Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something?

【New words and expressions】（6）
pull v. 拔
cotton wool 藥棉
collect v. 搜集
collection n. 收藏品，收集品
nod v. 點頭
meanwhile adv. 同時

★pull v. 拔
① vt.&vi. 拉，拖，牽，扯（反義詞push vt. 推）
I felt someone pulling my arm.
pull one's leg 開某人玩笑
You are pulling my leg. 你在開我玩笑
Don't pull my leg any more. 不要再開我玩笑
You are kidding. 你在開玩笑
No kidding! 不要開玩笑了!
You are joking. （joke [dVEuk] n.笑話, 玩笑 v.(和……)開玩笑）
② vt.&vi. 拔，抽
You’re pulled out the wrong teeth!
He pulled an address book from his pocket.

★collect v. 搜集
★collection n. 收藏品, 收集品
collect salary 領(lǐng)工資；collect money 籌集資金；
collect stamp 集郵；collect children 收養(yǎng)孩子

★nod v. 點頭
① vt.&vi. 點頭，點頭示意/招呼
I asked him if he wanted to come and he nodded his head.
When we meet each other in the office, he always nods at me.
② vi. 打盹，打瞌睡（常與off連用）
He used to nod off during the French class.
As he was very tired, he nodded over his reading.
因為他很累，所以他一邊看書一邊打盹。

★meanwhile adv. 同時
meanwhile = at the same time = in the same time
用法和 however 一樣,不能連接兩個句子,但是意思上有承接概念

【Text】
Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

參考譯文
牙科醫(yī)生們總是在你無法作出回答的時候向你提出問題. 我的牙科醫(yī)生剛剛給我拔掉了一顆牙, 叫我休息一會兒. 我想說點什么, 但我嘴里塞滿了藥棉. 他知道我收集火柴盒, 于是問我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加. 接著他又問我的兄弟近來如何, 問我是否喜歡倫敦的.新工作. 作為對這些問題的回答, 我不是點頭, 就是發(fā)出奇怪的聲音. 與此同時, 我的舌頭正在忙著尋找剛拔掉的那顆牙的傷口. 我突然非常著急起來, 但卻什么也說不出來. 當(dāng)那位牙醫(yī)最后將藥棉從我嘴中取出時, 我總算有可能告訴他, 他拔錯了牙.

【課文講解】
1、Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
impossible通常不以人作主語，而以不定式或從句作主語：
It is impossible for him to help you. =It is impossible that he will help you.

2、In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
in answer to… 作為對……的回答；響應(yīng)……的請求
In answer to my request, he wrote a letter to George. 應(yīng)我的請求，他給喬治寫了封信。
in return for 作為對……的報答

3、Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
meanwihile 在此期間，與此同時
He won’t come until ten o’clock. Meanwhile you can have a rest.
Mary was talking to me about her new dress. Meanwhile I was thinking about something else.
be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事
search out 找出，搜尋
Have you searched out the books I needed?
where = 介詞 + which
That is the house which I lived in. 這是我住的房子
=That is the house where I lived.
where稱為關(guān)系副詞,另外還有when也是關(guān)系副詞
This is the river where I swim. （where作定語從句的標志,修飾前面的river）
The tooth had been in the hole. (in the hole = where)

4、When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
remove可以表示“拿去，除去，去掉”，通常結(jié)構(gòu)為“remove +名詞 +from”，也可以單獨使用：
I’ve removed that picture from the wall.
Please remove your hat.

【Multiple choice questions】
11 Meanwhile my tongue was busy…. ___b___ my tongue was busy…
a. However b. In the mean time c. Nevertheless d.Although
meanwhile=at the same time =in the mean time