1、Lesson1 语篇理解 一个著名的艺术品收藏家在穿过城市时看见一只脏猫在一家商店门口舔饮浅碟中的牛奶。他惊讶地又看了一眼。收藏家注意到浅碟是件古董,很值钱,于是他漫不经心地走进店里,假装不知情的样子,提出要花20美元买那只猫。店主回答说:“对不起,这只猫是非卖品。”收藏家说:“拜托了,我正需要一只又饿、胃口又好的猫帮我抓屋里的老鼠呢,我可以出200美元买那只猫。”店主说了声“成交”,就把猫给了他。收藏家接着说:“嘿,我想知道200 美元的话你能不能把那只旧碟子免费赠送给我呢。毕竟这猫已经习惯了用它,这样也省得我再去买猫食盆了。”店主说:“对不起,朋友,那可是我的幸运碟。到现在为止,这周我已经
2、卖出去68只猫了。”1、A famous art collector was walking through the city when he noticed a dirty cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store.He did a double take.He noticed that the saucer was an antique and very valuable,so he walked casually into the store and innocently offered to buy the cat
3、 for 20 dollars.lap vt.(动物动物)舔食，舔着喝舔食，舔着喝 do a double take 惊讶地又看了一眼惊讶地又看了一眼 collector 收藏家收藏家 collect v.收集，收藏，募捐收集，收藏，募捐2、The store owner replied,“Im sorry,but the cat isnt for sale.”3、The collector said,“Please,I need a hungry cat with a good appetite around the house to catch mice.Ill pay you 200 d
4、ollars for that cat.”4、The owner said“sold”and handed over the cat.for sale 待售，供出售待售，供出售 on sale 出售，上市；减价出售出售，上市；减价出售 hand over 交出，移交交出，移交 with a good appetite 有一个好胃口有一个好胃口 pay for 支付支付 老鼠老鼠：mouse(单单)mice(复复)5、The collector continued,“Hey,for the 200 dollars I wonder if you could throw in that old s
5、aucer.The cats used to it and itll save me from having to get a dish.”6、And the owner said,“Sorry my friend,but thats my lucky saucer.So far this week Ive sold 68 cats.”throw in 额外赠送额外赠送 本周至今本周至今 be used to(doing)sth.习惯于习惯于(做做)某事某事 be used to do sth.被来用做某事被来用做某事 used to do sth.过去常常做某事过去常常做某事 I wonde
6、r if you could“不知你是否能够不知你是否能够”save sb.from doing sth.省的某人做某事省的某人做某事 夏洛克福尔摩斯和华生医生去野营。他们吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐,喝了瓶酒,就准备去睡觉了。几个小时后,福尔摩斯醒来,问他忠实的朋友:“华生,抬头看看天空,告诉我你看到了什么。”“福尔摩斯,我看到无数的星星。”华生回答。“那你从中推断出什么?”华生想了一会儿。“嗯,根据天文学研究推断,现在天空中有数百万的星系,可能还有数十亿颗行星。根据星星的位置判断,现在土星在狮子座。根据科学计时测算,我推断时间大概是三点一刻。根据目前的大气条件,我预测明天天气会很好。福尔摩斯,你推断
7、出了什么?”福尔摩斯沉默了一会儿。“华生,”他说,“有人偷了我们的帐篷!”1、Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went on a camping trip.After a good dinner and a bottle of wine,they retired for the night,and went to sleep.2、Some hours later,Holmes woke up and asked his faithful friend,“Watson,look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”retir
8、e for the night 去睡觉去睡觉 retire vi.（熟词生义）睡觉，就寝（熟词生义）睡觉，就寝 wake up 醒来醒来 抬头看着抬头看着夏洛克夏洛克.福尔摩斯和华生医生福尔摩斯和华生医生3、“I see millions and millions of stars,Holmes,”replied Watson.4、“And what do you deduce from that?”5、Watson thought for a minute.“Well,according to the studies on astronomy,it tells me that there a
9、re millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.According to the positions of the stars,I observe that Saturn is in Leo.无数的无数的 hundreds and thousands of 成百上千的，成千上万的成百上千的，成千上万的 observe v.观察到，发现观察到，发现6、According to the scientific measurement of time,I deduce that the time is probably a qua
