Lesson 2 Take for a ride
乘車兜風

一、詞匯部分

1.ride/raɪd/ n. 旅行
搭配：ride a bike 騎自行車；
動詞：peddle v. 蹬

2.excursion/ɪkˈskɝː.ʃən/ n. 遠足
助記：
ex-向外＋ curs-跑＋ ion 名詞后綴

3.conductor/kənˈdʌk.tɚ/ n. 售票員
助記：con-全部＋ duct-引導＋or 名詞后綴
擴展：reduce 減少

4.view/vjuː/ n. 景色

文章講解

I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way.
I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.
'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, 'but I don't know where it is.'
'I'll tell you where to get off.' answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.
'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.'
'Is this Woodford Green?' I asked.
'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly. 'I forgot to put you off.'
'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.'
'We're going back now,' said the conductor.
'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.

文章精講：
1.I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way.
I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.

1）句型：love doing something 喜歡做某事
更常用:I like reading./I’m really into movies.
問句： What do you like to do in your spare time?你在你空余時間喜歡干嗎？／What’s your hobby?你的業余愛好是什么？

2）搭配：lose one’s way 迷路

問句：
Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to …?
回答: I’m sorry. I don’t know.
回答: I’m sorry. I’m not from around here.
I’m looking for +地址
Are we on the right road for +路的名稱？
Is this the right way to…?

3）take用法
第一：it takes someone some time to do something 花費某人多長時間做某事
第二：What’s your take?
第三：I need some time to take in.我要消化一下這些信息。

2.'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, 'but I don't know where it is.'
'I'll tell you where to get off.' answered the conductor.

1）句型：be going to do sth打算做某事
例句：I’m going to make it this time.

2）搭配：get on the bus上公交車
擴展：get in the car/hop in

3）語法：賓語從句
I don’t know where it is.
擴展：動詞＋特殊疑問次＋ to do
I'll tell you where to get off
I don’t know what to do.
I don’t know how to do it.


3.I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.

1）句型：in the front of/in front of 方位介詞

2）表達：分詞做狀語＋賓語從句＋后置定語
Looking round, I realized with a shockthat I was the only passengerleft on the bus.

名詞＋過去分詞
動詞＋句子

4.'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.'
'Is this Woodford Green?' I asked.
'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly. 'I forgot to put you off.'

1）搭配：get off the car 下車
擴展：drop someone off+ 地點
擴展：get off work 下班

例句：You can drop me off at the bus station. 你在公交站臺把我放下來就好了。
例句： You can just drop me offhere. Thank you for driving me home. 你把我放在這就可以倆。謝謝你送我回家。
例句：When will you get off work? Let me pick you up and then we can have dinner together. Are you asking me out? 你幾點下班啊？我來接你然后我門一起吃完飯吧。你這是要跟我約會嘛？

2）句型：as far as
擴展: as long as …只要

5.'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.'
'We're going back now,' said the conductor.
'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.

1）詞匯：matterv.重要
句型1：It matters not…. But….
例句：It matters not how much money we spent but how much time we wasted. 重要的不是我們花了多少錢，而是我們浪費了多少時間。

句型2: What really matters is….
例句：I don’t care you’re older than me or what. What really matters in love is love itself. It has nothing to do with age. Age is just a number. 我不在乎你比我大或者別的怎么樣。在愛情里面真正重要的愛情本身。愛情和年紀沒關系，年紀只是一個數字而已。

2）詞匯：prefer v.更喜歡
搭配：prefer to do rather than do sth
例句：I prefer to work rather than play computer games because I think life itself is a game. 我寧愿工作也不愿意玩電腦游戲，因為我覺得生活本身就是游戲。


閱讀擴展部分－同性戀現狀

About half of China's gay people are not sure if they will come out of the closet within the next five years, but more gay women said they plan to come out over that period than gay men, according to a 2016 survey on the country's LGBT community released last Monday.
The survey was conducted by Blued, a gay smartphone hookup app, and collected responses from 16,690 LGBT people and 3,310 non-LGBT people.
About 55 percent of gay and bisexual men as well as 49 percent of lesbian and bisexual women said they were not likely to come out over the next five years.
However 39 percent of lesbians planned to do so, compared to 23 percent of gay men, according to the survey.

據上周一發布的一份《2016中國LGBT群體調查報告》顯示，中國有近半數的同性戀表示，他們不確定自己是否會在未來五年內出柜，但是計劃在這期間出柜的女性要比男性更多一些。
這份調查由同性戀交友軟件Blued公司開展進行，收集了16690名LGBT群體成員以及3310名非LGBT成員的回復。大約55%的男同性戀和雙性戀男性、以及49%的女同性戀和雙性戀女性表示，他們不可能在未來五年內出柜。
但是據這份調查顯示，有39%的女同性戀有出柜的計劃，而男同性戀中這一數字只有23%。


口語擴展部分－訂酒店

Leo: Plaza Hotel, good morning. Leo speaking.
Mona: Ah yes, I’d like to book two rooms for myself and my father.
Could you tell me the cost of a single room per night?
Leo: Certainly. A single room is 120 dollars American, per night.
Mona: Fine.
Leo: And when would you like the rooms?
Mona: From the 25th to the 28th of September.
Leo: Arriving the 25th of September and leaving on the 28th? Three
nights?
Mona: That’s right.
Leo: Just a minute please.