新概念英語第二冊第二課

2024年2月19日發(fā)(作者：交流英語)

Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?

早餐還是午餐？

It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last

Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought.

'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,'

she said. 'I'm coming to e you.'

'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.

'What are you doing?' she asked

'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.

'Dear me!' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!'

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

until prep. 直到outside adv. 外面ring v. （鈴、電話等）響

aunt n. 姑，姨，嬸，舅母repeat v. 重復(fù)

參考譯文

那是個(gè)星期天，而在星期天我是從來不早起的，有時(shí)我要一直躺到吃午飯的時(shí)候。上個(gè)星期天，我起得很晚。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。“鬼天氣！”我想，“又下雨了。”正在這時(shí)，電話鈴響了。是我姑母露西打來的。“我剛下火車，”她說，“我這就來看你。”

“但我還在吃早飯，”我說。

“你在干什么？”她問道。

“我正在吃早飯，”我又說了一遍。

“天啊，”她說，“你總是起得這么晚嗎？現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)1點(diǎn)鐘了！”

1. meal ( / mi:l / n. 一餐)

Three meals: breakfast / lunch / supper

1. 吃午飯eat/have lunch

2. 早飯吃面包 have bread for breakfast

e.g. 1) 你早餐吃什么？ - What do you have for breakfast?

我早餐通常吃雞蛋和面包。 - I usually have eggs and bread (for breakfast).

2) 你什么時(shí)候吃晚餐？ -What time (when) do you have supper?

我每晚7點(diǎn)吃。-I have supper at 7:00 every night.

3. 是吃晚飯的時(shí)間了 It’s supper time./It’s time for supper.

dinner: （中午或晚上吃的）正餐，主餐；（通常指晚餐，晚宴）

做（晚）飯：cook dinner

e.g. 我每天晚上都做晚飯。 I cook dinner every night.

2. It was Sunday. 那是個(gè)星期天。

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在英文句子中，常用it指時(shí)間、天氣、溫度或距離，這種情況下，it有時(shí)被稱為“虛主語”（empty subject）沒有實(shí)際意義。它之所以存在，是因?yàn)橛⒄Z句子必須包含主語和謂語。

1) 表示時(shí)間

e.g. (1) 九點(diǎn)了。It is 9 o’clock.

(2) 今天星期一。It is Monday today. / Today is Monday.

2) 表示天氣

e.g. (1) 下雨了。It’s raining.

(2) 天氣冷。It is cold.

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3) 表示環(huán)境

e.g. 外面一片昏暗。 It was dark outside.

4) 表示溫度

e.g. 今天零下五攝氏度。

It is five degrees Celsius below zero today. (Celsius /’lsi?s / 又作centigrade)

5) 表示距離

e.g. 我家離學(xué)校大約五英里遠(yuǎn)。 It is about five miles from my home to school.

作為第三人稱單數(shù)的中性代詞，it可以指一件東西、一個(gè)事件或者用來指是什么人：

e.g. 1. It was my aunt Lucy. 是我姑姑露西。（打來電話者）

2. It is a lovely baby. 真是個(gè)可愛的小寶寶。

3. It is a book. 這是本書。

4. It happened last night. 這件事是昨天晚上發(fā)生的。

2) week (周，星期)

Monday Mon.

Tuesday Tues.

Wednesday Wed.

one week Thursday Thur. 在星期幾前加介詞on

Friday Fri.

Saturday Sat.

Sunday Sun.

weekday / 'wi:kdei / n. (除周末以外的日子) 工作日

weekend / ,wi:k?end / n. 周末(指星期六和星期日，尤指作為假日)

e.g. 我只在工作日工作，周末不工作。I only work on weekdays, not at weekends.

weekly / ?wi:kli / adj. / adv. 一周一次的(地)；每個(gè)星期的(地)

e,.g. 周刊a weekly magazine

3. I never get up early on Sundays. 而在星期天我是從來不早起的。

1) get up 起床

e.g. 我每天早上6點(diǎn)起床。I get up at 6 o’clock every morning.

wake up 醒來

e.g. 1) 醒醒吧！已經(jīng)八點(diǎn)鐘了。Wake up! It’s eight o’clock.

