新概念英语第二册笔记-第89课

第 1 页 Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue 口误

【New words and expressions】（7）

slip n. 小错误 comedy n. 喜剧

present v. 演出；adj. 出席，到场的

queue v. 排队 dull adj. 枯燥，无味

artiste n. 艺人 advertiser n. 报幕员

一．單詞講解：

★ slip（1） n. 小错误

make a slip 失誤, 犯小錯誤、說漏嘴

a slip of the tongue 失言, 口誤

（2） v.滑、滑倒 slide

eg：The hammer slipped , and he hurt his finger.

錘子滑掉了，他畫傷了他的手指。

eg：I slipped on the icy road and broke right leg .

我滑倒在結冰的路上，摔斷右腿。

eg：The glass slipped out of his hand . 玻璃從他手中滑落。

（3） v. 遺忘、忽略

slip one’s mind 忘掉了； slip one’s memory使某人一時想不起

forget v.忘記，遺忘；(about)不放在心上，丟開

（4） v. 悄悄移動、使悄悄移動、溜進去、溜出來

eg：It is impossible to slip into the conference room unnoticed .

想要不被注意溜進會議室這是不可能。

eg：It is impossible to slip out of the conference room unnoticed.

想要不被注意溜出會議室這是不可能。

eg：She slipped away from the party to make a phone call.

他從聚會中溜出來想打個電話。

★ comedy n. 喜剧←→ tragedy 悲劇

a musical comedy 音樂喜劇

eg：He doesn’t like comedy very much . 他非常不喜歡喜劇。

comedian n. 喜劇演員

★ present （1） v. 演出

present a show 進行一場演出

（2） 提出、引起 present one’s views 發表意見

present problems 存在問題

present adj. 出席，到场的

←→ absent a.缺席的；缺乏的,不存在的;心不在焉的

eg：Who else was present on that occasion ？那一次還有谁在場。

present [ˈprezənt] n.禮物

★ queue （1）（按順序等待的人、車等的） 行列 line

join the queue 加入等候的隊伍 ； jump the queue 不按次序排隊，插隊 第 2 页 （2）v. 排队 queue up for a bus 排隊等候公共汽車

★ dull （1） adj. 枯燥，无味

a dull book 枯燥無味的書

（2） adj. 頭腦遲鈍的 、愚鈍的 a dull child 愚鈍的孩子

（3） adj. （疼痛等） 隱約的

eg：I have a dull pain in my stomach . 我的胃部有點隱痛

（4） adj. （刀等） 鈍的 a dull knife 鈍刀

★ artiste n. 艺人

artist 藝人、藝術家、美術家

eg：He is a famous artist . 他是一個著名的藝術家。

★ advertiser n. 报幕员

advertisement 廣告宣傳

put an advertisement in the paper 在報紙上登一則廣告。

an advertisement of a new car on TV 電視上ㄧ則新車的廣告

advertisement column 廣告欄

advertise v. 為…..做廣告、做宣傳

eg：I advertised my car for sale . 我登廣告賣車子。

eg：Jobs are advertised in the papers . 在報紙上有招聘廣告。

eg：He advertised for a job. 他登廣告找工作。

二．Key structures：

情態動詞：must / have to / need / should + 動詞原形

1. 用have to , must , need 和should 填空：

We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been （be） several hundred people present just before the

show began . Unfortunately , the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen .

Those who failed to get in need not have felt （not

feel） disappointed , as many of the artistes who should

have

appeared （appear） did not come.

（2） As soon as he opened his mouth , everyone burst out laughing . We all know what the poor man should have said

（say） , but what he actually said was ：”This is the and Ee Seed Bird Company.”

2. 用must 或need not 填空：

（1） You must not open the door of the compartment until the train has stopped . It is very dangerous .

（2） You need not bother to post those letters for me . I’ll be going out myself soon.

3. 用have to

或should填空：

（1） I’m sorry I couldn’t get here on time . I had to go （go） to the bank.

（2） I

should have gone （go） to the dentist yesterday but I forget all about it.

（3） We should begin（begin） work at 9 o’clock but we never do .

【Text】

Who made the only funny joke that evening and why?

People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one. When the news got round that a comedy show would be

presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. We had to queue for hours to get

in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began. Unfortunately, the show was one of

the dullest we have ever seen. Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes who should 第 3 页 have appeared did not come. The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the

programme. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone. As soon as he

opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing. We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said

was: 'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!"

三．課文講解：

★ People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one.

人们总要想尽办法看不花钱的演出——哪怕是拙劣的演出。

※ free （1）adj. 自由的

eg：The people are free to choose who will govern them .

人們可以自由選擇誰將會統治他們。

（2） adj. 免費的

eg：There is no such a thing as free lunch . 世上沒有免費的午餐

（3） adj. 空閒的

eg：Are you free tonight ？

※ show a picture show 電影

go to a show 去看展覽／演出／電影

a very popular television show good show 一個非常受歡迎的電視節目

good show 做的好… ； make a good show 炫耀

steal the show 走紅、配角比主角搶鏡頭

show business 演藝界

When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company,