新概念英语target= Lesson 119 A true story

　　Lesson 119 A true story

　　听录音，然后回答问题。Who called out to the thieves in the dark?
谁在暗处对窃贼喊了一声？

Do you like stories? I want to tell you a true story. It happened to a friend of mine a year ago.
While my friend, George, was reading¹ in bed, two thieves climbed into his kitchen. After they had entered the house, they went into the dining-room. It was very dark, so they turned on a torch². Suddenly, they heard a voice behind them. “What’s up? What’s up?”(什么事) someone called. The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.
George heard the noise and came downstairs quickly. He turned on the light, but he couldn’t see anyone. The thieves had already gone. But George’s parrot, Henry, was still there.
“What’s up, George?” he called.
“Nothing, Henry,” George said and smiled.
“Go back to sleep.”
New Word and expressions³ 生词和短语
story
n. 故事
happen
v. 发生
thief
n. 贼
enter
v. 进入
dark
adj. 黑暗的
torch
n. 手电筒
voice
n. （说话的）声音
parrot
n. 鹦鹉
参考译文
你喜欢听故事吗？我要告诉你一个真实的故事。这是一年前发生在我的一个朋友身上的故事。
当我的朋友乔治在床上看书时，两个小偷爬进了他的厨房。
他们进到屋里后，走进了饭厅。饭厅很暗，于是他们打开了手电筒。
突然他们听到身后有声音。“什么事？什么事？”有人叫着。小偷扔下了手电筒，飞快地逃走了。
乔治听到了响声，迅速地下了楼。
他开了灯，但不见一个人。小偷逃走了。
但时乔治的鹦鹉亨利仍在那里。“什么事，乔治？”它叫着。“没事，亨利。”乔治笑着说，“接着睡觉吧。”

 

　　自学导读
1．happen to,发生在……身上。
What happened to you yesterday?
你昨天出什么事了？
2．a friend of mine,我的朋友之一。
相当于one of my friends，但前者比后者显得更为亲切。
3．After they had entered the house, they went into the dining room. 他们进到屋里后，走进了饭厅。
After they had entered the house 是时间状语从句，had entered 是过去完成时结构。在以after引导的时间状语从句中，用一般过去时或过去完成时没有多少差别。如果强调从句的谓语动作在主句的谓语动作之前完成，就用过去完成时。
4．turn on, 打开，拧开（电视、水源、煤气等）。
其反义词为 turn off（关上）。

　语法  Grammar in use
过去完成时
构成： had +过去分词。
过去完成时主要用于表示两个事件中一个发生在前，或者说是表示较早的过去。常与现在完成时连用的副词，如 already（已经）， ever（曾经），for +表示时间段的词，just（刚刚）和never（从未）也常与过去完成时连用，以强调事件发生的先后次序。有时我们不一定非得用过去完成时表示先发生的事件，因为意思十分清楚，如：
After I finished ,I went home.
我做完后就回家了。
请看例句：
She went on holiday after she had taken the exam.
她考试后度假去了。
I ran to the platform⁴ quickly, but the train had already left.
我赶快跑到站台上，但是火车已经开走了。
We had had dinner before they arrived.
他们到达之前我们就已吃饭了。
The patient had died when the doctor arrived.
大夫到达时病人已经死了。

　词汇学习  Word study
1．enter  v.
（1）进入；穿入：
After they had entered the house, they went into the dining room.
他们进入了房子后，就去了餐厅。
The bullet⁵ entered his heart.
子弹射入了他的心脏。
（2）参加；加入：
Four students from our university entered the final contest.
我们大学的4名学生进入了竞赛的决赛。
He entered politics⁶ when he was 27.
他在27岁时步入了政界。
2．happen  v.
（1）发生：
How did the accident happen?
事故是怎么发生的？
A strange thing happened to a friend of mine a year ago.
一年之前，一件奇怪的事发生在我的一位朋友身上。
（2）碰巧，恰好（to）：
I happened to meet her on my way home.
在回家的路上，我碰巧遇见了她。
I happen to know that professor⁷.
我正好认识那位教授。

　练习答案  Key to written exercises
Lesson 120
A
1  He dropped the vase⁸ after he had taken it into the living room.
2  He bought another car after he had sold his old one.
3  He swept the floor after he had dusted⁹ everything.
4  She drank the milk after she had boiled it.
5  He turned off the television after he had seen the programme¹⁰.
6  He went to bed after he had done his homework.
B
1  Yes, I have just seen it. I had never seen it before.
2  Yes, I have just read it. I had never read it before.
3  Yes, I have just tried it. I had never tried it before.
4  Yes, I have just been there. I had never been there before.
5  Yes, I have just written a letter in English. I had never written a letter in English before.
6  Yes, I have just watched this programme. I had never watched this programme before.
C
1  It was too late. He had already painted it.
2  It was too late. She had already dusted it.
3  It was too late. You had already telephoned him.
4  It was too late. You had already corrected it.
5  It was too late. They had already shut it.
6  It was too late. She had already made it.
D
1  I went to the doctor after I had made an appointment¹¹.
2  The boss¹² left the office after he had finished work.
3  My wife went out after she had finished the housework.
4  My teacher gave me my exercise book after he had corrected it.
5  My sister went on holiday after she had taken the examination¹³.
6  I bought a new car after I had sold my old one.

1 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

2 torch   

n.火炬

参考例句：

• They are looking for volunteers to carry the torch.他们正在寻找火炬传递的志愿者。
• A famous athlete held a torch and ran to the stadium.一个著名的运动员举着火炬跑到运动场。

3 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》

4 platform   

n.平台，月台，讲台，坛

参考例句：

• Which platform do I want?我该上哪个站台？
• Your train is waiting at Platform 5.你要坐的那列火车在第五号站台。

5 bullet   

n.枪弹，子弹

参考例句：

• The bullet wound in his shoulder was opened up for treatment.切开他肩上的枪伤进行治疗。
• The bullet missed me by a hair's s breadth.那颗子弹差一点就打中了我。

6 politics   

n.政治，政治学；政纲，政见，策略

参考例句：

• They seldom talk on politics in those days.那时人们很少谈论政治。
• The two brothers differed about politics.这兄弟俩政见不同。

7 professor   

n.教授，公开表示信仰的人

参考例句：

• He is famous as a professor.他作为教授享有盛名。
• I happen to know that professor.我正好认识那位教授。

8 vase   

n.花瓶，瓶

参考例句：

• She knocked the vase off by accident.她不小心把花瓶打掉了。
• I saw the vase in the window of a shop.我在一家商店的橱窗里看见了这个花瓶。

9 dusted   

vt.& vi.拂（一拂），掸（dust的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He dusted a powder over his roses to kill all the insects. 他在玫瑰花上撒了药粉以杀死所有的害虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The father has dusted the boy's jacket for telling a lie. 父母因孩子说谎而痛打了孩子一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 programme   

n.节目；项目(美program)

参考例句：

• Does Betty like that programme?贝蒂喜欢那个节目吗？
• The programme is interesting.但是这个节目很好看。

11 appointment   

n.约会，指定

参考例句：

• I have an appointment with him at four o'clock.我和他四点钟有个约会。
• They made an appointment for the second day of May.他们在五月二号有个约会。

12 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。

13 examination   

n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查

参考例句：

• Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
• He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。