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Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue 阅读理解 1. Why needn’t those who failed to get in have felt disappointed? Because many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come. 2. What should the advertisement have said? ‘This is the P. and U. Birds Seed Company. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.’ 单词详解 1. slip n. 小错误 ：a slip of tongue/ the pen 口误/笔误 翻译：我把神写成了小狗，这是个笔误。 非限制性定语从句 I wrote the God instead of the dog, which is a slip of the pen. 2. comedy n. 喜剧 反义词：tragedy n. 悲剧 . present v. 演出adj. 出席到场的 n. 礼物；目前 指出下列present的词性： The present① is time to present② our presents③ to all of you present④ here. ①: n. ②: v. ③: n. ④: adj. . queue v. 排队 n. 人，汽车等的 队，行列 词组：jump the queue 近义词：row 5. dull adj. 枯燥的，无味的 vt. 使迟钝，缓和 翻译：总有一天时间会冲淡疼痛。 There will be some day when time can dull your pain. 7. advertiser n. 报幕员 课文解析 1. People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one. ：do anything to do sth. / for sth. 竭尽全力做某事 同义词组：make every effort to do sth. 词组even if even though 即使 2. When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. ：get round 消息的四处传播 语法when 引导时间状语从句 语法that引导同位语从句 翻译：当李娜被郑洁打败的消息传来时，我们都很难相信。 When the news got round that Li Na had been defeated by Zhen Jie, we could hardly believe it. 结构rush to do sth. hurry to do sth. 赶紧做某事 翻译：据说所有包包都打折，我们赶紧冲过去买一些。 It is said that all the bags are on sale, so we rush to buy several. 3. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began. there must have been 详见语法重点 翻译：当时那个屋子里起码有100个人，很难立马找出小偷。 There must have been at least 100 people in that room so it is really difficult to find out the thief. 4. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen. 语法：we have ever seen 是定语从句，省略了关系词that 5. Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artists who should have appeared did not come. fail to do sth. 没能做成某事