Lesson 9 Food and talk
进餐与交谈

一、词汇部分
1.hostess/ˈhoʊ.stɪs/ n. 女主人
助记：
1）单词：host 主人，主持人
2）后缀：-ess女人
3）扩展：waitress/actress/goddess

2. unsmiling/ʌnˈsmaɪ.lɪŋ/ adj. 不笑的，严肃的
助记：un-否定
扩展： serious严肃的，认真的
表达：Are you serious?
表达：Are you kidding/joking me?

3.tight/taɪt/ adj. 紧身的
表达：tight jeans
扩展：Can I help you? I’m looking for a pair of tight jeans.

4.fix/fɪks/v. 凝视
扩展：fix someone up 给某人牵线搭桥

5.globe/ɡloʊb/ n. 地球

6.despair/dɪˈsper/ n. 绝望

助记：
1）前缀：de-向下，否定
2）词根：-spair/sper希望
3）扩展：prosper 繁荣

文章讲解

Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.
'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"

文章精讲：
1.Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress.

1）生活词积累：at a dinner party
diner 小餐馆
dinning table 餐桌
party animal 特别喜欢参加party 的人（go clubbing 去夜店）

2）搭配：ask someone to do sth要求某人做某事
例句：My parents ask me to go home early. 我爸妈要我早点回家。

3）搭配：in +颜色，穿的衣服
例句：The girl in black is my sister.穿黑衣服的那个女孩是我姐姐。

2.She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.

1）词组搭配：
look up 查找（信息），往上看
look up to someone 仰望某人
例句：I really look up to you. I can’t believe what you did. You’re so disgusting.
Look down on 看不起

2）口语用词：Take
I’ll take it.
Sorry, it’s taken.

3.Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.

1）语法复习：被动语态
were fixed on

2）词组搭配：
I’m short on cash.

What are you up to recently?
I have been busy learning English.

3）发音要点I tried to make conversation.
1)tried 中ed不发音
2)to略读成t
3)make 中k的爆破音＋辅音，前面k爆破音失去爆破（不发音）

4.'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.

1）be coming：即将到来
例句：We’ll be coming back very soon.
例句：Winter is coming.

2）spend用法总结

5.In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"

1）语法点：宾语从句
I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.


2）复习：虚拟语气
if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"

语法训练——改错题

（2014辽宁卷）
Dear Jeremy and Alice,
Although we’ve been delighted to have you as neighbors, we’re hoping to settle something that bothers to us. In a word, your dog—Cleo.
We’ve called several time about Cleo’s early morning barking. It is difficult to understanding why she barks every minute she’s outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing us as wear often up all night with the baby. Besides, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day. This morning she starts barking even before 5 o’clock. That is too much for us. considering how closely the houses are.
We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter.


1. 【答案】去掉us前面的to
【试题解析】动词bother困扰，麻烦；这是一个及物动词，后面直接加宾语，不需要使用介词to。
2. 【答案】time改为times
【试题解析】本句中的time表示“次数”，是一个可数名词，前面有several修饰，说明使用复数形式。
3. 【答案】understanding改为understand
【试题解析】本句中的it是一个形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式结构to understand why….；不定式结构中to后面要接动词原形。
4. 【答案】have改为has
【试题解析】本句的主语是单个的动名词短语the early morning barking，做主语时，谓语动词要使用单数形式。
5. 【答案】beside改为beside
【试题解析】介词beside以为“在…旁边”；本句中的besides是一个副词“而且”，单独使用，表示递进关系。
6. 【答案】bark后面的a改为an
【试题解析】名词average是以元音开始的单词，所以使用an修饰average of…。
7. 【答案】starts改为started
【试题解析】本句叙述的是具体早晨发生的事情，也就是过去所发生的事情，所以使用一般过去时started。
8. 【答案】closely改为close
【试题解析】本句how close the houses are中的close本应该是在系动词are的后面，构成系表结构are close。Closely是一个副词，副词通常不能和许系动词连用构成系表结构的。
9. 【答案】our改为your
【试题解析】我们很欣赏你的歉意。根据后面的you可知对方是来道歉的。
10. 【答案】figure后面加out
【试题解析】固定搭配figure out找到，算出。我们希望你能够找到一个解决问题的好方法。