新概念第一冊(cè)精講第55課:索耶一家人 The Sawyer family

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Lesson 55 The Sawyer family
    聽(tīng)錄音,然后回答問(wèn)題。
    When do the children do their homework?
    孩子們什么時(shí)候做功課?
    The Sawyers live at 87 King Street.
    In the morning, Mrs Sawyer goes to work and the children go to school. Their father takes them to school every day.
    Mrs Sawyer stays at home every day. She does the housework. She always eats her lunch at noon.
    In the afternoon, she usually sees her friends. They often drink tea together.
    In the evening, the children come home from school. They arrive home early.
    Mr Sawyer comes home from work. He arrives home late.
    At night, the children always do their homework. Then they go to bed. Mr Sawyer usually reads his newspaper, but sometimes he and his wife watch television.
    New Word and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
    live
    v. 住,生活
    stay
    v. 呆在,停留
    home
    n. 家;
    adv. 到家
    housework
    n. 家務(wù)
    lunch
    n. 午飯
    afternoon
    n. 下午
    usually
    adv. 通常
    together
    adv. 一起
    evening
    n. 晚上
    arrive
    v. 到達(dá)
    night
    n. 夜間
    參考譯文
    索耶一家住在國(guó)王街87號(hào)。
    早上,索耶先生去上班,孩子們?nèi)ド蠈W(xué)。父親每天送孩子們?nèi)ド蠈W(xué)。
    索耶夫人每天呆在家里。她料理家務(wù)。
    她總是在正午吃午飯。
    下午,她總是會(huì)見(jiàn)她的朋友。她們經(jīng)常在一起喝茶。
    傍晚,孩子們放學(xué)回家。他們到家很早。
    索耶先生下班回家。他到家很晚。
    晚上,孩子們總是做作業(yè),然后去睡覺(jué)。索耶先生總是讀報(bào)紙,但有時(shí)和他的妻子一起看電視。
    自學(xué)導(dǎo)讀
    1.go to work, 上班。
    由動(dòng)詞 go引導(dǎo)的短語(yǔ)課文中還有:go to school(上學(xué)), go to bed(上床睡覺(jué))。請(qǐng)注意 work, school以及 bed之前不帶任何冠詞。
    2.stay at home, 呆在家里。
    與 stay home在意思上相差無(wú)幾。前者中的 home是名詞,后者中的home是副詞。
    3.do the housework, 料理家務(wù)。
    housework是不可數(shù)名詞。請(qǐng)比較:do the homework(做作業(yè))。
    4.a(chǎn)t night, 在夜里。
    如果說(shuō)某日夜里,則用介詞 on:
    on the night of June 2 在6月2日的夜里
    語(yǔ)法 Grammar in use
    一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)(2)
    (請(qǐng)參見(jiàn) Lessons 47~48語(yǔ)法部分。)
    一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)用于表示一個(gè)習(xí)慣動(dòng)作、有規(guī)律的行為以及永恒的現(xiàn)象。一般與時(shí)間頻度副詞和時(shí)間短語(yǔ)連用。這些時(shí)間短語(yǔ)有:
    every day/week/month/year 每日/周/月/年
    in the morning/afternoon/evening 在上午/下午/晚上
    at noon/night 在正午/夜里
    第3人稱單數(shù)的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞需加以變位,這可分為幾種情況:
    (1)直接加 -s,如:
    come----comes
    arrive----arrives
    (2)以 -sh, -ch, -o 以及 -s結(jié)尾的動(dòng)詞加 -es,如:
    wash----washes
    go----goes
    watch----watches
    do----does
    (3)以輔音加 -y結(jié)尾的動(dòng)詞,把 -y改成 -i,再加 -es;而元音加 -y結(jié)尾的動(dòng)詞,只加 -s即可:
    hurry----hurries
    carry----carries
    play----plays
    stay----stays
    詞匯學(xué)習(xí) Word study
    1.a(chǎn)rrive v.
    (1)到達(dá);到來(lái):
    We arrived home early.
    我們很早就到家了。
    The train is expected to arrive in London at 8. 20 p. m.
    火車預(yù)計(jì)在晚上8點(diǎn)20分抵達(dá)倫敦。
    (2)(時(shí)間等)來(lái)臨;(嬰兒)出生:
    At last the day of graduation arrived.
    畢業(yè)的那一天終于來(lái)臨。
    Elizabeth's baby arrived at midnight.
    伊麗莎白的嬰兒是在午夜時(shí)分降生的。
    2.live v.
    (1)居??;生活:
    Frank1 lives in Paris.
    弗蘭克居住在巴黎。
    Where do you live?
    你住在哪兒?
    (2)活;生存:
    Fish can't live long out of water.
    魚(yú)離開(kāi)水活不了多久。
    My grandmother lived until she was 94.
    我祖母活到了94歲。
    (3)過(guò)生活;享受生活樂(lè)趣:
    At 40 he was just beginning to live.
    他到40歲才剛剛開(kāi)始過(guò)上富有意義的生活。
    You haven't lived till you've been to Paris.
    你沒(méi)到過(guò)巴黎就算不上享受過(guò)生活。
    (4)靠……生活(by/on):
    He lives by playing the violin.
    他靠拉小提琴為生。
    He lives on the fortune left to him by his father.
    他靠他父親給他留下的財(cái)產(chǎn)生活。
    3.stay v.
    (1)呆在,停留:
    Mrs. White stays at home every day.
    懷特太太每天都呆在家中。
    (2)逗留;暫?。?BR>    We were staying at the same hotel.
    我們住在同一家飯店。
    (3)持續(xù);保留:
    The house has to stay exactly as it was.
    這所房子必須完全保持原來(lái)的樣子。