【课文讲解】 by heart 熟记台词 on end 1.== continuously: 连续的,位于具体的时间之后 Eg: He sat there for hours on end. We had hardly anything to eat for days on end. 2. ==upright 竖着 Eg: The cat's fur stood on end. I got a big shock so my hear stood on end.我吓了一大跳,以致于毛骨悚然。 who = actor, 关系代词做主语,不能省略 Eg.: The student who was required to recite the poem 100 times is really poor. learn/ know by heart: 把……牢记在心 Eg.: The sentence is so important that you must learn it by heart. heart and soul 全心全意的,全身心的 Eg: We serve the students heart and soul take heart 鼓起勇气,恢复信心 lose heart 失去信心 lose heart to sb= give heart to sb: 轻信于某人 Eg: The boy lost his heart to the girl put one's heart into sth: 致力于某事 Eg: Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.世上无难事,只怕有心人 have one's heart in one's boots提心吊胆 Eg: He had his heart in his boots when he went out alone at night. even though = even if = though / although at each performance = at every performance insist: 坚决要求,suggest:建议, order:命令,demand:要求,require:要求 表示建议/要求/希望,和that宾语从句搭配,that从句必须出现should + 动词原形的虚拟,should 可以省略。 in full==fully=completely play a joke(cheek) on sb: 开某人玩笑 on the final act == in the last act with,独立主格结构 hand to == present sth. to == pass to 把……递给某人 as usual look on 旁观 anxious,形容词短语做伴随状况状语 stare at 一眨不眨地 squinting: ing形式,做方式状语,伴随状况状语 prmptly ==immediately with this 说完这话 hurry off much, 用来加强语气 play a joke on 开玩笑; play a trick on 捉弄,单方面取乐 have a joke with sb. 和某人开玩笑,强调两人共同取乐 Eg.: He laughs best who laughs last. 笑到最后的才是笑得最好的。 L22-02 end 16’07” L22-03 begin 11’11” 【Multiple choice questions】 Comprehension 1 Which of the following proverbs suits the gist of the story best? a. He laughs best, who laughs last. b. Speech is silver, but silence is golden. c. Look before you leap. d. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. 2 The play in which the two actors took part _____ . a. had had a highly successful run of twenty years b. was about the plight of a nobleman c. ended with the imprisonment of the aristocrat d. had been performed so often that audiences were bored by it end with 以......结束 3 Which statement is true? When the aristocrat was presented with a blank sheet of paper, _____ . a. he improvised the words which he had forgotten b. the gaoler was eagerly waiting to take the aristocrat’s part c. he pretended that the light was not good enough for him to read by d. he asked the gaoler to fetch him some glasses Structure4 A gaoler would come on stage with a letter_____ to the prisoner. (ll.7-8) a. to be delivering b. and delivered c.to deliver d. delivered with a letter独立主格结构,只有动词不定式to 有要做某事 倘若应用for, 此句应改为 with a letter for the prisoner. 5 He always insisted _____ in full. (l.9) a. on its being written out b. on writing it out c. to have it written out d. that it would have to be written out insist that + should insist on + 名词,动名词 d选项中would 改为should 6 --to find out if he _____ the contents of the letter by heart. (ll.10-11) a. had known b. was knowing c. knew d. know 7 But he gave _____ which had not been written out in full. (ll.13-14) a. the copy to him b. a copy him c. him a copy d. him the copy give him a copy a表示任意的一份,the 表示特指 a选项中the copy to him 改为a copy to him即可 8 _____ remember a word of the letter, so he replied… (ll.17-18) a. But neither could the gaoler b. Nor the gaoler could c. Also the gaoler could not d. Either the gaoler could not neither, nor用于句首,句子倒装 Vocabulary9 The gaoler decided to _____ his colleague. (l.10) a. have a joke with b. play the fool with c. make fun of d. play a trick on play a joke on 开玩笑; play a trick on 捉弄,单方面取乐 have a joke with sb. 和某人开玩笑,强调两人共同取乐 Eg.: I’ve just had a joke with my classmate. 10 He wanted to see if his fellow actor had _____ learnt his lines. (ll.10-11) a. lastly b. in the end c. conclusively d. finally finally 最后(用于句中) lastly 顺序上的最后 in the end 强调最终失败的结果(用于句首或句尾) Eg.: He worked harder and harder, but in the end he failed. conclusively 总结的 11 Then, _____ about him, he said,…(l.16) a. searching b. peering c. blinking d. staring peer about 眯着眼睛看 Eg: When you enter a cinema, you often have to peer about. search:搜寻,寻找:search for sth. blink 眨眼睛 stare: 盯着看: stare at 12 Agreeing that the light was dim, the gaoler _____ he would get his glasses. (l.18) a.spoke b. informed c. said d. rejoined informed 表示正式的通知 【Key to Multiple choice questions】 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. D 11. B 12. C |