新概念二.第38讲.学生版

Everything except the weather

Part 1 Basic words and expressions

1. except prep.除了

They all went to sleep except me. 除我之外，他们都去睡觉了。

We go there every day except Sunday.

除了星期天,我们每天都去那儿。

They all went to sleep except the young Frenchman. 除了那位年轻的法国人以外,他们全都去睡觉了。

新概念二Lesson38

课堂内容

My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.

besides prep.在...之外,除...之外

What has he done, besides reading the paper?

除了看报,他还做了什么?

He had other people to take care of besides me.

除我之外,他还要照顾别人。

2. Mediterranean n.地中海

3. dream of 幻想、向往

Frank used to dream of having a car of his own.

弗兰克过去常幻想拥有一辆自己的车。

4. settle down定居、安身、安顿

They settled down in Australia in 1988.

他们1988年在澳大利亚定居了。

5. complain v.抱怨

He is always complaining. 他总是在发牢骚。

It is no use complain. 光抱怨也没用。

She used to complain without good cause.她过去常常无故抱怨。

6. even though 即使, 虽然

Even though we were very tired, we went on with the work.

虽然我们已非常累了，我们仍然继续干活。

7.continually adv.不断地

continue v.继续

The telephone has been ringing continually in the office all morning.

整个早上办公室里的电话铃声不断。

Wet weather may continue for a few more days.

多雨的天气可能还要持续好几天.

8.bitterly adv.刺骨地;残酷地;激烈地

bitterly cold 刺骨地寒冷

It is bitterly cold today.

今天冷得很。

9. sunshine n.阳光

Get out and enjoy the sunshine.

She sat in the garden enjoying the sunshine.

她坐在花园里晒太阳。

10.more than表示“超过……的范围”：

This piece of news is more than I can believe. 我无法相信这条消息。

这种用法与它通常表示“比……更多”的用法稍有不同：

There were more than ten people in the room. 房间里不止10个人。

11. 短语复习

Plan to do sth; settle down; complain about; get a shock; In the end; .think of

Part 2 Structure and Vocabulary

1. Harrison had made plans _____________ he returned to England.

A. before

B. when

C. as soon as

D. after

2. He acted _____________ he had never lived in English before.

A. as though

B. like

C. as

D. even if

3. It was more than he could bear. He couldn't bear it _____________ .

A. more

B. longer

C. any longer

D. no more

4. He had hardly had time to settle down _____________ sold the house and left the country.

A. than

B. when

C. as soon as Dafter

5. When did he _____________ ? He left immediately.

A. live

B. left

C. leaves

D. leave

6. Harrison retired in England. So _____________ a job.

A. he was going to get

B. he had

C. he would have

D. he didn't have

7. He wanted to settled down in the country. He wanted to _____________ ..

A. rest there

B. live there permanently.

C. live there for a while

D. go there for a visit

8. It rained continually. It _____________ ..

A. stopped occasionally

B. never stopped

C. hardly rained at all

D. never rained

9. He _____________ .as if he had never lived in England before.

A. made

B. did

C. conducted

D. behaved

10. It was more than he could bear. He couldn't _____________ .it.

A. suffer

B. put up

C. carry

D. stand