【课文】
JANE: What's Ron Marston like, Pauline?
PAULINE: He's awful! He telephoned me four times yesterday, and three times the day before yesterday.
He telephoned the office yesterday morning and yesterday afternoon.
My boss answered the telephone.
JANE: What did your boss say to him?
PAULINE: He said, ‘Pauline is typing letters. She can't speak to you now!’
PAULINE: Then I arrived home at six o'clock yesterday evening. He telephoned again.
But I didn't answer the phone!
JANE: Did he telephone again last night?
PAULINE: Yes, he did. He telephoned at nine o'clock.
JANE: What did you say to him?
PAULINE: I said, 'This is Pauline's mother. Please don't telephone my daughter again!'
JANE: Did he telephone again?
PAULINE: No, he didn't!
【课文翻译】
简:波淋,朗.马顿是怎样一个人?
波淋:他讨厌透了!他昨天给我打了4次电话,前天打了3次。
波淋:他昨天上午和下午把电话打到了我的办公室,是我的老板接的。
简:你老板是怎么对他说的?
波淋:他说:“波淋正在打信,她现在不能同你讲话!”
波淋:后来,我昨晚6点钟回到家里。他又打来电话,但我没接。
简:他昨夜里又打电话了吗?
波淋:是的,打了。他在9点钟又打电话。
简:你对他怎么说的?
波淋:我说:“我是波淋的母亲。请不要再给我女儿打电话了!”
简:他又打了没有?
波淋:没有!
【生词】
awful adj. 让人讨厌的,坏的
telephone v. & n. 打电话;电话
time n. 次(数)
answer v. 接(电话)
last adj. 最后的,前一次的
phone n. 电话(=telephone)
again adv. 又一次地
say (过去式said ) v. 说
【知识点讲解】
1. 今天我们开始全面接触过去时态。我们上两节课中已经学到过be动词的过去式,其实英语里所有的动词都会随着时态的变化而发生改变。在一般过去时态中,动词就应该使用相应的过去式。比如课文中telephone的过去式就是telephoned;say的动词是said。
动词的过去式分为规则和不规则两种:规则动词的过去式只要在动词后面加上-ed,比如answer - answered;如果动词本来就以e结尾,则直接加d。比如phone - phoned。
不规则动词的变化就各不相同,比如say - said,但好在数量并不多,大家就接触到一个、记住一个吧!
2. 使用过去时态时通常句子里会带上一些表示过去时间的状语,比如yesterday(昨天),the day before yesterday(前天),yesterday morning(昨天上午),yesterday afternoon(昨天下午),yesterday evening(昨天傍晚)和last night(昨天夜晚,这个比较特别大家注意一下)