Unit 13 The mystery of the Moonstone
listeningyou will hear some dialogues that take place during her party. 你將會聽到在她生日舞會上發生的一些對白�！军c撥】1. take place 作“發生”解時詞義與happen大致相同，但它更多用于事先計劃或預想到的事情，沒有“偶然”的含義。 e.g. great changes have taken place in the last two years in china. 2. happen 作“發生”解是普通用詞，詞義較廣泛，用于客觀事物或情況的發生或出現，可用于有明顯起因或偶然發生的事物或出乎意料的事物。e.g. it happened in the evening as people were traveling home.3. come about意思是“發生”，“造成”強調事物發生和形成的成因。
e.g. how did this accident come about ?這個事故是怎么發生的？4.break out “（戰爭，災難等）發生” e.g. world war ii broke out in 1939. 二戰發生在1939年�！军c撥】注意要區別“take place”與“take the place”的用法，“take the place”是“取代，代替”的意思，有 “take the place of” “take one’s place” 兩種表達.e.g. mr. black was ill. so i took his place to attend the meeting.在英語中類似這樣有無冠詞the，意義不同的情況比較多，要求學生們引起重視，例如：at table 就餐 at the table 在桌子邊in hospital 住院 in the hospital 在醫院里in prison 坐牢 in the prison 在監獄里go to bed 去睡覺 go the to bed 向床邊走去go to church 做禮拜 go to the church 到教堂去 speakinghow did godfrey feel when rachel turned him down？ 當rachel拒絕godfrey（的求婚）時，他是怎么想的？ 【點撥】 turn … down 是“拒絕…（的計劃，提議等）”和“把…關小”的意思e.g. my suggestion was turned down . 我的建議被推翻了。too noisy , could you turn the radio down .