Unit_8_Surprise_Endings(Reading)课文详解.doc

Unit 8 Surprise endingsReading课文注解1. Three times Della counted it. 德拉数了三遍。Three times置于句首，起强调作用，强调其连续数了三遍。该句句子的一般语序是Della counted itthree times.2. Jim and Delta had two possessions which they were both proud of.吉姆和德拉有两件引以为豪的物品。be proud of意为为感到骄傲；为感到自豪。如：Your achievements are something to be proud of. 你的成就是值得骄傲的。He was proud of himself for not giving up. 他为自己没有放弃而感到骄傲。3. Della put m her old brown jacket and her old brown hat.德拉披上了她那件掠色的旧外套，戴上了那顶棕色的旧帽子。 put on, in, wear, dress和have on都含有穿；戴之意，但用法不同。 1) put on强调穿；戴的动作，后接衣服、鞋帽等。如：I want you to put on this coat and this hat. 我要你穿这件外杳，载这顶帽子。2) in是介词，后接表示衣服或颜色的词，着重于服装的款式或颜色。它所构成的短语只能作表语或定语。如：He is in a black jacket today.令天他穿着黑色夹克衫。(in a black jacket在这个句子里作表语）This is a picture of a young man in black. 这是一张穿着黑色衣服的年轻人的照片。(in black是young man的定语） 3) wear表示状态，宾语可以是衣帽，也可以是饰物、奖章等。如：Youd better wear blue or black pants with brown shoes. 穿掠色鞋子的时後，最好穿蓋色或黑色裤子。Everyone at the meeting wore a badge. 与会者都佩载了徽章。4） dress的宾语通常是人，意思是给穿衣服。dress oneself或get dressed表示给自己穿衣。如：She dressed her daughter in her blouse. 她给女儿穿上了村衫。 My son is now able to dress himself. 我儿子现在会自己穿衣服了 。It s time to get up and get dressed! 该起床穿衣服了 ！be dressed in的意思是穿着，表示状态。如：She is dressed in a fur coat. 她穿着毛皮大衣。dress叩的意思是盛装打扮;乔装打扮。如：Id like you to dress up for my birthday party tonight. 我希望你为我合晚的生日派对打扮一下。Young kids often dress up and have fun at Halloween. 万圣节前夕，小孩子常常界装打扮，玩得很开心。5）have on的含义与wear相近，也表示一种状态。如：Ill have on black pants and a grey shirt tomorrow. 明天我会穿一条黑色的轉子和一件灰色的衬衫。4. Then she went out of the door and down the stairs to the street. 然后她走出了门，下了楼，走到了大街上。这句话中go后面连用了多个介词，其中out of表示从出去，down表示沿着往下，to表示”到”。展现了 Della外出时的一系列动作。5. The sign in front of the store read Hair Goods.店门口的招牌上写着专营各类头发用品。read在这里意为写着；写成，相当于have something written on it。 如： 丁he sign read No smoking.告示牌上写着禁止吸烟。 Ive changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows.我已经修改了最后一段。现在是这样写的。6 Then Della searched through the stores looking for a present for Jim.接着德拉就一家一家店地寻找她要送给吉姆的礼物。search, search for和look for都有搜查；寻找的意思。search在课文中作不及物动词。当它作及物动词时，指搜查某地或搜身，其宾语可以是房屋、人身、衣袋等名词。如：They searched her home without any reasons. 他们毫无理由地搜查了她的家。They searched him but found nothing. 他们搜了他的身，但什么也没有找到。search for指搜寻、搜索某人或某物。如：They searched for him everywhere. 他到处搜寻他。试比较：They searched his clothes. 他们搜查了他的衣服。（看是否藏有东西）They searched for his clothes. 他们搜寻了他的衣服。（要找到衣服） search . . for . .指在某处搜寻某人或某物。如：They searched the house for the thief. 他们在屋内搜寻翁贼。另外，search也可用作名词，in search of是个常见短语，意为寻找；寻求。如：The kids went in search of something to eat. 孩子们去找东西口乞。look for意为寻找；寻求，与search for意义大体相同。但search for强调大力搜寻、正式搜寻；而look for则较为通俗，常用于日常用语。如：I looked for my missing pen everywhere. 我到处找我丢失的那支钢笔。7. She found it at last. 最终她找到了 （它）。at last意为终于；最终。如：At last they solved the difficult Physics problem. 最终他们解出了这道物理难题。8. His eyes were fixed on Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read. 他的眼睛注视着德拉，那是一种德拉无法读懂的眼神。fix. on意为集中（目光、注意力等)于。如：Simon fixed his eyes on the TV screen. 西蒙盯着电視屏幕看。我们还常用其被动形式be fixed on表示聚集于;聚焦于的意思。如：His attention is always fixed on sci-fi novels. 他的注意力总是集中在科幻小说上。