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Lesson38Everythingexcepttheweather唯独没有考虑到天气WhydidHarrisonsellhishousesoquickly?Myoldfriend,Harrison,hadlivedintheMediterraneanformanyyearsbeforehereturnedtoEngland.HehadoftendreamedofretiringinEnglandandhadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.Almostimmediatelyhebegantocomplainabouttheweather,foreventhoughitwasstillsummer,itrainedcontinuallyanditwasoftenbitterlycold.Aftersomanyyearsofsunshine,Harrisongotashock.HeactedasifhehadneverlivedinEnglandbefore.Intheend,itwasmorethanhecouldbear.Hehadhardlyhadtimetosettledownwhenhesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.Thedreamhehadhadforsomanyyearsendedthere.Harrisonhadthoughtofeverythingexcepttheweather.参考译文我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住在地中海地区。过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。他刚一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了。因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。在阳光下生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇。他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。最后，他再也忍受不住，还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。他多年来的幻想从此破灭。哈里森把每件事情都考虑到了，唯独没想到天气。【Newwordsandexpressions】（6）1except[ik'sept]prep.除了2Mediterranean[ˌmeditə'reiniən]n.(the～)地中海3complain[kəm'plein]v.抱怨4continually[kən'tinjuəli]ad.不断地5bitterly['bitəli]ad.刺骨地6sunshine['sʌnʃain]n.阳光一．单词讲解1.exceptprep．除了，除了…外eg.Exceptabrokenchair,theroomhasnofurniture.除了一把破椅子，这间房子里什么也没有。（chair与furniture性质相同）exceptforeg.Exceptforabrokenchair,theroomisempty.除了一把破椅子外，这间房子是空的。exceptfor没有“所指项目类别”的限制exceptthateg.IknownothingabouthiscareerexceptthatheisagraduateofOxfordUniversity.除了他是牛津大学毕业生之外，我对他的职业一无所知。apartfrom1)除…之外（别无）eg.Apartfromafewfaults,heisatrustworthyteacher.除了一些小毛病外，他是一个值得信赖的老师。2)除…之外（尚有）eg.Apartfromthecost,thedressdoesn'tsuitme.除了价格外，这个衣服也不适合我。butprep.除…之外(与no,nobody,all,anywhere等连用）eg.Nobodyknewhernamebutme.除了我之外，没人知道她的名字。Theywereallthereontimebutthechairman.除了主席外，其余人都按时到了。but强调未被排除的其他事物（人）except强调所排除之外（事物）2.Mediterraneanadj./n.n．地中海theMediterranean/theMediterraneanSeaadj.地中海的，地中海沿岸的，内陆的Mediterraneanclimate地中海气候（内陆气候）3.complainV．1)（常做贬义）抱怨，投诉，发牢骚complaintosbaboutsth对某人抱怨某事complainabouttheterribleweather抱怨这个恶劣的天气eg.Youarealwayscomplainingaboutyourfate!你总是抱怨命运！---Whatwastheweatherlikeonyourholiday?你度假的时候天气怎么样？---Ican'tcomplain./Itwasasgoodascouldexcept./Itcouldn’tbebetter.不能抱怨／就像所能预料的那样好。／好的不能再好了。2)（正式地）投诉eg.Wecomplainedtothepoliceaboutthenoisefromtheebar.酒吧噪音太大，我们向警方投诉。complaintn.1)[u]抱怨，埋怨，不满eg:Youhavenoreasonforcomplaint.2)控诉eg.Theyarefullofcomplaintsabouttheirlaborconditions.4.continuallyadv。频繁地，屡次地，反复地例：Iamcontinuallylosingthings．