Lesson 50 Taken for a ride 乘车兜风I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way.I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, 'but I don't know where it is.''I'll tell you where to get off.' answered the conductor.I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside.After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.''Is this Woodford Green?' I asked.'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly. 'I forgot to put you off.''It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.''We're going back now,' said the conductor.'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.参考译文我喜欢在乡间旅行, 但却不愿意迷路. 最近我作了一次短途旅行, 但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长.“我要去伍德福德草地, “我一上车就对售票员说, “但我不知道它在哪儿. ““我来告诉您在哪儿下车, “售票员回答说.我坐在汽车的前部, 以便饱览农村风光. 过了一些时候, 车停了. 我环视了一下身旁, 惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了.“您得在这里下车, “售票员说, “我们的车就到此为止了. ““这里是伍德福德草地吗?” 我问道.“哎呀, “售票员突然说, “我忘了让您下车了. ““没关系, “我说, “我就在这儿下吧. ““我们现在要返回去, “售票员说.“好吧, 既然如此, 我还是留在车上吧. “我回答说.一、New words and expressions 生词和短语1. ride1) n 乘；骑eg "Give me a ride on your shoulders , Daddy ". `爸爸,让我在你肩膀上骑一会儿吧.'eg It’s only 5 minutes’ bus ride to school. 到学校只有5分钟公共汽车车程。
take sb for a ride 欺骗某人take ……for 把…认为是，把…看成为eg Don’t be serious . Just take it for a joke. 不要太认真就把它当作是一个笑话。
2) v 骑、乘（马、自行车、汽车等）ride a bicycle 骑马ride a horse 骑自行车ride in a bus 乘公共汽车ride on a train 乘坐火车ride the rails 逃票乘火车2. excursionn 短途旅行，远足（复数excursions）eg : The excursion will be put off if it is going to rain tomorrow. 跟读明天如果下雨，那末远足就要延期了同义词辨析trip n 短期旅行（从某地出发再回到某地）journey n 旅程、旅行、路程travel n 常期间的各处旅行（尤指出国旅行）tour [tuə] n 为游玩的目的到几个地方观光tourism [‘tuərizəm] n 旅游事业tourist [‘tuərist] n 旅游者，观光者voyage [‘vɔi-idʒ] n 航海，航行，旅行go on an excursion 去远足, 做一次短途旅行3. conductorn 售票员,领导者; 管理人; 响导conductress 女售票员ticket man 售票员booking-office clerk （售票处的）售票员ticket inspector 查票员conduct [‘kɔndʌkt]1) n 行为、品行、举止a man of good conduct 品行端正的人the rule of conduct 行为准则honorable conduct 光荣的行为shameful conduct 可耻的行为2) v 引导, 指挥, 管理eg He conducted me around the museum . 他带领我到博物馆内四处参观。
eg The young man conducted the tour . 这位年轻人担任该队的导游。
4. view1) n [u]景色、视力; 视野fine natural scenery 优美的自然风光eg : This room has a fine view of the mountains. 这个房间可看见山区的美景。
eg : The view from the top of hill is wonderful. 从山顶看景色非常美。
同义词：landscape n （陆地的）风景、景色（scenery of an area of land）scene n [c] 景色、景象、景致（view as seen by a spectator）scenery n [u] 景色、风景、风光（general natural features of an area.eg. Mountains , valleys , rivers , forests , etc.）2) n 视界,视野come into view 看得见eg The plane soon went out of view. 这架飞机很快就从视野消失了。
3) n 看法、想法、意见eg: What’s your view on the subject ？关于这个主题你有何看法是什么？in my view＝in my opinion 照我看来/ 观点eg: In my view , the foreign policy of the government is wrong.在我看来，政府的外交政策是错误的。
take a gloomy view of life 对人生抱着悲观的看法viewpoint＝point of view 观点、立场、意见eg I’d like to give you some advice from a doctor’s viewpoint. 我想以医生的立场给你一些建议。
二、课文讲解Test1.Taken for a ride 被当作是乘车兜风take for 把…认为是，把…看成为；2.I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way.love to do 一次性喜欢like to do 一次性喜欢prefer to do 一次性喜欢love doing 长期性喜欢like doing 长期性喜欢prefer doing 长期性喜欢love to do 想要做某事love doing 喜欢做enjoy doing 喜欢做eg Love me , love my dog.爱屋及乌lose one’s way 迷路；lose one’s job 失业lose one’s face 丢脸lose one’s temper 失去控制,发脾气lose weight 减肥put on weight 增加体重、加胖lose one’s cool 沉不住气、失控发火keep one’s cool 保持镇定lose one’s he ad 昏了头，冲动keep one’s shirt on 保持冷静；lose one’s life 丧命lose one’s breath 喘不过气来，呼吸困难、喘息，上气不接下气lose oneself 沉迷于eg He lost himself in reading .他沉迷于读书.区别lose , loose , misslose [lu:z] v 丢失；迷失（lost - lost）eg I don’t like losing my way. 我不喜欢迷路。
eg T ake care not to lose your passport. 小心别把护照弄丢了eg I’m lost . 我迷路（弄不清）了loose [lu:s] adj 松的eg Several screws have come loose . I’ll have to tighten them. 几个螺丝松脱了，我必须拧紧。
miss [mis] v 想念,漏掉, 错过eg We haven’t seen you for a long time . We have missed you .好久不见了，我非常想念你。
eg We must hurry or we’ll miss the train .我们必须快点，否侧的话我们将错过火车。
eg I miss her in the crowd. 在人群中，我把她丢了。
3.I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected. recently ＝lately最近（常用于一般过去时或现在完成时的句中）take sb some time to do 做某事花费某人多长时间took sb some time to do 做某事花费某人多长时间eg It takes us thirty minutes to walk from here to the station.从这走到火乍站将花掉我们30分钟时间。
