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戒了无数次的烟

【故事复现】戒了无数次的烟

• 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: For how long did the writer give up smoking?

问题:作者戒烟戒了多久?

Answer: For a week.

• 词汇准备

• entitle 以......为名

• calm 使镇定

• nerve 神经

• concentration 集中,专心

• suffer 受苦,受害

• symptom 症状

• temper 脾气

• appetite 胃口,食欲

• produce 拿出

• urge 力劝,怂恿

• satisfaction 满意,满足

• delighted 欣喜的

• Step 2: Intensive reading.

第二步:故事精读。

After reading an article entitled ‘Cigarette Smoking and Your Health’ I lit a cigarette

to calm my nerves.

读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章之后,我点上了一枝香烟,来镇定一下自

己紧张的神经。

I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last

cigarette.

我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着这枝烟。因为我确信这是我最后一枝烟了。

For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered

terribly.

整整一个星期我根本没有吸烟。在此期间,我妻子吃尽了苦头。

I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an

enormous appetite.

我具备了戒烟者通常表现出来的所有症状: 脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。

My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars.

我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。

They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets

from my pocket.

每当我从口袋里掏出一包糖果时,他们都毫不掩饰地表现出他们对此感到非常

好笑。

After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody around me was smoking and I

felt extremely uncomfortable.

这样过了7天以后,我去参加一次聚会。我周围的每个人都在吸烟,我感到非常

不自在。

When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could

bear.

当我的老朋友布赖恩极力劝我接受一枝香烟时,我再也忍不住了。

I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction.

我内疚地接过一枝点上,心满意足地抽起来。

My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anyway, as

Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking.

一切又都恢复了正常,为此我妻子十分高兴。不管怎么说,正如布赖恩指出的

那样,戒烟是世界上最容易的事情,

He himself has done it lots of times!

他自己就已戒了很多次了!

• Step 3: Summary writing.

第三步:摘要写作。

CONNECTIONS POINTS

Having read 1 Read article-smoking.

2 Writer smoked last cigarette.

and 3 Did not smoke-a week.

because 4 Wife suffered.

5 Bad temper-large appetite.

Meanwhile 6 Friends offered cigarettes.

and…to 7 Amused-sweets.

When 8 Went to a party.

which 9 Accepted cigarette.

and since then 10 Offered by a friend.

11 Returned to normal.

Answer: Having read an article on smoking, the writer smoked his last

cigarette. He did not smoke for a week and his wife suffered because he had a

bad temper and a large appetite. Meanwhile friends offered him cigarettes and

were amused to see him produce a packet of sweets from his pocket. When he

went to a party, he accepted cigarette which he was offered by a friend and

since then things have returned to normal. (77 words)

• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.

课外练习:句型及词汇训练。

1.What prompted the writer to give up smoking?

(a)Something he had read.

(b)His health.

(c)Something he had heard.

(d)Something his wife said

2.The writer _________.

(a) succeeded in giving up smoking for good

(b)began smoking again to please his wife

(c)only gave up smoking for a short time

(d) started smoking again because he didn't like sweets

3.Did he _________a cigarette?

(a)lit

(b)light

(c)lighted

(d)lighting

4.He smoked with concentration. He concentrated _________it.

(a)with

(b)on

(c)in

(d)for

5.He had an enormous appetite. He ________.

(a)had hungry

(b)had hunger

(c)was hungry

(d)hungered

6.They kept on offering him cigarettes. They __________.

(a)continued to do this

(b)did so

(c)kept them

(d)held them

7.Everybody around him was smoking. _______ smoking.

(a) They was all

(b)They all was

(c)They were all

(d) All of them was

8.He had a bad temper. He was in a bad ___________.

(a)spirit

(b)mood

(c)feeling

(d)disposition

9.They made no effort to hide their amusement. They __________.

(a)didn't try to

(b)didn't afford to

(c)couldn't afford to

(d)didn't have trial

10.I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. I took one ________.

(a)off

(b)out

(c)out of

(d) from

11.Brian urged me to accept a cigarette. He tried to________ me to have one.

(a)make

(b)pursue

(c)persuade

(d)do

12.He urged me to accept a cigarette. He wanted me to__________ one.

(a)take

(b)agree to

(c)receive

(d)undertake

Key: 1a 2c 3b 4b 5c 6a 7c 8b 9a 10b 11c 12a

第六十一单元【语法点拨】

语法综合测试二

1. No sooner had we reached the top of the hill _______ we all sat down to rest.

A. when

B. then

C. than

D. until

1.C no sooner than.为固定结构用法,意为“一……就

2. Everything we eat and drink contains some salt -we can meet the body's need from

natural sources without turning ________ the salt bottle.

