新概念第一冊精講第55課:索耶一家人 The Sawyer family

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Lesson 55 The Sawyer family
    聽錄音,然后回答問題。
    When do the children do their homework?
    孩子們什么時候做功課?
    The Sawyers live at 87 King Street.
    In the morning, Mrs Sawyer goes to work and the children go to school. Their father takes them to school every day.
    Mrs Sawyer stays at home every day. She does the housework. She always eats her lunch at noon.
    In the afternoon, she usually sees her friends. They often drink tea together.
    In the evening, the children come home from school. They arrive home early.
    Mr Sawyer comes home from work. He arrives home late.
    At night, the children always do their homework. Then they go to bed. Mr Sawyer usually reads his newspaper, but sometimes he and his wife watch television.
    New Word and expressions 生詞和短語
    live
    v. 住,生活
    stay
    v. 呆在,停留
    home
    n. 家;
    adv. 到家
    housework
    n. 家務(wù)
    lunch
    n. 午飯
    afternoon
    n. 下午
    usually
    adv. 通常
    together
    adv. 一起
    evening
    n. 晚上
    arrive
    v. 到達
    night
    n. 夜間
    參考譯文
    索耶一家住在國王街87號。
    早上,索耶先生去上班,孩子們?nèi)ド蠈W(xué)。父親每天送孩子們?nèi)ド蠈W(xué)。
    索耶夫人每天呆在家里。她料理家務(wù)。
    她總是在正午吃午飯。
    下午,她總是會見她的朋友。她們經(jīng)常在一起喝茶。
    傍晚,孩子們放學(xué)回家。他們到家很早。
    索耶先生下班回家。他到家很晚。
    晚上,孩子們總是做作業(yè),然后去睡覺。索耶先生總是讀報紙,但有時和他的妻子一起看電視。
    自學(xué)導(dǎo)讀
    1.go to work, 上班。
    由動詞 go引導(dǎo)的短語課文中還有:go to school(上學(xué)), go to bed(上床睡覺)。請注意 work, school以及 bed之前不帶任何冠詞。
    2.stay at home, 呆在家里。
    與 stay home在意思上相差無幾。前者中的 home是名詞,后者中的home是副詞。
    3.do the housework, 料理家務(wù)。
    housework是不可數(shù)名詞。請比較:do the homework(做作業(yè))。
    4.a(chǎn)t night, 在夜里。
    如果說某日夜里,則用介詞 on:
    on the night of June 2 在6月2日的夜里
    語法 Grammar in use
    一般現(xiàn)在時(2)
    (請參見 Lessons 47~48語法部分。)
    一般現(xiàn)在時用于表示一個習(xí)慣動作、有規(guī)律的行為以及永恒的現(xiàn)象。一般與時間頻度副詞和時間短語連用。這些時間短語有:
    every day/week/month/year 每日/周/月/年
    in the morning/afternoon/evening 在上午/下午/晚上
    at noon/night 在正午/夜里
    第3人稱單數(shù)的謂語動詞需加以變位,這可分為幾種情況:
    (1)直接加 -s,如:
    come----comes
    arrive----arrives
    (2)以 -sh, -ch, -o 以及 -s結(jié)尾的動詞加 -es,如:
    wash----washes
    go----goes
    watch----watches
    do----does
    (3)以輔音加 -y結(jié)尾的動詞,把 -y改成 -i,再加 -es;而元音加 -y結(jié)尾的動詞,只加 -s即可:
    hurry----hurries
    carry----carries
    play----plays
    stay----stays
    詞匯學(xué)習(xí) Word study
    1.a(chǎn)rrive v.
    (1)到達;到來:
    We arrived home early.
    我們很早就到家了。
    The train is expected to arrive in London at 8. 20 p. m.
    火車預(yù)計在晚上8點20分抵達倫敦。
    (2)(時間等)來臨;(嬰兒)出生:
    At last the day of graduation arrived.
    畢業(yè)的那一天終于來臨。
    Elizabeth's baby arrived at midnight.
    伊麗莎白的嬰兒是在午夜時分降生的。
    2.live v.
    (1)居住;生活:
    Frank1 lives in Paris.
    弗蘭克居住在巴黎。
    Where do you live?
    你住在哪兒?
    (2)活;生存:
    Fish can't live long out of water.
    魚離開水活不了多久。
    My grandmother lived until she was 94.
    我祖母活到了94歲。
    (3)過生活;享受生活樂趣:
    At 40 he was just beginning to live.
    他到40歲才剛剛開始過上富有意義的生活。
    You haven't lived till you've been to Paris.
    你沒到過巴黎就算不上享受過生活。
    (4)靠……生活(by/on):
    He lives by playing the violin.
    他靠拉小提琴為生。
    He lives on the fortune left to him by his father.
    他靠他父親給他留下的財產(chǎn)生活。
    3.stay v.
    (1)呆在,停留:
    Mrs. White stays at home every day.
    懷特太太每天都呆在家中。
    (2)逗留;暫住:
    We were staying at the same hotel.
    我們住在同一家飯店。
    (3)持續(xù);保留:
    The house has to stay exactly as it was.
    這所房子必須完全保持原來的樣子。