherwise
(d)other
11 She gazed at the carpet for some time. She ________ it.
(a)watched
(b)stared at
(c)glanced at
(d)had a glimpse of
12 You can sit here in your spare time. You can sit here when you're ________.
(a)working
(b)studying
(c)not working
(d)reading
Key: 1b 2c 3c 4a 5b 6d 7c 8b 9a 10c 11b 12d
第四十一单元【语法点拨】
宾语从句
宾语从句就是从句作及物动词或介词的宾语。宾语从句包括：直接宾语从
句、间接宾语从句和介词宾语从句。连词that, wh-疑问词和名词性关系词均
可引导宾语从句，但具体用法有所不同。
• Everybody knows that all matter has weight and takes up space.
大家知道一切物质都具有重量并占据空间。
• I wonder how these pyramids were built in ancient Egypt.
我想知道这些古埃及金字塔是怎样建成的。
▶ 直接宾语从句
▪ 由连词that引导，that常可省略：
下 列 动 词 后 接 that 引 导 宾 语 从 句 ： admit, agree, answer, believe, command,
complain, confess(承认), decide, declare, deny(否认), doubt, dream, expect, explain,
feel, hear, hope, imagine, intend, insist, know, mean( 意 指 ), notice, prefer, order,
propose, reply, report, request, require, say, suggest, suppose, think, urge(催促),wish,
understand, vote投票表决),等等。
• I suggested that we walk to the park.我建议走路去公园。
• I insist that he should pay in cash.我坚持他现金支付。
▪ 如果宾语从句后面跟有补足语，要用先行词形式it作形式宾语来代替，而把
从句放到补足语的后面去，that不可省略。
• She has made it clear that she will have nothing to do with him.
她明确表示她将与他毫无关系。
• We think it important that we learn foreign languages well.
我们认为学好外语是重要的。
• I heard it said that Oxford University was founded in 1249.
我听说牛津大学建于1249年。
▪ 在动词take, see, owe等词之后，也要用形式宾语it，再接that从句
• She took it for granted that her son would study medicine.
她想当然地认为她儿子会学医。
• He owed it to his first teacher that he has a good pronunciation.
他发音正确是靠第一个老师的帮助。
• See to it that you do not fall.注意别摔倒了。
▪ 表示怀疑或不确定的意义时,一般用whether;表示确定或不怀疑时,一般用 that
• I doubt whether/if he is at home.我看他不一定在家。
• I doubt that we’ll arrive on time.我认为我们不可能按时到达。
下列动词后跟疑问代词和疑问副词以及whether/if引导宾语从句: advise, ask, care,
discover, discuss, doubt, find out, forget, imagine, inquire, know, promise, question,
say, show, tell, understand, wonder,等等。
• I forgot whether he would come on Monday or Tuesday.
我忘了他要在星期一或星期二来。
• A simple test will show if this is real gold.
简单的试验就能证明这是否是真金。
• I wonder whether they will arrive on time.我也不知道他们能不能准时到。
▪ 由wh-疑问词引导
• He asked me what my name was and where I lived.他问我的名字和地址。
• The teacher asked why I had not finished my homework.
老师问我为什么没有完成作业。
• We don’t know whether or not he was content.
我们不知道他是否满意。(此句不可用if)
▪ 由名词性关系词引导。
• Yes, you can choose whichever you want.是的,你可以选择你想要的。
• Take whatever measures you consider best.采取你认为最好的任何措施。
▶ 间接宾语从句
间接宾语从句只能由名词性关系词来引导。
• He gave whoever came to the party gift.他给每一位来聚会的人一个小礼
物。
• She will give whoever needs help a warm support.
凡需要帮助的人,她都会给予热情的支持。
▶ 介词宾语从句
▪ 除了in, but, except这几个介词可与that结合构成复合连词引导状语从句之外
(介词宾语从句)，其他介词不可直接与that连用，必须借助于先行词it，再
接that引导的宾语从句。
• You may depend on it that she will go with you.你可以相信她会与你同
行。
▪ 由wh-疑问词引导
• He gave description of what he had seen.他描述了他所见到的一切。
• I worry about whether I hurt her feelings.
我担心是否伤了她的感情。(介词后的whether不可换成if)
▪ 由名词性关系词引导
• He will not draw back from what he has promised.
他允诺过的事是不会收回去的。
• I trust him in whatever he does.无论他做什么我都相信他。
• I will teach English to whoever wants to learn it.谁想学英语，我就教谁。
第四十二单元