Lesson 103 The French test法语考试
Listen to the tape then answer this question.How long did the exam last?听录音,然后回答问题。考试持续了多长时间? Gary: How was the examination, Richard?
加 里:考试考得怎样,理查德?
Richard: Not too bad. I think I passed in English and Mathematics. The questions were very easy. How about you, Gary?
理查德:不算太坏,我想我的英语和数学及格了。题目很容易。加里,你怎么样?
Gary: The English and Maths papers weren’t easy enough for me. I hope I haven’t failed.
加 里:英语和数学试题对我来说不很容易。我希望别不及格。
Richard: I think I failed the Intelligence Test. I could answer sixteen of the questions.
They were very easy. But I couldn't answer the rest. They were too difficult for me.
理查德:我想我的法语及不了格,我能回答其中的16道题。这些题很容易。但我回答不出其作的题。那些题对我来说太难了。
Gary: Intelligence tests are awful, aren’t they?
加 里:法语太可怕了,你说呢?
Richard: I hate them. I’m sure I’ve got a low I.Q.
理查德:我讨厌法语。我的法语成绩肯定很低。
Gary: Oh, cheer up! Perhaps we didn’t do too badly.
The guy next to me wrote his name at the top of the paper.
加 里:啊,别灰心!或许我们考得还不太糟。坐在我旁边的那个人只在试卷顶端写自己的名字。
Richard: Yes?
理查德:是吗?
Gary: Then he sat there and looked at it for three hours! He didn’t write a word!
加 里:然后他就坐在那里,对着考卷看了3个小时,一个字也没写!
New words and Expressions生词和短语
exam
n. 考试
pass
v. 及格,通过
mathematics (maths是缩写)
n. 数学
question
n. 问题
easy
adj. 容易的
enough
adv. 足够地
paper
n. 考卷
fail
v. 未极格,失败
answer
v. 回答
mark
n. 分数
rest
n. 其他的东西
difficult
adj. 困难的
hate
v. 讨厌
low
adj. 低的
cheer
v. 振作,振奋
guy
n. 家伙,人
top
n. 上方,顶部
Notes on the text课文注释
1 I think I passed in English and Mathematics.我想我的英语和数学及格了。如果说通过某一个考试,直接用动词pass;如果说通过某一科目,则用pass in。
2 the English and Maths papers 英文和数学卷子。
paper这个词当“试卷”讲时,是可数名词。
3 How about...?…怎么样?
用于征求他人意见或询间情况。
4 easy enough for me,是指对我来说不难,我可以完成和通过。而too difficult for me是指对我来说太难了,无法完成和通过。
5 cheer up 振作起来。
Lesson 104 Too、very、enough 太、非常、足够
New words and expressions生词和短语
clever
adj.聪明的
stupid
adj.笨的
cheap
adj.便宜的
expensive
adj.贵的
fresh
adj.新鲜的
stale
adj.变搜的
low
adj.低的,矮的
loud
adj.大声的
high
adj.高的
hard
adj.硬的
sweet
adj.甜的
soft
adj.软的
sour
adj.酸的
Lesson 103-104 自学导读 First things first
课文详注 Further notes on the text1.the rest,剩余部分。
这里指其余的题,注意rest与定冠词连用的用法。
2.at the top of,在……顶端。
反义词为 at the bottom of(在……末端)。
3.next to,邻近,贴近。
语法 Grammar in use
too与enough
(1)enough的用法
A在形容词之后使用:
He failed the exam because it wasn't easy enough.
他考虑不及格,因为题不够容易。(不说 enough easy)
B在名词之前使用:
He didn' t buy the car because he didn't have enough money.
他没买那部车,因为他没有足够的钱。
C可以用在 enough… for sb./sth.和 enough… to do sth.结构之中:
She hasn't got enough money for a holiday.
她没有足够的钱去度假。
This dress isn't big enough for her.
这件衣服对她来说不够大。
She's not old enough to live alone.
她未到独自生活的年纪。
(2)too的用法
Atoo 表示“过于”:
I can't go out. It's too hot.
我无法外出,太热了。
She couldn't answer the questions because they were too
difficult for her.
她无法回答问题,因为对她来说太难了。
B可以用在 too…for sb./sth.结构之中:
This skirt is too big for me.
这条裙子对她来说太大了。
It's too easy for me.
这对我来说太容易了。
C可以用在 too…to do sth.结构之中:
The exam was too difficult for him to pass.
考试太难了,以至于他无法通过。
The box is too heavy for you to carry.
这个盒子太沉了,你没法扛起。
She i too young to live alone.
她年纪太小了,无法独自生活。
It's too far to walk home from here.
从这儿步行回家太远了。
请比较:
The wall is too high for them to climb over.
这堵墙太高了,他们无法攀越过去。
The wall is low enough for them to climb over.
这堵墙矮到如此之程度,以至于他们可以攀越过去。
词汇学习 Word study
1.fail v.
(1)失败;及格:
Doctors failed to save the old man's life.
医生们未能挽救那位老人的生命。
He failed his French paper because it was too difficult.
他的法语考试没及格,因为试卷太难了。
(2)(身体等)衰退;变弱;凋谢:
My eyesight is failing.
我的视力在衰退。
The flowers failed for lack of sunshine.
花因缺少阳光而凋谢。
(3)(后接不定式)不,不能;忘记:
I fail to see why you find it so extraordinary.
我不明白为什么你们认为它如此与众不同。
He failed to persuade me.
他没能说服我。
2.hate v.
(1)讨厌;不喜欢;有反感:
He hates exams!
他讨厌考试!
I hate beef.
我不喜欢牛肉。
(2)憎恨;憎恶:
He said that he hated hypocrisy.
他说他憎恶虚伪。
Tom really hates the murderer in that film.
汤姆十分仇视那部电影中的杀人凶手。
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