Thanksgiving /感恩节
Summary
Useful Language
tell someone to begin working:告诉对方开始工作- We should get to work.
Come on, Philip! Get busy with your famous apple pie.
- talk about possibilities:谈论可能性
- Is it possible that we forgot to buy cinnamon?
- ask someone for help:请求帮助
- Can you do me a favor?
- praise a child:称赞孩子
- That's my boy!
- wish someone a happy holiday:祝假日愉快
- Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
- ask why someone is acting strangely:询问何以某人行为怪异
- What's gotten into him?
- express enthusiasm:表示热心
- Look at that Superman balloon!
Wowee!
- agree that something is possible:表示同感
- Maybe so.
- say someone will recover:说某人会安然无恙
- He'll get over it.
- express happiness about a future event:期待未来
- I look forward to seeing you…
- express likes/dislikes:表达好恶
- I love parades.
- say yes informally:“Yes”的变体
- Yup.
- thank someone:致谢
- That was very kind of you, I'd like to thank Marilyn for being so patient.
- agree:同意
- I'll go along with that.
- suggest a change in activity:建议改变活动
- We should all take a little break…
- say something is obvious:表示事情显而易见
- How'd you guess?
- say you appreciate someone's short visit:感谢对方来访
- I'm glad you came by.
- thank someone for cooking:感谢主人盛餐招待
- It was a wonderful meal.
- invite someone to take a seat:邀请对方坐下
- Please sit down.
- persuade someone to give you permission:恳请对方允许
- Just let me see the score…
本集小结
- * 美国基督教家庭习惯在节日宴前作祈祷，感谢上帝。这时围桌而坐，手拉手形成一个圈子。祈祷可以是无声的，大家低头片刻就可以了。比较笃信的家庭甚至每天晚餐时都要祈祷，但一般并不要手拉手。孩子们晚上就寝前也常跪在床前祈祷。
* 表示可能性的万法，已经出现了不少。如：maybe, may, might, could be, it's possible that… 等。在最后一个句型中，it是先行主语，代表后面的 that从句。
* start, stop, keep, look forward to, thank…for, finish, love都可以带动名词；而start, stop, love后面也可以带不定式。但stop doing是“不再做”，而 stop to do 是“停下来去做”，需特别注意，不要弄错。试比较：
The boys stopped talking. 男孩子们不再说话了。
The policeman stopped to look into the shop. 警察站住脚，向店里看。
* 在喝咖啡或茶时，一般由家里的主妇斟倒，她可以指定另一位妇女代劳。但她没有“授权”以前，别人不应代俎。这是主妇的权力。
* 通过一次感恩节晚宴，我们感到了斯图尔特一家的温馨。不仅是祖孙三代人的天伦之乐，还有推己及人的好客的传统。苏珊和哈里父女的关系将如何发展？罗比同亚历山德拉以后会怎么样？读者想必也很关心吧？
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