本章教学目标
1. 提高交际能力(说再见和表达祝愿的用语);
2. 学习过去分词作定语和状语;
3. 学会使用一些重点句型。
【对话】
1.have a seaf/fake a seaf /sit down就座;入座;请坐
have a seat只用于直接引语。take a seat及sit down既可用于直接引语,也可用于间接引语。
·Have a seat and make yourself at home.
·Some took seats and began working.
注意:他走进房里坐下。He walked
into the room andhad a seat.(×)
2.seefo负责(做某事),处理(某事);照顾(某人)
·I'll see to the visitors when thev arrive.客人来了我来照顾他们。
·Will you see to closing the Windows?你负责把窗户关上好吗?
see(to it)that...注意使,务必使(用see to it that时,that可省略,但说see that时,that不可省)
·Would you see to it that the children get a hot meal?你负责保证孩子们吃到一顿热饭,好吗?
·Please see(to it)thatthe doorislocked.请务必锁上门。
3.delay v.耽搁,延误;推迟;delay n.
·Heavy traffic delayed us.拥挤的交通耽搁了我们。
·Don't delay or you will lose the chance.不要拖延,否则你会失去这次机
会的。
·Why have they delayed answering the letter?为什么他们迟迟不回信?
without delay马上,立刻 after several delays几天耽搁之后
after some delay略有耽搁 after a delay ofthree hours耽搁了三小时
4.I meant to tell you yesterday,but you were not in your office. 我本来昨天就要来通知你的,但是你不在办公室。
mean to do sth.如用于现在时,表示目前有某种打算;如用于过去时或过去完成时,则表示一个未能实现的愿望。类似的动词有:intend、want、plan、hope、eXPect、mean
·I meant to go on a journey last summer.去年夏天我本打算去旅游的。
·Ihadmeantto seeyou off butIwastoobusy atthattime.(Imeanttohaveseen you off...我本打算去给你送行的,但我当时太忙。
5.It's time I went and pieked up my little girl from school.我该去学校接小女儿了。
句型中的动词过去式并不是表示过去时间,而是表示虚拟语气。
·It's time you have a haircut.你该理发了。
·It's high time that they do the cleaning.他们该去打扫卫生了。
【课文】
1.long before,before long
(1)long before很久以前,可以用于过去时态和完成时态。before long不久,很快,一会儿。多用于将来时和过去时。
·They left their hometown long before.很久以前他们就离开家乡了。
·He and his family will return to their motherland before long.他和他的家人不久就会回国的。
(2) It was long/some time before+did...过了很久/一段时间才……
·Itwasthreedaysbeforehe came back.过了三天他回来了。
·Itwasnotlongbeforethewhole country rose up.不久全国人民起义了。
(3)It will be long/ some time before+does/do...要过很久/一段时间才会……
·It will be four years before he graduates from the college.要过四年他才能从大学毕业。
·It won't be long before he finishes reading the book过不了多久他就会读完这本书。
比较:It+be+time+before...
It+be+time+since...
It+be+序数词+time+that...
It+be+time+that强调句型...
2.quarrel可用作名词、动词。意思是“争论,争吵,吵架,口角”
(1)quarrel with sb.about/over sth.
(2)have a quarrel with sb.about/over sth.因为某事和某人争吵
·They never quarreled among themselves.他们之间从不争吵。
·It is no use quarrelling about it with me.为这事和我吵没用。
3.I dare saymy uncle will.
(1)I dare say=it seem to me probable/likely.我觉得很可能,我相信。
·We'll certainly win the game,I dare say.我相信我们一定能获得比赛的胜利。
·These young students,I dare say,can pass the entrance examination.我相信,这些年轻学生能够通过入学考试。
辨析:Idare say可能,也许(侧重不肯定)Idareto say我敢说(侧重肯定)
·Idare saythathe'll come.可能他回来。
·I dare to say that he'll come.我敢说他一定会来。
(2)dare作情态动词,作“敢”、“敢于”解。后跟不带to的不定式。主要用于疑问、否定、条件及表示怀疑的句子中。dare作情态动词,没有第三人称单数,但是有过去式。
——Dare you go swimming in the sea?你敢在海里游泳吗?
——No,I dare not.不,我不敢。
·If you dare speak to me like that,you will be sorry.如果你敢那样和我讲话,你会后悔的。
(3)dare也可以作及物动词,词义相同,后面跟的不定式多带to,在否定句中可以不带to。
·The children don't dare(to)make a sound while their parents are sleeping.父母亲睡觉的时候,孩子们都不敢吱声。
·Nobody would dare to wake her up,even her little daughter.
4.I can see it fastened to a nail next to the hole in the wall.我看到绳子是系在墙上洞口旁边的钉子上的。
see(hear/watch/find/notice/get/make/feel/keep/have...)+sb./sth.+过去分词表示“看见/听见/……某人/某物被……”的意思。
·I spoke 1ouder in order to make myselfheard.我高声说话是为了让别人能听见。
·On my way home,I found a house burnt down.在回家的路上我发现一座房子被烧毁了。
·I never heard the song sung.我从来没有听到这首歌唱过。
5.There is no doubt about it.这是肯定无疑的。
有关doubt的一些常用句型及词组:
(1)sb.doubtwhether/if...
(2)sb.don't doubt
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