lesson 28 Five pounds too dear

1、Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear Objective: Master the usage of “as”. INDEX Background Grammar New words Sentence VCR Exercises VCR Peddling Way 黑心棉黑心棉 黑心月饼黑心月饼 I Revision Dictate the new words and phrases learned in lesson 21 lesson 27. 1-5 without delay, philosopher, spiritual, rise to fame, live in

2、 poverty 6-10 grudge doing sth, colleague, unsympathetic, surgeon, passer-by 11-15 pocket ones dignity, deliberately, as a consequence, to varying degrees, be afflicted with sth 16-20 with ease, be envious of sb, exert an influence on sb, pride oneself on sth, anticipate doing sth Grammar It was dif

3、ficult not to be tempted. (It作形式主语或形式宾语）作形式主语或形式宾语） 作形式主语作形式主语 It is quite possible that there is life out there in the universe.(真正的主语为真正的主语为that 弓弓I导的从句导的从句) 很可能宇宙外有生命存在。很可能宇宙外有生命存在。 It is important to keep practising.(真正的主语为不定式短语）坚持锻炼很重要。真正的主语为不定式短语）坚持锻炼很重要。 It is no good doing that.(真正的主语为动名词短语）

4、那样做没好处。真正的主语为动名词短语）那样做没好处。 作形式宾语作形式宾语 We think it a pity that a man like him should not work harder.(真正的宾语为真正的宾语为that 引导的从句引导的从句) 像他那样的人，不更加努力工作，我们觉得可惜。像他那样的人，不更加努力工作，我们觉得可惜。 The old man found it hard to remember things.(真正的宾语为不定式短语真正的宾语为不定式短语) 那位老人发现要记住什么很困难。那位老人发现要记住什么很困难。 They thought it dangerou

5、s walking alone at night.(真正的宾语为动名词短语真正的宾语为动名词短语) 他他 们认为夜里独自行走很危险。们认为夜里独自行走很危险。 Grammar 另外另外,It.,经常用在经常用在:leave+it + tosb./sth. ( +to do) 让让干干-owe + it + to sb./sth. + that.多亏了多亏了 PersiaWell leave it to you to judge.我们让你作判我们让你作判 断。断。 I owe it to you that I am still alive.我能活到今天多我能活到今天多 亏了你。亏了你。 II N

6、ew words 总称常用于复合词器皿; 物品 eg. small wares 小百货 The peddler sold his wares cheap. 小贩廉价出售货 物。 dishware餐具 glassware玻璃器皿 software软件 silverware 银器 ironware 铁器 chinaware 陶器 II New words 诱惑, 引起(食欲等); 吸引; 使发生兴趣 Phrases: never to be tempted off the straight path 决不被引入歧途 tempt sb to do sth / tempt sb into (doing

7、) sth Urge sb to do sth 引诱/怂恿/鼓动/劝说某人做某事 eg. They tried to tempt her with money. They tempted the children to steal. The warm weather tempted us into swimming. bargain n. 交易; 合同; 协议; 廉价货; 成交的商品 eg. make a bargain with sb 与某人达成协议成交 He made a bargain with his wife You take care of the children and Ill

8、 cook. 他跟妻子讲条件你看好孩子,我做饭。 At that low price the house is a bargain. 按那样低的价钱出售, 这房子是便宜的。 A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议决不可撕毁。 Its a real bargain. (informal) (非正式)真便宜。 No bargaining 不讲价 II New words 成交, 商定; 交换；做生意 Phrases: bargain (with sb) about / over / for sth 就与某人讨 价还价 eg. If you bargain with them,

9、they might reduce the price. 你讲讲价,他们可能会把价钱降低。 She bargained with the trader about the price till he sold her the fruit cheaply. 她和卖水果的人讨价还价，直到他把水果便宜地卖给了她。 Dealers are bargaining with growers over the price of coffee. 商人与种植者就咖啡的价格进行商洽. The unions bargained with management for a shorter working week.