2)別把孩子弄醒。Don’t wake the baby up.

2) early / ??:li /

adj. (earlier, earliest)早期的；提前的

e.g. 1) 清晨the early morning

2) 他二十出頭。He is in his early twenties.

3)你來的真早! You are early!

adv. 在早期；提早，提前

e.g. 1) 我們第二天很早就到達(dá)了。We arrived early the next day.

2) 我今天早上醒得早。 I woke up early this morning.

反義詞：late adj. / adv.

3) 復(fù)數(shù)形式指每個(gè)星期日，或大部分星期日，與一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)連用，表示經(jīng)常性的行為：

e.g. 星期天我們不上學(xué)。We do not go to school on Sundays.

星期天我從來不早起。 I never get up early on Sundays.

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4)1. 介詞on一般用于表示某一天的時(shí)間短語中：

on Friday 在星期五

on Monday morning 在周一早上

on that day 在那一天

2. 當(dāng)我們使用last, next和this, that時(shí)，介詞(以及定冠詞)必須省略：

e.g.1) 下個(gè)/這個(gè)星期五再見。I’ll e you next / this Friday.

2) 上個(gè)星期天我起得很晚。Last Sunday I got up very late.

4. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. 有時(shí)我要一直躺到吃午飯的時(shí)候。

1) stay / stei / v. 呆，停留，逗留，留下

e.g. 1) 我昨晚在晚會(huì)上逗留得很晚。 I stayed late at the party last night.

2) 你能留下來吃晚飯嗎？Can you stay for dinner?

3) 我熬夜一直到早晨兩點(diǎn)。 I stayed up until 2 o’clock in the morning.

2) bed

在表達(dá)臥床的意思時(shí)bed前不需加冠詞：

e.g.1) 我有時(shí)賴在床上直到吃午飯的時(shí)候。I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.

2) 去睡覺 go to bed

3) 該睡覺了。It is time for bed now.

3) until / ?n'til / until用于表示動(dòng)作、狀態(tài)等的持續(xù)，可以譯為“一直到?為止”或“在?以前”。在肯定句中，它與表示持續(xù)性狀態(tài)的動(dòng)詞連用，表示持續(xù)到某一時(shí)刻：

e.g. 我會(huì)在這里等到5點(diǎn)鐘。I?ll wait here until 5:00.

在否定句中，它通常與描述短暫動(dòng)作的動(dòng)詞連用，表示“到?為止”、“直到?才”：

e.g. 她到六點(diǎn)才能來。She cannot arrive until 6:00.

直到今天早上雨才停了。The rain did not stop until this morning.

prep. / conj. 直到…為止；直到…才

e.g. 1) 我一直等到十點(diǎn)，可他仍然沒有來。

I waited until 10 o’clock, but he still didn’t come. (prep.)

2) 等鮑勃來了我們再開始。 We won’t start until Bob comes. (conj.)

3) 直到今天早上雨才停了。The rain did not stop until this morning.

4) lunchtime / 'l?nt?,taim / n. [u;c]午餐時(shí)間

e.g. 飯館星期六午餐時(shí)間很忙。Saturday lunchtimes are very busy in the restaurant.

lunch hour 午餐時(shí)間；午休

e.g. 我經(jīng)常在午休時(shí)間去書店。 I usually go to the bookstore (bookshop) during my lunch hour.

5. Last Sunday I got up very late. 上個(gè)星期天，我起得很晚。

6. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。

1) look out

1. 向外看

look out of the window透過窗戶往外看

2. (表示警告，尤指有危險(xiǎn)) 小心，當(dāng)心，留神

e.g. Look out (=watch out)! There is a car coming. 當(dāng)心，有車來了。

2) dark / da:k / adj.

1. 黑暗的，無光的，昏暗的

e.g. 這地方冬季天黑得早。In winter it gets dark early here.

2. 深色的，發(fā)黑的

e.g. 墨綠色dark green

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3) outside / aut’said / adv.

1. 在外面，在外頭（戶外）

e.g. 外面街上有一些孩子在玩耍。There were some children playing outside in the street.

