新概念英语第一册Lesson 71 He’s awful

　　Lesson 71 He’s awful¹

　　听录音，然后回答问题。How did² Pauline answer the telephone at nine o'clock?
波淋在9点接电话时是如何说的？

Jane :      What’s Ron Marston like , Pauline ?
Pauline :  He’s awful ! He telephoned me four times yesterday , and three times the day before yesterday.
Pauline:    He telephoned the office yesterday morning and yesterday afternoon. My boss³ answered the telephone .
Jane :      What did your boss say to him ?
Pauline:    He said⁴ ,”Pauline  is typing⁵ 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 !
New Word and expressions⁶ 生词和短语
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 (said/sed/)
v. 说
参考译文
简：罗恩.马斯顿是怎样一个人？
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！

 

　　自学导读
1．What's Ron Marston like, Pauline? 波琳，朗·马斯顿是怎样一个人？
What is sb.  like? 这一句式可用来询问某人的外貌或品行。就本课的具体情况而言，波琳的回答更多地是指马斯顿的品行如何。
2．He telephoned me four times yesterday…他昨天给我打了4次电话……
four times, 4次。 time在英语中作不可数名词时表示"时间"；作可数名词时表示"次数"。请注意英语中次数的表示法：
once 1次
twice⁷ 两次
three times 3次
3次或 3次以上通常都用基数词+ times表示：
five times 5次
thirty times 30次
3． the day before yesterday, 前天。
4．answer the telephone, 接电话。
口语中也常用 answer the phone。类似的短语如：
answer the door／doorbell应声开门
answer a letter回信
5．She can't speak to you now! 她现在不能同你讲话！
speak to sb. 意为"与某人说话"。例如打电话时可以说：
May I speak to Pauline, please?
请让波琳接电话好吗？
I' d like to speak to Pauline,  please.
我想请波琳听电话。
6．This is Pauline's mother. 我是波琳的母亲。
This is…是英美人打电话时表示"我是……"的句式，而不说
I'm…。相关的电话用语如：
This is Mary speaking.
我是玛丽。
This is Edward calling from London.
我是爱德华，现正在伦敦给你打电话。

　语法  Grammar⁸ in use
一般过去时（2）
（请参见 Lessons 67～68语法部分。）
be动词以外的动词在一般过去时中一般有两种形式。规则动词一般是在动词后面加-ed，如  answered；以-e结尾的规则动词加-d，如 telephoned, arrived。另一部分动词的过去式拼写不规则，因此称为不规则动词，如：say----said,  do----did。
用一般过去时的句子中常常有表示过去某一时刻的时间状语，如本课中的 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）。
词汇学习  Word study
answer
（1）v. 对……作出反应；响应：
Who answered the telephone?
谁接的电话？
Mary took⁹ a few¹⁰ minutes to answer the door.
玛丽拖了几分钟时间才去开门。
（2）v. 回答；答复：
I don't think you've answered my question.
我认为你没有回答我的问题。
I wrote¹¹ him several¹² letters but couldn't get an answer.
我给他写了好几封信，可都没有回音。
（3）n. 答案；解决办法：
Do you know the answer to Question 10?
你知道第10题的答案吗？
This is one of the possible¹³ answers to today's environmental¹⁴ problems¹⁵.
这是有可能解决当今环境问题的办法之一。

练习答案  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 boiling¹⁶ some eggs. He boiled¹⁷ 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 sharpened¹⁸ their pencils this morning.
4  What did she do this evening?
She turned on the television¹⁹ 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 husband²⁰ yesterday evening.
10  What did she do the night before last?
She called the doctor the night before last.

1 awful   

adj.极坏的；极讨厌的；令人畏惧的，可怕的；威严的，庄重的；极度的，非常的

参考例句：

• The weather is awful today.今天天气坏透了。
• An awful accident has happened.发生了一起可怕的意外事故。

2 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

3 boss   

n.老板，上司；v.指挥，控制

参考例句：

• When the boss gets mad, leave him alone.当老板生气时，不要理他。
• I'm my own boss.我自己当自己的老板。

4 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

5 typing   

n.打字，键入；打印本，打印文件v.打字( type的现在分词)；按类型把…归类

参考例句：

• manipulative skills such as typing and knitting 诸如打字、编织这样的技能
• to do the typing 打字

6 expressions   

n.表情( expression的名词复数 )；表示；（数学）表达式；词

参考例句：

• ritualized expressions of grief 以例行的方式表达悲伤
• The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow. 今天的时髦话往往变成明天的陈词滥调。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 twice   

adv.两次；两倍

参考例句：

• Bob phoned twice today.鲍勃今天打了两次电话。
• I woke up twice in the night.我夜里醒过两次。

8 grammar   

n.语法，语法规则

参考例句：

• I find German grammar very difficult.我发现德语语法很难学。
• He spent much time correcting my grammar.他花了很多时间来改我的语法错误。

9 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

10 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

11 wrote   

v.（write的过去式）写

参考例句：

• She wrote the music and he wrote the book.她作曲子，他写歌词。
• He wrote back that he was too busy to join us.他回信说他太忙不能参加我们的活动。

12 several   

adj.几个，若干，数个；各个的，各自的

参考例句：

• Words often have several meanings.单词往往有若干个意思。
• Several new members have come into the club since last year.自去年以来，又有些新成员加入了俱乐部。

13 possible   

adj.可能的

参考例句：

• It is possible to go to the moon now.现在有可能登上月球。
• They got the work over as quickly as possible.他们尽快地结束了工作。

14 environmental   

adj.环境的

参考例句：

• A global environmental meeting is going to be held here.一个全球环境会议将在这里举行。
• We need to cure our environmental problems.我们需要解决环境问题。

15 problems   

n.问题( problem的名词复数 )；疑难问题；习题；思考题

参考例句：

• It was an action replay of the problems of his first marriage. 这是他第一次婚姻问题的重演。
• a few admin problems 一些行政问题

16 boiling   

滚热的

参考例句：

• The water was bubbling and boiling away. 水在咕嘟咕嘟地沸腾着。
• You must be boiling in that sweater! 你穿着那件毛衣一定很热！

17 boiled   

a. 煮熟的(熟练的); v. 煮

参考例句：

• The information and advice are boiled down to bare essentials. 各种资料与建议缩短为极简单的要点。
• The vegetables had been boiled to a mush, and were quite uneatable. 菜煮烂了，都没法吃了。

18 sharpened   

adj. 尖锐的

参考例句：

• Knives can be sharpened by grinding them against a rough stone. 刀能在一块粗石上磨快。
• A knife is sharpened on the grindstone;steel is tempered in fire. 刀在石上磨，钢在火中炼。

19 television   

n.电视(机) [=TV]

参考例句：

• Do you often watch television?你经常看电视吗？
• Please turn off the television.请把电视关上。

20 husband   

n.丈夫

参考例句：

• My husband just lost his job.我老公刚刚失业了。
• I visited my daughter and her husband.我去看望我的女儿和女婿。