王青

【New words and expressions】生詞和短語（6）

circle n. 圈子

admire v. 贊美，欽佩

close adj. 親密的

wedding n. 婚禮

reception n. 招待會

sort n. 種類

★admire v. 贊美，欽佩

① vt. 欽佩，贊賞

I admire his music more than anyone else’s.

admire sb. for sth. 因為……羨慕某人

I admire him for his richness/house/clever daughter/konwledge.

② vt. 欣賞，觀賞

While admiring the new building, I heard someone calling my name.

③ vt. (口語)夸獎，稱贊

She likes to hear her children admired.

★close adj. 親密的

close friend 親密的朋友

★reception n. 招待會

reception ＝ party

wedding reception 婚宴

news conference 新聞發布會, 記者招待會

★sort n. 種類，類型（常與of連用）

type 種類（有特殊特征的）

sort和kind有時可以互換，但在下面兩種情況下用sort：

① that sort of person 那種人

② sort 可含有諷刺意味

That's the sort of thing you like best.

You mustn’t mix with that sort of people. 你不得與那種人交往。

【Text】

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his

great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's

closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He

prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number of funny

stories in the speech and, of course, it was a

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great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed

by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his

surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so

many people laughing at him!

參考譯文

杰里米漢普登交際甚廣, 是各種聚會上深受大家歡迎的人. 人人都欽佩他那絕妙的幽默感--人人,

就是說, 除他6 歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人. 最近, 杰里米的一個最親密的朋友請他在一個婚禮上祝詞.

這正是杰里米喜歡做的事情. 他認真準備了講稿, 帶著珍妮一道去參加了婚禮. 他的祝詞里面加進了大量

逗人的故事, 自然大獲成功. 他剛一講完, 珍妮就對他說她要回家. 這不免使杰里米有點掃興, 但他還是按

照女兒的要求做了. 在回家的路上, 他問珍妮是否喜歡他的祝詞. 使他吃驚的是, 她說她不喜歡. 杰里米問

她為何不喜歡, 她說她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!

【課文講解】

1、Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.

have a large circle of friends 有一個很大的朋友圈子, 交際很廣

＝sb. has/have a lot of friends

He has a large circle of friends. 他有很多朋友

circle的含義之一是“（具有共同利益或興趣等的人形成的）圈子，……界”

Such things are never talked about in business circles.

Jeremy used to have a large circle of friends, but now he likes being alone.

popular adj. 受歡迎的，得人心的

Mary is always popular with/among children.

2、Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter,

Jenny.

admire… for 欽佩……的……

that is為插入語，一旦插在句子當中, 是作為固定結構, 意思是“那就是說，亦即”，起解釋作用

He is coming home next Monday, that is, April 5th.

sense of humour 幽默感

George has no sense of humour.

He is a man without humour.

3、This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.

the sort of, the kind of的后面加單數

4、He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.

prepare sth. 準備做……，后面跟內容有關系

I am preparing a speech. （speech n. 發言）

prepare for sth. 為……作準備，后面不一定跟內容有關系

5、He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.

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included 包含（把里面內容的一部分挑出來說）

contain 強調容器里的包含, 后面一定要把所有的東西都列舉出來

It was a great success. 表示“這事做的不錯,不同凡響,很成功”

6、Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.

a little 稍微, 有一點

be disappointed by… 因為……感到失望

as +從句如同……那樣，以……的方式（方式狀語從句）

do as you are told 按你被告知的做

This fish isn’t cooked as I like it.

7、Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at

him!

why this was so（this 可以作主語, 也可以作賓語，so 只能作賓語, 只能放在動詞后面）

I think so. / I hope so. / I guess so. / I expect so.

I refuse to do so. 我拒絕這樣做

see sb. doing sth. 看見某人正在作某事

so many people 跟數字相連的前面一定要用so

★laugh

①vi. (大)笑

You’re very kind to laugh when I tell a funny story.

Everybody laughed out loud when he said that.

② vi. 嘲笑（介詞用at）

If you go round daying things like that, everyone will laugh at you.

如果你到處說那種話，所有的人都會嘲笑你的。

如果 laugh at 后跟的是物，表示“因……而發笑”：

You’re very kind to laugh at my funny stories.

【Summary writing】

1 Is Jeremy Hampden greatly admired for his great sense of humour or not? What was he invited to do? Did

he immediately agree to do so or not? (When Jeremy... who is...)

When Jeremy Hampden, who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour , was invited to make a speech

at a wedding reception, he immediately agreed to do so.

在不使句子產生歧義的前提下,定語從句可放在其所修飾的整個句子的后面, 如以下兩句:

The brother, who was standing near the house, wanted to go swimming.

The brother wanted to go swimming who was standing near the house .

但下面的就容易產生歧義:

The brother, who was standing near the house , wanted to talk with the girl.

The brother wanted to talk with the girl who was standing near the house. (有歧義)

【Letter Writing】

書信常見開頭：

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You must be very annoyed with me for…

I have just heard that…

【Multiple choice questions】

4 ____a___ Jenny, everyone admires him for his great sense of humour.

a. Except for b. Apart c. Except d. Unless

unless adv. 除非

except for ＝ apart from

Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all.

7 Jeremy was a little disappointed. He was ____d____disappointed.

a. little b. somehow c. enough d. somewhat

a little 少量, 少許, 有一點點；little 幾乎沒有。與形容詞或副詞連用時, 用a little；與名詞連用時, 用a

little, little都可。何時用a little, 何時用little, 是由說話人的態度區分

somehow adv. 不知怎么的

Somehow I fell in the hole.

somewhat adv. 有一些，有一點（somewhat ＝a little）

8 Everyone admires him. They ____a___him.

a. think highly of b. laugh at c. estimate d. esteem

think of 考慮；think highly of 高度贊揚

estimate v. 評估； esteem v. 尊重

【語法精粹】

1 Simple photographic lenses can’t __D__sharp, undistorted images over a wide field.

A. to form B. are formed C. forming D. form

情態動詞后接動詞原形構成謂語

2 Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ___B__the most.

A. it influences farmers B. that influences farmers

C. farmers that it influences D. why farmers influence it

如果一句子出現了謂語動詞,再出現動詞則可能是：① 并列關系② 從句③ 非謂語動詞④ 介詞短

語

why引導的從句一定是表語從句或賓語從句

3 By tracking the eye of a hurricane, forecasters can determine the speed at which___B__

A. is a storm moving B. a storm is moving

C. is moving a storm D. a moving storm

which 后接的是定語從句，且是at which 在句中作成份

at which = at the speed

This is the river in which I swim.

4 During the flood of 1927, the Red Cross, ___D__out of emergency headquarters in Mississppi,

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set up temporary shelters for the homeless.

A. operates B. is operating C. has operated D. operating

6 During an eclipse of the sun, _____in the shadow of the Moon.

A. the Earth lies B. the Earth when lying

C. that the Earth lies D. the lying Earth

少了主語和謂語動詞