課文詳注 Further notes on the text
1．What's Ron Marston like, Pauline? 波琳，朗·馬斯頓是怎樣一個人？
What is sb. like? 這一句式可用來詢問某人的外貌或品行。就本課的具體情況而言，波琳的回答更多地是指馬斯頓的品行如何。
2．He telephoned me four times yesterday…他昨天給我打了4次電話……
four times, 4次。 time在英語中作不可數(shù)名詞時表示“時間”；作可數(shù)名詞時表示“次數(shù)”。請注意英語中次數(shù)的表示法：
once 1次
twice 兩次
three times 3次
3次或 3次以上通常都用基數(shù)詞+ times表示：
five times 5次
thirty times 30次
3． the day before yesterday, 前天。
4．a(chǎn)nswer the telephone, 接電話。
口語中也常用 answer the phone。類似的短語如：
answer the door／doorbell應(yīng)聲開門
answer a letter回信
5．She can't speak to you now! 她現(xiàn)在不能同你講話！
speak to sb. 意為“與某人說話”。例如打電話時可以說：
May I speak to Pauline, please?
請讓波琳接電話好嗎？
I' d like to speak to Pauline, please.
我想請波琳聽電話。
6．This is Pauline's mother. 我是波琳的母親。
This is…是英美人打電話時表示“我是……”的句式，而不說
I'm…。相關(guān)的電話用語如：
This is Mary speaking.
我是瑪麗。
This is Edward calling from London.
我是愛德華，現(xiàn)正在倫敦給你打電話。
語法 Grammar in use
一般過去時（2）
（請參見 Lessons 67～68語法部分。）
be動詞以外的動詞在一般過去時中一般有兩種形式。規(guī)則動詞一般是在動詞后面加-ed，如 answered；以-e結(jié)尾的規(guī)則動詞加-d，如 telephoned, arrived。另一部分動詞的過去式拼寫不規(guī)則，因此稱為不規(guī)則動詞，如：say----said, do----did。
用一般過去時的句子中常常有表示過去某一時刻的時間狀語，如本課中的 yesterday（昨天），the day before yesterday（前天），yesterday morning（昨天上午），yesterday afternoon（昨天下午），yesterday evening（昨天晚上），last night（昨夜）。
詞匯學習 Word study
answer
（1）v. 對……作出反應(yīng)；響應(yīng)：
Who answered the telephone?
誰接的電話？
Mary took a few minutes to answer the door.
瑪麗拖了幾分鐘時間才去開門。
（2）v. 回答；答復：
I don't think you've answered my question.
我認為你沒有回答我的問題。
I wrote him several letters but couldn't get an answer.
我給他寫了好幾封信，可都沒有回音。
（3）n. 答案；解決辦法：
Do you know the answer to Question 10?
你知道第10題的答案嗎？
This is one of the possible answers to today's environmental problems.
這是有可能解決當今環(huán)境問題的辦法之一。
練習答案 Key to written exercises
Lesson 72
A
1 It is raining now. It rained yesterday.
2 It is snowing now. It snowed yesterday.
3 He is boiling some eggs. He boiled some yesterday.
4 We are enjoying our lunch. We enjoyed it yesterday, too.
B
1 What did they do yesterday?
They cleaned their shoes yesterday.
2 What did he do last night?
He opened the box last night.
3 What did they do this morning?
They sharpened their pencils this morning.
4 What did she do this evening?
She turned on the television this evening.
5 What did she do last night?
She listened to the radio last night.
6 What did she do yesterday morning?
She boiled an egg yesterday morning.
7 What did they do yesterday afternoon?
They played a game yesterday afternoon.
8 What did he do in the morning the day before yesterday?
He stayed in bed in the morning the day before yesterday.
9 What did she do yesterday evening?
She telephoned her husband yesterday evening.
10 What did she do the night before last?
She called the doctor the night before last.
1．What's Ron Marston like, Pauline? 波琳，朗·馬斯頓是怎樣一個人？
What is sb. like? 這一句式可用來詢問某人的外貌或品行。就本課的具體情況而言，波琳的回答更多地是指馬斯頓的品行如何。
2．He telephoned me four times yesterday…他昨天給我打了4次電話……
four times, 4次。 time在英語中作不可數(shù)名詞時表示“時間”；作可數(shù)名詞時表示“次數(shù)”。請注意英語中次數(shù)的表示法：
once 1次
twice 兩次
three times 3次
3次或 3次以上通常都用基數(shù)詞+ times表示：
five times 5次
thirty times 30次
3． the day before yesterday, 前天。
4．a(chǎn)nswer the telephone, 接電話。
口語中也常用 answer the phone。類似的短語如：
answer the door／doorbell應(yīng)聲開門
answer a letter回信
5．She can't speak to you now! 她現(xiàn)在不能同你講話！
speak to sb. 意為“與某人說話”。例如打電話時可以說：
May I speak to Pauline, please?
請讓波琳接電話好嗎？
I' d like to speak to Pauline, please.
我想請波琳聽電話。
6．This is Pauline's mother. 我是波琳的母親。
This is…是英美人打電話時表示“我是……”的句式，而不說
I'm…。相關(guān)的電話用語如：
This is Mary speaking.
我是瑪麗。
This is Edward calling from London.
我是愛德華，現(xiàn)正在倫敦給你打電話。
語法 Grammar in use
一般過去時（2）
（請參見 Lessons 67～68語法部分。）
be動詞以外的動詞在一般過去時中一般有兩種形式。規(guī)則動詞一般是在動詞后面加-ed，如 answered；以-e結(jié)尾的規(guī)則動詞加-d，如 telephoned, arrived。另一部分動詞的過去式拼寫不規(guī)則，因此稱為不規(guī)則動詞，如：say----said, do----did。
用一般過去時的句子中常常有表示過去某一時刻的時間狀語，如本課中的 yesterday（昨天），the day before yesterday（前天），yesterday morning（昨天上午），yesterday afternoon（昨天下午），yesterday evening（昨天晚上），last night（昨夜）。
詞匯學習 Word study
answer
（1）v. 對……作出反應(yīng)；響應(yīng)：
Who answered the telephone?
誰接的電話？
Mary took a few minutes to answer the door.
瑪麗拖了幾分鐘時間才去開門。
（2）v. 回答；答復：
I don't think you've answered my question.
我認為你沒有回答我的問題。
I wrote him several letters but couldn't get an answer.
我給他寫了好幾封信，可都沒有回音。
（3）n. 答案；解決辦法：
Do you know the answer to Question 10?
你知道第10題的答案嗎？
This is one of the possible answers to today's environmental problems.
這是有可能解決當今環(huán)境問題的辦法之一。
練習答案 Key to written exercises
Lesson 72
A
1 It is raining now. It rained yesterday.
2 It is snowing now. It snowed yesterday.
3 He is boiling some eggs. He boiled some yesterday.
4 We are enjoying our lunch. We enjoyed it yesterday, too.
B
1 What did they do yesterday?
They cleaned their shoes yesterday.
2 What did he do last night?
He opened the box last night.
3 What did they do this morning?
They sharpened their pencils this morning.
4 What did she do this evening?
She turned on the television this evening.
5 What did she do last night?
She listened to the radio last night.
6 What did she do yesterday morning?
She boiled an egg yesterday morning.
7 What did they do yesterday afternoon?
They played a game yesterday afternoon.
8 What did he do in the morning the day before yesterday?
He stayed in bed in the morning the day before yesterday.
9 What did she do yesterday evening?
She telephoned her husband yesterday evening.
10 What did she do the night before last?
She called the doctor the night before last.