其他事情。 • Mary was talking to me about her new dress.
Meanwhile I was thinking about something else.
Key sentences
1. Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
pull
• ① vt.&vi. 拉，拖，牵，扯（反义词push vt. 推）
• 我感觉有人拉着我的胳膊。 • I felt someone pulling my arm.
• You are pulling my leg. • pull one's leg 开某人玩笑 • 不要再开我玩笑 • Don't pull my leg any more. • You are kidding. You are joking.
• ★shake（shook，shaken） • ① vt.&vi. 摇，摇动，抖动 • S摇了摇她的头。 • S shook her head. • 他的手一直在发抖。 • His hands are shaking. • ② vt. 同……握手 • 丹和他握了握手。 • Dan shook hands with him. • =Dan shook him by the hand. • =Dan shook his hand.
这里it是形式主语，真正的主语是to answer。 • impossible通常不以人作主语，而以不定式或
从句作主语 • It is +adj+for/of sb+to do sth • It is+adj+that +句子
2. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
• 4. spank（打屁股）/slap（打手） • 5. lash with palm print（抽打） • 6. stomachache • 7. beat with sticks
• 8. bleeding wound • 9. Suffering of flesh（皮肉之苦） • 10. be disable • 11. visceral pain（内脏痛） • 12.give birth to a baby
• What’s the thirteenth pain? How about pull a tooth?
watch the video
• Why can’t the man say anything?
Comprehension questions
1 When do dentists always ask questions? When it's impossible for us to answer.
★② vt.&vi. 拔，抽 • 他把一个地址本从他口袋里掏出来了。 • He pulled an address book from his pocket.
• ★collect v. 搜集 • collect salary 领工资 • collect stamps 集邮 • collect money 筹集资金 • collect children 收养孩子
9 How did you feel suddenly? Very worried.
New words and expressions 生词和短语
pull
v. 拔
cotton wool n. 药棉
collect
v. 搜集
collection n. 收藏品，收集品
nod
v. 点头
meanwhile adv. 同时
2 Have you just had a tooth out? Yes, I have.
3 Who pulled it out for you? My dentist did.
4 What did he tell you to do afterwards? To rest for a while.

5 Did you try to say something? Yes, I did.
6 You couldn't, could you? No, I couldn't.
7 Why couldn't you? My mouth was full of cotton wool.
8 What was your tongue busy doing? Searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
nod v. 点头 • ① vt.&vi. 点头，点头示意/招呼 • 当我们在办公室见面的时候，他总是向我点
头 • When we meet each other in the office, he
always nods at me.
• ② vi. 打盹，打瞌睡（常与off连用） • 他过去在英语课上常打瞌睡 • He used to nod off during the English class
Lesson 48
Did you want to tell me something? 你想对我说什么吗？
What’s the most painful thing?
The 12 pains in the world
• 1. mosquito bite
• 2. operation after anesthetic (药后手术) • 3. slap and tickle （打情骂俏）
• meanwhile adv. 同时 • meanwhile = at the same time = in the same
time
• 夏娃在剪草，亚当种玫瑰。. • Eve was cutting the grass,
and meanwhile Adam was planting roses. • 玛丽在和我讲她的新衣服。与此同时我却在想着