Lesson 4 Breakfast or lunch?
早飯還是午飯？

一、詞匯部分
1.until prep 直到
2.outside adv. 外面
3.ring v. 鈴響
4.aunt n. 女性長一輩
5. repeat 重復
例：Can you repeat that?
例；Come again?
例：I’m sorry. Pardon?

二、文章講解
It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What aday!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.'
'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.
'What are you doing?' she asked.
'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.
'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock
1.It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays.
1) It 可以指時間，距離，天氣。電話用語表示人
如：How far is it from her to the nearest subway station? It’s like five minutes’ walk. 從這里去最近的地鐵站有多遠？大概走路5分鐘。
例：It’s really hot here. Could you please turn the AC on?
例：Who am I speaking with? It’s Peter or This is Peter (speaking).
2）句子基本結構：主系表。
主語：It
謂語：was
標語：Sunday
3)get up 起床；stay up late 熬夜；
例：I have to stay up late tonight to finish my Wechat classes. But I have to get up early tomorrow morning to drive my wife to work. 我今天要熬夜把課講完。但是我明天要早起開車送我老婆上班。
4)時間介詞
on + 星期幾； on + 具體某一天；
in + 月份
in + 年；
例：I was born in 1988. 我生于1988年。
例：I was born in January 1988. 我生于1988年1月。
例；I was born on January 8th 1998. 我生于1988年1月8日。
5）never 從不；頻率副詞，一般放在動詞前面。
例：I said that. 我說過那件事；I never said that. 我從沒有說過那件事。
2. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.
1) sometimes 頻率副詞，有時候，可以放在句子中間動詞前面，也可以直接放在句子最前面，或者句子最后面
例：Sometimes, I stay in bed until lunch time.
例：I stay in bed until lunch time, sometimes.
2) stay in bed 賴床；
例：Since you woke up, just get up. Don’t stay in bed wasting time. 既然你都醒了，就快起床把。別賴在床上浪費時間了。
Wake me up at 6
Stay up late 熬夜
Be bad for 對。。有害
Stay + adj. 保持某種狀態
Healthy/fit 健康的
Humble 謙遜的
It’s time to do something.
Go to bed 去睡覺／hit the hay
3）until 直到…才；
語法點1: 延續性動詞——非延續性動詞
常見短暫性動詞：open, close, finish, begin, come, go, arrive, reach, get to, leave, move, borrow, buy, die, start
語法點2: 如果until 前面的動詞是延續性動詞，句子就用肯定句。如果until 前面的詞是非延續性動詞，句子就用否定句。
例： I didn’t fall asleep until my father came back. 昨天我爸爸回來我才睡著。
例：She didn’t leave until 2 a.m. in the morning. 她直到夜里2點才離開。
例：I will love you until the world comes to the end. 我會愛你直到永遠。
3. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside.
1)last Sunday 注意時態；——復習過去式變化特點
2) late –Don’t be late. I’m gonna be late. Better late than never.
3) dark 深色的，dark blue 深藍
4. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.
1)what a day! 靈活的表達
2)It’s raining again.
語法點：時間上劃分：過去－現在－將來
現在進行時：be + doing 表示正在進行的動作。
問：What are you doing now?
答：I’m studying English now.我學英語呢。
答：I’m reading. 我看書呢。
答：I’m having a conversation with my friends.我和一群朋友說話呢。
答：I’m doing dishes. 我在洗碗呢。
3) It’s pouring outside.外面大雨。It’s raining heavily.
5. Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.
注意：It was my aunt Lucy. 中it的用法。（回顧之前講的it的幾個用法）
6.I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.'
1)arrive/reach/get to
arrive 不及物動詞，arrive in +大地方；arrive at + 小地方；
reach 及物動詞；
get to ＋地點
2)by + 交通工具
例：I often go to work by bus/train/sub-way/bike. (on foot走路)
3)I’m coming to see you.
Be +短暫性動詞ing 形式，表示將要做某事
例：I’m dying.
例：I’m leaving.
7. 'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said. 'What are you doing?' she asked.'I'm

having breakfast,' I repeated. 'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock
1)I’m still having breakfast. 我還在吃早飯呢。
Have breakfast/lunch/dinner 吃早飯/午飯／晚飯；（have 吃喝玩樂）
2)Oh my God(OMG)/Oh my gosh/Oh man/Oh boy