9. “Jim,” she cried, dont look at me that way. I sold my hair to buy you a Christmas present. 吉姆，她惊叫道，不要那样看着我。我把头发给卖了，给你买了件圣诞礼物。 that way表示那样的意思，表示某种方法，在句中常作状语。如：If my parents heard you talking to me that way, they would think you were crazy. 如果我父母听你对我那样说，会认为你疯了。10. Jim drew a box from his pocket and put it on the table. 吉姆从他的口袋里拿出一只盒子，放在了桌子上。draw . from .意为从中掏出；从中拿出，如：He drew several pieces of paper from the drawer. 他从抽屉里抽出了几张纸。11. There lay the set of combs that she had always wanted.里面是她梦寐以求的一套发插。本句是一句倒装句，其正常语序是The set of combs that she had always wanted lay there. 。 表不地 占的here, there位于句首时，句子往往采用完全倒装的形式。. had always wanted使用了过去完成时，表示过去某一时间或动作以前已经发生或完成了的动作，它表示动作发生的时间是过去的过去。其结构是：所有人称+助动词had+动词的过去分词。如：We had learnt 30 lessons by the end of last month.到上个月月底前，我们已经学习了 30课。（上个月月底是过去，而月底之前则是过去的过去，所以使用过去完成时）He said we hadnt seen each other since I left Beijing.他说自从我离开北京，我们还没见过面。（他说话的时间是在过去，而这个动作发生在说话之前，是过去的过去”）过去完成时是高中阶段的学习内容，此处仅要求理解其含义即可。 12 Now they were hers, but her hair was gone.现在她得到了发插，但她的头发已经没有了。 本句中的gone为形容词，意为不复存在；一去不复返。如.The days are gone when you could leave your door unlocked at night.夜不闭户的时代已经一去不复返了。此外，gone还有如下的常见含义和用法：1）用完了；用光了，相当于used叩。如： Wheres the coffee? 伽啡在哪儿？ Its all gone. 喝光了。2） 走了；离开了；不在，相当于away from a place。如： 一 Is Tom here?汤姆在这儿吗？ 一 No, he was gone before I arrived. 不在，我到之前他就走了 。13. She smiled and held out Jims present. 她笑了，递出了吉姆的礼物。hold out意为递出。如：He held out his bag to show it was empty. 他递出了包，給周围的人看它是空的。14.I hunted all over town to find it.为了找到它，我逛遍了整个镇子。本句中的hunt意为搜寻；搜索，相当于look for something that is difficult to find的意思。如：Ive hunted everywhere but I cant find it.我到处都搜遍了，就是找不到它。当我们要表示搜寻某物时，常用hunt for something 如： She is still hunting for a new job.她还在找新工作。 all over意为遍及。如：Many people dream of travelling all over the world.很多人都梦想周游世界。15. I want to see how it looks on it. 我要看看它挂在手表上的样子。 缴注意本句中的两个it。 前者指代Della买给Jim的表链，后者指Jim的怀表。16. Instead of obeying, Jim sat down, put his hands behind his head and smiled. 没有按照德拉所说的话做，吉姆坐了下来，把手放到了脑袋后面，笑了。instead of是一个重要的介词短语，意为代替；替代，但在实际使用中，常会出现不同的翻译方法。现将其用法简述如下： 1）作为介词短语，instead of后常跟名词、代词和动名词。如：Could I have tea instead of coffee?我不喝伽啡喝茶行吗？（后跟名词）I will go instead of you. 我会代替你去的。（后跟代词）I have got a cold, so I am lying here in bed instead of working. 我得了感冒，所以躺在床上，没去 上班。（后跟动名词） 2) instead单独使用的时候是副词，常用于句末，有时也位于句首。如：It will take days by car, so lets fly instead. 坐娇车得好几天时间，所以我们还是改乘飞机吧。Peter didnt read in the library today. Instead, he read under a tree. 彼得令天没有在图书馆里读书，而是在树下读书。3) 用instead的句子也可以改成用instead of的句子。如：Jim never studies. Instead, he surfs the Internet all day. 吉姆从不学习。相反，他整天上网。Instead of studying, Jim surfs the Internet all day. 吉姆成天上网，而不是学习。 练习巩固Complete the sentences with proper words from Getting ready and Reading. Change their formsif necessary. (用Getting ready和Reading板块出现的新单词完成下面的句子。如有必要，须改变单词的形式。）1. The of scissors cost me about 250 yuan.2. I received many at my birthday party. 