新概念优秀PPT.ppt

* * My aunt Jennifer is an actress.She must be at least thirty-five years old.In spite of this,she often appears on the stage as a young girl.Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.This time,she will be a girl of seventeen.In the play,she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.Last year in another play,she had to wear short socks and a bright orange-coloured dress.If anyone ever asks her how old she is,she always answers，Daring,it must be terrible to be grown up 一。课文详注 1.She must be at least thirty-five years old.她至少也有35岁了。 (1)at least是一固定短语，表示“至少”： He borrowed at least five books from the library. 他从图书馆至少借了5本书。 If you can‘t clean the car,you can at least help me to clean it. 如果你不能擦车，你至少可以帮我擦。 (2)我们已学过两种年龄表示法。一种是“数字+years old”，作表语： My father is fifty-seven years old now. 我父亲现在已57岁了。 另一种是“数字+year-old”，作定语： Last week,my four-year-old daughter,Sally,was invited to a childrens party. 上周，我4岁的女儿萨莉应邀去参加一个儿童晚会。 2.In spite of this...尽管如此... （1).in spite of为固定短语，意为‘不管’，‘尽管’，后可跟名词，代词或从句： In spite of the rain, they went on their journey. 尽管下雨，他们还是继续旅行。 In spite of what you have said about her,she is much better than Mary. 不管你说她什么，她比玛丽要好得多。 （2)this代指上句话。 3。This time,she will be a girl of seventeen.这一次她将扮演一个17岁的少女。 be 在这里是‘扮演’的意思： Tonight,Karen March is Helen. 今晚卡伦.马什扮演海伦。 4.In the play,she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stckings.演出时她必须穿一条红裙子和黑色的长筒袜。 （1）in 在这句话中表示“穿着”、“戴着“： The girl in red over there is my neighbour. 那边那个穿红衣服的女孩是我的邻居。 John was in a black dress this morning. 约翰今天上午穿的是件黑衣服。 （2）dress一般指连衣裙、套裙，也可以指外穿的衣服或特定场合穿的礼服； Everyone is in evening dress tonigh.