新概念2lesson4

The fourth lesson

No wrong numbers

Date

Name __________

Silbury

and

now

he

has

just

bought

another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is

only

five

miles

from

Silbury,

but Mr.

Scott cannot

get

a telephone for

his

new

garage,

so

he

has

just

bought

twelve

pigeons.

Yesterday,

a

pigeon

carried

the

first

message

from

Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered

the

distance

in

three

minutes.

Up

to

now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many

requests

for

spare

parts

and

other

urgent

messages

from

one

garage

to

the

other.

In

this

way,

he

has

begun

his own private 'telephone' service.

No wrong numbers

Mr. James Scott

has a

garage in

New words and expressions

pigeon

n.

鸽子

message

n.

信息

cover

v

.

越过

distance

n.

距离，请求

request

n.

要求

spare part

备件

service

n.

业务，服务

Questions

1

、

Where has Mr. Scott opened his second garage?

2

、

Where is his first garage?

3

、

How far away is Silbury?

4

、

Can Mr. Scott get a telephone for his new garage or not?

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5

、

What has he bought?

6

、

In how many minutes do they carry messages from one garage to the other?

Comprehension

1 Mr. Scott hasn't got a telephone in his new garage because _________

(a) it isn't far from his old garage, so he doesn't need one

(b) he has twelve pigeons

(c) he can't get one

(d) it's too expensive

2 Mr. Scott keeps pigeons because __________

(a) he uses them to send messages

(b) it's his hobby

(c) he has two garages

(d) he likes them

Structure

3 Mr. Scott has a garage. The garage is ________

(a) to him

(b)of him

(c) of his

(d) his

4 Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his garage. _________he has just bought twelve

pigeons.

(a) That's so

(b) That's why

(c) Because

(d) For

5 He has just bought twelve pigeons. When did he _________ them?

(a) bought

(b) buys

(c) buy

(d) buying

6 What's the distance from Pinhurst to Silbury? How ______ is Pinhurst ___ Silbury?

(a) long ago ... until

(b) long ... away

(c) away ... till

(d) far ... from

7 The pigeon flew from one garage to the other ________ three minutes.

(a) in

(b) into

(c) with

(d) on

V

ocabulary

8 Mr. Scott has a garage in Silbury

. His ________ garage is in Pinhurst.

(a) another

(b) other

(c) else

(d) different

9 Mr. Scott can't get a telephone. Te1ephones are hard to ________

(a) take

(b) receive

(c) obtain

(d) find

10 He has sent requests for spare parts. He has __________ spare parts.

(a) asked

(b) asked for

(c) begged

(d) pleased

11 Urgent messages are important, so they must be sent ________

(a) quickly

(b) slow1y

(c) by hand

(d) largely

12 Mr. Scott' s 'telephone service' is private. It is _________

(a) general

(b) spare

(c) secret

(d) his own

Structures and usage

现在完成时与一般过去时的区别

1

）

过去时 表示

过去某时发生的动作或单纯叙述过去的事情，强调动作

；< /p>

现在完成时

为过去发生的，强调过去的 事情对现在的影响，强调的是影响

。

2

）

过去时常与具体的时间状语连用，

而现在完成时通常与模糊的时间状语连用，

或无时间状语。

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一般过去时的时间状语

:

yesterday

, last week

，

…ago, in1980, in October, just now,

具体的时间状语

共同的时间状语

:

this morning, tonight,this April, now, once

，

before, already, recently

，

lately

现在完成时的时间状语

for, since, so far, ever, never, just, yet, till / until, up to now, in past years, always,

不确定的时间状语

注意：句子中如有过去时的时间副词（如

yesterday

,

last, week,

in 1960

）时，不

能使用现在完成时，要用过去时。

（错）

Tom has written a letter to his parents last night.

（对）

Tom wrote a letter to his parents last night.

3

）现在完成时可 表示持续到现在的动作或状态，动词一般是延续性的，如

live,

teach, learn, work, study

, know.

过去时常用的非持续性动词有

come,

go,

leave,

start,

die,

finish,

become,

get

married

等。

例：

I saw this film yesterday< /p>

.

（强调看的动作发生过了。

）

I have seen this film.

（强调对现 在的影响，电影的内容已经知道了。

）

实战训练

I

用括号中动词的正确形式填空。

Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he just______________(buy)another

garage

in

Pinhurst

is

only

five

miles

from

Silbury

,

but

Mr.

Scott

cannot

get

a

telephone

for

his

new

garage,

so

he

just_________

(buy)twelve

pigeons.

Y

esterday

,

a

pigeon

________(carry)the

first

message

from

Pinhurst

to

silbury

.

The

bird

_________(cover)the

distance

in

three

to

now,

Mr.

Scott

__________(send)a

great

many

requests

for

spare

parts

and

other

urgent

messages

from

one

garage

to

the

other.

In

this

way

,

he

___________(begin)his

own

private

“telephone” service.

II

用正确时态填空。

1.

What ____ you _____ (buy) yesterday?

2.

Up till now, he never_____________ (lend) me anything.

3.

________________ you (burn) those old papers yet?

4.

He ________ (fight) in Flanders in the First World War.

5.

They already ________________ (leave).

6.

When ______ you _______(lose) your umbrella?

7.

_______ you _________ (listen) to the concert last night?

8.

We just _____________ (win) the match.

Special difficulties

?

Up

to

now,

Mr.

Scott

has

sent

a

great

many

requests

for

spare

parts

and

other

urgent messages from one garage to the other.

adj.

1.

多余的，剩下的

,

空闲的

eg: a spare room

闲房

spare cash

剩款

2.

预备的，备用的

eg:

预备队员

a spare man

预备轮胎

_______

v.

1.

不用，抽出，省掉

Can you spare a few minutes to have a word with me?

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