反義詞：inside

2. outside of (informal) 除…之外

e.g. 除了簡之外，沒人能做這件工作。Outside of Jane, no one can do this job.

outside n.(固體物體的)外部，外面，外側(cè)

反義詞：inside

e.g. 我要把房子的外面漆成白色。 I will paint the outside of the hou white.

outside adj. 外面的，外部的

反義詞：inside

e.g. 外墻the outside wall

outside prep. 到…的外面，在…的外邊

e.g. 就在門外等著to wait just outside the door

7. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.'“鬼天氣！”我想，“又下雨了。”

What a day!

Exclamations / ,ekskl??mei??n /

以what開頭的感嘆句的基本形式：What+形容詞+名詞+主語+謂語！

what 多么 （作定語，修飾名詞）

a) 單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞之前用what a ,復(fù)數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞之前用what.如：

what a place it is ! 多好（糟）的地方啊！

What a pity！多可惜！

What pictures they are！多美（丑）的圖畫啊！

What nonn！多么荒唐！

b) what和what a 與所修飾的名詞之間可以有形容詞。如：

what fine weather we are having today！今天天氣多好啊！

what a rude man !一個(gè)多么魯莽的人啊！

what a delightful evening we have had!我們這個(gè)晚上過的多愉快啊！

8. Just then, the telephone rang. 正在這時(shí)，電話鈴響了。

ring / ri? /

v. ( rang /r??/,rung /r??/ )

1) 使(鈴)鳴響

e.g. 我按了門鈴，但是沒有人應(yīng)門。 I rang the doorbell but no one answered.

2) (鈴、電話等)鳴響，作響

e.g. 鈴聲大響。The bell rang loudly.

n. [c] 戒指，指環(huán)

e.g. 戒指 a gold ring

鉆石戒指a diamond ring

9. It was my aunt Lucy. 是我姑母露西打來的。

1) 作為第三人稱單數(shù)的中性代詞，it可以指一件東西、一個(gè)事件或者用來指是什么人：

e.g. 1. It was my aunt Lucy. 是我姑姑露西。（打來電話者）

2. It is a lovely baby. 真是個(gè)可愛的小寶寶。

3. It is a book. 這是本書。

4. It happened last night. 這件事是昨天晚上發(fā)生的。

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2) aunt /ɑ:nt / n. 姑母；姨母；嬸母；伯母；舅母

uncle /???kl/ n. 伯父；叔父；舅父；姑父；姨父

niece / ni:s / n. 侄女，甥女

nephew /’nefju:/ n. 侄子，外甥

10. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to e you.'

“我剛下火車，”她說，“我這就來看你。”

1) arrive /??raiv/ v. 到達(dá)，抵達(dá)(目的地)

arrive at

e.g. 我們昨天10點(diǎn)到的機(jī)場。We arrived at the airport at 10 o’clock yesterday.

arrive in

e.g. 飛機(jī)何時(shí)到達(dá)紐約？What time does the plane arrive in New York?

我們平安到家了。 We arrived home safely.

arrival / ??raiv?l / n. [u] 到達(dá)，抵達(dá)

e.g. 我們對飛機(jī)誤點(diǎn)表示道歉。We apologize for the late arrival of the aircraft.

2) by train 乘火車

by air / by plane 乘飛機(jī)

by bicycle / bike 騎自行車

by boat / by a / by ship 乘船

by bus 乘公共汽車

by car 乘轎車

by land 由陸路

e.g. 他每天早上坐公共汽車去上學(xué)。Every morning he goes to school by bus.

如果是特指的交通工具，則要加冠詞或其他限定詞：

e.g. 我姑媽乘9點(diǎn)1刻的火車走的。My aunt left by the 9:15 train.

3) 'I'm coming to e you.'

現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)用來表示近期按計(jì)劃或安排要進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作(即表將來發(fā)生的動(dòng)作，有“意圖”或

“打算”的含義)，用于go, come, stay, leave, start等表示移動(dòng)的動(dòng)詞，如：

e.g.1. 他們星期天要帶孩子們?nèi)ス珗@。They are taking the children to the park on Sunday.

