新概念英语第二册第48课

lesson 48

pull v 拔

cotton wool 药棉

collect v 搜集

collection n 收藏品，收集品

nod v 点头

meanwhile adv 同时

pull（vt）拔，拉，反义词push 推pull one's leg

you are pulling my leg

don't pull my leg any more

you are kidding

no kidding

you are joking

collect salary

collect money

collect stamp

collect children

meanwhile＝at the same time

用法和however一样，不能连接两个句子，但在意思上有承接作用

text

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

判断是否是定语从句就看是否和前面的名词有关系

where＝介词＋which

that is the house which I lived in

that is the house where I lived

this is the river where I swim

where作定语从句的标志，修饰前面的hole

in answer to作为对...的回答

in return for作为对...的报答