第三课 祖父的行李箱

1、ACT 1-1 “我们要去车站接他吗？”【故事梗概】早上，在Stewart家的厨房，Ellen和Marilyn正在厨房里准备早饭。她们兴奋地谈到祖父即将从佛罗里达州到达的事并决定上楼去为他布置房间。这时Richard和Robbie走进了厨房。Ellen: Marilyn, you want coffee or tea?Marilyn: Coffee, please.Ellen: I am so excited! At this time tomorrow morning Grandpa will be sitting in the kitchen with us.Marilyn: When d

2、oes he arrive?Ellen: At six o'clock this evening.Marilyn: By plane?Ellen: No, by train.Marilyn: Are we picking him up at the station?Ellen: Not Grandpa. He doesn't want anybody picking him up. He likes to be independent.Marilyn: Huh.Ellen: Oh, let's go upstairs and prepare Grandpa's

3、room.Marilyn: Great! Let's do it!Richard: Good morning, Mom.Robbie: Morning.Ellen: Well, hi, fellas.Richard: Hello.Marilyn: Hi, honey.RichardRobbie: Morning, Marilyn.Marilyn: We're going upstairs to set up Grandpa's room. There's coffee ready.【语言点精讲】1. You want coffee or tea?你要咖啡还是要茶

4、？是"Do you want coffee or tea?"的非正式说法。这是选择疑问句。注意Ellen使用了先升后降的语调，即连词or前面的部分用升调，后面的部分用降调。2. At this time tomorrow morning Grandpa will be sitting in the kitchen with us.will be sitting: 将坐在。动词的将来进行时可表示在将来某一时刻或某段时间正在进行的动作。3. When does he arrive?他什么时候到？一般现在时可表示安排或计划好的将来的动作（常用come, go, arrive, l

5、eave等动词）。4. By plane? - No, by train.by plane，乘飞机。by train，乘火车。用介词by表示交通方式，又如: by boat（乘船），by bus（乘公共汽车），by taxi（乘出租汽车）。5. Are we picking him up at the station?我们要去车站接他吗？pick sb. up: 用车来接某人。pick up是短语动词。短语动词是由动词与介词或副词组成的固定词组，又如后文出现的set up（准备，收拾）也是短语动词。6. Well, hi, fellas.fella（小伙子，孩子，伙计），是fellow的非正式

6、场合的用语。ACT 1-2 “我希望爷爷会喜欢和我们住在一起。”【故事梗概】Richard 和Robbie在厨房里一边准备早饭，一边谈论性格独立的祖父。Richard想要给他准备一份特别的欢迎礼物。Robbie: I'm really excited about seeing Grandpa.Richard: Me, too. Milk, please.Robbie: He's so funny. He always makes me laugh. I hope Grandpa's going to like living with us.Richard: I thin

7、k he will. It just takes time to feel comfortable in a new place.Robbie: Won't he miss being in Florida?Richard: Well, he will. But I think he'll like being here with the family.Robbie: Are you sure about that? It's crazy here most of the time.Richard: But it's fun.Robbie: That's

8、 for sure.Richard: You know, maybe I'll put together some photos of Grandpa as a "welcome" present.Robbie: That's a neat idea. What can I do? I've got it! I have a picture of Grandpa and Dad and me in my wallet. It's from the Fathers and Sons' Breakfast at my junior hig

9、h school graduation.Richard: Oh, I remember this picture.Robbie: I'd really like to pick up Grandpa at the railroad station.Richard: Railroad stations or airports - Grandpa always tells us he'll get here by himself.Robbie: He's something!【语言点精讲】1. He's so funny. He always makes me la

10、ugh.如强调的是现在仍是如此的情况或习惯，一般用属于现在范畴的时态，如：He's so funny. He always makes me laugh.（他真逗，他总是引得我笑。）It's crazy here most of the time.（咱家总是这样乱哄哄的。）Grandpa always tells us he'll get here by himself.（爷爷总是对我们说他会自己到家。）2. I hope Grandpa's going to like living with us.like表示喜欢一种经常性行为或状况时，后面用动名词（doin

