Lesson 5 No wrong numbers无错号之虞 现在完成时 一般过去时
First listen and then answer the question: What does 'No wrong numbers' mean?
Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
课文理解No numbers 没有号码 更新于:2024-04-06 07:38:03
Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
garage n. 车库, 车行(英美读音不同)
another + 单数名词 | Can you show me another? |
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other + 名词 adj.其它的(可加单/复数名词) | They were just like any other young couple.他们那时就和其他任何年轻夫妇一样。 |
others pron.其他人 | Others have met similar problems.其他人遇到过同样的问题。 |
the other 两个之中的另外一个 | Two large baskets at the other side of the square. |
Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
The bus stop is only one mile (介词 from 在这里表示距离上相隔,作“距…”、“离…”讲,常与 away 连用) | from school. |
from here. | |
away. | |
It is far (away) from here. | She has been away from home for 5 days now. |
get a telephone 得到电话(安装电话)
- This company installs phones for businesses.
- We need to set up the phone in the new office.
- The technician will connect the phone lines tomorrow.
- I activated the new phone line yesterday.
- The IT team will deploy the phones throughout the building.
- The electrician hooked up the phones to the main system.
- He configured the phone system to work with our network.
- They mounted the phone on the wall in the conference room.
How far...? 多远(对距离提问) | How long ...? 多远(时间\长度的提问) |
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Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
carry v. 带着, 携带(其强调所携带的东西不会着地) | take v. 带着(走) |
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| I take my sister to the cinema. |
from…to… 表示从一个地方到另一个地方
- He looked at the girl from head to foot.
- The news spread from house to house. 家家户户都得知了这条消息。
The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
cover the distance 飞过那段距离
in + 时间(耗时) | under + 时间 | within + 时间(时间内) |
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in three minutes. 三分钟后(配合表将来的词) | under three minutes. 不到三分钟。 | I am positive she'll be crying within three minutes.我肯定她三分钟内就会哭了。 |
Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
up to now 直到现在为止 | up till now 到目前为止 | so far 到目前为止 |
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Up to now he's been very quiet.到目前为止,他一直很安静。 | I've lived at home up till now.我一直住在家里。 | What have you found so far?迄今为止,你发现了什么? |
到目前为止,到现在为止(作时间状语,时态多用现在完成时,相当于 until / till now),现在的之前,持续到现在,所以要用现在完成时。
request for 对…的需求
a great many (可数名词复数) 许多…大量… | many (可数名词复数) 许多…大量… |
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A great many trees were destroyed in the storm. 做形容词短语 | He has read a great many of the books in this room. 做代词短语 |
urgent adj. 紧急的
- something urgent 紧急的事情
上一课: Lesson 4 An exciting trip
- a (great / large) number of ... + 可数名词复数
- a great deal of ... + 不可数名词
one…the other… 一个…另一个… | others(不用再加名词) = other + 名词复数 | some ... others ... 一些...另一些... |
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One is watering the flowers, and the other is reading. | Some boys are playing football, and others are rowing/(going boating). | some guide the blind, and others are babysitters.有的给盲人当向导,有的做保姆。 |
In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
Up to now, he has not been very hard-working.
语法知识一般过去时VS现在完成时 更新于:2023-12-23 06:02:28
现在完成时 | 一般过去时 | ||
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主语 + have/has + done(v.过去分词) | He has finished the homework. 现在的之前全部完成 | 主语 + did (v.过去式) | He finished the homework. |
We have learned English for ten years.现在的之前部分完成 | I learned English ten years ago. | ||
现在之前做的全部、部分完成的事。现在的之前全部完成 可以换成一般过去时。更换后强调的动作是不一样的。 站在现在的角度看过去,如果对现在有影响就是现在完成时,没影响就是过去时。 |
在表示过去某个特定时间发生的事情或动作时,要用一般过去时。在表示刚刚或者已经完成一个动作 并且对现在有影响时,则要用现在完成时,时间状语可以是不特指的 now,just 或者 for 引导的一段时间, 或者不加任何时间状语。
现在完成时(强调过去的事情对现在产生的影响) | 一般过去时(现在没有任何关系) |
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I have eaten a piece of bread this morning. I'm not hungry. 我早上已吃过面包了,现在不饿 | I ate a piece of bread. 我吃了一块面包 |
The clock has stopped. 过去的事实对现在造成影响 | The clock stopped. 陈述事实 |
It has snowed yesterday. 昨天已经下过雪了 | It snowed yesterday. 昨天下雪了 |
单词句型way 短语 更新于:2023-12-23 06:08:32
in the way | 按照,以…方式 |
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in the/one’s way | 挡路;妨碍(某人) |
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in this way | 这样,以这种方式 |
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in a way | 从某种意义上来说,在某种程度上 | In a way, you are kind. |
in a friendly way | 用友好的方式 | She smiled in a friendly way. 她友好地笑了笑。 |
in the family way | 怀孕了, 快有小孩了(have a baby) | The woman is in the family way. |
by the way | 随便说一声, 随便问一下(插入语,改变话题时用) | By the way, have you seen Harry recently? |
on the/one’s way(to) | 在去…的途中(陈述句) |
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out of the way | 让路 | Get out of the way! 你给我滚出去! |
get one's own way | 随心所欲 (at one’s pleasure) | Children get their own way during the holidays. |
关于系动词
一般来说, 如 be become 一定不单独使用, 往往要在后面加上表语, 我们称它为系动词.
但另外还有一些系动词同时又是不及物的实义动词, 常见的有 : seem, look, appear, sound, taste, feel, smell, stay, remain, keep, grow, turn, go, run, get, prove, stand 等, 这些词有的语法书上称为半联系动词.
扩展知识现在完成时 更新于:2023-12-23 12:48:42
现在完成时 | 一般过去时 |
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通过时间标志判断
- Did you listen (listen) to the concert last night?
- Up till now, he has never lend (lend) me anything.
- When did you lose (lose) your umbrella.
现在完成时 | 一般现在时 | 一般过去时 |
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表过去+现在,即从过去到现在 | 只能表现在 | 只能表过去 |
He has been there for six months. 他在这待了六个月了。从6个月前持续到现在。 | He is there. 他在这里。不能代表过去。 | He was there. 他曾在这里。站在现在的角度看,他以前在这里。现在已不在这里了。 |
- He has finished the homework. 事做完了,但影响到现在
- We have learned English for ten years. 事没有做完,从过去持续到现在。
一般现在时 | 过去完成时 | 一般将来时 |
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I love you. | Always have = I always have loved you. | always will = I always will love you. |
I love you. Always have,always will. = I always have loved you and I always will love you. 我过去到现在一直爱你,我将来也会一直爱你。 | ||
I believe you. | Always have,always will. | |
I think highly of you. | ||
I trust you. | ||
I hate you. | ||
I'm your good friend. |
练习题
I have been to Shanghai. I there last month.(单选)
A、goB、wentC、have goneD、will goThey all their money, so they have to walk home.(单选)
A、spendB、spentC、have spentD、will spendMr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his garage. he has just bought twelve pigeons.(单选)
A、That's soB、That's whyC、BecauseD、ForMr. Scott has a garage in Silbury. His garage is in Pinhurst.(单选)
A、anotherB、otherC、elseD、different