Welcome to today’s story Lesson 32 Shopping made easy
购物变得很方便
New words and expressions:
• once adv. 曾经，以前 • wrap V. 包裹 • temptation n. 诱惑 • simply adv. 仅仅 • article n. 物品，东西 • arrest v. 逮捕
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The most expensive dresses in the shop.
Suspected person No. 2 :
可疑人物2号
a poorly-dressed man
•He walked out of the shop without buying anything.
Guess: Who is the thief? How does she/he steal the goods?
Key structures: 比较状语从句so/as… as
A: 比较以下两句： He is as old as I am.他和我年龄一样大。 She is not so intelligent as we think. as… as用于肯定句 so… as 通常用于否定句比较多 Eg: 1. 他和他哥哥考试考得一样好。 He did as well as his elder brother in exam. 2. 他并没有Tank 那么聪明。 He is not so smart as Tank. 3. Running is not so interesting as swimming.
Language points
1、shopping made easy • made 为过去分词, 有 “被” 的意思（标题
不用句子, 所以标题省略be） • make v. 制造；使……怎么样 make a car/watch • make the room clean • make shopping easy = Shopping is made
5. Does she really a thief? If not, why? The real thief were the woman and her daughter.
People are not soh_o_n_e_s_t as they once were. Thetemptation _________to steal is _g_re_a_t_e_r than ever before--especially in large shops. Ad_e_te_c_t_iv_e_ recently watched a well-dressed __________woman who always went into a large store on _M__o_n_d_ay__mornings. One Monday, there were _fe_w__e_r __ people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was __e_a_si_e_r for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small_a_rt_ic_le_s_. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and __h_a_nd_e_d_it to an _a_ss_i_st_a_n_t who wrapped it up for her as quickly as_p_o_s_s_ib_l_e_. Then the woman simply took the _p_a_r_c_e_l _ and walked out of the shop without _p_a_yi_n_g__. When she was_a_r_re_s_t_e_d, the detective found out that the shop assistant was her daughter. The girl 'gave' her mother a free dress _o_n_c_e_ a week !
once a+ 表示时间的名词”可以表示频率：
once a day twice a week three times a month 5 times a year -How often do you go to the
HangZhou library? Twice a week. - Frank writes to his mother once a month..
3. Did the woman buy anything? Yes, she bought a few small articles.
4. Did the woman pay for the expensive dress? No, she walked out of the shop without paying.
one of Chevady’s shopping mall, but
it made him worried recently.
Problem in the shopping mall: Expensive articles lost every week.
How to solve the problem? Hire a detective.
easy.(句子)
People are not so honest as they once were.
人们不再像以前那样诚实了。
（1）“not so + 形容词+as…”是比较状语从句， 可以译成“不如…那样…”
（2）once表示“以前”、“曾经”时只能与动词的过去 式连用： He once worked at a large company. 他曾经在一家大公司工作过。
Lesson32: Shopping made easy
Department store
mall
Specialty shop
Let’s talk about shopping
1. What do you think of shopping? 2. Is it fun? Interesting? Difficult? 3. What do you usually buy when you
Brief Reading
1. Are people as honest as they once were? No, they are not so honest as they once were.
2. When and Where did the story happen? It happened in a large store on a Monday morning.
little和few的用法 little和a little与不可数名词一起使用。little表示否定，有“几
乎一点儿也没有”的含义，在口语中常用not much；a little 表示肯定，具有some的含义。 • He has (very) little hope of winning this race. • =He hasn’t much hope of winning this race. • Have we got any bread? • Yes, there’s a little/some in the fridge. few和a few与复数可数名词连用。few表示否定，与little相似， 在口语中多用not many；a few表示肯定，有some的含义。 • They had few guests last weekend. • They didn’t have many guests last weekend. • little的比较级为less，few的比较级为fewer。 • During the holiday, there is less noise in the building. • There are fewer travelers than there usually are.
“well+动词的过去分词”组成复合形容词，做定语 well-designed 设计得不错 well-educated 有教养的 well- __k_n_o_w_n_,_d_on_e_,_b_e_h_av_e_d_,_in_fo_r_m_e_d_…_. __________
5. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in…
Fast reading
Go through the passage and find out the answers
1.Is stealing often happen in small shops or large ones? Yes, it often happens.
2.Who watched the well-dressed woman? Why? A detective arrested the well-dressed woman because she didn’t pay for the dress.
you can pick some if you want to. There aren’t many apples on the tree, but you
can pick a few if you want to.
3. The temptation to steal is greater than ever before.