【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語

★hurry v. 匆忙
in a hurry(n.):匆忙
If you are not in a hurry. (時間、動作上的)
If you are not busy. (行為上的)
in no hurry(n.):不匆忙
I am in no hurry.
hurry up(v.):快點
go to:去
hurry to:匆匆忙忙地去
He goes to school.=He hurries to school.
come in:進來
hurry in:匆匆忙忙地進來
go out:出去
hurry out:匆匆忙忙地出去

★ticket office 售票處

★pity n. 令人遺憾的事
pity(n.)
What a pity! 真遺憾
It is a pity.
It is pity to be grown up. (it做形式主語)
It is a pity to steal a bicycle.
I am sorry(a.). 我感到很遺憾。
I am sorry to hear that.

★exclaim v. 大聲說
shout:大聲喊=cry,call out

★return v. 退回
return to:回來
ruturn money:還錢 =pay back,repay
★sadly adv. 悲哀地,喪氣地
涵蓋了所有悲哀

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
When will the writer see the play?

'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.
'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.
I hurried to the ticket office. 'May I have two tickets please?' I asked.
'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.
'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.
Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.
'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said.
I went back to the ticket office at once.
'Could I have those two tickets please?' I asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said, 'but they're for next Wednesday's performance. Do you still want them?'
'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.

參考譯文

“劇馬上就要開演了,”我說。
“也許已經(jīng)開演了呢,”蘇珊回答說。
我匆匆趕到售票處,問:“我可以買兩張票嗎?”
“對不起,票已售完�！蹦俏还媚镎f。
“真可惜!”蘇珊大聲說。
正在這時,一個男子匆匆奔向售票處。
“我可以退掉這兩張票嗎?”他問。
“當(dāng)然可以,”那姑娘說。
我馬上又回到售票處。
“我可以買那兩張票嗎?”我問。
“當(dāng)然可以,不過這兩張票是下星期三的,您是否還要呢?”
“我還是買下的好,”我垂頭喪氣地說。

【課文講解】

at any moment:在任何時候,隨時
at the moment:=now
at that moment:=just then 就在那時
I will help you at any time.
may+動詞原形 "可能"
may (must,can't) have done……對過去的推測
must,can't,may+動詞原形,表示對現(xiàn)在、未來的推測
must:一定,很可能 She must be a model.
may:有可能 She may be a model.
can't:不可能 She can't be a model.
She must(may,can't) have been a model.
I must have watched TV.
I may have watched TV.
I can't have watched TV.
I hurried to the ticket office. 匆忙地
May I do...? 我可以嗎?
have 是最活躍的詞,可以指任何的意思。
have coffee:喝咖啡
have ticket:買票 (習(xí)慣用法)
I'll have/take sth. 我買...
sell out:賣完了
what a pity! 真令人遺憾!
Can(May) I...? 我可以...嗎?
Can you...? 你可以...嗎?
Could I...? 我現(xiàn)在可以...嗎?(更委婉的說法)
they指tickets
for next Wednesday's performance
用名詞所有格來取代時間:"...時間的"
用介詞for
ticket for+事情
ticket to+地點
May I have a tickett to Tianjing?
May I have a ticket for the spots meeting?
still:還……可以和任意時態(tài)連用
still,yet……都和完成時態(tài)連用
might as well,may as well+動詞原形,"還是...好"(無可奈何)
had better:"最好"+動詞原形(積極心態(tài))
I might as well take the umbrella with me.

共有的概念"推測"
十七課:對現(xiàn)在的推測
十九課:對現(xiàn)在和過去的推測
不在于must,may,can't是什么時態(tài),而在于后面加的是原形還是have done。
加原形是對現(xiàn)在的'推測,加have done對過去的推測。
may:⑴推測"可能"
⑵"可以"
⑶ may,might 對語氣的強弱
may as well=might as well"還是...好"
上述說講是對現(xiàn)在和未來的推測,對過去的推測用虛擬語氣

【Multiple choice question】

2.(d)
be pleased to do 對...感到開心
might as well
be pleased to
be too pleased to 太高興
be not too pleased to
too...to...(too old to learn太老而不能學(xué))
not too...to...(not too old to learn 不是太老還可以學(xué))

3.(c)
may+動詞原形;對現(xiàn)在或未來動作的推測

7.(c)
9.(c)