新概念英语第二册39课

第二册39课

1.Operation（n）手术operate v 操作大型物品operate lift

work v 操作小型物品I don’t known how to work your telephone. Work the camera. Work the psp.

Operator 操作员a computer operator

Operate on sb 给某人做手术The doctors are operating on the patient

2.successful a hopeful满怀希望的；forgetful 健忘的；

A successful operation; a successful businessman;

Successfully adv land successfully; unsuccessfully

Be Successful in doing =manage to do =succeed in doing; I am successful in breaking the record.

3.following a 下一个的，接着的；Answer the following question; the following day=the next day;

4.patient n 病人a 耐心的impatient impolite impossible

Be angry with sb; be patient with sb

5.alone ad 独自的walk alone; live alone; stay alone; leave me alone 让我安静一会儿

6.exchang vt交换exchange gift; Exchange A for B; I exchange my homework for your camera.

a交换的 a exchange student; the exchange rate;

7.inquire 询问ask sb about sth ; inquire sb about sth

Shall I inquire about the price of tickets? I inquire my manager about my salary.

Inquiring a 爱询问的

8.certain ad （1）一定的it is certain that ……=sb is certain to do

It is certain that you will regret buying the camera=you will be certain to regret buying the camera (2)a某个a certain Mr. Brown telephoned while you were out.

You had better not visit certain areas in Paris

9. caller 打电话的人Receiver 听筒cooker 厨具typewriter 打字机

10．Relative 亲戚家庭成员family member; 近亲a close relative ;远亲a distant relative

11. ask sb about sth Visitors ask the guide about the history of the church. 问某人关于某事

ask sb for sth The teacher asked me for the homework向某人索取某物

ask sb to do The father asked John to mail those letters tomorrow 要某人做某事

ask for sb 要求见某人ask for manage; ask for doctor;

ask for trouble自找麻烦；ask for help寻求帮助

12. whether与if （1）if不能在开头，开头表示如果（2）if不能喝介词相连（3）if后面不跟to do（4）if不能和or not连接

Whether he will come is still a question. It depends on whether the letter arrives in time.

I am not sure whether to stay here. I will write to you whether or not I can come.

TXT

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone，Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gil bert‘s operation had been successful and the doctor told that it had been. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks. Then Dr Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. ”No, ”the patient answered，” I am Mr. John Gilbert.”

当约翰.吉尔伯特住院的时候，他问医生他的手术是否成功，但医生拒绝告诉他. 第二天，这位病人要了一部床头电话. 当房里只剩他一个人时，他挂通了医院的交换台，要求与米灵顿医生讲话. 当这位医生接过电话时，吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情况，是一位名叫约翰?吉尔伯特的先生. 他问吉尔伯特先生的手术是否成功，医生告诉他手术很成功. 然后他又问吉尔伯特先生什么时候可以回家，医生说他在医院还必须再住上两个星期. 之后，米灵顿医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属. “不是，“病人回答说，“我就是约翰?吉尔伯特先生. “