Lesson3Pleasesendmeacard请给我寄一张明信片Howmanycardsdidthewritersend?Postcardsalwaysspoilmyholidays.Lastsummer,IwenttoItaly.Ivisitedmuseumsandsatinpublicgardens.AfriendlywaitertaughtmeafewwordsofItalian.Thenhelentmeabook.Ireadafewlines,butIdidnotunderstandaword.EverydayIthoughtaboutpostcards.Myholidayspassedquickly,butIdidnotsendcardstomyfriends.OnthelastdayImadeabigdecision.Igotupearlyandboughtthirty-sevencards.Ispentthewholedayinmyroom,butIdidnotwriteasinglecard!参考译文明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天,我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆,还去了公园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语,之后还借给我一本书。我读了几行,但一个字也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快,可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。到了最后一天,我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床,买来了37张明信片。我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成!【Newwordsandexpressions】(11)1send[send]v.寄,送2postcard['pəustkɑ:d]n.明信片3spoil[spɔil]v.使索然无味,损坏4museum[mju:'ziəm]n.博物馆5public['pʌblik]a.公共的6friendly['frendli]a.友好的7waiter['weitə]n.服务员,招待员8lend[lend]v.借给9decision[di'siʒən]n.决定10whole[həul]a.整个的11single['siŋgəl]a.唯一的,单一的一、词汇讲解1.send寄,送,派遣,打发causesb.togoorsth.tobetakenwithoutgoingoneself(send–sent–sent)1)加双宾语sendsb.sth.=sendsth.tosb.sendmeacard=sendacardtome寄给我一张明信片eg.IsentmymotherapresentonMothers’Day=IsentapresenttomymotheronMothers’Day.在母亲节那天我寄给我母亲一件礼物。2)加单宾语sendsthsendsbsendaletter寄一封信sendaparcel寄一件包裹sendthechildrentobed打发孩子去睡觉3)sendsbmylove代向某人致意givesbmylove代向某人致意eg.Pleasesendyoursistermylove.=Pleasesendmylovetoyoursister.请代向你姐姐问候。eg.Pleasesayhellotoyourbrother.=Pleasesayhitoyourbrother.代我问候你哥哥。eg.Remembermetoyourparents.代我问候你父母。Givemyregardstoyourparents.把我的问候带给你父母。4)sendforsbsendforsthsendforadoctor派人去请医生sendforataxi派人去叫一辆出租车2.postcardn.明信片card卡片,贺卡aChristmascard圣诞卡片abirthdaycard生日卡片aget-wellcard康复卡anidentitycard身份证cards纸牌apackofcards一幅纸牌1)one’sbestcard某人的王牌,绝招or:one’sstrongestcard某人的王牌,绝招2)givesbhiscards开除,解雇3)layone’scardsonthetable=putone’scardsonthetable摊牌postn./v.邮,寄post-bag邮袋post-box(U.S.,mailbox)邮筒,邮箱post-code邮政编码postoffice邮局postman(U.S.,mailman)邮递员postmark邮戳post-free(邮件)免付邮资的,邮资已付的post-paid邮资已付的3.spoil使索然无味,损坏,破坏,糟蹋spoil-spoiled-spoiledspoil-spoilt-spoilt英式英语中多用不规则形式:eg.dreamt;spoilt(Br.)美式英语中多用规则形式:eg.dreamed;spoiled(Am.)过去分词作定语时,用不规则形式:aspoiltchild一个被惯坏了的孩子spoiltmilk已经坏了的牛奶amisspeltword拼写错误的字1)v.makesthuseless,valuelessorunsatisfactory;ruineg.Badweatherspoiltourholidays.恶劣的天气破坏了我们的假期使我们玩得不开心。eg.Thebadnewsspoiltmyday.这个坏消息破坏了我一天的心情。eg.Postcardsalwaysspoilmyholidays.明信片总是破坏我的假期。2)v.娇惯,宠坏,溺爱(尤指儿童)eg.Thelittlegirlisterriblyspoilt–herparentsgivehereverythingsheasksfor.