新概念英语第二册 第40课 课件(共20张PPT).pptxVIP

Lesson 40 Food and talk appetizer soup salad main course Are they delicious China The west Tools Sharing Food amount Dish order Hosts Toasting Chopsticks Knives and forks Everyone shares One’s own plate Over ordered Completely finished Cold dishes/meat or vegetable courses/soup/main food Put food into the plates of their guests Glass touch/finish No glass touch/take a sip DIFFERENCES Food and talk Last week at a dinner party,the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs.Rumbold.Mrs.Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating.I tried to make conversation. ‘A new play is coming to “The Globe” soon,’ I said.’Will you be seeing it?’ ‘No,’ she answered. ‘Will you be spending your holiday abroad this year?’I asked. ‘No,’ she answered. ‘Will you be staying in England?’ I asked. ‘No,’ she answered. In despair,I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner. ‘Young man,’ she answered, ‘if you ate more and talked less, we would both enioy our dinner!’ 1.hostess n. 女主人 host n. 男主人 actress 女演员 actor 男演员 goddess 女神 God 上帝 2.unsmiling adj. 不笑的，严肃的 Brook is an unsmiling man. serious adj. 严肃的 3.tight adj. 紧身的 The woman in a tight skirt is an air hostess. 补充：adj.吝啬的 The old man is tight with money. 4.fix v.凝视；盯着 fix at =stare at=gaze at The kid is fixing at his new toy. vt.固定，安装 She fixed a handle on the door. vt.修理 I am able to fix the computer. 5.globle n.地球 adj. globlal The globle village 地球村 6.despair n.失望，绝望 in despair vi.绝望，丧失信心 He despairs of winning a scholarship. 他已不抱赢得奖学金的希望了。 精品句赏析： 1.The hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. ask sb to do sth “在附近”： next to, beside, by, close to, near, nearby等. The man next to me was drunk too much. 坐在我旁边的那个男人喝太多 They sang songs by the campfire. 他们围着篝火在唱歌. 2.Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she wa