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【课文讲解】 People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. 人们在决定吃什么或者不吃什么的时候，往往变得不合情理。 当涉及到或谈及到叙述客观事实的时候 it comes to sth ………… it comes to doing sth …… 用于when 引导的时间状语从句 L23-02 end 11’44” L23-03 begin 11’19” Eg.:He never complains when it comes to helping his wife with the house work. for instance == for example consider (to be)... on the other hand 转折连接词，表示而另一方面 at the idea of: at 介词搭配作状语，表示当......就......；一......就...... at the idea of 一想到 at the sight of 一看到 at the mention of 一提到 at the news of 一听到......消息 at the touth of 一触摸到......东西 at the sound of 一听到......声音 at the thought of 一想到 Eg.: I was glad at the thought of getting something te eat. I always love at the mention of ghost story. stick to + 名词==insist on doing sth == persist in doing sth practice 表示习俗，做法 habit表示个人习惯 custom社会的风俗或习俗 Eg.: Early to bed and early to rise is good habit. It is now quite common practice for married women not to take their husband’s second name. The practice of closing shops on Sundays. My practice to study English is to read everyday. the custum of giving present at Christmas Social customs vary greatly from country to country. in many northern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and ) that引导表语从句，说明truth的内容 bring up抚养 Eg.: Joe is born in England, but brought up in France. She was brought up to beliee that money is the most (great) important thing in life. 他从小到大一直认为金钱是生活中最重要的东西。 被动语态形式，表自小长大，在成长的过程当中已经习惯于...... I’ve been brought up to eat fish, just because my mother is fond of fish as well. He has been brought up to eat fring potatoes just because his parents are fond of that. He gave much attention to bring up his children. stick to = keep to; not give up Eg.: We stick to them all our lives. I made my decision and I am going to stick to it. (to介词) stick to the idea stick to the plan insist on doing sth. 坚持做某事 persist in doing sth. 坚持做某事 L23-03 end 11’19” L23-04 begin 11’44” People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. 比较级表达最高级的概念 Nobody is more beautiflu than you. He is more intelligent than anyone else in my class. The common garden snail often receive more praise and abuse than other creatures. cooked过去分词做定语，与snails构成被动关系。 countless: 无数的，数不尽的 (=numerous) who引导定语从句 associate sth. with sth. 把某物与某物相联系 People there, don’t consider snails to be a great dilicacy. no garden of his own 没有自己的庭院 Robert is forn of snails very much. The idea never interested me very much... happened to do 恰巧，碰巧 I happened to be out when he called. We both happened to be travelling on the same plane. happen / chance It happened that I was out when he called. It chanced that I was out when he called. when 表示正在这时突然，通常使用过去进行时，过去完成时等搭配；位于句中 He was having a bath when the telephine suddenly rang. We had not ... like this when ... came in. We were about to start when it rained. snails (that were ) taking a stroll... 现在分词做定语，修饰snails on a sudden impulse 一时的，冲动的 Acting on a sudden impulse, he went shopping to buy several dresses. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. ==Robert was not only delighted to see me, but also pleased with my little gift. be delighted to do be pleased to do when特殊用法，表示就在这个时候 reluctantly: unwillingly 不情愿的 to our dismay 使我们感到惊愕的是 Eg.: Before we came back, all the snails had already escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall. take possession 占据，占有 The soldiers took possession of enemies’ fort. The terrorists took possession of the embassy.恐怖分子占领了大使馆。 The writer doesn’t fancy snails. The writer doesn’t consider snails to be a great delicacy. L23-04 end 11’44” L23-05 begin 【Multiple choice questions】 Comprehension 1 In a country where snails are eaten, you would expect _____ . a. to find a great many snails in people’s gardens b. to fink that people cooked them in wine c. snails to be so popular that they are a luxury only the rich can afford d. people to be amazed by anyone who refused to eat them 2 The idea of collecting snails never appealed to the writer very much until _____ . a. the sight of the snails made him think of Robert b. a heavy shower of rain led him to look for them in his garden c. a sudden impulse made him decide to visit the country where Robert lived d. he felt obliged to remove them from his prize plants 3 When the writer arrived at Robert’s flat _____ . a. Robert welcomed him warmly because of the snails he had brought b. Robert immediately invited him to dinner in order to eat the snails c. he forgot about giving Robert the snails until two hours later d. he gave Robert the snails, little thinking Robert would propose a dinner with snails as the main dish Structure 4 People are quite illogical when _____ deciding what… (ll.1-2) a. it comes to b. they come to c. they come d. coming to it comes to 经常用于when所引导的时间状语从句中，“当涉及到，当提及到” 5 Most of us have been brought up to eat certain kinds _____ .(l.7) a. food b. of food c. of the foods d. foods kinds 和介词of搭配 foods:各种各样的食物 certain kinds of food== certain foods 6 No creature _____ abused more often than…(l.9) a. is being praised and b. is praised nor c. has been praised or d. has been praised and and和or 在肯定句中，and表示并列关系 She smokes and drinks. 在否定句中，有两个对等的谓语、宾语、状语或者从句时，习惯用or, 把两个成分都否定掉。 She doesn’t smoke or drink. She couldn’t remember who she was or where she lived. 如果否定句中出现了and, 语义表示转折，相当于bot. The room is not big and comfertable. 7 Having left the bag in the hall, _____ into the living room. (ll.16-17) a. I accompanied Robert b. Robert took me c. we went d. I and Robert went left的逻辑主语是主句的主语 8 We saw the snails _____ from the paper bag… (ll.19-20) a. escaping b. escape c. had escaped d. to escape we saw (that) the snails ... Vocabulary 9 On the other hand, you would _____ at the idea… (ll.5-6) a. be sick b. sick c. sicken d. feel sick sicken: 感到作哎，难受 （==feel sick ）(但非常不常用) Eg.:He began to feel sick as soon as the ship started to move. be动词只是强调延续的状态，而不是一种突然间的一种感觉 10 Snails would, of course, be the main _____ . (ll.18-19) a. meal b. food c. plate d. course be the main dish==be the main course 11 ---- I went into the living room where we talked for _____ .(1.17) a. round the clock b. two hours or so c. a second hour d. some hours 原文：a couple of hours: 一两个小时的时间 12 There are _____ people, who… (ll.10-11) a. numerable b. numerous c. numerical d. numbered 原文：countless:无数的，数不尽的（==numerous） numerable: (=able to be counted)可数的，能够数出来的 numerical: 数字的，数量的，使用数字的（多用作前置形容词） in numerical order numerical ability 【Key to Multiple choice questions】 1. D 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. B 12. B L23 end (L23-05 8’32”) [ Lesson 23 47:22 ] | 
