Lesson 5 No wrong numbers无错号之虞 现在完成时 一般过去时
First listen and then answer the question: What does 'No wrong numbers' mean?
Mr. James Scott has a garage in 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.
Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
garage n. 车库, 车行(英美读音不同)
| another + 单数名词 | Can you show me another? |
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| other + 名词 adj.其它的(可加单/复数名词) | They were just like any other young couple.他们那时就和其他任何年轻夫妇一样。 |
| others pron.其他人 | Others have met similar problems.其他人遇到过同样的问题。 |
| the other 两个之中的另外一个 | Two large baskets at the other side of the square. |
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.
| The bus stop is only one mile (介词 from 在这里表示距离上相隔,作“距…”、“离…”讲,常与 away 连用) | from school. |
| from here. | |
| away. | |
| It is far (away) from here. | She has been away from home for 5 days now. |
get a telephone 得到电话(安装电话)
- This company installs phones for businesses.
- We need to set up the phone in the new office.
- The technician will connect the phone lines tomorrow.
- I activated the new phone line yesterday.
- The IT team will deploy the phones throughout the building.
- The electrician hooked up the phones to the main system.
- He configured the phone system to work with our network.
- They mounted the phone on the wall in the conference room.
| How far...? 多远(对距离提问) | How long ...? 多远(时间\长度的提问) |
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Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.
| carry v. 带着, 携带(其强调所携带的东西不会着地) | take v. 带着(走) |
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| I take my sister to the cinema. |
from…to… 表示从一个地方到另一个地方
- He looked at the girl from head to foot.
- The news spread from house to house. 家家户户都得知了这条消息。
The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
cover the distance 飞过那段距离
| in + 时间(耗时) | under + 时间 | within + 时间(时间内) |
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| in three minutes. 三分钟后(配合表将来的词) | under three minutes. 不到三分钟。 | I am positive she'll be crying within three minutes.我肯定她三分钟内就会哭了。 |
Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
| up to now 直到现在为止 | up till now 到目前为止 | so far 到目前为止 |
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| Up to now he's been very quiet.到目前为止,他一直很安静。 | I've lived at home up till now.我一直住在家里。 | What have you found so far?迄今为止,你发现了什么? |
到目前为止,到现在为止(作时间状语,时态多用现在完成时,相当于 until / till now),现在的之前,持续到现在,所以要用现在完成时。
request for 对…的需求
| a great many (可数名词复数) 许多…大量… | many (可数名词复数) 许多…大量… |
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| A great many trees were destroyed in the storm. 做形容词短语 | He has read a great many of the books in this room. 做代词短语 |
urgent adj. 紧急的
- something urgent 紧急的事情
上一课: Lesson 4 An exciting trip
- a (great / large) number of ... + 可数名词复数
- a great deal of ... + 不可数名词
| one…the other… 一个…另一个… | others(不用再加名词) = other + 名词复数 | some ... others ... 一些...另一些... |
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| One is watering the flowers, and the other is reading. | Some boys are playing football, and others are rowing/(going boating). | some guide the blind, and others are babysitters.有的给盲人当向导,有的做保姆。 |
In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.
Up to now, he has not been very hard-working.
| 现在完成时 | 一般过去时 | ||
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| 主语 + have/has + done(v.过去分词) | He has finished the homework. 现在的之前全部完成 | 主语 + did (v.过去式) | He finished the homework. |
| We have learned English for ten years.现在的之前部分完成 | I learned English ten years ago. | ||
现在之前做的全部、部分完成的事。现在的之前全部完成 可以换成一般过去时。更换后强调的动作是不一样的。 站在现在的角度看过去,如果对现在有影响就是现在完成时,没影响就是过去时。 | |||
在表示过去某个特定时间发生的事情或动作时,要用一般过去时。在表示刚刚或者已经完成一个动作 并且对现在有影响时,则要用现在完成时,时间状语可以是不特指的 now,just 或者 for 引导的一段时间, 或者不加任何时间状语。
| 现在完成时(强调过去的事情对现在产生的影响) | 一般过去时(现在没有任何关系) |
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I have eaten a piece of bread this morning. I'm not hungry. 我早上已吃过面包了,现在不饿 | I ate a piece of bread. 我吃了一块面包 |
| The clock has stopped. 过去的事实对现在造成影响 | The clock stopped. 陈述事实 |
| It has snowed since yesterday. 自昨天以来一直在下雪 | It snowed yesterday. 昨天下雪了 |
| in the way | 按照,以…方式 |
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| in the/one’s way | 挡路;妨碍(某人) |
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| in this way | 这样,以这种方式 |
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| in a way | 从某种意义上来说,在某种程度上 | In a way, you are kind. |
| in a friendly way | 用友好的方式 | She smiled in a friendly way. 她友好地笑了笑。 |
| in the family way | 怀孕了, 快有小孩了(have a baby) | The woman is in the family way. |
| by the way | 随便说一声, 随便问一下(插入语,改变话题时用) | By the way, have you seen Harry recently? |
| on the/one’s way(to) | 在去…的途中(陈述句) |
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| out of the way | 让路 | Get out of the way! 你给我滚出去! |
| get one's own way | 随心所欲 (at one’s pleasure) | Children get their own way during the holidays. |
关于系动词
一般来说, 如 be become 一定不单独使用, 往往要在后面加上表语, 我们称它为系动词.
但另外还有一些系动词同时又是不及物的实义动词, 常见的有 : seem, look, appear, sound, taste, feel, smell, stay, remain, keep, grow, turn, go, run, get, prove, stand 等, 这些词有的语法书上称为半联系动词.
| 现在完成时 | 一般过去时 |
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通过时间标志判断
- Did you listen (listen) to the concert last night?
- Up till now, he has never lent (lend) me anything.
- When did you lose (lose) your umbrella.
| 现在完成时 | 一般现在时 | 一般过去时 |
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| 表过去+现在,即从过去到现在 | 只能表现在 | 只能表过去 |
| He has been there for six months. 他在这待了六个月了。从6个月前持续到现在。 | He is there. 他在这里。不能代表过去。 | He was there. 他曾在这里。站在现在的角度看,他以前在这里。现在已不在这里了。 |
- He has finished the homework. 事做完了,但影响到现在
- We have learned English for ten years. 事没有做完,从过去持续到现在。
| 一般现在时 | 过去完成时 | 一般将来时 |
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| I love you. | Always have = I always have loved you. | always will = I always will love you. |
| I love you. Always have,always will. = I always have loved you and I always will love you. 我过去到现在一直爱你,我将来也会一直爱你。 | ||
| I believe you. | Always have,always will. | |
| I think highly of you. | ||
| I trust you. | ||
| I hate you. | ||
| I'm your good friend. | ||
练习题
I have been to Shanghai. I there last month.(单选)
A、goB、wentC、have goneD、will goThey all their money, so they have to walk home.(单选)
A、spendB、spentC、have spentD、will spendMr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his garage. he has just bought twelve pigeons.(单选)
A、That's soB、That's whyC、BecauseD、ForMr. Scott has a garage in Silbury and one is in Pinhurst.(单选)
A、anotherB、otherC、elseD、different