Lesson 67 The weekend周末
【课文详注 Further notes on the text】
1.Were you at the butcher's? 刚才您在肉店里吗?
at the butcher's = at the butcher's shop。在英文中,表示店铺、住宅、公
共机构、公共建筑物以及教堂的名字或某人家时,名词所有格后常不出
现它所修饰的名词:
the greengrocer's(shop) 蔬菜水果店
the hairdresser's(shop) 理发店
the stationer's (shop) 文具店
the doctor's(office) 诊所
my mother's(house) 我妈妈家里
St. Paul's(Church) 圣保罗教堂
2.be absent from, 不在,缺席。
3.the country = the countryside, 乡下。
country表示“农村”时,前面一定要加定冠词 the。
【语法 Grammar in use】
一般过去时(1)
be(am/is/are) 的过去式是 was/were:
I/he/she/it was/wasn't
we/you/they were/weren't
was I/he/she/it?
Were we/you/they?
在英文中,过去发生的而现在已经结束的动作要用一般过去时来表
示。be 动词的过去式不规则,第 1 人称与第 3 人称单数用 was,其他情
况用 were。
用be 动词的一般现在时形式的一般疑问句及特殊疑问句迄今已介绍
过,其过去时形式也一样,只是动词 be 在形式上变为 was 或 were。请看
以下例句:
Was Mrs. Johnson at the butcher's?
No, she wasn't.
Were you at school or at church on January 1st?
I wasn' t at school on January 1st. I was at church.
When was he absent from school?
He was absent on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Where were you on Sunday?
I was at church on Sunday.
【词汇学习 Word study】
1.spend v.
(1)花(时间等);度过:
Where are the Johnsons going to spend the weekend?
约翰逊一家准备到哪儿去度这个周末?
I hope that you wouldn't spend so much time watching television.
我希望你不要花这么多的时间看电视。
(2)用(钱),花费:
I'm going to spend all my money this weekend!
这个周末我要把我所有的钱都花掉!
At present, more and more people have come to realize that more
money should be spent on health and education.
目前,越来越多的人已开始认识到:应该在健康和教育方面多
花些钱。
2.country
(1)n. 国家;国土;故乡:
China is a country with a large population.
中国是一个人口众多的国家。
India, a former British colony, is now a fully independent country.
曾一度为英国殖民地的印度如今已是一个完全独立的国家。
(2)n. [the~] 乡下,乡村:
His mother has always wanted to live in the country.
他的母亲一直以来都想居住在乡间。
How many days are they going to spend in the country?
他们准备在乡下过几天?
(3)adj. 乡下的;乡村风味的:
I prefer country life to life in the city.
乡村生活与城市生活相比,我更喜欢乡村生活。
After nearly thirty years in the city, he's still country.
他在城里住了将近三十年,可还是土气十足。
【练习答案 Key to written exercises】
Lesson 68
A
1 I was at / church on Sunday.
2 I was at the office on Monday.
3 My son was at / school on Tuesday.
4 My wife was at the butcher's on Wednesday.
5 She was at the grocer's on Thursday.
6 My daughter was in the country on Friday.
7 I was at / home on Saturday.
B
1 When was Tom at the hairdresser's?
He was at the hair-dresser's on Thursday.
2 When was Mrs. Jones at the butcher's?
She was at the butcher's on Wednesday.
3 When was he at home?
He was at home on Sunday.
4 When was Penny at the baker's?
She was at the baker's on Friday.
5 When was Mrs. Williams at the grocer's?
She was at the grocer's on Monday.
6 When was Nicola at the office?
She was at the office on Tuesday.
一般过去时是英语中常用的时态之一,用来描述在过去某个具体时间发生的动作或存在的状态,或者过去经常或反复发生的动作。在构成一般过去时时,规则动词通常在词尾加上-ed,而不规则动词则有其特殊的过去式形式。
这种变化不仅适用于肯定句,也适用于否定句和疑问句。
在使用一般过去时时,除了be动词外,还要注意其他动词的过去式形式。规则动词的过去式通常在词尾加上-ed或-d,而不规则动词则需要记忆其特殊的过去式形式,如go去了went,come去了came等。
此外,一般过去时也常用于叙述过去的故事或经历,以及在含有时间状语从句的复合句中,当主句的动作发生在过去,而从句的动作发生在过去的过去时,需要使用过去完成时。
掌握一般过去时的用法对于提高英语水平和进行有效沟通至关重要。通过不断练习和应用,可以更自然地使用这一时态来描述过去发生的事件。