Lesson 137 Apleasant dream美好的梦
【课文详注 Further notes on the text】
1．do the football pools,下足球赛的赌注
football pools 是英国流行的一种赌博方式，靠在足球比赛结果上的赌注来决定输赢。
2．We’ll win something. = We ’ll win some money.
3．What will you do if you win a lot of money?假如你赢了许多钱，你打算做什么呢？
if you win a lot of money是一个表示条件的状语从句。在英文中，条件是指某一事情（状语从句中的动作）实现之后其他事情（主句中的动作）才能发生，通常译为“假如”。假如条件状语从句用于询问或谈论十分可能发生的事情，那么条件状语从句中常用一般现在时，而主句中则用一般将来时。 a lot of既可与可数名词也可与不可数名词连用。（请参见本课语法部分。）
4．I'll buy you a mink coat！= I'll buy a mink coat for you！
buy sb. sth.= buy sth. for sb.
5．see the world,看世界。
travel round the world,周游世界。二者有异曲同工之处。
5． What'll we do then?那时我们怎么办呢？ 句中then意为“到那时”（指将来）。
6．a pleasant dream,一个美好的梦。
参考词汇：pleasant , agreeable , pleasing 在一起对比的一般含义为“使人觉得愉快的”。
Pleasant
表示被修饰的对象由于具有令人高兴的外表或热切的气质而使人感到有一种自然的吸引力.
"Excuse me,"she said, "Can you tell me the way to King Street please?" The man smiled pleasantly. He did not understand English!
“对不起，”她说。“可以告诉我到国王街怎样走吗？”那个人令人愉快地微微一笑，他不懂英语！
agreeable
具有pleasant的含义。但另外还有这样的含义：有意识地表现随和或符合某人的鉴赏标准.
He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river'.
他把这个地方描绘成“一个非常令人愉快的地方，地处两个小山之间，中间流过一条大河”。
She has an agreeable voice.
她的嗓音听起来很悦耳。
pleasing具有pleasant 的含义，但另外多一层有意识地去讨人喜欢的含义.
She is very pleasing waitress.
她是个很会讨顾客喜欢的女招待。
She has a pleasing shape.
她的身段很俊俏。
这三个词除了可以修饰人的气质( disposition )外，还用于修饰人或物的外表，或者令人高兴的本质或外表对感觉器官的作用。如：pleasant(or unpleasant)smell, pleasant(or unpleasant)view, agreeable (or disagreeable)smell, pleasing (or disgusting) manners.
7．depend on, 取决于，依靠。
常见同义词组：depend upon（信赖，依靠）； be dependent on （信赖，依靠）。
Depend upon it, we shall solve the problem at last.
请相信，我们最终会解决这个问题。
We hope for foreign aid hut cannot be dependent on it.
我们希望有外援，但是我们不能依赖它。
【语法 Grammar in use】
第1类条件句
假如我们认为将来的事件是可能发生的，就可用第1类条件句去描述将会发生什么事或不会发生什么事。
其基本结构是：If +一般现在时+将来时（或情态助动词），如：
If it rains tomorrow, we won't go to the seaside.
假如明天下雨，我们就不去海边。
if从句中的现在时表示需具备的条件，主句中的shall/will将来时表示可能的结果。具备的条件是真实的，可能真的下雨。
假如是这样，它就会有真实的结果。这就是为什么这样的陈述句常被称为“开放”条件句或“真实”条件句的原因。事实上，在第1类条件句中，一切现在时态都能用在if之后，而不仅仅是一般现在时。请看例句：
If he falls ,he'll hurt himself.
假如他摔倒了，他会伤着自己的。
If you don't hurry ,we'll miss the train.
你要是不赶紧点儿，我们就会误了火车。
If you feel better, you can get up.
你要是感觉好些了的话，你就能起床了。
If I am better tomorrow, I will get up.
假如我明天感觉好些了，我就起床下地。
If I have a headache, I will take an aspirin.
我要是头疼的话就会服用一片阿司匹林。
If I can afford it, I will buy it.
要是我买得起的话我就会买它。
【词汇学习 Word study】
1．depend v.(on)
（1）视……而定；取决于：
It depends on whether they win or not.
这取决于他们是否能赢。
（2）依靠；依靠：
The country depends heavily on its export of farming products.
这个国家在很大程度上依靠于其农产品的出口。
They depended on us for help.
他们依靠的是我们的帮助。
（3）信赖；相信：
We can depend on the accuracy of the test.
我们可以相信测试的准确性。
You can depend on John----he is an honest man.
你可以信赖约翰——他是一个老实的人。
2．win v.
（1）赢（如比赛或奖项）；获胜：
Which team won?
哪一队获胜了？
He felt very excited to have won the gold medal.
赢得了金牌，他感到非常兴奋。
（2）（经过努力等）赢得；取得；成功：
Do you think he will win the election?
你认为他竞选会成功吗？
He had been applying for a scholarship and he won at last.
他一直在申请奖学金并终于获得了。
【练习答案 Key to written exercises】
Lesson 138
A
1 He is doing the football pools.
2 No, he has never won anything on the football pools.
3 He will buy his wife a mink coat if he wins a lot of money.
4 No, she doesn't.
5 She wants to see the world.
6 He will try and win the football pools again.
7 Yes, it's only a dream.
8 It all depends on‘if’.
B
1 If he misses the bus, he'll take a taxi.
2 If he doesn't sell his old car, he won't buy a new one.
3 If they offer me more money, I'll work less.
4 If she doesn't type the letter, he'll type it himself.
5 If they come home early, the children will play in the garden.
6 If I am ill tomorrow, I won't go to work.
7 If I go to the party, I'll enjoy myself.
8 If he asks me, I'll tell him the truth.
9 If it rains tomorrow, they'll stay at home.
C
1 She can live abroad if she is rich.
2 He can travel round the world if he is rich.
3 He can buy a new house if he is rich.
4 They can have a long holiday if they are rich.
5 I can enjoy myself if I am rich.
6 You can offer your boss a job if you are rich.
7 He can fly to Tokyo if he is rich.
8 She can work less if she is rich.