Lesson 54 Sticky fingers
【New words and expressions】（14）
sticky adj. 粘的
finger n. 手指
pie n. 餡餅
mix v. 混合，拌和
pastry n. 面糊
annoying adj. 惱人的
receiver n. 電話的話筒
dismay v. 失望，泄氣
recognize v. 認(rèn)出，聽(tīng)出
persuade v. 說(shuō)服，勸說(shuō)
mess n. 亂七八糟
doorknob n. 門(mén)把手
sign v. 簽字
register v. 掛號(hào)郵寄
★sticky adj. 粘的
as sticky as glue 和膠水一樣粘
★finger n. 手指
thumb 大拇指；index finger 食指；middle finger 中指；
ring finger 無(wú)名指；little finger 小指
toe [tEu] n. 腳趾
★mix v. 混合, 拌和
① vt. 使混和，拌和
I was busy mixing butter and flour.
You can mix some salt into the flour.
② vi. 交往，相處
I’m not going to mix with those people. 我不打算和那些人來(lái)往。
Mary doesn’t mix much. 瑪麗不太和人交往。
mixture n. 混合物
★annoying adj. 惱人的
It is annoying.
annoyed adj. 感到煩惱的（比anger的語(yǔ)氣弱）
★dismay v. 失望, 泄氣
dismay sb. 讓某人感到失望
dismaying adj. 令人失望；dismayed adj. 感到失望
★recognize v. 認(rèn)出，聽(tīng)出
① vt. 辨出，認(rèn)出，認(rèn)識(shí)
I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.
② vt. 承認(rèn)，確認(rèn)，認(rèn)可
It is recognized that Jane is the most intelligent girl among us.
He recognized Dan as one of his best friends.
★persuade v. 說(shuō)服, 勸說(shuō)
persuade 表示勸說(shuō)已經(jīng)成功
try to persuade 勸說(shuō)
reason with sb. 勸說(shuō)，并不能說(shuō)明是否勸說(shuō)成功
★mess n. 亂七八糟
口語(yǔ)中a mess用來(lái)指“困境，窘境，一團(tuán)糟”等含義
What a mess! 真是糟糕透了！
You are a mess! 你真邋遢
The man/woman is a mess.
make a mess of sth. 把……攪得亂七八糟
He made a mess of my job. 他把我的工作攪得一團(tuán)糟
Make some jam if you want to, but don’t make a mess in the kitchen.
★sign v. 簽字
sign your name(s) here 在這簽名 (許多人加 “s” )
sign for 簽收
signature [5si^nitFE] n. 簽名
I need your signature. 我需要你的簽名
autograph [5C:tE^rB:f] n. 明星, 名人的簽名 (n. 親筆簽名；v. 簽署)
★register v. 掛號(hào)郵寄
a registered letter 掛號(hào)信
【Text】
After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
參考譯文
早飯后, 我送孩子們上學(xué), 然后就去了商店. 我回到家時(shí), 時(shí)間還早. 孩子們?cè)谏蠈W(xué), 我丈夫在上班, 家里清靜得很. 于是我決定做些肉餡餅. 不一會(huì)兒我就忙著調(diào)拌起了黃油和面粉, 很快我的手上就沾滿了粘粘的面糊. 恰恰在此時(shí), 電話鈴響了. 沒(méi)有什么能比這更煩人了. 我用兩個(gè)沾滿面糊的手指捏起了話筒. 當(dāng)我聽(tīng)出是海倫·貝茨的聲音時(shí), 非常喪氣. 我用了10分鐘的時(shí)間才說(shuō)服她過(guò)會(huì)兒再來(lái)電話. 我終于掛上了話筒. 真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、電話機(jī)上以及門(mén)的把手上, 都沾上了面糊. 我剛回到廚房, 門(mén)鈴又響了起來(lái), 響聲足以把死人喚醒. 這次是郵遞員, 他要我簽收一封掛號(hào)信!