A. up

B. to

C. on

D. over

2.B. turn to为固定搭配,意为“求助于…

3. Agriculture was a step in human progress _______ which subsequently there was

not anything comparable until our own machine age.

A. in

B. for

C. to

D. from

3.C. be comparable to为固定搭配,意为“与……相比较”。

4. You should have been more patient _______ that customer; I'm sure that selling

him the watch was possibility.

A. of

B. for

C. with

D. at

4.C. be patient with为固定搭配,意为“对…有耐心”。

5. We went around the table _______ ourselves and telling our stories as way to break

the ice.

A. introducing

B. being introduced

C. to introduce

D. to be introduced

5.A.现在分词短语作状语,表示伴随状况。

6. Medical research has shown that the widespread use of cigarettes contributes

______ the increase of cancers.

A. towards

B. with

C. for

D.to

6.D. contribute to为固定搭配,意为“对…做贡献;对…起作用”。

7. Without proper lessons, you could ________ a lot of bad habits when playing the

piano.

A. keep up

B. pick up

C. draw up

D. catch up

7.B. pick up在本句中意为“得到”; keep up意为“维持;保持不变,持续”; draw up意

为“起草(文件、计划等);拉起;(车等)停止”; catch up意为“赶上,追上”。

8. In Disneyland every year, some plants are replaced because Disney refused to

_______ signs asking his “guests ”not to step on them.

A. put down

B. put out

C. put up

D. put off

8.C. put up在本句中意为“竖起,挂起”; put down意为“放下;写下,记下”; put out意

为“熄灭;伸出(手等)”; put off意为“延期,延后,推迟”。

9. The bed has been ________ in the family. It was my great-grandmother's originally.

A. handed out

B. handed down

C. handed over

D. handed round

9.B. hand down在本句中意为“留下遗产,传给后世”; hand out意为“分发,分配,散

发”;hand over意为“交出,移交”; hand round意为“分发,传阅”。

10.The car ________ halfway for no reason.

A. broke off

B. broke up

C. broke down

D. broke out

10.C. break down在本句中意为“(机械等)故障毁坏”; break off意为“折断,断掉;中

断;停止说话”; break up意为“粉碎,拆散;结束,中止”; break out意为“(火灾、战争等)

突然发生,发”。

【课后练习】这部分不做进课件而是放进讲义里

11. It is important that the hotel receptionist _______ that guests are registered

correctly.

A. has made sure

B. must make sure

C. made sure

D. make sure

11.D.虚拟语气结构。在 it is essential/important that.主语从句结构中,通常要用虚

拟语气,其形式为(should)+动词原形。should可以省略。

12. The manager would rather his daughter _________ in the same office.

A. does not work

B. had not worked

C. not to work

D. did not work

12.D.虚拟语气结构。 would rather后面所接从句中谓语动词要用过去时。

13. The manager of the hotel requests that their guests ________ after 11: 00 p.m.

A. not to play loud music

B. don't play loud music

C. shouldn't play loud music

D. couldn't play load music

13.C.宾语从句中的虚拟语气结构。在 request后面所接宾语从句中,从句谓语动词

要用虚拟语气结构,其形式为(should)+动词原形。

14. Had he worked harder, he ________ the exams.

A. must have got through

B. would get through

C. would have got through

D. could get through

14.C条件句中的虚拟语气结构。表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气,主句的形式为

主语+should/would/could/might+ have done句中省去了连接词if而用了倒装结构

15. That young man still denies _________ the fire behind the store.

A. start

B. to start

C. having started

D. to have started

15.C.deny后面要跟动名词短语作宾语。

16. “May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o'clock tonight?”

“I'm sorry. Mr. Williams _________ to a conference long before then.”

A. have gone

B. would have gone

C. had gone

D. will have gone

16.D。将来完成时用来表示在将来某个时间之前已完成的动作。

17. My train arrives in New York at eight o'clock tonight. The plane I would like to

take from there _________ by then.

A. would leave

B. will have left

C. has left

D. had left

17.B.将来完成时用来表示在将来某个时间之前已完成的动作,通常与by连用。

18. I don't mind ________ the decision as long as it is not too late.

A. you to delay making

B. your delaying making

C. your delaying to make

D. you delay to make

18.B.mind和 delay后面都要跟动名词短语作宾语。

19. A Dream of the Red Chamber is said _______ into dozens of languages in the last

decade.

A. to have been translated

B. to translate

C. to be translated

D. to have translated

19.A.动词不定式完成时的用法。动词不定式的完成时表示说话之前不定式动作

已经发生。由于“小说”是“被翻译”,因此用被动语态。

20. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds _______ his arguments in

favor of the new theory.

A. on which to base

B. which to base on

C. to base on

D. to be based on

20.A.不定式短语作定语可用介词+ which+不定式结构,介词与后面的动词搭配,如

base.......

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