11、g），如:I hope Grandpa's going to like living with us.（我希望爷爷会喜欢和我们住在一起。）But I think he'll like being here with the family.（可是我认为他会喜欢在这儿和全家人在一起。）但表示喜欢一个一次性的行为时则用动词不定式（to do），如Robbie说的:I'd really like to pick up Grandpa at the railroad station.（我真想到火车站去接爷爷。）3. That's for sure.那倒是，我同意你的看法。

12、这是一种口语式的表达方式。4. That's a neat idea.那是个好主意。这里neat相当于"great, fine"，这是一种口语式的表达方式。5. I've got it! I have a picture of Grandpa and Dad and me in my wallet.注意"Grandpa and Dad and me"中人的排列顺序。在说话的时候，如果同时提到几个人，应该是年长的在前，年幼的在后。如果同时说到自己和别人，应该是别人在前，自己在后。6. the Fathers and Sons' Br

13、eakfast许多美国中学每年都要给学生安排一次“父子餐”活动。这一天父亲专门到学校来跟孩子一起共进早餐、午餐或晚餐，并一起拍照纪念。7. He's something!他很了不起！他是个人物！这里的something相当于"great, wonderful"，这是一种口语的用法。ACT 1-3 “我们正在纳闷这大箱子里是什么。”【故事梗概】Ellen和Marilyn在楼上布置祖父的房间。Philip拿过来几个自己最好的衣架。祖父已经先把自己的大行李箱托运了回来，它是锁着的。大家很好奇行李箱里装的是什么。Marilyn: Is this all Grandpa

14、9;s stuff?Ellen: That's it. But I'm sure he has a few bags with him on the train.Marilyn: What's inside?Ellen: I don't know. It's locked.Philip: Hi.Ellen: Oh, hi, darling.Marilyn: Morning, Philip.Philip: I want to put some of my good hangers in Grandpa's closet.You know I'

15、;m very excited about his arrival.Ellen: We are, too. Susan called early this morning. She's unhappy because she's had to go to Chicago on a business trip and can't leave till tonight. She wants to be here for Grandpa.Philip: Well, Grandpa will be disappointed, too. He loves Susan. She a

16、lways reminds him of Grandma. Well, how's everything here?Marilyn: Fine. We were just wondering about this trunk.Ellen: It's locked.Philip: Oh, I have the key. Grandpa sent it to me.【语言点精讲】1. That's it.是的，用来表示赞同。2. But I'm sure he has a few bags with him on the train.可是我肯定他在火车上还带着几个旅

17、行包。I'm sure (that .的意思是“我肯定.，我确定.”，用以发表自己的意见或信念，表示对.有把握。bags在这里是指手提箱、小件行李，而trunk则是指大箱子。3. We are, too.是"We are also very excited."的意思。当too在句尾时，有时不必重复它前面的每个词。又如: "Ellen wants to prepare Grandpa's room, and Marilyn does, too." 在这一句中 does指"wants to prepare Grandpa's

18、 room"。4. She's unhappy because she's had to go to Chicago on a business trip and can't leave till tonight. 她很不高兴，因为她不得不出差到芝加哥去，直到今天晚上才能离开那里。have to do sth. 不得不做某事。on a business trip 出差。till 直到，直到.为止5. She always reminds him of Grandma. 她总使爷爷想起奶奶。"remind sb of ."是“使某人想起.”的

19、意思。6. We were just wondering about this trunk.我们正在纳闷这大箱子里是什么。We were just wondering about. 是一种间接询问的方式。wonder，想知道，纳闷。ACT 2-1 “这世界真小。”【故事梗概】在Stewart一家为祖父Malcolm Stewart的到来而兴奋的同时，Malcolm正在一列由佛罗里达州开往纽约市的火车上。Malcolm坐在车厢里，一位女士Elsa坐到了他的旁边。他们攀谈了起来。原来Elsa也是来自于佛罗里达州的，并且他们的家离得不远。Elsa: Excuse me. Is this seat t

20、aken?Grandpa: No, it's not taken.Elsa: Oh, thank you.Grandpa: Oh, let me help you with this.Elsa: Oh, thank you.Grandpa: Do you want to sit by the window?Elsa: No, no, no. I like the aisle seat better. Please, you sit by the window.Grandpa: My name is StewartMalcolm Stewart. Pleased to meet you.

