2015.5.16
Lesson 63  She was not amused 她并不觉得好笑
一、课文原句
1a large circle of friends 交际很广
2admires him for his great sense of humour 钦佩他的幽默感
Admire sb for sth 因某事羡慕/赞美某人
3make a speech 演讲、致祝词
4the sort of thing ***类事情
The sort of +n.(单数)
5prepared the speech 准备演讲稿
二、本课单词
circle
  n. 环形物,圈
Eg:围成一圈坐下sit in a circle
n. 集团,同伙,社会,…界(常用复数)
Eg:上流社会the upper circles
Eg:商业界business circles
v.,旋转,回旋,盘旋
Eg:飞机在我们的农场上空盘旋
The airplane circled over our farm.
admire
vt. 钦佩,赞赏
Eg:我比其他人更加赞赏他的音乐。
I admire his music more than anyone else’s.
固定短语:admire sb. for sth.      因为……羡慕某人
Eg:我羡慕他的知识
I admire him for his knowledge.
vt. 欣赏,观赏
Eg:当在欣赏一座新建筑的时候,我听见有人在叫我的名字。
While admiring the new building, I heard someone calling my name.
vt. (口语)夸奖,称赞
Eg:她喜欢别人赞赏她的孩子。
She likes to hear her children admired.
close
adj. 亲密的
close friend    亲密的朋友
v. <门、窗户等> ,闭上 <眼睛、嘴巴等>
Eg:所有的门窗都关起来了
All the doors and windows have been closed.
闭上眼睛  Close your eyes.
reception      n. 招待会
reception party
婚宴wedding reception 
新闻发布会, 记者招待会
news conference
sort n 种类
区别:type 种类, 有特殊特征的
一般情况都用kind, sort
sortkind有时可以互换,但在下面两种情况下用sort
a sort of的用法 that sort of person    那种人
sort可含有讽刺意味
Eg:你不得与那种人交往。
You mustn’t mix with that sort of people. 
Eg:It takes all sorts to make a world.
世界上有各种各样的人
sort of    (口语)有些,有几分,有点,稍微
eg:他有些生气了
he was sort of angry.
三、课文讲解
1Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.
have a large circle of friends
sb. has/have a lot of friends
Eg:他有很多朋友
He has a large circle of friends.
Circle在这里的含义是
(具有共同利益或兴趣等的人形成的)圈子,……界
Eg:在商业圈中从来不讨论这样的事情
Such things are never talked about in business circles.
Eg:Jeremy曾经有很多朋友,但是他现在喜欢自己一个人。
Jeremy used to have a large circle of friends, but now he likes being alone.   
popular    adj. 受欢迎的,得人心的
Eg:Mary总是很受孩子的欢迎
Mary is always popular with children.
2)Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.
admire… for    钦佩……的……
eg:我不同意她的意见,但是我很钦佩她能够坚持自己的原则。
I don't agree with her, but I admire her for sticking to her principles.
that is为插入语,一旦插在句子当中, 是作为固定结构,意思是那就是说,亦即,起解释作用
eg:他下个周一回家,也就是45日。
He is coming home next Monday, that is, April 5th.
sense of humor  幽默感
eg:乔治一点幽默感都没有
George has no sense of humor.
Eg:他是个不幽默的人。
He is a man without humor.
3)Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a weddin
g reception.
ask sb to do sth    请求某人做某事
eg:他要求我们离开房间
He asked us to leave the room.
Eg:请叫邻居们不要这样喧哗
Please ask the neighbors not to make so much noise.
prepare sth.    准备做……
eg:两个技术人员正在准备一个计划。
Two technicians were preparing a plan.
4)This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.
sort of        种类
eg:那就是我所要的东西
That's the sort of thing I want.
Eg:你想要哪种书?
What sort of book do you want?
5)He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.
Include        包括,包含
Eg:所有飞机上的人,包括驾驶员在内,全部丧生
All on the plane were lost, including the pilot.
include包含,只是里面内容的一部分
区别contain强调容器里的包含, 后面一定要把所有的东西都列举出来
Eg:那水罐可容纳足够我们全体饮用的水
The pot contains enough water for all of us.
6)As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.
be disappointed by…    因为……感到失望
eg:他对考试成绩感到失望。
He is disappointed by his mark.
as +从句     
如同……那样,以……的方式(方式状语从句)
Eg:按告诉你的做 do as you are told
Eg:这鱼不是按我喜欢的方式做的。
This fish isn’t cooked as I like it.
7)On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't.
Enjoy sth/doing sth          喜欢某事/做某事
Eg:我希望你在我国的访问会过得愉快
I hope you'll enjoy your visit to our country.
To one’s surprise      另某人惊奇的是
Eg:我人生中第一次开始努力工作。令我惊奇的是,我发现我喜欢这种感觉。
I started working hard for the first time in my life. To my surprise, I found I liked it.
8)Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so
many people laughing at him!
why this was so
this 可以作主语, 也可以作宾语
so 只能作宾语, 只能放在动词后面
eg:我也这样认为。I think so. 
Eg:希望如此  I hope so.
Eg:我猜是这样 I guess so.
Eg:我拒绝这样做 I refuse to do so.   
see sb. doing sth.    看见某人正在作某事
eg:有人看见她和一位男士沿著街道走
She was seen walking along the street with a gentleman.

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