2. 下個(gè)星期二我們要去北京。 We are going to Beijing next Tuesday.

11. 'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said. “但我還在吃早飯，”我說。

12. 'What are you doing?' she asked. “你在干什么？”她問道。

13. 'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated. “我正在吃早飯，”我又說了一遍。

repeat / ri’pi:t / v. 重復(fù)；重說，重做

e.g. 1. 請?jiān)僦貜?fù)一下那個(gè)單詞。Plea repeat that word.

2. Plea repeat after me. 請跟我讀(重復(fù)).

3. to repeat an order in business再次為同樣的訂單供應(yīng)貨物。

14. 'Dear me!' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!'

“天啊，”她說，“你總是起得這么晚嗎？現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)1點(diǎn)鐘了！”

'Dear me!' 天哪

這個(gè)感嘆方式可以表示驚愕、困惑、同情等。還可以說“Oh, dear!”或“Dear, dear!”

Grammar Focus

The prent simple ten一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)

一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)可以表示習(xí)慣性動(dòng)作，往往與頻度副詞連用，如often，always，sometimes，never

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等。

e.g. 1.你常來這嗎？Do you often come here?

2.星期五我經(jīng)常去圖書館。 I always go to the library on Friday.

常見的頻度副詞

1. sometimes / 's?mtaimz/ adv. 有時(shí)；不時(shí)；間或

2. usually / 'ju:?u?li / adv. 通常，平常，慣常

e.g. 有時(shí)我乘火車來，但通常我乘汽車。 Sometimes I come by train, but usually come by car.

3. always / '?:lweiz / adv.總是

e.g. 太陽總是從東方升起。The sun always ris in the east.

4. often adv.多次，經(jīng)常，時(shí)常

e.g. 我周末經(jīng)常去看戲。 I often go to the theatre at weekends.

5. rarely adv.很少，難得，不常

e.g. 他很少外出。He rarely goes out.

6. frequently adv. 常見地，頻繁地，屢見不鮮地

e.g. 我基本上都在七點(diǎn)鐘吃早餐。 I frequently have breakfast at 7 o’clock.

7. never adv. 從來沒有，絕不，永不

e.g. 我從未去過巴黎。 I have never been to Paris.

8. ever adv. 在某時(shí)，有時(shí)；從來

e.g. 從來沒有事會(huì)使他生氣。 Nothing ever makes him angry.

Conclusion

現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)(The prent progressive ten) 和一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)(The prent simple ten)

現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)表示說話時(shí)正在進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作或正在發(fā)生的事件，往往與now, just, still等副詞連用：

e.g. 約翰還在睡覺。John is still sleeping.

簡正在打扮。 Jane is just dressing up.

史密斯太太現(xiàn)在正在做飯。Mrs. Smith is cooking now.

一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)可以表示習(xí)慣性動(dòng)作，往往與頻度副詞連用，如often, always, sometimes, never等：見上面

e.g. 你常來這兒嗎？Do you often come here?

星期五我經(jīng)常去圖書館。I always go to the library on Friday.

海倫從不給她兄弟托尼寫信。她有時(shí)給他打電話。

Helen never writes to her brother Tony. She sometimes rings him.

現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)也用來表示當(dāng)前（一段時(shí)間）的動(dòng)向：

e.g. 杰克最近工作很努力。 Jack is working hard the days.

他通常是不努力工作的。He does not usually work hard.

Everyday English

1. Dear me！/My god!/Jesus! 天哪！2. No way！不行！3. Come on. 來吧（趕快）。

4. Hold on. 等一等。5. I agree. 我同意。6. Not bad. 還不錯(cuò)。7. Not yet.還沒。

8. See you/So long.再見。9. Shut up! 閉嘴！ 10. Why not？好呀!（為什么不呢?）

Homework

1. Finish the exercis on page17and 19 in your textbook.

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2. Remember the new words and expressions, and then practice everyday English.

3. Recite the whole text.

4. Read a small passage and then do multiple choice questions.

5. Write a small composition to describe your living room . (at least 100 words)

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