21、Elsa: I'm Elsa Tobin. How do you do?Grandpa: Do you live in New York?Elsa: No, no. I'm from Florida.Grandpa: I am, too. But didn't you just get on?Elsa: No, no. I just changed my seat. A man next to me was smoking, and smoke really bothers me. Where are you from in Florida?Grandpa: Titus

22、ville. It's near Orlando.Elsa: Small world. I'm from Titusville, too.Grandpa: Really? What part?Elsa: My husband and I live near Spaceport.Grandpa: I know that area. My house is only a few miles from Spaceport. Do you still live there?Elsa: Oh yes, yes. My husband's there now. He couldn&

23、#39;t take time off to come to New York with me. Do you still live there?Grandpa: No. I sold the house and the furniture, put a few personal things in an old trunk, and shipped it to my children in New York. That's my destination.【语言点精讲】1. Excuse me. Is this seat taken?对不起，这座位有人吗？在美国，如果别人身边有空位置，

24、应征得那人的同意方能落坐。也可这样说- "Excuse me, may I take the seat?"或"Excuse me, anyone sitting here?"2. Oh,let me help you with this.让我来帮你吧。这是主动向别人提供帮助时的说法。本情境中，祖父Malcolm主动帮助Elsa把手提箱放到了行李架上。在美国，公共场合主动帮助女士，是男士有教养的表示。3. I like the aisle seat better. Please, you sit by the window.我喜欢靠走道的座位。请你坐在窗边

25、吧。the aisle seat 靠走道的位置。by在这里相当于"next to"。4. But didn't you just get on?反问句"Didn't you.?"的意思是“难道你不是？”，表示问者很有理由相信是这么一回事，相当于 "I think you., am I right?"get on -上车，上。 get on可用于火车、公共汽车、飞机等。5. Small world.这世界真小。感叹语，熟人邂逅或在外乡遇见同乡人时用。也可以说"It's a small world.&qu

26、ot;6. He couldn't take time off to come to New York with me. 他脱不开身，不能和我一起上纽约来。take time off 的意思是“不上班，不去工作，抽出时间，挤出时间”。 ACT 2-2 “说确切点，是47年。”【故事梗概】在火车上，祖父Malcolm与Elsa的谈话在继续。一位乘务员走过来到他们身旁，他要看看Elsa的车票。Elsa: Are you married?Grandpa: My wife died four years ago. She was a wonderful woman. A real friend

27、.Elsa: I'm sorry. Really, I'm sorry.Grandpa: Lots of wonderful memories. We were married almost fifty years. Well, forty-seven, to be exact.Elsa: John and I celebrate our fortieth anniversary next month.Grandpa: Oh, congratulations! That's nice. What does John do?Elsa: He's an aerosp

28、ace engineer and works for Orlando Aircraft Corporation. He started with them almost forty years ago. What do you do?Grandpa: I just retired. Had my own company. A construction company. Roads, bridges, big stuff. But I just sold it and retired.Conductor: Excuse me, ma'am. Ticket, please.Elsa: Wo

29、uld you kindly hold these keys, please? I have a ticket, I know, I was in the smoking section.Conductor: It's OK, lady.Take your time.Grandpa: I'm sure it's in your purse, Mrs. Tobin.Elsa: Oh, here it is.Grandpa: And here are your keys.Elsa: Thank you.【语言点精讲】1. Are you married?你结婚了吗？ 动词的

