Lesson 9 Food and talk
進餐與交談

一、詞匯部分
1.hostess/ˈhoʊ.stɪs/ n. 女主人
助記：
1）單詞：host 主人，主持人
2）后綴：-ess女人
3）擴展：waitress/actress/goddess

2. unsmiling/ʌnˈsmaɪ.lɪŋ/ adj. 不笑的，嚴肅的
助記：un-否定
擴展： serious嚴肅的，認真的
表達：Are you serious?
表達：Are you kidding/joking me?

3.tight/taɪt/ adj. 緊身的
表達：tight jeans
擴展：Can I help you? I’m looking for a pair of tight jeans.

4.fix/fɪks/v. 凝視
擴展：fix someone up 給某人牽線搭橋

5.globe/ɡloʊb/ n. 地球

6.despair/dɪˈsper/ n. 絕望

助記：
1）前綴：de-向下，否定
2）詞根：-spair/sper希望
3）擴展：prosper 繁榮

文章講解

Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.
'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"

文章精講：
1.Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress.

1）生活詞積累：at a dinner party
diner 小餐館
dinning table 餐桌
party animal 特別喜歡參加party 的人（go clubbing 去夜店）

2）搭配：ask someone to do sth要求某人做某事
例句：My parents ask me to go home early. 我爸媽要我早點回家。

3）搭配：in +顏色，穿的衣服
例句：The girl in black is my sister.穿黑衣服的那個女孩是我姐姐。

2.She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.

1）詞組搭配：
look up 查找（信息），往上看
look up to someone 仰望某人
例句：I really look up to you. I can’t believe what you did. You’re so disgusting.
Look down on 看不起

2）口語用詞：Take
I’ll take it.
Sorry, it’s taken.

3.Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.

1）語法復習：被動語態
were fixed on

2）詞組搭配：
I’m short on cash.

What are you up to recently?
I have been busy learning English.

3）發音要點I tried to make conversation.
1)tried 中ed不發音
2)to略讀成t
3)make 中k的爆破音＋輔音，前面k爆破音失去爆破（不發音）

4.'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.

1）be coming：即將到來
例句：We’ll be coming back very soon.
例句：Winter is coming.

2）spend用法總結

5.In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"

1）語法點：賓語從句
I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.


2）復習：虛擬語氣
if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"

語法訓練——改錯題

（2014遼寧卷）
Dear Jeremy and Alice,
Although we’ve been delighted to have you as neighbors, we’re hoping to settle something that bothers to us. In a word, your dog—Cleo.
We’ve called several time about Cleo’s early morning barking. It is difficult to understanding why she barks every minute she’s outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing us as wear often up all night with the baby. Besides, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day. This morning she starts barking even before 5 o’clock. That is too much for us. considering how closely the houses are.
We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter.


1. 【答案】去掉us前面的to
【試題解析】動詞bother困擾，麻煩；這是一個及物動詞，后面直接加賓語，不需要使用介詞to。
2. 【答案】time改為times
【試題解析】本句中的time表示“次數”，是一個可數名詞，前面有several修飾，說明使用復數形式。
3. 【答案】understanding改為understand
【試題解析】本句中的it是一個形式主語，真正的主語是后面的不定式結構to understand why….；不定式結構中to后面要接動詞原形。
4. 【答案】have改為has
【試題解析】本句的主語是單個的動名詞短語the early morning barking，做主語時，謂語動詞要使用單數形式。
5. 【答案】beside改為beside
【試題解析】介詞beside以為“在…旁邊”；本句中的besides是一個副詞“而且”，單獨使用，表示遞進關系。
6. 【答案】bark后面的a改為an
【試題解析】名詞average是以元音開始的單詞，所以使用an修飾average of…。
7. 【答案】starts改為started
【試題解析】本句敘述的是具體早晨發生的事情，也就是過去所發生的事情，所以使用一般過去時started。
8. 【答案】closely改為close
【試題解析】本句how close the houses are中的close本應該是在系動詞are的后面，構成系表結構are close。Closely是一個副詞，副詞通常不能和許系動詞連用構成系表結構的。
9. 【答案】our改為your
【試題解析】我們很欣賞你的歉意。根據后面的you可知對方是來道歉的。
10. 【答案】figure后面加out
【試題解析】固定搭配figure out找到，算出。我們希望你能夠找到一個解決問題的好方法。