新概念英语第二册54_Sticky fingers

Lesson 54: Sticky fingers

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Key words and expressions

• sticky 粘的
• pie (meat pie) 馅饼
• pastry 面糊
• annoying 恼人的
• receiver 电话的话筒
• dismayed 失望的，沮丧的
• recognize 认出，听出
• Helen Bates 海伦·贝茨
• persuade 说服，劝说
• hang up(the receiver) 挂上话筒
• mess 乱七八糟
• doorknob 门把手
• sign for 签收
• registered letter 挂号信

Questions on the text

1. What did the writer begin to make after she returned home from the shops?
   1. She began to make some meat pies.
2. What was the writer doing when the telephone rang?
   1. She was mixing butter and flour and her hands were full of sticky pastry.
3. What happened right after the writer got back to the kitchen?
   1. The door bell rang and it was the postman.

Language points

1. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.

   1. be at school 在上学，be at work 在上班

2. Nothing could have been more annoying.

   1. could 表可能性
   2. 句子后面省略了 than this (The telephone rings when you are in the middle of something.)

3. I picked up the receier between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.

   1. We have one hundred dollars between us.我们俩人共有100美元。
   2. be dismayed 感觉到沮丧
      1. He was dismayed at the price of the shoes.

4. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.

   1. persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事
      1. No one can persuade her to change her mind.

5. At last I hung up the receiver.

   1. hang up 挂断电话

6. What a mess! 真是糟糕透了。

   1. What a mess it was!
   2. The kitchen is in a mess. 厨房里一片乱糟糟。

7. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.

   1. no sooner ... than ... 一。。。就。。。
   2. He is old enough to understand that.
   3. loud 这里是adv.
   4. the dead = dead people
      1. the rich 富人
      2. the poor 穷人
      3. the disabled 残疾人

Key structures and usage

并列句

1. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
2. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.

冠词的用法

1. After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops.
   1. 这里the children 实际是my children
2. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.
3. I was dismayed when I redcognized the voice of Helen Bates.
4. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter.

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