Lesson 2 Take for a ride
乘车兜风

一、词汇部分

1.ride/raɪd/ n. 旅行
搭配：ride a bike 骑自行车；
动词：peddle v. 蹬

2.excursion/ɪkˈskɝː.ʃən/ n. 远足
助记：
ex-向外＋ curs-跑＋ ion 名词后缀

3.conductor/kənˈdʌk.tɚ/ n. 售票员
助记：con-全部＋ duct-引导＋or 名词后缀
扩展：reduce 减少

4.view/vjuː/ n. 景色

文章讲解

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.

文章精讲：
1.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.

1）句型：love doing something 喜欢做某事
更常用:I like reading./I’m really into movies.
问句： What do you like to do in your spare time?你在你空余时间喜欢干吗？／What’s your hobby?你的业余爱好是什么？

2）搭配：lose one’s way 迷路

问句：
Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to …?
回答: I’m sorry. I don’t know.
回答: I’m sorry. I’m not from around here.
I’m looking for +地址
Are we on the right road for +路的名称？
Is this the right way to…?

3）take用法
第一：it takes someone some time to do something 花费某人多长时间做某事
第二：What’s your take?
第三：I need some time to take in.我要消化一下这些信息。

2.'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.

1）句型：be going to do sth打算做某事
例句：I’m going to make it this time.

2）搭配：get on the bus上公交车
扩展：get in the car/hop in

3）语法：宾语从句
I don’t know where it is.
扩展：动词＋特殊疑问次＋ to do
I'll tell you where to get off
I don’t know what to do.
I don’t know how to do it.


3.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.

1）句型：in the front of/in front of 方位介词

2）表达：分词做状语＋宾语从句＋后置定语
Looking round, I realized with a shockthat I was the only passengerleft on the bus.

名词＋过去分词
动词＋句子

4.'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.'

1）搭配：get off the car 下车
扩展：drop someone off+ 地点
扩展：get off work 下班

例句：You can drop me off at the bus station. 你在公交站台把我放下来就好了。
例句： You can just drop me offhere. Thank you for driving me home. 你把我放在这就可以俩。谢谢你送我回家。
例句：When will you get off work? Let me pick you up and then we can have dinner together. Are you asking me out? 你几点下班啊？我来接你然后我门一起吃完饭吧。你这是要跟我约会嘛？

2）句型：as far as
扩展: as long as …只要

5.'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.

1）词汇：matterv.重要
句型1：It matters not…. But….
例句：It matters not how much money we spent but how much time we wasted. 重要的不是我们花了多少钱，而是我们浪费了多少时间。

句型2: What really matters is….
例句：I don’t care you’re older than me or what. What really matters in love is love itself. It has nothing to do with age. Age is just a number. 我不在乎你比我大或者别的怎么样。在爱情里面真正重要的爱情本身。爱情和年纪没关系，年纪只是一个数字而已。

2）词汇：prefer v.更喜欢
搭配：prefer to do rather than do sth
例句：I prefer to work rather than play computer games because I think life itself is a game. 我宁愿工作也不愿意玩电脑游戏，因为我觉得生活本身就是游戏。


阅读扩展部分－同性恋现状

About half of China's gay people are not sure if they will come out of the closet within the next five years, but more gay women said they plan to come out over that period than gay men, according to a 2016 survey on the country's LGBT community released last Monday.
The survey was conducted by Blued, a gay smartphone hookup app, and collected responses from 16,690 LGBT people and 3,310 non-LGBT people.
About 55 percent of gay and bisexual men as well as 49 percent of lesbian and bisexual women said they were not likely to come out over the next five years.
However 39 percent of lesbians planned to do so, compared to 23 percent of gay men, according to the survey.

据上周一发布的一份《2016中国LGBT群体调查报告》显示，中国有近半数的同性恋表示，他们不确定自己是否会在未来五年内出柜，但是计划在这期间出柜的女性要比男性更多一些。
这份调查由同性恋交友软件Blued公司开展进行，收集了16690名LGBT群体成员以及3310名非LGBT成员的回复。大约55%的男同性恋和双性恋男性、以及49%的女同性恋和双性恋女性表示，他们不可能在未来五年内出柜。
但是据这份调查显示，有39%的女同性恋有出柜的计划，而男同性恋中这一数字只有23%。


口语扩展部分－订酒店

Leo: Plaza Hotel, good morning. Leo speaking.
Mona: Ah yes, I’d like to book two rooms for myself and my father.
Could you tell me the cost of a single room per night?
Leo: Certainly. A single room is 120 dollars American, per night.
Mona: Fine.
Leo: And when would you like the rooms?
Mona: From the 25th to the 28th of September.
Leo: Arriving the 25th of September and leaving on the 28th? Three
nights?
Mona: That’s right.
Leo: Just a minute please.