【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語

★circle n. 圈子

★admire v. 贊美,欽佩
admire sb.for sth.因為...羨慕某人
I admire him for his richness/house/clever daughter.

★close adj. 親密的
close friend

★wedding n. 婚禮
my best friend's

★reception n. 招待會
=party
wedding reception 婚宴
news conference 新聞發布會,記者招待會

★sort n. 種類
type 種類,有特殊特征的
一般情況都用 kind,sort
習慣用sort 的時候:1.那種人 that sort of person
2.sort 可含有諷刺意味
That's the sort of thing you like best.

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
Why did Jenny want to leave the wedding reception?

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and if 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 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。杰里米問他為何不喜歡,她說她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!
【課文講解】

1. 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

2.that is 一旦插在句子當中,是作為固定結構,意思是那就是說

3.prepare sth: prepare 后面跟內容有關系
prepare for sth. 后面不一定跟內容有關系
speech 發言
I am preparing a speech

4.as 從句:正如,方式狀語從句
a little 稍微,有一點
be disappointed by 因為某事感到失望
do as you are told 正如你被告知的去做

5.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.
do so
I expect so.
like to do 某一次
like doing 習慣
see sb.doing 看見某人正在做某事
so many people
跟數字相連的前面一點要用so
the sort of. the kind of 的后面加單數
include 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.

【Multiple choice questions】

Structure
No.4
except for = apart from
Apart from a few words,I do not know any French at all.
No.7
a little 少量,少許
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
I have little time.
I have a little time.
Somehow I fell in the hole.
somewhat = a little
Vocabulary
No.8
think of 考慮
think highly of 高度贊揚
A

【Summary writing】
No.1
Jeremy Hampden is greatly admired for his great sense of humour.
He was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception.
he immediately agreed to do so.
When Jeremy Harmpden was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour,he immediately agreed to do so.
或: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邊
The brother,who was standing near the house,wanted to go swimming.
The brother wanted to go swimming who was standing near the house.
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