1、Lesson 40,Food and talk,进餐与交谈,开胃菜,soup,汤,dessert 甜点,drink 饮料,wine 酒,hostess,/ hsts /,1. n.女主持，女招待，女主人,The hostess introduced them女主人介绍了他们。,2. v. 做东，请客,They hostessed the visitors who came from the USA.,eg. We stared at each other, unsmiling.,我们都板着脸，看着对方。,tight 1. adj. 紧身的,2. adv. 紧紧地，牢固地,eg. His jea
2、ns were too tight.,eg. Just hold tight to my hand and follow along.,fix 1. v. 凝视,2. v. 修理,eg. He took her hand and fixed her with a look of deep concern .他抓住她的手，表情极其关切地看着她。,eg. He cannot fix the electricity 他不会修电路。,3. v. 固定,4. v. 确定,eg. It is fixed on the wall 它固定在墙上。,eg. Hes going to fix a time whe
3、n I can see him 他会确定一个我和他会面的时间。,5. v. 准备,6. n. 困境,eg. Sarah fixed some food for us 萨拉为我们准备了一些吃的。,eg. He was in a fix 他陷入了困境,globe 地球，地球仪，球状物,1.eg. Three large globes stand on the floor. 3个巨大的地球仪立在地板上。,2.eg. 70% of our globes surface is water. 地球表面70%的地方覆盖着水。,despair,1. n. 绝望,eg.He looked at his wife
4、 in despair. 他绝望地看着妻子。,2. v. 绝望,He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so. 他想通过写作来谋生，不过他对此不抱希望。,1 Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold.在上星期的一次宴会上，女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁。,seat, sit辨析相同点：这两个动词均含“坐”之意。,不同点：,seat: 及物动词，常与反身代词连用，seat一定要加宾语,如果
5、后面没宾语,后面就用seat的被动形式。,eg. He slowly sat on the seat with a sigh. 他叹了一口气，慢慢地坐到位子上。,sit: 多用作不及物动词，是主动,没有被动语态,后面不能加宾语。用作及物动词时，可与seat换用。,e.g. Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen 妈妈坐在厨房里的椅子上。 He seated himself at a writing table. 他在写字台前坐下。,next to 挨着它既可以表示座位挨着也可以表示地理位置上挨着：,Who was the man sitti
6、ng next to you during the meeting?开会时坐在你旁边的那人是谁?,2. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.当我在她身旁坐下来的时候，她甚至连头都没有抬一下。,look up 查阅, 好转, 仰视, 看望,You can look up this word in the vocabulary.你可以在词汇表里查这个词。,When looking up suddenly , Henry saw a rainbow in the sky .亨利突然举目仰视时,发现天空有一道彩虹。,take
7、ones seat 在指定的位置上就座表示位置事先已安排好,take a seat 表示“坐下”，比sit要正式：,eg. Please take a seat.,eg. After everyone had taken his seat, the meeting began.大家各自就座后，会议便开始了。,3. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating.她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子，不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。,常见短语有：fix up 安排, 解决, 修理fix on 固定, 确定, 决定. f
8、ix with vt. 固定,busy+ doing sth.表示“忙着做某事”，doing前可以加 in，也可以不加：,They are busy (in) repairing the car. 他们正忙着修车。,Were all busy getting ready for the performance.我们都在忙着为演出进行准备。,4. I tried to make conversation.我试图找个话题和她聊聊。,conversation, dialogue, talk, chat这些名词均含“交谈”之意。,conversation: 一般用词，指两个或更多人互相交换意见的交谈。
9、dialogue: 指“对话”。talk: 普通用词，可与conversation换用，指正式交谈。chat: 指熟人之间非常随便的交谈，强调谈话的亲密和非正式性。,5 Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year? I asked.“您就呆在英国吗?”我问。,用将来时进行提问，尤其是提出问题但又不想迫使对方作出明确答复时，将来进行时可以显得比一般将来时will更委婉客气。,Will you be coming to the party tomorrow?你明天会来参加我们的聚会吗?,6. If you ate more and talked less 如果你多吃点，少说点,在并列句中，相同的句子成分(如主语、谓语、状语等)通常由同一词性的单词/词组表示，并且它们的长度也差不多，以保持句子的平衡性。在课文中的这句话中ate与talked对应，more与less对应。再如：,eg. You can either go out or stay here.,你出去也行，呆在这里也行。,eg. He wants to buy a lot of things, but he has little money.,他想买的东西很多，但他的钱很少。,Thats All! Thank you!,
