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口误Lesson89A slip of thetongue听录音,然后回答以下问题First listenand thenanswer thequestion.Who madethe onlyfunny jokethat evening and whyPeople will do anything to see a free show-even ifit isa badone.When thenews got round that a comedy show would be presented atour localcinema by the P.and U.Bird SeedCompany,we allrushed tosee it.We hadto queue for hours to get inand there must have been several hundredpeople presentjust before the show began.Unfortunately,the showwasone of the dullestwe haveever seen.Those whofailed toget inneed nothave felt disappointed,as manyof theartistes who should have appeareddid notcome.The onlyfunny thingswe heard that eveningcame fromtheadvertiser atthe beginningof theprogramme.He wasobviously verynervousand forsome minutesstood awkwardlybeforethemicrophone.Assoon as he opened his mouth,everyone burst out laughing.We allknowwhat the poor man should have said,but whathe actuallysaid was/This isthePoo andEe SeedBird Company.Good ladies,eveningandgentlemen!1参考译文人们总要想尽办法看不花钱的演出一一哪怕是拙劣的演出当“皮尤”鸟食公司将在我们当地影院演出喜剧节目的消息传开后,我们都赶紧跑去观看我们不得不排了好几个小时才进得场去在演出开始前场内肯定已有好几百人了不幸的是,这次演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出了那些没能进到场内的人没有必要感到失望,因为很多应该出场的专业演员都没有来那天晚上唯一有趣的事情是节目开始时那个报幕员的开场白他显然非常紧张,局促不安地在麦克风前站了好几分钟但他刚一开口说话,人们便哄堂大笑起来我们都明白那个可怜的人应该说些什么,而他实际说的却是“这是‘浦伊鸟食公司,好女士们,晚上和先生们!”自学导读课文详注Further noteson thetext(标题)说走了嘴,失言
1.A slipof thetongue,在这里表示“不经心的错误”、“失误”、“疏漏”slip()Youve madesome slipsofthepen inyour report.你的报告中有一些小错(笔误)When hewas nervous,he wouldsometimes makea slipof tongue.当他紧张时,他有时就会发生口误Are yousure thatit wasjust aslipoftongue你确信那只是一时口误吗?…人们总要想尽办法去看不
2.Peoplewilldo anything tosee afreeshow花钱的演出……用于肯定句时表示“不论什么”、“任何事情”,anythingtoseeafree表示目的,也可以用名词形式show for+他要想尽办法挽救他孩子的生命He willdo anythingto savehis childslife.He willdoanythingfor thechild.为了这孩子,他干什么都愿意
3.When thenewsgotround thatacomedy showwouldbepresentedat…当“皮尤”鸟食公司our localcinemabytheP.and U.Bird SeedCompany将在我们当地影院演出喜剧节目的消息传开后……引导的这个时间状语从句中含有一个同位语从句,即1when thenews由于引导的同位语从句较长,便与它所修饰的隔开了,that…that news放在谓语动词之后,以免句子头重脚轻同位语从句中用了被动语态的过去将来时形式在这里表示消息、谣言等“传开”也可以用2get roundget around/aboutThe wordsoon gotroundthatthere wasburied treasurein thatcave.那个洞里有宝藏的消息很快便传开了Bad newsgets roundquickly.坏消息传得快
5.As soonasheopenedhismouth,everyone burstout laughing.但他刚一开口说话,人们便哄堂大笑起来为固定短语,其含义之一为“突然……起来”,后面通常接动名burstout词,也可以接名词:in/into+At thesight ofthe drunk,everyone burstout laughing/in laughter.一看见那醉汉,大家便大笑起来When sheheardthather fatherhad diedin theaccident,she burstoutcrying.当她听说她父亲在那次事故中丧生时便大哭起来
6.We allknow whatthepoormanshouldhavesaid,but whathe actuallysaidwas…我们都明白那个可怜的应该说些什么,而他实际说的却是……用过去分词表示过去应当做而并没有做的事时,它后面经should+have+常跟以形成对比:but actuallyIshouldhaveleft homebefore9oclock,but actuallyI didnt.我本该在点以前离开家,但实际上我没有9You shouldhave writtenthe wordtoo,but whatyou actuallywrote wasto.你本该写,但实际上你却写了“too”“to”词汇学习Word study与
1.free single可以表示“免费的”、“无偿的”1freeThe girlgave hermother afree dressonce aweek!那姑娘每星期“送”她母亲一件免费的衣服!She hasgot somefree ticketsto thecomedyshow.她有这场喜剧表演的一些免费入场券还可以表示“自由的”、“没束缚的”、“不受控制的、“空闲的”free等含义You arefree tomake yourown decision.你有权作出自己的决定Im freeon Fridayevening.我星期五晚上有空可以指人“单身的”、“独身的”、“未婚的”2singleI enjoybeing single.我喜欢独身生活Are youmarried orsingle你结婚了还是单身?There aremore andmore singlewomen inmodern cities.现代城市里单身女人越来越多了单亲独自一人养育儿女的父亲或母亲a singleparent与
2.queue row可以作不及物动词,表示“排队”1queueWe hadto queue forhourstogetin.我们不得不排了好几个小时队才进了场内She hastoqueuefor thebus everymorning.她每天早上都得排队等公共汽车通常与连用for也可以作名词,表示按顺序等待的人、车等的“行列”、“队”:queueTheres along queue/line ofpeople waitingfor thebus.人们排着长队等公共汽车Wed betterjoin thequeuefortickets.我们最好加入买票的队伍可以指人或物的“一排”、“一行”,通常为横的通常为2row queue纵队You cansee mein thisold photo,standing inthe backrow.你可以在这张老照片中找到我,我当时站在后排Please putthe desksin fourrows.请把课桌摆成排
43.funny adj.通常表示“有趣的”、“滑稽的”、“逗人发笑的”,与1funny同义amusingI dontfind Jimsjokes veryfunny.我并不觉得吉姆的笑话很有趣He includeda largenumber offunny storiesin hisspeech.他在演讲词里面加进了大量逗人的故事在口语中,也可以表示“反常的”、“古怪的”、“奇怪的”2funny等含义I thoughtthere wassomething funnyabout theparcel,so Iphoned thepolice.我觉得那个包裹有点古怪,所以就给警察打了电话This morningI sawher wearinga funnyhat whichlooked likea lightouse.今天上午我看见她戴了一顶滑稽的、看上去像个灯塔的帽子。