TextDo you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' Iremarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once. 'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered. 'I needn't remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.''I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.''And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.'call sb/sth+名字把…叫做…eg Just call me Tina.eg We called our dog little tiger.a sixteen-year-old girl called Liu HulanYou needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.needn`t 情态动词“不必,没有必要”look at herself in the mirror照镜子I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hourand my wife was still in front of the mirror.'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. Iregretted saying it almost at once.regretted doing sth后悔做过某事regretted to do sth很遗憾的要去做某事eg I regretted to say that I can`t help you.eg I regretted being unable to come today. 我后悔今天没来。
eg I regretted having been careless. 我很后悔那样粗心。
remember to do sth记得去做某事eg Remember to mail the letter.reember doing sth记得做过某事eg I remember mailing the letter.forget to do sth忘记去做某事eg I forget to mail the letter.forget doing sth忘记做过某事eg I`ll never forget seeing the musical in New York.stop to do sth停下来取做某事eg Stop to laugh.停下来大笑起来。
stop doing sth停止做某事eg Stop laughing.别笑了。
You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.needn`t have done根本没必要作某事,而实际上已经做了eg You needn`t have told them that. 这件事情你根本可以不告诉他们的。
情态动词有时和动词的完成形式构成谓语,表示“应当已经做过某事,想必已经做过”的含义。
eg I should have thought of that. 你本该想到那一点的。
eg You shouldn`t have left so soon.eg She must have been through a lot. 她一定受了很多苦。
eg He cannot have finished the work so soon. 他不会这么快据完成工作了。
eg You may have read about it in the paper.You might have read about it in the paper. 你一定在报纸上看到这件事了。
eg We ought to have given you more help. 我们本应该给你更多的帮忙的。
情态动词有时和动词的进行时态构成谓语,表示“应该正在,想必正在”的含义。
eg She shouldn`t be working like that. She`s still so weak. 他不应该像那样正在干活,她仍旧很虚弱。
eg You should be wearing a mask. 你应该正戴个口罩。
eg He cannot be swimming in such weather. 这种天气他不会在游泳了。
eg At the moment, she may be playing with her schoolmates.At the monentt, she might be playing with hee schoolmates.I needn't remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.you bought yesterday是定语从句,修饰tie.'I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.''find it beautiful find+宾语+宾语不足语, it作宾语,beautiful作宾补eg I find a vase broken.eg He is finding the trip very exciting.eg She found herself in hospital.cannot…too无论如何…也不过份,越…越好eg I cannot praise him too much. 我怎么样称赞他也不过份。
eg I cannot thank you too much. 我怎么样感谢你都不过份。
eg You can never study too hard. 你无论如何努力学习都不过份。
eg You cannot be too careful.你越小心越好。
eg It`s never too late to learn.活到老学到老。
(谚语)eg A woman cannot have too many hats. 女人有多少帽子也不嫌多。
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!that looked like a lighthouse 是定语从句,修饰hat.wear v穿戴wear a bread留胡子wear contact lenses带着隐形眼镜wear a happy smile挂着幸福的微笑wear earrings戴着耳环wear a troubled look面露愁容wear a watch带着手表wear表示“穿戴在身上”的状态,进行时态表示暂时的状态。
put on表示“穿戴”的动作take off脱下look like看起来像look like a drowned rat看起来像只落水的老鼠(落汤鸡)eg She looks like an angel in my eye.angel n天使angle n角度eg Be an angel and make me a cup of tea.sound like听起来像feel like感觉起来像taste like尝起来像Special Difficulties用remark/notice 填空1That`s a nice picture! He remarked.2No one notied me when I entered the room.3He made a lot of remarks about the hat she was wearing.4He failed to notice that I had changed the furniture round.Exercises1How do you find it? Beautiful.A What什么B How much多少C How对状态提问“怎样”D Where哪里2 A man can never have too many ties. It`s improssable.A unable不能的,不会的,指人没有能力,不能用it作主语B improbable不大可能的,未必会的,语气不如impossible强烈C impossible不可能的,办不到的D incapable无能力的,不能的,指人没能力3His wife was wearing a hat. She had it on.A was dressing it dress作及物动词时表示"穿衣服",强调动作B was putting it on正在穿上或戴上C had it on戴着它,表状态D was carrying it正带着,正拿着,正提着4 A love marriage, however, does not necessarily result in much sharing of interests and responsibilities.necessarily adj必须的(n. 必须品)interest n兴趣,爱好A take over接管B result in导致,致使,相当于,lead toC hold in约束,抑制(感情)D keep to坚持,保持,固定(习惯,作风等)充满爱情的婚姻未必一定会双方兴趣一致,并且懂得如何分担责任。