Lesson41 Do you call that a hat ?
新概念2课文内容:
'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holesin it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.‘We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once. 'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.‘I need not remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.' "I find it beautiful,"I said. A man can never have too many ties."And a woman can't have too many hats,"she answered.Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse !
语法归纳:情态动词 need 和 must 的用法
一句话总结:情态动词need和must的否定形式与肯定形式差别很大。
肯定式 否定式 其他
need 需要 needn't 不必,不许 do not need 不需要
must 必须 mustn't 不应该 must=should=ought to 应当
新概念2逐句精讲笔记:
1. 'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.
“你把那个叫帽子吗?” 我对妻子说。
语言点 call sth.…称某物为……
2.‘You needn't be so rude about it.’my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.
“你说话没必要这么不客气我的妻子边回答边照镜子。
语言点 1) need作情态动词时,后加动词原形;常用于否定句和疑问句中,needn't意为“不必”
You needn't be so polite to everyone here.
你不必对这里的每个人都这么客气。
need作实义动词时,有人称和数的变化,后加动词不定式、名词、代词或动名词。
I need to come in person.
我需要亲自来一趟。
My pants need a slide fastener.
我的裤子需要一条拉链:
This suit needs ironing.
这套西装应该熨烫了。(含被动含义)
3. I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited.
我坐在一个新式的满是网眼的椅子上,等待着。
语言点 本句中出现了四个介词:1) on意为“在……上”
of意为“……的'表示所属
with意为“带着……”
in意为“在……里”
4. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
我们在这家帽子店已经待了半小时,而我的妻子依然站在镜子前。
语言点1 half an hour = a half hour 半小时;one and a half hours 一个半小时
语言点2 be in front of the mirror = look oneself in the mirror 照镜子
5.‘We mustn't buy things we don't need,’I remarked suddenly.
“我们不应该买我们不需要的东西,”我突然发表意见说。
语言点 本句包含一个省去了关系代词的定语从句。补充完整应该是:
We mustn't buy things that / which we don't need.
6. I regretted saying it almost at once.
我马上后悔说了这话。
语言点 regret doing sth.后悔做了某事,请参考Lesson35课文分析。
7. The snake, however, continued to 'dance'slowly.
然而,那条蛇却还是缓慢地“舞动”着。
语言点 continued to dance= continued dancing 继续跳舞
8. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!
显然,它分辨不出印度音乐和爵士乐!
语言点 tell the difference between A and B意思为“辨别A和B之间的不同之处”;tell作“辨别”时,常与can/could/be able to连用:
This little boy is able to tell the difference between dollar and pound.
这个小男孩能够分辨出美元和英镑的不同。
10. Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together.
10分钟以后,我们一道走出了商店。
语言点 从We…together不难得出《新概念》本课课后习题第10题的正确答案是A(they both)。
11. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!
我妻子戴着一顶像灯塔一样的帽子!
语言点 that looked like a lighthouse是定语从句,修饰限定hat, that是关系代词,在从句中作主语。