3. Put on the in your hair and itll make you look prettier.4. Please the money to see how much we have got altogether.5. I will leave school soon. Who will come to my ?6. What can I do with just 20 ? Just buy a packet of sweets?7. We are not rich enough to such a big flat.8. What would you buy for Mays birthday?9. Judy got down on her and swept the floor.10. The policemen the house but found nothing.11. The kids started to do their homework when they heard the of their mother.12. The watch is made of gold.13. Can you see that ? Thats the place where I work.14. The for the electricity we have used this month is 403 yuan.15. I three hundred yuan from my wallet and gave it to my son.Complete the sentences with the phrases from the box. Change their forms if necessary. Use each phrase once only. (从方框中选择适当的词组完成下列句子。如有必要，须改变词组的形式。每个词组仅使用一次。）hold out all over fix . . . on go out of look for search for at lastbe proud of instead of that way1 Would you please give up doing things ? I think you can try a new method.2 Our hotel welcomes guests from the world.3 The young man he bag to show to everyone it was empty.4 After he had waited for three hours, he became impatient and the door.5 After a long time of hard work, they succeeded .6 The parents are their lost son everywhere around.7 Maybe you can go to the meeting me.8 The young man his eyes that beautiful lady for a few seconds.9 The police have the thief for almost 20 days but didnt have any progress.10 I my son, for he has won first prize in the Singing Competition.C3 Reading comprehensionDear Dennis,How is Denmark? I hope you are enjoying yourself and your school life there. How was YourChristmas? Ive just had the most wonderful Christmas in my life!Do you remember Pete, the friend I mentioned in my last letter? Just when I was wondering how to spend this first Christmas in England by myself, he invited me to join his family.When we were walking out of the train station in Surrey, a choir was singing Christmas carols with their angelic voices. The further I walked into the town centre, the more amazed I was. The littletown was filled with the festive atmosphere. People were wearing smiles on their faces everywhere I went.Children were running around, carrying big packages and small packages of presents, laughing. Although there were no extensive Christmas lights like those in my hometown, Christmas was certainly there. A wreath made of evergreen branches and holly leaves was hung on the front door of every house we walked by. Balls of mistletoe were also hanging from the ceiling inside some houses. Christmas was everywhere. When I entered Petes home, I was immediately struck by the cosy environment. In the living room, a real fire was burning in the hearth and there was a big Christmas tree, with lots of presents under it.Their fox terrier was wagging its tail. It was, at the same time, busily following the footsteps of Pete s mother when she was taking the food out. Mrs Mills was a magician! One minute she was faking a hugeturkey out of the oven, the next minute she was taking a tray of vegetables out, and stilt the next, she wasfaking a tray of potatoes. The dinner was so yummy After a hearty meal, we exchanged presents. Petesfamily were really nice. They treated me as if I had been part of the family. It was so touching! That was probably the warmest Christmas Id ever had How was yours? I heard that the Danish haveham instead of turkey at Chr