我一再地遗失东西Hewascontinuallylateforwork．他一再地迟到比较:Theychatteredcontinuouslyforanhour.他们整整唠叨一小时了。Continuously连续不断地，不间断地continuev.Continuedadj.1)继续，持续（用于不中断的继续或中断后的继续）Eg.Theraincontinuedtilllateatnight.雨一直持续到半夜。Thediscussioncontinuedafterabreak.休息一会后讨论继续。continuedoing/continuetodosth继续做某事eg.Howcanyoucontinuetoworkwithsomuchnoise?Howcanyoucontinueworkingwithsomuchnoise?5.bitteradv.1)苦味的abittertaste一种苦的味道eg.Thecoffeewastoobittertodrink.这个咖啡太苦了没法喝。taste:sour,sweet,bitter,hot,salty2)痛苦的，令人悲伤的abitterlife痛苦的一生abitterexperience痛苦的经历bittertears痛苦的泪水例：Shehasabittermemory．她有一段痛苦的回忆。3)严寒的abitterwinter寒冷的冬天bitterlyadv.苦苦地，惨痛地，严寒地例：Hewasbitterlydisappointed．他极度的失望。bebitterlycold刺骨的寒冷bitternessn．痛苦eg.Whogoesthroughthehappinessandbitternesswithme?谁和我同甘共苦呢？6.sunshinen.1)阳光Catslikelyingdowninthesunshine．在阳光下下晒太阳2)晴天，好天气Afterraincomessunshine．（谚）雨过天晴，苦尽甘来3)快活，开朗eg:Herpresencealwaysgivessunshinetoallofus.她的出现总是让我们很开心。arayofsunshine一线光明（希望）sunrise日出beforesunrise日出前dawn黎明sunset日落aftersunset日落后二、关键句型Keystructures过去完成时：had+过去分词(v．-ed)过去某一时刻之前发生的事，也就是“过去的过去”。过去完成时是一个相对的时态，它不能离开过时间而单独存在。一般过去时：过去某一时间发生的事情。三、课文讲解Text1.Myoldfriend,Harrison,hadlivedintheMediterraneanformanyyearsbeforehereturnedtoEngland.beforehereturnedtoEngland时间状语从句（一般过去时）2.HehadoftendreamedofretiringinEnglandandhadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.settledown定居dreamofsth/doingsth梦想做某事Eg.IamalwaysdreamingoflivinginSpain.我总是梦想着居住在西班牙。Hedreamsofbecomingamillionaire.他梦想着成为百万富翁。dreamer空想家adaydream/awakingdream白日梦afonddream黄粱梦country1)国家eg.Hesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.他卖了房子离开了这个国家。2)乡村，乡下例：Hehadplannedtosettledowninthecountry.他计划着在乡村定居下来。countryside农村eg.ThecountrysidearoundViennaisverybeautiful.维也纳乡村的景色非常优美。country国家（最普遍的中性词）state侧重指政权机构，亦可指政府本身Nation1)可指政治单位，比state庄重eg.theUnitedNations联合国2)民族land较为庄重，多用于诗歌中motherland祖国/nativeland祖国/homeland祖国3.Hehadnosoonerreturnedthanheboughtahouseandwenttolivethere.nosooner...than...一……就....4.Hehadhardlyhadtimetosettledownwhenhesoldthehouseandleftthecountry.还没等安顿下来他就卖了房子离开了这个国家。nosooner---than一……就/assoonas一……就hardly…when几乎来不及……就主语hadnosoonerdone+than+--般过去时的句子主语hadhardlydone+when+一般过去时的句子例：Ihadnosoonerarrivedhomethanitbegantorain.我刚一到家就下雨了。Hehadnosoonerseenherthanhefellinlovewithher.他一见到她就爱上她了。-Ihadnosoonerhungupthanitrangagain.我刚挂断电话，电话又响了。HehadnosoonerarrivedinBeijingthanhefellill.他一到北京就病倒了。Ihadnosoonercomebackthanheaskedmetogoonbusinessagain．我刚一回来他又让我去出差。Hardlyhadwebegunwhenweweretoldtostop.我们刚一开始就被告诉停下来。5.Almostimmediatelyhebegantocomplainabouttheweather,foreventhoughitwasstillsummer,itrainedcontinuallyanditwasoftenbitterlycold.complainabout抱怨complaintosbaboutsth对某人抱怨Eg.complainabouttheweather抱怨天气eve