1. After I had had lunch at a village pub,I lookde for my bag.我在一家乡村小酒店吃过午饭后,就找我的提包。
(1)have 在have lunch 这个词组中是完全动词而不是助动词had.(cf.本课语法)
(2)pub 为public house (洒店,酒吧)的缩略形式,在英国英语的口语中较常见:
Let's go to the pub for a drink.
咱们去酒店喝杯酒吧。
(3)look for 强调“寻找”这个动作,而不涉及结果:I looked for my key everywhere,but I couldn't find it.我到处寻找我的钥匙,但还是没找到。
1.official,employee与shop assistant
official 指“官员”、“公务员”:
Before he retired,Jeremy had been a government / city of ficial.
在他退休之前,杰里米一直是位政府/市政府官员。
A Customs official checked their passports.
一位海关官员检查了他们的护照。
official 也可以指“高级官员”:
Bank officials get high salaries.
银行高级职员的工薪很高。
employee泛指“雇员”、“雇工”(包括各个层次的):
In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which had seven hundred employees.
几年之后,小铺子已经发展成一个雇有700人的大工厂。
Later he became a government employee.
后来他成了一名公务员/政府雇员。
shop assistant 在英国英语中表示零售店的“店员“(相当于美国英语中的salesclerk):
The shop assistant who serued her did not like the way she was dressed.
接待她的售货员不喜欢她的那副打扮。
课文详注 Further notes on the text
1.Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury,but Mr.Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage,So he has just bought twelve pigeons.平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有5英里,但詹姆斯·斯科特 先生未能为他新的汽车修理部搞到一部电话机,所以他买了 12只鸽子。
(1)这句话由3个部分组成。but引导的句子与前面的句子为并列关系,so引导的句子表示结果。
(2)from在这里表示距离上相隔,译为“离”、“从”等:
The school is a mile(away)from my house.
学校离我家有一英里。
She has been away from home for 5 days now.
她离家已有5天了。
2.Yesterday,a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.昨天, 一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫斯特带到锡尔伯里。
(1)from...to...表示从一个地方到另一个地方。如下文中的from one garage to the other。这个短语中顺序比较重要,不能搞错 方向:
He flew from Beijing to Moscow.
他从北京坐飞机去莫斯科。
He looked at the girl from head ti foot.
他把这姑娘从头到脚打量了一下。
The news spread from houseto house.
家家户户都得知了这条消息。
(2)message在这里的意思是“(口头或书面的)信息”、“信”:
an oral/written message口信/便条
Here is a message of you from your sister.
这是你姐姐/妹妹给你留的便条。
John has gone to his office.Would you like to leave him a message?
约翰去办公室了。你愿意给他留个口信吗?
与message相关的另一个词是messenger,意为“送信人”、“信使”等。
课文详注 Further notes on the text
1.I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.我刚刚搬进了大
桥街的一所房子。
move常用的意义是“动”、“移动”。在这句话里它的意思是“搬家”、“迁移”,为不及物动词。在表达“搬家”这个意思时move可以单独使用,也可以组成短语move to,move into,move in, move out 等:
Has Ian moved to his new house yet?
伊恩已经迁进新居了吗?
He’s going to move tomorrow.
他打算明天搬家。
1ack has moved out. John will move in the day after tomorrow.
杰克已经搬走了。约翰后天搬进来。
2.He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.(他问)我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。
在表示请求时,可以用ask+sb.+for十sth·,也可以直接用askfor:
He asked his friends fpr advice.
He asked for his friends’advice.
他征求他朋友们的意见。
Don’t always ask others for help.
别总向他人求助。
He Never asks his parents for money.
他从来不向父母要钱。
3.in return for this,作为报答,作为交换。
in return可以单独使用,也可以加介词for说明原因:
You lent me this interesting book last month. In return (for it ),I LL’show you some picture books.
你上个月把这本有趣的书借给了我。作为报答,我将给你 看一些画册。
In return for your help,I invite you to spend the weekend with my family.
你帮了我的忙。作为回报,我邀请你与我的家人一起过这 个周末。
4.Later a neighbour told me about him.后来,一位邻居告诉了我 他的情况。
介词about可以和一些动词连用,以表示“关于……(的)”、“涉 及……(的)”:
Please tell me about the accident.
请告诉我这次事故的一些情况。
He spoke to me about his dog.
他和我讲了讲他的狗。
I have read about him.
关于他的情况我曾经读到过。
5.once a month,每月一次。
once表示频率时后面直接加表示时间的名词:
Jane wrote to her parents once a week.
简每星期给父母写封信。
He goes back to the South once a year.
他每年回一次南方。
The postman calls once a day.
邮递员每天来一次。
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