新概念英語第二冊課堂筆記 第四十八課
 
lesson 48

pull v 拔
cotton wool 藥棉
collect v 搜集
collection n 收藏品，收集品
nod v 點(diǎn)頭
meanwhile adv 同時

pull（vt） 拔，拉，反義詞push 推
pull one's leg開某人玩笑
you are pulling my leg你在開我玩笑
don't pull my leg any more不要再開我玩笑
you are kidding你在開玩笑
no kidding不要開玩笑
you are joking
collect salary領(lǐng)工資
collect money籌集資金
collect stamp集郵
collect children收養(yǎng)孩子
meanwhile＝at the same time
用法和however一樣，不能連接兩個句子，但在意思上有承接作用

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Did you want to tell me something

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist
had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to
say something, but my mouth was full of cotton-wool. He knew I collected
birds' eggs and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked
me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer
to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my
tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt
very worried, but could not say anything.When the dentist at last removed the
cotton-wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the
wrong tooth.

be busy doing 忙于做某事
search out找出
判斷是否是定語從句就看是否和前面的名詞有關(guān)系
where＝介詞＋which
that is the house which i lived in
that is the house where i lived
this is the river where i swim
where作定語從句的標(biāo)志，修飾前面的hole
in answer to作為對...的回答
in return for作為對...的報答