U11-简化版综合英语

Part Two
Text Analysis
Part I (Lines 1-9)
The setting
This section provides the reader with the setting and a brief introduction to the characters.
Describe the setting of this short story.
Unit 1rt One
Text Reading
In pairs, answer the following questions orally.
1. 2. 3. 4. When and where did the story happen? What was the weather like? What kind of job did each of the three men have? Describe in your own words the appearance of each of the three characters. 5. Why did the man come all the way from the West to New York to wait in the doorway of a darkened hardware store. 6. Did the two friends meet and talk in the end? Why or why not?
1. He can ~ support his wife and three children. 2. I barely / hardly / scarcely knew what to do then.

Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye down the peaceful thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace.
She was barely aware of his presence. Joe and his brother are barely on speaking terms.
Graham had barely finished his coffee when Henry returned. Nowadays the village has barely 100 inhabitants.
1. He can ~ jump over the fence. 2. She is so tired that he can ~ continue to write. 3. There’s ~ any coal left.



Scarcely: 往往强调不足，常同“enough, sufficient, any” 等 表示程度的词连用，意为“不太， 简直没有”。
The vicinity was one that keep early hours.
to keep early/ late/ regular hours (to go to bed early/ late/ at regular time)
An all-night lunch counter
A lunch counter that stays open all night. A lunch counter is a snack bar where sandwiches, hot dogs, Hamburgers, hot and cold drinks and icecream are served.
wind was blowing in gusts. The rather cold wind with a suggestion of rain almost made the streets deserted.
After-class work: consult the dictionary for the different meanings and collocations of the word taste.
Paraphrase:
The time was barely 10 o’clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had almost emptied the streets.
It was only just 10 o’clock at night and the


The patient’s progress is very encouraging as he could ________ get out of bed without help. A. nearly B. hardly C. merely D. barely Hardly: 往往强调能力上有困难，意为“简直不，很难”。
4. Lines 73-82 Bob is arrested by the plain-clothes man who was disguised as Jimmy Wells.
5. Lines 83-88 Jimmy Wells’ note explains to Bob that he has identified him as the man wanted in Chicago and has asked the plain-clothes man to arrest him.
BARELY
1 only with great difficulty or effort [= only just]:
old and barely able to walk He had barely enough money to live on. His voice was barely audible. She could barely understand English. He barely escaped.
1. The policeman on the beat…
“beat” here means the usual path followed by someone on duty, esp. a policeman. …my beat was education… (Unit 9) “beat” in this case is also called news beat or run. It refers to the particular news source or activity that a reporter is responsible for covering.
1. He has ~ any money left. 2. He was ~ well enough to stand up. 3. He’s ~ at all / ever interested in the book.


Barely: 与 hardly, scarcely 相近，意为“nearly，only just”, “几 乎，勉强，仅能做到”。不能与
Time: Place: Weather condition: Character:
In a street in New York, a little before ten o’clock at night, a cold night with gusts and maybe light rain, one of the characters is introduced vividly to the reader--- a stalwart, dutiful policeman on the beat.
4 used before amounts or numbers to emphasize that they are surprisingly small [= only]:
Barely的用法
1．barely 用在句首时引起句子倒装。 2．barely 含有否定意义，因此用在反意疑问 句中时，句尾的疑问短句要用肯定形式。 3．barely．．．when 结构表示“刚…… 就……”，barely 所在的部分要倒装。 4．barely 不与 ever，any 和 at all 连用。如: He has scarcely/hardly any money left．
Avenue: a broad street in a town, sometimes having trees on each side （城市的）大街，林荫道 Thoroughfare: (fml) a main road in a town or city which usually has shops along it and a lot of traffic. 大道，大街 Vicinity: the surroundings; area very near to or around the stated place; neighborhood. 附近，邻近地区 Block: (AmE) (the distance along one of the sides of) a building or group of buildings built between two streets. 街区 Quarter: a part of town where a particular group of peopleTraditionally live or work （城镇中常为某些人）居住 或工作的地区 Eg. the student quarter 学生居住区; the Chinese quarter
barely audible/perceptible/visible/discernible
2 almost not [= hardly]:
3 used to emphasize that something happens immediately after a previous action [= only just British English]
Write down the main ideas for each part.
1. Lines 1-9 A policeman is on the beat in a street in New York at about ten o’clock at night. 2. Lines 10-20 A man in the darkened doorway of a hardware store is waiting to see a friend. 3a. Lines 21-49 The man tells the policeman about the appointment he had with a friend twenty years before. 3b. Lines 50-72 “Jimmy Wells” comes to fill the appointment with Bob--- excitement and exchange of news.



trying door/window = to attempt to open a door, window etc in order to see if it is locked twirl=to rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin cast one’s eye = to look quickly in a particular direction (also: cast a look/glance at sb./ cast sb. a look/glance) Stalwart = having or marked by imposing physical strength Swagger vi./n. to walk proudly, swinging your shoulders in a way that shows you are very confident used to show disapproval