新概念4AUNIT 48 Did you want to tell me something.ppt

UNIT 48 Did you want to tell me something? 1 New words and ecpressions 1 pull拔 vt. 拉；拔；拖 vi.拉，拖；n. 拉，拉绳；拉力，牵引力；拖 2 cotton wool 药棉 3 collect v 搜集 拆分记忆：col(=com) 共同 lect 挑选 4 collection n 收藏品，收集品 5 nod v 点头 扩充：noise 噪音 voice 嗓音 6 meanwhile adv 同时 Language Points 1、Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. impossible通常不以人作主语，而以不定式或从句作主语： It is impossible for him to help you. =It is impossible that he will help you. 2 My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. 1. pull out of 拔出来 2. one of + n(s/es) 3. for a while 一会儿,片刻 3 I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. be full of = be filled with wool 羊毛 woollen adj 羊毛的 cotton wool：不可数名词 try to do sth.:试图做某事（但不一定能做成） 4 He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. collection：收集品的总和，常用单数 grow：增加 ask... whether...(or not) 5 He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. 注意2个宾语从句的词序（陈述句词序） 6 In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. in answer to… 作为对……的回答；响应……的请求 e.g In answer to my request, he wrote a letter to George. 应我的请求，他给乔治写了封信。 in return for 作为对……的报答 either...or:或者...或者... neither ... nor... 既不...也不...(就近原则） 7 Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. meanwhile=at the same time=in the mean time;用法和 however 一样,不能连接两个句子,但是意思上有承接概念 e.g ：1. He wont come until ten oclock. Meanwhile you can have a rest. 2. Mary was talking to me about her new dress. Meanwhile I was thinking about something else. where the tooth had been:定语从句修饰hole the tooth:the tooth that had been pulled out be busy doing sth.:忙着做... be busy with sth 忙于... search out:找出/找到 e.g: Have you searched out the books I needed? 8 I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. feel + adj 9 When the dentist at last removed t