30、过去分词形态常用作形容词，放在be动词后面，作表语来修饰主词。如本句中的married2. I'm sorry. Really, I'm sorry.在谈话的过程中，我们可能会谈到一些不愉快的话题，这种情况下，我们应该表示遗憾或者惋惜。如本情景中，祖父Malcolm谈到自己的妻子4年前去世了，Elsa女士对此的回应是- "I'm sorry. Really, I'm sorry."（我听了很难过，真的很难过。）3. We were married almost fifty years. Well, forty-seven, to be exa

31、ct.我们结婚有差不多50了，呃，说确切点，是47年。to be exact 确切点说，用于对刚说的话进行解释或修正。美国人比较重视结婚纪念日，在祖父和Elsa的话中都谈到了自己结婚的时间。4. Congratulations!太好了，恭喜你，祝贺你。当别人告诉你他的喜讯时，就可以向他表示祝贺，对他说"Congratulations!"5. Would you kindly hold these keys, please? 请你代我拿着这些钥匙，可以吗？"Would you kindly?"的意思是“能麻烦您.吗？请您好吗？”用于正式的、客气的请求别人做

32、某事。6. Take your time.慢慢来，别着急。ACT 2-3 “我迫不及待想见到他们。”【故事梗概】在火车上，祖父Malcolm同Elsa女士谈到了各自去纽约市的原因。Elsa是要去拜访朋友，而Malcolm则要是搬去和自己的儿孙同住。Malcolm还没有决定是不是要永久住下来，他既不喜欢独自一人生活，又不想失去独立性。Grandpa: Do you have family in New York?Elsa: No, no. But I do have very close friends in New York City. We like to go to the theater

33、 together. You said you have family in New York.Grandpa: Yes, indeed. A son and his wife and their three children - my grandchildren.Elsa: You must be excited.Grandpa: I can't wait to see them!Elsa: Are you going to live with them?Grandpa: Yes.Elsa: Permanently?Grandpa: Wellthey want me to, but

34、it's too early to know for sure. I'm pretty independent. I tried to teach my kids the importance of independence, but I'm not sure I want to be alone. Some people don't mind being alone. I do.Elsa: I understand. But tell me. Why did you stop working?Grandpa: I retired because I wante

35、d to be with my family. I didn't want to be alone anymore!【语言点精讲】1. But I do have very close friends in New York City. 可我确实有很亲密的朋友在纽约市。句中的 do表示强调，说话时要重读。2. Yes, indeed.对，没错。indeed用来强调肯定的语气。3. You must be excited.你现在一定很激动。这里情态动词 must加上be，用来表示一种比较肯定的推测，“想必，一定”，而不作“必须”讲。4. I can't wait to see t

36、hem!我迫不及待想见到他们。"can't wait to do sth." 表示“急于做某事，迫不及待要做某事”，也可以说"can hardly wait to do sth."5. Wellthey want me to, but it's too early to know for sure.嗯他们要我这样，但是现在还太早，难以肯定知道。"too.to."的意思是“太.以至于不能.”6. Some people don't mind being alone. I do.有些人不在乎一个人过。我不行。这里的

37、"mind" 表示“介意，不喜欢，讨厌，反对”等意思，后面如接动词，要用动名词形式。这里的"I do"是"I do mind being alone"的缩略，表示“我介意，我讨厌（一个人生活）”7. Why did you stop working? 你为什么停止工作了？"stop doing" 表示停止做某事，即不再做下去。 ACT 3-1 “你很幸运有关心你的家人。”【故事梗概】火车到达了纽约市。Eisa和祖父Malcolm互相告别。On the Amtrak train later that day. The

38、 train is arriving in New York City.Voice: Ladies and gentlemen, Amtrak is happy to announce our arrival in New York City. The train will be stopping in five minutes. Please check to be sure you have your belongings. And have a good stay in the Big Apple. Thank you.Eisa: Well, here we are. It was so

39、 nice meeting you, Mr. Stewart.Grandpa: And nice meeting you, too, Mrs. Tobin. Please look us up. We're in the phone book. Dr. Philip Stewart, in Riverdale.Eisa: Your son?Grandpa: That's right. And have a good time in New York.Eisa: And don't be so independent. You're very lucky to h

