Lesson38EverythingexcepttheweatherPresentationWhat’stheclimatelikeinEngland?Yes,it’spleasant.Butit’softenrainy.Inayear,thereareaboutover160daysraining.Insummeritoftenrainscontinuallyanditisbitterlycold.ButintheMediterranean,it’salwayswarmandsunny.OneofmyoldfriendshadlivedintheMediterraneanformanyyearsafterheretired,helookedforwardtoreturningtoEngland,butheleftEnglandveryquicklythen.Iwonderwhy?Let’ssee!exceptexcept/k5sept/Mediterranean/7medt5renin/complain/km5plen/continually/kn5tnjuli/bitterly/5btli/sunshine/5snn/except/k5sept/prep.除了Mediterranean/7medt5renin/n.(the~)地中海complain/km5plen/v.抱怨continually/kn5tnjuli/adv.不断地bitterly/5btli/adv.刺骨地sunshine/5snn/n.阳光NewwordsLook,listenandanswerQ1:WhatdidHarrisonoftendreamof?Q2:What’stheweatherlikeinsummerinEngland?Q3:WhydidHarrisonsellhishousesoquickly?dreamof梦想,幻想,向往settledown定居,安顿,安身complainabout/of抱怨…getashock感到吃惊eventhough:即使,虽然,引导让步状语从句asif好像nosooner…than=assoonas一…就…hardly…when…几乎来不及……就……WordsandphrasesEverythingexcepttheweather.1.except,but与besides的区别:except=but:notincluding,除…之外,不包括它们的宾语besides:inadditionto,aswellas除…之外还有,包括它的宾语eg:·Theteacherpraisedeveryoneexcept/butMary.老师赞扬了除玛丽以外的每一个人。·TheteacherpraisedeveryonebesidesMary老师赞扬了包括玛丽在内的每一个人。·FifteenstudentswenttherebesidesTom.除了汤姆外,还有15名学生也去了那。Articlefocuses‘HehadoftendreamedofretiringinEnglandandhadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.’2.dreamof梦想,幻想,向往3.settledown定居,安顿,安身Articlefocuses‘Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.’4.nosooner…than=assoonas一…就…,hardly…when…注意:这两个句式里的时态:主句过去完成时,从句一般过去时nosooner放在句首时,句子倒装Nosoonerhadhereturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.Articlefocuses‘Almostimmediatelyhebegantocomplainabouttheweather,foreventhoughitwasstillsummer,itrainedcontinuallyanditwasoftenbitterlycold.’5.complainabout抱怨…6.for:conj.因为,不能用于句首。7.eventhough:即使,虽然,引导让步状语从句eg:Eventhoughweweretired,wewentonwiththework.Articlefocuses‘Aftersomanyyearsofsunshine,Harrisongotashock.’8.getashock感到吃惊‘HeactedasifhehadneverlivedinEnglandbefore.’9.asif:好像,引导方式状语从句,通常跟在描述行为举止的动词之后,如act,appear,feel,look,smell,sound等后面:Sheactedasifshewasmad.Articlefocuses‘Thedreamhehadhadforsomanyyearsendedthere.’‘Harrisonhadthoughtofeverythingexcepttheweather.’10.thoughtof…想到…thinkabout…想…EverydayIthoughtaboutpostcards.Articlefocuses‘Hehadhardlyhadtimetosettledownwhenhesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.’11.hardly…when…几乎来不及……就……hardly位于句首,句子倒装‘Intheend,itwasmorethanhecouldbear.’12.Intheend:atlast最后13.morethan:over超过…的范围,比…多Articlefocuses1.Aftertheyhadenteredthehouse,theywentintothedinningroom.2.BeforeIarrivedhome,mymotherhadcookedthemeal.3.AfterIhadleftasmallvillageinthesouthofFrance,Idroveontothenexttown.4.Assoonashehadgotintothecar,Isaidgoodmorningtohim.5.Ihadnearlyreachedthetown,whentheyoungmansuddenlysaid,veryslowly,“DoyouspeakEnglish?”6.Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.7.Hehadhardlyhadtimetosettledownwhenhesoldhishouseandleftthecountry.Focusongrammar一、根据句意和汉语提示用适当形式填空1.Wegothereeveryday______Sunday.(除了)2.Areyoutiredofthis__________rain?(不断的)3.Thetourist__________thattheweatherwastooawful.(抱怨)4.Somebeerandchocolatetaste_________.(苦的)5.Theplay_______intragedy(悲剧).(结束)6.Itistoonoisy.Ican’t________it.(忍受).exceptcontinuouscomplainedbitterendsbearExercise二、用括号中的词连接以下各组句子1.Shespeakstome.Sheknewmewell.(asif)__________________________________________________2.Youareready.We’llsetout.(aslongas)__________________________________________________3.Hehasnomoney.Hecan’tbuyanewhouse.(as)__________________________________________________4.IturnedontheTV.Someoneknockedatthedoor.(Whensomeone…just)__________________________________________________5.Ilikelivinginthecountryside.Itisfarfromthecity.(eventhough)__________________________________________________6.Therobberranoutofthebank.Hewasarrestedbypolice.(nosooner…than)__________________________________________________________Shespeakstomeasifsheknewmewell.We’llsetoutaslongasyouareready.Hecan’tbuyanewhouseashehasnomoney.Whensomeoneknockedatthedoor,IwasjustturningontheTV.Ilikelivinginthecountrysideeventhoughitisfarfromthecity.Therobberhadnosoonerranoutofthebankthanhewasarrestedbypolice.Exercise三、单项选择1.Icandoanythingtohelpyoulendyoumoney.A.butB.andC.exceptD.excepts2.Wedreamedoftothespacebyspaceship.A.traveledB.travelingC.totravelD.travel3.TonyforgotSusan’sbirthday,soSusancomplainedthis.A.forB.withC.aboutD.to4.Hetosettledowninthecountry,butIpersuadedhimtolivewithusinthecity.A.hasplannedB.hadplannedC.wouldplanD.plannedCBCBExercise5.NotuntilaweeklaterAnnielearnthebadnews.A.doB.doesC.didD.donotCFillintheblanks1Everything_______theweatherMyoldfriend,Harrison,hadlivedinthe____________formanyyearsbeforehereturnedtoEngland.HehadoftendreamedofretiringinEnglandandhadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.Almostimmediatelyhebeganto________abouttheweather,foreventhoughitwasstillsummer,itrained_________anditwasoften________cold.Aftersomanyyearsof________,Harrisongotashock.HeactedasifhehadneverlivedinEng