Topicsfordiscussion1.Whichforeigncountrywouldyouliketolivein?Why?2.Haveyoueverlookedforwardtodoingsomethingandthenbeendisappointed?Tellusaboutit.3.Whateffectcanweatherhaveonthecharacterofapersonandtheircustoms?唯独没有考虑到天气Lesson38EverythingexcepttheweatherNewwords:1.exceptprep.除了2.Mediterraneann.地中海3.complainv.抱怨4.continuallyadv.不断地5.bitterlyadv.刺骨地6.sunshinen.阳光1.WherehadHarrisonlivedbeforehereturnedtoEngland?2.Whathadheoftendreamtof?3.Whatdidhebuyassoonashereturned?QuestionsonthetextHehadlivedintheMeditterraneanformanyyears.RetiringinEnglandandhadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.Ahouseandwenttolivethere.4.Whatdidhebegantocomplainabout?Why?5.Howdidheact?6.Whatdidhedointheend?QuestionsonthetextTheweather,foreventhoughitwassummer,itrainedcontinuallyanditwasoftenbitterlycold.HeactedasifhehadneverlivedinEnglandbefore.Hehadhardlyhadtimetosettledownwhenhesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.1、HehadoftendreamedofretiringinEnglandandhadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.【Textanalysis】①表示“梦见”,后面接about短语。如:Isometimesdreamaboutmyparents.我有时梦见我的父母。②表示“渴望、向往、考虑”,后面接of短语。如:Hehasdreamtofwealthandhappiness.③表示“梦到、梦想到”,后面接that引导的宾语从句。如:IneverdreamtthatIshouldhaveoffendedhim.我怎么也没有想到竟然得罪了他。settledown:安下心来,定居1.He'sofanagewhenheoughttosettledown.他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。2.Afterworkingabroadforseveralyears,GillwantstosettledowntoapermanentjobinBritain.在国外工作了几年后,吉尔决定在英国定居并找份永久性的工作。3.Imustsettledownthismorningandfinishthetermpaper.我今天上午必须安下心来完成学期论文。2、2、Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.nosooner…than…一……就……(关联词,引导时间状语从句,主句里常用过去完成时,than后面的从句用一般过去时),相同用法的还有Hardly…when,assoonasnosoonerthan和hardlywhen以及assoonas这三个短语都有“一……就”、“刚刚……就”的意思,它们的意思非常相近,因此有时可以互换。例如:“我刚到公共汽车站,汽车就开了。”一句,就可以有如下几句译法:AssoonasIgottothebusstop,thebusstarted.HardlyhadIgottothebusstopwhenthebusstarted.NosoonerhadIgottothebusstopthanthebusstarted.但他们之间也有一些差异,例如,如果从两件事情的间隔时间来说,assoonas较长,nosooner...than居中,hardly...when间隔时间最短。其它的一些区别如下:a、assoonas它的意思相当于“A事情发生以后,就做B这件事”。这个短语比较常用,口语和书面语都可以。它的特点是,在句子中的位置比较灵活,而且可以用于各种时态。例如:I'llwriteyouassoonasIgetthere.(一般现在时)AssoonasIwentin,Katherinecriedoutwithpleasure.(一般过去时)I'llreturnthebookassoonasIhavereadit.(现在完成时)b、nosooner…than它的意思相当于“刚做完A这件事,就做B这件事”。例如:Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouse.如果nosooner位于句首,主句要用倒装结构。例如:Nosoonerhadhearrivedthanhewentawayagain.运动会刚开始,天就下起了大雨。Nosoonerhadthegamestartedthanitbegantorainheavily.c、hardly…when...它的意思是“几乎未来得及做完A这件事,紧接着就开始B这件事。”