【课文】
When my husband was going into the dining room this morning, he dropped some coins on the floor.
There were coins everywhere. We looked for them, but we could not find them all.
While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor.
He put them both into his mouth. We both tried to get the coins, but it was too late. Tommy had already swallowed them!
Late that morning, when I was doing the housework, my husband phoned me from the office.
'How's Tommy?' he asked. 'I don't know,' I answered, 'Tommy's been to the toilet three times this morning, but I haven't had any change yet!'
【课文翻译】
今天早晨我丈夫走进饭厅时,把一些硬币掉在地上了。
到处都是硬币。我们虽然找了,但没有把它们全部找到。
正当我们吃早饭时,我们的小男孩汤米在地上找到两枚小硬币。
他把这两枚硬币全都放进嘴里。我们俩都试图把这两枚硬币拿出来,但太迟了。汤米已经把硬币咽了下去!
那天下午的晚些时候,当我正做家务时,我丈夫从办公室打来电话。
“汤米怎么样?”他问。“我不知道”,我回答说,“今天上午汤米去了3次厕所了,但我还没看到硬币!”
【生词】
dinning room 饭厅
coin n. 硬币
mouth n. 嘴
swallow v. 吞下
later adv. 后来
toilet n. 厕所,盥洗室
【知识点讲解】
1. 翻译句子:
1) 听!谁在敲门呢?
Listen! Who is knocking at the door?
2) 他打算今晚请你吃晚饭。
He is going to invite you to dinner.
2. A: 我不能跟刘翔跑得一样快。B: 我也不能。
A: I cannot run as fast as Liuxiang. B:Neither can I.
A: Tom 很喜欢吃巧克力。B: 我妹妹也很喜欢吃。
A: Tom likes eating chocolate very much. B: So does my sister.
(一)单词扩展
1)dinning room 饭厅 dine v. 吃饭,用餐 dinning room (a room for dining) 就餐的房间
toilet 厕所,盥洗室
现在我们用英语来描述一下我们的家:living room 客厅/起居室 bedroom 卧室 dining room 饭厅 garden 花园
kitchen #FormatImgID_5# 厨房 toilet #FormatImgID_6# 厕所 balcony #FormatImgID_7# 阳台
2)toilet n. 厕所,盥洗室
厕所,你也许马上就把WC脱口而出。WC,是water closet(水箱)的缩写,但wc是一种很粗俗的表达方式(相当于中国乡村常在厕所中标“大便处”“小便处”,是英美等国一二百年前使用的,现在一般不用WC,而使用Toilet等较文雅的词。在美国,通常会成为Restroom 或者 Bathroom,有些地方也用 Washroom。
3)mouth n. 嘴巴 现在说说人体的五官,从上到下,分别是,眉毛(eyebrows),眼睛(eyes),鼻子(nose),耳朵(ears),嘴巴(mouth)这五部分。同时,我们再来学一个俚语,big mouth 大嘴巴(说话管不紧,容易泄漏秘密)如:他说话嘴松。He has a big mouth.
(二)语法讲解
过去进行时表示在过去某一时刻或某一段时间内进行或发生的动作。其形式为was /were + V-ing。常与表示过去的时间状语连用,如:last night, last Saturday等;或者与when, while, as引导的过去时间状语连用。
1. 过去进行时由“助动词was/were + 现在分词”构成 例如: We were having supper when the phone rang. 我们正在吃晚饭时电话响了。
2. 过去进行时的否定式由“was/were not +现在分词”构成。 例如: This time yesterday Jack was not watching TV. He was repairing his bike. 昨天这个时候,杰克不是在看电视,而是在修理自行车。
3. 过去进行时的疑问式由“was/were + 主语+ 现在分词?”构成。 例如: Were you playing basketball at four yesterday afternoon? 昨天下午四点你们在打篮球吗?
(三)感受英语
让我们来感受一下英语中的一语双关。
通过学习,我们知道这篇小文章讲述的是,一对夫妇的小儿子误食硬币的家庭小事故。故事的结尾时丈夫打来电话问妻子,儿子怎样了?妻子回答是他今天去了三次厕所,但我现在还没有看到change。
change n.零钱,改变。在这里,我们既可以理解为零钱(被吞食的硬币)也可以理解为“改变”(起色)。所以change一词,在文章中,是一语双关呢。