新概念英语第二册 Lesson 54

 新概念英语第二册-Lesson 54

第一部分 WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

第二部分 TEXT

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

参考译文

早饭后, 我送孩子们上学, 然后就去了商店. 我回到家时, 时间还早. 孩子们在上学, 我丈夫在上班, 家里清静得很. 于是我决定做些肉馅饼. 不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉, 很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊. 恰恰在此时, 电话铃响了. 没有什么能比这更烦人了. 我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒. 当我听出是海伦.贝茨的声音时, 非常丧气. 我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话. 我终于挂上了话筒. 真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、电话机上以及门的把手上, 都沾上了面糊. 我刚回到厨房, 门铃又响了起来, 响声足以把死人唤醒. 这次是邮递员, 他要我签收一封挂号信!

第三部分 LANGUAGE POINTS

1、The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.
be at school:在学校上学
be at work:在上班

2、Nothing could have been more annoying.
句子后面省略了than this (The telephone rings when you are in the middle of something.)
could:表示可能性

3、I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.
between:注意这里介词用法
be dismayed:对...沮丧
 
4、It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.
persuade sb. to do sth:说服某人做某事

5、At last I hung up the receiver.
hang up:挂上话筒

6、What a mess!
完整表达为：What a mess it was!
you are a mess!你真邋遢
make a mess of sth把...搅得乱七八糟

7、I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
no :一但...立即
loud enough to wake the dead:状语修饰rang
the dead=dead people
the+adj表示...一类人
the rich:富人
the poor:穷人
the disabled:残疾人

第四部分 KEY STRUCTURES AND USAGE

课文中连词and
=>In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
=>I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.

课文中冠词用法
=>After breakfast, I sent the children(指my children) to school(send sb. to school) and then I went to the shops.
类似用法：go to the postoffice/the bank/the cinema

=>The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.
=>I was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.
=>This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

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Exercises

一、中译英
1、我们2人共有100块钱

2、他对这双鞋子的价格感到很沮丧

3、没有人可以说服他改变主意

4、厨房里一片乱七八糟

5、他的年龄已经大得令他足以明白那件事情了。

二、人的五个手指的英语表达分别是什么？

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