【課文講解】
1、The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.
at school 在上學(xué)；at work 在上班；at home 在家休息
school和work前都不加冠詞，因?yàn)椴皇侵妇唧w那個(gè)學(xué)?；蚓唧w干什么工作，只是泛指他們?cè)诟墒裁?。home為副詞，所以也不加冠詞。
2、In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事
flour面粉, 不可數(shù)名詞, 注意發(fā)音于 “flower [5flauE]” 相同, 但 “flower” 是可數(shù)名詞, 一般會(huì)用復(fù)數(shù) “flowers”
be covered with… 蓋滿……
3、At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.
at exactly that moment 就在那時(shí)，恰恰在此時(shí)
exactly用于加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣，表示“正、恰恰”：
That’s exactly what I wanted to tell you.
4、Nothing could have been more annoying.
No one could be/have been… 沒(méi)有人……
No one could be /have been fatter. 沒(méi)有人更胖了
Nothing could have been… 沒(méi)有……更……
Nothing could have been cheaper. 沒(méi)有什么東西更便宜了
Nothing could have been more exciting. 沒(méi)有什么事情更令人激動(dòng)
No face could be uglier. 沒(méi)有一張臉更丑了 (ugly [5Q^li])
No books could be more interesting. 沒(méi)有書(shū)更有趣了
5、I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.
pick up the receiver 撿起話筒
6、It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.
persuade sb. to do sth. 說(shuō)服某人做某事
I persuaded him to give up that plan.
persuade sb. into doing sth. 說(shuō)服某人做……
I persuaded him into giving up that plan.
It takes sb. some time to do sth. 花費(fèi)某人多久做某事（“it” 作形式主語(yǔ)）
ring back 回電話；再打電話
later表示“過(guò)后，以后”
Ten minutes later, the bus arrived.
Please come back later (on).
7、At last I hung up the receiver.
hang up 掛起
hang up the receiver 掛斷電話
8、I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
no sooner…than… = hardly…when… 剛……就……（用于過(guò)去完成時(shí)）
★enough n.& adj.& adv. 足夠
① n. 足夠
I have/had had enough. 我已經(jīng)擁有足夠了。
② adj. 足夠的
enough +n. / n. +enough 修飾名詞
I have enough time/time enough.
③ adv. 足以……
enough修飾adj.或者adv.時(shí)一定要放在被修飾詞的后面
enough to do sth. 足以用來(lái)做某事
He is rich enough to buy the whole city. 他富有的可以買(mǎi)下整個(gè)城市
The water in the pool is warm enough (to swim in).
I am hungry enough to eat sth.
【Summary writing】
1 Did the writer return home from the shops or not? What did she begin to make? (As soon as)
1 as soon as= when，時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句引導(dǎo)詞，as soon as 強(qiáng)調(diào)這個(gè)動(dòng)作一發(fā)生, 立即就發(fā)生了另一個(gè)動(dòng)作；when 不強(qiáng)調(diào)兩個(gè)動(dòng)作緊密相連
4 Did she look at the mess she had made or not? (After that)
after 作介詞, 后接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)；作連詞, 后接句子
文中 “that” 為代詞, “after that” 僅為介詞短語(yǔ)
【Composition】
2 Two hours had passed.I smelled something burning.(When)
Two hours had passed when I smelled something burning.
…(time)passed, and then…；…(time)passed, before…
一般不會(huì)把 “when” 放在 “…(time)passed…” 之前, 這是一種習(xí)慣
something burning burning放在不定代詞后面, “-ing” 表主動(dòng)關(guān)系, 即表示東西正在燃燒.
【Letter writing】
在信的第一段里, 你應(yīng)該提及你已經(jīng)收到的一封信或促使你回信的某一事件
pleased to do sth. 非常高興的
I was very pleased to learn that you are well.
I was very pleased to learn that you have a baby. 恭喜你做爸爸了
Thank you for +n.
【Key structures】
The, Some and Any
1、some和any可用于不可數(shù)名詞及復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞之前，some通常用于肯定句，any通常用于否定句或疑問(wèn)句中。但在期待得到肯定答復(fù)的疑問(wèn)句中也可以用some，而在肯定句中表示“隨便哪個(gè)，任何一個(gè)”的含義時(shí)也可以用any。
These are the only meat pies I have. Do you want some of them?
Yes, please. Any meat pies will do.