10、工会为缩短工作周而与资方讨价还价. I bargained my watch for a meal. 我用我的表换了一顿饭 II New words 宠爱; 恩惠；偏袒, 偏爱；赞成, 支持; 许可; 同意；庇护 Phrases: win sb.s favo(u)r 赢得某人的欢心 I shall esteem it a favo(u)r if .若蒙.不胜荣幸。 show favo(u)r towards neither party 对双方都不 偏袒 ask sb a favo(u)r 请某人帮个忙 do sb a favo(u)r / do a favo(u)r for sb 帮某人一个

11、忙 in favor of sb. / sth. 支持；赞同： II New words 支持; 赞成; 赐与, 惠赠(with); 便于, 有利于, 有助于; 促进; 偏爱, 偏袒; (容貌)象（父亲或母亲） eg. I favo(u)r bright colors. 我偏爱亮色。 Do you favo(u)r this proposal? 你赞成这个提议吗？ Will you favo(u)r us with a song? 给我们唱个歌好吗? Fortune favo(u)rs the brave. 谚天助勇者。 The weather favo(u)red us. 天公作美。 A m

12、other should not favo(u)r any of her children. 母亲不应偏爱其任一子女。 The boy favo(u)rs his father. 这男孩很象其父。 II New words 无耻的, 令人不能 容忍的; 侮辱人的, 极恶劣的; 令人震惊的; 令人愤慨 的 eg. an outrageous price 令人气愤的价格 His treatment of his wife is outrageous. 他待妻子十分蛮横。 These are outrageous remarks designed to shock listeners. 这些言论是故

13、意耸人听闻的。 II New words 逼迫, 将.强加于; 插入, 刺入, 戳; 强行推进, 推挤; 挺伸, 延伸 eg. The kidnappers thrust the poor girl into the car. You cant thrust your opinion on / upon others. We thrust our way through the mass of people. The robber thrust at her with a knife. The rail roads thrust into hilly regions。 铁路线向山区延伸 III

14、 Text Study Please close your text books. Listen to the tape of the text carefully and try to answer the following question: Why was even five pounds too dear? (Because it was useless and to this day it has never written a single word.) Read the text by yourselves and pay attention to the usage of “

15、as”. III Text Study Explain the text: qIt was difficult not to be tempted. qit was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink 要想不对这些东西动心是很困难的要想不对这些东西动心是很困难的 (1) Structure: “it” is a form subject, infinitive phrase “not to be tempted” and “to fill” are the real subjects. (2) Sentence pattern: it

16、be difficult / hard / impossible / easy etc. (for sb) (not) to do sth eg. It is difficult to do so much work in so little time. It is easy not to speak to him. It is inconvenient to lead a tramps life. It is impossible for us to finish this task in half an hour. No sooner -than I had no sooner got o

17、ff the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring. 我刚一下船，就被一个人缠住了，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。 no soonerthan 刚做完A这件事，就做B这件。 例如： He had no sooner returned than he bought a house. 他一回来就买了一套房子。 如果no sooner 位于句首，主句要用倒装结构。例如： No sooner had he arrived than he went away again. 他刚到就又走了。 No soone

18、r had the game started than it began to rain heavily. 运动会刚开始，天就下起了大雨。 有一点要注意，no soonerthan 一般用来描述做过的事情， 它不能用于表示将来的事。 hardlywhen. 3、hardlywhen. 它的意思是“几乎未来得及做完A这件事，紧接着就开始B这件事。” 使用这个短语时，一般用于过去完成时；并且when有时可改用before。 例如： He had hardly finished the article when the light went out. 他刚写完文，灯就熄了。 He had hardl

19、y had time to settle down when he sold the house. 他还未安顿下来，就卖掉了那所房子。 另外，如果把hardly放于句首，主句要用倒装结构即谓语动词要提前。如： Hardly had I finished eating when he came in. 我刚吃完他就进来了。 Hardly had she gone out when a student came to visit her. 她还没走出家门，就有一个学生来看望她。 III Text Study Explain the text: qI had no intention of buyi

20、ng one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds. 我根本不想买，但我不能掩饰这样一个事实：其钻石之大给我根本不想买，但我不能掩饰这样一个事实：其钻石之大给 我留下了深刻的印象。我留下了深刻的印象。 (1) Structure: “but” introduces a compound statement, in the latter clause appositive clause “that ” is used to modify “the fact”. III