40、ave a caring family.【语言点精讲】1. AmtrakAmtrak是火车公司的名字，一般译为“美国火车公司”。是由三个词组合而成的：American, travel和track。2. And have a good stay in the Big Apple.祝你在纽约过得愉快。Have a good stay in.用于祝对方来访愉快。the Big Apple，纽约市的别称。3. Please look us up. look (us up相当于"call or visit (us"，即“与（我们）联系，到（我们）家里来玩”。这个短语用来邀对方来访。4

41、. We're in the phone book. 你可以在电话簿中找到我们（家的地址和电话号码）。美国的电话簿上不只有姓名和电话号码，还列有住址。5. And don't be so independent. You're very lucky to have a caring family.还有，别太不依赖别人了。你很幸运有关心你的家人。这是Eisa的临别赠言。短暂的旅途交谈使Eisa洞察了Malcolm的心境，她临别的赠言既率直又温情。independent 独立的，不依赖的，有主见的。这是美国人非常重视的一种品质。family 既是家庭，又是家里人。在从父母的

42、角度说时，family常指子女，如：They have a big family. （他们子女多。）ACT 3-2 “这照片使我想起了过去的岁月。”【故事梗概】在Stewart家的客厅里，一家人在和祖父Malcolm交谈。在家中Malcolm受到了儿孙两代人的热烈欢迎，惟一的遗憾是没有见到酷似故去的祖母的孙女Susan.Robbie: When can we go fishing?Grandpa: Robbie, we'll go fishing soon, and we'll take your dad with us.Philip: I'm ready, Grand

43、pa. You name the day.Ellen: That's a great idea, Grandpa! Philip needs a day off.Robbie: Let's give him our presents - now.Richard: Good idea.Grandpa: Presents - for me?Richard: From me and Marilyn.Robbie: And this one's from me. I looked all over the house to find it.Grandpa: Richard, t

44、hese are terrific pictures. This one really brings back memories. You remember that day, Robbie?Robbie: I sure do. It was fun.Grandpa: Oh, I'm sorry Susan isn't here. I miss her very much.Ellen: She feels bad, too, Grandpa. She called to say the plane was delayed. You know airports.Grandpa:

45、I can't wait to see her. She looks just like Grandma at that age.【语言点精讲】1. You name the day. 你说哪天吧。name 用做动词时，在口语中常用于提出建议，做出安排或说出什么的名字。又如：Name the place, and we'll be there.（你说哪里，我们就去哪里。）He named a Price.（他开了个价。）2. Philip needs a day off.a day off 休息一天，休一天假。3. Let's give him our presents

46、 - now.咱们把礼物给他吧现在就给。美国人有时喜欢送给久别重逢的亲友一个 welcome present表示对他们的欢迎。所以 Stewart 一家送给Grandpa family's welcome present 来表示他们对他的爱。4. I looked all over the house to find it.我在家里找了个遍才找到的。all over the house指屋子里的每个角落。5. This one really brings back memories.bring back memories （使我想起了过去的岁月）。用来表达一种怀旧的感情。6. I ca

47、n't wait to see her. She looks just like Grandma at that age.我迫不及待地想见到她，她长得和她奶奶在她那个年龄时一样。can't wait to do sth. 迫不及待地想做某事look just like. 看起来就和.一样ACT 3-3 “这是我们家的家谱”【故事梗概】祖父感到累了，他想要休息了。Ellen和Philip陪他去了他的房间。祖父打开了自己寄来的大行李箱，并拿出了自己制作的家谱送给了自己的儿子和儿媳。出差的Susan赶了回来，她冲进了祖父的房间。Grandpa: I'd better unpack. I started traveling twenty-four hours ago. I'm not so young anymore.Ellen: Don't you want something to eat?Grandpa: No, thanks. After a good night's sleep, I'll enjoy breakfast even more.Philip: Well, come on, Dad. Ellen and I'll take you to your room.Robbie: I'm sure gl