2、有些形容詞可以用于the之后（決不能用于a/an之后），表示作為整體的群體，如the blind，the deaf，the living，the dead，the rich，the poor，the young，the old。這些形容詞后要跟復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞，不可用這些形容詞本身來(lái)指?jìng)€(gè)體：
The Government always makes sure that the old are cared for.
This is a special school for the deaf.
如果想指單數(shù)個(gè)體，則可以說(shuō)：
Sam is a young man with a lot of money.
3、當(dāng)下列名詞指其“主要目的”，即與其相關(guān)的動(dòng)作時(shí)，要用零冠詞（即名詞前沒(méi)有冠詞）。這類(lèi)名詞有bed，church，class，college，hospital，market，prison，school，sea，university，work。
但在特指的東西面前要用the，泛指同類(lèi)事物中的任何一個(gè)時(shí)則用a。
4、在形容詞/副詞的高級(jí)前面要用the，但當(dāng)most表示“大多數(shù)”時(shí)它前面則不加the。
the most
most of the… 大部分的……
most of the young people 大部分年輕人
Most young men have to work hard.
Most buildings in this district belong to the government.
【Multiple choice questions】
5 Nothing could have been more annoying. It was ___d___annoying thing that could have happened.
a.the more b.more c.most d. the most
nothing + be more annoying表達(dá)高級(jí)含義
8 She was busy mixing butter and flour. She was ___d___.
a.joining them b.uniting them c. unifying them d. putting them together
United States (政治上的聯(lián)合)；unify 與 unite 的用法基本相同, 指的是政治上的聯(lián)合
join v. 加入，
① 加入團(tuán)體，組織
join the army/join the party
② 加入某某人
Join us!(口語(yǔ)常用, 注意連讀)
10 She was dismayed when she heard Helen Bates. She felt ______.
a.pity b.sorry c.ill d.tired
tired 單獨(dú)用表示“很累”，只有 “tired of” 表示“厭煩”
pity 為名詞, sorry 為形容詞，fell 為感官動(dòng)詞，后接形容詞
ill 身體上的不舒服
【New words and expressions】（14）
sticky adj. 粘的
finger n. 手指
pie n. 餡餅
mix v. 混合，拌和
pastry n. 面糊
annoying adj. 惱人的
receiver n. 電話的話筒
dismay v. 失望，泄氣
recognize v. 認(rèn)出，聽(tīng)出
persuade v. 說(shuō)服，勸說(shuō)
mess n. 亂七八糟
doorknob n. 門(mén)把手
sign v. 簽字
register v. 掛號(hào)郵寄
★sticky adj. 粘的
as sticky as glue 和膠水一樣粘
★finger n. 手指
thumb 大拇指；index finger 食指；middle finger 中指；
ring finger 無(wú)名指；little finger 小指
toe [tEu] n. 腳趾
★mix v. 混合, 拌和
① vt. 使混和，拌和
I was busy mixing butter and flour.
You can mix some salt into the flour.
② vi. 交往，相處
I’m not going to mix with those people. 我不打算和那些人來(lái)往。
Mary doesn’t mix much. 瑪麗不太和人交往。
mixture n. 混合物
★annoying adj. 惱人的
It is annoying.
annoyed adj. 感到煩惱的（比anger的語(yǔ)氣弱）
★dismay v. 失望, 泄氣
dismay sb. 讓某人感到失望
dismaying adj. 令人失望；dismayed adj. 感到失望
★recognize v. 認(rèn)出，聽(tīng)出
① vt. 辨出，認(rèn)出，認(rèn)識(shí)
I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.
② vt. 承認(rèn)，確認(rèn)，認(rèn)可
It is recognized that Jane is the most intelligent girl among us.
He recognized Dan as one of his best friends.
★persuade v. 說(shuō)服, 勸說(shuō)
persuade 表示勸說(shuō)已經(jīng)成功
try to persuade 勸說(shuō)
reason with sb. 勸說(shuō)，并不能說(shuō)明是否勸說(shuō)成功
★mess n. 亂七八糟
口語(yǔ)中a mess用來(lái)指“困境，窘境，一團(tuán)糟”等含義
What a mess! 真是糟糕透了！
You are a mess! 你真邋遢
The man/woman is a mess.
make a mess of sth. 把……攪得亂七八糟
He made a mess of my job. 他把我的工作攪得一團(tuán)糟
Make some jam if you want to, but don’t make a mess in the kitchen.