21、Text Study Explain the text: (2) phrase: have no intention of doing sth: not intend to do sth, not mean to do sth 不打算做某事，没有做某事的意思 eg. At present, they have no intention of getting married. She says she has no intention of going back to her husband. The teacher has no intention of punishing the naugh

22、ty boy. III Text Study Explain the text: qThe man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were true. 那钻石竭力想证明那钻石是真货。那钻石竭力想证明那钻石是真货。 (1) Structure: infinitive phrase “to prove that” is used as an adverbial of purpose, “that” introduces an objective clause as the object of “prove”. III Text S

23、tudy Explain the text: qThe man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real. (2) phrase: go to great lengths to do sth 竭尽全力做某事，不 惜一切做某事 eg. The young man went to great lengths to prove himself in the new job. She will go to great lengths to get promoted. III Text Study Explain the tex

24、t: q I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay 5 pounds. 我摇摇头伸出我摇摇头伸出5根手指表示我只愿出根手指表示我只愿出5英镑。英镑。 (1) Structure: “and” introduces a compound statement, present participle phrase “indicating that” is used as an adverbial of accompanying state, “that” introduces an ob

25、jective clause as the object of “indicating”. III Text Study Explain the text: q I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay 5 pounds. (2) Phrase: shake ones head 摇头 nod ones head 点头点头 shake ones hand /shake hands with sb hold up sth 举起某物 be willing to do sth = be r

26、eady/prepared to do sth 愿意做某事 eg. I am willing to sacrifice everything to be with you. We are willing to help you with this tough problem. III Text Study Explain the text: q Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to 10 pounds. 那人激动

27、地打着手势，仿佛我出的价使他不能容忍，但他终那人激动地打着手势，仿佛我出的价使他不能容忍，但他终 于把加钱降到了于把加钱降到了10英镑。英镑。 (1) Structure: “but” introduces a compound statement, present participle phrase “gesticulating wildly” is used as an adverbial of accompanying state, “as if” introduces an adverbial clause of manner. III Text Study Explain the t

28、ext: q Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to 10 pounds. (2) Phrase: reduce the price to (money) 把价格降 到钱 eg. The seller reduced the price to one yuan one jin. I will buy this dress if you can reduce the price to 200 yuan. III Te

29、xt Study Explain the text: q Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands. 我耸耸肩膀摇摇头走开了，一会他突然从后 追了上来，把笔塞到我手里。 (1) Structure: “when” introduces an adverbial clause of time, “and” introduces a compound statement, present participle

30、phrase “Shrugging my shoulders” is used as an adverbial of accompanying state (2) Phrases: shrug ones shoulders 耸肩 run after sb 追某人 III Text Study Explain the text: q No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has never written a single word.

31、 不管我如何摆弄，那支漂亮的钢笔就是吸不进水来。 (1) Structure: “and” introduces a compound statement; Inside the first clause “no matter how” introduces an adverbial clause of concession,. (2) Phrase: to this day = up to/till now = so far (3) Sentence pattern: it be difficult / hard / impossible / easy etc. (for sb) (not)

32、 to do sth III Text Study Explain the text: q Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour. qAs we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass (1) “as”: conj. introduces an adverbial clause of

33、time. q Some of them are as big as marbles. (1) “as as”: adv. conj. “和一样” qThe man said that the pen was worth 50 pounds, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for 30 pounds. (1) “as”: prep. 作为 q Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually red

34、uced the price to 10 pounds. (1) “as if”: conj. introduces an adverbial clause of manner. III Text Study Structure of the text: q1, What is the first paragraph about? “The tradesmen tried to sell something to the tourists immediately after the liner entered the harbo(u)r.” q2, What is the second par

35、agraph about? “The writers experience with the diamond seller.” q 3, What is the third paragraph about? “The writers experience with the pen seller.” q 4, What is the structure of the text? This is a story about the writers shopping experience in a scenery area which is written in order of the write

36、rs course of journey. IV Drills & Exercises Read the text after the tape. Pay attention to the stress and intonation and where to stop. Look for the answer in the text individually first, then try to answer the comprehension questions without looking at the text. (P135 Comprehension) Key to Vocabulary loaded with wares: packed / piled with goods liner: passenger ship rugs: mats, small carpets bargaining: arguing about the price went to great lengths: did everything he could, did his best, exerted