Lesson 117 Tommy's breakfast!
Text 課文
Listen to the tape then answer this question. What does she mean by change in the last sentence?
聽錄音，然后回答問題。最后一名話中的“change' 是什么意思？
When my husband was going into the dining room this morning, he dropped some coins on the floor.
There were coins everywhere. We looked for them, but we could not find them all.
While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor.
He put them both into his mouth. We both tried to get the coins, but it was too late. Tommy had already swallowed them!
Late that morning, when I was doing the housework, My husband phoned me from the office.
'How's Tommy?' he asked. 'I don't know,' I answered, 'Tommy's been to the toilet three times this morning, but I haven't had any change yet!'
New words 生詞
dining room 飯廳
coin [k?in] n.硬幣
mouth [mauθ] n.嘴
swallow [sw?l?u] v.吞下
later ['leit?] ad.后來
toilet ['t?ilit] n.廁所，盥洗室
Grammar focus 語法
1. When my husband was going into the dining room this morning, he dropped some coins on the floor. 今天早上我丈夫走進飯廳時，把一些硬幣掉在地上了。
這是一個由when引導的時間狀語從句，本句中when引導的從句部分，用來說明逗號后主句動作發(fā)生的時間。在時間狀語從句中，主句動作可以先于或后于從句動作，也可以與從句動作同時發(fā)生。如：
when I got there, the match had already begun.
我到那兒時，比賽已經(jīng)開始了。
He nodded when I asked if he understood.
當我問他是否懂了的時候，他點了點頭。
She was on the point of leaving when I arrived.
我到那的時候，她正要離開。
when=while 都表示當……的時候，都可以引導時間狀語從句，而while引導的時間狀語從句，其后一定要跟進行時，如下文中的句子：
While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor.
正當我們吃早飯的時候，我們的小男孩湯米在地上找到了兩枚小硬幣。
2. We looked for them, but we could not find them all. 我們雖然找了，但沒能把他們?nèi)空业健?/strong>
A: look for表示尋找（強調(diào)找的過程），find表示找到（強調(diào)找的結(jié)果）。
B: 在but we could not find them all.這句話中，them和all是同位語。同位語就是一個名詞或代詞后面，跟一個名詞（或起類似作用的其他詞），對前者進行補充說明的部分。省去不會影響句子的意思。如本文中的同位語現(xiàn)象：
Our little boy, Tommy, … Tommy是boy的同位語；
He put them both into his mouth. both是them的同位語；
We both tried to get the coins. both是we的同位語。
3. But it was too late. Tommy had already swallowed them! 但太遲了。湯米已經(jīng)把硬幣咽了下去。
Tommy had already swallowed them. 這是一個過去完成時的句子，過去完成時表示在過去某一時間或動作以前，已經(jīng)發(fā)生或完成了的動作。其結(jié)構(gòu)為主語+had done+其他。如：
He had finished the work two days before.
他兩天前就把工作做完了。
She had finished the housework before she went out.
她在出去之前做完了家務(wù)。
4. ‘Tommy's been to the toilet three times this morning, but I haven't had any change yet!’ “今天上午湯米去了3次廁所了，但我還沒有看到硬幣。”
change作名詞表示零錢，作動詞表示改變；而這里的change是一個一語雙關(guān)的用法，既可以指“硬幣”，也可以指“情況的變化”。
Lesson 117 學習視頻
Lesson 118 What were you doing?
New words 生詞
ring [ri?] v. (鐘、鈴) 鳴響
(ring作名詞表示戒指，如wedding ring婚戒，diamond ring鉆戒，gold ring金戒指，silver ring銀戒指)
Exercise 練習
A. Rewrite these sentences using when.
Example:
He arrived. I had a bath.
He arrived when I was having a bath.
1. He knocked at the door. I answered the phone.
He knocked at the door when I was answering the phone.
2. He came downstairs. I had breakfast.
He came downstairs when I was having breakfast.
B. Answer these questions.
Example:
What were you doing when he arrived? (have a bath)
When he arrived I was having a bath.
1. What were you doing when he arrived? (cook a meal)
When he arrived I was cooking a meal.
2. What were you doing when he arrived? (wash the dishes)
When he arrived I was washing the dishes.
C. Answer these questions.
Example:
What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner? (work in the garden)
While I was cooking the dinner, he was working in the garden.
1. What was he doing while you were cooking the dinenr? (have a wash)
While I was cooking the dinner, he was having a wash.
2. What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner? (watch television)
While I was cooking the dinner, he was watching television.
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