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1、有一定基础者注意积累固定搭配和语料,重点练习听力和复述,尝试造句和情景表达。
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A Large Hole in the Road
There was once a farmer. He lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.
Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow. Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out, because it was so deep.
The farmer didn’t spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled the car and charged the driver a lot of money for doing this.
One day, the driver of a car said to him, “You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day.” “Oh, no, I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water.” the farmer said.
单词注解:
1. large /lɑːdʒ/ adj.大的
2. hole /həʊl/ n.洞
3. once /wʌns/ adv.曾经
4. always /'ɔːlweɪz/ adv.总是
5. deep /diːp/ adj.深的
6. think /θɪŋk/ vt.认为 【thought /θɔːt/】
7. probably /'prɒbəblɪ/ adv.可能
8. shallow /'ʃæləʊ/ adj.浅的
9. because /bɪ'kɒz/ conj.因为
10. spend /spend/ vt.花费(时间等)
11. pull /pʊl/ v.拉 【pulled /pʊld/】
12. charge /tʃɑːdʒ/ vi.收费 【charged /tʃɑːdʒd/】
知识讲解:
本篇文章使用了一般过去时态,讲述了过去发生的一个小故事,下面是文中常用的搭配。
1、from time to time的意思是“偶尔”,相当于英语中的sometimes,如:
He wrote to me from time to time. 他偶尔给我写信。
2、文中出现了full的常用搭配be full of,意思是“充满、装满”,如:
The car was full of students. 这辆车子载满了学生。
full作形容词,词义丰富,如:
表示“满的”,如:a full glass of milk 一满杯的牛奶
表示“(程度、数、量等)完全的”,如:a full year 足足一年
表示“吃饱的”,如:a full stomach 满肚
表示“丰富的”,如:full experience 丰富的经验
3、文中出现了两个与drive相关的短语,即drive into、drive out,这里的drive作动词,意思是“开、驾驶”,后面的两个介词表示方向。
into表示“进入…中”,所以drive into就表示“开进去”。
out表示“(从…里)出来”,所以drive out就表示“开出来”。
4、今天为大家讲解spend的基本用法:
spend的主语必须是人,常用于以下结构:
(1) spend time/money on sth意思是“在…上花费时间(金钱)”,如:
I spent two hours on this English problem. 这道英语题花了我两个小时。
(2) spend time/money (in) doing sth意思是“花费时间(金钱)做某事”,如:
They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
(3) spend money for sth意思是“花钱买…”如:
His money was spent for fruits. 他的钱用来买水果了。
本文中使用的就是第一种结构,即spend…on 。
5、charge这个词我们都应该认识,但是怎么用呢?可能很多人就不知道了,看看今天的讲解吧!
charge作动词,常与介词for连用,就是本课中的用法,表示“向(人)索取…费用”,如:They charged me five dollars for a cup of coffee. 他们一杯咖啡向我要5美元。
除了上面的用法,它还可以表示很多意思,如:
表示“装、载”,如:The gun charged with a bullet. 枪里装了一颗子弹。
表示“控诉”,如:The driver was charged with speeding. 驾驶员被控超速。
表示“攻击、突击”,如:The soldiers charged the enemy. 士兵们攻击敌人。
表示“命令、指示”,如:Mary’s mother charged her to take good care of the baby. 玛丽的母亲叫她好好照顾婴孩。
charge除了可以作动词,还可以作名词,如:
表示“照顾、委托”,如:Doctors have charge of sick people. 医生照顾病人。
表示“控诉”,如:They made a charge against her. 他们控告他。
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