新概念英语第一册听力Lesson117Tommy＇sbreakfast

Listen to the tape then answer this question.What does she mean by 'change in the last sentence?
　　听录音，然后回答问题。最后一名话中的“change" 是什么意思
　　When my husband was going into the dining-room this morning , he dropped some coins on the floor.
　　今天早晨我丈夫走进饭厅时，把一些硬币掉在地上了。

　　There were coins everywhere. We looked for them, but we could not find them all.
　　到处都是硬币。我们虽然找了，但没有把它们全部找到。

　　While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor.
　　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。

　　He put them both into his mouth. We both tried to get the coins, but it was too late. Tommy had already swallowed them!
　　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！

　　Later that morning, when I was doing the housework, my husband telephoned me from the office.
　　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。

　　“How’s Tommy?” he asked.
　　“汤米怎么样？”他问。

　　“I don’t know,” I answered, “Tommy’s been to the lavatory three times this morning, but I haven’t had any change yet!”
　　“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！”

　　New words and Expressions生词和短语
　　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

　　Notes on the text课文注释
　　1 在英文中表示过去某时正在进行的动作，要用过去进行时。与现在进行时相比，过去进行时的区别就在于要用be的过去式。过去进行时的例子有:When my husband was going into the dining room this morning…;While we were having breakfast…等。
　　2 them all, all用来强调每一个硬币。从语法上来讲，all是them的同位语。紧跟在一个名词或代词后，进一步说明前面名词或代词是谁或什么东西的名词或代词，叫同位语。
　　3 our little boy, Tommy.
　　Tommy是boy的同位语。
　　4 put them both…
　　both是them的同位语。
　　5 we both...
　　both是we的同位语。
　　6 Tommy had already swallowed them!
　　句中用了过去完成时。过去完成时用来表示两个动作中，发生在前的那个动作。显然，句中“咽下硬币”的动作发生在夫妇俩能够把硬币从汤米手中抢过来之前。
　　7 later that morning 那天上午的晚些时候。
　　later是副词late的比较级。
　　8 any change
　　change是个多义词，既有“零钱”的意思，也有“变化”的意思。此处既可指“硬币”，亦可指“情况的变化”。这是“双关”修辞法。

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