每天自學英語2小時堅持一年（自學英語一天背誦一課）

2023-10-09 15:55:12

Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something? 你想對我說什麼嗎？

First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。 Why did the writer become very worried?

聽三遍錄音，然後對照附文再聽一遍，尤其是剛才沒有聽懂的句子，要特別留意

【原文】Did you want to tell me something？

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

【譯文】Did you want to tell me something 你想對我說什麼嗎？Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.

牙科醫生們總是在你無法作出回答的時候向你提出問題。

My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.

我的牙科醫生剛剛給我拔掉了一顆牙，叫我休息一會兒。

I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.

我想說點什麼，但我嘴裡塞滿了藥棉。

He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.

他知道我收集火柴盒，於是問我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.

接著他又問我的兄弟近來如何，問我是否喜歡倫敦的新工作。

In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.

作為對這些問題的回答，我不是點頭，就是發出奇怪的聲音。

Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

與此同時，我的舌頭正在忙著尋找剛拔掉的那顆牙的傷口。

I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything

我突然非常著急起來，但卻什麼也說不出來。

When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

當那位牙醫最後將藥棉從我嘴中取出時，我總算有可能告訴他，他拔錯了牙。

【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語

★pull v. 拔 （反義詞：push vt,推）

pull one's leg 開某人玩笑

You are pulling my leg. 你在開我玩笑

Don't pull my leg any more. 不要再開我玩笑

You are kidding. 你在開玩笑

no kidding! 不要開玩笑了!You are joking. joke n.笑話, 玩笑 v.(和...)開玩笑

★cotton wool 藥棉

★collect v. 搜集

collect salary 領工資

collect money 籌集資金

collect stamp 集郵

collect children 收養孩子

★collection n. 收藏品, 收集品

★nod v. 點頭

★meanwhile adv. 同時

meanwhile = at the same time = in the same time用法和 however 一樣,不能連接兩個句子,但是意思上有承接概念

【課文講解】

my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

be busy doing忙於做某事

search out 找出

判斷是否是定語從句就看是否和前面的名詞有關係 where = 介詞 whichThat is the house which I lived in. 這是我住的房子 That is the house where I lived.I swim in the river. 那就是我常常遊泳的河

where稱為關係副詞,另外還有when也是關係副詞

This is the river where I swim.where作定語從句的標誌,修飾前面的hole.

The tooth had been in the hole. (in the hole = where)

in answer to 作為對...的回答 : in answer to your question in return for 作為對...的報答