Lesson 125
Tea for two
两个人一起喝茶
Listen to the tape then answer this question. Does Susan have tea by herself?
听录音，然后回答问题。苏珊是一个人喝茶吗？
SUSAN: Can't you come in and have tea
now, Peter?
PETER: Not yet.
I must water the garden first.
SUSAN: Do you have to water it now?
PETER: I'm afraid I must.
Look at it!
It's terribly dry.
SUSAN: What a nuisance!
PETER: Last summer it was very dry, too.
Don't you remember?
I had to water it every day.
SUSAN: Well, I'll have tea by myself.
SUSAN: That was quick!
Have you finished already?
PETER: Yes.
Look out of the window.
SUSAN: It's raining!
That means
You don't need to water
the garden.
PERTR: That was a pleasant surprise.
It means I can have tea,
instead.
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
water
v. 浇水
terribly
adv. 非常
dry
adj. 干燥的，干的
nuisance
n. 讨厌的东西或人
mean (meant, meant)
v. 意味着，意思是
surprise
n. 惊奇，意外的事

苏珊：彼得，你现在能进来喝茶吗？

彼得：还不能。我得先给花园浇水。

苏珊：你一定得现在浇吗？

彼得：恐怕我得现在浇。你看看，干得厉害。

苏珊：真讨厌！

彼得：去年夏天也是干得很。 你记得了吗？我不得不每天浇水。

苏珊：好吧，我一个喝茶了。

苏珊：好快啊！你已经浇完了？

彼得：是的。你看看窗外。

苏珊：下雨了，这就是就是说， 你不必给花园浇水了。

彼得：这是意想不能的好事。 这意味着我反倒可以喝茶了。

[词汇]
water v. 浇水
terribly adv. 非常
dry adj. 干燥的，干的
nuisance n. 讨厌的东西或人
mean(meant/meant) v. 意味着，意思是
surprise n. 惊奇，意外的事

waters 水域 / watermelon 西瓜
I'm afraid I must water the garden now.
very / terribly / awfully
I'm very happy.
I'm very sorry.
terribly/awful 表示负面的意思，very可以表示负面的意思，也可以表示下面的意思。
It is cool today. It is a good day for picnic.
It is very cool.
It is terrible/awful cool.
It's dry this year.
It's very/terribly/awfully dry this year.
It is a nuisance!
The man is a nuisance.
What a nuisance (it is)!

mean person/small person
That man is really very mean. / He is a small person.
by all means 想尽办法，不择手段
I want to pass the band six exam by all means.
You must go Home.
You must water the garden.
What do you mean?
What do you know?
I know he is a good person.
I mean you must go Home.
It's raining.
It means (that) I needn't (don't need to) water the garden.
I need to go Home.
I needn't (don't need to) go Home.
It's a surprise.
pleasant
It's a pleasant surprise.

Listen to the story about a man and his wife.
His wife wants the man to have a cup of tea with her in the living room.
But it's dry. The man thinks that he must water the garden now.
But the wife wants the man to come in and have a cup of tea with her.
And the man doesn't want to come in.
The lady is a little bit angry.
So she wants to drink a cup of tea by herself.
But later, it's raining/ it begins to rain.
Then that is a good news for the man.
That means the man needn't water the garden.
And he can come in and have a cup of tea with his wife.

have to/ has to/ will have to/had to/ have had to/ has had to
must/ have to 必须
1 must是情态动词；have to是复合动词
2 must没有时态变化；have to有时态变化，have to在变为否定和疑问形式时要根据不同的助动词来变化（一般现在时don't/doesn't；将来时后边直接变化；过去时didn't；完成时have not had to）
3 have to是客观需要，must主观的必须
take a taxi
I must take a taxi.
I have to take a taxi.
I don't have to take a taxi.
Do you have to take a taxi?
I have to take a taxi every day.
I don't have to take a taxi every day.
Do you have to take a taxi every day?
She has to get up early tomorrow.
She doesn't have to get up early tomorrow.
Does she have to get up early tomorrow?
I had to water the garden every day last year.
I didn't have to water the garden every day last year.
Did you have to water the garden every day last year?
I have waited for you for two hours.
I have had to wait for you for two hours.
Exercises
1 Does she have to decide immediately?
She doesn't have to decide immediately.
2 She needn't decide immediately.
Must she decide immediately?
3 We don't have to take a taxi.
Do you have to take a taxi?
4 We needn't take a taxi.
Must we take a taxi?

B Examples
1 I have to telephone him, too.
2 She has to wait for him, too.
3 He has to meet her, too.
4 They have to travel by ship, too.

C Examples
1 Do you really have to telephone him now?
2 Does Mary really have to wait for him now?

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