那个孩子被宠坏了,她要什么,父母就给什么。eg.Sparetherodandspoilthechild.(谚)孩子不打不成器。eg.Everybodyenjoysbeingspoiltfromtimetotime谁都喜欢偶尔被人宠一宠。4.museumn.博物馆museumpiece1)适于博物馆展览的精品2)(贬)老古董eg.Thisoldradioofyoursisabitofmuseumpiece;itisabouttimeyougotanewone.你这台旧收音机该进博物馆里,早该换台新的了。5.public1)adj公众的,与公众有关的,(尤作定语)反义词:privateapublicgarden公园publicaffairs公事publiceducation民众教育publichealth民众健康publiclibraries公共图书馆thepublichighway公路2)n.公众,民众thepublic公众,民众inpublic:openly公共的,公然的(反义词:inprivate)eg.Sheapologizedtothepublicinpublicforhermistakes.她为自己的错误公开地向公众道歉。6.friendlyadj.友好的friendn.朋友1)makefriendswithsb跟某人交朋友2)Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.患难朋友才是真正的朋友。3)closefriends密友bosomfriend知己4)boyfriend男朋友girlfriend女朋友“ly”结尾的adj.friendlyadj.友好的friendlynations友邦afriendlysmile友好的微笑afriendlywelcome友好的欢迎afriendlymanner友好的态度friendly友好的lonely孤独的silly蠢的brotherly兄长般的lovely可爱的deadly致命的likely可能的waiter(饭店,旅馆,餐厅等)服务员waitress女服务员-ess是女性的象征actor演员actress女演员prince王子princess王妃,公主tiger老虎tigress雌虎7.lendv.借lend-lent-lentlendsbsth借某人某物=lendsthtosbborrowsthfromsb从某人那里借来eg.Canyoulendme200yuan?你能借给我200元吗?I’llpayyoubacktomorrow.我明天还给你。eg.IlentthatCDtoJohnbutnevergetitback.我把CD借给约翰,再也拿不回来了。lendsbahand=givesbhelp给某人以帮助lendsbanear(耐心地)倾听belivingonborrowedtime大难不死lender出借人,贷方borrower借东西的人,借方8.decisionn.决定decidev.决定decidetodo……决定做某事makeupone’smindtodo……下定决心做…..eg.Idecidedtostudyanotherforeignlanguage.我决定再学一门外语。=Imadeupmymindtostudyanotherforeignlanguage.eg.Withsomanychoices,it’shardtodecidewhichtobuy.有这么多选择,真不知该选哪一种买。eg.It’sdifficulttodecidebetweenthetwo.在这两者之间很难作出选择。decisionn.决定makeadecision做出决定reachadecision做出决定cometoadecision做出决定eg.Onthelastdayofmyholiday,Imadeabigdecision.假期最后一天,我做了一个重大决定eg.Anyonewholacksdecisionshouldn’tbealeader.缺乏决断能力的人是不能当领导的。9.whole1)adj.完全的,整体的,全部的entire;completeawholeday一整天threewholedays三整天thewholecountry全国thewholeworld全世界eg.Let’sforgetthewholeaffair.我们把这件事彻底忘掉吧。Let’sforgetthewholematter.我们把这件事彻底忘掉吧。Let’sforgetthewholething.我们把这件事彻底忘掉吧。2)n.这个,整体eg.Fourquartersmakeawhole.四个四分之一构成一个整体。quartern.四分之一,一季度,一刻钟eg.Cuttheappleintoquarters.把苹果切成四瓣。halfn.一半eg.Twohalvesmakeawhole.两个一半构成一个整体。eg.Halfoftheworkisdone.完成了一半工作。asawhole整个的onthewhole总的来说,一般来讲eg.Onthewhole,Iagreewithyourdecision.总的来说,我同意你观点。wholesale批发wholesaler批发商retail['ri:teil]n.零售[ri:'teil]vt.&vi.零售retaildealer零售商retailtrader零售商10.single1)adj.onlyone唯一的,单一的asingleletter唯一的一封信asingleapplehangingfromthetree树上挂着唯一的一只苹果asingleticket单程票areturnticket往返票aroundticket往返票2)adj.未婚的,独身的singlemenandwomen单身男女married已婚的3)adj.单独一人使用的asinglebed单人床adoublebed双人床asingleroom单人房间adoubleroom双人房间4)adj.single-parent单亲asingle-parentfamily单亲家庭三、课文讲解TextPostcardsalwaysspoilmyholidays