10、rter past three.According to the current atmosphere,I forecast that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.What does it tell you,Holmes?”7、Holmes was silent for a moment.“Watson,”he said,“someone has stolen our tent!”三点一刻三点一刻 steal v.偷偷 stole;stolen 一个中年男子觉得非常沮丧。最近他诸事不顺。他在工作上遇到了问题,妻子又跟别的男人跑了。在沮丧了一个多月
11、后,他决定去看医生。他在诊室里等着,像是等了几个世纪。他旁边流血的男人在紧张地看着手表;一个女人使劲咳嗽、打喷嚏;还有个婴儿在哭闹。最后,在他等了大约半个小时之后,他被叫进去就诊。他进去时医生正在办公桌上写便条。“抱歉,我刚忙完别的事,今天上午很忙。”之后她转向中年人问道,“你怎么了?”“是这样的,我最近遭遇了一点危机,嗯,是出现了很多问题,”那人回答道,“而且我工作一直很忙。”“嗯,你脸色很苍白。”医生开始给他检查。“不过一切正常,”她检查后说,“除了血压有点高,呼吸有些沉重,其他方面都正常。”“那我该怎么办?”那人问道,“我很快就要出差了,要在美国连续工作三个月。下星期的这个时候,我已经快
12、要到达纽约了。”医生想了一会儿。“我觉得你需要开怀大笑,笑出来对你很有好处。城里刚好有马戏团表演,你怎么不去看看呢?我听说马戏团里有个很棒的小丑,叫格罗克,他肯定能逗笑你。”“可我就是格罗克。”那人悲伤地回答。1、A middle-aged man was feeling very down.Everything had been going wrong for him.He had had problems at work and his wife had left him for another man.So,after he had been feeling depressed for
13、over a month,he decided to go to the doctor.He had to wait for what seemed like ages in the doctors surgery.down adj情绪低落，沮丧，悲哀情绪低落，沮丧，悲哀eg:I feel a bit down today.我今天有点闷闷不乐。我今天有点闷闷不乐。思考：表示心绪不佳的词语还有哪些？思考：表示心绪不佳的词语还有哪些？go wrong 1.出现问题；遇到困难；出现问题；遇到困难；2.（机器）出故障；（机器）出故障；3.犯错误，弄错犯错误，弄错 看医生看医生 see a doctor
14、 what 引导的宾语引导的宾语从句，作从句，作wait for 的宾语。的宾语。what 在在宾语从句中作主语。宾语从句中作主语。ages/an age 很长时间很长时间 表示心绪不佳的词语：表示心绪不佳的词语：down 情绪低落的，沮丧depressed 沮丧的upset 心烦的sad 伤心的unhappy 不开心的in bad mood 心情不好 in low spirits 无精打采，沮丧blue 悲伤的，忧郁的black dog n.沮丧The bleeding man next to him was looking at his watch nervously;a woman wa
15、s coughing and sneezing badly;and a baby was screaming.Finally,after he had been waiting for about half an hour,he was called in for his consultation.The doctor was writing a note at her desk when he came in.“Sorry,Im just finishing something.Im afraid weve been very busy this morning.”She then turn
16、ed to the man.“So,whats the problem?”she asked.badly 严重地；厉害地严重地；厉害地2、“Well,Ive been having a bit of a crisis,you know,lots of problems,”replied the man.“And Ive been doing a lot of work.”3、“Mmm,youre looking very pale.”The doctor started to examine him.“Well,everything is working OK,”she announced a
17、fterwards.a bit of a.(谈及负面情绪时用谈及负面情绪时用)有点儿有点儿 pale adj.(人、面孔等人、面孔等)苍白的苍白的“You have slightly high blood pressure and youre breathing quite heavily,but otherwise everythings fine.”4、“So what can I do?”asked the man.“Im going on a trip soon.I will be working in the United States for three months.This t
18、ime next week,Ill be arriving in New York.”breath heavily 呼吸困难呼吸困难5、The doctor thought for a while.“I think what you need is a good laugh.That would do you a lot of good.A circus is performing in town.Why dont you go to see it?I hear theres an amazing clown wholl really make you laugh.His names Grock.”6、“I am Grock,”replied the man sadly.带带给你很多好处给你很多好处
