UNIT 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note單元教案

be about to do 正要（即將）做某事
e.g. just as i was about to leave the room, the telephone rang. 我正要離開房間， 電話鈴響了。
e.g. he was about to say something when he saw her winking at him. 他剛要開口， 突然看到她在向自己使眼色。
4.he is lost in london. 他在倫敦迷了路。
be lost 迷路；傾心于某事
e.g. he was lost in the forest for three days and nights and was finally rescued by his friends. 他迷失在樹林里三天三夜， 最后被朋友們救了出來。
e.g. he was so lost in reading this book that he forgot the time of his train. 他看書入了神， 把上火車的時間都忘了。
5.permit me to lead the way, sir. 先生，請讓我來帶路吧。
permit someone to do 準許…做某事
e. g. will you permit us to use this room for a meeting this afternoon? 你能準許我們今天下午在這個房間開個會嗎？
permit doing 準許做某事
e.g. the rules of the club don’t permit smoking. 俱樂部的規矩是不允許吸煙。
與permit同義的詞allow，也這樣使用。
6.as a matter of fact, i landed in britain by accident. 事實上，我在英國上岸是偶然的
as a matter of fact = in fact 實際上，事實上
e.g. i didn’t go to the club yesterday. as a matter of fact, i haven’t been there for a long time. 我昨天沒有去俱樂部，實際上，我已很長時間沒去那里了。
by accident 偶然的/地
e.g. by accident, he found the place where his brother had hidden the treasure. 他偶然發現了他弟弟藏寶的地方。
7.about a month ago i was sailing out of the bay—(his eyes stare at what is left of the brothers’ dinner on the table) 大約一個月前，我揚帆駛出了海灣---（他的眼睛盯在桌子上兄弟倆剩下的殘羹剩菜上。）
stare at 盯著瞧；凝視
e.g. it is not polite to stare at other people. 盯著看別人是不禮貌的。
8.the next morning i’d about given myself up for lost when a ship spotted me. 第二天早。
to be honest 老實說，說實話
e.g. i wouldn’t buy that ho上，我正感到絕望的時候，一艘船發現了我。
spot做動詞時有“認出”的意思。
e.g. he is very tall and can be easily spotted in the crowd. 他很高，在人群中一眼就能看見。
9.i earned my passage by working as unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance.我靠做義工來頂替船費，這就是我為什么衣冠不整的原因了。
earn one’s passage 掙取旅費
e.g. he couldn’t afford the fare, and so he had to earn his passage by doing jobs on the ship.他交不起船費，只得靠在船上做些零活來掙取路費。
account for 對…做出解釋；說明原因
e.g. nobody could account for his absence from school. 沒人能對他曠課做出解釋。
10.well, to be honest, i have none. 哦，老實說，我一分錢都沒有use, to be honest, it’s too close to the main road. 說實話，我不會去買那所房子。它離大路太近。
11.it’ll cost a tiny bit.這得多花點兒錢啦。