Lesson 71 He's awful!他讨厌透了!
Listen to the tape then answer this question.How did Pauline answer the telephone at nine o'clock?听录音,然后回答问题。波淋在9点接电话时是如何说的? Jane : What’s Ron Marston like , Pauline ?
简:罗恩.马斯顿是怎样一个人?
Pauline : He’s awful ! He telephoned me four times yesterday , and three times the day before yesterday.
波淋:他讨厌透了!他昨天给我打了4次电话前天打了3次。
Pauline: He telephoned the office yesterday morning and yesterday afternoon. My boss answered the telephone .
波淋:他昨天上午和下午把电话打到了我的办公室,是我的老板接的。
Jane : What did your boss say to him ?
简:你老板是怎么对他说的?
Pauline: He said ,”Pauline is typing letters .She can’t speak to you now !”
波淋:他说:“波淋正在打信,她现在不能同你讲话!”
Pauline : Then I arrived home at six o’clock yesterday evening .He telephoned again .But I didn’t answer the phone !
波淋:后来,我昨晚6点钟回到家里。他又打来电话,但我没接。
Jane : Did he telephone again last night ?
简:他昨夜里又打电话了吗?
Pauline : Yes , he did . He telephoned at nine o’clock .
波淋:是的,打了。他在9点钟又打电话。
Jane : What did you say to him ?
简:你对他怎么说的?
Pauline : I said ,”This is Pauline ‘s mother . Please don’t telephone my daughter again !”
波淋:我说:“我是波淋的母亲。请不要再给我女儿打电话了!”
Jane : Did he telephone again ?
简:他又打了没有?
Pauline : No , he didn’t !
波淋:没有!
New words and Expressions生词和短语
awful
adj. 让人讨厌的,坏的
telephone
v. & n. 打电话;电话
time
n. 次(数)
answer
v. 接(电话)
last
adj. 最后的,前一次的
phone
n. 电话(=telephone)
again
adv. 又一次地
say (said/sed/)
v. 说
Notes on the text课文注释
1 He telephoned me four times yesterday.他昨天给我打了4次电话。“是”动词以外的动词在过去时中一般有两种形式。规则动词一般是在动词后面加-ed,如answer/answered; 以-e结尾的规则动词加-d.如telephone/telephoned, arrive/arrived。另一部分动词的过去式拼写不规则,因此称为不规则动词,如:say/said, do/did。从本课开始,单词表中的不规则动词除列出原形外,还将在括弧中列出过去式的拼‘写和读一音。