Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note(Period 4 Using language: Reading, acting and speaking)
just having you sit here is a great honor! . . . bow. . . screams
and you put him in the back of the restaurant!
bow
. . . bow. . .
3. retell the story:
with the ______________ in hand, henry decided to enter a ______________ for a meal. he ordered some ______________ and ______________ and a nice big ______________ together with a tall glass of ______________. the waiter told him the meal would cost him ______________ ______________ ______________. after eating his first order, henry asked for more of ______________ ______________.
when henry opened the letter, he found it was a ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________. he was ______________ but the owner and the waiter were ______________. the owner was not sure if it was ______________ or ______________. they couldn’t believe henry who was ______________ ______________ could be so rich. at last, the note was proved to be real.
after knowing that the bill is genuine, the owner ______________ henry again and again for his coming to his little eating place and even asked henry to forget the ______________. the owner, hostess and waiter all ______________ together as henry left.
keys for reference:
envelope; restaurant; ham; eggs; steak; beer; a tiny bit; the same; million pound bank note; surprised; shocked; genuine; fake; in rags; thanked; bill; bowed
→step 4 language points
1. i’m afraid it’ll cost a large amount of money.
恐怕這得花費一大筆錢。
a large amount of: plenty of大量的(常用于修飾不可數名詞)
now he has a large amount of money and he can do anything he wants with it.
現在他有了一大筆錢, 他就可以做他想做的事了。
2. well, we’ll have to take a chance.
我們得冒點風險。
take a chance/take the chance/take chances: attempt to do something, in spite of the possibility of failure; take a risk; behave riskily冒險; 碰運氣
you should never take a chance when driving a car.
開車時決不應冒險。
we mustn’t take chances. we’d better play safe.
我們不要冒險, 我們最好求穩。
3. (in a rude manner)what’s there to wait for?
(很不耐煩地)還等什么?
in a. . . manner以……的舉止; 以……的態度
she talked to us in a very polite manner.
她很有禮貌地與我們談話。
4. well, i did hear that the bank of england had issued two notes in this amount. . . anyway, i don’t think it can be a fake.
我確實聽說英格蘭銀行發行了兩張這樣面值的鈔票……不管怎樣, 我覺得這不可能是假鈔。
助動詞do或其他形式does, did在肯定句中用于謂語動詞前, 表示強調。例如:
i did tell him what i thought of.
我的確告訴過他我的想法。
can表示推測, 與主句中的not結合在一起, 表示“不可能”。例如: