Lesson55 The Sawyer family索耶一家人
一、Listen then answer this question.When do the children do their homework?
听录音，然后回答问题。孩子们什么时候做功课？
1.The Sawyers live at 87 King Street.
2.In the morning,Mr.Sawyer goes to work and the children go to school.Their father takes them to school every day.
3.Mrs.Sawyer stays at home every day.She does the housework.
4.She always eats her lunch at noon.
5.In the afternoon,she usually sees her friends.They often drink tea together.
6.In the evening,the children come home from school.They arrive home early.
7.Mr.Sawyer comes home from work.He arrives home late.
8.At night,the children always do their homework.Then they go to bed.Mr.Sawyer usually reads his newspaper,but sometimes he and his wife watch television.
二、New words and expressions
生词和短语
1.live住，生活
2.stay待在，停留
3.home家，在家，到家
4.housework家务
5.lunch午饭
6.afternoon下午
7.usually通常
8.together一起
9.evening晚上
10.arrive到达
11.night夜间
三、Notes on the text课文注释
1.the Sawyers是指索耶一家。在英文中，姓氏后面加s，前面加定冠词the，用来指一家人，特别是丈夫和妻子。
2.go to school,上学，请注意school前不带任何冠词。
3.at noon指“正午”,也叫midday。请注意本课中表示时间的不同短语：in the morning/afternoon/evening,at noon/night。
4.They arrive home early.在本句中home和early都是副词，下文中的home和late也是副词。
5.at night,在夜里。
四、参考译文
1.索耶一家住在国王街87号。
2.早上，索耶先生去是上班，孩子们去上学。父亲每天送孩子们去上学。
3.索耶夫人每天待在家里。她料理家务。
4.她总是在正午吃午饭。
5.下午，她总是会见她的朋友。她们经常在一起喝茶。
6.傍晚，孩子们放学回家。他们到家很早。
7.索耶先生下班回家。他到家很晚。
8.晚上，孩子们总是做作业，然后去睡觉。索耶先生总是读报纸，但有时和他的妻子一起看电视。
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