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Lesson 9 A slip of the tongue
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People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one. When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen. Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come. The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing. We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: 'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!"
一、詞匯部分
1.slip/slɪp/ n. 小錯誤
E.g. Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.
2.comedy/ˈkɑː.mə.di/ n. 喜劇
擴展：comedian 喜劇演員；stand-up comedy 脫口秀
3.present/ˈprez.ənt/ v. 演出；adj. 出席，到場的
4.queue /kjuː/ v.排隊
5.dull/dʌl/ adj. 枯燥，無味
擴展：boring 無聊的/bored感到無聊的
6.artiste/ɑːrˈtiːst/ n. 藝人
7.advertiser/ˈæd.vɚ.taɪ.zɚ/ n. 報幕員
一、文章講解
1.People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one
1)will do anything to do something/for something
eg. I will do anything to get her back.
E.g. People will do anything to get what they want.
e.g. People will do anything for likes on Instagram.
2)even if/even though 盡管
共同點：都翻譯為盡管，但是
區別：even if 引導的條件句可能含有不確定；even though引導的條件句，確定的事。
E.g. I will work overtime this weekend even though I don’t want to.
E.g.Even thoughI was invited to the party, I didn’t go.
E.g. I won’t work overtime this weekend even if my boss asks me to.
E.g. Even ifmy company offers me a promotion, I won’t take it.
2.When the news got roundthat a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it.
1)When狀語從句
2)Get around 用法
to go or travel to different places
E.g. At the age of 85 Milly still gets around quite well.
if news gets around, a lot of people hear it
E.g. It didn’t take long for news of his resignation to get around.
to find a way of dealing with a problem or of avoiding it
E.g. There are ways of getting around the tax rules.
E.g. You can’t get around the fact that smoking kills.
to persuade someone to do something, especially by being nice to them
E.g. He’s strict, but you can usually get around him with humour.
3)Go to the movies
E.g. I was at the movies last night.
E.g. I saw Laura at the movies last night.
4)rush to someone or something
to hurry to get to someone, something, or some event.
例：I rushed to the injured man to try to help him. We all rushed to the office to see what had happened.
3.We had to queuefor hoursto get in and there must have beenseveral hundred people present just before the show began. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.
1)I’ll stand on line/line.
Get in line
2)must have done 對過去的肯定的推測
例句：You must have seen the film the Gold Rush.
3)one of +名詞復數
例句：Peter is one of my best friends.
n. 題目，主題
