《新概念英语》第二册第50课 Taken for a ride
2012-05-30 09:37阅读:
乘车兜风
【课文】
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
Why did the writer not get off the bus at Woodford Green?
Why did the writer not get off the bus at Woodford Green?
I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my
way.
I went on an
excursion recently, but my trip took me longer
than I expected.
'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the
conductor as I got on the bus, 'but I don't know where
it is.'
'I'll tell you where to get off.' answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the
countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I
realized with a
shock that I was the only passenger left on the
bus.
'You'll have to get off
here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.'
'Is this Woodford Green?' I asked.
'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly. 'I forgot to put you
off.'
'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.'
'We're going back now,' said the conductor.
'Well, in that
case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I
answered.
【课文翻译】
我喜欢在乡间旅行,但却不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行,但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。
“我要去伍德福德草地,”我一上车就对售票员说,“但我不知道它在那儿。”
“我来告诉您在哪儿下车,”售票员回答说。
我坐在汽车的前部,以便饱览农村风光。过了一些时候,车停了。我环视了一下身旁,惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了。
“您得在这里下车,”售票员说,“我们的车就到此为止了。”
“这里是伍德福德草地吗?”我问道。
“哎呀,”售票员突然说,“我忘了让您下车了。”
“没关系,”我说,“我就在这儿下吧。”
“我们现在要返回去,”售票员说。
“好吧,既然如此,我还是留在车上吧。”我回答说。
【生词和短语】
ride n. 旅行
excursion n. 远足
conductor n. 售票员
view n. 景色
shock n.震惊
case n.情况,案例
【知识点讲解】
1.
分词作状语。一个句子两部分组成,前半部分没有明显的主语和谓语,而是直接以一个动词的ing,to
do,done形式开头,后半部分是完整的句子,那这样的句子就是我们所说的分词作状语的句子。
例1:Being one of human being, I think I must joint the group of
environmental protection.作为人类的一员,我觉得自己应该为环保做贡献。
句子中的being one of human being是后面 I think I must joint the group of
environmental protection这个完整句子的一个状语,显然是它的原因状语。
例2:To make me happy, you need to buy me a
drink.想让我开心,你得请我喝饮料。
To make me happy是后半部分完整句子的状语,具体来讲是一个目的性质的目的状语。
例3:Killed by the enemy, the soldiers are remembered by the
people.被敌军残忍杀害的战士们将会被群众铭记在心。
done 与ing的区别就是和后面完整句子主语之间的关系了,很明显ing是主动,done是被动。而to
do则表示“为了……”这样的目的性。
2. excursion、trip、journey之间的长短关系
journey最长,excursion最短,trip居中。有俚语trip
or journey,表示上厕所是“小号”还是“大号”。
go on a excursion/trip/journey
3.
in front of 与in the front of
区别。
前者是A\B两者之间的位置关系,比如A在B之前,B在A之后;而后者表示A包含B,B在A内部靠前的位置。如:教室前面的树木就属于第一种情况,教室里面的讲台就属于第二种。
4. prefer的三种用法,即对应的三个句型。
prefer sth to
sth,该句型用于两名此的比对。比如喜欢下雨天胜过晴天。
prefer doing to
doing,其实和上面的是一回事,只不过这里面比对的是两个动名词。比如喜欢跳舞胜过唱歌。
prefer to
do,这是最重要的一个,比对做两件事。比如喜欢跑步胜过游泳。
In that case,I prefer to stay on the bus.
【上期作业回顾】
翻译以下三个句子。
1. 我对这份无聊的工作已经感到厌倦了。
→I have been tired of this boring job.
2. 她有一个在美国念书的妹妹。
→She has a sister who studies in America.
3. 我会在这儿一直等着直到他醒来。
→I won't leave here until he wakes up.
【课后作业】
翻译以下三个句子。
1
昨天雾太大,我迷路了。
2
我在教室的前半部分坐着。
3
我喜欢草莓胜过喜欢芒果。