Hehadhardlyfinishedthearticlewhenthelightwentout.他刚要写完文,灯就熄了。另外,如果把hardly放于句首,主句要用倒装结构即谓语动词要提前。如:她还没走出家门,就有一个学生来看望她。Hardlyhadshegoneoutwhenastudentcametovisither.3、Almostimmediatelyhebegantocomplainabouttheweather,foreventhoughitwasstillsummer,itrainedcontinuallyanditwasoftenbitterlycold.almostimmediately:几乎马上,很快地•complainabout:抱怨,发牢骚•Consumersareencouragedtocomplainaboutfaultygoods.•要鼓励消费者对劣质商品投诉。•你没什么可抱怨的。•You'vegotnothingtocomplainabout.for(连词)表示因为(解释说明,附加的)=because因为(一定要说的原因),for与because不同,不能用于句首eventhough=evenif即使,虽然(引导让步状语从句)EventhoughIcamehere,mymindwasabsent.尽管我人来了,但我还是心不在焉.evenif引导的从句是往往是假设性的,相当于汉语的“即使”“纵然”“就算”“哪怕”。如:They’llstandbyyouevenifyoudon’tsucceed.即使你不成功,他们也会支持你。EvenifIhavetowalkallthewayI’llgetthere.即使我得一路走着去,我也要走到那里即使明天下雨,我们也决不改变计划Evenifitrainstomorrow,wewon’tchangeourplan.eventhough引导的从句内容往往是真实的,主要用于引出不利用于主句情况的信息,相当于汉语的“尽管”“虽然”。如:Hewentouteventhoughitwasraining.尽管在下雨,他还是出去了。Eventhoughit’shardwork,Ienjoyit.虽然工作艰苦,我还是很喜欢。He’sthebestteachereventhoughhehastheleastexperience.他尽管经验最少,但教得最好这样用的eventhough与though或although的意思比较接近,许多时候可以互换(注意:英语可以说though和eventhough,但不能说evenalthough)。如:Eventhough[Thought,Although]Ifeltsorryforhim,lwassecretlypleasedthathewashavingdifficulties.虽然我为他感到惋惜,但对他的困难却暗自高兴。continually和continuouslycontinually指不断地,频繁的,形容其出现的频率很高,中间可以有间断。如:Shegoesonatherhusbandcontinually她老是数落自己的丈夫。continuously只不断地,连续的,表明中间没有中断。如:Letusstartfromnowon,continuouslyworktilldusk.让我们现在开始吧,一直工作到天黑。bitterlycold:严寒刺骨bitterlyadv.刺骨地bitterlydisappointed彻底的失望Iambitterlydisappointed.Fivecitiesintheworldfoughtbitterlyoverthegloryofhostingthe2000OlympicGames.世界上有5座城市为申办2000年奥运会展开激烈的角逐。Thedrugiswantedbitterly.这药有人急着要用。4.Aftersomanyyearsofsunshine,Harrisongotashock..somanyyears这么多年afteritrainedfordays=aftersomanydaysofrain在这么多天雨之后Aftersevenyearsofhardwork,hewassuccessfulAftertenyearsofstayinginabroad,hedecidedtoreturnandsettledown.getashock吓了一跳,吃了一惊5、HeactedasifhehadneverlivedinEnglandbefore.asif+句子:似乎好像(引导状语从句,如果从句为过去完成时则是虚拟语气)Heactedasifhewaspoor.(asif后是真是假,应根据上下文来看)Myleghurtsasifitwasbroken.asif/though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:Sheactedasifsheweremad.虚拟语气)Itfeelsasif/thoughit’sgoingtorain.6、Intheend,itwasmorethanhecouldbear.morethan在这里表示“超过……的范围”ThispieceofnewsismorethanIcanbelieve.ItwasmorethanIcouldunderstand.Ican'taffardit.=ItwasmorethanIcanaffard.这种用法与它通常表示“比……更多”的用法稍有不同:Thereweremorethantenpeopleintheroom.【Keystructures】过去完成时:过去完成时经常与一般过去时连用,表示过去某个动作发生前完成的动作。与过去完成时连用的表示时间的词或词组有when,after,assoonas,(not)until,bythattime,(never)before,already,for,since,just,nosooner…than,hardl