Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How many cards did the writer send?Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards.I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!New words and expressions 生词和短语send v. 寄，送friendly adj. 友好的postcard n. 明信片waiter n. 服务员，招待员spoil v. 使索然无味，损坏lend v. 借给museum n. 博物馆decision n. 决定public adj. 公共的single adj. 唯一的，单一的whole adj. 整个的Note on the text 课文注释1 a few words,几句话。
Lesson 3Please send me a cardNew Words and Expressions1. send:寄，送给，传send goods by plane用飞机运送货物send a message by radio通过无线电发送消息sent troops into the Middle East派遣部队去中东sent her children to college送她的孩子们上大学Radio Beijing sends the news all over the world.北京广播电台向全世界播送新闻。
2. spoil:损坏；使无用；破坏spoiled the party破坏了聚会The rain has spoilt my painting.雨水毁了我的画。
Mankind is warned to stop spoiling the environment.人类受到警告不能再污染环境。
Our holidays were spoilt by bad weather.我们假日的乐趣被恶劣天气所破坏。
The children kept quarreling and spoiled our holiday.孩子们不断吵架，破坏了我们的假期。
Thenever-endingquarrelamongthevisitors certainlyspoiledtheirappetiteforthebanquet.客人们无休止的争吵当然破坏了宴会的胃口。
(2)（对小孩）宠坏，惯坏They spoil their children.他们宠坏了他们的孩子们。
The child was spoilt by his grandfather.这个孩子被他的爷爷给惯坏了。
3. friendly:友好的；朋友般的friendly advice友好的建议a friendly warning忠告He is friendly to us all.他对我们大家都很友好。
Lesson 3 Please send me a card一、词汇精选1. send- v.: 寄，送给，传sent her children to college 送她的孩子们上大学2. spoil– v.: (1)损坏；使无用；The man spoiled the party 破坏了聚会The bad weather spoilt my holiday. 坏天气破坏了我的假期(2)（对小孩）宠坏，惯坏They spoil their children. The child was spoilt by his grandfather.3. friendly: a friendly advice a friendly warning 忠告He is friendly to us all. He spoke in a friendly way. 他说话的态度很亲切。
in a …way__________ He's a friendly kind of fellow. 他是和善的伙伴。
4. lend / borrow: lend 指把东西借给别人，而borrow指向别人借东西While he was eating, I asked him to lend me $2.Can you lend me some money? 你能借我点钱吗？He has never borrowed money from me. borrow…from…跟某人借钱You can _________ this dictionary _________ the library. 你可以从图书馆借到这本字典。
Tea is a _________ word _________ Chinese. “茶”这个词是来自汉语的外来语。
lend…to…把某物借给某人I ________ a book________ Tom yesterday. 我借书给汤姆5. decision:抉择；决定Have they reached a decision yet? 他们是否已有所决定？She could not make a decision to go climbing mountain.Who ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ fishing? 是谁决定去钓鱼的？用法：arrive at a decision 作出决定reach a decision作出决定make a big/great decision to do 作出一项重大决定decide to do sth. 决定去做某事decide to do = be determined to do=m ake up one’s min d 下定决心6. whole: (=complete)adj. 整个的; 全部的They told me the whole story. 他们给我讲了整个的故事。
