Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one

1、Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one w Objective: Get familiar with the usage of the simple present and the present continuous tenses. II Warm up on the title w Which number is bigger, 13 or 1? (13.) w Why does the writer say “13 equals 1” ? (Figurative usage.) w Can you think of a similar usage about numbe

2、rs in China? (“1 + 1 = 3”. 4 1 = 5) III New words 能胜任, 有能力去做 on equal terms with sb (meeting or speaking) as equals, with no difference in status or rank 平等相处 eg. He equals me in strength, but not in intelligence. All men are born equal. She feels equal to the task. He doesnt seem equal to our deman

3、ds. Now that she is promoted, she is on equal terms with her ex-boss. vicar n.牧师 III New words lift up; feed, bring up 筹集，募捐；抬起，举起； 饲养，养活 eg. Jay Chou held a charity concert to raise funds for the earthquake victims. 周杰伦举行了一场“抗震救灾慈善募捐演唱会”。 Were trying to raise funds for the Red Cross. The leader rai

4、sed an army. raise your hand raise the bag over your head raise my family raise my son raise a question III New words in the first clause “always” is used together with the present continuous tense to show the writers dissatisfaction with the vicar.全句为“but”连接的的 并列句，并列句的第一个分句中频度副词“always” 用在现在进行时里表示作

5、者对牧师的不满。（详见 本课关键句型） w现在进行时和always等频度副词搭配时：表示说话 人带有某种的情感色彩 Tom is always doing homework. T总是做家庭作业，怎 么也做不完。 Tom always does his homework. T总是做家庭作业，不 拖欠作业。 He is always making noises. 他总是吵吵闹闹，真烦人。 VI Text Study w one or another：表示这样或那样 - for one reason or another 处于这样或那样的原因 - in one way or another 用这样或

6、那样的方法 w get enough money to do sth 募集足够的资金做某事 - I have to get enough money to have my house repaired. w have sth. done: 1找某人来做某事 - have the church clock repaired - have the plane repaired / - have hair cut 2某人所遭受到的意外某种情况 w - He had his wallet stolen. (His wallet was stolen.) VI Text Study wThe big c

7、lock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since. (1)Structure: “and” introduces a compound statement; inside the first clause “which” introduces an attributive clause to modify “the big clock”.全句为“and”连接的 的并列句，并列句的第一个分句内出现了“which”引 导的定语从句来修

8、饰“the big clock”。 (2) used to do sth: often did sth in the past 过去经常，以前常常做 eg. I used to get up at 9:00 in the morning. 以前我早上经常是9:00起床。 我们公司过去和他们的公司常有业务往来。 Our company used to do business with theirs. 他已不是旧日的他了。 He is not what he used to be. VI Text Study w One night, however, our vicar woke up with

9、 a start: w wake up vi. 醒来，此处为不及物动词短语，后不跟 宾语。 eg. - When did you wake up this morning? 你今天早上几点醒的？ - I woke up at 7 oclock. 我7:00醒的。 w Start n.vt.惊跳, 惊起 - The noise made him started (v.). - What a start (n.) you give me! III Text Study wLooking at his watch, he saw that it was one oclock, but the bel

10、l struck thirteen times before it stopped. Structure: “but” introduces a compound statement; the first clause of the compound statement contains an objective clause led by “that” after verb “saw”; the second clause contains an adverbial clause of time introduced by “before”; the present participle p

11、hrase “looking at his watch” is used as adverbial of time. 全句为“but”连接的并列句；并列句的第一个分句内 出现了由“that”引导的宾语从句作动词“saw”的宾语； 后一个分句内又出现了一个由“before”引导的时间状 语从句；现在分词短语“looking at his watch”在宾语 从句里作时间状语。（分词做状语/定语的时候， 一定要注意它和逻辑主语要呼应一致） ） Paraphrase: When he looked at his watch, he saw that it was one oclock. But th

12、e bell didnt stop until it struck thirteen times. III Text Study wArmed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. Structure: The past participle phrase “armed with a torch” is used as an adverbial of accompanying state; the infinitive phrase “to see what was goin

13、g on” is used as an adverbial of purpose; and the infinitive phrase contains an objective clause led by “what” after verb “see”. 过去分词短语 “armed with a torch” 作伴随状语，不定式短语作目 的状语；不定式短语内又出现了由“what”引导的宾语 从句作动词“see”的宾语。（分词做状语/定语的 时候，一定要注意它和逻辑主语要呼应一致） arm v. arm sb. with sth. 用用来武装某人；来武装某人；be armed with sth

14、. 武装着武装着 eg. The soldiers armed themselves with rifles. The soldiers were armed with rifles. III Text Study wIn the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. Structure: “whom” introduces an attributive clause to modify “a figure”. “whom

15、”引导的定语从句修 饰“a figure”。 Phrase: catch sight of: 一眼瞥见某人/某物 eg. She caught sight of a car in the distance. 她一眼瞥见远处的汽车。 I caught sight of an empty seat in the bus. 我看到公共汽车的后面有一个空座位。 III Text Study Phrase: recognize 意识到，认出意识到，认出 recognize sb./sth. as 认出是，认为是，当作是认出是，认为是，当作是 eg. 虽然我有10年没看到彼得了，但我认出了他. Altho

16、ugh I havent seen Peter for 10 years, I recognized him immediately. Smoking is recognized as a leading cause of cancer. 吸烟被认为是致癌的主要原因之一。 我们家把他看作是我们最好的朋友。 Our family recognized him as our best friend. III Text Study wWhatever are you doing up here Bill? Structure: “wh-ever? = wh- on earth?” is used f

17、or emphasizing 特殊疑问词“wh-”后跟 “ever”表示强调, 到底，究竟 (Whatever 中的ever用来加强语气) eg. Why ever didnt you go? (why on earth?) Whoever is that girl with John? (who on earth?) Whenever will you come back? (when on earth?) VI Text Study w Ive been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hopin

18、g to give you a surprise. night after night 一夜连着一夜 day after day 一天又一天 / year after year 一年又一年 week after week 一周又一周 / bus after bus 一辆车接着一辆车 III Text Study wYou certainly did give me a surprise! (1) Paraphrase: You really surprised me! (2) Structure: “do/does/did + verb” is used to emphasize the pr

19、edicative verb. “助动词do/does/did动词原形动词原形”用来 强调谓语动词。 eg. I came yesterday. I did come yesterday. I love you. I do love you. Be careful. Do be careful. He comes very early everyday. He does come very early everyday. III Text Study w对除谓语动词外的其他部分进行强调时可用强 调句型 it is/wasthat/who eg. He helped us. It was he

20、who helped us. I like you. It is you that/who I like. We began our study in this term from March 8th. It was from March 8th that we began our study in this term. VI Text Study w Youve probably woken up everyone in the village as well. wake sb. up vt. 把某人叫醒 ，此处为及物动词短 语，宾语为名词时可放在up前或后，宾语为带 词时须放在up前；课文中的代词宾语everyone 因受in the village修饰