Mary had a little lamb 儿歌
Mary
and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in
southern Greece.
知识点（一）
in southern Greece = in the south of Greece
southern … = the south of …
northern … = the north of …
eastern … = the east of …
western … = the west of …
northeastern … = the northeast of …
northwestern … = the northwest of …
southeastern … = the southeast of …
southwestern … = the southwest of …
She comes from western China. 她来自中国西部。
She comes from the west of China.
她来自中国西部。
造句：Jane
和父母亲住在中国东北一个叫丹东的小城市里。
Jane and her parents live in the tiny town of Dandong in
northeastern China.
Jane and her parents live in the tiny town of Dandong in the
northeast of China. Greece
知识点（二）
Greek 希腊
Greek mythology 希腊神话
One
of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband
had given her.
prize: prized / treasured / valued /
cherished
valuable / priceless /
precious
语法：形容词的顺序
大小 形状 年龄 新旧 颜色 国际 材料 用途 +
中心名词
… a little white lamb which had been a present from her
husband.
5 - was a little white lamb which had been ___D___ from her husband.
(11.2-3)
(a) present (b) presented (c) presenting (d) a present
She
kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it
every evening.
keep + 宾语 + 宾补 (adj. / 分词 / 介词短语)
The coat will keep you warm.
He kept the fire burning.
It’s rude to keep people waiting.
Keep your nose out of my affairs!
bring 带过来
take 带走
fetch （英式）/ get（没事）
到那去再拿回来来
One evening, however
the lamb was missing.
表达“丢了”
be missing / be lost
/ disappear (without trace)
The
rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the
lamb had been stolen.
表达“显然”
…, so it was clear /
obvious / apparent /
that the lamb had been stolen.
…, so clearly /
obviously / apparently
the lamb had been stolen.
All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful
mess.
造句：所有我仔细放在包里的东西都乱成了一团，所以显然珠宝是被偷了。
All the things I had packed so carefully were in a dreadful mess,
so it was clear /
obvious / apparent that
the jewels had been stolen.
造句：所有我仔细放在包里的东西都乱成了一团，所以显然珠宝是被偷了。
All the things I had packed so carefully were in a dreadful mess,
so clearly / obviously /
apparently the jewels had been stolen.
When
Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.
Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
set out to do（带着目的）开始做某事
表达“开始做某事”
begin to do /
doing
start to do /
doing
come to do
Future historians will be in a unique position when they
come to record the history of our own times.
When you come to think about it, there are only
four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into
something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it.
get to do / to
doing
I get to like her over the months.
He’s got to thinking it was all his fault.
They had a definite meaning, for they were as near as early man
could get to writing.
embark on sth.
He
knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
注意位置
such a small village
so small a village
such an interesting book
so interesting a book
只能用“so”,不能用用“such”
many / much /
few / little（little
“少”是只用so）
After
telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out
that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new
lamb.
知识点（一）
tell sb. (about) sth. 告诉某人某事
report / relate /
recount sth. to sb.
告诉某人某事
After reporting / relating / recounting the
theft to several of his friends, …
We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that
misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives
were not related to it.
课后习题讲解：
10 After ____B___ the theft to several of his friends ... (1.9)
(a) telling (b) reporting (c) expressing (d) counting
知识点（二）
Dimitri found out (副词)that his neighbour
that 从句前省略介词，
特殊情况：看作复合连词
in that … except that … but that …
Dimitri
immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing
the lamb.
He
told him he had better return it or he would call the
police.
知识点（一）
had better do sth. or (else) ...
（威胁语气）最好…否则…
do sth. before … （威胁语气）
otherwise 否则…
知识点（二）
had better do sth.
表示建议（注意场合，不用于下对上）
You might as well do ... 表示建议（委婉场合）
I suggest you do ... 表示建议（委婉场合）
知识点（三）
call the police 报警
go to the police 报警
inform the police 报警
Aleko
denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.
deny + sth. / doing / that …
否认
admit / acknowledge + sth. / doing /
that … 承认
lead sb. 领某人去某地
show sb. 领某人去某地
usher sb. 领某人去某地
It
was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained,
but his lamb was black.
It is true that ..., but ... 诚然…但…
(先让步，再转折)
造句：诚然中国还是一个发展中国家，但是她却充满了潜力。
It is true that China is still a developing
country, but she is full of potential.
It is true that during their explorations they
often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature,
equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the
thought, but they did not go out of their way to court
such excitement.
相似搭配：诚然…但… (先让步，再转折)
It is true that ..., but ...
Admittedly, ..., but ...
Granted, …, but …
Admittedly, I could have tried harder, but I still don't think
all this criticism is fair.
Granted, he doesn't look too bad for his age, but I don't fancy
him.
Granted, a snobbery of camping itself, based upon equipment and
techniques, already exists; but it is of a kind that, if he meets it, he
can readily understand and deal with.
让步之后，but后的表达：
It is true that / Admittedly, / Granted,
...,
but that is not to say that ... 这并不少说
but it does not follow that
...这不一定得出这样的结论
but it does not necessarily mean that ...
这不对意味着
but there is no guarantee that … 不能保证
造句：确实很多大学生选择继续读研究生 (pursue
their graduate studies)，但这并不意味着他们都想做学者。
It is true that many college students choose to pursue their
graduate studies, but it does not necessarily mean that they want to be
scholars.
Ashamed
of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having
accused him.
语法: Being ashamed
of,非谓语当原因状语，being省略
be ashamed of ... 对…感到羞愧
Being ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri
apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
The gaoler looked on eagerly, (being) anxious to see if his
fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
He used to sleep during the day and work at night, (being) quite
unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.
(Being) Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran
saved up for years to buy a real bed.
语法复习：
.
apologize to sb. for sth. 向某人道歉
Dimitri made an apology to Aleko for having
accused him. 名词形式
Dimitri said sorry to Aleko
for having accused him.
造句：对自己如此不小心 (inattentively)
而感到不好意思, 我为打碎了 Mary 最喜欢的花瓶而向她道歉。
Ashamed of having acted so inattentively, I apologized to Mary
for having broken her favorite vase.
While
they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's
house until the rain stopped.
When
he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to
find that the little black lamb was almost white.
half an hour 半小时
an hour and a half 一个半小时
表“惊讶”
be surprised / amazed / astonished /
astounded + to find that / to learn that
etc.
When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they
were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a
very modern-looking woman.
A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn
that the ghost of Endley had died.
Its
wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the
rain!
dye sth. black / blue / blonde etc.
把…染成…颜色
…clean by the rain… clean 是主语补足语，修饰羊毛