★sign v. 簽字
sign your name(s) here 在這簽名 (許多人加 “s” )
sign for 簽收
signature [5si^nitFE] n. 簽名
I need your signature. 我需要你的簽名
autograph [5C:tE^rB:f] n. 明星, 名人的簽名 (n. 親筆簽名；v. 簽署)
★register v. 掛號(hào)郵寄
a registered letter 掛號(hào)信
【Text】
After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
參考譯文
早飯后, 我送孩子們上學(xué), 然后就去了商店. 我回到家時(shí), 時(shí)間還早. 孩子們?cè)谏蠈W(xué), 我丈夫在上班, 家里清靜得很. 于是我決定做些肉餡餅. 不一會(huì)兒我就忙著調(diào)拌起了黃油和面粉, 很快我的手上就沾滿了粘粘的面糊. 恰恰在此時(shí), 電話鈴響了. 沒(méi)有什么能比這更煩人了. 我用兩個(gè)沾滿面糊的手指捏起了話筒. 當(dāng)我聽(tīng)出是海倫·貝茨的聲音時(shí), 非常喪氣. 我用了10分鐘的時(shí)間才說(shuō)服她過(guò)會(huì)兒再來(lái)電話. 我終于掛上了話筒. 真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、電話機(jī)上以及門(mén)的把手上, 都沾上了面糊. 我剛回到廚房, 門(mén)鈴又響了起來(lái), 響聲足以把死人喚醒. 這次是郵遞員, 他要我簽收一封掛號(hào)信!
【課文講解】
1、The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.
at school 在上學(xué)；at work 在上班；at home 在家休息
school和work前都不加冠詞，因?yàn)椴皇侵妇唧w那個(gè)學(xué)?；蚓唧w干什么工作，只是泛指他們?cè)诟墒裁?。home為副詞，所以也不加冠詞。
2、In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事
flour面粉, 不可數(shù)名詞, 注意發(fā)音于 “flower [5flauE]” 相同, 但 “flower” 是可數(shù)名詞, 一般會(huì)用復(fù)數(shù) “flowers”
be covered with… 蓋滿……
3、At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.
at exactly that moment 就在那時(shí)，恰恰在此時(shí)
exactly用于加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣，表示“正、恰恰”：
That’s exactly what I wanted to tell you.
4、Nothing could have been more annoying.
No one could be/have been… 沒(méi)有人……
No one could be /have been fatter. 沒(méi)有人更胖了
Nothing could have been… 沒(méi)有……更……
Nothing could have been cheaper. 沒(méi)有什么東西更便宜了
Nothing could have been more exciting. 沒(méi)有什么事情更令人激動(dòng)
No face could be uglier. 沒(méi)有一張臉更丑了 (ugly [5Q^li])
No books could be more interesting. 沒(méi)有書(shū)更有趣了
5、I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.
pick up the receiver 撿起話筒
6、It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.
persuade sb. to do sth. 說(shuō)服某人做某事
I persuaded him to give up that plan.
persuade sb. into doing sth. 說(shuō)服某人做……
I persuaded him into giving up that plan.
It takes sb. some time to do sth. 花費(fèi)某人多久做某事（“it” 作形式主語(yǔ)）
ring back 回電話；再打電話
later表示“過(guò)后，以后”
Ten minutes later, the bus arrived.
Please come back later (on).
7、At last I hung up the receiver.
hang up 掛起
hang up the receiver 掛斷電話
8、I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
no sooner…than… = hardly…when… 剛……就……（用于過(guò)去完成時(shí)）
★enough n.& adj.& adv. 足夠
① n. 足夠
I have/had had enough. 我已經(jīng)擁有足夠了。
② adj. 足夠的
enough +n. / n. +enough 修飾名詞
I have enough time/time enough.
