Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something? 你想对我说什么吗？
First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why did the writer become very worried?
听三遍录音，然后对照附文再听一遍，尤其是刚才没有听懂的句子，要特别留意
【原文】Did you want to tell me something？
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.
【译文】Did you want to tell me something 你想对我说什么吗？Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。
My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。
I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.
我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。
He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.
接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。
In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。
Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。
I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything
我突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不出来。
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.
当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★pull v. 拔 （反义词：push vt,推）
pull one's leg 开某人玩笑
You are pulling my leg. 你在开我玩笑
Don't pull my leg any more. 不要再开我玩笑
You are kidding. 你在开玩笑
no kidding! 不要开玩笑了!You are joking. joke n.笑话, 玩笑 v.(和...)开玩笑
★cotton wool 药棉
★collect v. 搜集
collect salary 领工资
collect money 筹集资金
collect stamp 集邮
collect children 收养孩子
★collection n. 收藏品, 收集品
★nod v. 点头
★meanwhile adv. 同时
meanwhile = at the same time = in the same time用法和 however 一样,不能连接两个句子,但是意思上有承接概念
【课文讲解】
my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
be busy doing忙于做某事
search out 找出
判断是否是定语从句就看是否和前面的名词有关系 where = 介词 whichThat is the house which I lived in. 这是我住的房子 That is the house where I lived.I swim in the river. 那就是我常常游泳的河
where称为关系副词,另外还有when也是关系副词
This is the river where I swim.where作定语从句的标志,修饰前面的hole.
The tooth had been in the hole. (in the hole = where)
in answer to 作为对...的回答 : in answer to your question in return for 作为对...的报答
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