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Lesson 50 Taken for a ride 乘车兜风

Summary writing 摘要写作

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Answer these questions in not more than 65  words.

回答下列问题,将答案组成一个段落,不要超过65个单词。

1  Where did the writer want to go? Did he know the way or not? What did the conductor promise to do? (but as)

2  Did they arrive at the bus terminus or not? What did the writer ask? (When)

3  What did the conductor realize then? (…that)

4  Why did the writer stay on the bus? (because)

 

Composition 作文

 

Rewrite the following sentences using the joining words in parentheses:

用括号中的连词改写以下句子:

1  I went into the kitchen. I turned on the light. It was dark. (On going…because)

2  My brother shouted angrily. The lights went on. (when)

3  I spoilt a film. He was developing it.(which)

 

Letter writing 书信写作

 

How to be begin a letter

写信如何开头

a  Friends should be addressed by their first names: e.g.‘Dear Fred’. Never begin a letter with the words‘Dear Friend’.

给朋友写信要称呼他们的名字,如:“亲爱的弗雷德”,决不要以“亲爱的朋友”之类的词语开头。

b  When writing to relations you may begin: Dear Mother, Dear Father, Dear Uncle Fred, Dear Aunt Alice, but never ‘Dear Cousin', or‘Dear Cousin Fred’.

给亲戚写信,则可以这样开头:亲爱的妈妈,亲爱的爸爸,亲爱的弗雷德叔叔,亲爱的艾丽丝姨妈;但决不可称“亲爱的表兄”,或“亲爱的弗雷德表兄”。

 

Exercise 练习

 

How would you begin letters to: your grandmother, your cousin Elizabeth, your friend Jack, your uncle Tom?

给下列人写信你应如何开头:你的祖母,你的表姐伊丽莎白,你的朋友杰克,你的叔叔汤姆。

 

Key structures 关键句型

 

These things always happen.表示习惯性动作(KS26)(参见第26课关键句型)

Here are some more verbs that tell us what always happens:

下面是一些表示习惯性动作的动词:

belong to, consist of, contain, desire, detest, hate, hope, love, matter, mean, mind, need, want, wish.

This box contains 48  matches.盒子里有48根火柴。Those papers belong to me.这些报纸是我的。

He needs a new pair of shoes. 他需要一双新鞋。I hate writing letters.我讨厌写信。

 

Exercises 练习

 

A  How many verbs in the passage tell us what always happens?

课文中有哪些表示习惯性动作的动词?

B  What is happening? What always happens?

Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Supply speech marks and commas where necessary and arrange the passage into paragraphs: (SD26)

用正确的时态填空;需要时可加上引号和逗号,并划分段落(参见第26课难点):

Let's eat here I said to my wife. I ______(prefer) to have a drink first she answered. That's a good idea I said.

I picked up the menu. I ______(not understand) a thing I said. It's all in Spanish. It ______ (not matter)said my wife. What ______ that word ______(mean) I asked. I ______(not know) she answered. We called the waiter and pointed to the word on the menu. Two I said, holding up two fingers. After some time, my wife said suddenly Look! He ______ (bring) us two boiled eggs!

 

Special difficulties 难点

 

Words often confused经常容易混淆的词

Study these examples:

仔细阅读以下例子:

a  Lose, Loose, Miss.

I don't like losing my way. (1.1)

Take care not to lose your passport.注意不要把护照丢了。

Several screws have come loose. I'll have to tighten them.几个螺丝松了,我不得不把它们拧紧。

We haven't seen you for a long time. We have missed you. 我们好久没有见到你了,我们想念你。

We must hurry or we'll miss the train. 我们必须快一点,不然会误了火车的。

b  Expect and Wait for.

My trip took me longer than I expected.(11.2-3)

I am expecting Jack to arrive at six o'clock, but I shall not wait for him if he is not here by 6.15. 我期待着杰克能在6点钟到达,但如果他6点15分还不到的话,我就不等他了。

 

Exercise 练习

 

Choose the correct words in these sentences:

选择正确的词:

1  Hurry up! You'll (lose) (miss) the bus.

2  That doorknob has come(lose)(loose). It will fall off soon.

3  Do you(expect)(wait for) him to change his mind?

4  If you bet on that horse you will (loose) (lose) your money.

5  He (waited) (expected) at the street corner for over half an hour before his girlfriend arrived.

c  My trip took me longer than I expected.(11.2-3)

Study these examples:

仔细阅读以下例子:

I did the trip in two hours.我在两小时里完成了这次远足。

The trip took me two hours. 这次远足用了我两个小时的时间。

 

Exercise 练习

 

Rewrite these sentences so that they begin with It takes or It took.

改写以下句子,用It takes或It took来开头。

1  I get to the office in an hour. 2  I reached Tokyo in fifteen hours. 3  He wrote the book in six months.

 

Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

 

Comprehension 理解

1  Why did the writer ask the conductor to help him?

a. He didn't know where he was going.

b. He didn't know where to get off.

c. He had lost his way.

d. He was the only passenger on the bus.

2  Which word best describes the conductor? He was ______.

a. helpful                      b. lazy

c. rude                         d. forgetful

Structure句型

3  ______ in the country is something he loves.

a. Travelling                  b. Travel

c. The travelling            d. To travelling

4  The trip took him longer than he expected. He didn't expect it to last ______.

a. longer                       b. as long

c. so long                     d. such a long

5‘Where ______ get off?’I asked.‘I'll tell you where to get off,’answered the conductor.

a. to                             b. for

c. shall I                       d. in order to

6  I was the only passenger. There weren't ______ more.

a. any                           b. many

c. lots                           d. a few

7  This is as far as we go. We don't go ______.

a. any further                b. more far

c. further more              d. so far

Vocabulary 词汇

8  A bus conductor usually ______.

a. drives a bus               b. inspects the tickets

c. buys tickets               d. collects fares

9  The writer got on the bus, but he didn't know where to ______.

a. get down                   b. get off

c. get out of                  d. get over

10  There was a good ______ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

a. sight                         b.view

c. scene                        d. scenery

11‘It doesn't matter,’I said. I ______.

a. don't remember          b.don't know

c.don't mind                  d.don't matter

12  I prefer to stay on the bus. That's ______.

a. my favourite              b. my best

c. beloved                     d. what I'd like to do best