Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch
课文内容:
It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. Isometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday Igot up very late. I looked out of the window. It wasdark outside. ‘What a day!’ I thought. "It's rainingagain." Just then, the telephone rang. It was myaunt Lucy."I've just arrived by train," she said. "I'mcoming to see you. "
"But I'm still having breakfast," I said.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm having breakfast," I repeated.
"Dear me," she said. "Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!"
精讲笔记:
13."I'm having breakfast," I repeated.
“我正在吃早饭。”我重复了刚才的话。
语言点1 总结关于“吃喝”的表达:
1)have一词多义,应用最为灵活:have breakfast吃早餐;have supper吃晚餐;have snack吃夜宵
2)eat后常接干或较浓的食物:eat soup喝汤(西餐的汤较浓,不可说成drink soup);eat porridge喝粥;eat sandwich吃三明治;eat hamburger吃汉堡包
3)drink后常接较稀的饮品:drink tea喝茶;drink wine喝酒;drink cola喝可乐
4)“吃药”不能用eat或drink,而用take:take medicine吃药
5)宝宝吃奶,不能用eat或drink,而用suck:My baby is sucking the milk.我的宝宝正在吃奶。
语言点2 repeat=say sth. again重复。切记repeat sth. again是错误的。
14."Dear me," she said.
“我的老天爷啊!”她惊呼道。
语言点1 dear在英语中常为称呼语,如:dear father, dear Bill, dear friend等。它并非爱人之间的专用词,真正的爱人之间常用darling,尤其在抒情歌曲中更多。在情书中经常采用的称呼是My dearest...,我最最最亲爱的……。
语言点2 表达“天啊”英美式英语之间的不同:
英式英语:My dear!或Dear me!(英国人比较有绅士风度)
美式英语:My God!(首字母大写)或My gosh!(美国人表达得则比较夸张、豪放)
15."Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!"
“你总是起得这么晚吗?已经是下午一点钟啦!”
语言点1 注意:英语中多用单引号,且单引号与双引号作用相同,使用时需保持一致,即第一重引语用单引号时,当中引述都用双引号,第一重引语用双引号时,当中引述都用单引号。
语言点2 英语中常用的标点符号:comma逗号;period句号;colon冒号;semicolon分号;dash破折号;dots省略号;slash斜线号;parentheses圆括号;brackets方括号;apostrophe撇号;questionmark问号;quotation marks引号;exclamation mark叹号