③ adv. 足以……
enough修飾adj.或者adv.時(shí)一定要放在被修飾詞的后面
enough to do sth. 足以用來(lái)做某事
He is rich enough to buy the whole city. 他富有的可以買(mǎi)下整個(gè)城市
The water in the pool is warm enough (to swim in).
I am hungry enough to eat sth.
【Summary writing】
1 Did the writer return home from the shops or not? What did she begin to make? (As soon as)
1 as soon as= when，時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句引導(dǎo)詞，as soon as 強(qiáng)調(diào)這個(gè)動(dòng)作一發(fā)生, 立即就發(fā)生了另一個(gè)動(dòng)作；when 不強(qiáng)調(diào)兩個(gè)動(dòng)作緊密相連
4 Did she look at the mess she had made or not? (After that)
after 作介詞, 后接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)；作連詞, 后接句子
文中 “that” 為代詞, “after that” 僅為介詞短語(yǔ)
【Composition】
2 Two hours had passed.I smelled something burning.(When)
Two hours had passed when I smelled something burning.
…(time)passed, and then…；…(time)passed, before…
一般不會(huì)把 “when” 放在 “…(time)passed…” 之前, 這是一種習(xí)慣
something burning burning放在不定代詞后面, “-ing” 表主動(dòng)關(guān)系, 即表示東西正在燃燒.
【Letter writing】
在信的第一段里, 你應(yīng)該提及你已經(jīng)收到的一封信或促使你回信的某一事件
pleased to do sth. 非常高興的
I was very pleased to learn that you are well.
I was very pleased to learn that you have a baby. 恭喜你做爸爸了
Thank you for +n.
【Key structures】
The, Some and Any
1、some和any可用于不可數(shù)名詞及復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞之前，some通常用于肯定句，any通常用于否定句或疑問(wèn)句中。但在期待得到肯定答復(fù)的疑問(wèn)句中也可以用some，而在肯定句中表示“隨便哪個(gè)，任何一個(gè)”的含義時(shí)也可以用any。
These are the only meat pies I have. Do you want some of them?
Yes, please. Any meat pies will do.
2、有些形容詞可以用于the之后（決不能用于a/an之后），表示作為整體的群體，如the blind，the deaf，the living，the dead，the rich，the poor，the young，the old。這些形容詞后要跟復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞，不可用這些形容詞本身來(lái)指?jìng)€(gè)體：
The Government always makes sure that the old are cared for.
This is a special school for the deaf.
如果想指單數(shù)個(gè)體，則可以說(shuō)：
Sam is a young man with a lot of money.
3、當(dāng)下列名詞指其“主要目的”，即與其相關(guān)的動(dòng)作時(shí)，要用零冠詞（即名詞前沒(méi)有冠詞）。這類(lèi)名詞有bed，church，class，college，hospital，market，prison，school，sea，university，work。
但在特指的東西面前要用the，泛指同類(lèi)事物中的任何一個(gè)時(shí)則用a。
4、在形容詞/副詞的高級(jí)前面要用the，但當(dāng)most表示“大多數(shù)”時(shí)它前面則不加the。
the most
most of the… 大部分的……
most of the young people 大部分年輕人
Most young men have to work hard.
Most buildings in this district belong to the government.
【Multiple choice questions】
5 Nothing could have been more annoying. It was ___d___annoying thing that could have happened.
a.the more b.more c.most d. the most
nothing + be more annoying表達(dá)高級(jí)含義
8 She was busy mixing butter and flour. She was ___d___.
a.joining them b.uniting them c. unifying them d. putting them together
United States (政治上的聯(lián)合)；unify 與 unite 的用法基本相同, 指的是政治上的聯(lián)合
join v. 加入，
① 加入團(tuán)體，組織
join the army/join the party
② 加入某某人
Join us!(口語(yǔ)常用, 注意連讀)
10 She was dismayed when she heard Helen Bates. She felt ______.
a.pity b.sorry c.ill d.tired
tired 單獨(dú)用表示“很累”，只有 “tired of” 表示“厭煩”
pity 為名詞, sorry 為形容詞，fell 為感官動(dòng)詞，后接形容詞
ill 身體上的不舒服